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Why SE govs, groups oppose Miyetti Allah •Demand is suspect, connotes ulterior motive •You cannot come to my house and ask me to give you gun to man my gate • Buhari must openly discredit, disown killer Fulani bandits, herdsmen •Allegations of Fulanisation, Islamisation breeds distr ust for Fulani
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Contraction looms as economy loses steam By SOPURUCHI ONWUKA and JEROME USHAKANG
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nability of the government to evolve policy stimulants for enhanced economic growth has laid grounds for contraction in
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•CBN battles Forex volatility
the remaining part of the year even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continues to tweak monetary
control instruments to balance liquidity in the system. Consequently, the World Bank which had earlier pre-
dicted Nigeria’s economic growth for the year at 2.2 percent has further downgraded the country’s es-
timated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate to 2.1 percent. The bank noted that the
review was fueled by continuous foreign exchange constraints, oil production cut that was influenced by Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the non-existence of
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FG should bear loss of ceding Bakassi to Cameroon