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Fed Govt moves to hasten action on N'Delta
From Madu Onuorah, Abuja
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday urged the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament of Militants in the Niger Delta to work diligently and speedily to hasten restoration of law and order in the region.
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Baya Bakari, the sole survivor of the Yemeni air mishap in hospital... yesterday.
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Market indices rise further by 1.3 per cent, as blue chips buoy transactions
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Tension in Niger as Tandja 'muscles for third term'
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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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Gambia: The smiling coast of Africa
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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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How economic woes, peer pressure fuel drug abuse
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Strike grounds activities across varsities
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Waiting for Mr. President on community radio
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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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Iwu laments elite's resistance to free polls
From John-Abba Ogbodo (Abuja) and Lawrence Njoku (Enugu)
NIGERIAN elite yesterday drew the ire of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, who described them as the major obstacles to the nation's quest for a credible electoral system.
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European Union unfolds agenda for Africa
From Saxone Akhaine (Kaduna), Collins Olayinka and Abosede Musari (Abuja)
AS Sweden assumed the Presidency of the European Union yesterday, it identified democracy, climate change, peacekeeping and the conclusion of economic pacts among issues that would form its top priorities in Africa.
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Obasanjo in U.S., shuns comments on Yar'Adua, amnesty
From Laolu Akande,
New York
INSISTING that he will not rush into responding to every issue that develops in and about Nigeria, former President Olusegun Obasanjo is maintaining a sturdy silence on the state of the nation, especially anything that has to do with the administration of the incumbent, President Umaru Yar'Adua.
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AFRICA
Ethiopia dismisses Somali Islamist attack threat
ADDIS ABABA has dismissed a threat of invasion from Somalia's Islamist rebels who say Ethiopian troops have crossed back into the chaotic Horn of Africa country they withdrew from in January.
S'Africa may re-open specialised crime units
TO fight high crime wave, South Africa has planned to review the closure of specialised police units while roping in the youth to strengthen the fight against high levels of crime.
WORLD
OAS gives Honduran coup plotters ultimatum to reinstate president
HONDURAS yesterday faced growing pressure to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya after the Organisation of American States (OAS) set a 72-hour deadline to end a crisis triggered by a military coup.
Ahmadinejad's rivals defiant on Iran vote
IN clear defiance of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two losing contenders in Iran's presidential election have denounced the result, saying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's next cabinet would be illegitimate.
POLICY & POLITICS
Ogun Crisis: How it all started
By Bayo Ohu
The ongoing political crisis in Ogun State that has virtually put leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Gbenga Daniel at loggerheads started after the 2007 general elections when the governor was alleged to have perfected strategies to take over the party allegedly to manipulate it to further his political interest ahead of the governorship election in 2011. In fact, the crisis has been centered around the politics of 2011 and which of the three Senatorial zones will produce the governor.
ARTS
At last, some relief for film corporation
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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