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July 03, 2009

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• RMAFC slashes Yar’Adua’s, Jonathan’s allowances - Senators, Reps also affected - Wants all Personal Assistants sacked
  AFTER about six months of painstaking efforts, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)...Tribune

• Govs are looting LG funds - Workers cry out - Want autonomy for LGs
  THE Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), on Thursday, accused state governors of hijacking the funds meant for...Tribune
   
• 2011: PDP senators demand automatic tickets
  AHEAD of the 2011 general election, the Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday night in Abuja, demanded an automatic return ticket for...Tribune
   
• Reps prepares agenda for constitutional amendment
  The House of Representatives on Thursday, set the tone for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution as it unanimously adopted a special procedure for considering the proposals for constitution amemdment forwarded to the National Assembly by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adau. The Special Procedure was in form of a...Tribune
   
• Saddam: Why I Turned Back UN Inspectors
  Former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, who was executed for crimes against humanity, refused to allow United Nations’ weapons inspectors into Iraq in 2002 in order to stop Iran from knowing how weak it had become. ThisDay
   
• At Last, Pay Cut for Public Officers Begins
  The pay cut for public and political office holders proposed by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in February will take effect at the end of this month. ThisDay
   
• FG Asks FERMA to Repair Apapa-Oshodi ‘Horror’ Way
  The Federal Government has asked the management of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to immediately take measures to commence “limited maintenance work” on the damaged portions of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway to ease the present difficulties motorists are currently facing. ThisDay
   
• NECO Boss Dismisses Fraud Allegations
  Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Professor Promise Okpala, has denied an alleged N5 billion fund currently being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). ThisDay
   
• PDP cedes Presidency
  •South -East to produce president after Yar’Adua
  In what may appear as a major political upset in 2011, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] may have ceded the presidential slot to the South East in the next general election| The Sun
   
• President, VP lose 300% severance pay*Hardship allowance reduced from 50% to 30%
  President and his vice will no longer enjoy the severance gratuity of 300 percent of their annual basic salary after the...Daily Trust
   
• 2011:Senators demand automatic tickets
  All serving Senators of the Federal Republic who are members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] should be granted automatic tickets to stand for re-election in 2011, Senate President David Mark demanded yesterd...Daily Trust
   
• Local govts seek financial autonomy from FG, States
  Towards a sustainable grassroots development in line with the federal governments Vision 20-20-20 initiative, the local governments in Nigeria have began moves to wrest financial autonomy from both the4 federal Government and the States. Vanguard
   
• A New Beginning With Muslims
  by President Barack Obama, Cairo University
  I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum. Conscience Daily International

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Editorial

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• Will 2009 be a Happy New Year for Nigeria?
  January 06, 2008
  NigerianNews takes this opportunity to felicitate with everyone as the year 2009 rolls in. Indeed, our felicitation this New year bothers on the prophetic, so replace any reference to Jerusalem in the passage below with Nigeria OR Abuja. Please also understand that this editorial is not about religion. However, if you must take it as a religious editorial, also understand that religion is the way we live our lives. A good and honest human being is also a good Christian and a good Muslim all at the same time! NigerianNews Editorial
   

• Amaechi vs. Omehia: And the Reasoning please?
  Anyone who read our article on the Amaechi vs. Omehia titled The Supreme Court: Supreme in all things but Remedy! will in no doubt notice that our bone of contention with the Supreme Court was never about the conclusion they reached. Our problem has always been the remedy they fashioned to compensate the winning side in this case, Amaechi. NigerianNews Editorial
   

• Happy New Year and Welcome 2008!
  January 01, 2008
  NigerianNews takes this opportunity to felicitate with everyone as the year 2008 rolls in. Indeed, Nigeria is a country which God has bestowed with enough resilience to weather any storm! 2007 was such a turbulent year which some would have either wished it never existed or certain events never occurred. All the same, all our experience is supposed to strengthen us with sufficient energy so that we can witness the fulfillment of things yet to be revealed to us as a Nation by the Almighty God. NigerianNews Editorial
   

• Removal of Ribadu: The Triumph of Aondoakaa and his Ruse of Law
  December 31, 2007
  While the plot was being hatched, those who now cry foul on the removal of Nuhu Ribadu were busy celebrating the demise of the previous government. While the celebration went on, the evil geniuses in our midst were busy perfecting their next move of their escape from Alcatraz! NigerianNews Editorial
   

