S.J News• [March 18, 2013]

ES.J News• [March 18, 2013]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Area Councils Election: PDP wins 5 out of 6 Chairmanship seats in FCT, Abuja & 44 Councillorship seats; ANPP wins 1 Chairmanship seat & 10 Councillorship seats. MITI: Federal Ministry of Trade & Investment renamed Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment; Effective from March 9, 2013; Still headed by Olusegun Aganga. Dana Air: FG suspends Dana Air's operating licence again pending resolution of safety issues -Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Solvency: 7 states fail Debt Management Office's (DMO) solvency test; Bayelsa (₦162.82bn indebtedness; 9.51bn IGR), Cross River (₦90.75bn; ₦16.553bn), Zamfara (₦12.968bn; ₦2.611bn), Ebonyi (₦40.239bn; ₦14.778bn), Delta (₦90.843bn; ₦34.601bn), Adamawa (₦25.954bn; ₦11.948bn) & Kogi (₦34.122bn, ₦16.5bn). FAAN: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria sacks Bureau de change operators @ Domestic & Int'l terminals of Lagos & Abuja airports due to spate of armed robbery. O&G: Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) gives underdeveloped marginal field owners 1 year ultimatum; Produce or lose operating licences -Osten Olorunsola (Director of DPR). LNG: Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) earned $60bn (about ₦9tn) from gas production & shipping in the past 13 years -Babs Omotowa (MD, Nigeria LNG).