Time for NSE’s Big Mama to go
I hate to be a damp squib but I am certain that if Mr Barack Obama
becomes the next president of the United States, the reader can rest
assured that the first African-American to preside over the affairs of
the world...Daily
Trust
Obama as madam’s cash cow “I am a very intelligent person; I have a PhD that I did not
buy. We were careful with our advertisements and we were
transparent in all we did. I don‘t understand why Nigerians like
to be negative. People ha...Daily
Trust
FG declares emergency ...on stock market
The Federal Government yesterday announced drastic measures aimed
at addressing the persistent fall of equity prices with the
setting up of a 16-man presidential advisory committee to oversee
the capital market.
Daily Trust
United We Can Build a Better America by Hillary Clinton, Denver,
Colorado
I am honored to be here tonight. A proud mother. A proud Democrat.
A proud American. And a proud supporter of Barack Obama. My friends, it is
time to take back the country we love.
Conscience Daily International
U.S. won't back
military option in N'Delta, says Carrington
IF the declaration by the former United States of America (USA) Ambassador
to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, represents the official position of
Washington, the George W. Bush administration may not back military option
in the resolution of the Niger Delta crisis.
Guardian
Militants lay ambush for soldiers
MILITANTS, yesterday, ambushed men of the Joint Task Force (JTF)
in the Niger Delta at a military location in Delta State barely a
month after a similar attack in Bomadi Local Government Area of
the state.
Vanguard
Dariye loot: British lawyers collect £500
per hour
EACH hour spent by the British lawyers of the Federal Government
in processing the repatriation of the loot recovered from former
Governor of Plateau Sate, Chief Joshua Dariye, cost Nigerian tax
payers £500 (N117,500), Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, said yesterday.
Vanguard
US electoral process against external
funding, says Carrington
Former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Walter
Carrington restated yesterday that US electoral process is against
external funding of candidates and political parties in the US
Vanguard
Azazi, others retire voluntarily
THE mode of the recent retirement of the Chief of Defence Staff
and two service chiefs appears to have been altered after the
affected persons yesterday turned in their letters of voluntary
retirement.
Vanguard
Imoke inaugurated afresh, tasks Cross
River people
GOVERNOR Liyel Imoke of Cross River State was inaugurated afresh,
yesterday, at the Cultural Centre in Calabar where he asked all
Cross Riverians “irrespective of political linage and affiliation
to join hands with us to move the state to enviable heights.”
Vanguard
Ekiti Tribunal: As the judgment day comes
NIGERIAN politicians are notorious for challenging the outcome of
any...Vanguard
Ex-Service Chiefs Tender Resignation
Letters
Service Chiefs relieved of their posts last Wednesday by President
Umaru Yar'Adua may have been given the option to hand in their
resignation letters to
Daily Independent
Buhari Explains Absence At ANPP
Reconciliation Talks
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
presidential candidate in the 2007 elections, Muhammadu Buhari,
has written to the National Reconciliation Committee of the party
to express apology over his inability to meet with the body in
Kaduna for talks.
Daily Independent
Ex-LG bosses can’t account for N3.3
trillion - EFCC
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday accused
those who led local government councils in Nigeria between 1999
and 2007 of misappropriating...Tribune
Security men take over Ekiti - Ahead
tomorrow’s tribunal judgment
AHEAD of tomorrow’s tribunal judgment on the validity of the
election of Mr. Segun Oni as governor of Ekiti State, the police
have deployed anti-riot policemen and plain-clothes...Tribune
Retired service chiefs to hand over
tomorrrow
The Presidency has asked the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
and the service chiefs to submit letters of voluntary retirement
from service and will hand over tomorrow. The presidency, in
retiring the former CDS and service chiefs...Tribune
Foreign Funds Illegal in US
Campaigns, Says Carrington Former United States' Abassador to Nigeria, Walter
Carrington, has said finances from foreigners are not accepted by
US candidates seeking electoral positions.
ThisDay
Real reasons Niger
Delta crisis persists, by Dafinone Elder
Statesman, Senator David Dafinone, has identified five major
factors fuelling the crisis in the Niger Delta region, even as he
predicted that the problems in the area will continue unabated
until those problems are addressed. In an interview with Daily
Sun, the second republic lawmaker listed such problems as
challenges of minority rights in a multi-ethnic country, |
The Sun
Remarks Introducing Joe Biden as his running
mate by Barack Obama, Springfield
Illinois Nineteen months ago, on a cold February day right here on the steps of
the Old State Capitol, I stood before you to announce my candidacy for
President of the United States of America.
Conscience Daily International
Elect Obama to Reclaim America by Joe Biden, Obama's
running mate, Springfield, Illinois
Well, it's great to be here! On the steps of the old State House
in the land of Lincoln. President Lincoln once instructed us to be
sure to put your feet in the right place. Then stand firm. Today,
Springfield, I know my feet are in the right place. And I am proud
to stand firm for the next president of the United States of
America, Barack Obama.
Conscience Daily International
Business
Nigeria business Today
Otudeko To Succeed Mutallab As First Bank
Chairman
A double change at the top at First Bank is likely to
occur in 2009, with Sanusi Lamido Sanusi taking over from Jacobs
Moyo Ajekigbe as Managing Director (MD) from January 1, and Ayoola
Oba Otudeko the Chairman in December, in place of Umaru Mutallab.
Daily Independent
CBN Reverses Common Year-end Policy For
Banks
With four months to the deadline set
for banks and discount houses, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has
announced the cancellation of the common year-end for banks earlier
scheduled for December 31, 2008.
Daily Independent
NNPC will collapse under N48 billion debts
unless — GMD …To mass-import diesel
THE Group General Manager (GMD) of the Nigerian National
Petroleum...Vanguard
FG pegs price movement of shares - Sets up
panel on stock market
IN a dramatic move, the Federal Government on Tuesday rescued the
stock market with the appointment of a 16-man presidential advisory
team to stem the continuous...Tribune
Dangote may lose N17.5bn telecom licence
A regulatory probe has commenced into the dormant frequency spectrum
supporting third generation (3G) telecoms services ...Daily
Trust
Nigerian banks storm Europe
In a bid to meet shareholders’ targets, Nigerian banks have been
making forays into African and European countries
Daily Trust
SGBN Resurrects
Three years after it went under, indications emerged yesterday that
Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN) will soon resurrect as the
bank finalises plans to raise N34 billion.
ThisDay
Subscribers Besiege MultiChoice
for BBA Despite a resolution of the National Assembly, which
purportedly banned the screening of Big Brother Africa to Nigerians,
hordes of people were seen a...
ThisDay
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
Backing the Delta People to the Wall
by Tunde Adenodi. August 12, 2008
Normally, a sheep does not bite. But when you chase it around
and back it to the wall, it would bite! This is a Yoruba adage.
Collectively, we, all of us Nigerians, have backed the people of the
Delta to the wall, and bite, they will. And if they bite, we shall all
suffer the consequences.NigerianNews Special
Northernizing the Nigerian military… yet
again
by Tunde Adenodi. July 28, 2008
By selecting what he thought was an urbane intellectual from
deep north*, also known as the Sharia States or “Gideon
Orkar excised states” (my own coinage), former President Olusegun
Obasanjo had hoped that his work of 8 years might not necessarily be
overturned.NigerianNews Special
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
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Frisky Larr's
Current Column
Northern domination: The
Start of a long-drawn End
by Frisky Larr
August 11, 2008
“What the
hell do I need beer for? After all the taste is bitter and sour!”
That’s the sound of a man, who (according to a saying
in one southern language) is unable to afford beer. This rhythm was
echoed lately in the words of the spokesperson of the Northern
Governors’ conference. It was the sound of frustration. The sound of
desperation. “What the hell does the North
need oil for? After all the color is dark and it pollutes the air!”
NigerianNews
Special
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.
NigerianNews
Special |
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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
Special |
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Atsar Terver's
Current Column ECHOES:Commentary
on burning public issues
Sam Edem Did Not Take After His Parents.
by Atsar Terver
August 22, 2008
Ambassador Sam Edem,
was on Monday arraigned before an Abuja High court for stealing N800
million belonging to the Federal Government. Nothing could be a better
misfit than for one man to bear the prestigious title of an Ambassador
and the debasing one of a thief at the same time.NigerianNews
Special
Handover of Bakassi: Government Was Right…But
Wrong.
by Atsar Terver
August 20, 2008
It is now five days since The Bakassi Peninsula
was officially handed over to Cameroon in compliance to the ICJ
judgement which held that the region, which has come to be better
described by what is presumed to be under it (i.e oil) than the
visible, belonged to the French-speaking central African country.NigerianNews
Special
Bode George: What A Man Could Not Do...
by Atsar Terver
August 16, 2008
With the arrest and arraignment of Chief Olabode George before an
Ikeja High Court over charges of corruption by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the ancient adage that says ‘what
a man can do, a woman can do even better’ has been given a new
dimension. Indeed, we are seeing a revolutionary dispensation in
which what even a man could not do; a woman has succeeded in doing
almost effortlessly.
NigerianNews
Special
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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.
NigerianNews
Special|
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Oyeniyi
WHAT PRESIDENT UMARU YAR ‘ADUA’S GOVERNMENT
SHOULD DO IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION.
by
Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