• The Supreme Court: Supreme in all things but Remedy!
  October 29, 2007
  We must first congratulate this Supreme Court for they have done it again! We congratulate you for your consistent inconsistencies. We congratulate you for consistently turning the face of logic upside down to the applause of those who should know better. If your inconsistencies are not embarrassing, we would  have also congratulated you on your undemocratic imposition of Rotimi Amaechi who was never voted for by the people of Rivers State. This is a first in the annals of representative democracy!! NigerianNews Editorial
  
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Special Columns

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• Tunde Adenodi's Current Column
  
  The Ultimate Succession Crisis
  by Tunde Adenodi.
  February 26, 2009
  No one but former President Olusegun Obasanjo knows why he chose Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to replace him after his tenure in office.  But I suspect that he believed that Yar’Adua was the least harmless of all the potential candidates. He had possibly transferred his admiration for Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, his military Chief of Staff, who died mysteriously in Abacha’s gulag to the younger brother.  NigerianNews Special
  
  Vacationing in Nigeria with pain
  by Tunde Adenodi.
  January 05, 2009
  Going home is always fun. There is always an air of anticipation of what you are going to meet: Your relatives, your friends, your neighbors. There is also always an air of serious apprehension on what you will not want to meet: Armed robbers, NEPA and serious traffic jams that discourage the avid fun loving vacationer from having some fun out of your immediate environment. Certainly, no one wants to have anything to do with the police, customs immigration, the local government, the state and Federal Governments. Not that you can do without them. But the most minimal contact you have to have with those bodies, the better for you.  NigerianNews Special
  
  Ribadu: Fighting Corruption Nigerian Style
  by Tunde Adenodi.
  December 08, 2008
  In 1966, the army took over the reign of governance and listed corruption as one of the reasons for their action. But what they called corruption in those early days was nothing compared with what they handed over to Shagari in 1979 after 13 years at the helm. And each successive government after Gowon lamented the degree of corruption they inherited from their predecessors and swore to fight it to a standstill. They said they did. But corruption has always won. The result of their fight is that Nigeria has emerged the 38^th most corrupt nation on earth in a list of 41 countries. Put in another way, we are the third most corrupt nation on earth. And if President Yar’Adua continues the way he is going, we will catch up with the last two countries and emerge as the most corrupt nation on earth!  NigerianNews Special
  
  Obama’s bumpy ride to the White House
  by Tunde Adenodi.
  November 20, 2008
  Let us allow our imagination to run wild for only a fleeting moment: Suppose Barack Obama won the presidential election hands down like he just did and suppose the incumbent, the lame-duck US President George W. Bush announced with an unsigned statement that he was annulling the election because of fear of “judicial anarchy”, what reaction do you expect from Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar or Sani Abacha, were he to be alive? What would Obasanjo say? Or Buhari? Or all the anti-democracy leaders who have led us to the cul-de-sac we have found ourselves in since independence? Can you imagine the stress the US would have to go through? Can anyone imagine the stress the whole democratic world would have to go through?  NigerianNews Special
  
  Obama: No victory song until November 5
  by Tunde Adenodi.
  October 13, 2008
  Pollsters have been dead right in most elections held in the US in the last 20 years especially as it concerns the presidential elections. But in 1982, Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles ran for the office of Governor of California and lost! And so what? And so what?! Polls had indicated that he was heading for a landslide victory over his white rival in an election period not too different from the current socio-political and economic environment engineered by the Republican brand of unbridled capitalism. Bradley was a democrat and have I told you that he was also black?  NigerianNews Special | Read more articles by Adenodi
   

• Frisky Larr's Current Column
  
  The so-called El-Rufai’s ranting: Setting the Records straight
  by Frisky Larr
  June 11, 2009
  One good thing about the mass media as a system and tool of public communication is its ability to contradict itself into high-profiled exposure when it is least required. Issues that are conveyed into public domain by the mass media as a vehicle often end up with one of two outcomes. They are either popular and captivating or are drowned in a pond of media products with hardly any meaningful attention. Indeed there are many like me who failed to notice the new kid on the block in this pit of recent media products. I did not notice the write-up credited to El-Rufai that has become the subject of furious reactions and overblown praises or criticisms these past few days in the spirit of obvious partisan sentiments on both sides of the divide. NigerianNews Special
  
