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Ondo Election: PDp, PDC Candidates File Petitions against Mimiko's Election . ACN: Why w e are in court
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Thr ~ Danocnbc PUty (PDP) and Its aoncilc:lille In the October" 20 gubemalorW ~ 111 Ondo Stiltr. 0Utl OIlI:!IOU ~ at the weekend. filed • ~bon at the &cbon Pmbon TI"hInaI dWleng:mg
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to ~ Mimiko', victory. The filing 01 the PDP and I"IX", pctJb0n5 has ~ to four Ih! number of potibcal parties ...t thI.'ir cancbcble!i chaIlmgJns thr govanor ~
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1re Ado1~d~ (A<N) .00 Ao:md Party Nd Dlriicr filed IhoT pdlticnI agalR'it the eIed!on. 1l'e IlX andid.... Adrtuoin. tilrged III the pebbOn tNl the INEC. wtuch 15 ~ 01 thr repoodents Ifl the petlbon, deIilion"'Y "'" wronsfuUy. orrulk-'d its party's ~ wt.ch was sml.- 10 d\oll rJ lP .-d wtuch ~:::::r ~ oo ordlTlolrilY. .... MW' vuted lOr- It to wrongly voted for the
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Iht citizms rI th:ir me&I"A d ill" In runl _ d 0:I.igb0 ;n:t othrr pIaa>s? "~Mimiko~ that he wa'\ the drcbon ~ and lAIr. why has he not ~t«i on Mw to fulfill the rmed 01 the ~ lhree I half t-on tnStNd of vindictlvmes' Govnnor Muniko surd)' has :sonwduns tude '1lwi IS why we olA! In court 10 show the wide world the IrtJt pcsbm d what tr.ln'if"rOO Ifl ttY 5ta1r on ~ 2D. ~ are In aJllf1 ,.a ~ Mmiko cbd Ifl 3JJl wtwn hB nvndak> was 5Klim. lID ~ the "*" 01 the propk' count,~ the 5b1emerl1 hood
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Obasanjo, Okonjo-lweaIa. Others for Airtel's Night of lnfIuence Fonner i'tatdenl OIll'!e8un ",;u lelld other prominent NigcnIl15 from the pnnte and pubhc 5ecton 10 the AirteI Night of Influe"lCr, II tugh profile gathering of Nigeril's best lind the briW'1· est. wtuch ""ill be hNdlined by famous CNN anchor, Dr. Fam!d ZabN,. on November 18,2012 In Lagos.. CoordNtmg MIIUSte:f for thr: Economy and Muu.ster of F'tnanee, Dr Ngozi OkonkoIwellta, .net the immed.. te past V~Presldenl of Workf Bank for Afna ;lnd d~or of Bh..rh Alrtel Group, MB. <hageli UJekWl'Slli. ha~ Uo confirmed their attf:ndancr for lhel!\'enl. II was llbo S-t1len'd tNl aboOI 51), goy~ lire expected al the event, whkh ..... ould hold on Nov~ 18, II Eko Hotel &; Stutes In ~
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~ andu d!he poIrbcal «'OIlOn1y prognmnw on CNN, cps, hils confilTTlC'd 10 «peak on the 1henY' Afna's Poobcal Economy. The 0\11· !enge 01 leadership He WlU ~ on hard nch nighs"" the CUlttnenl'S economy Ind its mteranIOnS With thr: global 5OCIO-«OIIOIHIC lind poIi~1
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GATHERING OF THINKERS
l ·R: ForJT14!f Deputy Gowmor of lmo State, Mrs. Adah Adaokwonu; Deputy Govemot, An;IO(ial Systl!fTl Stability, Centntl Bank of Nigeria (CBN). IX. Kingsley MogNtu; AOMnbn Sta t e Governor, Mr. Peter Obi; and former Presiden t of Enugu State Chamb« of COfT1tJ1ffce:. Mr. Okey NwJtnObi, at the 2012 South-east Economic Summit at Hike lake: Resort. Enugu ... wef:ke:nd - '" ..<
NMAAdvocates Octogenarian Warns National Assembly against Legislation on Drug Selfish Constitution Presaiption, Sale
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An octogef\lnall .md fiDI Seruor Advocale·oI Nigen.a (SAN) m the northern reg;on. Alhaji Salman Atnlpe, II the weekend. auliOntd rnerrtJm; of the Nlloonal A55ftnbly IgottnSl aUowmg pohoc.l m~ 10 Wldenn"w the onsomg rev_ of the 1'199 Constitution.. This. hi: wid, woukf abo go 8 king way 10 making the c:oostitution II virile 0f1I: and eMU"' good go',lm\IInce .and stabiliry III the country Abrapto. woo ""'as the cNu~n atllY a:nstrtubon R'Y1eW centre of Han. Ali AhnliId.
