S.J News• [Dec 7, 2012]

S.J News• [Dec 7, 2012]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ No Premium No Cover: National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) to withdraw insurance cover for government assets & properties until payment of premiums. INEC: Independent National Electoral Commission deregisters 28 political parties in Nigeria. Shell: NUPENG suspends strike over anti-labour practices following Emeka Wogu's (Minister of Labour) intervention; Directed to recall all sacked officers & members on or before December 4, 2012. Campbell Street, Lagos Island: Lagos State Special Offences Court, Alausa sentences 29-yr-old UAE-based businessman to 8-hour community service for violation of traffic law on November 2, 2012. ₦16bn VP Residence: Senate Committee on FCT rejects additional ₦9bn for construction of VP Namadi Sambo’s official residence; Project awarded in 2009 @ ₦7bn. Akwa Ibom: State Govt uncovers 2,561 ghost workers due to introduction of biometric data system; ₦251m saved -Bassey Akpan (Commissioner for Finance). Kwara: State Govt cancels degree programmes in state-owned Colleges of Education in Ilorin, Oro & Lafiaji; To focus on training teachers @ basic education level. Ghana: Presidential & parliamentary elections to hold 2day; Oluesgun Obasanjo to lead ECOWAS monitoring group; President John Dramani Mahama (NDC; Incumbent) & Nana Ado Dankwa-Akufo (NDP) as top contenders.