  The Niger-Delta Crackdown: My very first Kudos to H.E. The President
  by Frisky Larr
  June 09, 2009
  I used to have an Idol. A feminine Idol. Her name is Tracy Chapman. She is a songwriter, a singer and above-all, a talented poet. One phrase that she wrote summed up the pervading psyche in the western end of the cold war divide. That was about two decades ago. “Why are missiles called peacekeepers when they are aimed to kill? War is peace. Love is hate!” NigerianNews Special
  
  Re-branding Oshiomole: A Tale of Face-saving!
  by Frisky Larr
  May 26,2009
  Re-branding a product is always a matter of change. A change from the obvious that has become commonplace. A change from the loss of value in the face of routine acquaintance and loss of vital nimbus! Only a product that has a face in the eyes of the mind; a product which mention rings bell in the brain and galvanizes the imaginative power of picturesque association: Only such products require re-branding. NigerianNews Special
  
  Umaru Musa Yar’Adua: The Boomerang of Insincerity
  by Frisky Larr
  May 11, 2009
  As many local Nigerians of today, I use to regard the word Boomerang as one exotic English word in the stock of vocabularies reserved only for intellectuals and highly educated wannabes. Today, I do not blame myself because there is no way I would have known that a Boomerang was a simple playing object until I saw it for myself. Today therefore, I can hardly stop wondering what creative minds in the region of Oceania thought up the invention of this thin, flat and broadly V-shaped wooden or plastic rod that one would throw far into a distance like a piece of straight wooden rod thrown for a dog to catch. NigerianNews Special
  
  What if we staged a Revolution?
  by Frisky Larr
  April 06, 2009
  I have just returned from Nigeria fuming and furious. “So what?” You may want to ask. That is what we experience each year when we go through the hustle and bustle of Nigeria’s hard life. You start from the airport with the friendly immigration officer asking you “What did you bring for us?” You pass through the customs checkpoint. It’s a hustling task when they figure out that you are not frequently in Nigeria trading on contrabands. The rest is routine when you finally end up in the heat of the day away from the feeble air-conditioning system of Murtala Muhammed Airport. NigerianNews Special
  
  Atiku’s move is wise but will he be the tragic figure of our modern days?
  by Frisky Larr
  February 02, 2009
  In the heat of the battle between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar, I minced no words in observing that Atiku was a harakiri fighter with a failed strategy of fighting a camouflaged cause. For the sake of clarity, a harakiri fighter is an ancient Samurai sword fighter of Japanese tradition. It was a fighter for whom honor meant a lot. Upon losing a fight, the sense of disgrace and dishonor perceived by a Samurai was immense and overwhelming. The restoration of honor was largely seen in driving one’s own sword into one’s own stomach with artful twists and turns to exert maximum pain and standing the test of vigor with the ultimate price of dropping dead. In a nutshell, I told the Vice President then that he was committing political suicide. NigerianNews Special
  
  Mixed signals from Oshiomole in Edo State
  by Frisky Larr
  January 15, 2009
  Information emerging from Benin City in the past two days reports a jolly good mood amongst journalists at the State Press Center. Once amongst themselves for a well deserved glass of beer to chill off the heat of the burning dry season, it is not unusual for reporters to exchange a few laughs from various experiences gathered in the course of a hard day’s work. These recent days are however, like no other casual days. NigerianNews Special
  
  Is Oshiomole at a cross road? What is going on in Edo politics?
  by Frisky Larr
  January 12, 2009
  It’s been quite sometime since the landmark judgment was passed in Edo State by the Election Appeal Court. Comments and analyses have come and gone. Jubilations have done their round through the streets of Benin City and towns and villages making up the state. Many wise voices have spoken out. Fault-finders have spoken out too. But one element stands out as usual in all such cases. It is “Speculations” by bystanders and onlookers reading tea leaves in every frantic attempt to get to the bottom of veracity. NigerianNews Special| Read more articles by Larr
   

• Kay Soyemi's Current Column
  
  That CIA Report on Nigeria – Fact or Fiction?
  by Kay Soyemi
  December 01, 2008
  Dr. Thomas Fingar, the Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), recently presented and discussed his report titled the “Global Trends 2025” and among many other things, has predicted a bleak future for Nigeria if certain identified indicators were not addressed before 2025.  NigerianNews Special
  
  $500 Million Loan – For Whose Benefit?
  by Kay Soyemi
  November 21, 2008
  “Yar’Adua spoke softly, slowly and made no facial expressions when he observed that Nigeria would have to make hard but necessary steps to reform the system. NigerianNews Special
  
