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AUTOMATED Vehicle Registration and Documentation Technology called Autoreg has fetched Abia State Government not less than N346 million within its seven months of operation in the state.

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Leaders of the Atiku's rebeling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) group has come up with
another threat that they will begin a move to
impeach President Goodluck Jonathan if he
refuses step down or declare to them that he
will not contest for the office of the President of
Nigeria in the 2015 Presidential election.
The PDP rebels claimed that they have started to
compile signatures in both House of
Representative and the Senate to move against
the President if he refuses to meet the four
conditions that Atiku Abubakar lead group gave
to the President last week.
“We are demanding that he publicly renounce
any ambition to run a second term or face
impeachment in the National Assembly. The
choice is his”, Atiku group said. They want the
President to take an undertaking that none of
them will be arrested or tried by EFCC for any
corruption charge.
The rebel PDP has 6 Northern Governors and
Amaechi, 20 Senators and 57 PDP members in
the House of representatives as members.
In 2007, Atiku Abubakar left with some state
governors, members of the National assembly
and some bigwigs of the Ruling PDP party to ACN
and he was roundly beaten in the presidential
election.
Atiku abandoned those he left PDP with in 2007
to their own fate and begged to be re-admitted
back to PDP in 2010.
Three weeks ago, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar through
some of his aides registered the PDM as a
Political party with INEC.

Senator Idris Umar, the Minister of Transport, has said that the Onitsha, Oguta, Baro and Lokoja River Ports would be concessioned by 2014.
 
Umar stated this in an interview in London. ``We have inaugurated the River port  in Onitsha, and will concession it next year, while the river ports in Oguta, and Baro will hopefully be completed  this year and concessioned to the private sector next year.
 
``Also the Lokoja Port will be completed by the third quarter of 2014, and will be given out on concession to private operators immediately.”
 
He said that the ministry was also working on the dredging of the River Benue, and planned to construct river port in Makurdi.
 
Meanwhile, the Minister in a presentation at the International Maritime Summit on Friday in London briefed stakeholders on government's effort to develop deep sea ports in the country.
 
``This is the ultimate solution to the over stretched existing ports facility,  a memorandum is being presented to the Federal Executive Council to approve the development of the Lekki Deep sea port in Lagos.’’
 
``While in the case of Ibaka Deep Sea Port in Akwa Ibom State, a steering and project implementation committee has been constituted.
 
``Also discussions are in progress between the Nigeria Ports Authority, Lagos State government  and the private sector to develop the Badagry Deep Sea Port.’’
 
 He also highlighted the various investment opportunities in the Maritime sector, and reforms put in place to safeguard investments.
 
Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Nigeria's High Commissioner to the UK in his remarks said that the Maritime sector remained a key area of the nation's economy.
 
``The sector cannot be under estimated, because without maritime sector, Nigeria as a country would have been suffocated, given the limits of rail and road transportation.
 
``That is why there is a huge deve
Senator Idris Umar, the Minister of Transport, has said that the Onitsha, Oguta, Baro and Lokoja River Ports would be concessioned by 2014.
 
Umar stated this in an interview in London. ``We have inaugurated the River port  in Onitsha, and will concession it next year, while the river ports in Oguta, and Baro will hopefully be completed  this year and concessioned to the private sector next year.
 
``Also the Lokoja Port will be completed by the third quarter of 2014, and will be given out on concession to private operators immediately.”
 
He said that the ministry was also working on the dredging of the River Benue, and planned to construct river port in Makurdi.
 
Meanwhile, the Minister in a presentation at the International Maritime Summit on Friday in London briefed stakeholders on government's effort to develop deep sea ports in the country.
 
``This is the ultimate solution to the over stretched existing ports facility,  a memorandum is being presented to the Federal Executive Council to approve the development of the Lekki Deep sea port in Lagos.’’
 
``While in the case of Ibaka Deep Sea Port in Akwa Ibom State, a steering and project implementation committee has been constituted.
 
``Also discussions are in progress between the Nigeria Ports Authority, Lagos State government  and the private sector to develop the Badagry Deep Sea Port.’’
 
 He also highlighted the various investment opportunities in the Maritime sector, and reforms put in place to safeguard investments.
 
Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Nigeria's High Commissioner to the UK in his remarks said that the Maritime sector remained a key area of the nation's economy.
 
``The sector cannot be under estimated, because without maritime sector, Nigeria as a country would have been suffocated, given the limits of rail and road transportation.
 
``That is why there is a huge development strategy by Nigeria to ensure that the sector improves, there is a growing British interest in the Nigerian Maritime industry,'' Tafida added.
 
The Summit was jointly organised by the High Commission, and the Europe Branch of the Alumni Association of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron. lopment strategy by Nigeria to ensure that the sector improves, there is a growing British interest in the Nigerian Maritime industry,'' Tafida added.
 
The Summit was jointly organised by the High Commission, and the Europe Branch of the Alumni Association of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron.