From the monthly archives: June 2009

Coup: Nigeria owes us apology, not amnesty—Anyanwu

On June 26, 2009 · In News

By Emmanuel Aziken

ABUJA — Senator Chris Anyanwu has dismissed calls for amnesty for her and others imprisoned over alleged participation in the phantom coup plot of 1995, saying Nigeria rather owed her an apology.

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Group calls for ban on task force on ports congestion

On June 26, 2009 · In News

By AbdulSalam Muhammad

KANO — Operators of cargo services in the country has called for the disbandment of the Comptroller General Task Force to enliven the dream of speedy clearance of goods with 48 hours at the ports.

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MEND writes Russian President

On June 26, 2009 · In News

In a statement released following the attack, spokesman of the group, Jomo Gbomo, said the attack was carried out to frustrate the oil and gas business in the country.

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Pop icon Michael Jackson is dead

On June 26, 2009 · In Entertainment

Pop icon Michael Jackson,aged 50 has died in Los Angeles reports say.

Paramedics were called to the singer’s home around midday local time on Thursday after he stopped breathing and suffered a suspected cardiac arrest.

He was rushed by ambulance to a local medical centre, but his death was announced shortly afterwards.

The star, who [...]

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Militants bomb Shell’s pipeline

On June 26, 2009 · In News

By Luka Binniyat & Jimitota Onoyume

PORT HARCOURT — WHILE President Umaru Yar’Adua and other government officials were getting ready to announce amnesty plans for militants in the Niger Delta, the Shell pipeline in Bille/Krakrama, Rivers state was attacked by MEND, with a resultant
shutdown of the facility.

The attack has also put out [...]

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Ever Heard Of FRA?

On June 26, 2009 · In x

NIGERIA has some laws ordinary Nigerians would wonder when they were made. One of them is the Fiscal Responsibility Act, FRA, a 2007 law that expects prudent management of public finances from governments and their agencies.

The law is observed in breach as cases of outright malfeasance show. The FRA was meant to track and [...]

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Presidential system of govt has failed us — Shitta-Bey

On June 26, 2009 · In Law & Human Rights

By Abdulwahab Abdulah

Senator Sikiru Ayodeji Shitta-Bey, a lawyer and front-line politician is one man that would not be prevented by his old age  from carrying out his daily practice of law and politics. In his days as politician, he was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives [...]

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Tribute to Auntie Chinyere

On June 26, 2009 · In Sweet and Sour

By Donu Kogbara

VERY few of the people around us have significant impacts on our lives. And I want to pay a brief but heartfelt tribute to my beloved auntie, Chief Mrs Chinyere Asika, who recently celebrated her 70th birthday and is not only one of the most intellectual and accomplished women of her generation [...]

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Death and the kidnapper

On June 26, 2009 · In Law & Human Rights

By Awa Kalu

Like darkness, the sad upsurge of kidnapping has enveloped with ease, certain parts of this country. According to H.Loewy (Criminal Law in a Nutshell (2nd ed.1987), ‘at early common law, kidnapping required asportation of the victim to another country.

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Wanted : A more secure tenure for Nigerian judges (2)

On June 26, 2009 · In Law & Human Rights

By Emmanuel Majebi

The Chief Justice of Nigeria or the Chief Judge of a State against whom an allegation of inability to misconduct or contravention of the code of conduct has been made under this section shall be entitled to defend himself in person or by a Legal practitioner of his own choice before the [...]

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Rescuing Israel from its leaders

On June 26, 2009 · In Owei Lakemfa

By Owei Lakemfa

THE on-going disagreements between Israel and its principal backer, the United States seem a trifle.

The Palestinians are squeezed mainly into two small settlements;  the Gaza Strip and the West Bank .  Yet Israel continues to nibble parts of the West Bank by building settlements.

America’s request delivered by Secretary of [...]

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Mama Diaspora’s empowerment initiative gets govt’s boost

On June 26, 2009 · In Society Watch

A woman of vim and vigour, Ms Temitope Ajayi, has a lot going for her. After several years of her sojourn in the United States leading thousands of Nigerians in the Diaspora, she cleverly chose to return with a wonderful initiative. Her passion, even while in US, was what she calls caring for the young-adult. It was not a surprise when she decided to introduce an agricultural empowerment programme for young farmers in her beloved country.

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Calls on June 20 match

On June 26, 2009 · In Onochie Anibeze

By Onochie Anibeze

It’s been interesting trying to analyse the reactions of Nigerians after the goalless draw with Tunisia on June 20.

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Poll: Does court have powers to review INEC’s discretion to cancel election?

On June 26, 2009 · In Law & Human Rights

By Ise-Oluwa Ige

In the last two years, not less than 20 lawsuits were filed in different inferior and regular courts of record in the country by some political parties and their candidates to invalidate the gubernatorial poll held in Imo on April 28, 2007.

The said election produced Dr Ikedi Ohakim of the Progressive [...]

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