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News Search Results for Nigeria nigerianews "RSSMix.com Mix ID 12494" - 109 new articles Premiership: Kanu Aiyegbeni on Target Nigeria Tops World Champs Serbia Montenegro How Akwa United Calabar Rovers Killed Nigerian Football Berger Paints: Knocked Down But Not Out We re Not Intimidating CITN Says ICAN President Firm Chief Woos Investors To Aspen Estate Millennium Towers Tone up Abuja s Beauty Big Boys Begin Premiership Title Quest Ghana 2008: Whither Super Eagles 2007: Middle Belt Group Supports Horsfall Quit PDP Now PPA Tells Kalu Eminent Nigerians Commend Telecom Awards 2006 PDP Female Presidential Aspirant Emerges Jonathan: We ve Changed Bayelsa DDB s Capital Media MediaReach Wrestle over OMD Affiliation Credit Card ll Salvage Naira Says Dariye Will Supersports Return Glamour to Local League Celtel Retains Insight Uncertainty in Lintas Senator Backs FG s Anti corruption Crusade 2007: Adiukwu Bakare Unfolds Agenda Okogie Urges FG to Check Assassinations Nnamani Seeks Women Children Protection Embrace Peace Group Urges Uba Brothers 2007: PDP Can t Stop Aregbesola s Ambition LASTMA Launches Website More Aspirants Join Senatorial Race The Limits of Politics Shake Up at JDA as FG Drops 2 Directors Discovering the Sweetness of Honey Bee Tourism Akinsola Akinfemiwa: Academia s Loss Banking s Gain FG Outlines Ways of Making Commodity Exchange Relevant Intercontinental Bank Keeps Investors Hope Alive Agents of Change EFCC Threat Sends Bank Chiefs Running for Cover Ebira Alleges Marginalisation in Kogi We Didn t Endorse Any S South Gov Feladey brings Peoples Paradise Nigerian hospitality stars in London Anxiety greets FTAN award nite AGM Campaign for tourism awareness goes on TV Kennis Music releases 2Face VIP KSB MzBell s albums I had my first child at 44 Bournvita Magic Flight leaves for Spain SCSA PMAN collaborate on anthem Becoming a teacher Commandant ejects police from barracks Awujale Condemns Adenuga s Harassment Audu Wants to Frame Me Says Kogi Gov Ibrahim: No Way for IBB Buhari Others August Visitor Offiah s final journey home Arebamen must hear this Day constable beats up his boss Ibrahim Boyi: Energy sector s Man friday I see myself as a man Stella Monye I ll Not Quit Politics as Murder Suspect Says Ojikutu Why I m in Delta Guber Race by Obielum Dariye: North ll Support Igbo Presidency if 2007: We ll Protect Our Votes Says Buhari Joint Task Force Arrest 2 000 in Port Hacourt Wins Community Development Award German Hostage Freed We Didn t Endorse Any S South Gov German Hostage Freed A return to good life Making Health Insurance Affordable How to combat wrinkles Obasanjo Atiku Suspend Feud Falana: IG Has Strong Clues to Nail Daramola s Killers Joint Task Force Arrest 2 000 in Port Hacourt 2007: We ll Protect Our Votes Says Buhari Why Obasanjo Dissolved NIHOTOUR Board 2007: INEC Tasked on Parties Code of Conduct Youth Empowerment Panacea to Violence Ex NMA Chief Seeks Review of Penal Code Ex Leader to Contest House Seat Middle East Still A Fragile Truce 400 000 Benefit from NDDC Medicare Darfur: How the Peace Deal Failed Job Creation My Priority Monarch s Son Joins Guber Race UTC Service Delivery Commended Release Gani Adams Others FG Told German hostage freed in Nigeria wants to resume normal work (People's Daily) Hostage Taking and Cheap Political Blackmail Cases of Assassinations No EFCC is Not Selective What Does IBB Want to Repair Transcorp Shares: Atiku s Example The Nasarawa Gubernatorial Challenge Imo: Martin Agbaso and the Guber Cross Away with Politics of Intolerance My Own Story By Aliyu Probe Splits Oyo Assembly First to Be Recalled Britain: EU Tightens Security on Air Travel Again PDP Depletes Opposition Parties Caucuses My Dear Professor Maurice Iwu Babangida at 65: A Birthday Tribute What a Senseless War Taming the Turks in Anambra Nigeria Arrests 100 in Oil-Rich South (ABC News) 100 arrested in crackdown on militants in Nigeria's oil-rich south (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) Nigeria arrests 100 in oil-rich south (AP via Yahoo! News) Nigeria launches kidnap crackdown (BBC News) Nigeria recall Aiyegbeni (BBC News) US wins while Aussies and Nigeria shock world basketball foes (AFP via Yahoo! News) One of two Germans kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AFP via Yahoo! News) Oil worker in Nigeria is released (BBC News) Premiership: Kanu Aiyegbeni on Target Two Nigerian internationals Nwankwo Kanu and Yakubu Aiyegbeni were on target yesterday as the English Premiership season got underway For Kanu it was a dream Pompey debut as he scored a brace when Portsmouth stunned Blackburn Rovers 3 0 at Nigeria Tops World Champs Serbia Montenegro A quick Nigerian team led by New York Knicks guard Ime Udoka proved too much for reigning world champions Serbia and Montenegro with the Africans ecking out a 82 75 win in Japan yesterday Nigeria used a swarming defensive to How Akwa United Calabar Rovers Killed Nigerian Football When Italian teams including Juventus was named in the worst Match Fixing saga to have rocked Italian football shortly before the World Cup in Germany last Summer quite a few reckoned with the story However Berger Paints: Knocked Down But Not Out Even though Berger Paints 2005 operating result presents a company completely knocked down by poor management the attitude of the new board and management to its failure seems to reassure shareholders of better days ahead We re Not Intimidating CITN Says ICAN President Taxation Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria ICAN the professional body for accounting practice in the country has for the umpteenth time clarified issues on the on going jurisdictional dispute between it and the Chartered Institute Firm Chief Woos Investors To Aspen Estate Investors have been advised to avail themselves of business opportunities existing at the Aspen Estate located within Modern Gateway City at the border of Lagos and Ogun states in Isheri North Mr Sola Adekunle Executive Chairman Elleon Properties Limited Millennium Towers Tone up Abuja s Beauty It is always wonderful to behold products contrived by the human mind in the mould of natural landmarks Such craving minds evoked thoughts of the Sphinx in Egypt the Statue of Liberty in the United Big Boys Begin Premiership Title Quest Fixtures The first weekend of the new English Premiership weekend ends this afternoon with the entry of the big boys Chelsea and Manchester United into the marathon which is the race to be crowned Ghana 2008: Whither Super Eagles Super Eagles of Nigeria will commence their 2008 Nations Cup qualifier campaign against Niger Republic on September 2 at the National Stadium Abuja However Emeka Enechi observes that the national team which has 2007: Middle Belt Group Supports Horsfall The Middle Belt Youth Democratic Forum has called on the people of the South South zone to present credible candidates like Chief A K Horsfall for the 2007 presidential race The youths while on a visit to the Niger Delta Quit PDP Now PPA Tells Kalu There are indications that the Progressive Peoples Alliance PPA is getting impatient with the continued stay of Abia State governor Chief Orji Uzor Kalu in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP even when all his supporters have left Eminent Nigerians Commend Telecom Awards 2006 Eminent Nigerians including former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar Minister of Communications Chief Cornelius Adebayo and former Information Minister Chief Alex Akinyele have commended the organisers of the 2006 edition of the Nigerian Telecom Awards which was PDP Female Presidential Aspirant Emerges In what appeared a radical twist in the count down to 2007 presidential elections a female aspirant and Nigeria s first woman Ambassador to Germany Chief Elizabeth Ogbon Day at the weekend declared interest in the nation s topmost job even Jonathan: We ve Changed Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan of Bayelsa State has said his administration has in its eight months of existence changed the face of development from what it used to be in the state just as he vowed to put a DDB s Capital Media MediaReach Wrestle over OMD Affiliation Advertising amp amp Media Indications emerged recently that there is a power tussle and a resultant cold war between Nigeria s leading Media Independent MI MediaReach and a new entrant Capital Media a recently floated MI of DDB Credit Card ll Salvage Naira Says Dariye Plateau State Governor Chief Joshua Dariye said in Jos that the naira can only be salvaged through the introduction of credit card system Dariye made the observation at the start of a campaign by the Jos branch of Will Supersports Return Glamour to Local League As a result of the power of television the English Premiership and Spanish La Liga are arguably the most exciting leagues in the world However Total Promotions sublet television rights to Supersports to beam Nigeria Celtel Retains Insight Uncertainty in Lintas Advertising amp amp Media News just filtering in says that the Celtel team that recently visited both Insight Grey and Lowe Lintas has so far decided to retain Insight Grey out of the two leading agencies having been