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Académica Do Soyo Debut With Victory Over Nigerian Enyimba Team
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:18:39 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The Angolan senior males football team of Académica do Soyo defeated on Saturday the Nigerian Enyimba club by 2-0, in the first leg match of the preliminary phase of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup.
Corrupt Sacked Ministers to Face Efcc
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:03:31 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Ministers sacked Wednesday who were engrossed in corrupt practices may soon be made to account for their actions as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been called in to work with the recent Presidential Project Assessment Committee just as security operatives have been directed to keep a close watch on them.
Yar' Adua Should Be His Own Best Adviser, Says Babatope
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:44:38 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- At 67, Chief Ebenezer Babatope remains one of the political actors in the country with a radical disposition . This erudite persona who has traversed the corridors of students' activism, academic administration, law and public service holds nothing back in discussing any aspect of Nigeria's chequered national life as reflected in this interview with our Deputy Political Editor, Hugo Odiogor. Excerpts.
Jonathan Bars Ex-Ministers From Foreign Trips
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:44:36 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Indications emerged in Abuja yesterday that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has barred all ministers of the just dissolved executive council of the federation from travelling out of the country in the next one month.
Why Crises Persist in Nigeria, By Prince of Zauzzau
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:44:35 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The incessant ethnic and religious crises in Jos and other parts of the country is now threatening the unity of the country, what do you think should be done to stem the tide?
Lagerback Can Raise a Formidable Team , Odiaka
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:44:34 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Former Super Eagles player, Monday Odiaka has said three months is not too short for Lars Lagerback to tinker the players who will be invited for the World Cup preparation into a winning team.
Bench Warming Eagles - Siasia Backs Lagerback
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:44:33 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Former U-23 national team coach Samson Siasia has thrown his weight behind the decision of Super Eagles Technical Adviser Lars Lagerback to select only players who feature regularly in their clubs as the team prepares for the FIFA World Cup this summer in South Africa.
No Death in Dolphins Match
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:44:32 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- I have been inundated with calls over the last few hours with people who want to know the truth about a Zamfara United player who collapsed and died after a league match involving Dolphins and Zamfara, wrote China Acheru, Dolphins media officer.
Warri Bombing - Police Hunt For Bomb Maker
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:49:26 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- MEN of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Delta state have launched a manhunt for a bomb producer said to have configured the explosives that were used to disrupt the post-amnesty dialogue by Vanguard Newspapers, last Monday, at Government House Annex, Warri.
Court Rejects Iseghohi's Request to Travel Abroad
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:46:00 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, for the second time in two months, turned down the application by Thomas Iseghohi, former Group Managing Director of Transnational Corporation (Transcorp), and two others seeking to vary their bail conditions to enable them travel abroad.
Local Escapes Death at Miss East Africa - Dubai Pageant
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:23:42 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Revellers at the Miss East Africa beauty pageant at Submarine Club, Dhow Palace Hotel, Dubai, last Sunday turned violent in protest of the winner. Haider Luwaga, the Ugandan organiser, survived being stabbed by a Nigerian who demanded to know why his favourite contestant had not won. The Nigerian was held at Murragabat Police Station where Luwaga also made a statement.
Who Are Candidates for INEC Chair?
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:24:42 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- THE Presidency is considering six names as likely replacement for Professor Maurice Iwu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal.
Gaddafi's Call for Christian-Muslim Split Denounced in Nigeria
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:40:42 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Nigerian religious and political leaders have criticised Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi's call for the partitioning of Africa's most populous nation into two countries - one for Christians and one for Muslims
Jonathan Set to Re-Appoint Half the Cabinet
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:17:31 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The federal cabinet may roar back to life this week as Acting President Goodluck Jonathan is set to retain 21 of the 42 ministers relieved of their jobs last week following the dissolution of the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF).
Jos Massacre - 164 Face Charges
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:16:45 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Those arrested in connection with the massacre of women and children in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State on March 7, 2010 are in real soup.
