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Power probe: Obasanjo, Atiku fail to show up • OBJ writes, says he's indisposed


Gbenga Adefaye, (Vanguard) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, failed yesterday to appear before the House of Reps Committee probing the power sector with Chief Obasanjo citing slight indisposition. Alhaji Atiku said he could not immediately get a plane back home from Dubai. He expressed desire to appear at a later date.
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President Umaru Yar'Adua's six top worries -- apart from his health


Martins Oloja, (Guardian) - As tongues continue to wag in the nation's capital about the real state of health of President Yar'Adua, who marks the first year in office this month, it appears he is more disturbed by six issues that have challenged his presidency. The sixth challenge the President faces in Abuja is how to weed out all vestiges of the ''old soldiers'' in the presidency. more >>



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Why most Nigerian men can’t go for more than one round of sex at a time -Dr. Sandra Ekwunife
AZOMA CHIKWE, (Daily Sun) - Within three days of treatment, your body, mind and spirit will come alive. I speak from experience. We treat with standardized herbs. It doesn’t matter how long the condition has lasted – once treatment is initiated, the result must follow.
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Dr. Ahmadu Ali, former PDP chairman, pulls out of ambassadorial posting
Musikilu Mojeed, (Punch) - Facts emerged in Abuja on Monday that a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, might have decided not to honour his posting to South Africa as an ambassador.
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Ex-gov Donald Duke asks FHC Chief Judge to quit N555m residence in Ikoyi, Lagos
Tony Amokeodo, (Punch) - A former Cross River State Governor, Mr Donald Duke, has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdullahi Mustapha, to quit his official residence at 1 Temple Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
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‘How we planned to share N300m unspent budget’ • Rage in Senate over Iyabo-Obasanjo’s statement
Sufiyan Ojeifo, (ThisDay) - As investigations into the Health Ministry scam involving the unspent N300million from last year’s budget continues to unravel, a director of the ministry who is being accused alongside two ministers and nine others has graphically disclosed how the money was shared.
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Lagos to lay foundation of Eko Atlantic City
Akinpelu Dada, (Punch) - The Lagos State Government will later this month lay the foundation of the Eko Atlantic City. The project involves the reclamation of eight square metres of land from the Atlantic Ocean through seabed dredging in an environmental friendly process.
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Ebele Okeke, Head of the Civil Service, tours U.S., UK institutions for manpower development
Alex Emeje, (Daily Independent) - Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Ebele Okeke, has held meetings with some manpower development institutions in America and the United Kingdom.
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I’ll be happy to die for Biafra –Chief Ralph Uwazuruike
staff, (Daily Sun) - With a treason charge still hanging on his neck, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, is not perturbed just as he is not ready to drop the Biafran struggle. Instead, he would prefer to go with the wind of the struggle if Ndigbo are not accorded a rightful place in the Nigerian state.
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'How Obasanjo, El-Rufai, associates grabbed Abuja plots'
Azimazi Momoh Jimoh, (Guardian) - It was another day of shock at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Allocation and Revocation of Plots of Land in Abuja when it emerged that a property belonging to the Universal Basic Education (UBE) was revoked and given to Obasanjo Farms, a day before the former President left office.
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11 People die in Ibadan-Ife road accident fire • Robbers kill manager, female staff in bank raid in Ode-Irele, Ondo State
staff, (Nigerian Tribune) - No fewer than 11 people were burned to death in an auto accident that happened at Balogun village on the Ife-Ibadan express road in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State on Monday.
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