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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

• 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
  
  More editorial Opinions

• 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  | Read more articles by Adenodi
   

• 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 Special | Related Issue| Read more articles by Larr
   

• 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 | Read more articles by Soyemi
   

• 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 Special | Related Issue | Read more articles by Terver
   

• 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 | Read more articles by Oyeniyi
   

• WHAT PRESIDENT UMARU YAR ‘ADUA’S GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION.
  by Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie