...towards a better life for the people VOL. 25: NO. 61682
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012
AVIATION ROAD SHOW SAGA:
Senators panic over $7,000 estacode
BY EMMANUEL AZIKEN, POLITICAL EDITOR & HENRY UMORU
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•Lafiagi, Umar deny knowledge of Aviation minister's invitation
•Senator struggles to return money
AGOS—MEM BERS of the Senate Committee on Aviation, yesterday, distanced themselves from the Aviation Road Show organized by the Ministry of Aviation after one of the senators(name withheld) had allegedly collected $7,000 estacode for the controversial trip. The senator who collected the money was
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1861 annexation of Lagos: Eminent citizens back late Oba Dosumu —P.8
PINI JASON How did the Farouk/Otedola saga end? •P.17
JOHN AMODA US's approach to security •P.19 planning (2)
Mr & Mrs CLINTON MEETS MANDELA
—US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right)poses for a photograph with Nelson Mandela, 94, former president of South Africa, and his wife Graca Machel at his home in Qunu, South Africa, yesterday. AFP PHOTO.
DISCOURSE: Is there any hope for Nigeria •Pages 34&35 C M Y K
Beggars protest removal from Lagos roads •P.6