S.J News• [April 29, 2013]

S.J News• [April 29, 2013]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ World Bank: Foreign remittance to Nigeria in 2012 hit $21bn; India $69bn, China $60bn, Philippines $24bn, Mexico $23bn & Egypt @ $21bn. Health: Federal Capital Territory Administration equips 12 hospitals in FCT with state of the art equipment for hypertension treatment -Bala Mohammed (FCT Minister). Agric: FG to introduce Graduate Irrigation Farmers Scheme to tackle food insecurity & unemployment in Nigeria -Sarah Ochekpe (Minister of Water Resources). Abuja Project: ₦1.3tn spent on FCT infrastructure since creation in 1976 -Bala Mohammed (FCT Minister). OBJ Goes Hard (OBJ v Jonathan): Probe me, not my Ministers -Olusegun Obasanjo (fmr president); Faults FG's pipeline protection contract. Death by Hanging: Court of Appeal, Lagos to hear appeal filed by Maj Hamzat Al-Mustapha (fmr CSO to Sani Abacha) & Lateef Shofolahan (MKO's aide) on Monday. AU Health Ministers: Nigeria elected to chair Bureau for the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Health; Biennial conference for review & assessment member states.