  NIGERIANS ARE NO LONGER LAUGHING
  by Kay Soyemi
  November 17, 2008
  “This time around, the jaded citizens are not singing hosanna; neither do we feel there is a messiah come to deliver us from the shackles of poverty, malnourishment, unemployment, a total lack of infrastructural development in terms of uninterrupted power supply, potable drinking water, decent roads, functional health centres and hospitals, qualitative educational facilities and a composite transport network system, neither do the citizens rejoice because we have seen it all before. NigerianNews Special
  
  Ribadu's removal: Not in the Interest of the General Public
  by Kay Soyemi
  December 29, 2007
  Keeping abreast of news and development back home takes some dedication and a hardiness of the soul and certain immunity to the shocking revelations that comes out of the political establishment and the fourth realm.  NigerianNews Special | Read more articles by Soyemi
   

• Atsar Terver's Current Column
  ECHOES:Commentary on burning public issues
  
  The Enemies of Electoral Reform and El-Rufai’s Silly Outburst.
  by Atsar Terver
  June 09, 2009
  When former President Obasanjo recently declared in his characteristically reckless manner that he was not aware of any ongoing electoral reforms in the country, not many may have read the evil intentions pregnant in those words. Coming at a time the Uwais Report on Electoral Reforms was being widely debated by the public, such a declaration from a former President meant either of two things, namely that he was truly ignorant of political happenings around him or that he was just expressing cynical apathy. The later seems more plausible for a former head of state that he is.  NigerianNews Special
  
  Obama Not a Snub.
  by Atsar Terver
  May 21, 2009
  Efforts have been made by many Nigerians to interpret the planned visit to Ghana by American President Barack Obama as a snub on Nigeria for failing to demonstrate commitment to free and fair election-a feat which Ghana has managed to achieve in three consecutive times since Jerry Rawlling’s revolution. NigerianNews Special
  
  Elumelu: Coming To Equity with Unclean Hands?
  by Atsar Terver
  May 18, 2009
  Just when you think you have exhausted available topical national issues to write about, an Elumelu and company are docked in a Federal High Court at Abuja over allegations of corruption to a staggering tune of over six Billion Naira. Then you realise you must stay awake one more night. NigerianNews Special | Read more articles by Terver
   

• Dotun Oyeniyi
  
  STILL ON OBAMA’S PLANNED VISIT TO GHANA: MATTERS ARISING
  by Dotun Oyeniyi
  June 22, 2009
  President Obama is visiting Africa in July and his points of call are Egypt and Ghana, not Nigeria.  NigerianNews Special
  
  IAN TOMLINSON AND SOME LESSONS FOR THE NIGERIAN POLICE
  by Dotun Oyeniyi
  April 25, 2009
  I am not sure of how many of my readers would find the name Ian Tomlinson strange.  He was the fateful guy who remained anonymous till his last day on earth but whose circumstances of death turned into a household name overnight. NigerianNews Special
  
  NIGERIA: A DEMOCRACY LIKE NO OTHER
  by Dotun Oyeniyi
  March 10, 2009
  We all owe a great deal of appreciation to those Greek philosophers who propounded the system of governance called democracy and those subsequent philosophers of varied descent who helped to develop, nurture and encapsulate several other theories that serve as the pedestal upon which democracy stands.   These men: Plato, Aristotle, Isocrates, Socrates, Montesquieu, Aeschines, Cicero, to mention but just a few have bequeathed on our world a system rightly described as ‘the last form of government’, to which we have not found and possibly could not find a better alternative. NigerianNews Special
  
  CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT YAR’ADUA: BUT ARE YOU THE PRESIDENT THAT NIGERIA DESERVES?
  by Dotun Oyeniyi
  December 17, 2008
  The supreme court of Nigeria has declared with unappealable finality that Alhaji Musa Yar´Adua is the duly elected president of Nigeria and, barring any unforeseen act of God, he shall remain in office till 2011. The judgement is most welcome for two reasons. NigerianNews Special
  
  RIBADU V THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: THROWING AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER
  by Dotun Oyeniyi
  December 09, 2008
  What a country! A country that is so notorious for humiliating the righteous and glorifying the scoundrels.  That is exactly what Nigeria does best.   Be it known to all that those who love Nigeria, wholeheartedly and serve her honestly, faithfully and with all their strengths, behold one of three types of reward await them: end up in the prison; or in the grave; or a combination of both in the order of a brief passage through prison into a final destination – grave. NigerianNews Special
  
