LAGOS State Signage and Advertisement Agency, LASAA, in partnership with Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria, OAAN, has concluded plans to commence free public awareness campaign on electronic billboards as part of efforts towards curtailing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease.

LAGOS State Government has said its Bureau of Statistics will on September 1, commence the conduct of the year 2014 Household Survey as part of its commitment to sustaining the economic development of the state.

EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the state government of creating a fraudulent culture of awarding contracts and reviewing same, so as to increase the contract sum, citing the Upper Lawani flood and erosion control, which it said was increased to N4.62 billion from the initial sum of N1.5 billion.

Determined to industrialise and diversify the economy of Bayelsa State, the state government says it plans to launch what it called, ‘Operation Light Up Bayelsa.’
Governor Seriake Dickson, in a statement in Yenagoa, said that his administration had already awarded a number of contracts to connect the eight local government areas with electricity.

Rector of the new Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas in Bonny, Bonny Local Government Area, Rivers State, Prof Elijah Tamuno, has assured Niger Deltans that the school will enrich the knowledge of people of the region on oil and gas issues.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, said that the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state was now stronger after some politicians, who it accused of not having the interest of the people at heart decided to excuse themselves from the party.

Umbrella body of Edo North persons in politics, Afenmai Political Forum, yesterday took a swipe at Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dan Orbih and former senator representing the district, Senator Yisah Braimoh over what it described as their penchant to misinform the public on the achievements of Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

SENATOR Nkechi Nwaorgu and only woman governorship aspirant in Abia State has appealed to the Peoples Democratic Part, PDP, to provide a level playing ground for all contestants in the forthcoming primaries of the party and judge her based on her performance and not gender.

Over 1,000 indigent residents, mostly, members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have benefited from the empowerment programme sponsored by Senator Gbenga Ashafa, who represents Lagos East senatorial district.

GIVING the dangerous dimension the Boko Haram insurgency with the insurgents declaring some parts of the country ‘Caliphate Republic’, the Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT) have urged the Federal Government to use iron hand to check the problem.

DATA from research suggests that 43 percent of women and 31 percent of men report some degree of sexual dysfunction yet it is a topic many people especially women are hesitant or embarrassed to discuss.

President Goodluck Jonathan has charged Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, to build on the achievements of his predecessors.

Four robbery suspects who specialised in blocking the Bauchi-Dindima-Alkaleri highway and robbing motorists at night have been arrested by men of the Bauchi State Police Command.

The Falconets quartet of Ugo Njoku, Sarah Nnodim, Loveth Ayila and Halimatu Ayinde have been rewarded with instant inclusion in the Super Falcons’ 33-strong squad list for the upcoming African Women’s Championship (AWC) in Namibia.