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August 14, 2012

• Atiku Stalls Moves to Revive Yar’Adua’s Political Machinery
  
  Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar
  Moves by political associates of the former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, the late Major General Shehu Musa Yar’Adaua, to revive his political machinery, the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), have hit a brick wall. Read more...

• 28 die in Plateau flood
  
  Police ask Muslims to shun praying ground
  AGAIN, some parts of Plateau State have come under severe flooding with 28 persons feared dead and scores of others declared missing.  The disaster occurr...Read more...
   

• Confusion, as families collect Dana crash victims’ bodies, death certificates
  
  • Funeral home denies assault on journalists
  THE last day of the collection of the bodies of the victims of the Dana plane crash was marked by confusion in Lagos yesterday.
  Some families who went to the...Read more...
   

• UNESCO may reject new board for Osogbo cultural centre
  
  NIGERIA’S Permanent Delegate to the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation  (UNESCO), Mrs. Maryam Katagum has faulted the re-composition of the governing board of the C...Read more...
   

• Death toll in Plateau attack rises, JTF arrests 30 terrorists
  
  AT a time President Goodluck Jonathan and leaders of Plateau State have intensified efforts to restore peace to the state, residents of some communities are still at the mercies suspected terrorists Read more...
   

• No more automatic promotion in Police
  
  NEWLY-PROMOTED Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) got more than expected yesterday as an angry Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, upbraided them for breach of pro...Read more...
   

• Northern CAN denies call for Jonathan to resign
  
  THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the northern part of the country, which is made up of the 19 states in the region and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has denied calling on Pr...Read more...
   

• P-R-I-V-A-T-I-S-A-T-I-O-N: PHCN workers to get jumbo severance pay •General Managers, N38m; Assistant General Managers, N28m; junior staff (WASC holders), N8m and above •Their unions are outlaws - FG
  FOLLOWING the confrontation between the Federal Government and workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) over severance pay, the Federal Government, on Monday, described the workers as outlaws who were bent on getting what did not belong to them. Read more...
   

• How FG, states shared N830bn in July
  OIL producing states of Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Delta were the largest beneficiaries from the federation account in the month of July. Read more...
   

• Delta State govt claims seized $15m Ibori bribe
  The Delta State government has formerly come out to claim the ownership of the $15 million bribe allegedly given by the former governor of the state, James Ibori, to the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, in 2007. Read more...
   

• We Can’t Afford Another Civil War - Pastor Kumuyi
  
  The general superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor Williams F. Kumuyi, yesterday said that Nigeria must remain one,...Read more...
   

• Ballot boxes: Firm accuses Jega of fraud
  
  Prof. Attahiru Jega, INEC Chairman
  Bedding Holdings Limited has accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, of conspiracy and fraud in the procurement of ballot boxes used in the conduct of the 2011 general election. Read more...
   

• Fresh flood claims 28 lives in Plateau
  
  Nnasarawa and Taraba states washed away by the flood in Plateau State, yesterday.
  Again, disaster struck in Plateau State on Sunday, as flood ravaged five local governments in the southern part of the state, killing at least 28 people, with scores missing and more than 1,000 houses destroyed. Read more...
   

• Multilinks, Starcomms, MTS in N31bn merger deal
  
  Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson
  The deal, involving three of Nigeria’s telecoms operators -Multi Links, Starcomms and MTS - is a major merger arrangement expected to create a CDMA operator that will compete favourably with the operators in the Global System for Mobile Communication segment. Read more...
   

• Impeachment threat reveals Gbajabiamila’s past
  
  SINA FADARE examines the recent call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila should vacate his seat against the backdrop of his past professional misconduct....Read more...

• No respite for businesses as facilities, conditions worsen
  
  • Budget planning, implementation ridiculous, say experts
  THE unenviable profile of Nigeria’s business environment has again been adjudged to be worsening by business operators and other stakeholders, ...Read more...

• CDMA operators to seal new $200m business revival deal
  
  THE nation’s troubled Code Division Multiple Opera...Read more...
   

