A 40-year-old man Usman A. Usman was arraigned on Tuesday, at a Kaduna High Court, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N10 million under false pretence.

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State says the state Government has commenced the payment of gratuity arrears to retirees from the state and local government services.

Sequel to NiMet’s predictions of early commencement of rainfall this year, farmers in Kaduna, Kano, and Katsina states say they are weighing their options.

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), has said that it would review the 43 years unreviewed Abuja Masterplan in order to address issues of land grabbing, double allocations, fake layouts, and others.

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says .five petroleum industry regulations have been gazetted while six others have been finalized and are ready for gazetting.

The Federal Government has inaugurated the Tractorisation programme to encourage mechanised farming, boost food and nutrition security and create more jobs for Nigerian youths.

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and other local partners have commenced the conduct of a National Employability Benchmarking Programme in Nigerian Universities.

The overseeing Director-General, National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), Mr Akinwumi Shomefun said its activities were tailored towards achieving the Federal Government’s accelerated development initiatives.