THE Minister of Works, Senator Sanusi Daggash, has said that the construction of the second Niger Bridge will take off soon as the present administration is committed to its realisation.

The Federal Government, impressed with the construction of a world class ‘level 4’ military hospital by the Nigerian Army High Command in Kaduna, weekend, said it was considering replicating such in Army formations in the six geo-political zones to make them accessible to every Nigerian aside military personnel.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, weekend, blamed the banks for continuing to circulate dirty notes in the country to avoid the payment of surcharge against unsorted dirty notes which ought to have been returned to the apex bank before now for authentication and destruction.

EDO State Director for Poverty Alleviation, Chief (Mrs.) Evelyn Igbafe, has warned aspirants using Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s name to campaign for primaries of Action Congress, AC, due to take place soon to desist from doing so, as the governor has not anointed any aspirant for any political position.

BENIN CITY-THE Federal Government has assured that the N9.7billion Benin-Shagamu dual carriage way would be completed in November 2011, just as it disclosed that after the completion of the road, it would last for at least 25 years, which it said would bring to an end the protracted hardship being experienced by Nigerians along the road.