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British Deputy High Commissioner dies at Lagos airport Wole Shadare
B
ritish Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Peter Carter, yesterday slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed In-
ternational Airport. Carter, who was said to have arrived aboard United Airlines flight, died at the arrival hall of the airport shortly after disembarking from the plane.
A top security operative at the airport told New Telegraph that the diplomat might have died of heart-related complications. “He was shouting help! help!! and then
slumped. People did not want to go near initially because of the Ebola scare that has been in town,” the official added. A witness said the deceased did not make it
to the Nigeria Immigration desk before he died. One of the spokesmen of an agency in the aviation sector, who pleaded anonymity, also confirmed the incident. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
The late Carter
Tinubu tackles Ikimi lSays he would have sold APC lEx-minister: He's talking nonsense Ayodele Ojo and Lateef Ibrahim
F
ormer Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, yester-
day hit back at ex-Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Tom Ikimi, saying he is not worthy to be trusted with public office. Tinubu, in a statement
in which he defended himself against allegations levelled against him by Ikimi, who has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the former minister was schemed out of the APC chairmanship because the party leadership did not trust him.
According to him, Ikimi is a serial betrayer who will not hesitate to sell out the party. But in a quick riposte, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Quick Read APC to Jonathan: Hand over Sheriff, Ihejirika to ICC The APC yesterday called on President Jonathan to handover Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika to ICC for sponsoring insurgency.
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FG: Cement installed capacity hits 39.5m metric tonnes
L-R: National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunazo; National Treasurer, Alhaji Bala Gwagwarwa and Auditor, Mr. George Moghalu, at a press briefing in Abuja...yesterday. Photo ELIJAH OLALUYI
Borno on fire as 170 die in gun battle LAGOS
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lFresh Boko Haram attacks force 100,000 to flee to Cameroun, Niger Emmanuel Onani and Ahmed Miringa
T
he death toll from Monday's attack on Bama, the second largest town in terror-ravaged Borno
State, has risen to 170 as Boko Haram militants and troops clashed. A member of Civilian JTF in Bama, Alhaji Mohammed Adamu, told reporters yesterday in Maid-
uguri that the he was at the Mohammed Kur Barrack during the attack and that the military successfully repelled the insurgents, killing 170. Thirty five others were
arrested while motorcycles and an armoured vehicle were recovered from them. He said: "I personally counted 170 corpses of the insurgents, while 35 were CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
The Federal Government yesterday put Nigeria's installed capacity in cement production at about 39.9 million MT
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