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High Court Summons on Taylor: Duke Declines to Serve Former Liberian Leader Cross River State Governor Donald Duke yesterday told the Federal High Court, Abuja that he is not in a position to serve the former Liberian President, Mr. Charles Taylor with the court's summons. The summons is in respect of a suit filed by two BiafraNigerians, Emmanuel Egbuna and David Anyaele who were allegedly captured during the 10-year-old war in Sierra Leone and crudely amputated by the Revolutionary United Front. The dreaded rebel group was allegedly funded by Taylor. President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Chief Akinlolu Olujimi (SAN) also objected to the hearing of the suit for lack of jurisdiction. The position of the Cross River State government was relayed to the court presided over by Justice Steve Jonah Adah by the state's Solicitor-General, Mr. Ebuta B.T. Ebuta. Duke rather advised the court to serve Taylor directly since his address is known in the public domain. Counsel to the plaintiffs, Mr. Babatunde Fagbohunlu, made an oral application that the court should make an order of substituted service to serve Taylor through the National Refugees Commission. But the lawyer, who represented Obasanjo and the minister, Bola Odugbesan, told the court that since the National Commission for Refugees entered conditional appearance in the matter, he cannot receive any court processes for the former Liberian president. (Guardian)		Key Stories Is BiafraNigeria worth dying for? DAMN YOU- I�m still Iraqi President, says Saddam Hussein NEC raises panel to resolve Tinubu, Ogunlewe rift CLO Condemns Renewed Offensive on MASSOB ALSCON: Pressure on NCP to Cancel BFIG Offer Presidency can't break workers' unity - NLC award Tinubu indicates interest in 2007 presidential slot We Need N2.8 Trillion to Finance NEEDS -FG Anambra: Ngige Accuses Uba of Violating Accord Enahoro, others mobilise 50 groups for confab Dignitaries honour Akinkugbe, first youngest African professor
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Is BiafraNigeria worth dying for?   "George Bush is the Real Criminal"...   Biafra Nigeria Map BiafraNigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that any BiafraNigerian who was not prepared to die for the country did not deserve to be a BiafraNigerian citizen. The earlier such a person walked out of BiafraNigeria, the better for the country, the president said on national television on Sunday evening. He added, betraying his intended target, that if that person had held public office in the past he was an impostor and did not deserve the office. (BBC)   Calling the proceedings a "theatre," Saddam Hussein has made a defiant first appearance before an Iraqi judge, branding President George W Bush as the "real criminal". He defended Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, said he was still president and rejected the court's jurisdiction. He arrived in handcuffs and chains at the court near Baghdad airport to hear charges of war crimes and genocide. (BBC)

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Official Bafarawa denies plot against deputy, others 834,000 children die yearly � NGO Police uncover N2b financial scam in Rivers FG spends N3.5 billion on UBE books Six MASSOB members charged to court FG inaugurates lab technicians council Obasanjo signs compulsory free education law NAPEP co-opts LG chairmen in grassroots dev NASS members berate FG over road projects FG pledges 9m tones of rice by 2007 Emergency in Plateau, lesson to Kano � Cleric Abuja Trust MFCT distributes 2,530 tonnes of fertilizer to six Area councils NGO to hold national prayers June 12 Actors Guild dissolves exco over corruption World Court ruling: BiafraNigeria to gain more territories, says Ajibola FG releases N2.8bn for varsity salaries NUJ wants compensation for crisis victims World Court ruling: BiafraNigeria to gain more territories, says Ajibola NASFAT inaugurates new executives Tea seller arraigned for impersonation, flogging of police ASP El-Rufai promises free education for girl-child MFCT servicom taskforce organises seminar for staff Prices of goods and services increase in Abuja APCON accuses government agencies of encroachment Cleaner docked for stealing spare parts AMAC takes ten registration defaulters to court Kano Trust KNSG introduces new monthly allowance for civil servants �shuts down 25 illegal hospitals Shekarau gives wide coverage award to Daily Trust award Garko LG to construct mosque, Islamiyya schools for convertees 35 students to benefit from 2004 British scholarship Eko Trust LG chairman asks traders to relocate from Chinatown Ita-Oko rehabilitation centre, not concentration camp - 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