THIS information will interest people living with diabetes. The next time you are served a plate of rice, it is advisable to eat the fish or meat before the rice. Japanese researchers say they have established that eating fish and meat before rice can help control blood sugar in people with diabetes because it slows down the stomach.

ABIA State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu said that he will not reduce the N18,000 minimum wage for civil servants in the state.
Governor Ikpeazu also denied rumour of plans to reduce the state’s workforce, saying that despite the adverse economic situation, Abia has not entered the “relegation zone.”

The Federal Government, yesterday, stated that effective January 1, 2016, Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, would be sold at N86 per litre by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Retail stations, while other oil marketers would sell at N86.50 per litre.

LAGOS — THE Federal Government, yesterday, explained how it would fund the N5,000 monthly welfare payment to vulnerable Nigerians just as it reaffirmed that the Boko Haram insurgency had been technically suppressed.

Since assuming office about seven months ago, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has continuously reiterated his commitment to bring even development to the rural communities across the 57 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs.

ABUJA—THE national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government, saying with government’s proposed N1.84 trillion borrowing as contained in the 2016 budget, Nigeria as a country was going the way of Greece.

DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has described recent fire incident that claimed eight lives and destroyed valuable property in Nnewi, Anambra State, as a major setback to the economic development of the South East.

Mowo 11, a suburb of Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Badagry area in Lagos State, was yesterday thrown into pandemonium, as an Islamic cleric, Mallam Shehu, popularly referred to as Alhaji Sambo, attempted to use his 20-year-old lover, Busayo Amdalat, for money ritual.

Contractors handling projects for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in the region, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest at the commission’s head office on Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over alleged non-payment for contracts executed.

FORUM of Former Youth Leaders of Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, condemned allegations of diversion of N1.4 billion Ndokwa youths empowerment funds levelled against the Deputy Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Friday Osanebi, by the Coalition of Ndokwa Youths.

Imo State Governor has presented a proposed budget of N102,208,328,832 for the 2016 fiscal year, to the state House of Assembly, tagged “Budget of consolidation and continuity.”

Lagos— Further details emerging from the recently presented 2016 budget has shown that the executive arm of the government would spend the lion share of N5.87 trillion, or about 96.5 per cent of the total N6.1 trillion about N205 billion or 3.5 per cent to the other arms of government, with the Legislature and the Judiciary, spending N115 billion and N90 billion respectively.

Lagos—A 28-year-old man, Musa Bukar, was yesterday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court over alleged stealing and presentation of fake United States dollars to a customer.

EVERYONE is hailing President Buhari’s first budget as an elected head of state. Everyone, it seems, except the bitter malcontents of the Peoples Democratic Party, better known by their rallying cry of “PDP? Share the money!!!” And quite some money-sharing they did for sixteen years, as the sheer cold-bloodedness of former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki’s free money madness has shown to the world.

Stakeholders in Kwara State are calling for urgent review in the composition of Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) over four months of unpaid salaries of local government workers in the state.