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KlTI Stnle ;c.~'emOT KII)'Ode Fa}'t:llli.lJld hI.! Riw:~ countl!lpa11, Rotimi Amaedll, a nd W. rid BAnk Vi~Prtsldenl for .urica, Mrs, Obi.1Aeli E d wt:Sili, lire. amonp: l'!lKlinA speaktn at L.~ NI~erian S)1np06iUIIl rOT y, 'uHA and Emt-.I'IlIIA LnJ~F It the Muson Ct'n t ~, I a,.os on Monda\' tlH~ Accordmg orpl\isen or tho, 'enl, Fa)'t:mi "'ill be Ola~ nA pre5t:tllation IQ Ih~ ~l)uth oomioated al.dM-RC'e on Ihe tOPIC 'Is il P ible to SUrKIOutlnGoII'I"t"'1menl?· Civil Sen-1I I1IS, Po iucia ns. Technocrats'. OIher speaker,t lisled ror U)Ie sr:ssi01l II clude a fortnf'r Mlllisler of Fl dem l Capilli Territory. M,lllalll Nasir EJ·Rurai G'n '!f1lOr A~hj, ITor. Pa lItomi and Seoior Speda1 Atlvi<;f:r 10 tl~ Pr~idt'll o n Research and Sire" s: ,Mr, Oronlo Dougla..
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Jude Owua",an:un , Jus IIURCII 5f'f'\'kt:5 hdd 111 parts of Jos anlld IIr)it 5«1mty on Sundn. osten."lbl" beause of the ~~"ed attacks 011 Clmstiall WOf"'hlp centres by SUSllKlM IJokll lIarim ~lIlbers No (>Wt'r than 10 I~~ns we~ killt"d and 24 II\Jured when an explosion went off 11\ rrOli1 of St FinbarT', Dithohc Church Ra~l1dd, Jos on March II after till"t'(' bombers a llemJ.!!ed
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to rOra" 1I~lr Wln Into Ihe church premises Toa\oida recul~nce. lhe R<:uril), agenclf'5 IIIlhe Slale promlSl'd to ellSurr «<urity or hves al places of wor<hip across Ihe troublM elt)" All roads le;lding to churche!l were blocked wilh wurslnplK'f5 ha\lnl a lough Im~ ,f':llinJ: 10 Ihelr churches on Sunday. Our co~pondclI l learnl that the II~ securil)" wen' arri\"ed
aRe:r a Illt'MlIlg of th~ Association 0( NIIC"ria At tilt" SI FinbarT''J CatholIC' Church, where Iht" last OO mblllA took pi Ihe mood was solemn Although Ihe lumo... 1 was app~ble, most of tht" members attended lhe loalll high mass 10 "''\":Kome the C."1tholic ArchbwlOp o f Jos. Most Rev. Ignallus Kalplll3, who was 0 11 a schedlllN! viS11 III
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Kalpma pral~ Ihe members for their re'!iliie~ 1be clenc siud, -What the perpelralors of 1he5f'. f'\il dt"eds Wlnt to do is to SC1ft' \"Ou away rrom your railh and "hen)'OO fall baclt. tht") "ill be bappy thai Ihey ba\,!, aclllt:"\-ed their aim At SI TIlerHa's CatholIC Church, "he~ the officiatll1g priest, Fr Alex Lonp. adlllOlli.sht':d the members tu be W'CUrilY conscious always. the Slluallon ""as not
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II.-d,ia Communi'·.l' 0 Ill. rubli<h"r '111 '9'11!/ Magazillf',"'ll1hnJ.lil: nlim Edition of IntulU.. it nal Leadership tonfl'1ft' 'e on De\"f:lorm~nt on Sal nla). April 28, 2012:l '-" len Tulip II"t~l. Aml I till 'The: C'lmfen-III,"f' ...11 aUmct ~".npl silrd proft:S5tonab a· r~' 1MAfrican COlihoellt I nd beyond, who afT' aJ'""t:led to dixuss issu~ alT ct,o!,
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gOVt'-rnance in Africa Th~ I4-ctUfe. 'l.vdf 'S tip "ith Pro\'\":!1 intqr ty, Tnmspar~C) and Aa:ounlability 1bc! l' ay forward for Airiu "'III br deh\wed b)' Or 1, ," Iki Ebibotel, Sel1lor l.ect lI~r, School of Gradu:ul' SI. d es UmYn"Sit) or \"in ~ha, Ghana and a Rt:<leiIlri ~ Wlth Aim ~nlR' or lIuman ()(,\'\":IoPIII'!nt a Id Administration Lr.ad"I·1.
