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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
Nobel laureate, Tutu leads committee for Achebe's burial •P.14
NGF CHAIRMAN: Jonathan drums •P.8 support for Shema
BLOODBATH IN MAIDUGURI:
185 killed as soldiers, Boko Haram clash BY NDAHI MARAMA
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•2,000 houses destroyed, Jonathan orders probe •Ex-French hostages recount ordeal in captivity
AIDUGURI— NO fewer than 185 persons, including women and children, have been killed and more than 2000 houses destroyed in an intense fighting between the military and suspected members of Boko Haram sect in Baga, a fishing community in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. Soldiers were said to have bombarded the re-
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BOOK PRESENTATION—From left: Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and Chief Presenter; Chief Bisi Akande, National Chairman of ACN; Aremo Olusegun Osoba, former Governor of Ogun State; Alh. Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of ACN and Author of the Book; Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), former Head of State and Senator Chris Ngige, during the Public Presentation of a book: 'Witness to History of Action Congress of Nigeria and the Struggle for Democracy, Liberty and Justice', by Alh. Lai Mohammed, at the Civic Centre Victoria Island, Lagos, yesterday. Photo: Bunmi Azeez. More photos on Page 16.
World Bank earmarks $300m for mortgage —P.9 infrastructure in Nigeria
2015: We're set for—P.10 battle — APC leaders