S.J News• [April 8, 2013]

S.J News• [April 8, 2013]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Education: Senate Committee on Education opposes FG's planned scrapping of JAMB & NECO. Kwara: State Govt awards ₦2bn contract for construction of roads & ₦357m for purchase of medical equipment for 5 general hospitals. Ambushed Boat: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claims responsibility for killing of 15 policemen in Azuzama, Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa state. APGA: All Progressives Grand Alliance congress held @ Women Development Center, Awka, Anambra state under INEC. BRT: Ongoing Mile 12- Ikorodu town BRT extension project to gulp ₦30bn; To be completed in 2014 -Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). Treasury Bills: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) withdrew ₦512.68bn from circulation last week through its Open Market Operations (OMO). Land Registration: Federal Govt to introduce new land registration system in Nigeria -Prof Peter Adeniyi (Chairman, Presidential Committee on Land Reform). Sugar: Nigeria targets 1.7 million tonnes of sugar production; About 1.5m tonnes ccurrently consumed annually; Excess production for export -Dr Latif Busari (Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council).