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(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/shekarau_register.jpg?1298905376) The Nigeria Peoples Parliament in Diaspora (NPPiD) will feature Nigeria's presidential candidates in a program tagged "2011 Nigerian Presidential Aspirants Forum" and scheduled for Saturday March 12, 2011 in New York City. Each candidate will be given equal time to outline his vision, manifesto and program if elected.
The session is tailored to enable presidential aspirants to address a global Nigerian audience on the specific details of their mission and their strategies for lifting Nigerians from the quagmire of missed opportunities, economic stupor and poverty.
Several candidates have already confirmed their participation in the special event, designed to introduce the presidential contestants to Nigerians in the Diaspora and to challenge each candidate to articulate his vision for Nigeria.
This special session, coming approximately one month before Nigeria's presidential elections, offers a rare opportunity for the candidates as well as Nigerians resident abroad to ponder the problems and prospects of their country.
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/youths-3.jpg?1298905936)Youth-led Organizations and Media Outlets Join Forces to Call for A Youth-Focused Debate
February 22, 2011, Abuja, Nigeria – Building on momentum from a mass voter registration drive, a coalition of several youth empowerment groups and blogs, including Vote or Quench, Enough is Enough Nigeria, Sleeves Up, and Nigeria Leadership Initiative, are calling for the first-ever presidential youth centered debate in Nigeria. Looking ahead to the April elections, the debate would focus on the key issues affecting a critical voting demographic, with the age group of 30 and under representing 70% of the population.
The debate will be a direct conversation with Nigerian youth, inviting presidential candidates to answer questions posed by young Nigerians, at home and abroad, via social media networks including Facebook and Twitter, text message and phone, about key topics of concern. For the first time, the candidates will have a platform to share their agenda with the nation in a live-televised format, laying out specific and concrete solutions. The debate is tentatively scheduled for the last week of March, 2011.
A second memorial lecture for Mokwugo Okoye, one of Nigeria's greatest activists in the fight for Independence from Britain, is scheduled for March 2nd in Abuja.
The lecture, which will be given by poet Odia Ofeimun, will take place at Gracepoint Hotel, Kananga Close, Off Yaounde Street Wuse Zone 6, Abuja.
The time for the lecture is 11.30 a.m. Mr. Ofeimun, a prize-winning poet and a past president of the Association of Nigerian Authors, will focus on a lecture titled "In Praise of Our Masters: The Real Makers of the Nigerian Mind." Former Attorney General of the Federation, Godwin Kanu Agabi, will be the guest of honor.
Mr. Okoye was a prominent member of the Zikist movement who organized demonstrations, strikes and lectures to protest British colonial subjugation of Nigeria. The British authorities detained him numerous times for his crusade to achieve Independence from British rule. Widely admired by progressives in Nigeria and elsewhere, Mr. Okoye authored many books in history, philosophy, memoir.
I've had to ask myself this question over and over again, why are we, the youth, really keeping quiet in Nigeria? What are we really afraid of? Why do we pretend that all is well, and never speak out about the deprivation we've faced all these years of military/civilian rule? Why do we never speak the truth about how despicable life has become for many of our friends, colleagues, folks and siblings?
Why do we pretend to believe that our government is sincere, when in reality we're only interested in playing sycophancy to them for personal gain? Why do we pretend to believe that they are even competent to or capable of solving the problems of our generation? Why do we hide under aliases and nicknames in online media and make the actual comments that reveal our minds, but come to the open to praise and sycophant ourselves and the same people who have deprived us of electricity, jobs, good education, technology advancement, and a future for our coming generation?
Gospel Obioma
Lagos
By Farouk Martins Aresa The whole world is watching, the whole world is watching, the whole world is watching as innocent Africans are being lynched in Libya. The time to act is right now since nobody acted yesterday or day before. It started as a rumor, then it was reported on social network and now we know it is real. The world must act and act quickly.
Source: World And Press Watch As Africans Are Lynched In Libya (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/world-and-press-watch-africans-are-lynched-libya)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/jessica_tata.jpg?1299017413) By PM, News, Lagos A 22-year old Nigerian girl has fled the United States of America after fire killed four kids at a daycare centre where she works.
