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The minister confirmed that Statutory Allocation of N757.63 million and Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme allocation of N56.77 million were received from Federation Account for the six Area Councils of Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali

Uduaghan disclosed that DESOPADEC had no abandoned project since it stopped the payment of mobilization to contractors and commended the organisation for being focused

He said the Asian country offered 225 scholarships to Nigerians to study in China last year and was processing even more this year.

This became public knowledge on Wednesday as pandemonium broke out in the oil-city of Warri as over 200 physically challenged youths stormed the headquarters of the Commission for their N40 million empowerment package that had been allegedly squandered by officials of the commission

The governors want to challenge the powers of the Federal Government to make deductions from the account for fuel subsidy

In a communique issued after a meeting of the Joint Action Committee of their two unions on Onne FTZ in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the oil workers’ unions stated that the planned industrial action will commence on February 13 and end on February 15, 2013 and will affect the entire South East and South South states except Delta and Edo States

According to the World Bank’s Send Money Africa database, Sub-Saharan Africa is the most expensive region to send money to, with average remittance costs reaching 12.4 per cent in 2012

Released as Flight 214, the Boeing 737-400 series, marked 5N-BPA, had 74 passengers on board

Reacting to Sunday’s statement by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, that her (Ezekwesili’s) knowledge of government’s finances were inaccurate, the former minister said that she was ready for a debate that will take into consideration all the figures she reeled out and those made available by the government

Maku said in the first place, Nigeria did not have up to $67 billion in its accounts, based on the records of the Central Bank of Nigeria

Some people want to see the PDP fight itself. There is no fight or tension in the PDP. We have been in the PDP for so many years and we know what can happen

Santuraki, who described Uduaghan as one who is committed to boosting the food security of the country, stated that the partnership was necessary

The South West Zonal Public Relations Officer of the National Emergency management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the latest explosion

Jonathan told the gathering that his Administration was wholly committed to a government-enabled, private sector driven transformation of the nation’s agricultural sector

The Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello, however hinted that the market may be re-opened if the traders were ready to play by the rules of the state government

The Chairman of the Reps probe committee, Dakuku Peterside, said the action of the government officials amounted to “deliberate contempt”

Presenting the draft Budget tagged “Budget of Freedom” on Tuesday to the Osun State House of Assembly, Aregbesola disclosed that the budget is based on the consolidation of his administration’s six-point Integral Action Plan, which explains while this year’s figure was slightly upped from Year 2012 budget of N150,124,621,880.00

The discovery of the under- dispensing of fuel was made during the inspection of filing stations carried out by the Weights and Measures Department, led by its Director, Alhaji Bashir Zoro

According some members of the Benin Chapter of IPMAN, the reopened depot will further boost distribution and supply of petroleum products in the South South geopolitical zone and, to a large extent, the South West, adding that the plight of the people for the past eight years has been alleviated with the reopening

President Jonathan will at a meeting with an Eminent Persons Group on Nigeria’s Transformation Agenda in Geneva on Tuesday lead a drive to attract greater foreign expertise and capital to boost the Federal Government’s efforts to rapidly modernize and positively transform Nigeria’s agricultural sector