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Nigeria President dissolves Cabinet
- In Nigeria, the acting President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the Federal Executive cabinet. the announcement was made shortly after the weekly executive meeting in Abuja. The dissolution is coming on the heel of the signing of the Oil and Gas bill into law three days ago and weeks after some cabinet members had been dropped. This dissolution is the biggest move undertaken by the Jonathan led administration. The list of the new members of the cabinet is yet to be made public. Dr. Jonathan became the head of Government on 9th February after the National Assembly ratified and empowered him to become the commander in chief. That position gave him power to sign bills, reshuffle t…Private Investors plus 400b Naira For Electricity
- Many are doubting it but Nigeria Power Minster Mr. Lanre Babolola has stated that the Federal government can not meet the electricity need of the over 150 million population in the country without reforming the power sector and creating the environment for private sector investors to participate. The minister who was addressing a meeting of stakeholders and media executives at Abuja said the government had had sundry lingering debts and the sum required to restructure the Power Holding Company of Nigeria would cost about N400 billion to offload liability, and another N17 billion is needed for pension. “Almost all the companies that have enjoyed various grants from the governm…Bomb Blast Ends Post-Amnesty Conference In Nigeria
- At about 11.30 Monday morning in Nigeria, Warri, the capital city of Delta State experienced a rude shock resulting from blast of bombs near the government house annex, conference hall and set at stir the attendees to the post-Amnesty conference organized by the Vanguard Newspaper and sponsored by the Delta State Government. The conference was already under way and as the chairman of the session General Andrew Azazi concluded his opening statement what followed was a reverberation from the bomb blast; two times, and shattered the window glasses of the hall. The quests and host all scampered to safety and the conference ended. Many are said to be injured in the process. Rumbles of th…Bomb Blast Ends Post-Amnesty Conference In Nigeria
- At about 11.30 Monday morning in Nigeria, Warri, the capital city of Delta State experienced a rude shock resulting from blast of bombs near the government house annex, conference hall and set at stir the attendees to the post-Amnesty conference organized by the Vanguard Newspaper and sponsored by the Delta State Government. The conference was already under way and as the chairman of the session General Andrew Azazi concluded his opening statement what followed was a reverberation from the bomb blast; two times, and shattered the window glasses of the hall. The quests and host all scampered to safety and the conference ended. Many are said to be injured in the process. Rumbles of th…813 Youths Surrender llegal Bunkery Implements
- In Ogoni land in Rivers State of Nigeria, 813 youths involved in illegal crude oil bunkery has promised to stay away from oil installations and have surrendered implements they used in their illegal refineries business of distilling crude oil. The surrendered is sequel to the first arrest of 250 youths by the task force on eradicating illegal bunkery in the Ogoni areas, set up by Governor Chibuike Amaechi. The task force made up of Ogoni people is to rid the area of such activities to make real and effective the task of the Federal Government committee saddled with the responsibility of remediation of the highly impacted Ogoni area. But the high bunkery activities of Ogoni youths had f…Mock casualities become victims of Plane crash
- An exercise undertaken in an Air force Plane, intended to be a demonstration designed to test the emergency preparedness among Nigeria Air force, naval and other air emergency personnel had suffered a landing accident at the Port Harcourt International airport this afternoon. About 52 passengers comprising 24 mock casualties, naval officials and journalists lost control after landing and swerved off the tarmac into the bush. There was an initial confusion following the incident among the passengers who made frantic moves to escape. But most of them sustained injuries in the process. No life was lost in the crash. The wounded had been rushed to the Rivers state government owned Braithw…A National Lawmaker 's Plea for Corps Members
- Sequel to the midnight attack on Christians by Fulani Cattle herdsmen on residencts in Doko Nahawa, Jos In Northern Nigeria, the National House of Representatives has passed a resolution on Thursday asking the Directorate of the National Youth Service Scheme to re-deploy the 2010 Batch ”A” corps members corps,1,211 in number be posted to Plateau State. The House demanded that the corps members should be reposted to neighbouring states owing to the security situation in parts of the Plateau state. The motion by the member from Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ikperikpo Ekpo, said the lives of the youths are endangered. He argued that they could become victims of a crisis they knew n…Midnight Attack kills children and women in Jos
- A midnight attack on residents in Dogo Nahawa village in Jos south Local government in Plateau state in Northern Nigeria by suspected Hausa cattle rearing Fulani had left about 200 persons feared dead. The attackers came upon the community at 2.30am in the night breaking into Sunday, set the house ablaze and used machetes and shot several rounds of gun at the residents who were running out from the burning houses for rescue. Most of those killed were children including sucklings and women. The chief Medical director of Jos teaching hospital, Dr. Pam Dantong said victims; wounded and dead were brought to the hospital as early as 5.30 am Sunday morning. And attention is been given…Ghana`s Rawlings: Change lies in dialogue
Former Ghanaian president JJ Rawlings had warned Nigerians against the use of violent reform of the nations political and socio- economic landscape. He said such times were gone and the best way to effect change lies in dialogue and peaceful means. - The former coupist was speaking with journalists shortly after he had paid a courtesy call on the acting president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan at his official residence in Abuja.