  ADMIRAL AROGUNDADE, THE SLAVES, THE MASTERS AND THE END OF MILITARY´S BRUTALITY?
  by Dotun Oyeniyi
  November 19, 2008
  No one should truly be amazed at the recent happening on Muri Okunola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos where some armed escorts attached to one Rear Admiral Harry Arogundade allegedly went completely berserk, beating an harmless lady, Uzoma Okere, like a goat that strayed into  the beans stall, and stripping her naked in full public glare. NigerianNews Special
  
  NIGERIA AT 48: A GOVERNMENT AT WAR WITH ITS OWN PEOPLE
  by Dotun Oyeniyi
  October 02, 2008
  Nigeria is 48 and as usual, governments at the Federal, State and Local levels have rolled out the drums. The heads of governments at different levels came out; their fresh, well nourished and mostly hefty bodies planted in immaculate dresses and their rotund cheeks sprouting forth a smile of derision to the wailing crowds of mostly hangers-on and beneficiaries of their administrations, sprinkled with innocent school children. These leaders are the current gladiators, the veritable commanders of the victorious troops in a protracted war against the people. NigerianNews Special
  
  A SICK PRESIDENT OF AN UNHEALTHY NATION: PARADOX OF YAR’ADUA’S HEALTH AND NIGERIA’S HYPOCRISY.
  by Dotun Oyeniyi
  September 22, 2008
  In the last of couple of weeks, the press has been awash with screaming headlines about the President’s health. “Where is our president? Nigerians ask”! “Dead or Alive?”! “Yar’Adua in critical condition”! “The President may not return early”, are some of the endless variant of the screaming headlines. NigerianNews Special | Read more articles by Oyeniyi
   

• Joe Chikunie
  
  EKITI STATE ELECTION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP).
  by Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
  May 11, 2009
  s a student of History in my secondary school days, there was a sequence of events that I found most fascinating in that subject: The Rise and Fall of Empires. It analyzes how empires as the Songhai, Mali, Fulani et cetera rose as all conquering and powerful kingdoms before they fell respectively. NigerianNews Special
  
  LET NUHU RIBADU’S TRAVAILS BECOME YAR’ADUA’S NEMESIS FOR HE MUST NOT GO TO JAIL
  by Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
  December 12, 2008
  Where the hell is my former friend, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi? This special adviser to the President on media matters heaped effusive praise on Nuhu Ribadu when he was out of government but is now mum on the persecution of the man he loves so much.  NigerianNews Special
  
  THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BARACK OBAMA’S VICTORY AT US POLLS AND NIGERIA’S ‘OBAMA’ OSHIOMHOLE’S AT NIGERIAN COURTS.
  by Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
  December 10, 2008
  Messrs Barack Obama and Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole have so many things in common: Both command tremendous respect even among their bitterest critics. They are very fluent and persuasive public speakers and once you meet them, you are immediately infected with an admiration for their charm, charisma and pleasantries. Both men are very powerful and this inner strength, self confidence and internal serenity oozes out so conspicuously that one can listen to them all day. NigerianNews Special
  
  THE GROWTH OF A NEW BUT DANGEROUS AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC MODEL (THE THABO MBEKI-KOFI ANNAN DOCTRINE)
  by Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
  October 14, 2008
  There is absolutely no doubt that democracy is problematic in Africa when compared to its practice in Europe and America for instance. Different reasons can be adduced for this but the debate is for another day. NigerianNews Special
  WHAT PRESIDENT UMARU YAR ‘ADUA’S GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION.
  by Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
  June 13, 2008
  In proffering a much needed solution to the problem of the Niger Delta, it is very imperative to draw an analogy that best explains the frayed nerves, circumstances and deep feelings of the Niger delta people. NigerianNews Special

A POLITICAL ASSUMPTION: BARACK OBAMA AS A NIGERIAN POLITICIAN
by Joseph Ifeanyi Chikunie
May 27, 2008
Barack Obama is about to cause one of the greatest political upsets in the democratic world. This first time junior Illinois Senator, who many pundits never gave a chance against Hillary Clinton, a former wife of a USA President and Senator will soon be officially crowned as the nominee of the Democratic Party. NigerianNews Special | Read more articles by Chikunie

Other Special Columns

Interview

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• AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIEF OJO MADUEKWE, THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER IN PRESIDENT UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA’S CABINET
  
  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ojo Maduekwe, was recently in the United States as a participant in the 'Nigeria Meets The World Conference' organized by ThisDay, and the United Nations General Assembly session. He spoke exclusively with NNews at the New York Millennium Plaza. NigerianNews Interview

