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Govs back probe of NNPC's subsidy claim, deregulation
From Martins Oloja, John-Abba Ogbodo and Collins Olayinka, Abuja
GOVERNORS of the 36 states of the federation have asked the Minister of Finance Mansur Muhtar to commence investigation of the N1.15 trillion claim made by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as petroleum subsidy from 2005 till date.
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Wailing women at the burial of victims of the Dogo-Nahawa village, Plateau State, violence.
PHOTO: AP
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Insurance shares buoy turnover on the Exchange
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E-Medicine: A pilot success in Nigeria
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Shell rejects N5.5b verdict over Bayelsa environment pollution
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Environment ministers signal resolve to realise sustainable development
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Oil sector reforms critical to Vision 20:2020, says Lukman
PHCN laments attacks on workers, equipment
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Under-investment, bane of African ICT development, say experts
Xmn, Canadian firm, debuts in Nigerian ICT market
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CBN initiative: Is it enough to unlock the credit squeeze?
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Again, hot weather may cause harvest of rainfall, diseases
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CIIN partners NUC for insurance discipline in universities
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Seat comfortability to the rescue for airlines
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Why herbal mix offers better relief in cough, cold symptoms
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Fidson commissions N1b office complex tomorrow
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Longe: A long road to justice
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Governors, PDP take the extraordinary to douse a heated polity
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Private school owners focus on standard, govt policy at summit
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How culture can combat climate change, by experts
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Govt to earn six million euros from CTN scheme
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R-A-G-E: Over Troops Deployment
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Nigeria's Chequered Presidency And How Governors Scuttled Yar'Adua's Impeachment
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Bishop Blames Leadership Quality On Nation's Woes
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Aso Rock of rumour: To Turai, the wife of the caliph
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Jang moans, Senate, Reps want action on Jos
From Martins Oloja, Alifa Daniel, John-Abba Ogbodo, Oghogho Obayuwana, Terhemba Daka, Azimazi Momoh Jimoh (Abuja) and Francis Obinor (Lagos)
PLATEAU State governor, Jonah David Jang, yesterday painted the sorry state of his helplessness as his people were hacked to death in their hundreds. And he lamented the emptiness of governors' so-called chief security officers' status in the face of their lack of control over troops or " even a fly".
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Repair of rail tracks begins in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo
By Yetunde Ebosele
AHEAD of the July 2010 completion date, the contractor handling the rehabilitation of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) tracks in some parts of the country, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), has commenced work in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states.
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MAN lauds CBN on bailout package, tasks operators
By Babatola Adeyemi
RECENT policy initiatives by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which included incentives to bail out the comatose industrial sector, have been applauded by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).
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AFRICA
ICC approves design, development of permanent sites
By Francis Obinor
THE International Criminal Court (ICC) has revealed the design for its permanent premises after signing the contract for the development of the new building with Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen. The new ICC headquarters in The Hague is expected to be completed by 2015.
Togolese police halt opposition rallies, Protests fizzle out
RIOT police yesterday, fired tear gas to disperse a smaller-than-expected crowd of around 1,000 people protesting at President Faure Gnassingbe's victory in last week's election.
WORLD
UN laments plight of impoverished drug addicts
WHILE celebrities earn notoriety from publicly going into rehab, millions of impoverished drug addicts are being ostracized, do not have access to doctors and are often imprisoned, a top United Nations (UN) official has said.
Israel, Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions
MIDDLE East rivals Israel and Syria have announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Tel Aviv facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its secretive nuclear activities.
POLICY & POLITICS
'Whatever his condition, show Yar'Adua to the public'
AREWA Consultative Forum (ACF) Chieftain and erstwhile Vice President of the Kaduna Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA), Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed spoke to Saxone Akhaine in Kaduna
ARTS
Evidence Dance in town with Dance Motion
By Shaibu Husseini
WHEN foremost choreographer, Ronald Brown established Evidence, the Brooklyn based Dance Company in 1985; it was with the vision of examining, sharing and exploring the American dance experience with international audience. Twenty five years down the line, the vision has not changed-rather it keeps expanding beyond Brown's own imagination.
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