NEWS 5 Jonathan, Babangida, Abubakar, Shonekan, others, at book launch, laud Osoba .............
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ptherinl at the oolt launc.h on Squn O5IoN. the lormer gowmor of 0Iun S!:lttr. yederdaoyln ....... rouIo.Ibe~ fur. poIiIkal nt.IIy, but an f'JICrlIrnl oudng by C1If.UlJlJ d tndusuy. poIItkWu.. ltV rued
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ID"H§ignlnmts.lheSecn:mr to the Fedenal ~ m en l. 1'ItM Anyim Nul. whu was repreRflb!d by the ~ head of Q\.il SfnIce 01 the r~don. Oladapo Molabi. Aid II was 0t0bIi who In 1966, utllised btl wide netwuck of coulllCb to OJDfum 10 the "'odd when the body ollatl'l Prime MlJUstef Abububr lW"_ 1Wewa __ lobe fuuM. h _ . wurld dasI CId~'e he said "In 1975, hebraowd Iheodds 10 produce the Dally llml!'!l edIdoo tllid pYe deuIs 01 the coup d'etat tha i Innou nced I II~ MUl IIII Mohanllllai as lhe new head of 1llI1e. Osoba In ne-onJNI IH!t manl,~menl made I ~ SUOCeM In his headship al nriouIIlimes or lIenJd, SIIetch and DaUy 11mes': Anyim aid. I'\ho speIIklll& ill! the ~~11 whkh witnessed tqKlI!5f'f1tatf\'8 oI.ar1ous stile
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mentt. former prcsld~nt of Nlpa, Ibl1lhlm o.blnglrla. wondered how Osoba bll Inced the IntJicKlel: of Jour laalilmand atiD ~ friends in Ihe lOdelY lie deJcrtbed hbn _ an lnI,unitfwl jownalisr who broke ~ pounds and who went for KOOpS. tJaballpill Mid Oeoba has madelft'lllconuiJulionlloihr:
Reps, concessionaires accuse NPA of frustJating multi-billion dollar investment KEHlNDE AKJNfOLA. ~_
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he Jlot~ of .. sentltlve!! Ind pon conceuhmab,.. on Thursday bl;t med /'o.1srrta Porn AuthOrity r-':I',\ ) ror aJlt'II:t'dly (ru'lfltlng muill -blllion doUar Illfttl-
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naIJ: Umiled and Intq-'aled l.op'lles Umlled ( INl ). who Ippured befor Ihe Ilome Commlnee on I'm..lbatlon and CommeullU.. 11011 headed by Kha,1I II Bukar Ahmed, nine ... d cOllcern OYer the (alh" e of NPA 10 commence dral" .. of C.llbar Pon In line .vI1h the mnca.sion agreellll'l'll Some of the II"nutU" lUred NPA to"ep up I(titm in ladllnt!: the JlQfeS d by p
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ilial the delay In the clred'4inl of aD Ihe ports woUld am.lUnt 10 lou o( revenue 10 l>o th love rnml!'nt Ind COD ' es· """",~ lher allO de<:ried th e cl\IeIlion or Ihlps 10 CotUIKJU and LomeIoBowlnf!:~ CUelofpor1~ ard wamedNPA not locrel ill un·
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In hi. ItleJen l ltlo n , K1nplq Ihell.cho. genera] m.nOlBft of ECM Tnmlnals IJmlled, who upressed Ihe cOlnmitmellt o f Ihe com · pany In pilyllli "ey role In Ihe mainlellluu:e 01 the porI.. .. rused Ihe need for Ihe Immedilte dredging of Ihe ....km Calabar 1"01'1 In order 10 fadUtale loretsn dlrt!ct In· Yr!Slmen~ I nd reduce 0)$1 0 1 dolnt!: tru.iIJe5llIn t.heCOUllIlJ' lie aI.. called for Ihe in tervt!ntlon o f Ihe lIouse of R~II II\IeS In the resu.d l.lion of 30 percenl rebale fOI aU tht' concenlonahes wtrowenllU5jlt'nded by NJIA. On hi' pari, Sunny Orll, INTEL', re pr etenla,lye, lUeued the need for NPA 10 ploduce the nlilStet pllIl lOr C.labltr I'on In unk. 10 rast trw::k. the de¥doprnen l 01 the pon and CUlb the actIvitiet 01 pirales on wa lerways. lie a.1Jo a11q;ed WI NPA took oyer pan of Ihe la nd .IIIXated 10 Ihe com pany for opendon and arbllrarily k-ued 11 10 a.nothet: COtnJMO}', addin& thai II'rrEl. stW IMP rull chartes on the I nected
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JIRIIP1!SSof the oat.Ion. ~. ~ the book ",'filch I'aJb within media ~ and p..maIism hWorr .. I leslJIIDeR to these mntrlbuoolls. li e also mnunended the I\lUns who WUlted tOFdIft III both IomIft ConoonI ~"'Sun
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Oduighan, who aid he bdiews in menlorins, desatbed the book on Squtl o.oo...,lbook.bnlftlllJriro«, lid•...,.. who IawlChed the book. for NIO mUHon, AId
lhe book. which aM!n the en described as the golden ~ of Nlgrrlan joumaJlsm. from the 19501 10 the 199OlI, Wftltm from the poln! uI
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and iAffoe( JUande. the ~ w-nor
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World Water Day: FG inaugurates committee on FG to establish 57 harmonisation of irrigation projects public sefVice salaries he Federal Gov~rn menl on lll1ulKby In inaugurated a l"reldmliidCommil· lee on die llumonlsirlion or ~ules In the PulHic ServIu. The committee, headed by the IIt'ad 01 Servll."e or die Fedt'tallon. lSi Sail, hItS Ihe
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