S.J News• [July 9, 2011]

S.J News• [July 9, 2011]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Ministers: 17 new ministers sworn in by President Jonathan @ Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja; Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (fmr Minister of Finance) absent; Portfolios to be announced on Monday by Sen Ayim Pius Ayim (SGF). N4bn Cocaine: Federal High court, Lagos sentences Fong Chiu Sen (Taiwanese) & Wang Richard (Chinese) to 15 years imprisonment each for importation of N4bn worth container of cocaine. Accident: 6 persons killed, as cargo container fell on a 14-passenger commercial bus @ Ore junction, Benin-Lagos expressway around 2pm. Explosion Curb: Borno state Govt imposes 24-hour ban on motorbikes (private & commercial) in Maiduguri, Borno. Chairman-Designate Abducted: Barr Kunle Ogunlana, caretaker committee chairman-designate for Ijebu North LG, abducted within Ogun State House of Assembly premises by ACN protesters. Culpable Homicide: Supreme Court upholds death sentence (by hanging) passed on Miss Rabi Ismail (Kano-based Kannywood actress) by State High court, kano & Court of Appeal, Kaduna, for allegedly killing her boyfriend in 2002 by drugging & drowning him. Alleged Rape: Oba Adebukola Alli (Alowa of Ilowa, Osun) to remain in prison custody indefinitely for allegedly raping female NYSC corps member. Committee On Integration: State Govs of old Western Region decides to set up 21-man technical committee for cooperation, @ meeting held in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti.