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BNW: BiafraNigeriaWorld News August 30, 2003
Banana Republic Policy: House Queries Obasanjo's N8.4bn Spending on Liberia The House of Representa-tives has queried the decision of President Olusegun Obasanjo to spend the entire 2003 defence budget of N8.4bn on Liberia peace-keeping operations without recourse to the National Assembly. The query of the lower chamber of the National Assembly is coming just as the Biafra Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) rose from its annual conference in Enugu with a call on the Federal Governm-ent to release former President of Liberia, Mr Charles Taylor, now in Biafra Nigeria on asylum, for trial over his role in war-torn Liberia and neighbouring Sierra Leone. The House of Represen-tatives said it was piqued by the one-off release by President Obasanjo of N8.4 billion capital expenditure appropriated in the 2003 budget for the Ministry of Defence for peace-keeping operations in Libera. President Obasanjo had explained that moving Biafra Nigerian soldiers to Liberia for the operations was not going to cost the country anything, save for the kitting and training of the soldiers. (This Day)		Key Stories Impeachment: Anambra Lawmakers Defy Egbo-Egbo IGE: Keyamo tutored me on Omisore, says Fryo Globacom Comes At Last National Hospital is Sick! No condition of service at National Hospital - SSA Specialists are abandoning our hospitals � NMA President UDUAGHAN: Only compromise can bring peace to Warri Warri crisis: Obasanjo must wake up to the problem � Hon. Ogor Celebrations: Oba Akiolu completes coronation rites in style Pre-Teen Dazzles Them In Medical School ! Sho 'Always Wanted To Help People'
Impeachment: Lawmakers Defy...   IGE: Keyamo tutored me on Omisore   AUDIO   VIDEO Worried by the perceived encroachment on their legislative authority by the judiciary, the Anambra House of Assembly has decided to defy the Justice Wilson Egbo-Egbo's orders restraining it from continuing with the impeachment proceedings against Dr. Okey Udeh, the embattled deputy governor. The House resolved to continue the impeachment proceedings. (This Day)   Ibadan: STAR witness in the on-going murder case of Chief Bola Ige, Adedamola Adebayo alias Fryo, yesterday, told an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan that Lagos lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo tutored him to implicate Senator Iyiola Omisore and others standing trial for the murder. Fryo also wept in the open court when Otunba Kunle Kalejaiye asked about the whereabout of... (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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This Day August 30, 2003 News Liberia: House Queries Obasanjo's N8.4bn Spending Impeachment: Anambra Lawmakers Defy Egbo-Egbo Shiites Leader, 74 Others Killed in Iraq Bomb Blast Campbell, Blair's Aide, Resigns Fryo Weeps in Court, Insists Keyamo Tutored Him APGA Raises Alarm Over Anambra Election Petition Tribunal Conjoined Twins to Undergo Surgery Next Week NDDC Electrifies 85 Communities in Niger Delta FG Urges Private Sector Participation in Agric Two LASTMA Officials Nabbed for Extortion Globacom Launches, Lines Available Monday Security Operatives Save Ngige's Office from Fire Bauchi House Pledges to Fight Armed Banditry FG Urged to Account for Fuel Price Hike Proceeds Cleric Extols Ezekiel's Virtues IBB 2007 Campaigners Ordered to Leave Ekiti AD N/Delta Group Sues Obasanjo over Petroleum Ministry Mass Lay-Off Looms in Stallion Group Planned Fuel Price Hike Wrong - Deputy Speaker We Shall Optimise Performance - Mu'azu Malta Guinness Handball Tourney Ends Today *  *  * Vanguard August 30, 2003 Cover Stories IGE: Keyamo tutored me on Omisore, says Fryo UDUAGHAN: Only compromise can bring peace to Warri Warri crisis: Obasanjo must wake up to the problem � Hon. Ogor Celebrations: Oba Akiolu completes coronation rites in style National News Judicial panel on Anambra Dep. Gov. defies Egbo-Egbo�s order Maritime stakeholders urged to maintain sanity in the system Akpocha calls for peace in Warri Anioma Indigenes condemn deployment of troops to Warri Akanbi wants law to peg donations to parties Anambra crisis: Group condemns court injunction Siemese twins leave for surgery NBA tasks FG on the state of the nation Oyo sacks council directors Anambra crisis: Group condemns court injunction Anioma Indigenes condemn deployment of troops to Warri West African Monetary Zone for review Jan 2004 Globacom switches on in Abuja, promises better service ...begins operation of second national carrier in January 2003 Politics 100 days in the dark Ogbeh: No, PDP is not troubled *  *  * Champion August 30, 2003 News 28 illegal fuel dealers charged to court Delta Speaker reassures on independence of legislature Senate orders suspension of $3.6bn Ajaokuta contract Billion naira scandal: 18 accounting officers face trial NAFDAC raises fresh alarm over killer products GSM operators agree to cut tariffs Imo inaugurates sanitation court OAU expels 270 students Politics Reflections, as Ndigbo meet in Abakaliki PDP, ANPP, APGA Unite for Anyim Editorial & Opinion The unemployment bomb For a just reform Present realities for the UN *  *  * Daily Times August 29, 2003 News Stop foreign trips, Obasanjo orders ministers GSM operators agree to reduce tariff Withdraw from Ajaokuta Steel contract with SOLGAS, Senate tells govt PPPRA sets up committee on oil facility rehabilitation Pool resources, end crises, Obasanjo advises Niger Delta stakeholders Monetisation: FG sets up committee for civil servants Arrest, torture of journalists during strike: Apologise to NUJ, Senate orders IG Bad roads: