Nigeria: Police to Press Murder Charges Over Jos Killings
THE police said, yesterday, that 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead. Most of those facing charges are Muslims from the Fulani group, police spokesman Mohammed Lerama told the BBC.
Africa: New Oil to Flow From Continent's Hotspots
The power balance in Africa's crude oil production landscape is set to shift in the near future as a number of new oilfields come online.
Nigeria: Protesters Demand to See Yar'Adua
Protesting Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has said it is unacceptable that ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has been incommunicado since he left the country for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia on November 23, 2009.
Ghana: Volta Chiefs Put Mills On the Carpet
Two chiefs in the Volta Region - Togbe Brentua Asafo IV of the Mafi traditional area and Togbe Dzegblade of Adaklu-Kodzobi - have called on President Mills to fulfill all the promises he made to them during his campaign tour of the area in 2008.
Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Two Nollywood Stars
Two Edo State Nollywood stars were late Tuesday killed in Benin by gunmen suspected to be hired killers.Mr Erhauyi Ogbeide a.k.a Ukeke and Eghosa Idehen a.k.a Erejiro were killed at the home of Ukeke's father-in-law located at 39, Ore-Oghene Street in Benin at about 8pm.
Nigeria: China's Trade Offensive Hurts Local Industry
Chinas' face has suddenly become so ubiquitous in Nigeria's major commercial cities with sub-standard textiles, machinery and auto-parts being the most prominent of the Chinese products being dumped in Africa's biggest market under a relationship that is heavily-tilted in favour of the Asian economic superpower.
Nigeria: Senator Warns of Military Take Over
Senator Arthur Nzeribe says the military may take over government if nothing is done about the country's state of affairs.Nzeribe who spoke at a news conference yesterday in Owerri said the nation in the past 10 years had spent huge sums of money to build democratic institutions but those at the helm of affairs had not been able to live up to expectation.
Nigeria: Jonathan Sends Unedited Uwais Report to National Assembly
It emerged yesterday that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded a copy of the report of the Justice Mohammed Uwais-led Electoral Reforms Committee to the National Assembly unedited.
Nigeria: Yar'Adua's Return Worsens Political Paralysis
On 3 March, the state governors decided to block a vote that could have set in motion President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's enforced resignation on medical grounds. This has won his supporters in Abuja more time but does nothing to resolve the crisis caused by the power vacuum at the centre of government.
Nigeria: Pope Condemns Jos Mayhem, as Police Set to Charge 49
Catholic papal Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday condemned the "atrocious" mayhem in Jos where over 500 people were massacred at the wee hours of last Sunday, also police said 49 people responsible would be charged with murder.
Nigeria: Task Force on Niger-Delta Destroys Illegal Refineries, Arrests 6 Suspected Oil Thieves
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta have destroyed fresh 500 illegal crude oil refineries and arrested six suspected oil thieves at Egbekebor and Gbelekumor communities in Delta State.
Africa: UN - Continent Spends $33 Billion On Food Imports Yearly
The Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh yesterday said food imports from the developed world into the African continent annually gulps $33 billion.
Nigeria: PDP Presidential Candidate to Emerge September
The presidential candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 general election may emerge in September this year, THISDAY has been info-rmed.
Nigeria: Enough of Bloodshed, Jang Warns Plateau Residents
Plateau State Governor, Da David Jonah Jang, has pleaded against any attempt for reprisal or vengeance attack following the massacre in Jos South Local Government Area of the state, last Sunday, in which hundreds of Berom women and children were killed in cold blood.
Nigeria: 'Some Ministers Did Not Write Jonathan to Maintain Status Quo'
Minister of Interior, Dr. Shettima Mustafa has debunked reports that some ministers wrote a memo to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan urging him to maintain the status quo in the dissolution or reorganisation of the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF).
Nigeria: The Warri Industrial Park
Driven by the need to speed up development in the state, the Delta State Government recently launched a business development initiative which it called the Warri Industrial Park. The master plan of the park was unveiled recently in Warri, Delta State.
Nigeria: NSE Presidency - Dangote Knows Fate Tomorrow
A Federal High Court in Lagos will tomorrow determine the fate of business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote as President of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
Nigeria: Standard Chartered Empowers Girls
In line with its Corporate Social Initiative programmes, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Nigeria, through its Goal programme, has partnered with a Non-governmental Organisation, Youth Empowerment Foundation, to provide football training, life skills and financial literacy education for 10,000 Nigerian girls this year.
Nigeria: The Presidential Advisory Council
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has inaugurated a Presidential Advisory Council, the creation and membership of which he announced a week ago. It is chaired by a former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd); it has twenty-five other members most of whom are veteran bureaucrats or technocrats whose inputs are expected to add value to governance. Government expects the council to provide alternative inputs into policy formulation, help promote good governance especially in the economy, power, security, electoral process, security infrastructure sectors, and encourage the fight against corruption.
Nigeria: Society is Sick, Says Electoral Commission Chairman
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Maurice Iwu has described the Nigerian society as sick, lamenting that some Nigerians could descend so low in order to achieve their selfish interests.
Nigeria: Group Denies Link to Anti Yar'Adua Rally
The Jama'atul Nasril Islam (JNI) yesterday faulted media reports linking it to the protest rally by some interest groups on the ailing president Umaru Musa Yar'adua.
Nigeria: GLO/CAF Footballer of the Year - Who Wears the Crown?
Today in Accra, Ghana, the 2009 African Footballer of the Year will be crowned. The award ceremony which holds at the State House Banquet Hall, is expected to attract global attention as the three nominees for the coveted crown command world respect in the game.
Nigeria: FEC Meeting Fails Again
For the second time in three weeks the regular meetings of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) failed to hold again yesterday. Instead, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan had to shelve the meeting for a summit of Heads of State and Governments on Agro- business.
Nigeria: Uwazuruike - MASSOB Protest Rocks South-East
Members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) took to the streets in the South east yesterday, demanding the release of their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike who is under detention.
Nigeria: Senator Lauds Army Over World Peace
Chairman of Senate Committee on Defence Ibrahim Ida has lauded the Nigerian Army for the 'heroic' role it is playing in ensuring the maintenance of peace across the globe over the years.
Nigeria: Legislative Rascality in Edo Assembly
Weapons such as axes, guns, tear gas and the speaker's gavel were used on lawmakers by their colleagues in the House who wanted to stop the change of guards that became possible following the decampment of a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Bright Omokhodion, who was thereafter elected the speaker.
Nigeria: Gov Sheriff Splits Century Old Emirate
Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State has divided the century old Dikwa Emirate into two, the Dikwa and Bama emirates. The old Dikwa emirate comprised of four local government areas; Bama, Ngala (Sheriff's town), Dikwa and Kala- Balge while the palace was in Bama town.
Nigeria: Army - Jang's Remarks Naïve, Embarrassing
The Nigerian Army yesterday berated Governor David Jonah Jang of Plateau State over his accusation that the military was informed of an impending attack on some villages but failed to stop it.
Nigeria: Yayale's Remarks to SNG
People of Nigeria, I salute you. I salute in the name of Allah the Almighty. I salute you in the name of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I salute you in the name of democracy. I salute you in the name of constitutionalism. I salute you in the name of accountability. I salute you in the name of unity. I salute you in the name of action.
Nigeria: NYSC Cows Cause Tension in Jos
Four cows meant for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Jos caused uproar yesterday when it was alleged that there were Fulani men inside the same truck as the cows, stationed to unleash another terror at nightfall.
