Sunday, February 19, 2017
Nigeria Now 2nd Largest Rice Producer in the World- Presidency
Nigeria is now the second largest rice producer in the world, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has proclaimed.
FG to spend funds recovered from Diezani, Yakubu to feed poor Nigerians
A top government official told newsmen on Saturday that the $9m recovered from a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu and the $153m forfeited by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, would be immediately used to fund the welfare scheme for the poor.