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Guardian Newspapers Limited appoints new editors HE management of Guardian Newspapers T Limited has announced the appointment of new editors for its titles. In the new appointments approved by the Chairman and Publisher, Lady Maiden AlexIbru, last week, and effective from February 1, 2013, Mr. Abraham Ogbodo was named Editor of The Guardian on Sunday. He replaces Mr. Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo who voluntarily re-

tired from the company early this year after 10 years as editor of the Sunday newspaper. Former Chief Sub-Editor and News Editor, Mr. Julius Omokioja Eto, was named Deputy Editor of The Guardian daily. He replaces Mr. Jewell Dafinone who assumes a new position as General Editor of the newspapers. Mr. Alabi Williams, until now Assistant Political Editor, has been named Deputy Editor of The Guardian

on Sunday while Mr. Taiwo Akerele, former Night Editor of The Guardian, is the new Deputy Editor, Saturday. In the new deal, Mr. Ehichioya Ezomon is the Group Political Editor. He was until last week Acting Editor, The Guardian on Sunday. Mr. John-Abba Ogbodo of the Abuja Bureau who was promoted as Assistant Political Editor died last Thursday in a car crash.

Mr. Paul Onomuakpokpo, a former Senior Sub-Editor, is the Chief Sub-Editor while Mr. Emmanuel Nwagboniwe, also a former Senior Sub-Editor, is Deputy Chief Sub-Editor. The newly-appointed News Editor of The Guardianis Mr. Nnamdi Inyama, who was hitherto the Assistant Metro Editor. Mr. Felix Kuye, a Senior Sub-Editor, will also be his deputy.

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TheGuardian Conscience, Nurtured by Truth

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Why Obasanjo’s reform agenda failed S the earth remains and A globalisation and political forces prevail over the af-

fairs of men, it appears more controversial books will continue to roll out in the press about men of yesteryears in Nigeria. At the Abeokuta Presidential Library tomorrow, yet another book edited by a notable professor will be publicly presented. But the book entitled Olusegun Obasanjo: The Presidential Legacy (1999-2007) on the Obasanjo years that promises to raise more dust about men and women of yesteryears has identified two key arrowheads of the Obasanjo reform agenda whose actions and inactions actually paralysed the reform agenda that would have changed Nigeria’s fortune. According to the book, edited by Prof. Oladipo Akinkugbe, Alhaji Ahmed Jo-

MORE ON PAGES 6 & 7 da, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe and Prof. Friday Okonofua, the Obasanjo administration’s reform agenda suffered huge reverses largely because of the unsavoury attitude of two arrowheads from the political wing of the administration and the bureaucracy. According to the book in two volumes to be released tomorrow, two of the actors fingered to have been instrumental in the events that shaped the failure of the administration’s reform were the Minister of Finance (2003-2006) Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the then Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (2000-2007), Alhaji

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A cross-section of cyclists displaying during the opening ceremony of the 10th bi-ennial Nigeria Police games in Port Harcourt … yesterday.

Gunmen kill Kwara police commissioner

Saxone Akhaine Kenyatta, Odinga From (Kaduna), Abiodun Fagbemi (Ilorin), Lawrence Njoku run neck and (Enugu), Njadvara Musa neck as Kenyans (Maiduguri) and Charles Akpeji (Jalingo) vote for new MORE worrisome dimenA sion was added to the napresident tion’s insecurity at the

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weekend as the new Kwara State Commissioner of Police

• JTF kills 20 Boko Haram members • Group’s leader threatens more violence Commissioner (CP), Mr. Chinwike Asadu, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Enugu.

Meanwhile, barely 24 hours after Boko Haram denied any ceasefire or truce with the Fed-

eral Government, men of the Forward Operation Base (FOB) and Joint Task Force (JTF) yes-

Shell may shut in 150,000 barrels per day - Page 9

terday killed 20 members of the group who attacked Monguno Military Barracks in Borno State. Also, the JTF yesterday arrested two top Boko Haram commanders that were allegedly responsible for the Maiduguri multiple bomb-blasts last Thursday, while some gover-

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