Guest Columns

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• EKITI: NOT A LAUGHING MATTER
  by Dr. Wole Ameyan, Jr.
  May 21,2009
  The above statement, ‘NOT A LAUGHING MATTER’, is a typically Nigerian one, albeit with evident grammatical blotches. The average Nigerian is warm, friendly and loves a good laugh. He can go out of his way to render the sort of help that leaves the beneficiary speechless, charmed and enchanted. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• Epidemic Corruption in our Educational Systems and the Future of Nigeria (IV)
  by Dr. Yushau Balarabe
  I have narrated in the last three articles some corrupt practices in our educational system. With these practices so rampant, it is noted that our educational system is now playing a negative role. Rather than training our children to become good citizen of this country, the training is now towards inculcating bad behaviors to them. The main message I am trying to pass on to all is that these bad behaviors that our students are learning in our schools will certainly have a very serious ramification to their behavior after school. NigerianNews Guest Column | (I) (II) (III)
   
• Kaduna State Governor offers no apology for adviser's inciting remarks
  by Dauda Sulaiman
  December 31, 2008
  The governor of Kaduna state Namadi Sambo has been silent and unapologetic to his state constituents in the south about the remarks made by his political adviser Hussaini Jallo on the December 9^th issue of This Day paper. Jallo was quoted as saying "there is no vacancy in Kaduna State Government House come 2011 for a Southern Kaduna candidate" adding "even their ancestors know that they cannot ascend that post" NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• ON THE PUBLISHED NATIONAL HONOUR OF OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC (OFR) ON ME: MY REACTION
  by Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
  December 16, 2008
  "I find it extremely difficult to accept that President Yar’ Adua’s government has the honour to dispense honour."
  .....In view of the foregoing, I reject the award of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• THE PHYSICAL REMOVAL OF NUHU RIBADU FROM THE GRADUATION CEREMONY AT NIPSS, KURU
  by Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
  November 23, 2008
  The event that took place at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru near Jos on Saturday, 22^nd November, 2008 is most disheartening, absolute bizarre and unprecedentedly barbaric. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• PRESS STATEMENT ON THE CAR SCANDAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  by Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
  Festus Keyamo’s allegations against the House of Representatives of the National Assembly regarding the purchase of cars from Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN) are very serious and they demand very quick investigation by all security agencies in the country including the Police, State Security Service, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), etc, etc. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• Oshiomole: Able governor.
  by Sesan Bello
  November 15, 2008
  Once again we have cause to celebrate. Here is another landmark on a nation’s journey to the promise land. Kudos to Oshiomole who persisted, his supporters who voted, and of course, the fearless judge, whose bravery is worth celebrating, who refused to sing from the same hymn sheet from which we’ve been singing in the past, to deliver the landmark judgement that would remain historic in Edo state’s decades of party politicking. This is one giant leap for Nigeria in attaining political maturity. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• America re-ascertains her Equality creed.
  by Sesan Bello
  November 7, 2008
  It erupted like a volcano in the morning. Seconds after, it swept across the world. It was the jubilation of a defining moment - an exciting moment. ‘The moment so many have waited so long’ (Bush) – the moment a black man achieved a feat never deemed possible before, in American politics; even in another decade to come. It was when Americans showed the World that they were truly the biggest and the most matured Democracy that knows what Democracy is all about. The day American people united and spoke with their votes and changed a detested way of life forced on them by what bookers described as ‘an unprecedented failure of an imbecilic leadership’ which had ultimately grinded our world to a halt. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• Total Collapse of Health System: A time bomb waiting to go off.
  by Charles Oguntade
  Every time I think about the health system in Nigeria and compare it with what operates in other parts of the world, my heart bleeds. Over the years, I have thought over why our situation is so different but I am unable to find any good reason, sometimes you will even want to think may be it’s a kind of a curse or perhaps is just our way of life. Even countries that are less privileged in both human and material resources are able to get it right to some extent. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• GOV.ROTIMI AMAECHI:IN THE DESERT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
  by Chiso Obiandu
  When I learnt that Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) chaired by the retired revered Justice Kayode Eso, I feigned indifference of the highest order.  NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• What a crab?
  by Sesan Bello
  What an impractical way to tackle a problem when a problem isn’t identified as a problem? This is a direct response to government’s remarks about the hunger facing us in Nigeria. While the relatively more comfortable and wealthier nations astutely square up with the present global food crisis by officially acknowledging it; adopting strategic plans to mitigate its unpleasant effects on its people, poor and disadvantaged Nigeria is still denying it, with ministers and officials claiming there is no food shortage; that what we have in Nigeria is mere increase in prices.  This is totally ridiculous. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• Suit: Gani Fawehinmi v. President of Nigeria and Ors.
  by Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
  A DECLARATION that the appointment of Chief (Mrs) Farida Waziri as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by the 1st defendant, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in May, 2008 is illegal, null and void and of no effect whatsoever as the Office of Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was not vacant in that at the time of the appointment, the incumbent Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has not been removed from office by the 1st defendant, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as he is required so to do by Section 3(2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act No. 1 of 2004. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• Open Letter to the President of the Senate
  by Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
  June 01, 2008
  The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has referred the name of Chief (Mrs) Farida Waziri to the Senate for confirmation as the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• MORMON CHURCH KEEPING ITS RACIST PAST SECRET FROM AFRICAN MORMONS
  by Darrick T. Evenson
  May 15, 2008
  Today there are about 200,000 Mormons in the countries of Ghana and Nigeria. All but perhaps 2,000 of them are natives of those countries. The rest are mostly white missionaries. You can recognize them because they dress in suits, often ride bikes, and white shirts and dark ties with black name-tags saying "Elder" or "Sister" and "The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints". These are Mormon missionaries. I was one myself many years ago. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• MY DREAMS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR WORLD
  by Ogungbade Oyeyemi
  A journey of thousand miles will begin with a single step. Life is an empty dream. Dream is something having great beauty or charm. Dream means a vision of fantasy. It means a picture existing only in the mind. A focused man should, will and must definitely have a dream. The dream must not be an ordinary one, but for the future. NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• The 'wasted generation' syndrome
  by Sesan Bello
  A mere weepy-mushy statement, some will say, but the truth, it is. A very bitter pill to shove down the throat, by those concerned and of course, one that takes only the fearless to swallow. This is how I view Danjuma’s recent proclamation that the generation to which he belongs had failed and ‘should quit the stage for the younger generation.’ NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• Can Good Governance Bestow Legitimacy on Yar’Adua’s Government?
  by Onye Nnodim
  On Tuesday the 26^th of February 2008, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Nigeria ruled in favor of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. It upheld the results of the 2007 presidential election in Nigeria, which brought Yar’Adua to power. The election was widely criticized by the European Union and international observers as fundamentally flawed in various respects. Today, the international observers are gone and the European Union is comfortably silent.  NigerianNews Guest Column
   
