S.J News• [Sept 22, 2012]

S.J News• [Sept 22, 2012]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Fuel Scarcity: Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) summons Diezani Alison-Madueke (Minister of Petroleum), Andrew Yakubu (NNPC GMD), Reginald Stanley (ES, PPPRA); Scheduled for next week Tuesday. Job: 5,000 new job vacancies available; CVs to be uploaded on website; Notes for acquisition of job not needed -Josephine Washima (SA to President on Job Creation). 2013 Budget: President Jonathan to present 2013 Appropriation Bill to National Assembly on October 4, 2012 -Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Minister of Finance). Subsidy: 14 oil marketers paid ₦ 56.7bn this week as fuel subsidy claims for 2012; ₦393bn paid thus far -Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Minister Of Finance). FCMB/ FinBank: Shareholders approve First City Monument Bank & FinBank merger; Share capital of FinBank cancelled; Assets & liabilities transferred; Bank dissolved without being wound up. ICPC: High Court, Abuja dismisses application filed by Sunday Ehindero (fmr IGP) & John Obaniyi (suspended CP, Budget) seeking to quash charge over misappropriation of about N558m Police fund. Special Visitation Panel: 45-member panel presents report; Advocates scrapping of Medicine (UG), Veterinary medicine (UG) & Engineering (UG) @ University of Abuja; ₦35bn made by institution between 1988 & 2012. Judiciary: Justice Aloma Mariam Muktar (CJN) to administer oath of office on Justices of Supreme Court, K.B Akaahs & S. S Alagoa on 26th September @ Main Court Auditorium. White House Tussle: Mitt Romney (Republican) releases 2011 tax return; Paid $1.9m (£1.1m) on $13.7m of income; Rate of 14.1%.