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Energy Crisis Looms: Fuel Dealers Plan Presh Price Hike Prices of petroleum products may climb to between N45 to N60 per litre in the next one month. Already, petroleum products marketing companies are smoothening out the rough edges of the plans to increase products prices. The Oil marketers are hinging their plans on the sliding naira which has continued to lose weight against other major currencies in the Dutch Auction System [DAS]. The naira is currently exchanging for N137 to the dollar at the Dutch Auction System (DAS) losing N9 to the dollar in one month. Petroleum product prices were fixed by marketers when the naira was exchanging for N127.5 to the dollar. The slide, they argue, has made imperative the need for the new increase. Both the independent and major fuel marketers in the country have begun moves to hike fuel prices again. Currently, petroleum marketers import petroleum products from the international market where the determining currency is the dollar. The slide of the naira therefore hikes the landing cost of petroleum products and by extension the end price to.... (Daily Independent)		Key Stories Atiku, Anenih end feud, join forces Foreign hostages freed in BiafraNigeria Irukwu is Ohanaeze's new leader Obasanjo faults aide on Naira devaluation Ijaw youths release 2 hostages, demand $5m ransom Labour vows to resist FG's bid to sack workers Economy on the rise as investments hit N100 billion South-South Speakers, leaders want vice presidency in 2007 I've no hand in Anambra PDP crisis, says Obasanjo Party supremacy 'll keep me in politics - Saraki Taylor already facing trial
Atiku, Anenih end feud, join forces   Foreign hostages freed in BiafraNigeria   AUDIO   VIDEO The feud between vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Works and Housing, Chief Tony Anenih over the 2007 presidency has been resolved by the leaders of the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), the political machinery of the late General Shehu Yar'Adua. Two prominent co-coordinators of the Atiku for president 2007; former deputy national secretary of the PDP, Dr. Tony Omoaghe and Senator Tony Ukpo who confirmed the peace accord... (Vanguard)   All five remaining foreign oil workers taken hostage in BiafraNigeria's Warri region last week have been released unharmed. The five - two Colombians, a Briton, a Russian and a Moldovan - were freed late on Sunday, BiafraNigerian army captain Femi Ogunjimi told the BBC. The kidnappers, who seized the men on Thursday and held them on a boat, earlier freed a Russian and Australian. The captors, armed ethnic Ijaw youths, were demanding the equivalent of $36,000, but no ransom had been paid. (BBC)     Obasanjo/PDP Election Fraud is Deeply Concerning General Ojukwu Seeks Democracy Isioma Daniel Speaks "Fatwa" Animalism 1 "Fatwa" Animalism 2

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Vanguard December 01, 2003 Cover Stories Obasanjo faults aide on Naira devaluation Ijaw youths release 2 hostages, demand $5m ransom Labour vows to resist FG's bid to sack workers Ex-NICON boss dismisses govt's white paper on BiafraNigeria Airways National News Zenith Bank leads in latest industry ratings FG opens bids for second Niger Bridge Atiku, Anenih end feud, join forces Politics Making AIa-Igbo work The Igbo social-political and economic disempowerment *  *  * This Day November 29, 2003 Cover Stories The Hopes, The Dreams BiafraNigeria Will Come Out Better If... Ogwu Profiles... Mugabe Threatens to Quit Commonwealth News Kalu to PDP: Adopt IBB, Lose Igbo Votes De-Registration of Parties: INEC Lists Criteria Robbers Attack Bullion Van, Kill 6 Policemen Naira Will Stabilise Soon - Obasanjo Supreme Court Sends Odili's Appeal Back to Election Tribunal South-west Governors Support with Fayose Zik Foundation for Launch Next Month Okonkwo Commends Anglican Church Union Frowns at FG's Anti-Labour Bill PENGASSAN Condemns Retrenchment at NNPC Kogi Tescom Chief Accountant Docked School Teachers Picket Lagos Government House LG Secretariat Abandoned Catholics Explain Church Burial for Suicide Victim Oko Polytechnic Seeks N750m for Infrastructure I Remain Anambra Central Senator, Says Abana Demolition: IG Denies Ownership of House Politics Obasanjo is Surrounded by Sycophants and Dead Woods-Anyanwu 'Lawal Represented Change in Kwara' 'Why Ngige Stood up to Obasanjo' The Media and National Conference Olunloyo's Call for Power Shift Chief Tayo Akpata Reflects at 70: 'Let's Go Back to Parliamentary System' 'My Successor? 