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September 30, 2006

  • Fayose, Deputy Get Impeachment Notice
    Twenty four members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, led by Mr. Friday Aderemi, Speaker of the House, have jointly served and sent notices of imp... ThisDay
     

  • 13 Plateau Lawmakers Arraigned
    Thirteen members of the Plateau State House of Assembly were yesterday arraigned before a Lagos Federal High Court on a 39-count charge of money laund... ThisDay
     

  • Atiku Vows to Challenge PDP Suspension in Court
    Vice President Atiku Abubakar has vowed to challenge the suspension slammed on him by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Court. But former O... ThisDay
     

  • House moves to impeach Fayose, deputy
    House of Assembly, Hon. Friday Aderemi and 23 other members of the assembly, the governor and his deputy were alleged to have committed various acts amounting to gross misconduct and abuse of office contrary to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. >>Champion
     

  • Fayose Gets Impeachment Notice
    Things are sure falling apart and the centre can no longer hold in Ekiti State. Those pulling the rug from under the governor...Daily Independent

NIGERIA PERISCOPES THE WORLD

  • SA crime 'deters foreign firms'
    South Africa's high levels of crime are continuing to deter foreign investors, a business group warns. BBC

  • Nigerian Vice President Rejects Party Suspension
    The Nigerian vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has rejected his suspension for three months from the ruling party. The suspension rules Abubakar out as a candidate of the party for next year's presidential election. VoiceOfAmerica

  • Appeal over Aboriginal title ruling
    An Australian state government will appeal against a landmark court ruling that granted Aborigines native title to the city of Perth. Aljazeera

September 29, 2006

  • AD tasks Atiku over corruption charges
    AS the face-off between President Obasanjo and his vice, Atiku Abubakar, thickens, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) has asked Atiku to prove his innocence over the charges. Champion
     

  • PDP Edges Out Atiku
    Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition dimmed further yesterday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suspended him for three months, effectively shutting him out of the party’s presidential primaries fixed for December 16. ThisDay
     

  • Obasanjo: EFCC Report on Governors Sensational
    President Olusegun Obasanjo has picked holes in the submission of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that investigations have been concluded on at least 14 state governors on charges of corruption and embezzlement of public funds. ThisDay
     

  • Odili, Egwu, Ngige, Yerima, Others React
    Sharp reactions yesterday trailed the Economic and Financial Crimes Com-mission’s (EFCC) disclosure to the Senate on Wednesday that about 31 state governors were under investigations for corrupt practices. Thisday
     

  • Presidency: Top Officials Marked for Elimination
    The Presidency yesterday alleged that top officials of the Olusegun Obasanjo administration had been marked for assassination. ThisDay
     

  • PDP suspends Atiku - Court in rowdy session over him
    THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday suspended Vice President Atiku Abubakar for three months. This means that Atiku will not be able to present himself as a candidate Tribune
     

  • Assassins trail 4 ministers, NSA - Presidency
    THE Presidency on Thursday claimed that assassins were after the four ministers and the National Security Adviser, General Sarki Mukhtar, who served on the administrative panel that indicted Vice President...Tribune
     

  • Not All Governors Are Corrupt – Ribadu
    Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, declared on Thursday that not all governors named in...Daily Independent
     

  • Atiku suspended,  misses PDP convention
    ABUJA— THE ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday slammed Vice President Atiku Abubakar with a three-month suspension which .......Vanguard
     

  • PTDF:Obasanjo/Atiku Senators head for showdown...and Ken Nnamani’s game plan
    Tuesday’s resolution by the Senate to investigate the affairs of the Petroleum  Technology Development Fund ..................Vanguard

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  • Nigeria vice-president suspended
    Nigeria's vice-president is suspended from his party's ranks ranks for three months over corruption allegations. BBC

  • Nigerian State Governors Face Corruption Indictment
    Nigeria's anti-graft agency has issued a sweeping indictment of several of Nigeria's 36 state governors, accusing them of widespread corruption and the looting of the public treasury. VoiceOfAmerica

September 28, 2006

  • Ribadu in Senate: 31 Governors Under Investigation
    Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commis-sion (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday unmasked 31 state governors that the commission had been investigating in connection with sundry offences, including alleged criminal diversion of local government funds. ThisDay
     

  • PTDF: Senate Names 13-Member Probe Committee
    The Senate yesterday annou-nced a 13- member Ad-Hoc Committee headed by Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) to investigate the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and some other related matters or organizations ThisDay
     

  • Obasanjo Halts Move to Expel Atiku
    A minister reportedly caused a stir during the meeting of the Federal Executive Council yesterday as he queried the moral basis of the participation of Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who he said, had not only been indicted but had also taken the government to court. ThisDay
     

  • Looting: EFCC report indicts 15 governors
    ABUJA— AFTER months of investigation of the petitions and allegations of corruption against 31 of the state governors/governments, the ......Vanguard
     

  • Gazette of probe panel report on Atiku
    ABUJA—Under the terms of a mutual legal assistance treaty subsisting between the governments of the United States of America ....Vanguard
     

  • Ministers boo Atiku at FEC meeting - Senate sets up panel to probe PTDF
    THE standoff between President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday assumed a dramatic twist as angry members of the federal cabinet attempted to boo Tribune
     

  • FG to scrap JAMB, WAEC, NECO
    ALL the examination bodies in the country, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Examinations Council (NECO) and National...Tribune
     

  • 2007: We’ll Surprise Critics – Iwu
    Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Maurice Iwu, on Wednesday told off critics who say elections next...Daily Independent

NIGERIA PERISCOPES THE WORLD

  • Polls open in Zambian elections
    Voters wait for hours to cast their ballets in Zambia's closely fought presidential elections. BBC

  • Conference Seeks Increased US Investment in Africa
    US-Africa Infrastructure Conference being held in Washington, DC VoiceOfAmerica

September 27, 2006