...towards a better life for the people VOL. 25: NO. 61687
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
2012 OLYMPICS: Code of Conduct Why Nigeria failed bureau goes after govs, ....Athletes, officials blame Sports •Back page ministry, FG
ministers' assets
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Delta govt, FG battle over Ibori's $15m
BY IKECHUKWU NOCHIRI
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•Money exclusive property of Delta State — Counsel •FG asks court to grant it ownership of money
PLAYING WITH FIRE!
BUJA—THE Delta State Government has gone before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to challenge moves by the Federal Government to claim the $15 million allegedly given to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the jailed former Governor of the State, Chief James Ibori, who left ofice in 2007. The state, via an appli-
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PINI JASON Did we go to the 2012 •P.17 Olympics?
JOHN AMODA Organised criminality: The supply side of potential •P.19 insurgents
Mr & Mrs
POVERTY OR MADNESS—Youths scoop oil on the Kirikiri Canal along Vanguard Avenue, Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos yesterday. Photos: Biodun Ogunleye.
SPECIAL REPORT: 100 yrs PHCN WINDING UP: of trade unionism in Nigeria — The Owei Lakemfa book serial on Pgs 32&33 C M Y K
Workers to get 15% severance package —P.6