N’Delta: Presidency Rules out UK Military Support
The idea of securing military assistance from the United Kingdom and other
foreign interests as the next option for the troubled Niger Delta has been
described as “unfounded” and “definitely not on the agenda” of President
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
ThisDay
NNPC Paid Militants $6m, Says GMD
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday that it
paid Niger Delta militants $6 million in order to allow it repair the
Chanomi Crude oil pipeline in Delta State
ThisDay
Obasanjo: Leave
Electricity Problem to God
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigerians should take their
electricity problem to God, adding that they should take to God anything
they do not have which they wished to have or cannot get
ThisDay
I Conducted the Most
Credible Election–IBB
Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) has declared
that his administration conducted the most credible elections in the
country since Independence.
ThisDay
Gunmen Attack Gov Orji’s
Convoy, Kill One
The convoy of Abia State Governor Theodore Orji was yesterday attacked by
gunmen on the way to Port Harcourt International Airport as it was going
to pick the governor and his wife, Odochi, who were returning from a trip
to the United States
ThisDay
Gunmen attack Abia gov's
convoy, seize back-up vehicle
UNKNOWN gunmen snatched, yesterday, the official spare car, a 4X4 Sports
Utility Vehicle (SUV) of Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State in an attack
on his aides on the Aba-Port Harcourt Road.
Vanguard
Shoot-out as robbers
attack gov’s convoy - Snatch 2 jeeps -It’s an assassination attempt -Gov
GUNMEN suspected to be armed robbers on Tuesday attacked the convoy of the
Abia State governor, Mr. Theodore Orji. Two of the...Tribune
Ministries, parastatals
failed to remit N1.7 trillion in 5 years - Reps
THE House of Representatives on Tuesday revealed that it had discovered
about N1.5 trillion not paid into the Federation Accounts...Tribune
12 killed, houses razed in
communal crisis
IN spite of the threats by Governor Gabriel Suswam to dethrone traditional
rulers should there be...Tribune
I’m not after Ribadu -
Waziri
CHAIRMAN of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida
Waziri, said in Abuja on Tuesday that she was not after her predecessor,
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and that she was not probing his tenure...Tribune
Reps Discover N1.5tr Unremitted Funds By MDAs
A total N1.5 trillion that ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs)
failed to remit into the Federation Account between 2003 and 2008 has been
discovered by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance.
Daily Independent
AFC: Panel Clears Soludo,
Faults Formation, Funding
It was officially confirmed on Tuesday that the $462.923
million invested by the Bank Central of Nigeria (CBN)in the Africa Finance
Corporation (AFC)has been recovered by the Presidential Committee which
investigated the matter.
Daily Independent
NASS And The Heckled
Attempt At Constitution Amendment
There is little pain getting to know why
Nigeria is a country in search of direction. Africa's biggest democracy is
governed by a Constitution exclusively authored in 1998 by top military
brass headed by Gen. Abubakar Abdussalam, and handed down to a crop of
politicians in the advent of democracy in 1999.
Daily Independent
Oil & gas probe: Reps
invite Obasanjo
The ad-hoc committee setup by the House of Representatives to investigate
the oil and gas sector will commence its public hearing today with the
invitation of all petroleum ministers between 1999 to date. Former
President Olusegun Obasanjo ...
Daily Trust
Military conducted better
elections than civilians- IBB
Former Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida yesterday at the at the
electoral forum committee in Minna said elections conducted under military
leadership were always free and fair. He said politicians always
compromised their positions because of party interest and the idea of
perpetuating power.
Daily Trust
NNPC pays
militants N1.4b
IT may not be news that government or its agencies reach out to militant
groups who take hostages for ransom. What may be curious, however, is the
price paid to pacify some of the deviants like the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation's (NNPC) experience.
The Guardian
Agric minister
tackles predecessor over 'fertiliser mafia'
THE Senate's investigation into all Federal Government's investments in
the agricultural sector since 1999 recorded a mild drama yesterday as the
Minister of State for Agriculture and Water Resources, Ademola Seriki, and
the immediate past Agriculture Minister, Alhaji Adamu Bello, exchanged hot
words over the alleged existence of a cartel in the procurement and
distribution of fertiliser in the country.
The Guardian
EFCC charges Jimoh Ibrahim with forgery,
fraud
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has slammed a six-count
charge of fraud and forgery against billionaire business mogul and
Chairman of NICON Group of Companies, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim’s
absence in court on Tuesday stalled his arraignment before Justice Joseph
Oyewole of the Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja|
The Sun
A New Strategy for a New World by Barack Obama, Washington
D.C Sixty-one years ago, George Marshall announced the plan that would come to
bear his name. Much of Europe lay in ruins. The United States faced a
powerful and ideological enemy intent on world domination. This menace was
magnified by the recently discovered capability to destroy life on an
unimaginable scale. The Soviet Union didn't yet have an atomic bomb, but
before long it would.