Source: Houston Daycare Fire: Wanted By FBI, Nigerian Girl Flees U.S. (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/houston-daycare-fire-wanted-fbi-nigerian-girl-flees-us)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/Crowds-at-Tunisian-border-007.jpg?1299039758) "Sir, I have two kids with me here, and I have been in this airport for three weeks, no food to eat, we sleep on the floor everyday waiting for plane to come and evacuate us. please beg Nigerian government to come with bigger planes to evacuate us" so is the cry of a Nigeria woman at the Tripoli airport this morning calling on all Nigerians, human rights group to plead to Nigerian government to come and evacuate them from Libya.
Another Nigerian, who is the senior elder of Nigeria community in Libya, Mr. Solomon Okoduwa, said "so far the Tripoli airport as at the time of call has recorded seven thousand Nigerians awaiting evacuation, aside those trapped in Benghazi and other states outside. Tripoli. He said most of them have been at the airport for several weeks; watching other countries coming with cargo planes and ships to evacuate their citizens almost every two hours, while Nigerians starve at the airport as there are no provision for food, water or place to sleep, even pregnant and nursing mothers are not excluded from the pains and suffering"
Campaign for the Rights of Nigerians in Diaspora (CRND), condemn the Nigerian government and its ministry of foreign affairs for its attitude towards Nigerians in Diaspora, most especially when other countries are working day and night to evacuate their citizens from Libya. For example, Two Turkish vessels picked up 3,000 Turks from the eastern Libyan port of Benghazi Wednesday, as part of what Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called the biggest evacuation operation in Turkey's history.
Chinese state media say Beijing also is organizing an air, sea and land operation to evacuate up to 33,000 Chinese citizens from Libya. The operation involves chartered aircraft, Chinese commercial ships, fishing boats and buses.
By Frank Malcom
Source: 7, 0000 Nigerians Still Stranded At Tripoli Airport In Libya -CRND (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/7-0000-nigerians-still-stranded-tripoli-airport-libya-crnd)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/gaddafi%20au-1.jpg?1299040170) By GIN Mar 1 (GIN) – Years of financially supportive relationships with Libya’s Moammar Al Gaddafi have created a moral dilemma for African leaders who have said little as violence flares in that northern nation.
Source: African Allies Chided For Silence On Libyan Uprising (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/african-allies-chided-silence-libyan-uprising)
By Jude Egbas All a casual observer needed to do last weekend to put a finger on what was wrong with our dear country, fifty years after the colonial masters left us in the lurch; was to flip the channels to a few Nigerian TV stations or follow the sickening events of the day on the internet. In one of the most bizarre welcome parties in recent memory, one of the chieftains of Africa’s most depraved of political parties, was coming home fresh from a two year jail term to a red carpet reception and a roll of the drums.
Source: George Of The (PDP's) Jungle (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/george-pdp%E2%80%99s-jungle)
Osita Okechukwu - WHEREAS, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties {CNPP}, is not unmindful that crime of any hue is not time barred, accordingly will not condone any illegality nor support any corrupt person; however we take exception to the return of the dark days where prominent opposition leaders as we approach April elections are intimidated and harassed, as evidenced by the interrogation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday 1 March 2011 by the State Security Service {SSS}.
Source: Tinubu's Interrogation By SSS Return Of The Dark Days (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/tinubu%E2%80%99s-interrogation-sss-return-dark-days)
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OF THE CONGRESS FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE (CPC) GEN.
MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR AT THE NORTH-WEST FLAG
OFF CAMPAIGN.
KADUNA
2ND MARCH, 2011.
Source: PHOTONEWS: Buhari's Massive Rally In Kaduna, Ribadu Meets Kuffour Delegation And Nigerians From Libya (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/photonews-buharis-massive-rally-kaduna-ribadu-meets-kuffour-delegation-and-nigerians-libya)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/A%20Paradise%20for%20Maggots.jpg?1299095549) By Adeleke Adeeko Although this tome is about Nuhu Ribadu, the founding chairman and nurturer of one of the world’s most famous anti-graft agencies, the EFCC, and current presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the biographical subject happens not to be the protagonist of the narrative.