assessed and Senator Backs FG s Anti corruption Crusade Kaduna The Independent and Corrupt Practices and Other Related Commis sion ICPC Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and the Budget Monitoring Unit Due Process have been described as the greatest gifts of Obasanjo s government to 2007: Adiukwu Bakare Unfolds Agenda Lagos Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Mrs Remi Adiukwu Bakare has declared that her mission at the Government House Alausa come 2007 is to redefine Lagos into a model state for others Okogie Urges FG to Check Assassinations Yobe Worried by the spate of assassinations in the country the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos Anthony Cardinal Okogie has urged the Federal Government to take urgent measures to redress the situation The Cardinal in a Nnamani Seeks Women Children Protection Enugu Governor Chimaroke Nna mani of Enugu State has said children are the bridge to the future guarantee of tomorrow and as such every effort must be made to protect women and children because by so Embrace Peace Group Urges Uba Brothers Anambra A socio political group based in Abuja FCT Igbonekwu has tasked the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic Matters Dr Andy Uba to avoid a new class of politicians from the South East geo political 2007: PDP Can t Stop Aregbesola s Ambition Osun Despite the release of Lagos State Commissioner for Works Engr Rauf Aregbesola by the police following the August 5 political clash in Osogbo the Osun State the Chairman of Onigbongbo Development Centre Mr Idowu LASTMA Launches Website Lagos As part of development to meet up with the inadquate and lack of data collection on traffic Lagos State Traffic Management Authority LASTMA has launched a website known as www lastmalagos com Its Chief Executive Officer More Aspirants Join Senatorial Race Plateau The race for the 2007 senatorial election in the Plateau North senatorial election has gained a momentum as more aspirants have shown their intention to contest for the seat in the 2007 Investigation by THISDAY The Limits of Politics A familiar national ritual is currently in progress Politics and politicking are back on the front burner of national affairs New parties are being formed Political rallies are being held here and there Politicians have once again taken to Shake Up at JDA as FG Drops 2 Directors The Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority JDA have effected some administrative changes leading to the replacement of two Nigerian executive directors The directors affected by the change are Dr Muhammad Bose Ahmad and Engr Samuel Obiorah who Discovering the Sweetness of Honey Bee Tourism Some tourists are forever looking for new thrills an out of the ordinary experience that increases excitement and adds to knowledge Nseobong Okon Ekong reports that special interest tours with all the inherent dangers retains an Akinsola Akinfemiwa: Academia s Loss Banking s Gain He read Agricultural Economics at the University of Nigeria Nsukka and subsequently developed a passion for lecturing in the intellectually liberating environment of the academia He even hoped to be a professor one day Perhaps FG Outlines Ways of Making Commodity Exchange Relevant Minister of Commerce Dr Aliyu Umar Modibbo has outlined how the Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange can be of benefit to stakeholders ranging from food processing and manufacturing companies to government agencies and the United Nations Modibbo who Intercontinental Bank Keeps Investors Hope Alive The bank had raised over N50 billion as shareholders funds during the consolidation exercise with a promise to deliver superior returns to investors Last week it presented its first full year post consolidation financial results to Agents of Change Obviously the one word that sums up what Nigeria is in dire need of is change There is almost no single area or sphere in our national life where change is not desperately needed The higher percentage of EFCC Threat Sends Bank Chiefs Running for Cover The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC may have directed its searchlight on the country s financial industry in its bid to rid it of unscrupulous elements helping themselves and politicians to loot the treasury dry Ebira Alleges Marginalisation in Kogi Indigenes of Ebira in Lagos have decried the alleged marginalisation of Ebiraland by the Kogi State Government and called on Governor Ibrahim Idris to reverse the trend At the monthly meeting in Lagos held at Arowojobe Central Mosque Oshodi We Didn t Endorse Any S South Gov The Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth an umbrella body of Igbo Youth groups said it had not endorsed any of the South South governors jostling for the 2007 presidency The group therefore maintained that the next president should come from the Southeast Feladey brings Peoples Paradise At every step of his musical career King David Odey better known as Feladey has received favour Even back in the early 1970s when the journey began and it wasn t too clear to him that drops of mercy Nigerian hospitality stars in London A foremost marketing public relations company Tour Image Concept TIC is currently gathering vital information and data about Nigeria s hospitality and tourist attractions with the plan to showcase Nigeria to the entire world at an exhibition in London The exhibition Anxiety greets FTAN award nite AGM Few days to the much anticipated Federation Tourism Associations of Nigeria FTAN annual general meeting and first National Tourism Award at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotels and Towers Abuja on Friday August 25 three candidates Campaign for tourism awareness goes on TV A special programme to enhance enlightenment and increase awareness on tourism would hit television screens nationwide soon This revelation was made when the new Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation NTDC Otunba Olusegun Runsewe paid a Kennis Music releases 2Face VIP KSB MzBell s albums The various publics in the music industry who have waited with baited breath for the follow up to 2Face Idibia s ground breaking debut Face2Face can heave a sigh of relief Eventhough their anxiety were totally assuaged by the issue of I had my first child at 44 Very quietly wife of the Governor of Oyo State Mrs Oluwakemi Alao Akala sneaked into the consciousness of Nigerians when fate brought her husband to power Her husband Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala had served under Governor Ladoja Bournvita Magic Flight leaves for Spain Magic flighters on the yearly Bournvita Children s Magic Flight BCMF organized Cadbury Nigeria have commenced the magical experience in Spain this year s destination which was chosen for its reputation as the country introduced the world to the culture of SCSA PMAN collaborate on anthem Coming on the heels of a successful partnership deal with the respected Federal Capital Territory Abuja team of Mallam Nadir El Rufai is another partnership request from the Supreme Council For Sports in Africa SCSA The organization in a letter Becoming a teacher Taching can be a most rewarding career that offers many opportunities It is one of the most stimulating careers available today which has the ability to influence or make a lasting difference in so many lives As a Commandant ejects police from barracks The age long adage that wonders never end found an eloquent voice at the Police College Ikeja recently as the new Commandant served quit letters to officers and men of the force living in Highway Patrol Barracks Ikeja to Awujale Condemns Adenuga s Harassment The Awujale of Ijebuland Oba Sikiru Adetona has condemned what he described as the quot harassment quot of one of his subjects and business mogul Mike Adenuga by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and maintained that his Adenuga s Audu Wants to Frame Me Says Kogi Gov Kogi State Governor Alhaji Ibrahim Idris has raised an alarm alleging that his predecessor Alhaji Abubakar Audu may have perfected a plot to attack some persons only to turn round and place it at the doorsteps of the Ibrahim: No Way for IBB Buhari Others Governor Bukar Abba Ibrahim of Yobe State has cast aspersions on the presidential aspiration of retired military officers saying Nigerians will no longer allow recycled Generals to take over the reins of governance in the country Apparently referring to August Visitor Mary and Martha were expecting someone special A lot of effort had been put into preparing to host their guest This August visitor was not just anyone he was God in person Martha went to town She spring cleaned Offiah s final journey home Hon Justice Frank Okagbue Offiah Nnayelugo began his earthly sojourn in Onitsha when he was born into the family of Nnayelugo Theo Ndiwe Offiah and Madam Florence Batokwu Offiah Nee Odikpo both of blessed memory His father was Arebamen must hear this Mr Young Arebamen you remember was the Commissioner of Police CP in Lagos during the transition from civilian to civilian rule in 2003 This Edo State born man performed so creditably well that even in the face of threats Day constable beats up his boss Human mistakes are bound