Lonr,s said. ,"ht'n appro.lched Ihe roadblock. the c;oldier askC"d mt" whetlrt'!' I am a pastor or a R~'I"ft"nd Father. I told him Ihal I am first a Rt:"\'I"l"t'nd Fal~r and a pril!tlor and "hat he said next shock~
me. II~ saKI. ·Fathet. plea51!' pray ror mt' brcause I am frir)ilf':ned that I ma\' diethe nexlminute 'If a .soldlcr cookl It~ak like thIS, then Ima&lIIe whal could be lilt' mood of tlrf' ordmarv man on thestl"t'('15, Abo, allhe M-adqllartef"l of the Church of Omst III Nil~ri~. Sttlmt)· "''ilS \'\":n
li&ht as all roads IeadillA to Ihe chun::h w~"' blocked Only KlenlifiC"d ,,'OrhslppC"rI \O'\":re allow't':d to pass Ihrou&h roads TII~ " Iu nula Moh"mlned Way leadmA Ihe MounlGm or FiN' & P,lirades MlIIlSlrte"I was blocked while molorist werf' dl\l:'rted 10 Lugard rood Ihrough Plan!.. road
Ag ric loa n A fl"lt1~ Conlm'iS ~r r \ [or IAIld, Sll n 'tY and Urban [te\"t"I pI"lCtll III Drlla, ttlr I aquas Guanah. has caUett f". a m;- of vnrinu I'eolelul GQ\'\":mtn"'llt avi< II ural loan khem~ f(>r fanut ~ Guanah told the l' atlS Agencyof/'.'i9f!ThJ m A;:aba Ulat lhe~ "''rul lhe no-el ror the JlfOCt:dure r", aCt eninl lhe: loans to be rt"' i..... lf'(' ~Prelen tl), nol all b;'nks have desks f(lr aJ;IY Ilium! matter'llith.lthandJebm en' issuf'S. Such a situau If1 Iw made it cumbc"",'nH! for farmen If) A' I ill'Ofl tI'ian abollt agncuitll"1l1 I')an Khf'l~ ~ hf' sai.j
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O nd o C0l11111uni tics diffe r' o n la nd · L,R: Mll/nplt" I Ollef P'II/,I' Auodu 1IIf'lIIbtor. Plonlllll!} (omnllttet', 'nlenlU'lOllUl LIons Club/UN, M rs NkC"f'hl Osade/lf!: 000 C1IUII.IKJII, (>IOI"""g COIII/IUIln-, Chlf'/Olusofa Dodo, dunng thC" 2(1.2 I-lOns Day lL'tth . he Umlnl Nahons III Lagos on FndOlll'ho'o Goke FOllludf'WQ Sr~olt'r,
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C\ ING Pt'Opl~ ..l'...o.·mt)crallc Parh 111 Dll!lta Slate and Its malll 0 PI.,.)fOIIIOII, tilt" lJemocralic Peupl. s Part" ha\~ disagll'f'tl O\"t'r the cause of th~ n·,nA ins«uril\ ill the 51ate In <q'larale mlt:f'\iew"i \\,Ih ·~ur co~pol\d~1I1 111 Warn, ('QlnnlL'ISIOlIl"r for InformallOn, Mr (hlh- )r.t'ah. ;lnd Ihe DPI' OiaulII.Jn, OU" Tnn~ Ezto dN! bl 1,,\0\1. tra allle O\'f'r the\wl"n~ III Ihe"ule. W1l1l· Ogl'lh hlamed Ihe Ill'" ror th .. ~ctI\111~ nf CUItI~t... ca uSIIII Ihe death and Il1<Ill1linAOfa number of people in l>arts of Ih~ slate, t-»all:\'lI . ~crused Ihe PDP or boom,; brhind Ihe spa Ie of \Tlokonn' In Ihe Slate The J,O'o'ft"TIment. ,.hieh
