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UPDATES: Second term: Northern leaders give Jonathan conditions, replace Nnamadi Sambo, create Arewa development fund, remove onshore/offshore dichotomy. Serving minister linked with N2.7bn subsidy scam, power cabal warns EFCC, ICPC off case. 3 commissioners suspended for improper dressing in Ebonyi. CBN issues 2 new merchant bank licences. Daniel eulogises HID Awolowo at 97. Communal clash: Police arrest gang leader, 12 others in Nasarawa. Flooding: Dangote committee sets N50bn target. Fuel scarcity disappears in Abuja, environs after Jonathan's media chat. Floods: Protesters in Rivers state over closed camps. Look for other means of funding, Jonathan tells varsities. Flood: Eye disease outbreak at Anambra West camp. Benue council polls violence free. Arafat's remains to be exhumed Tuesday. FG begins rehabilitation of Enugu-Port Harcourt Highway. EPL: Arsenal 0-0 A/Villa, Man Utd 3-1 QPR. La Liga: R/Betis 1-0 R/Madrid, Malaga 4-0 Valencia.