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Emergency Rule in Plateau to End on November 18th: Tiv Warlord Alli Told to Prepare
to Hand-Over
There is every indication that, with or
without Governor Joshua Dariye back in the saddle, democracy may return to Plateau State on November 18 at the
expiration of the emergency rule clamped on it by Aso Rock in May. The Presidency has directed Sole Administrator
Chris Alli to start preparing a hand over note to facilitate the restoration of democratic structures as the days
chip away towards the end of the six months given to the state to regain its sense of peace. It is the sort of
news former Head of State Yakubu Gowon has been waiting for. He pleaded with President Olusegun Obasanjo last week
that the perfect gift to him on his 70th birthday is for Abuja to replace the emergency rule with democracy in
his home state. The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) and youths in the state will also be delighted at the hint of the return
of normalcy, although both groups predicate their full joy on the restoration of Dariye as Governor. That bit is
dicey. But he may return if he survives a probe of allegations against him. Impeccable Presidency sources confirmed
that the decision to lift the state of emergency was taken at the Villa on Friday night when the stakeholders met
with Obasanjo and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus. A six man committee, headed by PDP National Chairman Audu
Ogbe, was constituted to examine the allegations levelled against Dariye and submit its findings to the Presidency
and the party. Other members of the... 
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 BiafraNigeria's main trade union body has said it
is planning a second general strike to protest at fuel price rises, warning it would target oil production. The
NLC said the strike would start on 16 November. NLC leaders branded Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell an "enemy
of the BiafraNigerian people", and called for action against the company.
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 Leader
of the Niger Delta People�s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari has surrendered 188 guns to the
Niger Delta Disarmament Committee headed by Governor Peter Odili. Though the militant Ijaw leader was present at
the handing-over ceremony which took place at the 2 Amphibious Brigade, Bori Camp, Port Harcourt, it...
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