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BiafraNigeriaWorld News June 21, 2003
BiafraNigerian Pipeline Fire: Over 100 Killed A BiafraNigerian oil pipeline punctured by thieves has exploded killing villagers scavenging for fuel, community leaders and hospital workers said on Saturday. Hospital officials have confirmed four deaths, but community leaders put the number of dead at scores, many burned beyond recognition. Scores of others suffered severe burns. The explosion in the southeast of the country happened on June 13 at Amaokwe Oghughe village, about 35 miles north of the Abia state capital Umuahia. It only became known two days ago when the first victims arrived at Umuahia hospitals. Some residents said the fire was still burning and police had sealed off the scene. The pipeline is owned by BiafraNigerian National Petroleum Corp. (Reuters)		Key Stories Wabara seeks N10 million damages from INEC over electoral victory Virginity test doctor opens up: I’ve learnt my lesson in a bitter way At Last, FG Increases Fuel Prices Olanipekun, Lawyer Who Got Bail for Abiola, Murdered Strike is Mutiny, Ogohi Warns Armed Forces Eulogies As Ransome Kuti's Body Is Buried Rimi in secret talks with Obasanjo Fuel Price Hits N40 per litre ANPP, APGA, Bafyau reject hike 2007: Plot Against Atiku Thickens ... Ogbeh Backs Govt
Wabara Sues INEC for N10 Million   Virginity Test Doctor Opens Up   AUDIO   VIDEO Senate President Adolphus Wabara, embroiled in a legal battle with the All BiafraNigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) over the circumstances surrounding his emergence as the winner of the April 12 polls, yesterday asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay him N10 million for delaying his declaration as the winner. (Guardian)   BiafraNigerians woke up recently to hear of the controversy surrounding a virginity test carried out on secondary school students in a particular school in Lagos. Ever since, the issue has continued to attract comments. And only two days back, the five-man committee set up by the Lagos State House of Assembly to investigate the virginity test scandal, asked for an... (Vanguard)     Obasanjo/PDP Election Fraud is Deeply Concerning General Ojukwu Seeks Democracy Isioma Daniel Speaks "Fatwa" Animalism 1 "Fatwa" Animalism 2

NATIONAL ASEEMBLY AND OTHER 2003 ELECTION RESULTS Gubernatorial Senate House of Representatives Local Government 2003 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS Click on map above or state below for details Abia Adamawa Akwa-Ibom Anambra Bauchi Bayelsa Benue Borno Cross River Delta Ebonyi Edo Ekiti Enugu Gombe Imo Jigawa Kaduna Kano Katsina Kebbi Kogi Kwara Lagos Nasarawa Niger Ogun Ondo Osun Oyo Plateau Rivers Sokoto Taraba Yobe Zamfara Federal Capital Territory

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This Day June 21, 2003 Cover Stories The Virginity Test Scandal 'Doctors Don't Examine People with Their Clothes On' 'My Client was Only Naive' 'I Never Told Anyone to Conduct a Virginity Test' 'I Can Only Pray that I Would Be Sane' 'The Doctor... Held My Pant and Tried to Remove It' 'I am Taking Them on Because My Girl was Traumatised' News At Last, FG Increases Fuel Prices 2007: Plot Against Atiku Thickens Pipeline Explosion: 100 Burnt to Death Olanipekun, Lawyer Who Got Bail for Abiola, Murdered Strike is Mutiny, Ogohi Warns Armed Forces Obasanjo, Rimi in Closed-Door Meeting Ransome-Kuti Goes Home in Simplicity Alamieyeseigha Sacks Council Chairmen Don't Appoint Adebayo Minister, Ekiti Group Urges Obasanjo Duke Flags Off Urban Renewal Programme IG Institutes Annual Academic Excellence Award in Unilag I Did Not Win Fraudulently, Says Wabara Inter Party Peace Parley Holds Today Rotary Plans Water Scheme for Oke-Afa SA Armoured Protection