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resident Goodluck Jonathan will today lay the N4.357 tril-
lion 2015 budget proposal before the National Assembly. The task, which will be performed on his behalf by the Coordinating
Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, confirmed New Telegraph exclusive story, published on Monday, that the bud-
get will be presented to the legislature early this week, notwithstanding the instability in the prices of crude oil, which last week CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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Yultide and oil workers’ strike }19
lBorno gov's ex-aide, others accused of holding talks with FG Alison-Madueke emerges first }9 Emmanuel Onani Abuja
T
he Department of State Service (DSS) yester-
day paraded six fake Boko Haram commanders and a former special adviser to Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima,
for negotiating with the Federal Government and holding talks with a selfstyled Australian negotiator, Dr. Steven Davis.
The fake terrorist chiefs, including Alhaji Junaid Idrissa Khadi, were accused of holding several meetings with the CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
female president of Gas Exporting Countries Forum