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Newspaper of the Year

Arisekola-Alao’s unfulfilled dreams

NEWS

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•Burial for business mogul today

•Colombia 2 Cote d’Ivoire 1 •Uruguay2 England1

•Nigeria’s widest circulating newspaper

VOL. 9, NO. 2883 FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014

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From John Ofikhenua, Abuja

NDIA has replaced the United States as the largest importer of Nigeria’s crude, with China and Malaysia following closely. The U.S. has drastically reduced its demand, which now stands at about 250,000 barrels per day. India buys some 30 per cent of Nigeria’s daily crude production of about 2.5million barrels. Speaking in Moscow, Russia at the on-going 21st World Continued on page 2

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TR UTH IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM TRUTH

EKITI 2014

India replaces U.S. as top importer of Nigeria’s oil

•Red hot Osaze to play Bosnia •Eagles train in Cuiaba •Kanu lifts team’s morale •We must play with force, SPOR TS SPORTS says striker Emenike Pages 24&41

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•APC leaders stump for Fayemi as campaign ends AND MORE ON •U.S. to INEC: your credibility is at stake • PAGES 10&43 •21 parties back governor •IG replaces commissioner

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WHERE ARE THE CHIBOK GIRLS KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15?

Govt gets $227m Abacha loot

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RITICS of the withdrawal of the money laundering charges against Muhammed Abacha got a reply yesterday. The Federal Government said it withdrew the N446.3 billion corruption case against the son of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, to enable it recover more of the loot stashed abroad by the

From Nduka Chiejina, Abuja

former military leader. The government said it would on Wednesday receive 167million euros ($227million) from the Principality of Liechtenstein, being part of the Abacha loot in that territory. Attorney-General Mohammed Adoke, through government lawyer Daniel Enwelum, told Justice Mamman

Kolo of an Abuja High Court on Wednesday that he had filed a notice of discontinuance of the case. The government filed a nine-count suit against Mohammed who it accused of “dishonesty, receiving stolen property and voluntarly assisting in conceding money belonging to the state, estiContinued on page 2

•THE FIN AL PUSH: Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi (middle) with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (beside him), Ekiti All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman Jide Awe (behind Tinubu) and others FINAL arriving for the rally in Ado-Ekiti...yesterday

Ekiti: Soldiers threatened to shoot me, says Amaechi Okorocha’s, Tinubu’s, Oshiomhole’s aircraft grounded

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•Amaechi (in brown cap) discussing with APC leaders at the village where he was stopped ...yesterday

IVERS State Governor RotiA system that relies less on institution mi Chibuike Amaechi was shocked yesterday when than the mass to determine who wins a vote soldiers prevented him from at- treks delicately on the path of anarchy. That tending the All Progressives Conscenario must be avoided —Editorial Page 19 gress (APC) rally in Ekiti State. His party’s candidate, GoverFrom Damisi Ojo, Akure Ekiti, but soldiers stopped his connor Kayode Fayemi, is seeking rein Akure, the neighbouring Ondo voy at the Ondo/Ekiti states election in tomorrow’s poll. Amaechi arrived at the airport State capital, and headed for Ado- boundary.

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, also billed for the rally, was not allowed to leave the Benin Airport. The chopper that would have taken him was prevented from flying on “orders from above”. Amaechi, in an sms during his encounter with the soldiers wrote: Continued on page 2

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