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...towards a better life for the people VOL. 25: NO. 61950
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013
How we stole N700m at Ikeja Airport —K MONEY •I wasted my N90m robbery loot
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Fears in Rivers as IG redeploys police •P.41 officers ....Why I shunned Rivers •P.13 Deputy Gov — Dame Jonathan
Boko Haram leader, Shekau feared killed •Dies of gunshot wounds in Borno •Top informant arrested as Air Force plans air strikes HIGHLIGHTS: •Is Shekau really dead? •The $7m bounty connection
BY SONI DANIEL, REGIONAL EDITOR, NORTH; KINGSLEY OMONOBI, UMAR YUSUF & NDAHI MARAMA
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BUJA—MOST wanted Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau, might have been fatally shot and died from his wounds during a gun duel with the Nigerian Army, the military said, yesterday. Shekau was initially reported wounded in combat with Nigerian soldiers while his second
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•Economic fall-out of Boko Haram activities
COLUMNISTS:
•CAN, MURIC, others react
•P.17
•Is Shekau's death the end of Boko Haram?
•P.19
Mr & Mrs
•See pages 8, 9 & 16
I'll not resign as PDP chairman — Tukur P.15
BOKO HARAM LEADER—Shekau in a file photo. Inset: Shekau (middle) with his men.