to happen Nobody is perfect and no one should expect perfection from anyone But there are some things people tagged mistakes that could called otherwise This is not a story based on human mistakes Ibrahim Boyi: Energy sector s Man friday Glitt Personality Something of a jolly corporate energy sector sailor he worked for the Oando Group for 15 years He joined the then Unipetrol as a senior staff after a 4 year stint with Total Oil I see myself as a man Stella Monye She reached maturity through artistic creativity long before the number of years on earth added up to confer that distinction on her As a teenager Stella Ada Monye was already describing situations and circumstances of I ll Not Quit Politics as Murder Suspect Says Ojikutu Former Deputy Gov ernor of Lagos State and Peoples Democratic Party PDP gubernatorial aspirant Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu has said that she would not quit the political scene as a murder suspect and consequently prayed God to help unmask the Why I m in Delta Guber Race by Obielum Delta State Peoples Democratic Party PDP bigwig and governorship aspirant Chief Godswill Obielum has enjoined politicians to be altruistic and compassionate in their quest to get power which he said should be used to serve the people He also Dariye: North ll Support Igbo Presidency if Plateau State Governor Chief Joshua Dariye has said in Jos that of all the zones in the country agitating to occupy the office of the President in 2007 Ndigbo had the brightest prospects but lamented the lack of 2007: We ll Protect Our Votes Says Buhari Former head of state Major General Muhammadu Buhari rtd yesterday in Kaduna warned the Peoples Democratic Party PDP that he would not allow a repeat of the massive rigging that characterised he last general elections in the 2007 Joint Task Force Arrest 2 000 in Port Hacourt No fewer than 2 000 suspected militants were rounded up by the Joint Task Force which raided suspected hideouts of militants in an operation that started Friday night and ended in the early hours of yesterday The militants however gave Wins Community Development Award Lagos Lagos State Commissioner for Works Engr rauf Aregbesola has been confered with the Community Development Man of the Month award by the Nigerian Renaissance Movement NRM The award which was presented by Proud Community Labourers German Hostage Freed The Movement of the Niger Delta People MOND which late Friday released the German Mr Guido Shiffarth held hostage insisted they would not bow to intimidationThis came as the Rivers State Government warned Niger Delta youths to desist We Didn t Endorse Any S South Gov The Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth an umbrella body of Igbo Youth groups said it had not endorsed any of the South South governors jostling for the 2007 presidency The group therefore maintained that the next president should come from the Southeast German Hostage Freed The Movement of the Niger Delta People MOND which late Friday released the German Mr Guido Shiffarth held hostage insisted they would not bow to intimidationThis came as the Rivers State Government warned Niger Delta youths to desist A return to good life It is difficult to measure the depth of my joy when two days ago I heard that researchers of the University of Pittsburgh Canada had announced that an experimental therapeutic vaccine was showing great promise at enhancing the Making Health Insurance Affordable When you first meet Godwin Williams Eshesimua CEO of Flex Med Care Group Abuja what strikes you is a man with a passion to contribute positively to the well being of Nigerians The importance which he attaches How to combat wrinkles Botox is the brand name for Botulinum toxin type A which is the purified form of the toxin The treatment is an increasingly popular non surgical treatment for facial wrinkles and is the hottest rejuvenation trend of the new Obasanjo Atiku Suspend Feud Political differences bet ween President Olus egun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abub akar were yesterday put aside in Abuja at the wedding of Muyiwa the only son of the late First Lady Stella Obasanjo and Imilse Gracia from the Dominican Falana: IG Has Strong Clues to Nail Daramola s Killers Lagos based lawyer and human rights activist Mr Femi Falana yesterday said the meeting between Inspector General of Police Mr Sunday Ehindero and prominent indigenes of Ekiti State which held on Friday produced good information which can help Joint Task Force Arrest 2 000 in Port Hacourt No fewer than 2 000 suspected militants were rounded up by the Joint Task Force which raided suspected hideouts of militants in an operation that started Friday night and ended in the early hours of yesterday The militants however gave 2007: We ll Protect Our Votes Says Buhari Former head of state Major General Muhammadu Buhari rtd yesterday in Kaduna warned the Peoples Democratic Party PDP that he would not allow a repeat of the massive rigging that characterised he last general elections in the 2007 Why Obasanjo Dissolved NIHOTOUR Board Indications emerged yesterday on why President Olusegun Obasanjo approved the quot immediate dissolution quot of the governing board of the National Institute of Hospitality and Tourism NIHOTOUR Minister of Culture and Tourism Chief Olufemi Fani Kayode had through his Special Assistant on 2007: INEC Tasked on Parties Code of Conduct Abia A senatorial aspirant under the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA in Abia State Mr Pedro Madukwe has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to ensure that all the registered political Youth Empowerment Panacea to Violence Kwara A chieftain of Peoples Democractic Party PDP in Kwara State Otunba Olabode Oyedepo has disclosed that the only way out of the precipitated violence and act of thuggery in the nation s polity was for Ex NMA Chief Seeks Review of Penal Code Lagos Former Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association NMA Dr Boniface Oye Adeniran has appealed to the authorities to review the penal code and criminal laws as they relate to pregnancy and abortion to reduce the morbility Ex Leader to Contest House Seat Kwara Former deputy Leader of the legislative arm of Apapa Local Council Alhaji Semiu Adeleke Asimi has indicated his interest to seek election into the Lagos State House of Assembly on the platform of Alliance for Middle East Still A Fragile Truce UN brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect last Monday putting an end to the one month old hostilities But is the road to lasting peace in sight Asks Davidson Iriekpen Cessation of 400 000 Benefit from NDDC Medicare Bayelsa More than 400 000 patients have so far benefited from the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC sponsored free medical services in the Niger Delta Region A statement by NDDC Head of Corporate Affairs Mr Anietie Usen Darfur: How the Peace Deal Failed The last few months have been very terrifying and traumatic in the Darfur region of Sudan with the collapse of the recent Darfur peace agreement which has led to renewed tension and fresh hostilities in Job Creation My Priority Abia A Peoples Democratic Party PDP gubernatorial aspirant for Abia State Chief Ikechi Emenike has said his government would make job creation a priority if elected in 2007 Emenike who disclosed this at a rally organised Monarch s Son Joins Guber Race Rivers Youths from some communities in Kalabari Kingdom have endorsed Prince Tonye Princewill the son of the Amanyanabo of Kalabari as their candidate for the governorship ticket come 2007 The youths who trooped into the UTC Service Delivery Commended Lagos Perkins Senior Service Executive for Africa Mr Robert Beilleau has disclosed that only committed service delivery will ensure customer satisfaction in the energy sector Beilleau who made this assertion in Lagos at the end Release Gani Adams Others FG Told Lagos Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students NANS has called on the Federal government to expedite action in releasing the detained National Co ordinator of the oodua Peoples Congress OPC Chief Gani Adams In a German hostage freed in Nigeria wants to resume normal work (People's Daily) Guido Schiffarth, a German oil worker who was released by kidnappers in southern Nigeria Friday, said he was going to resume normal work and life. Hostage Taking and Cheap Political Blackmail It is only in Africa that people of different political leanings and ideologies become automatic enemies Political officers have become some sort of tin gods that people will go to any length to please We have seen cases Cases of Assassinations Recent cases of assassinations have exposed the inadequacy of human security If these monsters called assassins could enter Bola Ige s and Engr Funsho Williams residents without any slight opposition then I believe that the national security of this No EFCC is Not Selective I am a regular reader ofMessrs Simon Kolawole s and Mr Olusegun Adeniyi s columns I readMr Kolawole sarticle quot From Third Term to Anti Corruption quot in Thisday Newspaper ofAugust 13th 2006 It was a brilliant piece so to speak However I strongly disagree What Does IBB Want to