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Dangote Cement Closure: MAN Berates Kogi Govt, Says Action Illegitimate, Anti-business State: No payment was paid, vows to recover company Ibrahim Oyewale, Lokoja and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos The Manufacturers Association

of Nigeria (MAN) has berated Kogi State government for allegedly engaging armed youths to enforce the sealing of

the Dangote Cement’s factory located in Obajana, describing the action as insensitive and capable of discouraging investors.

The association’s position on the matter came just as Kogi State government has presented to the public the report of the

Specialised Technical Committee on the Evaluation of the Legality of the alleged acquisition of Obajana Cement Company Plc by Dangote

Cement Company Limited. The President of MAN, Mr. Continued on page 5

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Wike Set to Assent Motion Striping Omehia of ‘Former Governor’Title Lawmakers order Omehia to refund N696m benefit Rivers withdraws criminal suit against Amaechi, Cole, others Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt For not sharing Governor Nyesom Wike's political views and not

supporting his crusade to remove the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former governor of Rivers State,

Mr. Celestine Omehia has been stripped of his title as a former governor of the state. This was just as the Rivers State

Government yesterday withdrew the criminal suit filed against immediate former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi,

governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 elections in the state, Tonye Cole and five others.

The Rivers State House of Assembly apparently working Continued on page 5

Buhari Meets 23 Freed Kaduna Train Victims, Charges Service Chiefs to Replicate Success Appreciates military for bravery Lists unprecedented acquisition of military platforms, hardware in seven years Says he inherited nation at crossroads, with bombs going off at frightening frequency, even in cities Gbajabiamila commends FG, armed forces CAN hails president, security agencies over release Military vows to track down train bombers Deji Elumoye Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna train attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna. Buhari charged the service chiefs to replicate the success recorded in the fight against insurgency in the North-east in other parts of the country. He said his administration had bolstered the armed forces with unprecedented acquisition of military platforms and hardware in the past few years, despite inheriting a dispirited nation. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, also expressed joy at the news of the release of the remaining 23 hostages abducted from the Kaduna-bound train. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, Gbajabiamila urged Nigerians to be relentless in their pursuit of peace in every ramification. The Christian Association Continued on page 5

THE NATION FEELS YOUR PAIN... President Muhammadu Buhari met the freed abducted train attack victims in Kaduna State...yesterday


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