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Ghana's President John Kufuor is maintaining a
clear lead as counting continues after Tuesday's election. With 5.9 million votes counted - more than half the
registered voters - Mr Kufuor has 55%, compared to 42% for his main rival John Atta Mills. The ruling New Patriotic
Party (NPP) is also doing well, but many constituencies which have declared are in the party's strongholds. The
main opposition party is ahead in the eastern Volta region. Of 230 parliamentary seats up for grabs, 149 constituencies
have already been declared. In one shock result, the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has picked
up one of six newly-created in the NPP-stronghold region of Ashanti. The presidential election was the fourth
in Ghana since the country became a multi-party state in 1992. Four candidates are contesting the presidency and...
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Court summons Dariye
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 AN
acid test began yesterday for the immunity from prosecution granted some key members of the federal and state executives
by the 1999 Constitution, as a Federal High Court, Kaduna served a criminal summon on the Plateau State Governor
Joshua Chibi Dariye.
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ExxonMobil Plans $10bn...
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 US oil major, ExxonMobil, has said it would
invest about $10 billion (N1.33 trillion) in Nigeria's petroleum sector over the next five years, to raise its
crude oil production to 1.0 million barrels per day (bpd) and end gas flaring from its fields.
Speaking at the commissioning of the Subsea System...
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Revenge of the Warlord...
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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 Dariye of ...
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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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