The outgoing year was one that saw high-drama in the processing of the budget of the Federal Government. It was the year that padding was introduced into the political phraseology of the land

For the first time, Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, has revealed the strategies adopted by his administration to turn the state into the leading rice-producing centre in Nigeria, giving farmers real value for their labour and investments in the process.

The Lagos State government has again assured residents of the availability of LAKE Rice at designated outlets across the State.

About N500 million meant to rebuild a Chibok school may have been diverted, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State alleged, yesterday, and urged the Federal Government to probe usage of the funds.

TO lessen the pains of the pensioners in the State, Governor Akinmumi Ambode of Lagos State has earmarked N2.698 billion in the 2017 budget for the building of five elderly care centres in the state.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday, voiced his opposition to a bill seeking to ensure men and women have equal inheritance rights.

Details of how the Nigerian security agencies dismantled the leadership and stronghold of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents emerged last night, with confirmation that the Nigerian leader of the sect, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, had been captured three months before the fall of Sambisa forest to Nigerian troops.

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has endorsed the candidacy of all the 24 members of the state House of Assembly for the next legislative election in the state.

THE Ondo State governor elect, Rotimi Akeredolu will tomorrow inaugurate his transition and ceremonies committee ahead of the February next year handing-over.

THE Everest International Bible College, EIBC, President, Prophet I. A. B. Owonibi, has said clerics must, besides spiritual wellbeing, take interest in their followers’ economic conditions.

THE National Association of State Assembly Legislators, NASAL, and the Chinese Embassy have promised to deliver greater community development projects to Nigerians in 2017.

THE President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has commended Nigerians for their resilience and doggedness in the face of prevailing economic challenges, saying they have made sacrifices that will soon see the country out of the woods.

THERE is no immediate end in sight to the protracted battle between Imo State Government and Pensioners in the state over unpaid benefits as Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and pensioners in the South East, have taken up arms against Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo.

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has assured the management of an indigenous oil and gas company, Pinnacle Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited that “Itsekiri people are unique and never anybody’s problem in Warri.”

The Lagos State University, LASU yesterday said that the institution was not on fire as was earlier reported by the media.