The Nation September 24, 2012

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CBN to battle billionaire debtors

PHCN firms: Oando, Vigeo, others to wait

NEWS

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•BPE shifts financial bidding date

•Apex bank to call in law agents

NEWS

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VOL. 7, NO. 2258 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

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•Akeredolu to Mimiko: your time is up •AND ON •Ondo PDP flays plan to probe Agagu MORE PAGES 8&9 •Judge withdraws from PDP vs CJ suit

Bloody day in church Suicide bomber kills three Kids among 46 injured From Austine Tsenzughul, Bauchi

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UICIDE bombing made a shocking and bloody return yesterday – after a long lull. Three people died during a church service in Bauchi. Forty-six others, including two policemen, were injured, some critically. A suicide bomber, driving an Opel Vectra saloon car, hit the barricade at St. John’s Catholic Church’s entrance at about 9.00am when the first mass ended and the second mass was about to start. This is usually when there is a lot of people either leaving the church or coming in. The casualty figure would have been higher, but for security men who prevented the lone bomber from driving into the church premises, according to an eyewitness. An unconfirmed report said a woman and her six-year-old son were among the dead. There were many children among the injured. Bauchi police spokesman Hassan Muhammed Auyo, who gave the casualty figure as three and 46 injured, confirmed that two policemen were injured. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bauchi State chapter, Rev. Lawi Pokti, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that more than 40 other worshippers were injured. He put the figure of the dead at four.

•Wreckage of the suicide bomber’s car …yesterday

The suicide bomber ‘came in an Opel saloon car but could not get through to the church premises. So, he hit the barricade at the gate and detonated his explosive device

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Floods overrun Abuja-Lokoja road

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•Ogbeh’s farm submerged in Benue

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LOODS have taken over the Lokoja-Abuja road- the major access to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) – the seat of power. The River Niger has overflowed its banks, submerging the road and many homes. The floods caused a chaotic traffic on the road, with vehicles forming long queues on both sides.

From Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi

The queue at the Lokoja end of the road has extended to Obajana village, about 15 kilometres drive to the Lokoja city centre. Many passengers are stranded The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is expected to close the Continued on page 4

•Some of the injured victims being evacuated to the hospital…yesterday

PHOTOS: NAN

•FCMB’s Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Ladi Balogun and the Chairman, Dr. Jonathan Long (right) during the Court-Ordered Meeting where 99.98 shareholders of the bank approved the FCMB and FinBank merger...at the weekend.

•CITYBEAT P10 •SPORT P23 •CEO P32 •JOBS P37 •POLITICS P43


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