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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012
10 students, FG to pay nine others die off 54,000 in Ogun auto PHCN staff crashes
with 7 & 6 s. g N400bn •P OKONJO-IWEALA'S MOTHER:
....Five others killed by gunmen in Borno 49 10& P •
Operatives in contact with kidnappers
BY EMMA AMAIZE, REGIONAL EDITOR, SOUTH-SOUTH, AUSTIN OGWUDA & FESTUS AHON
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•Kidnappers reduce ransom from $1bn to N200m •She will soon be released — Delta Police •Anxiety mounts over her health
SABA— FOUR days after the kidnap of Prof Mabel Kamene Titi Okonjo, 82 –year-old mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr.
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Mr & Mrs
MAHAMA IN ASO ROCK—From Left: Vice President Namadi Sambo; President Goodluck Jonathan and the visiting President John Mahama of Ghana at The Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. State House Photo.
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