Repair I read with interest your news story of Tuesday August 15 2006 where former military President that Babangida says he will repair Nigeria He wants to come and repair what All the decay and pain he caused this Transcorp Shares: Atiku s Example The Transcorp saga especially on the recent donation of NITEL to it by the OBJ administration that has so far dominated the Nigerian media for quite sometime now has finally come to the open with the unmasking of The Nasarawa Gubernatorial Challenge With the nailing of the third term coffin by the National Assem bly the coast has since become very clear for political sailors to fly high their wind breakers for all to see and make up their minds come Imo: Martin Agbaso and the Guber Cross Chief Martin Agbaso was two years or thereabout ahead of this writer at Emekuku High School Though he was not an outstanding footballer Martin as he was fondly called by all then was a key motivating influence behind Away with Politics of Intolerance There are present and clear dangers looming all over the political space against the forthcoming elections in 2007 Government is leading on the intolerance level by its several punitive actions against perceived opponents The indiscriminate arrests and detention My Own Story By Aliyu Honourable Farouk Adamu Aliyu is a member of the House of Representatives representing Birnin Kudu Buji federal constituency of Jigawa State Trained in the then Communist Yugoslavia dark skinned Aliyu sought to lead his All Nigeria Peoples Party Probe Splits Oyo Assembly The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Oyo State is now on a diplomatic shuttle to douse tension created by the probe of council chiefs by the State House of Assembly over alleged First to Be Recalled Hon Farouk Aliyu representing Birnin Kudu Buji federal constituency of Jigawa state became the first casualty of the provisions of section 69 a b of the 1999 constitution which stipulates the recall process of a member Britain: EU Tightens Security on Air Travel Following the tension generated two weeks ago in Britain by British police over terror plot the European Union EU has come up with a fresh security plot for air tarvellers writes Davidson Iriekpen Again PDP Depletes Opposition Parties Caucuses The caucuses of the leading opposition parties in the House of Representatives namely All Nigeria Peoples Party ANPP and the Alliance for Democracy AD were depleted recently with the defection of four lawmakers to the My Dear Professor Maurice Iwu It is with all sense of humility and concern for democracy in Nigeria and the smooth conduct of the 2007 general elections that I write you this letter Let me categorically state here before being accused of being Babangida at 65: A Birthday Tribute Today marks a milestone in your life s journey no doubt owing to the fact that some of your contemporaries have kissed the dust before clocking sixty five one thinks Nigerians in general and your household in particular have a What a Senseless War I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can only as one who has seen its brutality its futility its stupidity It might interest you to know that Dwight David Eisenhower 1890 1969 the 34th US president Taming the Turks in Anambra Unlike other governors his ascension as a governor took an unusual route through the tortuous process of the law While he pursued the restoration of his mandate he remained steadfast in spite of the clamour of some of Nigeria Arrests 100 in Oil-Rich South (ABC News) 100 People Arrested in Crackdown on Militants in Nigeria's Oil-Rich South 100 arrested in crackdown on militants in Nigeria's oil-rich south (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian troops arrested about 100 people in a search for militants suspected of taking oil industry workers hostage in the petroleum-rich south of the West African country, the army said Saturday. Nigeria arrests 100 in oil-rich south (AP via Yahoo! News) Government troops arrested about 100 people in a search for militants suspected of taking oil industry workers hostage in Nigeria's petroleum-rich south, the army said Saturday. Nigeria launches kidnap crackdown (BBC News) A crackdown to tackle armed groups involved in kidnapping gets under way with scores of arrests in south Nigeria. Nigeria recall Aiyegbeni (BBC News) Nigeria recall England-based striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni for their opening 2008 Nations Cup qualifier. US wins while Aussies and Nigeria shock world basketball foes (AFP via Yahoo! News) Favored United States lived up to form after a slow start to win their opener at the World Basketball Championships as Australia and Nigeria sent shock waves through the 24-team field. One of two Germans kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AFP via Yahoo! News) One of two German oil workers kidnapped in southern Nigeria this month has been freed. Oil worker in Nigeria is released (BBC News) A German oil worker kidnapped by an armed gang in southern Nigeria earlier this month is released. Safely unsubscribe now from "RSSMix.com Mix ID 12494" "Nigeria news RSS feed and podcast" - 1 new entry 5 Feeds: 172 new articles Safely unsubscribe now from "Nigeria news RSS feed and podcast" "ThisDayOnline" - 100 new articles Imo: Martin Agbaso and the Guber Cross Transcorp Shares: Atiku s Example Away with Politics of Intolerance No EFCC is Not Selective Hostage Taking and Cheap Political Blackmail Cases of Assassinations What Does IBB Want to Repair The Nasarawa Gubernatorial Challenge Taming the Turks in Anambra Babangida at 65: A Birthday Tribute What a Senseless War My Dear Professor Maurice Iwu Again PDP Depletes Opposition Parties Caucuses Probe Splits Oyo Assembly My Own Story By Aliyu First to Be Recalled Britain: EU Tightens Security on Air Travel Middle East Still A Fragile Truce Darfur: How the Peace Deal Failed Ex Leader to Contest House Seat Ex NMA Chief Seeks Review of Penal Code Youth Empowerment Panacea to Violence 400 000 Benefit from NDDC Medicare Job Creation My Priority Release Gani Adams Others FG Told Monarch s Son Joins Guber Race 2007: INEC Tasked on Parties Code of Conduct UTC Service Delivery Commended Wins Community Development Award 2007: PDP Can t Stop Aregbesola s Ambition LASTMA Launches Website Embrace Peace Group Urges Uba Brothers Nnamani Seeks Women Children Protection Senator Backs FG s Anti corruption Crusade 2007: Adiukwu Bakare Unfolds Agenda Okogie Urges FG to Check Assassinations More Aspirants Join Senatorial Race The Limits of Politics Agents of Change EFCC Threat Sends Bank Chiefs Running for Cover Intercontinental Bank Keeps Investors Hope Alive FG Outlines Ways of Making Commodity Exchange Relevant Shake Up at JDA as FG Drops 2 Directors Discovering the Sweetness of Honey Bee Tourism Akinsola Akinfemiwa: Academia s Loss Banking s Gain Celtel Retains Insight Uncertainty in Lintas DDB s Capital Media MediaReach Wrestle over OMD Affiliation We re Not Intimidating CITN Says ICAN President Firm Chief Woos Investors To Aspen Estate Millennium Towers Tone up Abuja s Beauty Berger Paints: Knocked Down But Not Out Premiership: Kanu Aiyegbeni on Target Nigeria Tops World Champs Serbia Montenegro How Akwa United Calabar Rovers Killed Nigerian Football Big Boys Begin Premiership Title Quest Will Supersports Return Glamour to Local League Ghana 2008: Whither Super Eagles Credit Card ll Salvage Naira Says Dariye Jonathan: We ve Changed Bayelsa PDP Female Presidential Aspirant Emerges 2007: Middle Belt Group Supports Horsfall Quit PDP Now PPA Tells Kalu Eminent Nigerians Commend Telecom Awards 2006 Ebira Alleges Marginalisation in Kogi Why Obasanjo Dissolved NIHOTOUR Board We Didn t Endorse Any S South Gov German Hostage Freed Joint Task Force Arrest 2 000 in Port Hacourt 2007: We ll Protect Our Votes Says Buhari I ll Not Quit Politics as Murder Suspect Says Ojikutu Why I m in Delta Guber Race by Obielum Dariye: North ll Support Igbo Presidency if We Didn t Endorse Any S South Gov German Hostage Freed Joint Task Force Arrest 2 000 in Port Hacourt 2007: We ll Protect Our Votes Says Buhari Falana: IG Has Strong Clues to Nail Daramola s Killers Obasanjo Atiku Suspend Feud A return to good life Making Health Insurance Affordable How to combat wrinkles I see myself as a man Stella Monye Ibrahim Boyi: Energy sector s Man friday I had my first child at 44 Bournvita Magic Flight leaves for Spain SCSA PMAN collaborate on anthem Kennis Music releases 2Face VIP KSB MzBell s albums Campaign for tourism awareness goes on TV Feladey brings Peoples Paradise Nigerian hospitality stars in London Anxiety greets FTAN award nite AGM Becoming a teacher Commandant ejects police from barracks Arebamen must hear this Day constable beats up his boss Offiah s final journey home August Visitor Awujale Condemns Adenuga s Harassment Audu Wants to Frame Me Says Kogi Gov Ibrahim: No Way for IBB Buhari Others Imo: Martin Agbaso and the Guber Cross Chief Martin Agbaso was two years or thereabout ahead of this writer at Emekuku High School Though he was not an outstanding footballer Martin as he was fondly called by all then was a key motivating influence behind Transcorp Shares: Atiku s Example The Transcorp saga