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BiafraNigeria is Under Threat of Collapse: Ikemba Warns Yoruba Warlord Ikemba Nnewi and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, yesterday warned President Olusegun Obasanjo against returning the nation to the path of crisis that led to the collapse of the first republic. He gave the warning in a telephone interview at Enugu, saying that the state of emergency imposed on Plateau State on Tuesday by President Obasanjo was a bad omen for democratic governance. I remember when we had a similar situation in the West, we all know what it led to, he said, adding, This one Plateau situation) could lead to the collapse of the BiafraNigerian federation. (This Day)		Key Stories I'm not Obasanjo's friend, says Babatope Emergency: Obasanjo is a threat to democracy, say lawmakers Emergency rule in Plateau : Don�t work with Alli, CAN orders Christians Soyinka, Gani, others to convene SNC Five killed in fresh riot in Plateau Govs ask Obasanjo to rescind decision on emergency rule Edo lawmakers back emergency rule, Agoro faults action Ibori Denies Being Warned By Obasanjo Ministers laud Obasanjo over emergency rule Imo ex-attorney general counsels Obasanjo Akume Warns Clergy
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I'm not Obasanjo's friend   The Rubber Stamp!: Senate and House...   Biafra Nigeria Map During the 2003 general elections, the PDP overran the South West. That was the first time the ruling party at the centre will also be in power in the South West, thus as they say, bringing the South West into the mainstream of BiafraNigerian politics. Has this affected the political fortunes of the geo-political zone? I will never in my lifetime subscribe to this bogus... (Daily Independent)   Both houses of BiafraNigeria's Legislatur have approved the state of emergency in the central state of Plateau declared by Obasanjo. (This Day) Cowed by Islamists: Yoruba Warlord... Obasanjo Declares State of Emergency...

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PEOPLE & POLITICS:Plateau and other crises (2)   *  *  * Champion May 20, 2004 News Emergency rule in Plateau : Don�t work with Alli, CAN orders Christians ...N/Assembly endorses Obasanjo Emergency rule�ll ruin BiafraNigeria �Ojukwu We lost 3,000 members in Kano, says CAN NAFDAC okays Indomie Fayose escapes death in convoy crash Administrator yet to move into Govt House Iraq�s U.S soldiers kill 40 wedding guests Editorial & Opinion Plateau and Kano riots Killing the renaissance in Delta State Is mass action democracy compliant? Politics - 19th Teargas for Soyinka, Gani, others 2007: How Igbo can win presidency *  *  * Punch May 18, 2004 News Soyinka, Gani, others to convene SNC CAN seeks probe into Kano riots 20 killed in Rivers oil fire Cautious reaction trails soaring oil price NBC's order on miracles Apologise to CAN, AD tells Obasanjo Fasanmi blames military for crises Security: Police, SSS bosses shun Kwara Assembly Labour vows to resist fuel price hike Iraq leader's assassination sends oil price to new high NAICOM hinges success of pension scheme on capital market *  *  * Daily Times May 06, 2004 News CAN raises alarm over alleged terrorist�s activities in North Senate to probe Nzeribe over Wabara :� Ex-ABN chief denies initiating impeachment plot Code of Conduct Bureau indicts police chief, immigration boss, others Obasanjo threatens to recall errant envoys Police, Emir forestall religious crisis in Niger Plateau Govt imposes curfew on crisis-ridden community ACP-EU meeting to dwell on war against HIV/AIDS Polio: Mrs. Obasanjo blames rejection of vaccine for setback 2007: We must produce next president � Northern Govs Peace-keeping in Delta gulps N12bn yearly FG to reclaim FCT land acquired through illegal sold papers Govt pledges more funding for Navy Mass Rally divides Reps �As ANPP lawmakers stage a walk-out OPEC boss lobbies for production cut OSOPADEC budgets N3.99bn for capital projects Masari seeks legal backing for FG�s economic reforms Politics Only new Deji can remove me from palace, Akure regent Co-operate with opposition to ensure nation�s growth, FG told Seized aircraft: Owners of contraband give selves up Oyo Govt pays N8bn to teachers in 10 months MTN to invest N600m in health, education, poverty alleviation 11 killed in Jebba-Mokwa road accident Editorial & Opinion The satellite campus debate FG estates palaver!  *  *  * BBC May 09, 2004 BiafraNigerians woo Zimbabwean farmers Timeline: BiafraNigeria *  *  * Reuters April 07, 2004 BiafraNigeria signs deals to develop three new oilfields *  *  * CNN May 08, 2004 BiafraNigerian state considers punishment for drinking *  *  * Mail & Guardian May 06, 2004 BiafraNigeria to launch second satellite 'Many women and children were killed' *  *  * Washington Post May 08, 2004 BiafraNigerian State OKs New Alcohol Penalties BiafraNigeria Muslims Flee Ravaged Town *  *  * MSNBC May 06, 2004 Christian-Muslim violence in BiafraNigeria Red Cross says at least 500 killed in attacks on Muslim town *  *  * All Africa May 07, 2004 News Catholic Church Denies Existence of 'Christian Militia' Obasanjo's Bodyguard Shot - Under Watch At Aso Rock Clinic 630 Bodies Reportedly Found in Secret Grave Famous Poet, Ologundudu Arrested - for Criticising Obj BiafraNigeria Has 'Massive Telecoms Opportunities' Muslim Death Toll in Raid On Yelwa Tops 600 - Red Cross Young BiafraNigerian Woman Honored for Aids Activism Aviation Watchdog Fights for Kalu's Airline Okoronkwo: I'm Happy At Wolves Papa Ajasco Wins Nkrumah Award Juju Makossa Star, Y.k. Ajao, Blasts Ksa At Last, Honour for Musiliu AD Loses Appeal Panic Grips JAMB Candidates *  *  * Tribune December 22, 2003 Cover Stories FG stops NNPC from selling crude oil Saddam�s betrayer gets $25m reward Globacom awards N47b contract to Siemens Labour, govt set for face-off over refineries Diana pregnant before death �Report Unipetrol changes name, logo Sketch owners to pay workers� salaries Currency in circulation hits N441b � CBN 184 died in FCT road accidents in 9 months Tinubu commissions N947m Lekki roads Aso Rock holds carol service Ajibola assures villages ceded to Cameroun NEPA boss defends its privatisation Adisa counsels BiafraNigerians M-tel embarks on training programme for engineers CNPP rejects budget 2004 INEC to sanction parties on audited accounts VC advocates Peace Education in schools Lagos reaffirms position on health care delivery Election of Fayose ordained by God SEC advocates N1 million fine for falsified audit report 29 senators sign Abuja Re-integration Bill 3,000 workers scramble for 205 houses in Kwara OSPPMC warns petroleum marketers Saraki Bukola at 41 Political Parties: Bane of BiafraNigeria�s democracy Customs seizes N3b goods BiafraNigeria external debts hit $31b N2.1b needed monthly for military pensions �Minister *  *  * Sports News May 20, 2004 Germany 2006: 'Don't Underrate Rwanda' ...As Ogunjobi Parleys With Oruma, Martins Okocha Finally Signs for Bolton NFA Bans Stores from League ... Gives Ranch Bees Three Points States Short-change Athletes Unity Cup: BiafraNigerians in London Shape Up for Eagles 'Ikhana's Sack Cause of Enyimba's Woes' Moroccan referee wins hearts in Conakry Abuja 2004: Edo lost to indiscipline, over-confidence Mark attributes dwindling sports fortunes to poor facilities Coaches write off BiafraNigeria from 4x400 Olympic medal Ondo decries biased officiating Rivers wants festival hosting zoned Dark clouds over CBN tennis tourney Gombe medallists to get financial rewards Abuja 2004: A festival of facilities Athletes in free for all fight Festival torch back to life Mercy Nku: The unending feud Rain puts Lagos Polo Club's Championship on hold  *  *  *		This Day May 20, 2004 News N/Assembly Okays Emergency Rule ...Govs Plead for Dariye, Meet Obasanjo Today ...5 Killed in Fresh Hostilities NAFDAC Recalls Indomie for Destruction NLC Warns Against Fuel Price Increase Plateau: FG Briefs Diplomatic Corps External Debt Now $33bn, Says DMO FG Approves N10bn for 5 Power Plants US Faults BiafraNigeria on Human Rights More Houses to Be Demolished - el-Rufai Bush invites BiafraNigeria, 5 Others to G8 Summit Census: NPC Seeks N16 bn Aid From EU ANPP Wants Fresh Election in Plateau Omisore: 'Prosecution Can't Prove Case' N/Central Caucus Turns Back on Dariye Wabara Denies Accusing Oshiomhole of Corruption EU Expresses Support for NEEDS