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VOL. 9, NO. 2886 MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014
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•From left: All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Gen. Muhammadu Buhari ; The Rt. Rev. Dr Humphrey Olumakaiye; Chief Bisi Akande; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola and APC Woman Leader Alhaja Ramotu Tijani during the presentation of the award of Constatine ( Superlative Leadership Performance) to Chief Akande at St. Matthew Anglican Church, Ila-Orangun, Osun State...yesterday
NSIA posts N1.2b profit
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By Simeon Ebulu, Group Business Editor
HE Nigerian Sovereign Investment Agency (NSIA) has realised about N1.2billion profit as at the first quarter, ending March 31. The amount is nearly N1billion over the return made last year. NSIA Managing Director/CEO Uche Orji broke the news in Lagos. With him was NSIA’s Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Hanspeter Ackermann. He said the result aligned with the expectations of his team, adding Continued on page 56
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WHERE ARE THE CHIBOK GIRLS KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15?
More Abia suspects linked to Boko Haram as kingpin is relocated
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HE military has relocated a Boko Haram kingpin, who is among the 486 suspects detained in Abia State, to a detention facility for a comprehensive investigation, The Nation learnt yesterday. Of the suspects, 86 are said to have link with Boko Haram,
From Yusuf Alli, Abuja
the Islamist sect that has killed thousands. More interrogators, comprising crack officers from Military Intelligence and the Directorate of State Security (DSS), have been sent to Abia State to join the suspects’ grilling. None of the suspects had
been released - as at press time - in spite of pressure from many quarters. The suspected kingpin was relocated out of Abia because of what a source described as “valuable information and clues” he had released to the military. Continued on page 4
My election is victory for democracy, says Fayose Fayemi: Ekiti has spoken
By Adekunle Yussuf, Sina Fadare, Remi Adelowo, Seun Akioye and Sulaiman Salawudeen, Ado-Ekiti
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KITI State Governor-elect Ayodele Fayose was waving the olive branch yesterday, saying his triumph is victory for democracy. There is no victor, no vanquished, he said. Fayose won last Saturday’s election, beating incumbent Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who congratulated the winner — in a rare show of sportmanship, which earned him praises. Fayose promised to build a flyover each at Fajuyi and Mathew in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, adding: “I will embark on ‘operation tar all untarred roads in Ado-Ekiti’ in two years of my administration.” The governor-elect described governance as Continued on page 4
•Fayose speaking...yesterday. With him are Deputy Governor-elect Olusola Eleka (left) and the Director General, Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation, Dipo Anisulowo
RESULTS APC •Efon 3,422 •Emure 4332 •Oye 10, 176 •Ilejemeje 3336 •Ikere 7989 •Ikole 8804 •Ekiti South West 6746 •Ijero 9348 •Irepodun/ Ifelodun 6834 •Ekiti East 8584 •Moba 7994 •Ise Orun 5809 •Gbonyin 8138 •Ekiti West 7860 •Ido Osi 7134 •Ado 13937 TOTAL: 120, 433
PDP 5,335 7086 11200 3670 16197 14238 11038 13814 13038 12498 8878 10136 11046 10702 13045 41169 203, 090
LP 358 1527 512 165 585 1259 1413 1554 3555 762 1000 600 714 884 1182 2065 18, 135
•SPORTS P15 •CEO P27 •JOBS P37 •MOTORING P35 •POLITICS P47 •FOREIGN P58