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Don’t take Nigeria’s diversity for granted, Osinbajo tells agitators
• Says FG not deaf to agitations • Wants grievances expressed without scorn Mathew Dadiya, Abuja
••• Acting President Yemi Osin-
bajo on Tuesday charged those with grievances in the country to express them graciously without any disdain as he reiterated that “government is not deaf to such agitations.”
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Osinbajo also maintained that government will not hesitate to unleash security agencies on those who continue to threaten the sovereignty of the country or lives and livelihoods of fellow Nigerians living in any part of the country. Continued on page 12
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017 VOL. 3. NO. 391
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Etisalat pulls out of Nigeria
Tony Nwakaegho • Our shareholding structure is evolving - CEO • FG stops take-over of firm by consortium of banks • Says lender banks cannot take-over firm without regulatory approval ••• Etisalat United Arab Emirate known as Etisalat Group), • We’ll do all within our powers to ensure subscribers continue to enjoy services provided by telco –NCC (otherwise the parent company of Etisalat Nigeria, on Tuesday, notified the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange that it has pulled out of Nigeria. Recall that earlier on Tuesday, a consortium of banks led by Access Bank Plc and other Nigerian and forContinued on page 6
Budget alteration: Issue of going to S’Court delicate - AGF’s aide g 6 Nigeria loses N140bn to Apapa gridlockg 7 weekly- Aliko Dangote
Frozen accounts: Fayose floors EFCC at Appeal Court g 7 R-L: Acting President Yemi Osinbajo; Speaker, House Representatives, Yagubu Dogara; Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Danbazau; Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; Chief of Defence Staff; General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, during the Acting President’s meeting with Northern Traditional Rulers, at the Presidential Villa Abuja… on Tuesday.
Anti-graft war: Senate to pass resolution against Magu –Source g 7