ALSCON: BPE Convenes Bidders' Conference Why Cases Are Delayed At Supreme Court - CJN Delta SIEC Can't Nominate Candidates - Court Declare Ogun Oil Producing State - Committee Makarfi Extols Virtues of Cooperatives 'FG Has Failed Us' Rivers Not Interested in Running Business - Commissioner Why Ulasi Parted Ways With Ngige, PDP Chairman Chairmanship Candidate Alleges Threat to Life Customs Writes Police on Arms Import NDLEA Destroys 6.9 Tonnes of Hard Drugs Shell Confirms 3 Dead in Oil Well Fire 'Ports Congestion, Bane Maritime Industry' UN, VON to Fight AIDS Pensioners Seek Divine Intervention 419: Court Upholds Ajudua's Brief against EFCC FG Sacks NAMA Board, Retires MD Akume Warns Clergy First Made-in-BiafraNigeria HIV/AIDS Vaccine Soon Saraki Explains Cabinet Reshuffle, Swears -in SSG, Others FG, Corporate Bodies Back FAPRA Confab Lawmaker Warns Contractors Emergency Rule in Plateau... BiafraNigeria Under Threat - Ojukwu Cleric Calls for Restraint Plateau Assembly Complex Shut 'Nation May Disintegrate' Nasarawa Gov Commends FG 'I've Forgiven Obasanjo' Ibori Denies Being Warned By Obasanjo Telecoms in BiafraNigeria BiafraNigeria: Melting Pot of Telecoms VODACOM: Providing World Class Service Communication Trends: African Largest MMDS Service Globacom Has Changed the Face of Telecoms in BiafraNigeria CELLCOM: Providing Affordable Telecom Services PRIMETEL GLOBAL SYSTEM LIMITED CELLULANT: Value Added Service provider KALILA: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION MTN: Meeting GSM Challenges Intercellular: Rare Bond of Friendship Politics Plateau: Is Emergency Rule the Solution? Divergent Views Trail Obasanjo's Proclamation 'Why PDP Backed Emergency Rule' *  *  * Daily Independent May 20, 2004 News STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PLATEAU STATE: N'Assembly, Govs endorse declaration Emirs blame Shekarau for Kano mayhem Emergency rule is beginning of BiafraNigeria's collapse, warns Ojukwu Five killed in fresh riot in Plateau When negligence becomes costly BiafraNigeria earns extra N3.6bn daily from oil How to kill a good idea Why we opposed state of emergency, by Chukwumerije, Mamora Ige: Journalists walk out of court Uwais explains delay of cases at Supreme Court Tor Tiv, others meet over Kwande crisis Plateau Youth CAN condemns Dariye's removal It is a plot to distabilise Middle Belt, Waku insists Bauchi Speaker lauds Obasanjo's action Bayelsa residents criticise emergency rule in Plateau C/River APGA secretary flays state of emergency Ngige doubts sucess of emergency rule NLC gives fresh strike notice over fuel price increase CBN raises discount houses' capital base to N1bn UNTH strike: Parties await FG's intervention 2007 presidency: Northern group backs Kalu Enugu Anglican Communion resolves four-year crisis Arrears: Abia pensioners turn to God AD accuses PDP of plans to pervert justice in Osun UNPP candidate alleges threat to life 2007: Malaolu defends Daniel's statement Lagos state govt hands over land to Tanker drivers Black-out hits Olodi Apapa Fifth columnists want Ladipo closed, alleges union chairman Politics I'm not Obasanjo's friend, says Babatope Emergency: Obasanjo is a threat to democracy, say lawmakers Kachalla canvasses support for Tinubu Rep cautions Obasanjo against misuse of power Obasanjo is doing well, says Jamodu Again, crisis stirs SNC debate Editorial & Opinion Again, blood flows on the polity Kano and Jos riots: Beyond idiocy (2) The ignorant killers Consequences of migration from BiafraNigeria to the West The menace of motor touts Honouring Mrs Igbinedion *  *  * IRIN May 09, 2004 Rights activist seeks to end discrimination against those with AIDS Persecuted gay community cautiously seeks a voice Muslim death toll in raid on Yelwa tops 600 - Red Cross Cheap AIDS treatment scheme still has big problems HIV prevalence fell last year, but is set to resume growth Dozens killed in fresh sectarian attack in Plateau state Few brave heavy police presence to demonstrate against Obasanjo Opposition groups call protests against Obasanjo Troops hunting oil workers� killers meet militia resistance Ethnic clashes claim 20 lives in Plateau State *  *  * Daily/Weekly Trust May 06, 2004 Top