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The former Minister in her book, titled: “Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines,” had said: “By the time we presented budget on December 16, 2014, the oil prices has further fallen down to $58 per barrel. We were prepared and knew we had to trigger the additional expenditure and revenue measure in 2015 to make the budget work. This would be tough, given that we had entered election year.

Ibironke Olubamise, GEF-SGP National Coordinator, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said that the grant was an additional fund to complement the environmental projects in the states.

A statement from the CBN acting Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, on Sunday indicated that the new directive would allow eligible travellers more access to foreign exchange and allow more liquidity to the market.

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The Managing Director of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, Damilola Emmanuel, who confirmed the incident, said one of the boats was driving at full capacity with 22 passengers, while the other had just the boat captain and deckhand on board.

According to the statement, as soon as the leaks were noticed on April 24, SPDC immediately shut down production, deployed containment booms and mobilised its oil spill response teams to clean the sites.

Okonjo-Iweala, in her book: “Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines,” accused the National Assembly of insisting on N20 billion bribe to pass the Budget aside their N150 billion annual budget

The marketers under the aegis of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Saturday.

He said, the amount was used in the procurement of fertiliser, pesticides and other farm inputs in order to create a more conducive farming environment to farmers in the state.

Market statistics obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria showed that the market capitalisation which opened trading on May 21 at N14.660 trillion shed N416 billion or 2.84 per cent to close trading on May 25 at N14.244 trillion.

Okonjo-Iwella made the shocking revelation known in her new book: “Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines”

The National Assembly had on May 16 passed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion

The state government said it was still assessing FG’s N70 feeding rate per pupil, which it described as unrealistic, just as it has begun training of environmental officers who would screen the food vendors before the commencement of the programme.

“In line with Nigerian oil and gas industry regulations, a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) team comprising security and regulatory agencies as well as community representatives and SPDC personnel was constituted and deployed in the sites,” the statement added.

Alhaji Haruna Dukku, State’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said this during a courtesy visit to the ministry by implementation support mission team of the “Third National FADAMA Development Project Additional Financing (AF) (I)’’.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the market capitalisation shed N145 billion or 1.01 per cent to close lower at N14.244 trillion against N14.389 trillion achieved on Thursday.

MAN President, Dr Frank Jacobs, said in a statement in Lagos, that the savings could be channeled into sectors with multiplying revenue generation capacity like agriculture, production and manufacturing.

The shareholders gave the approval at the bank’s 30th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos.

Dahiru Bala, the State Manager, Bank of Industry, Kano, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria during the two-day MSME clinic which ended in Kano on Thursday.

Saraki made this known to State House correspondents after the breaking of (Ramadan) fast with Buhari at the President Villa, Abuja on Thursday.