Peoples Daily Newspaper, Friday, February 24, 2012

Page 1

NNPC plans $100bn investment in oil, natural gas sectors

PAGE 2

Vol. 7 No. 81

Friday, February 24, 2012

Rabiul Thani 3, 1433 AH

N150

INSIDE

Pressure on Kwankwaso to ban 3 Achaba

Boko Haram: US won’t send troops to Nigeria, says Envoy 5

PAN diversifies, rolls out new brand

19

SNC divides Reps By Lawrence Olaoye

T

he simmering dispute over the desirability or otherwise of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) in Nigeria has crept into the House

of Representatives, threatening to polarise the largely united green chamber. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Caucus in the House yesterday openly disagreed with the House’s

spokesman, Rep Zakari Mohammed, who had declared that the green chamber deemed the rising agitations for the SNC as baseless. Rep Mohammed, who is Chairman of the House

Committee on Media and Public Affairs, had last week declared that there was no need for anybody to clamour for the convocation of the SNC even as he urged its proponents to channel their suggestions

through the National Assembly currently embarking on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. According to him, convening the SNC at this point of the Contd on Page 2

L-R: Former President, Court of Appeal, Justice Mamman Nasir (rtd), former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Aminu Saleh and Niger state Governor, Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, during the inauguration of the advisory council of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, yesterday at the Niger Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.

Gunmen kill IGP’s guards in Kano From Edwin Olofu, Kano

G

unmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram have, in a typical guerilla

style, opened fire on four policemen attached to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) M.D. Abubakar’s residence, yesterday morning in Kano.

Eyewitnesses said the gunmen who were riding on four motorcycles opened fire on the mobile policemen attached to the IGP’s house along the Bayero

University Kano (BUK) road immediately after Gidan Murtala, killing two of them at the spot. The policemen were attacked

WWW.PEOPLESDAILY-ONLINE.COM

when they went to eat their breakfast at a fast food restaurant close by. The attack came barely 24 Contd on Page 2


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.