Conscience Daily International
Business
Nigeria business Today
Globacom Launches N30b Submarine Cable Next
Year
Globacom has said that its $240 million 9,500
kilometres submarine telecommunications cable, which is being
installed to connect Africa with Europe and the United States will
be ready by mid 2009.
Daily Independent
CPC Warns Consumers Against NBC Recharge
Promo
The Consumer Protection Council ( CPC )on Tuesday, said it has
slammed its axe on the "Refresh and Recharge Sales Promotion" of the
Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC),
Daily Independent
Inflation rate rises to 12% — NBS
THE National Bureau of statistics Friday disclosed that the
country’s...Vanguard
SON raises alarm over influx of substandard
goods
Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) has raised an alarm over...Vanguard
Nigeria World Bank to inject N15.7bn into
agriculture
THE Federal Government and the World Bank, will during the next four
years, inject of N15.7 billion into the nation's agricultural sector
through the Commercial Farming project.
The Guardian
Glo gives out 8 cars in Ibadan - As 30 new
winners emerge
SECOND National Carrier, Globacom, at a ceremony in Ibadan, Oyo
State, on Tuesday gave out eight new cars to winners in its ongoing
Win and Rule promo, which is expected to reward a total of 500
winners.
Tribune
CBN to Review New Financial Year End for
Banks
Indications emerged yesterday that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
may review the December 31 uniform financial year end stipulated for
all banks and discount houses in the country in view of attendant
astronomical interest rate occasioned by the policy.
ThisDay
Prices of generators soar
The prices of generating sets in the market have soared, Daily Trust
survey has revealed.
Daily Trust
Amaechi vs. Omehia:
And the Reasoning
please? Anyone who read our article on the Amaechi vs. Omehia titled
The Supreme Court: Supreme in all things but Remedy!
will in no doubt notice that our bone of contention with the
Supreme Court was never about the conclusion they reached. Our
problem has always been the remedy they fashioned to compensate
the winning side in this case, Amaechi.
NigerianNews
Editorial
Happy New Year and Welcome 2008! January 01, 2008
NigerianNews
takes this opportunity to felicitate with everyone as the year 2008
rolls in. Indeed, Nigeria is a country which God has bestowed with
enough resilience to weather any storm! 2007 was such a
turbulent year which some would have either wished it never existed or
certain events never occurred. All the same, all our experience is
supposed to strengthen us with sufficient energy so that we can
witness the fulfillment of things yet to be revealed to us as a Nation
by the Almighty God.
NigerianNews
Editorial
Removal of Ribadu: The
Triumph of Aondoakaa and his Ruse of Law
December 31, 2007
While the plot was being hatched, those who now cry foul on the
removal of Nuhu Ribadu were busy celebrating the demise of the
previous government. While the celebration went on, the evil
geniuses in our midst were busy perfecting their next move of their
escape from Alcatraz!
NigerianNews
Editorial
The
Supreme Court: Supreme in all things but Remedy! October 29, 2007
We must first congratulate this Supreme Court for they have done it
again! We congratulate you for your consistent inconsistencies. We
congratulate you for consistently turning the face of logic upside
down to the applause of those who should know better. If your
inconsistencies are not embarrassing, we would have also
congratulated you on your undemocratic imposition of Rotimi Amaechi
who was never voted for by the people of Rivers State. This is a first
in the annals of representative democracy!!
NigerianNews
Editorial
Tunde Adenodi's
Current Column
Northern Plot to Subvert the Constitution
by Tunde Adenodi. June 26, 2008
The northern power brokers are at it again doing what they know best:
plotting and scheming on their method for retaining power, fair or foul.
Forty years of failure has not dissuaded them from this line of action,
the mafia style.
NigerianNews Special
The Oil Windfall this time Around by Tunde Adenodi.
May 18, 2008
The Bush family has done some good for Nigeria
in the last 20-odd years. Not because they wanted to; but because they
had to, if they must do some good for themselves. Father and son are
into oil and Dick Cheney, their surrogate. Of course, Nigeria swims in
oil; probably even chokes with oil! And Nigeria has the best oil,
sulfur free and more amenable to the basic procedure of separating the
different components called fractional distillation.
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Frisky Larr's
Current Column
The vicious circle of the
Niger Delta: Shame of a Nation!
by Frisky Larr
It
started like a child’s play. It was a struggle in the interest of the
suffering masses. The highlight of the struggle was characterized by
environmental pollution. A serious development that ended up denying the
local folks their erstwhile fertile farming land and healthy fishing
water. The environment was badly polluted by oil drilling business
magnates of multinational identity. The symbol of the struggle in the days
of its holy peak was Ken Saro-Wiwa. The folks rose to their feet and stood
up against the profit hyena of multinational acclaim. Resources were
exploited much to the detriment of the local folks.
NigerianNews
Special
Babangida for President
by Frisky Larr
He has the guts. He has the brains. The personality too!