• Missing PHCN Pension Fund: Minister Raises Figure To N300bn
  
  As much as N300 billion representing pension deductions of 25 per cent of salaries of Power Holding Company of Nigeria’s 50,000 workers...Read more...
   

• $200m Investment Underway As 3 Multilinks, Starcomms, MTS Consider Merger
  
  Barring any last minute changed of mind, three operators of the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA...Read more...
   

• Jaiz Bank To Raise N12bn Capital Through Private Placement
  The managing director of Jaiz Bank, Muhammad Mustapha Bintube has said that the bank plans to raise its capital base from the current N6.6...Read more...
   

• Airline Merger Will Kill Competition— George
  
  The airline industry in Nigeria is undergoing a crisis period. In this interview with NKEM OSUAGWU... Read more...
   

• Liquidity Tightening: Khan Backs CBN
  
  Standard Chartered Bank’s Head of Research, Africa, Razia Khan, has defended the recent moves by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in tightening liquidity in the country, saying, it may have Read more...
   

• Tightening Noose On Liquidity, In ‘Whose Interest’?
  
  Last week, the rates, particularly the inter-bank behaved as though they were ‘drunk’ Read more...
   

• China Replaces United States as Nigeria’s Crude Oil Importer
  
  Mr. Andrew Yakubu, GMD, NNPC
  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, has said China had become the alternative market for Nigeria’s crude oil, following dwindling imports by the United States, which was the major buyer of Nigeria’s crude oil. Read more...

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• From The University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University: An Unforced Error by an error-prone President!
  The changing of the University of Lagos name to Moshood Abiola University seems to us an unforced error by a President who is willing to use all means to secure a second term, and he thinks the way to securing it is through the people of the South West! It seems to us that this president has no clue about the psyche of an average South Westerner, and we predict this latest act is also the reason why we think he has destroyed his chance to a second term in this zone.  NigerianNews Editorial | more editorial

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• Frisky Larr's Current Column
  
  Countdown in Edo State: Will Oshiomole cruise to victory?
  by Frisky Larr
  The paradox in Edo state: The very first Governor since the days of retired General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia of the defunct Bendel State, who has given Edo State a bunch of visible, quantifiable and palpable uplift, is now faced with the grim reality of possibly losing his bid for re-election. Governor Adams Oshiomole came into office on the heels of people’s expectations and had to tread the thorny path of armchair brigandry, stolen mandate, tribunals, godfatherism etc. before being finally manipulated into his rightful position. His facilitators and collaborators then were no other than those who fought running battles in the camp of his opponent, to assert their supremacy. NigerianNews Special

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• Atsar Terver's Current Column
  ECHOES:Commentary on burning public issues
  
  Why The Orchestrated Falsehood Against NEXIM Bank MD Must Stop!
  Atsar Terver
  My attention has been drawn to the laughable, fictitious and desperate sponsored report in the National Daily of 9th July 2012 targeted at the person of the Managing Director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Mr. Roberts Orya. Among several spurious claims, the report alleges that the dismissed NSA uncovered massive losses in the Bank's operations which were craftily covered up to reflect profit as declared in the Bank's 2010 Annual Report; and further speculates that the Bank gave out loans to shadow clients and cronies without applications and other such fallacies!. NigerianNews Special

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• Theo I Ogune's Special Column
  
  Theo I Ogune's Current Column
  My Welcome Address to the Honorable Chief Justice of Nigeria
  Theo Ikes Ogune, Esquire
  They say that the world would be a better place if women ruled it.  Let me not bore you with the science of it all or even focus on whether women use a different part of the brain from the part that men use.  Either way, today, I am going to wish it were true -- that women made better managers than men.  If I were to go by the likes of Farida Waziri, however, I would be in for a long haul!  I also was going to be bothered by your answer to the question of corruption in the judiciary, whereupon you were quoted as simply responding that “there is corruption at every level,” but I am brushing that aside as quoted out of context.  I am also brushing aside the recent report of you saying in a BBC interview that the reinstatement of Justice Salami, a clear victim of corrupt politics, “is not [your] matter.”  Today, I am remaining hopeful. NigerianNews Special |Read more articles by Ogune

