Scarcity: Alison-Madueke Gives 48-Hour Deadline

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To meet a 48-hour deadline to end fuel scarcity in Lagos, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company,  PPMC, said it will inject additional 110 million litres of petrol into the market this week.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, had given PPMC and oil marketers 48 hours to clear the long queues at filling stations and end the lingering fuel shortages.

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B’Haram: DHQ Sends Fresh 1,000 Soldiers To Borno

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As part of the ongoing reorganisation of the Special Forces in the North-East, the authorities of the Nigerian military have ordered the deployment of more troops in Maiduguri, Borno State.

A military source said that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, had approved the deployment of over a battalion of soldiers to intensify the ongoing battle against insurgents in the North-East.

Usually, a battalion of the Nigerian Army is made up of between 850 and 1,000 soldiers.

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Nigerian Twins Break World Mathematics Record

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• Nigerian eight-year-old twins from Waltham Forest in Northeast London, are a part of the highest-achieving clan in the history of Great Britain education.
• The two youngest Nigerian siblings when they became the youngest to ever pass the University of Cambridge’s advanced mathematics exam.

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At Last, Jonathan Kicks Off Construction Of 2nd Niger Bridge

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AFTER many years of waiting and agitation by the people of South East, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, laid the foundation stone for the construction of second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta State with Onitsha in Anambra State.

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INEC Warns Against Politicians Breaching Electoral Laws In The Country

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• INEC said it had begun compiling names of politicians breaching electoral laws in the country.
• Jega said that it  was wrong for any politician to campaign for votes now since no party had conducted its primaries.
• He urged such politicians to change their attitude and respect the rules of the game.

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I Tried To Trace Missing $20bn – Sanusi

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• Sanusi, said he had begun a process to trace the missing $20bn oil money before his suspension by the President.
• According to him, he suspected some were laundering stolen oil money.
• Sanusi added, The President “doesn’t want me to bring out any more information that would get them into trouble.”

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