S.J News• [June 8, 2013]

S.J News• [June 8, 2013]• http://sjnewss.blogspot.com/ Debt: Nigeria's external debt @ $6.67bn (about ₦1.035tn); $10.1072bn & $8.0429bn spent to service debt in 2005 & 2006 respectively before relief -Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Minister of Finance). Monarch: Magistrate Court, Ikeja remands Adeoriyomi Obateru (Oba of Egbin), 7 others in Kirikiri Maximum prisons over alleged murder of Inspector. ex-Naval Chief: Supreme Court sentences Felix Olanrewaju Odunlami (erstwhile Naval Chief) to life imprisonment over murder of commercial motorcycle rider in 2005. Peacekeeping: Police to deploy 140 personnel to Mali on June 10, 2013 in support of ECOWAS & Africa Union-led peace initiative -Mohammed Abubakar (IG of Police). Lack of Funds: Super Eagles rejects $5,000 (₦800,000) bonus offered by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for defeating Harambee Stars of Kenya; Bonus reduced from $10,000 (₦1.6m). Aircraft-Grounding Spree: Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) grounds Gov Adams Oshiomhole's (Edo) chartered helicopter for conveyance to burial ceremony of Sen Ben Obi's (SA to President on Political Matters) wife in Awka. MDG: Nigeria on course to attain Millennium Development Goals (MDG) before December, 2015 expiry -Alhassan Doguwa (Chairman, House Committee on MDG).