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MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
VOL. 25: NO. 61691
Ocean surge tragedy: Death toll rises
N150
Prison bombed in Edo, 10 inmates escape •Pg.7
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SUBSIDY PAYMENTS:
Oil marketers dare FG •Wait for court verdict, they challenge •Over N2 trillion claims outstanding •Oando, Conoil react; fuel scarcity imminent
BY CLARA NWACHUKWU
L
AGOS—THE faceoff between the Federal Government and some major oil marketers over subsidy claims
deepened, yesterday, with the marketers challenging the federal government to publish the names of marketers and traders they paid subsidy claims to in 2012. Two of the marketers, Oando and Conoil in-
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Shareholders' apathy, NUBAN policy escalate value of unclaimed dividends •PG.17
OCHEREOME NNANNA •P.41 DELE •P.33 SOBOWALE LES LEBA •P.40
Mr & Mrs EID-EL-FITR —Crowd at the Emir's Palace in Bauchi during Durbah to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, yesterday. Inset: Police security alert at the palace during the celebration. Photos: NAN.
SPECIAL REPORT:
100 years of trade unionism in Nigeria
•The serial on Owei •Pgs.46&47 Lakemfa's latest work C M Y K
CRISIS IN AWO'S HOUSE:
Battle for Ondo tears Afenifere apart •Pgs.43-45