Authorities of Adavi Local Government Area in Kogi have banned the sale and consumption of cassava flour brought into the area from neighbouring communities and states between October 26 and November 1.

MINISTER of Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, said weekend his ministry has concluded arrangements to engage 10,000 unemployed youths in the territory.

IT was moment of joy and fulfillment for the Sokoto and Bauchi teams as the duo ended their campaign gloriously at the Kaduna Regional Play-offs stage of the Etisalat School Cup picking up the available last two tickets to the national finals billed to take place in Lagos later this month.

Gunmen have kidnapped a prominent politician and businessman, Obong Amaete Akpan Ntuk, from Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the hand-over of the Presidential Lodge in Marina to the Lagos State Government.

Members of Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, Union, have attributed the current traffic gridlock along Mile 2 axis of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, to the continued decay of infrastructure, as well as neglect of the deplorable road around the first and second gates of Tin-Can Port by the Federal and state governments.

THE All Progres sives Congress in Ondo State, weekend, accused the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of recruiting and training ad hoc staff for the Ondo governorship election in Lagos State.

IN order to prevent re-occurrence of woeful performance of its students in Senior School Certificate of Examinations, SSCE, the Oyo state government has released a white paper on the report of a Committee on Participatory Management of Schools and approved creation of governing boards in all secondary schools that will provide management functions for each school and also meet performance targets.

Forty eight members of various cult groups from different tertiary institutions in Anambra State have renounced membership of their cult groups and agreed to work with Anambra State Police Command to convince their friends to shun cultism.

Police operatives attached to the Zonal Intervention Squad of the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested two suspected fraudsters in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, for allegedly duping a man of five million naira.

Reasons the Federal Government delayed the filing of charges preferred against judges suspected of corrupt practices in the course of their duties, emerged last night.

A coalition of Civil Society Groups CSOs in the country has urged the Senate to expedite action to confirm Mr Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

In 2009, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) announced plans to conduct investor surveys in 22 African countries. A key goal of the survey in the case of Nigeria is to facilitate the creation of a Nigerian industrial master plan. The programme, which will also evaluate the impact of policy on government efforts to promote rapid SME development. UNIDO officials in Nigeria claimed the survey would be of significant assistance to the private sector as well, helping expand operations and set performance benchmarks.

The Nigeria Interbank Settlement Scheme, NIBSS in collaboration with all the money deposit banks in Nigeria and the four major telecommunications operators, Etisalat, MTN, Airtel and Globacom, has launched a new mobile money payment solution.

The Federal Government and the World Bank have signed a Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) agreement for the supply of gas to the $500 million Calabar gas plant to boost energy supply by 500 megawatts.