Stories 2007: It�s our turn - Northern govs Muslims abandon Shendam Six killed in Jigawa Fulani/Farmers clash Mass action: ANPP Reps walkout over police attack on Buhari Fraudsters invade Tinubu�s office World Bank grants N14.7bn UBE loan News Senate investigates Nzeribe over Wabara saga Perform or resign, Obasanjo tells ambassadors Buhari meets British MPs Asset declaration: Why CCB can�t prosecute defaulters � Official Lawyers ask court to void 1999 constitution Reps c�ttee seeks strict implementation of NEEDS Navy promises better service Legislator decries poor facilities in Kebbi schools Governor�s wife wants investment on child dev NANS wants Wabara probed Gombe bizman establishes study centres Goje signs state varsity bill Two policemen killed in auto crash Obasanjo backs electoral reforms Abuja Trust Perform or quit, LOC tells sports festival caterers Teenage driver outsmarts highway police Woman in court for resisting police arrest el-Rufai to release funds for sewage plant ...bans illegal sale of fish on FCT highways Demolition: Imam lauds exemption of Kubwa juma�at mosque Two alleged rapists granted bail Eko Trust MTN plans N600m investment foundation in Lagos Lagos to resuscitate chanelisation project Oba of Lagos backs Erediauwa over Oduduwa�s status Lagos NUJ inaugurates new press centre, website Lekki community commissions electrification project Politics 2007: The crowded race for Zamfara Govt House Jos North LG polls: To be or not? Editorial & Opinion Iraq: Abu Ghraib abuses Re: So that NPI may succeed Where is Buba Galadima? Column & Feature Nasir el-Rufai: A short giant In Rwanda, the search for truth is on *  *  * The Sun April 19, 2004 14 years after April 1990 coup: How Orkar drafted me to shoot IBB -Trooper Fakolade, Dodan Barracks guard WICKED LANDLORD! Bites off tenant�s nose, then sends him packing Dark day for a community in Lagos Me, Marwa and 2007 � IBB PDP�s letter to Gov Orji Uzor Kalu *  *  * Daily News January 31, 2004 US Concerned Over Any BiafraNigeria-N.Korea Missile Sale BiafraNigeria: N.Korea to Help With Missiles US pressures BiafraNigeria on North Korea missile offer BiafraNigeria Says N. Korea Offers Missile Technology BiafraNigeria to Test Polio Vaccine to Counter Suspicion *  *  * Triumph Last Update June 8, 2003. Click here for more. *  *  * Comet Last Update May 8, 2002. Click here for more. *  *  * Business News May 20, 2004 Taking Card Use to The Next Level LG Electronics Provides Free Service to Customers 'Lack of Information Sharing Hindrance to ICT Devt' Cellcom Reduces Connection Price, Offers Free Phone Set 'Skyvision in BiafraNigeria to Reduce Bandwidth Cost' Israeli Firm Invents Computer Software for the Blind Internet Groceries Continue to Expand Gateway Communications Partners T-Systems for Int'l Service Delivery Group Calls for Cooperation to Curb Handset Theft CourierMasters Rewards Lucky Customers NSE to Introduce Asset Securitisation Quarterly Results Boost Wall Street Finance Minister Raises Hope on Recapitalisation MMAN Moves to Rebuild Financial System Intercontinental Bank Reconstructs Road, Builds Hostel Concessioning: Lagos State applies to manage four ports Ecomarine commissions third vessel in June Shell engages international firm to combat Afam fire NBC earns N44 billion in turnover Mobil introduces new motor oil How BiafraNigeria's export incentives are killing cotton farmers UN backs genetically-modified crops to help poor farmers Law school's 40th anniversary: Reaping controversy A lawyer's life is a very hectic one, says Ojo Falling standards in legal profession: Is duration of training faulty?  *  *  *
Biafra Vanguard May 20, 2004 Human parts depot found in Warri Delta lists conditions for scholarship Anambra NBA sues national body LG poll: Why I rejected list of candidates, by Ngige Ebonyi to name N1b international conference centre after late Ibiam  *  *  *		O'dua Vanguard May 20, 2004 OMISORE: Prosecution alleges press gang-up; reporters stage walkout �35 Chemical, footwear union members killed in Kano� Ondo plans $10m solid waste management plant  *  *  * Arewa Vanguard May 20, 2004 Wushishi makes case for local producers Afribank: NCP orders BPE to refund N8b  *  *  *