S.J News• [Oct 20, 2012]

S.J News• [Oct 20, 2012]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Ondo Gov: Olusegun Mimiko (LP), Olusola Oke (PDP), Rotimi Akeredolu (ACN; fmr NBA President) tussle for throne as gubernatorial election holds 2day; Over 11,000 policemen deployed. Procurement & Production of Military Equipment: VP Namadi Sambo inaugurates presidential committee on Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON). Foreign Account: EFCC freezes $103,762 (₦16,083,110), traced to Bermuda Island (overseas UK territory), belonging to a retired civil servant standing trial @ Federal High Court, Abuja -Wilson Uwujaren (EFCC. spokesman). Valediction: Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar (fmr Chief of Air Staff) retires 4rm Nigerian Air Force (NAF); Replaced with Air Vice Marshall Alex Badeh. UN Ambassador: United Nations Office on Drug & Crime (UNODC) appoints Joke Silva & Jude Abaga (MI) as National Goodwill Ambassadors for human trafficking. EFCC v Cash Smuggler: Absence of presiding judge @ Federal High Court, Lagos stalls arraignment of 25-yr-old man caught with over $7m @ MMIA, Lagos en route Dubai on 27th September, 2012. Larceny: Police recovers Toyota Highlander SUV snatched @ Area 11 Garki, Abuja; Armed robbery suspect shot dead; 2 accomplices turn fugitives. Lebanon: Car bomb during rush hour in Beirut, Lebanon kills no fewer than 8 persons, 78 injured; Intelligence official, Wissam al-Hassan, killed in explosion.