S.J News• [Aug 5, 2011]

S.J News• [Aug 5, 2011]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Al-Mustapha's Trial: 3rd day of trial for murder of Kudirat Abiola @ Lagos High court; Court admits ex-CSO’s letter to Bola Ige (fmr Minister of Justice) as evidence; Video clip shows footages of late Abraham Adesanya (fmr Afenifere leader), Dr Arthur Nwankwo (Eastern Mandate Union), late Bola Ige @ Aso Rock; Nuhu Ribadu (fmr EFCC Chairman) & Mike Okiro (fmr Lagos CP & IG) were asked to kill me -Maj Hamza Al-Mustapha (fmr CSO to Gen Sani Abacha). Borno Explosion: Detonated bomb kills 2 persons & injures 3 along Baga road, Maiduguri, Borno state; Explosion succeeded by gun fire. Primaries: Fresh Gov primary elections to be conducted by PDP in Adamawa, Bayelsa, Cross River, Sokoto & Kogi States. Oyo Strike: Oyo state civil service workers resume suspended strike over non-implementation of N18,000 minimum wage; 2nd strike within 1 month. Post-amnesty: 449 ex-Niger Delta militants travel to South Africa, UAE, Malaysia & India for vocational training & university education; 1,356 ex-militants sent abroad thus far. Minimum Wage: Ogun state Govt approves payment of N18,250 as minimum wage; To be effective 4rm August 1, 2011. Zamfara: Gov Abdul-azeez Abubakar Yari (Zamfara) submits 23-man commissioner-nominees to State House of Assembly. NHF Fund: ICPC recovers N724m National Housing Fund (NHF); 4 fmr NHF board members to refund N74.74m, 5 staff members to refund N26m to the coffers of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). Ogoniland Contamination: 30-year remediation & $1bn cost estimated-United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP); Environmental Rights Action (ERA) seeks $100bn for Niger Delta Environmental Restoration Fund.