IoIONDAY. MARCH 26. 2012
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Police constitute panel on Delta politician's death U luua ll lM':IAddeh, Wuri
T)O UCE .1I!h>..-ilMs ha~ set up a panel to lDYMbple the kiII~ of a pnJnWIml potiticWt in Ddta
r
State.Oud~Onokptte. The EX~'l"Iihip
candidate for the Cituens Popular P.rty .... shot de:«! on 2011 m
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Warri. E\"ft" QI1!.'e,
.ctiooa.nd~bo.n "And rorward thetr names to the oommamon for ooward tn.nsml!8ion to the ~tiaJ Committee on PolittRL!fonnbappropriate rerommmdatioo in K'C."'Oniance Wllh Ill: lerms of
Kl'Ompanymi the petJtlon by the Onokptte·, 1aW)WS to the PSC WIll sworn to by Mr Gbenp Onosu)i. sUd 10 haw wilnl!Med the inOOent which 0CCllJ'T"ed al Bedand
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nof~"
1ne
affida"\il
Hoed, Orituwhonm, The pditionl!n ~ that the deceaMd was by
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. ,. poliaomen In umfonn and nluftlwho5l.omwdlbe Hoed in a N\S&J.~ P.lhri .... J~
and two Ihlux ' .. 115 They adfkd that the police shot the deceued in both kneel and drowe him ......y to thr Warn AmI Command whrre he was
team of -finaBy killed~
lA~fOl"Onokp~""
arpM'dinthrpditionthalthe
d~WMkilledasaresuJt of hi! -priflCi!lled moo" on the ma~nahsatioo of the Urhobo in the ahann& of 111 a~ monlhly N2bn pipeline ~11a.nce fund ~ by the Nlgria Nallonal
Prtroieum Company to the stale &mmIIMnL
Am
illed
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their
'JUr lhal
to aet llJl the mYMl"I ~ll!ive panrl by the ~ ~'J"\v QJmmI!lAOD foIk,trinlt a prUt.KI hom Ia,,~ rotOnokpte. Mean Erirt, And
.amdlody.-
Bauchi N2.6bn hospital
Part_ Thr ia t/:, .I-nllf) the poIicnnen thai kiJl,-ct thr
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BAUCIU
PSC CbalTman, Mr
' L-R £Inti State Governor Kayode Fa~7m. Prrmanenl &n-ftary Local GoLotrnlMnt £$rabltshlMnt, Trammg and hrtSKm LagosStatr. Mrs l)IObo Obasa, Gnd Prtsidf"nt, F1(1h f'oropa.lAgos Otopter. /tIr. Kola .tkornokde, durmg the (Ylrbmtl(H1 oj Ehll Pompa DaJl in Logos ... on SaturdaJl Photo" Oloturl}i Obasa
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'28 police retirees' names missing from payroll
The Intn- n.cb III I It, You a~ to retnf!\-= all 101f t IiIeI mords. boob. rq st" mR files and oth.s m""\,ml doculneoW pmatJltn« 11thit' caR h- Propel" !aU'in 'dmlll) the 101_ officrrs .md their chill.n cohorts who .re re.rr ISb.. fi>r thr unlawful WI ,,0( Cllirf"ClP'orOrdptt.. ",I.iHn poIjceCUSlodyfoniisci,· inary
Mudla);a Me, C. hl bar
THE oalll~
of 28 mired poiK-t>lIleo alf' rnlSSmr. from t1k- paytoll of ~t"ft'S, t.M ~lrman of lhe Rivn ~tate ch.""1ptf'r of A.acllllono(RetlredPohc~ Offtcel"!l of Nir.~ria, O,irr Effiolll Orok. hu all",ed 'H ... bo Mid J8 mired
en.