• MEND asks President Bush to Mediate Dispute
  by Scott A Morgan
  The Current President of the United States is a Lame Duck. This is a term that means He will be taking actions that will shore up his Legacy. Or even take steps that will change how both the World at Large and the Citizens of the United States view how he lead the last 8 years. NigerianNews Guest Column
   

• This bell tolls for all of us
  by Patience Akpan-Obong
  January 08, 2008
  A chief in one of the villages in Abak, Akwa Ibom State, was murdered by hired gunmen on Nov. 28, 2007. His name was Chief Timothy Titus Akpan, aged 63. He was my father. NigerianNews Guest Column
   

• A Surpise Attack in Cameroon: New Crisis to emerge?
  by Scott A Morgan
  November 21, 2007
  The news over this past weekend that 21 Members of the Cameroonian Military were killed in an Ambush in the controversial Bakassi region did nothing more but to highlight the ever increasing tensions in the region. Initial Reports indicated that the Nigerian Military may have been involved due to the proximity to the border of the attack. But the Attack was carried out by a group known as the "Liberators of the Southern Cameroon People." NigerianNews Guest Column
   

• KEBBI Election: Tribunal Went Beyond Its Mandate?
  by Sani Onyedikachi Obi
  November 06, 2007
  If the title of my piece is perceived as inappropriate or most uncharitable in certain quarters, then I must begin by tendering my most sincere regrets as it is certainly not aimed at casting aspersion on the competencies, integrity or judicial discretion of the learned counsels or distinguished members of the Kebbi State election Tribunal. I must also confess my utter ‘unlearnedness’ in comparison to the eminent jurists who delivered the rather incredible ruling of 20th October, 2007 that annuled the April 2007 Kebbi State Gubernatorial elections. NigerianNews Guest Column
   