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• AN INTERVIEW WITH Former Governor Donald Duke of Cross River
  NigerianNews Interview Series
  
  Fmr Gov Donald Duke
  "Those that are now fanning themselves out to serve on the platform of PDP, and now appear to be the solution to the problem of Nigeria, are indeed the problem of Nigeria. The problem cannot all of a sudden turn out to be the solution. I have problem with that. To me Nigeria is sacrosanct, PDP is not." NigerianNews Interview click here

• AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIEF OJO MADUEKWE, THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER IN PRESIDENT UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA’S CABINET
  
  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ojo Maduekwe, was recently in the United States as a participant in the 'Nigeria Meets The World Conference' organized by ThisDay, and the United Nations General Assembly session. He spoke exclusively with NNews at the New York Millennium Plaza. NigerianNews Interview

• Leadership Failure: Nigerians Are Walking Prisoners In Austria
  Report by Uzoma Ahamefule
  Mr President Sir, members of the honourable national Assembly and House of Reps, the foreign Affairs Minister and fellow Nigerians, when one extends hands of friendship it is natural that one has exposed oneself to danger. Today not only that I have extended those hands of friendship but I have equally once more exposed my emotions and love to public ridicule and attack because of my affection for Nigeria. NNEWS Correspondent | Read more reports

• THE CORE QUESTIONS (PART 1)
  
  by Pastor Biodun Coker
  In the heart of every person in every nation are some questions seeking for answers. The searches for answers take people to covens, mountains and valleys. NigerianNews Religious Special | Read more articles by Coker

• Practice Forgiveness: A Powerful Tool to Open the Door of God's Blessings
  
  by Minister Ayodele Mobolurin
  The goal of forgiveness is restoration. Restoration of your peace of mind and restoration of a broken relationship. The second goal may not be possible, because the other party does not want to put away the contention. However, the first is achievable, since it depends only on one party to the contentious issue. Forgiveness is a powerful tool for restoring your peace of mind.  You are at peace even with those that consider you an enemy. The scripture commands forgiveness  NigerianNews Religious Special |  Read more articles by Prof Mobolurin

• THE POWER OF REDEMPTION: THE JOY OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS (Part 1)
  
  by Pastor Joseph Idowu
  Introduction
  In John 3: 16 and 17 we read “For God so love the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” . NigerianNews Religious Special | Read more articles by Pastor Idowu

• BECOMING A RESPONSIBLE, CONFIDENT AND SAFE DRIVER
  by Adewale T. Akande
  Driving is a serious responsibility with physical and mental abilities impacting on the driving activities of a driver. It is more than moving a vehicle and knowing how to use the accelerator, brake pedals and steering. Driving is at best when you have knowledge and required skills to drive competently in accordance with those rules and regulations guiding the public roads. A safe and responsible driver has responsibility which makes him a good citizen. Driving is a learned skill acquired with much practice. It is also more important to drive with due regards for safety and convenience of other road users. Driving entails concentration, calmness, and with consideration and respect for others. And at the same time, a driver should ensure proper and total control of his vehicle at all times. That means a driver must not allow anything to take their attention from the road, therefore good anticipation and concentration will help to prevent these usual incident becoming accidents on our roads. The safety of others depends on you when you are on the wheel. NigerianNews Guest Column

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• ₪a wa o. Anoda ds signal: I just received confirmation that this is true!
  Lana Onafuye.
  Pls read: Is there any way of getting confirmation about news I'm just getting that the Dana plane was distressed for a while but could not make an emergency landing because the airspace was closed for 2 hours for - the Presidential Jet carrying Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan. Read more...

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• Kannywood Is Key To Nigeria Entertainment Industry – Dila
  Mohammad Rabi’u Rikadawa, aka Dila, is one of the big names in Kannywood. In this exclusive chat with AL-AMIN CIROMA, the movie star spoke...Read more...
   

• Genevieve fetes Chimamanda
  
  Nollywood top actress, Genevieve Nnaji, will feature in the film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie’s  novel, ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’. Read more...
   

