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Sunday Vanguard met him at his Asaba country home where the vintage Achuzia, aka Air Raid of the Biafran fame, spat fire.........Vanguard Third term: Tension heightens With the debate on the constitutional amendment opening Tuesday, the die is cast for Nigeria�s senior lawmakers to take a decision on the future constitutional framework holding the..............Vanguard *Why we are undecided�Reps Anxiety over N-East/S-West lawmakers Many members of the House of Representatives from the north east and the south west are undecided on the third term agenda as debate on constitutional amendments begins on Tuesday. Some representatives.................Vanguard ALGON Backs Third Term As the campaign to elongate the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo beyond May 29, 2007 continue to generate debate across the country, the Associat... ThisDay Constitution Amendment Divides Northern Emirs Emirs and other traditional rulers from the North yesterday in Kaduna failed to reach a consensus regarding the controversial constitutional amendment... ThisDay Presidency: Atiku to wait till 2011? INDICATIONS have emerged that Vice President Atiku Abubakar might wait until year 2011, before taking a shot at the nation�s presidency, just as a frosty relationship has developed between Vice President Atiku Abubakar...Tribune Pro-third term lawmakers get oil blocs - As Atiku�s associates lose out THE political war of attrition between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has been...Tribune ALGON declares support for 3rd term PROPONENTS of the widely criticized and faulted tenure elongation for the office of the president and governors recorded yet another victory over the weekend...Tribune Dad, DNA test will put this denial to rest, Oyinkansola tells Saraki The controversy surrounding the claim of thirty-six year old Oyinkansola Saraki that the former Senate Leader, Dr Olusola Saraki is her biological father weekend took another dimension as the lady challenged the Kwara political strongman to subject himself to a Deoxyribnucleic acid (DNA) test to substantiate the denial..>>Champion NIGERIA PERISCOPES THE WORLD Car blast near Nigeria oil port Nigerian militants say they carried out a car bomb attack near a refinery in the oil-rich Delta region. BBC Nigeria rebels claim attack on oil delta Nigerian rebels say they have detonated a car bomb close to a refinery in the southern city of Warri, in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Aljazeera April 29, 2006 Zoning Splits ACD Barely few days after the official launching of the newly registered Advanced Congress of Democrats, ACD, the party is now in disarray over its proposed zoning formula for its elective offices ahead...Tribune PDP Axes Kalu - Boni Haruna Shuns Trial, Faces Suspention The leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has finally moved against one of its foundation members, Governor Orji Kalu of Abia State, suspending him from...Tribune In Panic Mode, Aso Rock Changes Strategy on 3rd Term The presidency may have returned to the drawing table in a desperate mood to fine-tune strategies for achieving tenure elongation for President Oluseg... ThisDay 3rd Term: Let Nigerians Decide - Audu Former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu has said that only Nigerians could frustrate the current plot by some members of the National Asse... ThisDay NIGERIA PERISCOPES THE WORLD Malawi vice-president arrested Malawi Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha is arrested on charges of treason, reports say. BBC Bush Calls on Sudan to Stop Darfur Violence** President Bush says the government in Sudan must do more to protect civilians in the troubled Darfur region. VoiceOfAmerica Al-Zawahiri video: US broken in Iraq Al-Qaeda's second in command has said that hundreds of martyrs have broken the back of the US military in three years of war in Iraq. Aljazeera April 28, 2006 Third term divides Northern governors KADUNA � A REGULAR meeting of the 19 Northern states� governors became, yesterday, the latest victim of the controversial third term plot, when it could not take a common position .........Vanguard Nigeria's crude oil earning hits $11.8bn LAGOS�NIGERIA earned $11.8 billion (about N1.54 trillion) from export of 198,000,000 barrels of crude oil in the first quarter of this year alone, even as international market prices averaged .........Vanguard 3rd Term: Northern Governors