S.J News• [Jan 19, 2012]

S.J News• [Jan 19, 2012]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Senate: Retirement age for professors upped 4rm 65 to 70 years with pension @ rate equivalent to last month salary; Pensionable age of other academic staff & non-academic staff of universities upped 4rm 60 to 65 years. N363.6m Audit: Federal Executive Council (FEC) approves N226,613,000 for audit of oil & gas industry (2009-2011) & N137,000,000 for solid mineral (2009-2010). NDLEA: 32-year-old man enroute to Dubai apprehended @ Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos for possession of 7.1kg liquid cocaine (N63.9 street value). Fuel Subsidy Probe: ACN seeks compulsory leave for Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke (Minister of Petroleum) & immediate withdrawal of soldiers 4rm Lagos streets. Kogi: State Govt imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew & bans Okada between 7pm & 6am in Okene, Okehi & Adavi LGAs due to incessant killings & disappearance of citizens. MASSOB: 19 Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra arraigned in Magistrate Court, Onitsha on a 3-count charge of kidnapping, conspiracy & assault. World Bank: Makhtar Diop (Senegalese) appointed as VP for Africa; To succeed Obiageli Ezekwesili (Nigeria); Effective 4rm May 6th, 2012.