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Senate drops Gowon, Babangida, Buhari from retirement perks
From Azimazi Momoh Jimoh, Abuja
THREE former heads of State, Generals Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari are not to benefit from a special remuneration and allowances scheme, which the Senate approved for Nigeria's former leaders yesterday.
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Former Secretary to the Federal Government, Mr. Alison Ayida (left); British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Bob Dewar; Chairman of the occasion, Dr. Christopher Kolade and President and Chairman of Council, Institute of Directors, Nigeria, Mr. Chike Nwanze, during a seminar organised by the institute in LagosÉ yesterday.
PHOTO: GABRIEL IKHAHON
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Reps ask govt to withdraw corps members from Plateau
From John-Abba Ogbodo (Abuja), Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt) and Isa Abdulsalami (Jos)
THE House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to stop further posting of young graduates under the auspices of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to Plateau State for the one-year mandatory national assignment. It also demanded the immediate withdrawal of those already sent to the state.
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Saraki defends governors' role in power logjam
From Simeon Nwakaudu, Makurdi
KWARA State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), Bukola Saraki, yesterday rose in defence of the forum's intervening role in the crisis generated by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's health challenges, saying it acted in the best interest of the country.
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Govt begins review of telecoms policy
From Florence Lawrence, Abuja
TO meet the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) minimum teledensity figure and other developments in the sector, the Federal Government has kicked off the review of the current National Telecommunications Policy adopted in September 2000.
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AFRICA
Bongo links UN mission costs to climate change, conflict makers
PRESIDENT Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, has said that world leaders can reduce the costs of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping by doing more to prevent armed conflicts, notably through adopting long-range plans to reduce climate change.
>Congo wants full UN troop pull-out in 2011
THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has called on for all United Nations (UN) troops to pull out in 2011, a move which human rights groups say would spell disaster for civilians caught up in conflict there.
WORLD
Israel's new home plan threatens Middle East talks
PROSPECTS for indirect peace talks were in tatters yesterday, after the Palestinians said they would not negotiate with Israel unless it reversed plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem.
ICC, Russia to seek justice for Georgia conflictvictims
By Francis Obinor
A DELEGATION from the Office of International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has met with top Russian officials, confirming its full support for any genuine proceedings on the alleged crimes committed during the armed conflict in South Ossetia, Georgia in August 2008, including alleged attacks against civilians as well as against forces who were acting as part of a peace keeping mission.
POLICY & POLITICS
Constitution review in critical phase as Aso Villa battles intrigues
From Alifa Daniel, Asst Political Editor, Abuja
AS Acting President Goodluck Jonathan continues to weave through a maze of political intrigues to steady the administration, a story made the rounds of how a principal officer of the Lower House of the National Assembly made frantic efforts two days ago to reconcile to the new dispensation.
ARTS
Evidence Dance in town with Dance Motion
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By Shaibu Husseini
WHEN foremost choreographer, Ronald Brown established Evidence, the Brooklyn based Dance Company in 1985; it was with the vision of examining, sharing and exploring the American dance experience with international audience. Twenty five years down the line, the vision has not changed-rather it keeps expanding beyond Brown's own imagination.
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