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South-East protests intimidating security • They treat us like conquered territory –Nwodo • End excessive, aggressive, policing in S/E –Agbakoba • It’s necessary to check criminalities –Sagir
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Police go tough on bag snatchers in Onitsha • Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu shortly after the Supreme Court confirmed him as Abia State governor ... last Friday. By THEO RAYS and CHUKS EZE
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LTHOUGH it is not exactly new, the recent highlight, in the media, of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba’s suit against the Federal Government of Nigeria over ‘marginalisation of the South East Region’ of the country has rekindled outcries over a ‘worrisome’ aspect of such marginalisation: security siege. Those who spoke with The Oracle Today described it as “nothing less than a provocative military encircle-
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Presidency to spend N5b on wildlife, Villa
ment of the old East, with intent to push the people to their limits and bait them to react in a manner that would attract high-handed military response.” A random survey conducted by From TONY AILEMEN and this newspaper revealed an overTITUS AGBO, Abuja whelming presence of soldiers and naval officers on major highways HE Federal Government is to and even city centres in South spend a princely N5b to feed East geopolitical zone and parts of wildlife within the PresidenSouth South in peacetime Nigeria. tial Villa, maintain the residence In the Fundamental Rights Class and beautify its environment, snipAction suit, Agbakoba is seeking an pets of information gleaned by The Oracle Today from the 2017 budget •Continued on Page 4 recently passed by the National As-
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sembly, has shown. As details of the N7tr budget passed by the National Assembly but which is yet to be accented to by the President emerge, there are fears that unless something drastic is done, much of the gains recorded so far may be lost to unstable inflationary trend. This trend is already visible in the just approved budget as provisions
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for various sub-heads including food for Acting President have shut up by as much as 356 per cent, same for diesel to power generators at the State House which is up by over 50 per cent. Feeding for the President and his family is pegged at N114.967m in the 2017 budget, while traveling
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