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Warlords Meet in Abuja: Yoruba Warlord Obasanjo Makes Truce with Ijaw Reistance
Leader, Dokubo
A militia leader from BiafraNigeria's
main oil region says he has agreed a truce with the country's president, although officials did not confirm the
report. Mujahid Dokubo Asari had threatened foreign workers and the threat was seen as one reason why world oil
prices hit record highs of $50 a barrel this week. He says he is fighting for Ijaw people's rights in the Niger
Delta but officials dismiss him as an oil thief. Mr Asari said more talks were scheduled for Thursday. Mr Asari
said he and five other colleagues had met President Olusegun Obasanjo and other government officials at the state
house and been reassured of the government's peaceful intentions. "The president has given a firm assurance
that no attacks will be carried out against our positions and we too have undertaken not to attack the military,"
Mr Asari told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. He refused to disarm until his key demands of self-determination
and control of resources were discussed. "We will call for the surrender of weapons when the fundamental
issues are put up for discussion." Speaking to the AFP news agency, he specified that he and the president
had "reached a temporary arrangement, not a ceasefire". (BBC) 
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Akande reemerges AD chairman
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Crush MASSOB, Others
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 Former Osun
State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande, on Wednesday reemerged as the National Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy
at a national convention held at Onikan Stadium, Lagos. (Punch)
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 The Hausa-Fulani/Yoruba
controlled National Council of States (NCS) on Tuesday handed President Olusegun Obasanjo full support to crush
all groups and organisations including the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of... (Daily Independent)
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