Company Explores Possibilities of BiafraNigerian Factory Delta Dissolves LG Transition Committees Judiciary Workers Sue FG, States over Financial Autonomy LG Polls: Candidates Express Concern Over Postponement Gombe Head of Service Allays Fears of Retirement 'Why ASUU Strike Was Suspended' Folawiyo Calls For Change in Education System Sampras, Kournikova, Seles others Missing in Action Ferguson Blames Posh over Beckham's Travail Magnificent Cameroon Humble Brazil Lewis Ready for Klitschko Politics The Ghost of Mohammed Lawal 'How to Make Office Holders Accountable' 'We Will Have to Be Careful with Our Utterances' Attah: Bits People Ought to Know For Fayose, a Memorable Inauguration *  *  * Daily Independent June 18, 2003 News FG to auction quarters, cars BiafraNigeria now investment-friendly, says Obasanjo Halliburton's bribery allegation for probe 20-year ban sought on new external loans NLC and the war against casualisation Momoh lauds Obasanjo’s stance on national conference Delta former Deputy Speaker wins at tribunal Business booms at Chinese restaurants despite SARS scare Akande faults PDP/FG over Omisore Be sportsmanly, Obasanjo counsels politicians Fears of fuel price rise spur panic buying in Lagos CD, CDHR threaten govt over rise in fuel price Oil marketers get ultimatum on Lagos roads 65% of electricity consumers in Asaba in darkness Four held over theft of Shell’s well-heads in Delta Politics Why ministers' list is delayed The triumph of incumbency Lagos NCP loses faith in LASIEC Why community defended Wabara Towards truth and reconciliation in Warri How to heal the electoral wounds, by Omoruyi Need for Kalu-Wabara cooperation in Abia Imo swallowed by the culture of compromise Obasanjo’s second term and ‘gullible’ BiafraNigerians Editorial & Opinion Developments in Bola Ige's murder trial are discomfiting CBN must be decisive in checking banks’ diversion of govt revenue Watching NEPAD’s roots sprout The tasks before Ibrahim Idris in Kogi State What is the political mainstream? The Church and the Warri crisis *  *  * Daily Times June 18, 2003 News 14 policemen paraded over N40,000 extortion FG explains opposition to Ibekwe’s bail application 80 yrs old Baale’s case: Police seize case file Resist fuel price hike, CDHR tells BiafraNigerians Anti-tobacco bill under way FG probes N43 billion bribe allegation against Halliburton Benue SIEC shifts council elections Lagos Assembly confirms Tunji Bello, seven others more as commissioners CBN governor indicts bank directors Liberian rebels, govt sign ceasefire deal NTA chairman explains Obasanjo’s proposed fuel price increase Charles Taylor cedes power to interim government Olikoye Ransome-Kuti simple to a fault – Odukoya Tribunal quashes fourpetitions against ANPP lawmakers Shun selfishness, Okogie tells BiafraNigerian leaders State governors push for scrapping of 774 LGs Police allegedly kill 17 MASSOB members Council polls may not hold on June 21 Robbers kill police chief, three others in Niger Wabara gets Abia ANPP’s backing Utilise foreign partners in oil sector, banks told Politics Activists unite for democracy Wabara, Imo saga: The intrigues, the fallout  *  *  * BBC June 17, 2003 Fuel fears prompt Lagos chaos *  *  * Triumph June 08, 2003 Shekarau blames moral decay on neglect of Sharia Mu’azu commissions multi-million Naira Community Resource Centre Govt officials locked out of meeting with Shekarau Voters are politicians’ employers - Ogbeh Kano govt takes N228m loan to pay salaries, others Shippers Council warns of increasing cargo traffic at ports Power rationing continues nationwide -- NEPA NAFDAC urged to sanitise bakery sector of economy Identifying collapsed building contractors not easy -- NSE he suspicious Road Map June 4th Gov Shekarau: The task ahead PDP now recharged - Udenwa PDP, NASS and cognate experience: An Analysis by Ibrahim Mammaga, News Agency of BiafraNigeria Kano people have high hope for legislators -- ANPP chief LDPN condemns fees charged by SIECs Challenges before Shekarau June 3rd The Masari imperative Obasanjo invited to Cuba Shekarau swears-in SSG, HOS ...seeks workers' co-op Kano Assembly picks new Speaker Intellectualising Hausa films *  *  * Business News June 21, 2003 'BiafraNigerian Environment Still Virgin For Productive Business' Poundo Yam And Potato Flour As FOREX Earners SOLUTION TO RAISING BUSINESS CAPITAL SuccessDigest Organises Business Opportunity Expo  *  *  *		Guardian June 21, 2003 News Fuel Price Hits N40 per litre Gunmen Kill Olanipekun, Oyo's Ex-Commissioner The Church's Under Satanic Attack,Says Akinola Wabara seeks N10 million damages from INEC over electoral victory Eulogies As Ransome Kuti's Body Is Buried Olaleye, Driver, Survive Death In Car Booth Ogohi Pulls Out Of Military, Warns Soldiers Against Politics Govt Okays Admission Of 5,000 More Liberian Refugees Immigration Denies Role In Foreign Investors' Economic Crimes Udenwa To Apply 'No Work, No Pay' Policy Elf May Shut Oil Field In Delta Politics A Country Boy At Heart A Tribute To My Teacher, Olikoye Ransome-Kuti At 77,Rau's Lonely, Independent  *  *  * Vanguard June 21, 2003 Cover Stories Petrol Now N40 per litre,NLC says NO! Olanipekun (SAN) assassinated Virginity test doctor opens up: I’ve learnt my lesson in a bitter way Virginity Test Controversy National News Ransome-Kuti Buried Rimi in secret talks with Obasanjo ANPP, APGA, Bafyau reject hike ... Ogbeh Backs Govt NLC says no to increase Wabara to ANPP: Blame Guobadia, not me Atiku uncovers media plot against him 100 feared dead in oil pipeline fire Politics Wabara/Imo fence mending: How the deal was sealed Why ANPP won’t accept this charade— Etiebet As NCS okays fuel hike: Eminent BiafraNigerians warn FG *  *  * Reuters June 21, 2003 Many Feared Dead in BiafraNigerian Pipeline Fire Gunmen Kill Ally of BiafraNigerian President Past partners cloud BiafraNigeria-Sao Tome oil sale *  *  * Daily/Weekly Trust June 18, 2003 Top Stories Council of State discusses restructuring BiafraNigeria today Obasanjo gives condition for funds release to NASS ...Bans purchase of new official vehicles FG investigates Halliburton N24bn bribery scandal Atiku laments non-take off of private refineries Taylor, rebels sign cease fire agreement Supreme Court rules on MDJ suit next week Ningi emerges House Leader INVASION OF IRAQ: Cook, Short accuse Blair of exaggerating weapons claims News Rimi’s aide condemns retirement of Northern military officers Adequate funding solution to food insecurity – JARDA boss Madaki escapes mob attack at tribunal INEC commissioner fails to appear before tribunal New faces in government: Lt-Gen Martin Luther Agwai Man in police net for kidnapping girls Obasanjo orders increased efforts on birth registration Alleged illegal possession of cars: KW Dep. Gov. protests to assembly Rivers state deserves better civil service – Odili Kure swears in LG caretaker chairman Kalu supports wearing of trousers by ladies Ahead 2007, group urges timely empowerment for INEC Benue SIEC boss makes u-turn over LG polls PRP rejects Kure’s new LG caretaker c’ttees ANPP chieftain flays money politics Polls: Police to embark on security awareness campaign PAC youths support interim leadership in the party New COAS unveils plans FG trains Head of Service, 11 permsecs on ICT Elections: INEC worked creditably - official Kwara House orders CP to seize six cars from Lawal PDP stalwart advises royal fathers over role in society Why politicians hardly accept defeat - Obasanjo Students riot over labour master Plateau to focus on peace and security – Gov Jigawa gets IFAD