Source: A Great Plea For Ribadu: Wale Adebanwi's A Paradise for Maggots: the Story of a Nigerian Anti-Graft Czar (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/great-plea-ribadu-wale-adebanwi%E2%80%99s-paradise-maggots-story-nigerian-anti-graft-czar)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/Doctorandgeneral.jpg?1299114462) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/AAUW.jpg?1299114586) WeBeNaija Blog On March 1, 2011, Nigerians woke up to a breathless announcement of a "Prestigious Award" being bestowed upon the person of the Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change and one-time, self-imposed ruler-at-gun-point of Nigeria, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.).
"Buhari accorded distinguished Women’s Award in the US" proclaimed the headlines, which then went on to say:
Source: Was Buhari P0wned?: Controversies Trail "Women's Award" In New York (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/was-buhari-p0wned-controversies-trail-womens-award-new-york)
By Owunari Hopkins-Amachree Exactly two Weeks ago I coordinated an online petition asking the Chief Judge of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu to resign his position as the Chief judge of Nigeria, with respect to the very serious accusation of misconduct leveled against him by Justice Ayo Salami.
Source: Signatories To The Petition Demanding The Immediate Resignation Of Justice Katsina-Alu (http://www.saharareporters.com/letter/signatories-petition-demanding-immediate-resignation-justice-katsina-alu)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/Gabriel_suswam.jpg?1299177034) By SaharaReporters, New York A Nigerian lawyer has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IG) to investigate the allegation of certificate forgery which has been made against Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue State.
Source: 'Forged' Certificate: Lawyer Calls On IGP To Investigate Benue's Governor Suswam (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/%E2%80%98forged%E2%80%99-certificate-lawyer-calls-igp-investigate-benue%E2%80%99s-governor-suswam)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/reports/Sentenced_in_God_name.jpg?1299202483) By Chido Onumah It is almost twenty-two years since the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This human rights treaty gives all children (under 18 years) a comprehensive set of economic, social, cultural and civil and political rights. It embraces and legitimizes the needs of children and provides a basis for their well-being.
Source: Sentenced in God's Name: The Untold Story of Nigeria's Witch Children (http://www.saharareporters.com/report/sentenced-god%E2%80%99s-name-untold-story-nigeria%E2%80%99s-witch-children)
By Tondu Aonduna It is patently clear that the president’s glib talk about free and fair elections is a hoax. It is a cheap ploy intended for the unsuspecting. Nigerians are not fooled. At every campaign stop these days, Jonathan has punctuated his speech with empty slogans about eschewing violence and the imperative for credible and transparent polls that are an expression of the will of the citizenry.
Source: Enough Is Enough, President Jonathan (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/enough-enough-president-jonathan)
Clement Chigbo - Following the recent popular uprising that swept across and continues to rage in many Arab/Middle East and North African countries, oppressive and age-long dictatorial regimes have crumbled and collapsed and many other repressive and absolutist regimes in the region are teetering precariously and precipitously on the brink or labyrinth of imminent collapse.
Source: The Libyan Conflict In Perspective By Clement Chigbo (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/libyan-conflict-perspective-clement-chigbo)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Democracy_Enforced.jpg?1299241975) By Shehu Sanni The Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria has listed several points the organization regards as the clear danger to free and fair election below:
Source: 31 Clear And Present Danger To The Credibility And Success Of The 2011 General Elections In Nigeria-CRC (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/31-clear-and-present-danger-credibility-and-success-2011-general-elections-nigeria-crc)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/ribadu_benue_rally2.jpg?1299242491) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Ribadu_benue_rally.jpg?1299242655) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Sunny_Ugochukwu_benuerally.jpg?1299242730) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/acn_benue_rally_147.jpg?1299242812) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Ribadu_in_Akure1.jpg?1299264020) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Ribadu_Akure_3.jpg?1299264122) By Photonews@SaharaReporters, New York The candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Nuhu Ribadu, on a second day of his presidential campaign in Gboko, Benue state.
Source: UPDATED: Mammoth Crowd At Ribadu's Rally In Benue And Ondo State (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/updated-mammoth-crowd-ribadus-rally-benue-and-ondo-state)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/ribadu_fashola.jpg?1299355629) By Jon Gambrell (CP) LAGOS, Nigeria — Opposition presidential candidate Nuhu Ribadu, a man who once went after Nigeria's top politicians as the oil-rich nation's anti-corruption czar, struggled Saturday to have someone listen to him.
