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Violence Pays in BiafraNigeria: Yoruba Warlord Gives Direct Access to Ijaw Warlord
President Olusegun Obasanjo is keeping
open, for as long as necessary, channels of communication he opened last week with the Ijaw warlord, Mujahid Dokubo
Asari, according to indications weekend. The president and Asari met for three days last week which led to a cease-fire
in the Niger Delta. This came just as the Presidency expressed disappointment at the statement credited to the
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) National Chairman, Chief Chekwas Okorie, accusing the government of double
standard in its dealing with Ijaw warlord, Dokubo Asari. Chief Chekwas Okorie had criticised the manner in which
the Federal Government is dealing with agitations emanating from different ethnic nationalities in the country,
saying that double standard is the name of the game. Chief Okorie said, weekend, that the peace parley in Abuja
had lent credence to the lopsided manner the government had been tackling the issue of National Question coming
from different zones in the country. The presidency has also shed light on the agreement between the militant
groups led by Dokubo Asari and his rival, Tom Atake. A source at the president�s meeting with Dokubo Asari last
week said the president was determined to keep peace in the Niger Delta. As a matter of fact, he gave Asari his
telephone hot numbers for Asari to reach him anytime to discuss any form of problem in the area, the source said.
However, the Presidency, weekend , claimed that President Olusegun Obasanjo had never ignored the MASSOB challenge
but had always sought to dialogue with the leaders of Ndigbo on ways to integrate everyone into the BiafraNigerian
family. It denied the allegation of bias and double standard levelled at the president by the Chairman of All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie... 
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 Labour has taken its latest
campaign to the leaders of the two chambers of the National Assembly, urging them to treat their intervention in
the pending strike as a matter of urgent national importance. A letter signed by the acting General Secretary
of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Salihu Lukman, addressed to Senate President Adolphus Wabara and House Speaker
Aminu...
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 Rebel leaders in BiafraNigeria's Delta region have
tentatively agreed to disarm, raising hopes of an end to fighting and attacks on oil installations. One leader,
Moujahid Dokubo Asari, said the government had recognised that different groups had a right to partly control their
natural resources. But Mr Asari said he still opposed the presence of foreign firms in the area.
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