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•Aregbesola to Sambo: winning is wishful thinking AND MORE •Candidates, stakeholders agree to free, fair poll •ON PAGE 8 •36 APC chairmen for Osogbo•Youths to resist rigging
Nigerians take their country for granted, says Danjuma •Honour for Dare at 70 By Leke Salaudeen and Joseph Jibueze
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T could well have been a gathering of the academia – many professors were there – or newspapermen – they came in their numbers. The colourful ceremony at the prestigious MUSON Centre on Lagos Island was predictable. Prof. Olatunji Dare, eminent teacher, distinguished newspaperman, pro-democracy activist and respected columnist, was 70 yesterday. Continued on page 10
•Dr. Fayemi...yesterday
•Prof. Dare...yesterday
•Prof. Karikari...yesterday
•Gen. Danjuma...yesterday •SEE ALSO PAGE 11
I’m ready to defend N6bn debt allegation, says Nyako Three die as youths protest plot to sack Nasarawa governor From Yusuf Alli, Abuja
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ORMER Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako remained defiant yesterday, saying he is ready to defend his integri-
ty. Security agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are after Nyako, who was impeached in hazy circumstances on Tuesday, but he remains in high spirits, according to an aide. Nyako is accused by Acting Governor Umaru Fintiri of plunging the state into a N6billion debt. He said the loans he took, including the controversial N6billion, were approved by the House of Assembly. Also yesterday, The Nation learnt that former Deputy Governor Bala James Ngillari was un-
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der pressure to go to court to seek his reinstatement as acting governor “because he was forced to resign”. Nyako, who spoke through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh, said he had nothing to hide on his tenContinued on page 4
•The wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine…yesterday.
Malaysian plane crash kills 295
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