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Commission cancels Yar'Adua, Jonathan's severance package
From Mathias Okwe, Abuja
TAKING cognisance of the pains and effects of the global economic melt-down on the Nigerian economy, the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) yesterday yanked off some of the entitlements of political and judicial office holders and in some instances have some other perquisites reduced drastically.
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A typical Federal Road... yesterday
PHOTO: PAUL OLOKO
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Banks lift transactions on the Exchange
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Africans and the development of their continent'
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Nigeria, other Africa property markets, named toast of foreign investors
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UN HABITAT chief, others win $.13m Gšteborg environmental award
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Oil firm to construct N7.5b gas terminal in Lagos
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NNPC, Gazprom sign joint venture pact
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Experts link digital divide to digital opportunity
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Somali pirates hold back Seacom cable, new opening date is July 23
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The ATM debacle: Any respite for bank customers?
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Growing Africa's GDP and food security through agric funding
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How stress causes sexual dysfunction, infertility
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Insurers attribute growth in income to consolidation, awareness in industry
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Airlines slash fares, woo passengers
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Vision 2020 and the role of the advertiser
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Amnesty by rule of law okay, not lip service
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How plants' antioxidants slow prostate cancer, sight loss
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For EPA, the struggle continues, say stakeholders
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Labour may seek further review of minimum wage
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A nation submerged in flood, decaying road network
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Strike grounds activities across varsities
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Norbert Young: The actor's actor clocks 50
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NSDP: Government instrument for crusade against dearth of seafarers
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Oil And Gas: What Next After The Intrigues, Powerplay?
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MV Yenagoa Ocean: A Crew...And 10 Traumatic Months In Land Of Outlaws
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Honour With Lips But Heart Far From God (lII)
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Nigeria absent as AU tackles rift over 'African govt.'
DIVISIONS over a proposed "African government" were being thrashed out yesterday at a summit in Sirte, Libya, where the continent's leaders again vowed not to cooperate with a global court in its drive to apprehend Sudan's Head of State over alleged war crimes against the country's black population at Darfur.
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Mark seeks automatic tickets for PDP senators in 2011
From Azimoh Momoh Jimoh, Abuja
ALL politicians aspiring to become senators through the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 election may have to retrace their steps as such vacancies may not exist.
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Cross River lawmakers to begin hunger strike over 76 oil wells
From Alifa Daniel, Asst Political Editor, Abuja
DEPUTY Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, Senators Bassey Ewa-Henshaw, Greg Ngaji and eight members of the House of Representatives from Cross River State yesterday resolved to embark on a 14-day hunger strike to persuade the Federal Government to reverse its decision to cede 76 oil wells that were within its borders to Akwa Ibom State.
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AFRICA
Kenya most corrupt country in East Africa, says poll
A SURVEY by an anti-graft watchdog has found Kenya east Africa's most graft-prone nation with a bribe expected or solicited in nearly half of all transactions, followed by Uganda and Tanzania.
Guinea-Bissau's presidential vote enters run-off
FOLLOWING the failure of a clear winner in Guinea-Bissau's last Sunday's election to produce a winner, the presidential vote, according to the country's electoral commission, would go to a second round.
WORLD
Honduras' interim leader spurns ultimatum, blames Chavez for crisis
DESPITE mounting international pressure to restore exiled president, Honduras' interim leader has accused Venezuela's Hugo Chavez of instigating his nation's crisis and lawmakers tightened a curfew aimed at stemming unrest.
Iran's ex-president, opposition leader slam Islamic regime
FORMER Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has joined ranks with the country's embattled reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, and accused the Iranian government of failing its people in the recent election and condemning the subsequent crackdown on protesters.
POLICY & POLITICS
How N/Assembly will sanitize banking sector, by Abdulkadir
ARTS
At last, some relief for film corporation
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By Shaibu Husseini
THE Managing Director of the Jos-based Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Mr. Afolabi Adesanya is back in Jos, Plateau State.
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