poiICe' ('offi~"
wailm, for Ihe pa~"TMllt or their prR5ion5. Orok. a mired AIR l.ant Com
of rof
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ml8aIOn;r
JC""', In
(;a.b,bar on Frilby .ppt .. 1ed 10 tM N.llonal AMembly oonlmlttt'r. III cha~ of PoiICC' PettSlon fund to""o" the hi&h ~I fraud to PQltce pt'MKm
rum whiko
lie AKi s ... oot of the
2H police pr.nslOOtrs had ~ported. 10 btl orfice complamlnS thai thcir names had bern ~~ from the: list lie sud. !he pensIOners "I. . _Ifare the ",holtH~ i5 all .bout. IS left . !hi" blizzard oisuffennl~~any pemioomI whose names ,,~on thO' pa)TOI.I before the btnmdnc
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.~ routin, III tltt! economIC heet !acin, f!\"rf)'01Ie "'We have bern mlOnned that IItt! prn5K)n fund bas heM! frwrn We are aware that Intn"ttrlllnd atJculated allf'fJIpt to mver up inqulant_ have followed the in~tlplion - It i5 our candKi opmon that IlK- hlr.hly placed fraudu~1 offic..h steal
Rei> canvas..\es 111cdia, legislatures partnership 011 ;::'t~~I~~~'': =:n=:~=
mediatooolbboratl'Wl hiM rucutJveumof&m~mm..,.t in the fi&ht ""'105' t~
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f.parusi 00 j~a,11O "''""K)f!ria, IMdan Zor· on Fnda~ lamentrd tbr-.~ u,t} problems m thecounlJv. Rlm!deko, who II a mmtbrr, Hau.- 0(
Reprnrntalives <»m"lhl~ on Inlrma.l Set'lrtty, stated thai arcurity w.... the
~!:lety~aIL -so-
far.
thersponsa'bilityolen.: JUG« the:aenlntyofthrlUtlt'n 'WI been the oc:Jusivp P"'''~ oftheof!l'UllW"throu" 110mdi~ control of Ito u.1) facililtes.'Musappr!,.cl,l.u.. nllm
~, not ~1ddo>d
mullS -
Stak
~tJu.Rtaside
pobtician In • Inter to lho' II" 1.1...
Aldnwa.le bolu",.. d.·, Ibadan .,....mbrr of the Nation.1 ru_mbly. loIr HI . . . j(·dr Fapamsi, has ~ tM nerd h t..",~", allj thl-
to tMm,
She said., '"'fbry set the~ on the &O<Jd luck of brin&. brother• •Ier, wife or prl frieoo of Doe prrwon lhat has been asked 10 bnn,
the adln« InspedOr..Q nM1lI
PI ny t thr panel tboukl UDdm b a -ditcrftt lD"\fttiptiOIi cl Dds lllfTOI1IIdina tlaP W;&th
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.nd not to womnt pvup
cl PoIa. Mr Mohammed Abubalw, was WIKted
a.)...oor, din:dnl tb
inlereltof Nilerian women.
~t. thrycou~ be
pmmnnrr and ... rer"'lfII wt.rn Iw ... ... h:spo..dell! lesunt
or
Plrtnm for Or:\-dopment. Dr N.Jq)OIII Udoh, hu aid the appointment of WOntft1 inlo foe- political officB 00 .entimmLs is DOt in the
saki to ha\"e worked ap.inJt women, She stated thai since maoy of these WO~ lot 10 when!; they .re throush
am!lt
1I~"ft",
Dif1!d.Of"
Lcommunity
Udoh, who slated lhilln
While Onokpte·s bmily and MI!IOCialrll ~ that h. death ... ,Jolt icllIy motivatal, the poller: mlliitamoo that Iw ''IU a
Wi
D XECUTIVE
Uyo 00 Saturday. r,;plained thaI since thole appointed In the past had not worbd on ~ to Itt!lp WOfM!I
orc:umstanors 1WTOlI""-lrtI his detlth haft
Women appointment
security .
lie lamenled that the concept ofl«:Uril) had bern IlteIlmlined in the OOI.Intry 10 Imph phyS)Ca] prot«tion nlhrr tJlln m"\"Dh"U1r. peopIe·.welfare The lawmaker addrd, 1m years .&0- If _!IIy
:::!k1':"'~' =::~ OCClIrTrIICr in Ni&ena. many woukinotbel~~it.Aswdl, cybrr en.,.... ill a.iIo \'ef)' coounoo today.Bamklrir. who repftSrnlS EJuIl South Federal CoMtlttMent)· in the
1I0lI..'ie h.d demonstrated Its readlilelll to partnt!J With
~ -Dunlll the Bld.fran pa)-roI1 apin War.theopiotloftbeBlafran""l1lry h;I'-e been left Prell wu u important U without pay since Au,ust the fr.t of their aOldm .nd Septenbrr 2011 till 011 the: field, The Spanish· dale. ~ whoar names Amrncan War of 1898 and Ippear are paxl oncr f!Yrf). lis derp rooted ori~n in the three months. Sincetbe)'ST ltimuLatm, ~ 01 thfo started _ ha\'f! brt:n paxl ptMa make. the uillurll(lP of We an DOW cryin, 10 the the ~ I!\idml • federal GoI."ft"tlIMnt thai _
Sokoto:
InfonnatlOnAct
Be sud. ~re .re.!Ome
factors 10 br considrred before It'a<;inA pOlenttal1y
harmful informatIOn 1be pressean atuse waror fosler
pensions.nd alTNrs would not stop the illl"l!Sltplion into the I"ft'e1lIIy ~ fraud aJlr&edly perpetUited
by thP Pension TMklorce Tram.