especially on the recent donation of NITEL to it by the OBJ administration that has so far dominated the Nigerian media for quite sometime now has finally come to the open with the unmasking of Away with Politics of Intolerance There are present and clear dangers looming all over the political space against the forthcoming elections in 2007 Government is leading on the intolerance level by its several punitive actions against perceived opponents The indiscriminate arrests and detention No EFCC is Not Selective I am a regular reader ofMessrs Simon Kolawole s and Mr Olusegun Adeniyi s columns I readMr Kolawole sarticle quot From Third Term to Anti Corruption quot in Thisday Newspaper ofAugust 13th 2006 It was a brilliant piece so to speak However I strongly disagree Hostage Taking and Cheap Political Blackmail It is only in Africa that people of different political leanings and ideologies become automatic enemies Political officers have become some sort of tin gods that people will go to any length to please We have seen cases Cases of Assassinations Recent cases of assassinations have exposed the inadequacy of human security If these monsters called assassins could enter Bola Ige s and Engr Funsho Williams residents without any slight opposition then I believe that the national security of this What Does IBB Want to Repair I read with interest your news story of Tuesday August 15 2006 where former military President that Babangida says he will repair Nigeria He wants to come and repair what All the decay and pain he caused this The Nasarawa Gubernatorial Challenge With the nailing of the third term coffin by the National Assem bly the coast has since become very clear for political sailors to fly high their wind breakers for all to see and make up their minds come Taming the Turks in Anambra Unlike other governors his ascension as a governor took an unusual route through the tortuous process of the law While he pursued the restoration of his mandate he remained steadfast in spite of the clamour of some of Babangida at 65: A Birthday Tribute Today marks a milestone in your life s journey no doubt owing to the fact that some of your contemporaries have kissed the dust before clocking sixty five one thinks Nigerians in general and your household in particular have a What a Senseless War I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can only as one who has seen its brutality its futility its stupidity It might interest you to know that Dwight David Eisenhower 1890 1969 the 34th US president My Dear Professor Maurice Iwu It is with all sense of humility and concern for democracy in Nigeria and the smooth conduct of the 2007 general elections that I write you this letter Let me categorically state here before being accused of being Again PDP Depletes Opposition Parties Caucuses The caucuses of the leading opposition parties in the House of Representatives namely All Nigeria Peoples Party ANPP and the Alliance for Democracy AD were depleted recently with the defection of four lawmakers to the Probe Splits Oyo Assembly The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Oyo State is now on a diplomatic shuttle to douse tension created by the probe of council chiefs by the State House of Assembly over alleged My Own Story By Aliyu Honourable Farouk Adamu Aliyu is a member of the House of Representatives representing Birnin Kudu Buji federal constituency of Jigawa State Trained in the then Communist Yugoslavia dark skinned Aliyu sought to lead his All Nigeria Peoples Party First to Be Recalled Hon Farouk Aliyu representing Birnin Kudu Buji federal constituency of Jigawa state became the first casualty of the provisions of section 69 a b of the 1999 constitution which stipulates the recall process of a member Britain: EU Tightens Security on Air Travel Following the tension generated two weeks ago in Britain by British police over terror plot the European Union EU has come up with a fresh security plot for air tarvellers writes Davidson Iriekpen Middle East Still A Fragile Truce UN brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect last Monday putting an end to the one month old hostilities But is the road to lasting peace in sight Asks Davidson Iriekpen Cessation of Darfur: How the Peace Deal Failed The last few months have been very terrifying and traumatic in the Darfur region of Sudan with the collapse of the recent Darfur peace agreement which has led to renewed tension and fresh hostilities in Ex Leader to Contest House Seat Kwara Former deputy Leader of the legislative arm of Apapa Local Council Alhaji Semiu Adeleke Asimi has indicated his interest to seek election into the Lagos State House of Assembly on the platform of Alliance for Ex NMA Chief Seeks Review of Penal Code Lagos Former Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association NMA Dr Boniface Oye Adeniran has appealed to the authorities to review the penal code and criminal laws as they relate to pregnancy and abortion to reduce the morbility Youth Empowerment Panacea to Violence Kwara A chieftain of Peoples Democractic Party PDP in Kwara State Otunba Olabode Oyedepo has disclosed that the only way out of the precipitated violence and act of thuggery in the nation s polity was for 400 000 Benefit from NDDC Medicare Bayelsa More than 400 000 patients have so far benefited from the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC sponsored free medical services in the Niger Delta Region A statement by NDDC Head of Corporate Affairs Mr Anietie Usen Job Creation My Priority Abia A Peoples Democratic Party PDP gubernatorial aspirant for Abia State Chief Ikechi Emenike has said his government would make job creation a priority if elected in 2007 Emenike who disclosed this at a rally organised Release Gani Adams Others FG Told Lagos Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students NANS has called on the Federal government to expedite action in releasing the detained National Co ordinator of the oodua Peoples Congress OPC Chief Gani Adams In a Monarch s Son Joins Guber Race Rivers Youths from some communities in Kalabari Kingdom have endorsed Prince Tonye Princewill the son of the Amanyanabo of Kalabari as their candidate for the governorship ticket come 2007 The youths who trooped into the 2007: INEC Tasked on Parties Code of Conduct Abia A senatorial aspirant under the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA in Abia State Mr Pedro Madukwe has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to ensure that all the registered political UTC Service Delivery Commended Lagos Perkins Senior Service Executive for Africa Mr Robert Beilleau has disclosed that only committed service delivery will ensure customer satisfaction in the energy sector Beilleau who made this assertion in Lagos at the end Wins Community Development Award Lagos Lagos State Commissioner for Works Engr rauf Aregbesola has been confered with the Community Development Man of the Month award by the Nigerian Renaissance Movement NRM The award which was presented by Proud Community Labourers 2007: PDP Can t Stop Aregbesola s Ambition Osun Despite the release of Lagos State Commissioner for Works Engr Rauf Aregbesola by the police following the August 5 political clash in Osogbo the Osun State the Chairman of Onigbongbo Development Centre Mr Idowu LASTMA Launches Website Lagos As part of development to meet up with the inadquate and lack of data collection on traffic Lagos State Traffic Management Authority LASTMA has launched a website known as www lastmalagos com Its Chief Executive Officer Embrace Peace Group Urges Uba Brothers Anambra A socio political group based in Abuja FCT Igbonekwu has tasked the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic Matters Dr Andy Uba to avoid a new class of politicians from the South East geo political Nnamani Seeks Women Children Protection Enugu Governor Chimaroke Nna mani of Enugu State has said children are the bridge to the future guarantee of tomorrow and as such every effort must be made to protect women and children because by so Senator Backs FG s Anti corruption Crusade Kaduna The Independent and Corrupt Practices and Other Related Commis sion ICPC Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and the Budget Monitoring Unit Due Process have been described as the greatest gifts of Obasanjo s government to 2007: Adiukwu Bakare Unfolds Agenda Lagos Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Mrs Remi Adiukwu Bakare has declared that her mission at the Government House Alausa come 2007 is to redefine Lagos into a model state for others Okogie Urges FG to Check Assassinations Yobe Worried by the spate of assassinations in the country the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos Anthony Cardinal Okogie has urged the Federal Government to take urgent measures to redress the situation The Cardinal in a More Aspirants Join Senatorial Race Plateau The race for the 2007 senatorial election in the Plateau North senatorial election has gained a momentum as more aspirants have shown their intention to contest for the seat in the 2007 Investigation by THISDAY The Limits of Politics A familiar national ritual is currently in progress Politics and politicking are