NDLEA Makes Case for Stricter Border Control
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:03:31 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- There is need to patrol and put the nation's border towns on surveillance especially as the electioneering period is approaching to check the illicit trafficking of drugs and its subsequent abuse by youths in the country, the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said
Inside the Goodluck Jonathan Inner Circle
Posted:Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:02:50 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the Acting President, is well known to Nigerians over whose affairs he now presides. Since 2005 when he hit the limelight as the deputy governor of Bayelsa State, who was elevated to the gubernatorial seat after then governor Diepreye Alamiey-eseigha, was impeached by the legislators, Jonathan has been well known to his countrymen. They have seen him climbing up to become vice president and now acting president.
Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest
Posted:Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:56:34 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- This week, acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet, further securing his tenuous hold on the country's top post amidst rising unrest in the Niger Delta and flaring religious tensions in the central region of the country.
Lobbying for New Cabinet Reaches Fever Pitch
Posted:Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:35:10 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- As the lobbying for ministerial posts into the new cabinet reaches fever pitch, the Peoples Democratic Party has advised that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan seeks wider consultations with the party and its leadership in the selection of ministerial nominees whose name are expected to be sent to the Senate for screening next week.
Bayelsa's Precarious Financial Base
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:46:57 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- One of the principal macroeconomic goals of any government is to create job opportunities, wealth creation and poverty alleviation. These goals are usually encapsulated in the budget, which is a statement of estimated income and expenditure in a fiscal year.
Electoral Reform - Can Jonathan Make Any Difference?
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:46:55 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Last week, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan forwarded an unedited copy of the report of the Justice Mohammed Uwais-led Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) to the National Assembly for approval. Charles Ajunwa writes on the tasks before the legislature, asking whether the reform will be ready before the 2011 general election which is barely 10 months away
Don't Succumb to Governors' Dictates, AC Tells Jonathan
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:46:36 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The Action Congress (AC), has advised Acting Presi-dent, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan not to succumb to the dictates of the Governors' Forum or other selfish interests in reconstituting his cabinet, but to pick men and women who can make an appreciable impact in a short time.
Acting President Shocked us, Say Ex-Ministers
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:46:27 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The shock and consternation that greeted Wednesday's dissolution of the federal cabinet was yet to wear out yesterday as the former ministers began handing over to the permanent secretaries in their ministries.
Group Seeks Protection From Genocide
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:36:36 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- With no solution in sight to the ethno-religious crises in Plateau State, which recently claimed more than 500 lives, the Movement for the Survival of Plateau People (MOSOPP) has called for protection against genocide.
Senate Considers Legislation On DNA Tests
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:36:07 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Senate is considering a Bill, sponsored by Senator Adego â-‚Eferekaya, seeking to give legal backing for the use of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) tests to solve paternity cases and other criminal investigations.
Constitution Amendment - Ekweremadu C'ttee Submits Report
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:32:39 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The power to appoint the Chairman and members of the Board of the Independent National Electoral Commi-ssion (INEC) is retained in the President, going by the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Review of the Constitution (SCRC).
Protesters Shut AGIP Facility
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:32:37 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Protesters made up of mainly women and youths from Oleh, the administrative headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday shut down facilities of the‚Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC).
Kidnappers Release Odimegwu's Wife
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:31:59 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Abductors of former Managing Director/CEO, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Eze Festus Odimegwu's wife, yesterday released her, after keeping her in their custody for almost a week.
Sacked Ministers Stopped From Travelling
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:19:54 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- There were indications yesterday in Abuja that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan may have placed a two-week non-traveling ban on the sacked ministers.
Police Seize Truck Load of Ammunition
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:19:51 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- DETECTIVES from Federal Anti Robbery Squad (FARS), Adeniji Adele, Lagos have intercepted truck load of arms and ammunition worth over N12 million.
Acting President Shocked Us -Mustafa
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:19:41 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Former Minster of Interior, Dr. Shettima Mustafa yesterday said that the action of Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday sent shock waves down the spines of the cabinet ministers, adding that the disbandment of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) was abrupt.
France Boosts Country's Micro Finance Sector
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:07:18 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- France yesterday in Abuja granted Nigeria one million euro to build the capacity of its micro finance sector.
Cabinet Dissolution - 'Jonathan May Have Kept Obasanjo in Dark'
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:06:45 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Acting President Goodluck Jonathan shocked virtually everyone in the corridors of power by dissolving the entire cabinet because he kept the decision very close to his chest until he acted on Wednesday, a former minister told Daily Trust yesterday.