Rdorm
Civil defence tackles arms smugglers
N
IGERIA Statnty and Chll DrfmceCorps In Sokoto Stile bas dq-Ioytod penonnd In .11 the bNdrr U!U IOlltt! state IDitOl) the smu"brtl of arms ioto lhe country. The Commandanl, AJhaji Ammu Kofor-Soro laid the
thr~lnitsdm~tofi&ht "'twlA~rtC!JofNI~L~!~
~ ill! thl"OUlh the . . . .~ of thf' freedom of
supemM'(l by thoee.saddled With tbUeiPOflSibihty,· Orok 1lres.eU thai thO' rq,uLar payment of lhdr
Sokoto on Sunday .....1 II", oo~ .nd other aecurity a,moes had put in platt xcurily Slra11elte$ 10 check arms smugli"l and (tlhe r IlIepl actlVltl('J al ll~ bonfen He. Aki officers POSlrd 10
tM border aleU had been bnded on how 10 worlt. ",·ith the rusloms., immlp1l1l0n .nd the potter 10 effl!'dl\'!'ly Ralre the bon:lrn, in the int~ 0( tltt! country 1br commandant noted that there was enh • .ncm inlrr"',rnc:y intelliJ.f'1JCe' Iftari"&. whd had patly faciliuled the operaltnnJ or secunty ar.mea In the
tate Kofor-50ro ..k!. 'Sokoto on~ or 1M- tn05I peamul slales in 11~ fedrrauoo .nd f!\'!'r)1.hlll'
slate w
possib,," "'ill be done. 10
susla," ,, : Kofar-8oro aMi, lie allO'd for the KtiYe p8rOc1pattnn of olhn" !lI~ In 1II0bilislIl, people 10 assISt the xcunty a,'"nnet With intl!:l1,,~ lrP?~. atn'l be -..-.-Itt!re .11 the time b~-;:i~ IOfonnahon about susptaOUa IIKM'mrnLs.nd cltaractrn in 1M ara will r.o a lon, way in promotin& thelKUrilysitUitiou.-
NAN lC'pOfU that there .re more than fi~ oo-trial entry points on the Nir.eria , N.. ' ('.1 bordI!:r io Sokoco Sute
N2..S9bo bthe oonsltudm of tII'W spt"Cialiru hospital in the stair.. lbe pmject will be compIda:I. in 13 months. Comml •• ioner ,...,.. Information, Mr
Muhammad Damina, io • ..Iemrnt on Saturday. said the construction the hospiml waI ~tattd by dtf' ta~ 0( the msti.n& OOsp.tal by the f~
or
Ooomunont. lie sad !.be facility would beexecutmbyanl~
finn. addio& that upon oomplrtion, the hoepital would help reduce the hardshlp btin& EXpt!i iented ~ in by the
.
tramin,
~1lI~bsttb
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Deforestation
NVIRQNMENTAL have decried the rapid deb-estation and dtp"Wtion 0( Ni.,n. 's
rainforst. 1n a IhmHby worbhop to ~t.r. ~ Rn""t!l" State 00 friday with the theme. 'Nipm. RrdtM::io& F.nU.ioos from Drfomstation and h!:Sl _lion' the """'" subnrilted IhII it was time b Niporia to ftnbnc:e &Jot-I propammes suc:h • the REDO. mitiatM.
PteaeDI..i.o&
""'*""""" for REDO...
• ~per onJ ""'_
in Niguio•• Iectum- in the Univenity of Calahar, Pro£. Fnmcia; 8Uoo&.
.00 """ and ......lion I"!:lIOI.UUS bad bern
dwind.Jina:
..... the ...... lie added that the: CllrTftII ddon!aation rate stinwltet at 3-7_ per CII!IIt was.aJlIOOI .heh _ _
NiJeria aeventh on u". last 0( Creenftoule emitten
a...
due to land use cban&e