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Vol. 2 No. 366
Friday, February 20, 2015
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October 1 bombing : I'm ready for trial, Okah tells court }8
States push for refund of $1.48bn by NNPC lReps demand forensic audit report Abdulwahab Isa and Philip Nyam Abuja
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he 36 state governments are demanding a quick refund of the $1.48 billion, which the report of a forensic audit ordered into
the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said the oil corporation owes the Federation Account, New Telegraph
has learnt. A source confided in New Telegraph yesterday that the states, through their commissioners of finance, also want the
money to be treated as fresh funds to the Federation Account instead of being considered as augmentation to buoy up the
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Battle rages in Sambisa forest
lTroops kill 'large number' of insurgents lTheir days are numbered, says Jonathan }5 Quick Read Editorial
Politics bane of Nigerian }19 sports Defection: Court hears suit against Tambuwal }7 March 3
Nigerians must prepare to vote on March 28 – Abdulsalami}15 Travel Advisory
Minister of Youth, Mr. Boni Haruna (second right), overcome by emotions after assessing the level of destruction at the house of Hajia Zainab Abdullahi (left) in Mararaba Mubi, Adamawa State…yesterday. With them is Leader, Assessment Team, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mr. Musa Zakari (right).
Your guide to local and international flights }4
APC alleges fresh plot to use religion for campaign
lPDP: We don't need religious or ethnic cleavages to win elections }6