Rawlings, who ruled Ghana for nearly 20 years was in Nigeria for the Commonwealth Local government forum in Nigeria.
He said Nigeria has the persons and institutions and required proper application of the laws to stem corruption. He applauded the peaceful wa…Antics of Organised Street Beggars
- Mr. Pius Emmanuel was the only man in the company of three girls who went begging for arms on the streets from members of the public. Mr. Emmanuel, a 26 years old man is the leader who had been in the trade since 2004. He coordinated the street begging under the guise of Compassion International Project Centre, a supposed Non-governmental Organistion under the auspices of The Apostolic Church Nigeria in Amumara town in Anambra State. Each morning, members of the group took off from their abode, somewhere in Rumuigbo in Obio/Akpor local government. They were desirous like every other worker or business person. They endured the sun and the mild rain. Their missionary outreach for the need…Guarding Against Fire
- The first reporter fire outbreak at the advent of this dry season was the incidence at the Nembe Waterside in the old Port Harcourt Township. A commercial wooden boat with drums of fuel designated for some Riverine communities got aflame due to a careless drop of a lit cigarette butt. The loss was colossal by the time the fire was put out. More fire incidences had occurred afterwards burning up chains of shanties, stores, property and human beings like the Ogbunabali incidence where a mother of four saved her children with the help of her neighbour but got trapped when she went for some personal effects. The four children like other victims bemoaned their fate and to depend on som…Short Story: Cake In The Pipe
- ‘It’s bad doing business around here,’ dotted every sentence that Mr. Vincent Etinosa made in the thirty minutes I engaged him in a conversation. Mr. Etinosa is an Edo indigene doing business in Elelenwo in Obio/Akpor local government, Rivers State. He is a graduate of computer science and the CEO of Jerry Business Centre located at the Trans Elelenwo-Woji road junction linking Akpajo Town. I had gone to the centre, on the first floor of a two storey building to type and print a TV script that would be use for a public announcement in the evening. ‘To type and print is ten naira,’ Mr. Etinosa told me when I inquired of the cost. I did not hide my feeling …Iria Outing Ceremony
- On the 5th of December, 2009, the Koniju Town in Okrika Local Government of Rivers State in Nigeria organised the Iria [puberty] ceremony. It is a yearly event that honours virgins and encourages virginity among female youths in the entire Okrika ethnic nationality. The supposed virgins were painted with native Ichichu and Buruma dyes from the ankles to the crown of their heads. It was beautifully crafted with delicate designs on their bodies. They were expected to have entered Waribie –[the room] in their respective compounds on select days of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth months of the year. Then a final entry will span for at least thirty days with select women and fema…Nigeria: Tackling HIV/AIDS in Rivers State
- Following the discovery of Hiv/Aids in 1981 globally, african countries, under the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU), organised the first Africa Unity summit to craft a continental response to the emerging scourge. The first Nigerian case was reported at an international aids conference in 1986. Worried by the findings, the federal government immediately initiated proactive measures to check the situation and curb the spread of the scourge. Regrettably the virus has continued to penetrate every nook and cranny of the country, claiming lives. As the world prepares to mark another aids day, concerns are again raised on the workability of various moves initiated to increase awa…Fourth World Arts, Culture Summit For South Africa
- The National Arts Council of South Africa will host the fourth World Summit on Arts and Culture at Johannesburg, 22-25 September, 2009. It is a project of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA). The Programme Director for the Summit and Head of the Arterial Network's Secretariat Mike van Graan, has already dedicated a weekly column in the build up to the Summit to raise themes and provocative issues that will generate debate at the event. Many on the Arterial Network database are warming up to attend the World Summit. The columns features will be sent to the database with the first four sent daily basis of each week then they will be distributed week…Fourth World Arts, Culture Summit For South Africa
- The National Arts Council of South Africa will host the fourth World Summit on Arts and Culture at Johannesburg, 22-25 September, 2009. It is a project of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA). The Programme Director for the Summit and Head of the Arterial Network's Secretariat Mike van Graan, has already dedicated a weekly column in the build up to the Summit to raise themes and provocative issues that will generate debate at the event. Many on the Arterial Network database are warming up to attend the World Summit. The columns features will be sent to the database with the first four sent daily basis of each week then they will be distributed week…Nigeria offers employment for militants
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette said the federal government of Nigeria has taken its determination to quell the Niger Delta crisis by providing paid employment in the oil and gas, information technology and agricultural sector for repentant militants. - The employment initiative was made public at the 3-day National Programme on Human Resource Development for Enhanced National Security organised by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in collaboration with the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and Hiltton Communications Limited in Abuja.
