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Liberia's Taylor Arrives for Exile in Biafran City, Calabar: Hands Power to his Deputy, Blah Liberia's Charles Taylor arrived in the southeastern BiafraNigerian city of Calabar on Tuesday, a day after handing over power and leaving his shattered nation for exile. After a brief stop-over in the capital Abuja, a tired-looking Taylor arrived in Calabar in the early hours of the morning. He was met by the state governor and was driven to a set of three luxurious hilltop residences set aside for him and dozens of his family members and associates. "No problem. I am okay," was all Taylor said to journalists. Tucked away near the Cameroon border in a port city once known for the export of slaves, the former president will be far away from some of his bitterest enemies who also took refuge in BiafraNigeria in the 1990s. Prince Yormie Johnson, the Liberian warlord who drank beer while his men hacked up former dictator Samuel Doe live on camera, (Reuters)		Key Stories Anambra PDP accuses Obasanjo, others over treason Reps fault Uwais on Order of Precedence UK police arrive Niger Delta to stem kidnappings Presidency orders tight security at Borders 2007 and IBB's Waterloo FG reaps N357b from oil windfall ... Obasanjo, Bush, Mbeki, Others React Sao Tome President Thanks Obasanjo Oil, Gas in Commercial Quantities Discovered in Anambra Afenifere Threatens Legal Action over LG Reforms South-south Coalition Asks Obasanjo for $300m
Anambra PDP accuses Obasanjo over treason   Reps fault Uwais on Order of Precedence   AUDIO   VIDEO In protest of the delay to bring the coup plotters and abductors of the Anambra State Governor, Dr. Chris Ngige, to trial, the state's chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Olusegun Obasanjo and the party's National Vice Chairman (South East), Fidelis Ozichukwu Chukwu, of conspiracy. The acting chairman of the party in the state, Chief Dan Ulasi at a press conference in Awka, the state capital, yesterday said that Ozichukwu's attempt to set up a reconciliation committee without the consent of the stakeholders is unacceptable. (Guardian)   The House of Representatives wants the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, to bring an amendment to the Order of Precedence Act if he feels that the act is unconstitutional and a usurpation of the powers of the executive. In an interview with Vanguard in Abuja yesterday, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Abdul Ningi, said though the House passed the Act based on its conviction that what it did was the right thing to do at that time, it would still consider any amendment of the Act brought by the... (Vanguard)     Obasanjo/PDP Election Fraud is Deeply Concerning General Ojukwu Seeks Democracy Isioma Daniel Speaks "Fatwa" Animalism 1 "Fatwa" Animalism 2

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