THISDAY, 26 JANUARY, 2012

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Thu~d,y, J. n u'''' __2_6,_2o_u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ STATE

OF THE STATES ______T_H_IS_D_A--'Y,_"_o_1._".:..'N_o_, _61_21.;.,_P,-,g:...,_u

Akingbola Opposes EFCC's Petition against Judge Ihc ai.IegaIioo clbia:; raised agam the pIge WZ'i Dl ~ 0( arotEr civil l~ he had eMicr fiIcd to ptlIea his fundlllnertaJ Iunan rights against the ab.L<.c or ~ by dlC F.RX:, and wmi:ra.I row

] By Oluidson lriekpen

wI'IIll happened in I difTc::n:nl mal· \J:fmlirely wou/d be IIlln'ifmtd to Ihc aininaI 1nlDO'. When Ihc matter came ~ ~ tcday b!fa'e Jusba: AIdtilnlg, EFCC's lawyer, Emmanud

<=t. Ht: said the ~-affdavit WiI5 ~ oopicu nt !hal he wou/d noed In .Jjunmem to tq:JIy 10 !he i:sus raim in !he ~-affidavit in aa:ordancz ....ith fair hearing. a mp::st whicb Wol'l 1101 oppostd by !he lead c:\cfence counsel. Felix

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FADAMA: Govt Disburses N224rn to Farmers

ogi Stale Govcmor-dca. Mr. ldrb W:Ida. )alCday

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scaat alcx:lvtial...xr.y 85

Federal High COU}t sitting in Abuja !tRw ID a C1SIt fikd by a cbieftaio or lb... Peoples

Democnlic P~. Emmanuel Ah1Jaka.chalkngmg b:s candicbcy m the gJtllinds dill: he was 001 a card- ClIl')'ina menb:r of the """,.

l ustia: Adaru B!I1o in his ~ staled m. L..e pIajnIilJ CUIlIIICIECd the suil (: n a wrmg

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WlII'llSWcGovcmor,Alhaji Alxblfallh Ahmed ,~­ day :IJ¥O~ !he aboIitiI:J:J BlJ fl:l:S lind levies· III senior 9C:COOdaly schools II:nl&5

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The pJge held tl\.l! the issr;s raised in 1he suit weI!: :urtiooous and <D1Id In be mpJj\ cd by aiginaling summons whio:h was !hi: !MOOd ~ by the pbirtilfs. He held IIw the SlIit oogtu 10 h.l~ been a :mmcnoeu tIurogh a lI.m 0( SDIIID'IS siooe !hoe wac ~ issu:s fur the aJ.lIt 10

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He uid the policy would ease the burden or fee payment on parenlS and guardians as pan of d fon 10 cushion the erfcct o f the R:a:nl inausc in the pump price of petrol. In aCdit.icm, re said scnior SI:Doodary school stutJeolS ~ to

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fu:stice Bello II:E!I!I'cI'l! declined

10 go Duo the sub3ta ICe of the

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... Upholds Makarfi's Election

F§ State.

Guvcmcr,Jf Kaduna Alhaji Ahmed

Makadi . mlysoo.lI~joinbis

1XlDea.gues • the Senate as

judgmcot~day, Makadisaid

lE woukI Fill hands with oU-alawmakc:r.; in lh: NatiOlUlI Assembly 10 address the cum:nt security chaUalges clnfronting thc naDon. ThcAppeai Court had at its siumg in Kadanl III about 8DJpm 011 1bcsday c rdcml the \c::IdaWp of the Smale k) swear in the flIIIlCl" &oven or 1:5 the ~ winner of the April

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From Hammed ShiJtu rcttivr: 10 ~ DOIdn:lks per SC$sim from the stale ~

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AnooJncing dE pilliaO~ IbiD dvwgh a stllOn::nI issued yeslenlay by his Senio" Special Assistant

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Media

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and

Dr. Muidceo

Akm:de, Ahmed said the meaSU!e was 10 assist !he pcopII: d!he

in the fuel pio: scuting with the educ::a!itm ~. He said the govmunent I1iId also finalised amngemenl to ~lcasc the details of wclran:: pacbges in othc:r!iClClOrS. "Wcth this~ .~­ mary and past ' eduI3ioo is now IRe Scale with irTmcdiate cffm," lE said. He added that. '10 addition. senior scccodary school srudcrU me 10 m::civc IZ:I1 free I1Clfebooks session of tbc stale

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At thc tertiary educalim lewd, Governor Ahmed ~ved a N50JXX) reduction in fl:l:S for indigenes II the stam-ownod Kwara State University (KWASU) with cffca fium ne.\1

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He " " _ _ """'" wooId now pay N99, )OO while d Ihe SIaIe W1i~ ~ abo 10 bcncfll fium a new ne;s InInSit S)'Slml under whidl goVl:llVl1Oll. Would aIlocaIc IWO IrN buses cadi on rtJUII:S III the univc:sity IS well 10 UniYCfSity of Ilorin and the Kwarn State

5IlIIb1rs

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qooa Iawartk dE resolution of

~ Chellarams Pic

From John Shildmn

most or the probiems facing the

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oowury. Hesaid: " [ WanllO,give

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senator n:presen tinl KadWla

Ncxth senatorial zone. following the <kcision of the Appeal Cowt to uphold the dccisi:m or the dedion petitions uibu1aI which had eariia ckclmd him winna of the Ap:iI election. In his ICICtion 10 the CXItUt

stale in view cithe rea:nt inctcal;Ic

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2SJ11 senatorial p"IL theThe=~~N= .... '~'

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scnaIe would afford him !he opponunity 10 ooocribuu: his

gratitude to God fur the affirmatim of my victay Itt theCowtof Appcalon thcApii 20 11 generaJ dcdi0D5_1 take everything as an 8CI of God. 1 Ihank the ekoIOnUC and the ~ pcopIeof my

Rerum as the scwor- rqwesenling Kaduna North senatorial zone. The Court of Appc:aJ had ruJcd againsI: the appe:al ~ by the

bcing with In'< all aJona, those I know am those I do noI even know.

of the Tribunal wllich had dce:laral Makarfi winner or !he April dcdion, and dismissed the plea or the inctJnbcn: Senaror Datti Baba--Ahm:d.. MaUrli said his IdUm to the

tty, all hIuds must be on deck for 115 10 overaxnc all the probIc:rn!I ~ us. Thc:se is 00 pan of this a:JUDUy that docs noI have one problem or the 0Ibcr but the naD.lI'C diffen from one place to the Olbcr.

~~forProgrtssiveOUlnge (O"C) challenging thc judgment

zoncandNigaiansingeraalfor

"Atlhis moment in ourooun-

Imansuangbon Faults Oshiomhole's Palliative Measures

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