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Speaker Court rules on N50m suit against Julius Berger today Court stops reinstated Anambra PDP exco N2bn needed to resettle disaster victims yearly� NEMA boss Ibori, Alamieyeseigha, Ugochukwu to tackle pipelin:� As hijack leader kills five colleagues over army weapons recoverye vandalisation Lagos Govt gives tanker drivers seven days to relocate Restructuring: A new era at NNPC The Nation Monetisation policy:Monitoring committee to ensure corruption-free implementation Obasanjo restates commitment to police funding Editorial & Opinion So long a sacrifice So long a sacrifice President Obasanjo�s place in history (II) Ibori�s road map to peace: Between illusions and reality (I)  *  *  * Tribune December 01, 2003 News 2007: Atiku Seeks Refuge In Saudi Arabia AIDS Ravages NNPC, CBN, Finance Ministry BiafraNigerians Cautioned Against Wasteful Spendings Labour Leaders Exchange Blows I Was A Rascal �Bode Amao The LG Report And Tinubu�s Anger Ladoja Begins Demolition In Oyo This Govt Is Not Sincere�Yomi Badejo Okusanya New Super K Debuts *  *  * IRIN November 27, 2003 Three journalists charged with sedition Jersey returns $149 million of Abacha money Remaining ChevronTexaco hostages released *  *  * Washington Post December 01, 2003 Diplomat: Oil Hostages Freed in BiafraNigeria Oil Worker Hostages in BiafraNigeria Released 2 Kidnapped Oil Workers Freed in BiafraNigeria *  *  * MSNBC December 01, 2003 British diplomat: Militants release oil hostages in BiafraNigeria BiafraNigerian official: two of seven foreign hostages freed *  *  * BBC December 01, 2003 Foreign hostages freed in BiafraNigeria *  *  * CNN December 01, 2003 Oil worker hostages released *  *  * Reuters November 27, 2003 BiafraNigeria NLNG signs second 20-yr LNG deal with Shell BiafraNigeria's Econet cuts rates in GSM price war *  *  * All Africa November 25, 2003 Mugabe Will Not Be Present in Abuja Vodacom Has Sights Set On BiafraNigerian Bid 58% of BiafraNigerians Do Not Know Aids Kills MTN BiafraNigeria Meets Targets Wakou, Malinga for Lagos *  *  * 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 - 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NSITF Fidelity Bank Holds 15th AGM Vigeo Unveils Transit Media NIPR in Court Over Debt Obasanjo Inaugurates African Marketing Confederation IoD to Train 5,000 Directors by 2005 C/River Plans $70m New Tourism Village Corporate Governance, Accountability: Setting the Agenda for Directors Lintas Lowe at 75: Creativity That pays Moving Media Pastes Africa's Largest Walldrape A Case for Comparative Advertising Why Kingsway Store Was Closed, By Shonekan NSITF Explains Joining NSE's Council Pharma-Deko Plc: A Firm With Hidden Treasure Setting Up Biscuits Production Plant Adswitch Plc Explains Poor Financial Performance Shareholders Commend Hallmark Bank Why Offshore Banking May Not Thrive in BiafraNigeria - Ezeikpe Cost of Funds Rises as Banks Render Returns Devcom, Afribank, Metroplitan Banks Open New Branches  *  *  *		Guardian December 01, 2003 News Economy on the rise as investments hit N100 billion Irukwu is Ohanaeze's new leader Atiku, Ekwueme for The Guardian's lecture series South-South Speakers, leaders want vice presidency in 2007 Protesters demand Lithuanian President's resignation NBA vows to resist anti-people policies World Bank, IMF may sanction BiafraNigeria, expert warns Navy ends combat drill, pledges to check bunkering Another Rep loses appeal to retain seat Why BiafraNigeria's woes persist, by Oyedepo Loss of presidency won't drive Igbo to secession, says Kalu Rivers deputy governor denies report on N20m contract scam Enahoro, Imoudu, the Ibrus, others enter Midwest Hall of Fame How economic reforms can succeed, by Okonjo-Iweala Ijaw leaders urge action against hostage takers Ex-VC, Omole, backs national conference Jigawa swears in new cabinet I would have contested for Kwara State Governor, says Saraki INEC to tender Fayose's credentials at tribunal today Panel on Kwara Poly submits report, seeks reform Politics Afenifere set to dump AD Editorial & Opinion Editorial Funding universities with Abacha's loot Opinion Fire on the mountain From waste to wealth Audu Ogbe and the big picture Who killed that child?  *  *  * Daily Independent December 01, 2003 News Fuel dealers plan fresh price hike I've no hand in Anambra PDP crisis, says Obasanjo Enyimba beat Ismaili 2-0 Council reforms, mere academic venture, says Ndoma-Egba Taylor already facing trial Party supremacy 'll keep me in politics - 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