back on the front burner of national affairs New parties are being formed Political rallies are being held here and there Politicians have once again taken to Agents of Change Obviously the one word that sums up what Nigeria is in dire need of is change There is almost no single area or sphere in our national life where change is not desperately needed The higher percentage of EFCC Threat Sends Bank Chiefs Running for Cover The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC may have directed its searchlight on the country s financial industry in its bid to rid it of unscrupulous elements helping themselves and politicians to loot the treasury dry Intercontinental Bank Keeps Investors Hope Alive The bank had raised over N50 billion as shareholders funds during the consolidation exercise with a promise to deliver superior returns to investors Last week it presented its first full year post consolidation financial results to FG Outlines Ways of Making Commodity Exchange Relevant Minister of Commerce Dr Aliyu Umar Modibbo has outlined how the Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange can be of benefit to stakeholders ranging from food processing and manufacturing companies to government agencies and the United Nations Modibbo who Shake Up at JDA as FG Drops 2 Directors The Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Authority JDA have effected some administrative changes leading to the replacement of two Nigerian executive directors The directors affected by the change are Dr Muhammad Bose Ahmad and Engr Samuel Obiorah who Discovering the Sweetness of Honey Bee Tourism Some tourists are forever looking for new thrills an out of the ordinary experience that increases excitement and adds to knowledge Nseobong Okon Ekong reports that special interest tours with all the inherent dangers retains an Akinsola Akinfemiwa: Academia s Loss Banking s Gain He read Agricultural Economics at the University of Nigeria Nsukka and subsequently developed a passion for lecturing in the intellectually liberating environment of the academia He even hoped to be a professor one day Perhaps Celtel Retains Insight Uncertainty in Lintas Advertising amp amp Media News just filtering in says that the Celtel team that recently visited both Insight Grey and Lowe Lintas has so far decided to retain Insight Grey out of the two leading agencies having been assessed and DDB s Capital Media MediaReach Wrestle over OMD Affiliation Advertising amp amp Media Indications emerged recently that there is a power tussle and a resultant cold war between Nigeria s leading Media Independent MI MediaReach and a new entrant Capital Media a recently floated MI of DDB We re Not Intimidating CITN Says ICAN President Taxation Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria ICAN the professional body for accounting practice in the country has for the umpteenth time clarified issues on the on going jurisdictional dispute between it and the Chartered Institute Firm Chief Woos Investors To Aspen Estate Investors have been advised to avail themselves of business opportunities existing at the Aspen Estate located within Modern Gateway City at the border of Lagos and Ogun states in Isheri North Mr Sola Adekunle Executive Chairman Elleon Properties Limited Millennium Towers Tone up Abuja s Beauty It is always wonderful to behold products contrived by the human mind in the mould of natural landmarks Such craving minds evoked thoughts of the Sphinx in Egypt the Statue of Liberty in the United Berger Paints: Knocked Down But Not Out Even though Berger Paints 2005 operating result presents a company completely knocked down by poor management the attitude of the new board and management to its failure seems to reassure shareholders of better days ahead Premiership: Kanu Aiyegbeni on Target Two Nigerian internationals Nwankwo Kanu and Yakubu Aiyegbeni were on target yesterday as the English Premiership season got underway For Kanu it was a dream Pompey debut as he scored a brace when Portsmouth stunned Blackburn Rovers 3 0 at Nigeria Tops World Champs Serbia Montenegro A quick Nigerian team led by New York Knicks guard Ime Udoka proved too much for reigning world champions Serbia and Montenegro with the Africans ecking out a 82 75 win in Japan yesterday Nigeria used a swarming defensive to How Akwa United Calabar Rovers Killed Nigerian Football When Italian teams including Juventus was named in the worst Match Fixing saga to have rocked Italian football shortly before the World Cup in Germany last Summer quite a few reckoned with the story However Big Boys Begin Premiership Title Quest Fixtures The first weekend of the new English Premiership weekend ends this afternoon with the entry of the big boys Chelsea and Manchester United into the marathon which is the race to be crowned Will Supersports Return Glamour to Local League As a result of the power of television the English Premiership and Spanish La Liga are arguably the most exciting leagues in the world However Total Promotions sublet television rights to Supersports to beam Nigeria Ghana 2008: Whither Super Eagles Super Eagles of Nigeria will commence their 2008 Nations Cup qualifier campaign against Niger Republic on September 2 at the National Stadium Abuja However Emeka Enechi observes that the national team which has Credit Card ll Salvage Naira Says Dariye Plateau State Governor Chief Joshua Dariye said in Jos that the naira can only be salvaged through the introduction of credit card system Dariye made the observation at the start of a campaign by the Jos branch of Jonathan: We ve Changed Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan of Bayelsa State has said his administration has in its eight months of existence changed the face of development from what it used to be in the state just as he vowed to put a PDP Female Presidential Aspirant Emerges In what appeared a radical twist in the count down to 2007 presidential elections a female aspirant and Nigeria s first woman Ambassador to Germany Chief Elizabeth Ogbon Day at the weekend declared interest in the nation s topmost job even 2007: Middle Belt Group Supports Horsfall The Middle Belt Youth Democratic Forum has called on the people of the South South zone to present credible candidates like Chief A K Horsfall for the 2007 presidential race The youths while on a visit to the Niger Delta Quit PDP Now PPA Tells Kalu There are indications that the Progressive Peoples Alliance PPA is getting impatient with the continued stay of Abia State governor Chief Orji Uzor Kalu in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP even when all his supporters have left Eminent Nigerians Commend Telecom Awards 2006 Eminent Nigerians including former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar Minister of Communications Chief Cornelius Adebayo and former Information Minister Chief Alex Akinyele have commended the organisers of the 2006 edition of the Nigerian Telecom Awards which was Ebira Alleges Marginalisation in Kogi Indigenes of Ebira in Lagos have decried the alleged marginalisation of Ebiraland by the Kogi State Government and called on Governor Ibrahim Idris to reverse the trend At the monthly meeting in Lagos held at Arowojobe Central Mosque Oshodi Why Obasanjo Dissolved NIHOTOUR Board Indications emerged yesterday on why President Olusegun Obasanjo approved the quot immediate dissolution quot of the governing board of the National Institute of Hospitality and Tourism NIHOTOUR Minister of Culture and Tourism Chief Olufemi Fani Kayode had through his Special Assistant on We Didn t Endorse Any S South Gov The Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth an umbrella body of Igbo Youth groups said it had not endorsed any of the South South governors jostling for the 2007 presidency The group therefore maintained that the next president should come from the Southeast German Hostage Freed The Movement of the Niger Delta People MOND which late Friday released the German Mr Guido Shiffarth held hostage insisted they would not bow to intimidationThis came as the Rivers State Government warned Niger Delta youths to desist Joint Task Force Arrest 2 000 in Port Hacourt No fewer than 2 000 suspected militants were rounded up by the Joint Task Force which raided suspected hideouts of militants in an operation that started Friday night and ended in the early hours of yesterday The militants however gave 2007: We ll Protect Our Votes Says Buhari Former head of state Major General Muhammadu Buhari rtd yesterday in Kaduna warned the Peoples Democratic Party PDP that he would not allow a repeat of the massive rigging that characterised he last general elections in the 2007 I ll Not Quit Politics as Murder Suspect Says Ojikutu Former Deputy Gov ernor of Lagos State and Peoples Democratic Party PDP gubernatorial aspirant Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu has said that she would not quit the political scene as a murder suspect and consequently prayed God to help unmask the Why I m in Delta Guber Race by Obielum Delta State Peoples Democratic Party PDP bigwig and governorship aspirant Chief Godswill Obielum has enjoined politicians to be altruistic and compassionate in their quest to get