Chief Ekaette who delivered a speech titled: “Our Roadmap to Peace and Security in the Niger Delta Region: The 7-Point Agenda Conn…Nigeria:Paid Employment For Repentant Militants
- Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette says the Federal government of Nigeria has taken its determination to quell the Niger Delta crisis by providing paid employment in the oil and gas, information technology and agricultural sector for repentant militants. The employment initiative was made public at the 3-day National Programme on Human Resource Development for Enhanced National Security organised by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in collaboration with the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and Hiltton Communications Limited in Abuja. Chief Ekaette who delivered a speech titled: “Our Roadmap to Peace and Security in the Niger Delta Region: The 7-Point Agenda Conn…UN Award Nigeria Police for Excellent Peascekeeping
- The United Nations (UN) has awarded peace keeping medals to 120 Nigeria Police Officers for their meritorious service in Liberia. The Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Ellen Margrethe Loj, commended Nigeria's peacekeepers for being "well-equipped to provide creative and home-grown expert solutions to complex global challenges," in international peacekeeping. The envoy spoke in the Liberian central city of Gbarnga, while conferring the award to the 120 officers which included 18 females of the Nigerian Formed Police Unit (NFPU).in Liberian central city of Gbarnga. Ellen Loj, who is a Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN, observed that "Nigerians…UN award Nigeria police
The United Nations has awarded peace keeping medals to 120 Nigeria police officers for their meritorious service in Liberia. The Head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Ellen Margrethe Loj, commended Nigeria's peacekeepers for being "well-equipped to provide creative and home-grown expert solutions to complex global challenges," in international peacekeeping. - The envoy spoke in the Liberian central city of Gbarnga, while conferring the award to the 120 officers which included 18 females of the Nigerian Formed Police Unit (NFPU) in Liberian central city of Gbarnga. Ellen Loj, who is a Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN, observed that "Nigerians always came to peace…Nigeria: Nollywood Actor Blame Politicians for His Abduction
- A popular Nigerian actor and chairman Nigeria Rebranding committee Chief Pete Edochie had blamed Nigeria politicians whose activities had aggraviated Nigeria youths and made him a victim of kidnappers. He was speaking shortly after he was released after he had spent three days with his abductors who abducted him at Nkpor on his way to Asaba, Delta. He said the incidents that keep recurring in the north are not religious disturbances; they manifest themselves as violent civil disobedience but actually, those insurrections are inspired by hapless circumstances. What presents itself as irredeemable poverty and people who are victims of this poverty are the people who are easy to manipulate…Emerging Drama in Nigeria Banking Sector
- It was in May when the former CBN governor Professor Charles Soludo annouced that Nigerian Banks do not need bail-out fund to grapple with the challenge the world economic melt down evoked. But the confidence so expressed had been proved wrong two months after. His succession Mr. Sanusi Sanusi had uncovered cross financial practice that is actually recking the financial sector of the economy. The discovery also shows that Prof Charles Soludo may have used his position as Chairman of African Finance Corporation to borrow N32 billion from Oceanic Bank. The new CBN governor sacked the chief executives of five banks last week for allegedly mismanaging their banks and accumulating a portfoli…Emerging Drama in Nigeria Banking Sector
- It was in May when the former CBN governor Professor Charles Soludo annouced that Nigerian Banks do not need bail-out fund to grapple with the challenge the world economic melt down evoked. But the confidence so expressed had been proved wrong two months after. His succession Mr. Sanusi Sanusi had uncovered cross financial practice that is actually recking the financial sector of the economy. The discovery also shows that Prof Charles Soludo may have used his position as Chairman of African Finance Corporation to borrow N32 billion from Oceanic Bank. The new CBN governor sacked the chief executives of five banks last week for allegedly mismanaging their banks and accumulating a portfoli…Emerging Drama in Nigeria Banking Sector
- It was in May when the former CBN governor Professor Charles Soludo annouced that Nigerian Banks do not need bail-out fund to grapple with the challenge the world economic melt down evoked. But the confidence so expressed had been proved wrong two months after. His succession Mr. Sanusi Sanusi had uncovered cross financial practice that is actually recking the financial sector of the economy. The discovery also shows that Prof Charles Soludo may have used his position as Chairman of African Finance Corporation to borrow N32 billion from Oceanic Bank. The new CBN governor sacked the chief executives of five banks last week for allegedly mismanaging their banks and accumulating a portfoli…Nigerian 2011 Elections Bleak
- Less than 20 months to the 2011 general elections in Nigeria, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, has alarmed that it is not sure of the scope of functions, as well as the legal instrument to employ in the conduct of the 2011 elections. Iwu blamed INEC confusion on going debates on the electoral and constitutional reforms which have delayed INEC from starting deliberations and enlightenment campaigns about the electoral processes, procedures, as well as the guidelines to ensure free and fair delivery of the elections. Iwu was speaking IN Kaduna at the three-day retreat on INEC Operational Plans for the 2011 General Electio…
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