S.J News• [Oct 18, 2012]

S.J News• [Oct 18, 2012]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ 1st Lady: Patience Jonathan returns to Abuja after spending over 6 weeks overseas; Denies having terminal illness or undergoing cosmetic surgery. Piracy: Unknown gunmen intercept ship operated by Bourbon Int'l Oil (French coy) in Bayelsa state; 6 Russian sailors & 1 Estonian abducted. FEC: Federal Executive Council approves use of Performance Contract system as basis for career promotion in federal civil service -Labaran Maku (Minister of Information). Aluu Killings: Magistrate’s Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state remands 13 suspects arrested vis-à-vis killing of 4 University of Port Harcourt students. Adamawa PDP: National Working Committee (NWC) dissolves executive committee; Caretaker committee sworn-in to manage affairs pending Local Govt election; Headed by Umar Dama-gun (Yobe state). Plateau North Sen District: Gyang Nyam Pwajok (fmr Chief of Staff to Gov Jonah Jang) sworn in as Senator following demise of Sen Gyang Dantong. WMD: Plan to detonate 454kg bomb (defused before attempt) in front of Federal Reserve Bank, New York foiled; Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis (21-year-old Bangladeshi) nabbed by FBI.