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Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday told the Senate Committee on Transport that the total amount of money released for projects in the transport sector since 1999 was N946.855 billion. (AllAfrica)

THE disparity between figures quoted as the amount spent by the Obasanjo administration on roads narrowed yesterday as the Central Bank governor, Professor Charles Soludo put the amount at N946.8 billion while the Accountant General of the Federation Mr. Ibrahim Dankwabo who earlier gave the controversial N968 trillion figure came down to N940.6 billion. (AllAfrica)

Rwanda intends to reduce dependence on Kenya and Tanzania for business routes by building a rail line through DR Congo and Zambia to make the landlocked country economically independent, President Paul Kagame has said. (AllAfrica)

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dispatched a team of detectives abroad to track the N19.5 billion Aviation Fund which is now subject of probe in the Senate. (AllAfrica)

The Senate Committee on Aviation, probing the disbursement and application of the N19.5 billion Aviation Intervention Fund, said yesterday that it would get to the roots of the Bilateral Aviation Services Agreement (BASA) Account. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of State Property and Land Tenure, Pascal Anong Adibime, has called on the forces of law and order to impound State vehicles that government officials are abusing. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of Public Works, Bernard Messengue Avom, has expressed concern over delays recorded so far in the construction of the Ayos -Bonis highway. (AllAfrica)

Some 500 inhabitants of GBHS New Layout have begun digging a 1-km stretch of road. (AllAfrica)

The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Ibrahim Dank-wambo, yesterday told the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Transportation sector that he approved the mandates leading to the alleged N30.9 billion withdrawals by the Transportation Ministry. (AllAfrica)

A PILOT project to penalise habitual traffic offenders came into operation yesterday in Tshwane, in what the government hopes will help reduce deaths and injuries that cost the country about R43bn a year. (AllAfrica)

Proposedfourth Mainland Bridge by the Lagos State government received a boost yesterday when Union Bank Nigeria (UBN) Plc offered to partner with the government in order to actualize the dream. (AllAfrica)

Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Michael Aondoakaa, and his finance counterpart, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, yesterday shunned the invitation of the Senate committee on aviation to appear before it in connection with the N19.5billion aviation intervention fund (AllAfrica)

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri to properly investigate the fraud in the aviation sector involving two former Ministers of Aviation. (AllAfrica)

Commuters have raised their voices over the incoherent high fares charged by commercial vehicles in the Federal Capital Territory. (AllAfrica)

The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA) on Tuesday held a stakeholders' meeting at Ondangwa, which aimed at sensitizing stakeholders about the fund's new legislation and to get their views. (AllAfrica)

Alot is going on in the public works sector in Cameroon. The number of major road projects underway is clear testimony. Rather than wait for field reports in the office, the Minister of Public Works, Bernard Messengue Avom, this week decided to go to the field for first hand information on the progress of work on some of the roads. The trip that began with the inspection of projects underway in the East Province, has also seen the Minister visiting the constructions underway in the Adamawa, West, Littoral and South West Provinces. And if there is anything good result from the visit so far, it is the fact that light has been thrown on the dark spots that dampened the smooth execution of the projects. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Felix Hassan Hyat has blamed the Nigeria Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for misinforming him on the whereabouts of the missing aircraft and has threated to resign if found wanting over the mishap. (AllAfrica)

Taxi drivers at the airport junction in the FCT yesterday lamented the nature of congestion usually experienced by motorists who make use of the park. (AllAfrica)

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Richard Aisuebeogun has stressed the crucial role that technology has played in the practice, management and development of global aviation security. (AllAfrica)

The Director General of International Air Transport Association (IATA), Giovanni Bisignani, has announced that 11 new locations have been earmarked as ready for e-freight. (AllAfrica)

Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has acquired a hydraulic equipment for recovering derailed trains, the corporation's Managing Director, Mr. Jetson Nwankwo, said yesterday. (AllAfrica)

Following the recent shocking revelation by Alhaji Yusuf Muhammed, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) that former Governor of Rivers State, Sir Peter Odili, donated a whopping sum of N2 billion to the Aviation ministry without approval by the State House of Assembly, the Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress (AC) has demanded for the immediate refund of the said amount to the coffers of the Rivers State govermmnent. (AllAfrica)

The heading of this article may look cynical, but the intent is not. Rudimentarily, aircraft accidents are inevitable because of human factors; through education, research and training, there has been a great reduction in the frequency of air crashes worldwide. (AllAfrica)

Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) chief executive officer (CEO) Ephraem Mrema yesterday came under fire in Parliament after Kasulu West MP Kilontsi Mporogomyi queried his $12,450 (Sh15 million) monthly package, asking that his employment be probed. (AllAfrica)

WORKERS in Ondo State have accessed vehicle loans worth over N2b within the last five years of the present administration in the state. Speaking with Vanguard in Akure, the Head of Service Mr. Alaba Isijola, said only N300m was accessed by the workers before the present administration came on board in 2003. (AllAfrica)

FORMER Governor Peter Odili has said it is not true that he released a loan of two billion Naira for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt International Airport to further his chances in the last presidential primaries of the PDP in the state. (AllAfrica)

SINCE past few days, scores of motorists found crossing the Niger Bridge were visibly worried following the alarm raised by the former Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Works, Dr. Baba Hakeem Ahmed over the imminent collapse of the bridge. (AllAfrica)

THE 14 UMP farmers, including five from one family, who were killed when their truck veered off a bridge and plunged into Nyaitenga River near Nyadire Mission School in Mutoko, have been laid to rest. (AllAfrica)

The High Court has stopped the construction of a residential building on a road reserve in Mombasa. (AllAfrica)

Poor roads and telephone connectivity in Nithi constituency caused delays in relaying election results to Nairobi during the December polls, the commission headed by Justice Johann Kriegler heard Thursday. (AllAfrica)

Former Ministers of Aviation Professor Babatunde Borishade and Chief Femi Fani-Kayode were yesterday arraigned before an Abuja Magistrate's Court on charges that they misappropriated N19.5billion belonging to the Federal Government. (AllAfrica)