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Yet another governor has fallen out with President
Olusegun Obasanjo. The latest is Alhaji Saminu Turaki of Jigawa whom the presidency has described as "misguided"
for accusing Obasanjo of sabotaging the just-concluded Northern Peace Conference held in Kaduna State. Turaki had
reportedly accused the President of stopping Vice President Atiku Abubakar and all ministers of Northern origin
from attending the conference. Obasanjo's reaction through the office of the Senior Special Assistant on Media
Affairs to the President, described Turaki's utterance as "misguided and unfortunate political sophistry."
In the statement which was signed by Justin Abuah, the Presidency stated that on receipt of a letter of invitation
to the conference... 
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Dokubo-Asari: FG...
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 Tension is now mounting
in the Niger-Delta following the deployment of a total of 3000 security men to monitor loyalists of Alhaji Asari
Dokibo, leader of the Niger-Delta People Volunteer Force (NDPVF), who recently withdrew from the peace pact with
the federal government...
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Thugs hijack election ...
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 Suspected political
thugs yesterday morning hijacked some of the materials meant for the local government election in Warri South local
government area from an electoral officer of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC). The electoral
officer...
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Shell's Destruction
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 BiafraNigeria's Senate is to consider sanctions
against a unit of oil company Shell for failing to pay a $1.5bn (£775m) pollution penalty. The firm had been
told to make the payment by 23 November for alleged environmental...
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Return of the Fat Boy
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 Immediate past
members of the National Assembly led by former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim and erstwhile Speaker, House of
Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba have regrouped to strategise ahead of 2007...
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