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Nigeria’s Senate has released 49 names awaiting its approval as members of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government, news reports said. Senate President Evans Enwerem said on Wednesday the list, which Obasanjo submitted on Friday, included seven women, former ministers, retired army officers and members of opposition parties. Prominent among the nominees is Theophilus Danjuma, a retired general who served as army chief of staff from 1976-1979 during Obasanjo’s military administration.
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