and dUIlII>t'd tMo<oe 100) If all)1 hUl /t.th~ DI'P should be blamed for IW"Jbi1isin~ these 00)'3 dunng Ihe talit ~1C"Ction Thai is "'hat Ihe\' did -Bul a .. ral a~ '"'t" are COIICl'mC"d, Ih~ bcl\'~ a~ ItOt loyal to us and Ihey are nol loyal 10 Ihl' 1<)\"t'lliment of the cia..... We kno'" that some parties illdui~~ III USID~ and dUlllplDg them, but thrir actmtle.<i have IlOthmg to d t> "11h lIS
On his part, Ezeal""'U dest'ribed Ihe POI' Ill! a ~hlood thl~ly" part)', )'1111 il ..lIould take responsibi lity ror thl' gro"in" \'ioIentt in Delta Stale Gild o lher paIU ofthl"counll')' lie challl'lIg~ tm- stale 100ernmellt and Ih.. PDP 10 ~how an)' inSlin~ \\ here members of the opposition had ~n alTf'5IM III connf't'tlon ","h cUltlS1Il and I.ldn:ll"'pmg m t~ ..tal~
Th(' OPP chid 5.ud .. " is IInfortunate that an) ri&ht tlllnkin" gO\'ernmenl would lIIakl' thai kind of aller.alion aplnSI our part)' nut \,"t' all know thai Ihe !'DP IS a blood-sucking organisation -Violence 15 thl' stock In tradt" or tht:- PDP n,e lI1s«unl\, 111 thf' ~tate has nOlh1ll~ to do Wllh Wi Iwc:au~ Ihe I>PP is a party lI,al \'alllC':fi tht" dignil\' orlhe human beinl
BaniJ-e wants Hal"Una inUll0 1"talised
J "v I", 'I.n"" •• ul" Ood III ~I Ies Congre:< - lIanJlla "'...." 1 bnllianl cn51S III LaJ!,OOI Stale, John ffi ~.... q " .... o)l""t':r \\1t. I unCO/lllllon lI anllla handlrd Ih t" I..<i.<ue onnef 1..a~'l!I Stnl~ ;Uld rort ..umlll" pa~o;'on wilh proressloualisll1 de\'Oid (ommls.o>lnnt·r fur thl" 1<'If 1)IIlicin" llis ~~nal of t'thn K' bias or ncpollSm F.rmmnlllent. nr Muiz and selfl"-" aluchmenl Ill" calrn<'d all frntd nt:f'\'eS Balllre. on Sund,i\ ealJ<od f<)r 10 hiS dUI\ l'annarked and set llC"d the matter 111 a theltllnK'lrtah.~tlOllorthelale him for p'llUlar acrolades "UlIlIler whlC'h a..~urro the Oeput) IllSlleCIIlr-Gf-nt'n1 while a!i\'t" Ihal IllS mal~ I)t':att "(' curwnll ... 5II\'our 1/1 of Politt (Operaiio nsi. PoIr and Iht" retti\Tlnl Imblic tht" stall" John Hanula alwa)!'; showered hlln ",ilh -John " amna'Srl$ldcllce " anUiIl dlro alollJt With «ralitude 1/1 Okola plavm hosl to demt'd~)m l)hclhinthele\~l Ihree oIllt'!" poJiao ofTJC0"r5 in ~u.tlle wonder lhert'fort" nurnerou, meelll1",s of ofinsn:urilvin lhesute,s.aKi a h~licolJter cra~h III Jos on t hat Ihe: Poha' Senice COmmllllll) ~f"'ltt wht"rt: Commw;on COfIsidend him hC" used the opportumty Ihe opr had been known 10 \\'tdni'!Sda\' br!'t"d hoodlums wilC) W rf' Bamre 111 a "lat(,lIIelll. fil alid proper or deserving 10 pro)t':("1 a comllle.ndable. in\"Okrd 11\ cultl<m and desc:ribtd Hamn.! a .. -a doubl. promotion 10 his Image:fortheNigenanpolK'f' ollt<"rcrimes in lhe 51ale <k1riball~ and «4l1ant la<;1 posit ion as Deput y as he e.tchanged banters ~eah diS6OCialC"d Iltt" ofTlCC'r~ who would be n·i.!twd InsjW'Mor-GeneralofPolict: "lilt bolh IIle pn\ilq,ed and l'llPfrom lheacti\l~ofth~ bYWCOIlIllr\ "I~ was a dt'tnbalised Ihehoipolloi rulb'l'i ,,1m had reportedh II ~ said, ~It LS With Arnt and pllanl ofli('t':r. an ~lIe <illlle·h:mdedh killC"d at It'ast C"1ghl person.,~ hock and dlo;Mh~f Ihal I rpltol1W' of hUmililY WIth enlertainM attendees of III ~J'm;\ls 11\ the state rt'Cei"ed lh.' hl'"' 01 Iht' courtf'QOS dispo!;ltlon .. uch tIIf"('tm~ ",ilh lip! TIM' 1IIIIIIIIi loner siud. death of a ral"t' ollK't:f and II~ was a reoiOUrce(ul and refreshmcnLIt and was '"111('11' I:' no iola oftnllh thai At:nlleman, our d~.Ir 1)o,)UI~ energctlC' polict'lIIan wilh ft:J3~ed b\ all as a rheerful th~ sUI gO\'l'fIlIllC"1I1 used InsJlft1or-(i('neral Hr r,H)l""t':. 1I11~bk-charact.~ Dunnl 11\"f'r ------~-----~==~~~~~------Frill,,) Olokur. Almja
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I F. people or Araroml III lhf' Oil-neil lIaJr Local Gon'nlln{'nl Anoa of Ondo State ha\'~ faulted 1bC" argulI~n15 of tl~ pmple of Ahen KinAOOrn. who are c:u~nlh clitlllllllg o\'''~r<hip of IOOr lo","n whiCh lit tht" natural boundan.. beluwn OAun and Ondn o;tales Spokesman for Aranlllli. Mr Wolf' O\'\":III~. said III Mut? 011 SlInda\ thai claims by 1I1~ Ah~ that the lown belongerllo Ihem "ere incorTrd Ht' dt"$('nbed Iht' cbim as -the dialectiCS or Ilwo Kr.t\~'ard. sp,l"'Tled b~ O\'en\TOUghl imaginat ....ll'i and f'JI'paMIOnl..<it IAt"nJa'Ie nolN! lllal both folkloR' and 100'\":mOW'nt periodiC rel)(')rts cr("(ht th.· Ik ushanu famih of Araronll Seaside as tht" 1ra<iIlKmal fOlllKif'T"S and bnna fid~ owners of Ihe K~IP of \iltages to Ihe VlUthl.tlft:t of bUlIileyln on and behmd tl~ ~hore known as Amrollli O),'\":nusi, "ho pubhshed 11u> Gom/Ios lnlWfOlI, (an t')~WltneM'" attOUnt or Ihe IJaw lla}e lenoadal "lIr in Ihe Niler OI':lta). WU alo;t) Ihe Pr1'!'iKl~ntlal candldale ror Nigeria'" nO\'t:1 ~IO' capilalist pa~ lie sud his people: "e~ III JIOMt':S.<tI,n or df)Ctlln",nt'l from tht" coloma! era. Q)lng Ihey wt'rf'ObtalllC"d rrom the National Archl\"eS lbadan