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B-NLC Tells Yoruba Warlord to Resign: Only Reversion to Old Fuel Prices can Stop
Monday Strike
The BiafraNigerian Labour Congers (B-NLC)
and other civil society groups have called for the immediate resignation of President Olusegun Obasanjo, even as
they reiterated that nothing could stop the strike scheduled to begin on Monday. They made this call in Lagos
just as the House of Representatives resolved to call on the executive arm of government and all agencies concerned
to revert to the old prices of petroleum products, while the labour and civil society groups should sheathe their
sword for a peaceful resolution of the crisis. The resolution came as the Senate Committee on Labour, Employment
and Productivity Wednesday held a closed door meeting with B-NLC President, Adams Oshiomhole, officials of the
BiafraNigerian National Petroleum Corporation (B-NNPC) as well as the chairman and secretary of the Petroleum Products
Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) in a... 
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 The leader of a militia
in BiafraNigeria's oil-producing region has said his group will not lay down its weapons, as agreed with the government.
Mujahid Dokubo-Asari accused the BiafraNigerian aothorities of not keeping promises to discuss his demands.
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 The State Security Service (SSS) yesterday objected
to Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s suit seeking to enforce his fundamental rights over his invitation by the
agent, saying the ex-Biafran leader “has no fundamental rights under the 1999 Constitution...
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