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Tales of a Phantom Coup: Al-Mustaph Denies Plot to Shoot Down Obasanjo's Helicopter
The Federal Government has accused the
erstwhile Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and others of plotting
to eliminate President Olusegun Obasanjo, through a missile attack on his helicopter while he is on board. The
government which yesterday formally arraigned Al-Mustapha, Lt-Colonel Mohammed Umar Adeka and a civilian, Onwuchekwa
Okorie before a Federal High Court, Lagos, on a two-count charge of forming an intention to remove Obasanjo from
office by unconstitutional means, and conspiracy to commit treason, alleged that Al-Mustapha, provided the funds
for the purpose of purchasing a Stinger Surface to Air Missile to be used in shooting down the President's helicopter.
The charge partly read that Al-Mustapha, Adeka and Okorie... 
Charges over BiafraNigerian coup plot
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 Has former President
Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail again? That's the word according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist
who reports a "major international move" is afoot to help install the ex-CEO of the most powerful nation
as the CEO of the most powerful...
'He definitely wants to do it,' say insiders
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 “Corruption
in large-scale public projects is a daunting obstacle to sustainable development, and results in a major loss of
public funds needed for education, healthcare and poverty alleviation, both in developed and developing countries,”
said Transparency International (TI) ChairmanPeter Eigen today at the launch of the TI Corruption Perceptions Index
2004.
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