power which he said should be used to serve the people He also Dariye: North ll Support Igbo Presidency if Plateau State Governor Chief Joshua Dariye has said in Jos that of all the zones in the country agitating to occupy the office of the President in 2007 Ndigbo had the brightest prospects but lamented the lack of We Didn t Endorse Any S South Gov The Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth an umbrella body of Igbo Youth groups said it had not endorsed any of the South South governors jostling for the 2007 presidency The group therefore maintained that the next president should come from the Southeast German Hostage Freed The Movement of the Niger Delta People MOND which late Friday released the German Mr Guido Shiffarth held hostage insisted they would not bow to intimidationThis came as the Rivers State Government warned Niger Delta youths to desist Joint Task Force Arrest 2 000 in Port Hacourt No fewer than 2 000 suspected militants were rounded up by the Joint Task Force which raided suspected hideouts of militants in an operation that started Friday night and ended in the early hours of yesterday The militants however gave 2007: We ll Protect Our Votes Says Buhari Former head of state Major General Muhammadu Buhari rtd yesterday in Kaduna warned the Peoples Democratic Party PDP that he would not allow a repeat of the massive rigging that characterised he last general elections in the 2007 Falana: IG Has Strong Clues to Nail Daramola s Killers Lagos based lawyer and human rights activist Mr Femi Falana yesterday said the meeting between Inspector General of Police Mr Sunday Ehindero and prominent indigenes of Ekiti State which held on Friday produced good information which can help Obasanjo Atiku Suspend Feud Political differences bet ween President Olus egun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abub akar were yesterday put aside in Abuja at the wedding of Muyiwa the only son of the late First Lady Stella Obasanjo and Imilse Gracia from the Dominican A return to good life It is difficult to measure the depth of my joy when two days ago I heard that researchers of the University of Pittsburgh Canada had announced that an experimental therapeutic vaccine was showing great promise at enhancing the Making Health Insurance Affordable When you first meet Godwin Williams Eshesimua CEO of Flex Med Care Group Abuja what strikes you is a man with a passion to contribute positively to the well being of Nigerians The importance which he attaches How to combat wrinkles Botox is the brand name for Botulinum toxin type A which is the purified form of the toxin The treatment is an increasingly popular non surgical treatment for facial wrinkles and is the hottest rejuvenation trend of the new I see myself as a man Stella Monye She reached maturity through artistic creativity long before the number of years on earth added up to confer that distinction on her As a teenager Stella Ada Monye was already describing situations and circumstances of Ibrahim Boyi: Energy sector s Man friday Glitt Personality Something of a jolly corporate energy sector sailor he worked for the Oando Group for 15 years He joined the then Unipetrol as a senior staff after a 4 year stint with Total Oil I had my first child at 44 Very quietly wife of the Governor of Oyo State Mrs Oluwakemi Alao Akala sneaked into the consciousness of Nigerians when fate brought her husband to power Her husband Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala had served under Governor Ladoja Bournvita Magic Flight leaves for Spain Magic flighters on the yearly Bournvita Children s Magic Flight BCMF organized Cadbury Nigeria have commenced the magical experience in Spain this year s destination which was chosen for its reputation as the country introduced the world to the culture of SCSA PMAN collaborate on anthem Coming on the heels of a successful partnership deal with the respected Federal Capital Territory Abuja team of Mallam Nadir El Rufai is another partnership request from the Supreme Council For Sports in Africa SCSA The organization in a letter Kennis Music releases 2Face VIP KSB MzBell s albums The various publics in the music industry who have waited with baited breath for the follow up to 2Face Idibia s ground breaking debut Face2Face can heave a sigh of relief Eventhough their anxiety were totally assuaged by the issue of Campaign for tourism awareness goes on TV A special programme to enhance enlightenment and increase awareness on tourism would hit television screens nationwide soon This revelation was made when the new Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation NTDC Otunba Olusegun Runsewe paid a Feladey brings Peoples Paradise At every step of his musical career King David Odey better known as Feladey has received favour Even back in the early 1970s when the journey began and it wasn t too clear to him that drops of mercy Nigerian hospitality stars in London A foremost marketing public relations company Tour Image Concept TIC is currently gathering vital information and data about Nigeria s hospitality and tourist attractions with the plan to showcase Nigeria to the entire world at an exhibition in London The exhibition Anxiety greets FTAN award nite AGM Few days to the much anticipated Federation Tourism Associations of Nigeria FTAN annual general meeting and first National Tourism Award at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotels and Towers Abuja on Friday August 25 three candidates Becoming a teacher Taching can be a most rewarding career that offers many opportunities It is one of the most stimulating careers available today which has the ability to influence or make a lasting difference in so many lives As a Commandant ejects police from barracks The age long adage that wonders never end found an eloquent voice at the Police College Ikeja recently as the new Commandant served quit letters to officers and men of the force living in Highway Patrol Barracks Ikeja to Arebamen must hear this Mr Young Arebamen you remember was the Commissioner of Police CP in Lagos during the transition from civilian to civilian rule in 2003 This Edo State born man performed so creditably well that even in the face of threats Day constable beats up his boss Human mistakes are bound to happen Nobody is perfect and no one should expect perfection from anyone But there are some things people tagged mistakes that could called otherwise This is not a story based on human 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Namasa Workers Protest Recall of Contract Workers AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- NAMASA workers protest plan to recall dismissed contract employees workers of the National Martime Administration and Safety Agency (NAMASA), which until lately was known as the Nigeria Maritime Authority (NMA) are presently at loggerheads with the new management of the agency following the decision of the authorities to re-absorb some contract workers, particularly surveyors that were swept away in the retrenchment gale that recently hit the agency. Bakassi As a Sacrificial Lamb AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- NIGERIA and Cameroun have been in the news lately over a 13 years border dispute which was resolved by the World Court in favour of the latter. The news is such that evokes the conflicting emotions of sadness and joy: joy for the Cameroonians and sadness for the Nigerians, specifically the Bakassi people of Cross River State who have been forced to give up their homeland to this Nigeria's eastern neighbour. Ezeibe Foresee Brighter Future for Nigeria's Tennis AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Former Chairman of the Anambra State Lawn Tennis Association, Chief Ben Ezeibe has told Nigerian players to cash in on their recent Davis Cup triumph by entering to play in top rated tournaments that would boost their individual ranking points. States, LGs Receive Enough to Transform Poor Communities - LEEMP Coordinator AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- The National Coordinator (NC) of the Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Project (LEEMP), Dr. Peter Papka has said that monthly allocations to states and local governments from the Federation Account are enough to transform poor communities in the country if governors and council chairmen, honestly utilize the funds. They Died Because of N20 AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- PROPERTY estimated at over N1.5 billion was either burnt, looted or destroyed recently in Imo State during a bloody reprisal attack on scores of stick-wielding youths in Umuaka, Njaba local government area by heavily armed policemen. When Governor Achike Udenwa visited the scene, and called for "immediate ceasefire', no fewer than four persons were reported dead and the entire community rendered desolate, while the angry youths tuirned the Divisional Police Station to a ghost of its former self. Akala's Convoy in Road Crash, Aide Dies AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- GOVERNOR Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State on Wednesday cheated death by the whiskers when his convoy was involved in a crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Two Corps Members Die in Auto Accidents AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- TWO members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who would have completed their service yesterday in Abia State died in a motor accident during the service year. While Essien Joseph Ede died along Ikot Ekpene-Aba road on August 6, 2006, Ayorinde Joshua died soon after the orientation exercise in his home town, Iyah- Gbede in Ijumu local government area of Kogi State. Bayelsa Retains Freestyle Wrestling Crown AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- BAYELSA and Cross River states have won this year's Second Gov Sam Egwu National Open Wrestling Championship which ended Tuesday in Abakaliki.. Abia, Imo Out AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- THE Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has just named 2,500 candidates it invited for interviews in various centres in the country, under its 2006 graduate trainee programme, exclusive to the Coastal States of the Niger Delta, a recent creation of the Federal Government. NNPC says it is the first batch of the exercise. Lasaco Shareholders Endorse Recapitalisation Plans AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Shareholders of LASACO Assurance Plc have given its Board of Directors the order to carry on with the proposed recapitalisation programme in ensuring that the company meet the deadline set by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) for compliance. Nigeria's Democracy Sick, Says Oshiomhole At Odili's Birthday Lecture AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday in Lagos, said the increasing clamour for regional presidency, spate of political killings and the general restiveness in the country were some of the indicators that all is not well with the nation's democracy. Babangida At Birthday, Alleges Plans to Frustrate Him AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- AS important personalities trooped to the hill top mansion of the former President Babangida to felicitate with him as he marked his 65th birthday yesterday, most of them stopped over to read the message "Indeed they are plotting a plot but I am planning a plan," boldly written in Arabic and translated into English pasted at the major entrance to his sitting room and shook their heads as they took their seats. Falconets Beat Canada 3-2 AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Nigeria's national junior female team yesterday beat Canada 3-2 in their opening game of the Under-20 Women's World Championship. They had to come from behind twice to secure the win. IBB Lecture - Testing 2007 Waters AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- It was the celebration of 65th birthday of the former military leader, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, but it had the trappings of political rally: eulogies; conviviality, innuendoes, attacks on the failures of the subsisting regime and expression of hopes for a new day with the political character right at the centre. Osogbo Show of Shame: The Danger Ahead AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- LAST weekend, the fear we had always nursed that the 2007 election would be marred by violence in many parts of the country was further confirmed in the South West state of Osun. Following closely on the elimination of a front line guber aspirant on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, platform, the mayhem unleashed to disrupt proceedings at the Oroki Day celebration showed that leaders are yet to understand the true essence of democracy. Why I'm Committed to Rebuilding Nigeria, By Ibrahim Babangida AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Text of remarks of appreciation by general Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida Rtd, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the occasion of Public lecture to mark his 65th birthday on Monday, 14th August, 2006. Nigeria Hands Over Bakassi to Cameroon AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- Nigeria has handed over Bakassi peninsular in a solemn ceremony held on August 14 in Archibong town, Bakassi Peninsula during which the Nigerian national flag was lowered. 'Nigeria Will Remain Engaged in Sudanese Peace Process' AllAfrica News: Nigeria:- President Olusegun Obasanjo said in Abuja on June 21 that Nigeria would continue to work for the acceptance of the recent peace agreement on Darfur by all stakeholders in the region. German hostage freed unharmed in Nigeria (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - A German oil worker taken hostage at gunpoint in Nigeria was freed overnight unharmed after two weeks in captivity, a state government spokesman said on Saturday. German hostage freed unharmed in Nigeria (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- A German oil worker taken hostage at gunpoint in Nigeria was freed overnight unharmed after two weeks in captivity, a state government spokesman said on Saturday. Nigeria shock Serbia & Montenegro (BBC News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- Title holders Serbia and Montenegro were beaten 82-75 by Nigeria in the biggest upset of the first day of the World Championships in Japan. German hostage freed unharmed in Nigeria (SABC News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- A German oil worker taken hostage at gunpoint in Nigeria was freed overnight unharmed after two weeks in captivity, a state government spokesman said today. Nigeria recall Aiyegbeni (BBC News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- Nigeria recall England-based striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni for their opening 2008 Nations Cup qualifier. German hostage freed in Nigeria (The Age) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- A German oil worker taken hostage in Nigeria was freed overnight unharmed after two weeks in captivity, a state government spokesman said yesterday. Nigeria clamps down on militants as German oil worker freed (AFP via Yahoo! News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- Nigerian troops stepped up their hunt for hostage-takers as news came that one of two Germans taken prisoner by militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta has been released. US wins while Aussies and Nigeria shock world basketball foes (AFP via Yahoo! News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- Favored United States lived up to form after a slow start to win their opener at the World Basketball Championships as Australia and Nigeria sent shock waves through the 24-team field. Mittal Joint Venture To Plow Billions Into Nigeria? (Forbes) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- ONGC Mittal Energy may invest between $1.5 billion and $2 billion. One of two Germans kidnapped in Nigeria freed (TurkishPress.com) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- One of two German oil workers kidnapped in southern Nigeria this month has been freed. "The man was freed last night. He was received by the state government which immediately handed him over to his employers," Rivers State government spokesman Emmanuel Okah told AFP Saturday. One of Two Germans Kidnapped in Nigeria Freed (Deutsche Welle) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- One of two German oil workers kidnapped in southern Nigeria this month has been freed, a foreign ministry spokesman said Saturday. One of two Germans kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AFP via Yahoo! News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- One of two German oil workers kidnapped in southern Nigeria this month has been freed. Nigeria tops world champs Serbia-Montenegro 82-75 (AFP via Yahoo! News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- A quick Nigerian team led by New York Knicks guard Ime Udoka proved too much for reigning world champions Serbia and Montenegro with the Africans ekeing out a 82-75 win here. Oil worker in Nigeria is released (BBC News) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- A German oil worker kidnapped by an armed gang in southern Nigeria earlier this month is released. The Moroccan embassy in Nigeria took immediate steps with Nigerian authorities for the release of Nasri as soon as his (AngolaPress) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- Several European expatriates, who working for oil companies in Nigeria were kidnapped last week by disgruntled locals, but some of them were later released. ONGC Mittal to spend $2bn in Nigeria oil hunt (Gulf Times) Yahoo! News Search Results for Nigeria:- NEW DELHI: ONGC Mittal Energy Ltd, a joint venture between billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and India's biggest oil explorer, plans to invest as much as $2bn to explore for oil in Nigeria. Safely unsubscribe now from "nigerianews"   Unsubscribe from all current and future newsletters powered by FeedBlitz Find related content to this feed using FeedAdvisor Quickly add automatic email updates to your site or blog You are a confirmed subscriber to this content, delivered by FeedBlitz, LLC. 35 Field Road, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA. +1.978.758.8686