Indeed, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has the looks of an elder statesman
with the smartness and intelligence that is rare amongst politicians
of his breed since the birth of our good old Nigeria. There were
times, in which I wondered if Ibrahim Babaginda did not choose the
wrong profession enlisting in the army by whatever means he chose.
Alas therein lies again the unique intelligence of the man with the
gift of tricks and strategies.
NigerianNews
Special
The Northern Conspiracy: Provoking
grassroots’ reaction!
by Frisky Larr June
12, 2008
“I pity Nigeria”
were the three words of frustration and resignation that were recently
expressed by Nigeria’s public enemy number one. Crocodile tears or
authentic exasperation in the face of perceived betrayal? We may never
know. But one thing is sure. Since the sudden clean bill of health
unwittingly issued by Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida
to their northern successor of sinister fame Sani Abacha however,
Olusegun Obasanjo is no longer alone in shaking his (publicly hated)
head in pity for Nigeria.
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Kay Soyemi's
Current Column
Ribadu's removal: Not in the Interest of the General Public
by Kay Soyemi December 29, 2007
Keeping abreast of news and development back home takes some
dedication and a hardiness of the soul and certain immunity to the
shocking revelations that comes out of the political establishment and
the fourth realm.
NigerianNews
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Atsar Terver's
Current Column ECHOES:Commentary
on burning public issues
Fani-Kayode And The Witchcraft Against EFCC
by Atsar Terver
Less than two years ago, a Minister of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria attempted to walk a Vice President of the country out from a
Federal Executive Council meeting. His reason was that the then Vice
president had been purportedly indicted by an Administrative Panel of
Inquiry, which investigated him over the running of the funds of the
Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF).
NigerianNews
Special
Who Is Afraid Of The North?
by Atsar Terver
June 27, 2008
It is not quite difficult to understand the
psychology underlying the resurgence of petty anti-north
sentiments from a select section of the media
in recent times. It started with some spurious claims of
marginalisation or perceived lopsidedness in the composition of
the Yar’Adua Government in favour of the ‘north’. In responding to
these accusations, the Presidential spokesman, Mr. Segun Adeniji
not only rolled out the statistics of the current composition of
presidential aides but also gave a detailed list of names of key
appointees of ‘southern’ extraction most of which were actually
inherited from the Obasanjo administration to prove that the
allegations were both untrue and mischievous.NigerianNews
Special
June 12: Nwosu Is On His Own
by Atsar Terver
What do you make of Professor Nwosu’s recent
declarations on June 12?
Nwosu is on his own. Nwosu can express his views on June 12 as a
private citizen but not in any capacity as the Chairman of the
(then) NEC, so standing at a book launch and announcing the
results of the June 12 Election was in my estimation caricaturist.
In fact strictly speaking, that action was illegal since the court
order, which Iwu claimed, he obeyed by not releasing that result
earlier has not been vacated by another court order. Or is there a
clause in our constitution that after 15 years, a valid court
order can be disobeyed with pomp and impunity?NigerianNews
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Dotun Oyeniyi
IYABO OBASANJO-BELLO: AN HONOURABLE LAWMAKER AS A FUGITIVE LAWBREAKER.
by Dotun Oyeniyi April 28, 2008 Running away from justice should normally not
be an issue for endless debates. All criminals like to evade
justice. However when the fugitive happens to be an ‘Honourable
Lawmaker’ of a nation, the probing sensibility of the masses will be
greatly aroused.
NigerianNews
Special
FREEDOM FOR LT-COLONEL ISHAYA BAMAIYI: MUCH ADO ABOUT NIGERIA JUDICIAL
SYSTEM
by Dotun Oyeniyi No. I am not making a mistake. I mean
Lieutenant-Colonel Ishaya Bamaiyi and not Lieutenant-General
Ishaya Bamaiyi. This is because I sincerely think that Nigeria
should extend the attempted ‘decimalisation’ of the Naira,
propounded by the CBN governor, Charles Soludo to our military
ranks. Soludo, we would recall, attempted to slash the value of
the naira by one-tenth or so, so that if you had N1000 in the
bank, it becomes N100, this according to him was because the naira
is overvalued. That novel proposition has now been rested on the
presidency’s instruction.
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Oyeniyi
WHAT PRESIDENT UMARU YAR ‘ADUA’S GOVERNMENT
SHOULD DO IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION.
by
Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
June 13, 2008
In proffering a much needed solution
to the problem of the Niger Delta, it is very imperative to draw
an analogy that best explains the frayed nerves, circumstances and
deep feelings of the Niger delta people.
NigerianNews
Special
A POLITICAL ASSUMPTION: BARACK OBAMA AS A
NIGERIAN POLITICIAN
by
Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
May 27, 2008
Barack Obama is about to cause one of the greatest political upsets in
the democratic world. This first time junior Illinois Senator, who
many pundits never gave a chance against Hillary Clinton, a former
wife of a USA President and Senator will soon be officially crowned as
the nominee of the Democratic Party.
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