Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and members of the state executive council have up till July 15 to pay property tax on their private buildings, as the state kick-starts aggressive revenue generation to shore up its dwindling Internally Generated Revenue, IGR.

There was a mild drama in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital yesterday, when lawmakers of state House of Assembly hold a plenary session right in the middle of highway, in protest against the freezing of the account of Governor Ayodele Fayose at the Zenith by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

ABUJA—The Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday disclosed that General Electric, GE, would invest $2 billion in the country’s rail projects.

SUPER Eagles target, Paul Le Guen would be paid a massive monthly salary of N16.2m, the equivalent of €44,000 by the Nigeria Football Federation.

THE Arewa Lawyers Forum, ALF, has explained the circumstances in which Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, presidential candidate Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, was adopted. In a letter to NBA president, Mr Augustine Alegeh, SAN, which was copied the regional fora, ALF denied a letter purportedly written by its Secretary, Sani Garun-Gabas, dissociating the forum from adopting Gadzama. The forum, in the June 27 letter copied the Coordinator, Southwest Bar Forum, the Eastern Bar Forum, said that the letter purportedly written by Garun-Gabas on June 14 was on a letter headed paper that did not have the names of ALF’s exco members.

Nigerian sports minister has raised concerns over the country’s football squad for the Rio Olympics after more than half of the team who qualified the team to the games were left out by coach Samson Siasia.

THE International Widows Day has come and gone but will continue to linger in the memory of 1, 500 widows in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and its environs as they were recipients of various start-up packs for setting up small businesses. This amazing gesture came from a well-spirited non-governmental organisation, the Rock of Ages Empowerment Foundation, RAEF, whose passion is to ensure encouragement and joy returns to the down trodden in the society.

The impact looked likely to spread far beyond Britain’s borders although European shares rose for the first time in three days after a heavy sell-off, partly due to hopes of a more co-ordinated central bank response to financial market losses.

As the world is facing challenges of infertility, scientists are looking into the role of nutrition in improving fertility and supporting healthy pregnancies. Most of the time, people only think of fertility treatment and imagine sophisticated diagnostic testing, powerful medications, and high-tech procedures, but hope is here as science has found that choosing certain foods and drinks can influence your ability to become pregnant.

The new foreign exchange policy, yesterday, received a $20 million foreign investment boost as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Citibank Nigeria Limited executed the first Naira-Settled Over the Counter (OTC) Foreign Exchange Futures.

HUNDREDS of PDP supporters from the 17 local government areas of Abia State, yesterday, thronged the Umuahia Government House in a solidarity visit to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu over his sack because of tax evasion by an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Okon Abang.

As the rainy season is suitable for farming, where crops and farm produce will grow and remain fresh, the period of Lailatul Qadr is a period for renewing our relationship with Allah and ensure closeness to Him.

Oniosun Isaiah, a 500 level student of the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, has emerged one of the 14 global winners of the 2016 International Astronomical Federation, IAF, Emerging Space Leaders Grant instituted by the International Astronomical Federation, Paris, France.

AS the much anticipated Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) 2016, begins tomorrow, July 1, the organisers have revealed that about 60 designers from across Africa, will be showcasing their latest designs at this year’s event, set to be one of the biggest fashion shows in Africa. With the theme ‘’Connecting Africa’’ this year’s event which holds from July 1-3, takes off tomorrow with the Textile and Garment Manufacturing Conference, to hold at the Eko Hotels and Suites Victoria Island.

GBARAMATU Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, host to several multinational oil and gas facilities, has called on the Federal Government to begin the construction of the Export Processing Zone, EPZ/Gas Revolution Industrial Park, Ogidigben and Gbaramatu Seaport component of the projects monthly.