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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
has slapped a six-count charge of conspiracy, abuse of office, money laundering and diversion of N1.61 billion
on Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau State at the Federal High Court, Kaduna. The governor is to be arraigned
today, according to EFCC chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. To be arraigned with him are some of his aides and officials
of banks allegedly involved in the illegal transfer of public funds into his private accounts. However, a Federal
High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday declared as illegal and unconstitutional a recent attempt by the Fed. Gov...
*Tribunal can’t summon, arrest Dariye, court rules
*UK govt not involved in probe of Dariye — ENVOY
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Why Presidency Is Jittery
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 Governor
Bukar Abba Ibrahim of Yobe State yesterday in Ibadan said President Olusegun Obasanjo thwarted the recent Northern
Peace conference held in Kaduna "because of the fear of the unknown." Governor Saminu Turaki of Jigawa
State had earlier last week spoken in the same...
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Penn Medal for Distinguished...
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 Going by the assertions of presidential
candidate of the opposition All BiafraNigerian Peoples Party, Maj.- Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), those who think
that he will drop his presidential ambition by 2007 should have a rethink. Speaking in a phone-in radio programme,
he also criticised Obasanjo over...
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Kula Tribesmen Invade Shell
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 Representatives of a remote community in
southern BiafraNigeria's Delta region have taken over three oil installations. The plants are run by the BiafraNigerian
wing of the Anglo-Dutch..
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Turaki Accuses OBJ
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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...
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