• AMAECHI’S CONTROVERSIAL ADOPTION OF MR. TELE IKURU AS DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE
  by Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, SAN
  November 01, 2007
  Another controversy has been thrown up by the decision of the Supreme Court on Thursday, 25th October, 2007 declaring Rotimi Amaechi as the Governor of Rivers State. NigerianNews Guest Column
  
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• Ede Mi Out At Last
  After much expectation, the latest effort from the stables of Okiki Films - Ede Mi, has finally been released. Daily Independent
   

• We Don't Sleep Around In Nollywood -Kemi Alagbara
  Kemi Alagbara may be viewed by many people as a pretty up and coming Nollywood face, but there is more to her than that Daily Independent
   

• No more foreign-based lover
  January 11, 2009
  The last time we spoke to Mercy Johnson was in August. She was so enthusiastic about her boyfriend abroad and like every 25 year old, Mercy learnt that love does not always seem the way it appears. | The Sun
   

• Trouble in Nollywood
  December 27, 2008
  Until few years ago, the world knew only two flourishing film blocks. Then it was Hollywood of the United States and Bollywood of Indian. The Nigerian Nollywood joined the fray 16 years ago and showed much promise| The Sun
   

• Ghanaians eclipse Nollywood stars
  Just like many alien invasion movies we’ve watched, the film industry in Nigeria, better known as Nollywood, is fast experiencing its own kind of ‘alien’ invasion | The Sun
   

• In Abuja, stakeholders chart new course for Nollywood
  At the recently concluded fifth edition of the yearly Abuja International Film Festival, organized by NAFIFO group, the future of Nollywood, was the dominant topic of discussion among the participants| The Sun
   

• Nigerian Movie Industry Has Improved Tremendously
  Steve Gukas has made a name both in broadcasting and film production. For twenty years running, Gukas has directed and produced films that have won the Daily Independent
   

• 'Why I left banking for Nollywood'
  With almost a decade experience and romance with Nollywood, consummate movie producer and linguist Vivian Ejike, is still not relenting on her oars, especially in the areas of churning out movies| The Sun
   

• Nollywood actress, Winifred…
  She belongs to the new generation actresses whose entry into Nolly wood had brought some breath of fresh air into the industry.She is every man’s desire and what her fellow women aspire to be. |The Sun
   

• The Press, Responsible For Our downfall - Toyin Aimakhu
  Some in the Nollywood circle, especially actresses, prefer acting nude but this is not applicable to Toyin Aimakhu. Speaking with GBENGA OLUMIDE at LTV8 recently, she explained why she can’t act nude...Tribune
   

• Aromire To Get Befitting Burial
  News of the death of popular actor and producer, Muyideen Alade Aromire, seems to have escalated the injury the Nigerian entertainment industry has experienced following the death of many artistes. Daily Independent

• Alade Aromire is dead
  The curtain fell suddenly, finally, on one of the leading lights and pioneer of Yoruba home video industry, Muyideen Alade Aromire. Aromire was the first Nigerian to own a vernacular pay television channel, Yotomi TV. |The Sun

• Nollywood is not improving – Zack Orji
  Zack orji is one of Nollywood’s biggest talents, and is considered the movie biz’s most prominent celebs. Trust Entertainment caught up with the star. Daily Trust

• I Left Banking For Nollywood -- Blessing Effiong-Egbe
  Life as a model was fast and fun, short-lived but got to a reasonable and fulfilling stage. I started out in Nigeria in 2001 with the Silverbird International Fashion show Daily Independent
   

• I'm Old Enough To Get Money Anywhere
  Fathia, estranged wife of popular actor, Saheed Balogun, is a notable actress and producer in Nollywood.She spoke to Patrick Uwalaka about her career and new work Asa, Daily Independent
   
• Nollywood Will Crash Soon, Says Oba Funso Adeolu
  Not many would have forgotten Funso Adeolu, Chief Eleyimi,...Daily Independent
   
• Scandal in Nollywood
  Though the gladiators are artistes, what is currently playing out in Nollywood is by no means a movie. So, it is no make-believe. It is a scandal of worrisome dimension and it is real life. | The Sun
   
• Don’t be fooled, there’s sexual harassment in NOLLYWOOD — Arinze
  How long have you been in the movie, music industry?Ehmm, this is about the 24th year I’m in the industry...Vanguard
   
• It’s stupid to sleep with a producer, expect a role
  Believe it or not, Ijeoma Imo is one of the most beautiful girls that pass through the industry called Nollywood....Vanguard
  
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