• Around and about Nollywood
  
  Seminar on copyright in audiovisual industry ends ...Read more...
   

• Nollywood has derailed –Okey Bakassi
  
  Okechukwu Anthony Oyegbule is a motivational comedian and movie actor, who has dabbled in politics in his home state of Imo. Friday Flavour occupied his space in this interview where he told TERH AGBEDEH about his future plans since his return to showbiz.... Read more...
   

• You need patience to make it in acting –Orhorha
  
  Is he really deaf and dumb? For people who admire Jude Orhorha, that is what readily comes to their minds when they meet the Warri, Delta state-born actor cum comedian; but he is not. It is just a character (Gbenro), which he has so well interpreted in a sitcom, Fuji House of Commotion, from the stable of Amaka Igwe Productions... Read more...
   

• Nollywood pays better than Kannywood – Hauwa Maina
  She’s appeared in a couple of Nollywood movies after attaining superstar status in Kannywood, but Hauwa Maina says the English-speaking Nigerian movies attract a bigger payday. Weekend Magazine cornered her for a chat on her iconic role as Queen Amina of Zazzau, family life and many others. Excerpts: Read more...
   

• ‘Only a real man can approach me’
  
  Amina Ndim may not ring bell in the minds of movie lovers. However, she is one of the upcoming actresses who knows her onions and has created a niche for herself by the way she interprets her roles. Amina, who says she is a Nigerian, is the fourth child among six siblings. In this interview with Saturday Sun, she talks about her life and challenges in the industry. | Read more...
   

• Star actress, Monalisa Chinda lands N30m endorsement deal
  
  Multi million Naira endorsement deals are currently flying left, right and centre in Nollywood with most of the stars involved smiling heavily to the banks with mouth watering offers. | Read more...
   

• AGN commences Nollywood mega city projcet
  
  For doubting Thomases who may think that nothing good can come out of Actors Guild of Nigeria, they have to brace up to the fact that the proposed Nollywood City project have commenced. | Read more...
   

• Day Soyinka led Nollywood’s invasion of Kenya
  It was an invasion that will not be forgotten in a hurry. The street of Nairobi, capital city of Kenya, was literally taken over by Nigerian movie stars, who had come in droves to showcase the magic of | Read more...
   

• I love Nigerian men but ... - Yvonne Nelson
  
  I’m not dating Jim Iyke BENJAMIN NJOKU With a superb  body and sexy long legs, Yvonne Nelson is one actress to behold. A popular face in Ghollywood, ...Read more...
   

• NDLEA places 9 Nollywood stars on watch-list
  It is no longer news that celebrated comic act, Babatunde Omidina popularly known as Baba Suwe was arrested on Wednesday while allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine out of the country. What is, however, of interest to many now is that cocaine is yet to be found in his system. The actor, whose career spans over two decades was arrested on his way to France | Read more...
   

• Heralding a Nollywood Project
  
  Nigeria and Nollywood are strange bed-fellows. Perhaps, not so strange since Nollywood is a product of the Nigerian media content. It only follows that a multitude of genetic traits travel from mother Nigeria through the cinematic veins of Nollywood Read more...
   

• Nollywood gave Nigeria identity –Keppy Bassey
  
  Popular actor, Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey, is one of the pioneer stars in Nollywood. The Akwa Ibom State-born actor is also a talk-show host and producer. He studied Linguistics and holds a second degree | Read more
   

• Shan George blasts Silverbird
  
  Veteran Nollywood screen goddess, Shan George, is fuming and blowing hot. She is angry with president of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, ver his alleged comment that any movie not premiered | Read more...
   

• My man, my marriage –Ini Edo
  
  Ini Edo is tired. Very tired. The actress, who lit the screen with her presence, confessed she’s tired of doing same of the same movies. “I am taking a stand against bad jobs,” she said. | Read more...
   

• Presidency, Filmmakers Dialogue On Fortune Of Nollywood
  THE Presidency at the weekend, in Lagos, appealed to practitioners in the Nigerian film sector to use their craft and resources to help redefine the image of the country, especially at this time that ...TheGuardian

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