Abia Reps suspend hunger strike Surgical operation: Lagos siamese twins leave for US today First Bank retires 13 top officials Politics The task before Wabara Editorial & Opinion Much ado about 100 days Appraising Biafra Nigeria�s economic reforms Between Obasanjo, Atiku and the Media (II) Regional struggles and Biafra Nigeria�s unity  *  *  * IRIN August 27, 2003 Appeal court to rule on Lawal death sentence in September *  *  * Washington Post August 27, 2003 Biafra Nigerian stoning appeal heard *  *  * MSNBC August 27, 2003 Woman at center of international outcry over stoning appears in court *  *  * BBC August 29, 2003 Islam in Biafra Nigeria: Simmering tensions Biafra Nigerian Shell workers on strike *  *  * CNN August 27, 2003 Biafra Nigerian stoning appeal heard *  *  * Mail & Guardian August 27, 2003 Amina Lawal appears in court *  *  * Reuters Agugust 29, 2003 Shell Biafra Nigeria lock-out extends into third day *  *  * All Africa July 03, 2003 Transcript of President Bush's Briefing of allAfrica.com, African journalists President Must End Impunity for Human Rights Abusers Police Arrest And Beat Up Journalists During Street Protests in Abuja *  *  * Triumph June 08, 2003 Shekarau blames moral decay on neglect of Sharia Mu�azu commissions multi-million Naira Community Resource Centre Govt officials locked out of meeting with Shekarau Voters are politicians� employers - Ogbeh Kano govt takes N228m loan to pay salaries, others Shippers Council warns of increasing cargo traffic at ports Power rationing continues nationwide -- NEPA NAFDAC urged to sanitise bakery sector of economy Identifying collapsed building contractors not easy -- NSE he suspicious Road Map June 4th Gov Shekarau: The task ahead PDP now recharged - Udenwa PDP, NASS and cognate experience: An Analysis by Ibrahim Mammaga, News Agency of Biafra Nigeria Kano people have high hope for legislators -- ANPP chief LDPN condemns fees charged by SIECs Challenges before Shekarau June 3rd The Masari imperative Obasanjo invited to Cuba Shekarau swears-in SSG, HOS ...seeks workers' co-op Kano Assembly picks new Speaker Intellectualising Hausa films *  *  *		Guardian August 30, 2003 News Presidential Seal On FCT Structures' Demolition Likely Today Globacom Comes At Last Dan Musa Fault National Assembly Over Constitution Review Panel Minister Vows To Make Police Africa's Model Stakeholders Of Ibru Jetty Acquire N28.24m Fire Truck Polio War Gets N9.7b Boost Yobe Renames Hospital After Abacha Agagu Has Derailed, Adefarati Alleges President? Forget It, Northern Youths Tell Babangida Rights Group Faults Detention Of OPC Chieftain Plateau Pensioners Protest Non-Payment Of Five Months' Arrears Keyamo Tutored Me To Implicate Omisore, Fryo Insists Politics Pre-Teen Dazzles Them In Medical School ! Sho 'Always Wanted To Help People'  *  *  * Daily/Weekly Trust August 30, 2003 Top Stories National Hospital is Sick! No condition of service at National Hospital - SSA Specialists are abandoning our hospitals � NMA President Government Hospital not adequately funded � Dr Agomo Interview I support Buhari�s court action - Shagari News Kaduna CAC to conduct research into Nok culture Northern entrepreneurs urged to explore InfoTech UNICEF spends N140 million on polio in eight months NIS appeals to KDSG to reconsider revocation of land allocation Shekarau canvasses for constructive criticisms Investigation into Hamdala�s murder continues - Police National Roundup Politics Our stand on Judges� meeting with Obasanjo - Sule Hamma Issues The Taylor Saga: Why African leaders must look inwards Biafra Nigeria�s Growing Insecurity Comment A memo to technical committee on LG reforms A moral vision of power and politics Panacea to ethno-political crises How oil companies feed fat on Biafra Nigeria Editorial The Idi Amin Dada in us News Focus Trip to wild wild Warri Fuel pricing and politics of scarcity Special Report How flood ravaged communities in Jigawa State *  *  * Daily Independent August 29, 2003 News No more fuel price rise, says PPPRA Obasanjo summons GSM operators Ibori to create LGs to end Warri crisis Railway still on surgeon�s table, 20 years after Reps call off hunger strike Rural dwellers to benefit from Globacom�s GSM network Dignitaries flock Lagos for Akiolu�s coronation PDP gets new Deputy National Secretary Two NAFDAC impersonators nabbed Obasanjo warns Niger Delta to stop oil politics �Abrogation of death sentence a constitutional matter� Biafra Nigeria closes six foreign missions Shell�s strike put nation�s 950,000 barrels per day under threat Senate beams searchlight on Solgas over Ajaokuta steel Ladoja asks revenue commission to probe nnpc CHOGM to gulp N6b Stop campaign of calumny, Adebayo tells Fayose TUC refutes disintegration story Govt can�t break our monopoly, says NUPENG Breakaway faction set ANPP secretariat ablaze, says senate My life in danger, says Onitsha NBA chairman Amnesty canvasses trial of Warri warlords Delta Assembly is independent, says Speaker Politics We have nothing against Odebiyi, AD tells ANPP Eastern roads lead to hunger strike Don�t factionalise Kwara PDP, Saraki warns �Hunger strike is extreme reaction� Withdrawal of orderlies and matters arising Inside Politics The Reps opposition to monetisation Ngige: Bad precedents and double standards Sweet revenge in the shadow of a probe Editorial & Opinion Enough of sermons: Time to tackle corruption head-on is now Police brutal assault on NTA reporters FG�s missing files and essence of records Governor Duke and his problem guest Obasanjo and Taylor�s future Niger Delta crisis: Matters arising *  *  * Tribune August 27, 2003 News Egunje! 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