Divided A crack yesterday appeared in the Northern Gover-nors' Forum (NGF) as members emerged from a meeting in Kaduna singing discordant tunes over Presi-dent Olusegun Obasanjo�s bid for another term of office. ThisDay INEC May Drop Electronic Voting Machine The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may drop the Electronic Voting Machine from the Electronic Voting System (EVS) following its deletion from the Electoral Bill 2006 by the National Assembly. ThisDay Don�t Amend Constitution To Suit Self, Rawlings... Former Ghanaian President, Jerry John Rawlings, is not impressed by the gale of Constitution amendments in Africa, a...Daily Independent House-to-house 3rd term campaign begins - Senate begins debate Wednesday PROPONENTS of the third term agenda and those opposed to the plot engaged in house-to-house campaigns at the Apo Legislative Quarters from late Wednesday to the early hours of Thursday...Tribune It�s fight to finish - Atiku VICE-PRESIDENT Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said there would be no retreat in the ongoing political battle, even if the price to be paid would be enormous. He also said that there would be no sitting on the fence in order not to attract the...Tribune NIGERIA PERISCOPES THE WORLD US blocks Darfur suspects' assets The US orders a freeze on the assets of anyone felt to have posed a threat to stability in Sudan's Darfur region. BBC China's Hu urges more Africa ties Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for greater co-operation between China and Africa, during a speech to the Nigerian National Assembly.BBC Prince Harry's Lesotho launch Prince Harry is launching a charity in Lesotho to support children orphaned by Aids, in memory of his mother Diana.BBC Nigeria Gives China Rights for Oil Drilling Licenses Nigeria has agreed to give China four oil drilling licenses in exchange for a promised $4 billion investment in Nigeria's infrastructure.VoiceOfAmerica April 27, 2006 President, govs have no term limit under constitution - Oyo govt tells Supreme Court THE Attorney General of Oyo State, Mr. Michael Lana, has filed a suit before the Supreme Court in which he is seeking the declaration that the 1999 Constitution does not...Tribune FG Reserves 4 Oil Blocks for Chinese Firm The Federal Government has reserved four oil blocks for China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in the mini bid licensing round scheduled to hold next month, in response to about $6 billion (N768 billion) investment proposed by the Chinese investors for the Nigerian downstream petroleum sector. ThisDay Transcorp Disowns Campaign One of the groups suspected to be in the forefront of the third term campaign, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, publicly and vehemently denied its involvement in the project. ThisDay .5m Displaced in Nigerian Ethnic Conflicts Following series of devastating ethnic, religious and socio-political conflicts in the country in the last five years, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) today stands at about 500,000 says the Special Assistant to the President on Migration and Humanitarian Affairs, Mrs Moremi Soyinka-Onijala. ThisDay Census: NPC to Conduct Post Enumeration Study in June National Population Commission has said it would commence a post enumeration study (PES) in the month of June to enable it ascertain the level of coverage or otherwise of the just concluded national head count. ThisDay Nigeria, China Sign Pacts On Infrastructure... Nigeria and China, Wednesday, signed seven development agreements, with the latter granting the former a concessionary...Daily Independent Anenih's letter on 3rd term splits Senate ABUJA� FOR the second time in as many days, the third term agenda sparked pandemonium in the Senate yesterday as a letter by the People�s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Tony Anenih, explaining his ........Vanguard Gunfire rocks P-Harcourt PORT-HARCOURT� INDISCRIMINATE shootings and explosions rocked the oil city of Port Harcourt Tuesday night, leaving one policeman dead, a recapitalised new generation bank branch in ..........Vanguard THE OMO N'OBA INTERVIEW: Blame 3rd term alarm on the Press � Oba Erediauwa Omo n�Oba n�Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa 11, giving him his full titles, is an enigma. As the custodian of the Benin culture and tradition, Oba Erediauwa is unhappy with how the once beautiful Benin ..........Vanguard NIGERIA PERISCOPES THE WORLD