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South fftieraI C'OIlSbtuency III the fiousoeo of Represenl<ltr.'e,. di!cIo!ed thts 10 ~ In lionn. II thr: peoples' ~ II the -"md. He Aid 1M 1999 C~tulion conWned II
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amendments so as 10 1'I'Wl''t' the nabOn fow;ud.~ He sud the conduct 01 the ~ of the ~tubOn kas .ua-d~Io~ In thr: proces!I of thr: amend1TU1lS!!O M ., rnoo.~
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The Ntgenan Maheal Alaxlithon (NMA) 011 the weekend, called on the Federll Gov· emmenl to make ~lSl;l1iorI on lhe sale of drugs 10 the country to check CiISe!I of ~ wtucfl portends ~ to the hnlthcan delivery. Chalnnan of the Ondo Stale chaplet of lhe NMA, Dr Dokun Nuel, made the call 10 Akur't', al the UfJft'LI18 of the 2012 I'hysican \Vtrek of the IS8OOation dunng 'A'tudl IWO Lectures wen dt'hvered by experb In medicOire Nuel Slid the theme for
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lion of M«iKtnn In Nigena. Abuw and lmplICabOn for the I lealth of Nigenans, was deliberately chosen In view o f the vlnou, C.a5CI of dtug. abust' In the counuy and Its atlet\danl problenu
Acronhng to hun. govern· ment at all levels should 5tr~lIgthcTI relevant organ· I5ati0n5 Ind bodies on the cn10rcement of thr: ~bOn on the sale, purc~ lind use of drugs m the country becaust' unconlrolkd sale of drugs hall been Cilu!ung senous problem, both 10 the purc~, men and the !OCiety at large. He sud a !ftuiIbOn wl-crdJy any penon rouJd just walk 10 a JUlin'll mNldne MIop and buy drugs wilhou t relevant p~phon by quahfi~ medlCll doctors does no t augur well for healthc.l~ delivery Jy5tem l1w cn.irman Slid ttv Ca5e of Cynthia 05ckogwu would not ha~ happened if the ~Ie\'a nl leglSLati0n5 had bren PUI in place- and ~~Mdbem
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FG Spends N600bn on hnportation of Wheat ThI- FedenllnsUtuIr oflrduslnaI ~ Osrodi (FlIRO) Lagos Statf', has elfpUllned thai part of lhe ~a.s0n5 the Fe.ieRJ Governrnent steppf'd up the lUI! of CM!Mva bread in the country was to 5lOp the annual unportahon of N600 "'ltton wtuch 15 ea~ lOll) tt.. ~ re!eI""e of the country The ~ Federal Oep.m. ment of Agncu1tu~, AIRO, JKIe OIume~, at a· two-d.ly IJ-a:uwlg Jar South-wet MasIer Bakers on M per emt ~ In tugh quality C;ISMVill flour in bINd produrtxJn Gilled on bakm kJ ~ !he CiI.<J5ilIV;Ii ~ tedlnoIog;y .00 IJ'oONSI! Itw US(' of ~V;li flour III prodUCbOn to Im~ pria'5. OIumeko, rep~ted by AIRO's [)e,k ~ for CU5il~'a
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EiunlO)'l!'. mid I~ th.lt the UM' 01 COlMaV" flour will help b~iIId pric;e 10 fall by
65 per n'f1t ,md roost Iomgn exchange He ~IIJ Ihe mcreased use of cas.s.lva flour would help 00kenes 10 be In b\..IsareI5 due to a "'-r cost of production and rnnswn"'f~ In tum ....'OUId have mono bread to ea, ~GmTmment IS Iryu1g 10 ensure food S«Un1y m the counlly ~ lhe IrntlOllt\'t' lmpuUt.n d wtral 15 WftSh109 heavily on gtn'emmenl re5OU~ as we ~~ m.er N6(XIm annually 10 unport w ...., "EH0rt5 in reeardl Iv\e dlSCO\~ 1M1 we an:' Ib~ to 5Ub5tttu~ w'-I Ilour With ('a5S;IVII Rour wtuch ~ a hlglwr nutr;bon.Il \'aIUl! th.an the fonner d~ to Its lower g}yn-'nn !ndeo. ~
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