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July 06, 2008
N-Delta Summit: ' How Gambari compromise
self'
More explanation came weekend on why the people of the Niger Delta are
opposed to Federal Government’s decision to the effect that the Nigerian
diplomat, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, should chair the peace summit on the
oil-rich region.
Vanguard
We feel insulted by the planned
summit—Mudiaga -Odge TEMPERS are still high in the Niger-Delta over the planned Niger-Delta
summit with more prominent personalities distancing themselves from it.
The facilitator of the Niger-Delta Democratic Union (NDDU), Mr. Akpo
Mudiaga-Odje feels insulted that the Federal Government was still talking
about a summit when the people have said clearly that they would not
attend. Excerpts:
Vanguard
OBJ, GBENGA DANIEL DIDN’T
PROMISE ME OGUN GUBER TICKET TO UNSEAT BANKOLE — AMUSAN He was fingered as the arrowhead of the recent plot to unseat the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole having
allegedly presided over a meeting of members of the House in London to
give effect to the plan.
Vanguard
Okah: Obasanjo Subpoenaed,
Kingibe, Army Chief to Appear for Defence
The Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has subpoenaed
former President Olu-segun Obasanjo, Secretary to the Government of the
Federati...
ThisDay
Ogun Speaker Escapes Attack
A six-man gang of armed men suspected to be political thugs yesterday laid
siege to the Ogun State legislative quarters, Abeokuta where the Speaker,
M...
ThisDay
Shell Engages 4000 Locals to
Protect Pipeline
Shell Petroleum Devel-opment Company has entered into an arrangement
called “Com-munity and Shell Together (CAST)” aimed at using people in
communitie...
ThisDay
Zamfara Woos Striking Teachers
Zamfara State Gover-nment has urged teachers who have been on strike to
return to negotiating table and show some sympathy to the plight of their
stud...
ThisDay
12 Students Die in Auto Crash
It was a black Saturday in Lokoja yesterday as 12 students of Government
Science Secondary School, Lokoja lost their lives while 19 others
sustained v...
ThisDay
Twist In
Jefferson, Atiku Case
A NEW twist has developed in the U.S corruption case against Congressman
William Jefferson, just as the district court in Virginia has set December
2 as the start of a jury trial against him.
The Guardian
INEC Restructures
Constituencies In 16 States
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is about to tinker
with the structures of senatorial constituencies in 16 states of the
federation as part of its effort to upgrade its template for a more
plausible representative federal structure.
Daily Independent
Nigeria Deploys 44 Technical
Aid Corps To Namibia
In fulfilment of the diplomatic agreement between Nigerian
and Namibia in the area of technical cooperation and manpower development,
Nigeria on Saturday sent 44 of its citizens, who volunteered to assist
Namibia in the area of manpower development, to the south African country.
Daily Indepednent
Yar'Adua Lacks Vision To Propel
Nigeria - Williams
Since he voluntarily discharged himself from the military establishment in
the wake of the June 12, 1993 presidential election annulment, General
Ishola Williams (rtd.), secretary of Transparency International (TI) in
Nigeria
Daily Independent
Okonjo Iweala linked with
N19.5b aviation scam - Why she shunned probe pane
The Senate Committee probing the Aviation Sector would need to take the
account of former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
Tribune
Gunmen abduct Joseph Yobo’s
brother
Unknown gunmen yesterday abducted Norum Yobo, a brother to Super Eagles
captain, Joseph Yobo, hours after the Rivers state....Tribune
Aviation fund probe: NAMA
director arrested - As FAAN ex-MD denies N2bn offer by Odili
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is gradually spreading its
dragnet in probing the management of the N19.5 billion aviation
intervention fund, as the Director of Engineering....Tribune
Plateau Senatorial Election: I
am set for re-run - Mantu
As the Independent National Electoral Commission fixed July 26 for the
re-run election in the Plateau Central Senatorial District...Tribune
Tenure elongation resurrects
...courtesy of PDP?
It is an irony of sorts that the issue of tenure elongation keeps popping
up around Nigeria’s democratic project. The most contentious one was the
aborted third term idea of the Obasanjo regime that sought to gra...Daily
Trust
7-year tenure’ll address
electoral fraud - PDP
President Umaru Musa Yar’adua and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), have been accused of pursu...Daily
Trust
Demonstrates PDP’s arrogance to
power - Balarabe Musa
Weekly Trust: As Chairman of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties
(CNPP), what is your reac...Daily
Trust
What OBJ told Fani-Kayode Unknown to many, the current travail of former Aviation Minister,
Prof Babalola Borishade over the controversial N19.5billion Aviation
Intervention Fund might have been ordered by his friend and immediate past
president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.|
The Sun
Niger Delta Summit:Dilemma of a Diplomat
Until his appointment to chair the Steering Committee of the Niger Delta
Summit, Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari has enjoyed a quiet and illustrious
career in diplomacy garnering many accolades in the process.|
The Sun
Business
Nigeria business Today
Oil May Hit $150 pb Today, IMBS Predicts
Wall Street's biggest energy trader, Investment Bank Morgan Stanley
(IMBS) has predicted that oil might hit a record $150 per barrel
before end of Friday's transaction.
Daily Independent
2nd Ekiti economic summit: Many questions
begging for answers
The theme of the second Ekiti State Economic Summit of 2008 was
"Positioning Ekiti State for Accelerated Economic Development." For
three days, June 25-27 inclusive, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, was
host to several hundreds of people determined to see Ekiti State
shed its toga of the poorest state in the South-West Nigeria and
perhaps, the second or third poorest in the nation as well.
Vanguard
ICAN cannot regulate taxation practice —
CITN president
He is a chartered accountant by training and started his career that
has spanned over two decades as an accountant. However, he took to
taxation practice having been fired by inner desire to correct the
abnormalities in the tax system. Mr Kamurudee Adigun president
chartered institute of taxation of Nigeria is blunt on the ways and
manner the country’s tax system is being managed. He therefore calls
for a radical change, while speaking in this interview which we
serve you the excerpts:
Vanguard
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.
NigerianNews Special
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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.
NigerianNews
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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
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.
NigerianNews
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Oyeniyi
WHAT PRESIDENT UMARU YAR ‘ADUA’S GOVERNMENT
SHOULD DO IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION.
by
Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie