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Vol. 9 No. 54
Thursday, October 25, 2012
We took Ndume’s phones without consent, says SSS
. . . putting the people first
Grandsons edged out of Attah Igala stool contest
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Zhul-Hajj 9, 1433 AH
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Jang accuses FG of shortchanging Plateau >> PAGE 5
Secret oil deals
How FG officials siphoned trillions By Abdulwahab Isa with agency report
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acts have emerged on how some unscrupulous government officials struck secret cut-price deals with multinational oil companies to facilitate the siphoning of billions of dollars - amounting to trillions
– Ribadu C’ttee report of naira - oil and gas revenue over the last decade. The revelation is contained in a report of a study carried out by the Petroleum Revenue Task Force
headed by former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Malam Nuhu Ribadu which it recently submitted to the Presidency,
Reuters reported yesterday. The news agency said it saw the report which indicated that the sleaze had been going on since 2002 resulting in the nation losing
trillions of naira in underhand deals and shady transactions said to have involved top government officials during the period covered Contd on Page 2
Cynthia’s murder: FG to ban daterape drug, ruphynol By Abdulrahman Abdulraheem
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L-R: Yobe state Governor, Malam Ibrahim Gaidam, presenting a letter of employment to Musa Mustafa, during the presentation of letters of engagement to nearly 7, 000 diploma holders recruited by the state government under its special empowerment scheme, yesterday in Damaturu.
he Federal Executive Council (FEC) has stated its intention to ban rophynol, the drug allegedly used to lace the Ribena drink given to Cynthia Osukogo, the 24-year old who was recently killed in a Lagos hotel. Minister of Health, Onyeabuchi Chukwu, who disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Council’s weekly meeting yesterday, revealed that government has directed the Nigerian Essential Drug List and Formulatory Committee to immediately look into the matter with a view to getting the harmful drugs out of circulation. Popularly known as “date-rape
drug,” rophynol is a powerful sedative that is used as a hypnotic and anaesthesia. Contd on Page 2
PD INDEX
24th Oct., 2012
CBN RATES BUYING SELLING $ 154.76 155.76 £ 248.1886 249.792 EURO 202.21 203.516 CFA 0.2885 0.3085 RIYAL 41.267 41.5 PARALLEL RATES BUYING SELLING EURO 202 205 £ 243 247 RIYAL 40 42 $ 155.5 158.50