NIGERIA PERISCOPES THE WORLD

August 30, 2006

• WHAT WOULD OBASANJO CHANGE IF SUDDENLY HE COULD?
  by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
  Many of us don't like to dwell too long on the past. We are more interested in where we are going than where we have been. We don’t need someone to remind us of the mistakes we’ve made. Recent events, though, have obliged many of us to revisit an old memory. NigerianNews Special
   

• Gani, EFCC Chide NBA Boss Over Ribadu
  Lagos lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday described the call for the sack of the commission’s Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Prince Lanke Odogiyon, as thoughtless and without basis. ThisDay
  
  NigerianNews Side Bar: We agree with Chief Gani Fawehinmi completely, and we at the NigerianNews sometimes wonder who these men of the bar work for!
  
  Ribadu, just keep on going with your eyes on the prize and not on the rabble rousers. History is your judge and not them!!
   

• Obasanjo: No Room for Corrupt Politicians
  President Olusegun Ob-asanjo yesterday said his administration was determined not to hand over power to any politician found to be corrupt or had corrupted others in the past. ThisDay
   

• INEC Fixes April 21 for Presidential Election
  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that elections to choose President Olusegun Oba-sanjo’s successor and a new National Assembly will hold April 21, 2007. ThisDay
   

• SSS Expresses Fears for 2007 Polls, Raids Atiku’s Campaign Office
  The State Security Serv-ices (SSS) yesterday expressed fears on what it called rising penchant of politicians to raise and surreptitiously fund criminal groups in the country to oil their ambitions. ThisDay
   

• Soyinka Blasts Former Military Rulers
  Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday lambasted former military heads of state seeking political power and said their forceful take over of government was an immoral, and sufficient ground to keep them out of the nation’s political leadership. ThisDay
   

• 2007 polls begin April 14
  ABUJA — THE much awaited 2007 elections will kick off on April 14 with the governorship and state Assembly polls, according to the time-table released  yesterday in Abuja by the Independent ............Vanguard
   

• Security agents raid Atiku campaign office
  ABUJA— SECURITY operatives in an early morning operation, yesterday, raided the Asokoro District, Abuja office of the National Development Project (NDP),  the political resource centre of ............Vanguard
   

• Nigerians should support EFCC to tackle political corruption —Nze Chukwu
  The National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East, Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu, is a factor to reckon with in the political equation of the  South East . As a major player in ................Vanguard
   

• Why detractors want INEC to fail, by IWU
  Our country is not only in the middle of critical reforms in various sectors of the national life today, but also in a transition of profound dimensions. We could all join  hands to define and take control of these .............Vanguard
   

• SSS raids Atiku’s campaign office - American worker arrested
  THE Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jnr), has faulted the United States government’s report ranking Nigeria among the 29 trouble spots in the world...Tribune
   

• EFCC arraigns Plateau Speaker, deputy, others
  THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Honourable Simon Bako Lalong, his deputy, Usman Zumunta...Tribune
   

• Vodacom Moves To Buy Into Globacom
  South Africa’s leading GSM operator, Vodacom, is making another move to enter the Nigerian market. It wants to...Daily Independent