S.J News• [June 5, 2011]

S.J News• [June 5, 2011]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Obama to Receive Jonathan: President Barack Obama (US) to receive President Jonathan (Nigeria) @ White House,Washington DC on June 8; Jonathan to also participate in a high-level Summit on HIV/AIDS & the viral disease's impact on international peace & security, & Inauguration of Global Plan for Elimination of HIV Mother-To-Child Transmission project on June 9 in New York; To return to Nigeria on June 10. Lagos Speaker: Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji anonymously re-elected as Speaker of 7th Lagos State House of Assembly. Pipeline Damage: 5-man syndicate arrested for alleged bunkery & damage to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) Pipelines, Atlas Cove, off Apapa, Lagos. Kerosene Scarcity: 1 Litre of Kerosene now sold between N200 & N250; Scarcity to be eased off in next 2 weeks as NNPC is planning to flood market with the product -Dr Levi Ajuonuma (NNPC Group Public Affairs). Osun Screens Contractors: Osun state Govt begins open screening, registration & categorization of contractors & service providers @ state secretariat, Osun under supervision of Bureau of Public Procurement & Due Process. ICPC v NDDC: Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) probes Niger Delta Development Commission's (NNDC) financial mismanagement; NNDC MD & Directors to appear @ ICPC headquarters, Abuja on Monday. IGP Denies Hampering Bankole's Arrest: Hafiz Ringim (IG of Police) denies restraining EFCC 4rm arresting Dimeji Bankole (fmr House of Reps Speaker); IGP unaware of EFCC operatives' presence @ Bankole’s residence -Police.