• Nigeria police 'fight corruption'
  The police reject the conclusions of a report that it is regarded as one of Nigeria's most corrupt institutions. BBC

• US president surprised by BBC reporter's news from Sudan
  US President George Bush expressed amazement when he heard that the south Sudan peace deal was not working 18 months after it was signed. BBC

• US Supreme Court Rejects Military Tribunals for Terror Suspects
  The U.S. Supreme Court dealt the Bush administration a major legal setback in connection with the war on terror Thursday. The high court ruled that President Bush had overstepped his authority in ordering military tribunals for terrorism suspects being held at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. VoiceOfAmerica

• Israel rejects Mubarak deal on soldier
  Palestinian fighters have agreed to a conditional release of the kidnapped Israeli soldier, but Israel has not yet accepted their terms, an Egyptian newspaper quoted Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, as saying. Aljazeera

June 29, 2006

• Bakassi Students Invade Cameroon Consulate
  Students of Bakassi origin in different institutions of higher learning yesterday invaded the Cameroon Consulate in Calabar, and pulled down the country’s  national flag in protest against federal government’s decision to relocate them. ThisDay
   

• DPP Launched, Warns Against Election Rigging
  Newly registered political party, Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), was officially launched yesterday in Abuja with a pledge by its officials to give Nigerians a new political orientation that shall be anchored on the rule of law and a free and fair elections into political offices. ThisDay
   

• PHCN, Police Most Corrupt in Nigeria, By ICPC
  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Com-mission (ICPC) has said that the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and the Nigeria Police Force are the most corrupt public institutions in Nigeria. ThisDay
   

• Adeola Stands Down as Transcorp CEO
  The board of directors of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has asked Mr. Tajudeen Fola Adeola, to stand down as its pioneer Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. ThisDay
   

• Lar Faction Disowns Guidelines for PDP Primaries
  The Solomon Lar led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged members of the party to disregard the guidelines for the party primary elections purportedly issued by the National Executive of the party led by Senator Ahmadu Ali, ThisDay
   

• We’ve produced only one president - North; IBB, Buhari, others didn’t represent us
  NORTHERN leaders rose from a meeting in Makurdi, Benue State, on Wednesday, saying that the zone had produced only one president in the person of Alhaji Shehu Shagari. All former military Tribune
   

• PDP probes Ibori - Over anti-party activities
  THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a panel to investigate Governor James Ibori of Delta State over anti-party allegations levelled against him by the state chapter...Tribune
   

• Obaji, ex-education minister, under probe - ICPC
  THE sacked Education Minister, Mrs. Chinwe Obaji, is being probed by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) over alleged corrupt handling of public funds, the Nigerian Tribune can...Tribune
   

• SEDITION: 150 Lawyers Defend Durojaiye, Aruleba
  Trial Ridiculous - Soyinka - Arrest, Beginning Of Terror, Says Aturu Daily Independent
   

• I Have No Hand In ACD - Ibori
  Delta State Governor James Ibori has distanced himself from allegations that he was funding the Advanced Congress of Democrats...Daily Independent
   

• PDP to try Gov Ibori for backing ACD * It is a lie, he says
  ABUJA — JUST  24 hours after the National Chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr.  Ahmadu Ali, warned that the party would henceforth  invoke the party’s ................Vanguard