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Vol. 8 No. 61
Monday, June 18, 2012
. . . putting the people first
Rajab 28, 1433 AH
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Police may arrest Otedola, Reps By Lambert Tyem
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here are strong indications that the Chairman of Zenon Oil and Gas Company, Mr. Femi
Otedola, who allegedly yielded to the demand of $620, 000 bribe by the chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc committee on fuel subsidy probe, Hon. Farouk Lawan may
be arrested for interrogation by the Police today. The oil magnate alleged that Lawan demanded and collected $620, 000 from him in order to remove his
company, Zenon Petroleum & Gas Limited, from the list of 15 companies, which the committee indicted in their report released in April for receiving about N2 trillion
from the government as subsidy for petrol imports that they never did. Otedola claimed he had wire Contd on Page 2
Scores killed in Kaduna bomb attacks, reprisals Anger over alleged troops withdrawal Why we struck — Boko Haram Jonathan calls for more prayers — P3
From Agaju Madugba and Mohammed Adamu, Kaduna, and Lambert Tyem, Abuja
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cores of people were killed in three suicide bombing incidents in different parts of Kaduna and Zaria cities in Kaduna state yesterday, resulting in reprisals which also claimed no fewer than 11 lives. The Kaduna state government yesterday slammed a 24-hour curfew in the affected areas following the multiple bomb attacks on churches in Zaria and Kaduna metropolis. The bombings engendered reprisal killings especially in the southern part of the metropolis during which scores of people lost their lives in Narayi High Cost, Narayi, Command, Nasarawa, Trikania, Ungwan Muazu, Ungwan Pama and GoninGora, along the Kaduna-Abuja highway, among other locations. A photojournalist with Daily Contd on Page 2
A victim of the bomb blast at Shallom Church of God, Kaduna, being helped into an ambulance, yesterday in Kaduna. Photo: NAN
Kaduna killings: Security beefed up in Kano >> PAGE 4
Buhari tasks CPC on internal democracy >> PAGE 3
GOC warns soldiers against rights abuse >> PAGE 7
Tambuwal cautions against reprisals >> PAGE 3