The Nation April 8, 2014

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Kwara PDP holds bloody congress •Three feared dead

NEWS Page 7

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News Apo killings illegal, says NHRC P58 Sports Iheanacho to join Flying Eagles P23 Business Fish import ban angers WTO P6

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World Bank: Large economy no guarantee for foreign investment

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•EFCC/ICPC merger rejected From Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja

WO government agencies – the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) and the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) – have been scrapped. Three aviation agencies have been merged into one in the Federal Government’s efforts to streamline its finances. The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Continued on page 2

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•Thugs attack Fayemi’s convoy•LP, APC disagree •Aggrieved PDP members to Jonathan: remove Fayose AND MORE •‘Voter card is weapon against retrogression’ •ON PAGE 8

Govt merges three aviation agencies

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•Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala

From Nduka Chiejina, Abuja IGERIA’s emergence as the largest economy ed. in Africa and the 26th Nigeria on Sunday anlargest in the world may not nounced the rebasing of its necessarily fling open the door GDP — the first since 1990— for foreign financial inflows, a in which it captured new secWorld Bank top economist tors, such as telecom, music, said yesterday. film production and informaTo attract foreign investors, tion technology. Nigeria must have Nigeria’s GDP SEE ALSO now stands at favourable policies and prospects, he add- PAGES 4&5 $509.9b as against

South Africa’s $370.3b, thereby making the country’s economy the biggest in Africa. Speaking yesterday via videoconferencing from Washington DC on the occasion of the launch of Africa’s Pulse, a bi-annual analysis of issues shaping Africa’s economic prospects, World Continued on page 2

Why INEC seeks power to stop candidates, by Jega Violators of campaign ban to be punished

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From Yusuf Alli, Abuja

OLITICIANS jumping the gun to campaign ahead of the 2015 elections will face trial, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Attahiru Jega warned yesterday. Besides, he explained why the commission is seeking an amendment to Section 31, which will empower it to reject nominees for elections. He also said in spite of security challenges, INEC is hopeful that the 2015 elections will hold in all parts of the country. For the umpteenth time, Jega reassured the electorate that the 2015 poll timetable will not lead to a bandwagon effect. He insisted that all elections will not hold in one day next year. Jega, who made the clarifications while replying to questions at a session with report-

‘ •Prof. Jega

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Elections can be conducted under situation of emergency; there are countries that have conducted election under situation of emergency

•Forensic experts gathering materials at Soka in Ibadan, where human body parts and dying people were found…yesterday.

PHOTO: NAN

Forensic experts begin probe of Ibadan ‘horror forest’

•SEE PAGE 9

•PROPERTY P14 •SPORTS P23 •POLITICS P43 •AVIATION P47 •ENERGY P49


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