The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, yesterday, disclosed plans by the Federal Government to implement measures toward realising a growth target of 7 per cent by 2020.

TO ensure credible polls, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has trained 120 Assistant Electoral Officers, AEOs; Electoral Officers, EOs; and other field staff on Election Management System, EMS.

IN his renewed effort to boot agriculture, The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has notified the state’s House of Assembly of his plans to borrow N2.42 billion (£5 million) to purchase tractors for farming in the state.

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the South West region, has joined the trending call for restructuring in Nigeria.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to name those “treasury looters” that he claimed were sponsoring the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, saying; “it is high time Nigerians begin to hold the Information Minister accountable for his frivolous claims.”

THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta is miffed that subscribers are fleeced by the operators in terms of the quality of data services on offer, demanding that more value should be given for money spent on data

The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation has reportedly invested over N1 billion in various support interventions in different sectors of the country’s economy, including the agricultural sector, to boost food production.

THE Counsellors Association of Nigeria, CASSON, has said that it would evolve programmes aimed at imbibing the spirit of confidence among Nigerians. 

Kwara State government has spent over N7 billion on road projects across the state under the State Infrastructure Develop-ment Fund, IF-K.

ORPHANAGES operators in the Southeast zone, have unfolded plans to nip in the bud the child trafficking activities in the zone.

The feats of security forces in the defence of North-East, following Boko Haram’s activities, received commendations yesterday, as the Presidential Investigative Panel set up to review compliance of troops with human rights obligations and rules of engagement commenced sitting in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

The naira, yesterday, depreciated to N360. 22  per dollar in the Investors and Exports (I&E) Foreign Exchange, forex Window.

Jigawa State government has set up an investigative committee to probe the involvement of Provosts of the School of Nursing, Birnin-Kudu, Hajiya Aisha Kazaure, and Director of Midwifery, Hajiya Halima Yunusa, in a fight.

Grace Schools, located in Senate Estate, Gbagada, Lagos, have concluded plans to celebrate its 50th anniver-sary on November 25.

TRADITIONAL rulers in Southern regions have advised the federal government to look into the challenges faced by young people in the Southeast region, as one of the proactive measures to douse the agitations