Warri Worries
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:03:11 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- WHAT happened in Warri on Monday is condemnable. That it could happen is despicable. Its implications are by far more reproachable.
Ruling Party Chairman Satisfied With Dissolution of Cabinet
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:03:07 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- GRADUALLY coming to terms with the reality that the People's Democratic Party, PDP, is undoubtedly losing out in ongoing power play in Aso Rock, Chairman of the ruling party, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, yesterday could not but accept his fate when he declared that he was satisfied by the dissolution of the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.
Senate Okays 2011 Polls for December
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:02:54 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The report of the 44-man Senate ad-hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has given a leeway to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct the next round of elections by this December.
S-West PDP Backs Dissolution of Cabinet
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:02:47 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West has thrown its weight behind the dissolution of the Federal Executive Council by the Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, promising to give him support as he steers the ship of the nation.
Delta Council Workers Protest Warri Explosions
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:01:30 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- WARRI--THOUSANDS of local government workers throughout the twenty-five councils of Delta State yesterday staged a peaceful rally along major roads in Warri, condemning the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta,MEND, for last Monday's bomb blast at Government House Annex, Warri, venue of Vanguard Media's organized two-day post-amnesty dialogue.
Bomb Scare - Edo Beefs Up Security
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:01:16 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- TIGHT security was observed at Edo State Government House, Benin City, yesterday, following the bombs found at the premises of the State House of Assembly and the state-owned Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS) recently.
IFC Expanding Training Opportunities for Small Businesses
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:58 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has disclosed that it is expanding the availability of specialised management and skills training tools to thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria.
FG Lambasts Ghaddafi, Recalls Ambassador
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:56 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The Federal Government has described the Libyan Leader, Muammar Ghadaffi's statement , that Nigeria should split into two in respect to recurring Jos crisis as "insensitive and irresponsible", even as it has recalled its Ambassador to Libya, Isa Mohammed for consultation.
Stay Away From Drugs, NWF Warns
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:49 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- WEIGHTLIFTING Federation of Nigeria (NWF) has warned weight-lifters against smearing the image of the country through doping as the contingent departs for Cairo today for the Olympic qualifiers.
Rights Activist Detained in Gambia
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:43:38 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The founder and Director of a Gambian human rights organisation, Mr Edwin Nwakaeme, is being held in detention and is at risk of a six-month prison sentence. His trial is ongoing.
Lame's Lame Outburst
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:08:39 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Ex-Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Lame's recent bashing of the Nigeria Police Force, under the leadership of Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, is a hypocritical and mischievous presentation of facts aimed at face-saving and buck-passing.
PDP Blasts El-Rufai Over Rotational Presidency
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:08:50 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday replied former Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Malam Nasir el-Rufai for criticising the party's decision to zone the 2011 Presidency to the North.
Utomi Blames Warri Explosions On Flawed Federalism
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:08:44 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The Director of Lagos Business School, Professor Pat Utomi, has observed that Nigeria created the conditions that led to the recent bombing in Warri.
FG Recalls Ambassador From Libya Over Gaddafi's Statement
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:42:40 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The Nigerian ambassador to Libya, Alhaji Aliu Mohammed, has been recalled over the provoking statement of Libyan president Muamar Gaddafi. This is made known from a statement released from the ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.
Bomb Blasts in Warri
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:24:34 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- A new dimension has been added to the political firmament in Nigeria with the bomb blasts which on Monday sent guests packing at the post-amnesty dialogue organized in Warri by The Vanguard newspaper to chart a new course for the Niger Delta.
Ekeji - Candour Borne Out of Patriotism
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:24:26 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- He played football at the top level of the game, both for the national team, the Green Eagles, as it was then called, and as member of the country's Academicals that won a soccer trophy for his fatherland in Accra, Ghana in the 1970s.
Ghadafi's Comment Irresponsible-FG - Recalls Ambassador in Libya-representatives Call for Severance of Ties
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:51:16 -0400
AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Nigeria has recalled its Ambassador from Libya, in reaction to the diplomatic row Maumar Ghadafi touched off on Tuesday when he advocated the break up of Africa's most populous nation along the lines of religious homogeneity.