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The battle was won after a meeting between the two unions and the companies operating in the OGEFZ

The SURE-P committee was set up as an aftermath of the nationwide protest that greeted the sudden removal of fuel subsidy on January 1, 2012

Jonathan and Yudhoyono will, after the talks, address a joint press conference

Sambo, who is the chairman of the National Planning Commission, stated that the private sector was the largest source of investment finance and that the inauguration of the Project Development Structure would mark the beginning of a process that demonstrates the administration’s commitment to growing and developing the economy and that the private sector was expected to play an increasing role in investment finance

According to the statement by Ani-Mumuney, a designated relationship manager would always available to attend to queries, resolve complaints and provide services required at all times

Uduaghan, while briefing newsmen in Asaba, the state capital, on Thursday, said that the contract of demolishing the hills at the airport site was part of the initial contract cost of the airport

The Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, signed the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Federal Government while the Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GE, Jeff Immelt, led other top executives to sign on behalf of the company

The project will allow Nigeria, which relies heavily (80 per cent) on imported fertilizer, to progressively become self-sufficient and a major exporter

Speaking at the 25th meeting of the Board, Sambo noted that appreciable power generation in excess of 4,500MW had already been achieved

For instance, the celebrated Dangote Sugar Refinery located in Numan, Adamawa state has remained closed getting to two years now

IMW Industries will manufacture the fuelling equipment for a nationwide network of CNG stations that will service more than 5,000 Dangote delivery trucks, as well as other Nigerian company fleets looking to reduce fuel costs

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