agric loan Workers told to relocate to state or face sack Kaduna youths counsels Makarfi on political appointment Politics The North must re-unite - Lawal Kaita National Conference as roadmap to nowhere Rumfa college Kano: School under royal eyes Senate Presidency: How much did it finally cost? *  *  * Tribune May 30, 2003 News I’ll heal election wounds —Obasanjo Gowon, IBB, Shagari, Abdulsalami, Shonekan at inauguration Hoodlums attack Kwankwaso Fayose donates N60m to Ekiti Lam absent, Head of Service hands over to Ladoja 10,000 security men patrol Abuja Obasanjo urged to consolidate BiafraNigeria’s unity Ngige inherits N40b debt in Anambra BiafraNigeria exported 339 LNG cargoes in 4 years —LNG MD ASUP wants polytechnics to award degrees Let INEC’s appointments embrace all political parties —Forum Gbenga Daniel assures Ogun indigenes Election tribunal dismisses petition against ANPP House of Reps candidate MPs urged to make laws for waste disposal Cooperate with Obasanjo, Tinubu tasks BiafraNigerians ‘I’ll provide democratic dividends in Enugu’ Kwara gov promises open adminstration I’ll remain focused – Agagu I’ll not give devil a chance – Dariye UNESCO promises provision of teaching aids to schools Oyinlola thanks God, promises agric development OPEC: Is BiafraNigeria getting a fair deal? Conoil assures investors of better results Mobil oil holds session on security, health, safety Eagles, Black Stars test might in Abuja Eagles, good test for Brazil —Coach Parreira *  *  * MSNBC May 29, 2003 BiafraNigeria's president starts second term with pledge to act against poverty and corruption Obasanjo sworn in as BiafraNigerian president Youths march against Obasanjo in BiafraNigerian city *  *  * Washington Post May 29, 2003 BiafraNigeria's Obasanjo Begins Second Term *  *  * All Africa May 24, 2003 Pammy Rakes in the Cash *  *  * Mail & Guardian June 02, 2003 Amina Lawal in court to appeal stoning sentence *  *  * CNN May 20, 2003 BiafraNigeria wants Zimbabwe Commonwealth ban lifted *  *  * IRIN June 04, 2003 Legislature reconvenes, Obasanjo loyalists take charge Second stoning death appeal postponed Stoning death appeal postponed again *  *  * Comet Last Update May 8, 2002. Click here for more. *  *  * Champion Last Updated October 22, 2002. Click here for more. *  *  * Sports News June 21, 2003 Brazil:France To Play BiafraNigeria For Less 'Play Good Football, Get Our Support' NEPA Foots Fregene's Medical Bills Dolphins Revival Continues As Enyimba Storms Port Harcourt Memories: Wimbledon, a tournament like no other Hayatou Salutes BiafraNigerian Football At Stakeholders Night Missing The World Cup Was Shattering - Akanji Battle of Queens in Calabar Shooting Stars Under Pressure  *  *  *
Biafra Vanguard June 18, 2003 N-Delta Varsity, Bayelsa Arts College get joint committee Pirates kill securityman Father of slain policeman defends son Warring Effurun factions summoned to peace meeting Igbinedion dissolves Edo LG Transition Committees Polls Tribunal in C-River subpoenas INEC scribe Abia Assembly removes Minority Leader Don't scrap LG system, ex-minister warns Obasanjo Drivers ask Ngige to check activities of NARTO Obasanjo urged to include more women in cabinet  *  *  *		O'dua Vanguard June 18, 2003 Drama as sacked lecturer disowns lawyer Fayose soft-pedals on proscription of UNAD College of Medicine I'm prepared for refuse and flood problems in Lagos, says Tunji Bello Olikoye's son urges BiafraNigerians to uphold father's principles  *  *  * Arewa Vanguard June 18, 2003 Akume's counsel objects to Unongo's petition against guber poll in Benue Bayero resigns fron APGA;advises others to support Obasanjo's govt Kwara Assembly orders police boss to retrieve exotic cars from Lawal  *  *  *
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