S.J News• [July 26, 2011]

S.J News• [July 26, 2011]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Delta Gov Rerun: Delta State Election Petition Tribunal, Asaba upholds election of Gov Emmanuel Uduaghan in Gov rerun held January 6, 2011. N40bn Scam: High court, Abuja orders immediate release of Usman Nafada's (erstwhile Dep Speaker) travel documents by EFCC for his lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia, latest 3rd week of September; Adjourns ruling on Nafada & Dimeji Bankole's (fmr House Speaker) application praying court to quash 17-count charge & disqualify Festus Keyamo (prosecuting counsel). Presidential Special Advisers: Prof Nwanze Okidegbe (Chief Economic Adviser; Delta) & Prof Sylvester Monye (Performance Monitoring & Evaluation MDAs SA; Delta) sworn in by President Jonathan yesterday. CU Academic Record: Mr Victor Ubong (20yrs; Accounting) emerges all-time best graduate of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state with CGPA of 4.99/5.0. Nigeria's Oil Reserve: Nigeria holds 37.2bn barrels (29.32% African Oil Reserves & 2nd in Africa) of oil reserves out of 126.847bn barrels held by Africa; Libya's 1st with 47bn barrels & Angola 3rd with 9.5bn barrels of oil -Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Voter Registration: INEC to commence continuous voter registration ahead of Gov elections scheduled for Kogi, Sokoto, Adamawa, Cross River & Bayelsa states in 2012. Dep Gov's Wife Fined: Federal High court, Benin orders Mrs Endurance Odubu (Edo Dep Gov's wife) to pay 12m as damages to soldier; Army officer allegedly beaten & detained by wife's security details for disrupting convoy in January, 2010. Edo PDP: Mr Nosa Adams (Edo PDP Publicity Secretary resigns as member of state executive committee. Ekiti Health Care: Gov Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) launches free health programme; Pregnant women, Children (under 5 yrs), Physically challenged & Elderly citizens (65 years & above) to be beneficiaries.