Source: At Opposition Rally In Nigeria's commercial capital, Ribadu Struggles To Get Noticed-Canadian Press (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/opposition-rally-nigerias-commercial-capital-ribadu-struggles-get-noticed-canadian-press)
By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde The Middle East comprises North Africa and Western Asia with about two dozen countries, multitudes of races, religions, cultures and subcultures. This is a land, which had, for thousands of years been the epic-center for very many interesting and epoch making events.
Source: The Collapse Of Authoritarian And Puppet Regimes In The Middle East (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/collapse-authoritarian-and-puppet-regimes-middle-east)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/prof-attahiru-jega.jpg?1299415363) By Osita Okechukwu Conference of Nigerian Political Parties {CNPP} calls on Professor Attahiru Jega led Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} to give Nigerians CLEAN Automatic Fingerprint Identification System {AFIS} National Voters Register; commensurate with the N187billion expended on National Voters Registration.
Source: Jega: Give Us Clean AFIS Voters Register -CNPP (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/jega-give-us-clean-afis-voters-register-cnpp)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/jonathan_gej.jpg?1299416555) Wikileaks cables released by Lagos-based 234Next newspaper reveals how current Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan engaged in multiple voting in the highly discredited 2007 election that brought him to power.
Source: Wikileaks Cable Reveals How Goodluck Jonathan Engaged In Multiple Voting (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/wikileaks-cable-reveals-how-goodluck-jonathan-engaged-multiple-voting)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/Adams_Oshiomhole.jpg?1299424947) By Tony Iyare Our attention has been drawn to the above titled lead story of the Next on Sunday published on Sunday, March 6, 2011, which falsely alluded that the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole told some US diplomats in December 2008, that President Goodluck Jonathan voted four times as Vice President in the April 2007 election.
Source: Oshiomhole Reacts-Re: Jonathan Voted Four Times In 2007 (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/oshiomhole-reacts-re-jonathan-voted-four-times-2007)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/0614-achebe.jpg?1299445017) By SaharaReporters, New York Entering into its 52nd anniversary, Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, Things Fall Apart, continues to garner a string of laurels around the world. The latest honor for this, the most widely read and translated novel by an African author, came recently when scholar Andrew Taylor named Things Fall Apart as one of the 50 most “most important and influential books in the history of the world.
Source: Things Fall Apart Makes List Of 50 Most Influential Books (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/things-fall-apart-makes-list-50-most-influential-books)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/sam_chukwu.jpg?1299445355) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/ckwu.jpg?1299445573) By SaharaReporters, New York A source in Enugu has sent SaharaReporters two photographs of Divisional Police Officer Sam Chukwu who is on the run after prosecutors fingered him in the kidnap of Lotachukwu Ezeudu, a second-year accountancy student at the University of Nigeria (Enugu campus).
Source: DPO Sam Chukwu's Pictures Discovered; Still In Hiding As Trial Looms (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/dpo-sam-chukwu%E2%80%99s-pictures-discovered-still-hiding-trial-looms)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/xeno_sa.jpg?1299498606) Attempting to come to terms with xenophobia is confusing and highly problematic. It is like a disease that carries a lot of opprobrium and excites a great deal of contradictory reactions. The way it wreaks its havoc in Africa appears quite peculiar.
Source: Shades Of Xenophobia (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/shades-xenophobia)
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye Late last year, President Goodluck Jonathan was at the Enugu home of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. Their meeting took place behind closed doors. No statements were issued after it, and no attempt was made to let the public into the details of their deliberation. It was a private meeting, and they wanted it to remain so.
Source: Unfair Attacks On Ojukwu (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/unfair-attacks-ojukwu)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/reports/DISTURBED%20APPLICANTS.JPG?1299503456) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/reports/NAVAL%20OFFICERS%20READY%204%20BATTLE%20WITH%20APPLICANTS.JPG?1299503456) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/reports/APPLICANTS%20SEEK%20SHELTHER.JPG?1299503456) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/reports/APPLICANTS%20SEEK%20FOR%20SHELTER%20FROM%20D%20SCORCHING%20SUN.JPG?1299503456) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/reports/APPLICANTS%20BEEN%20FLOGGED%20BY%20NAVAL%20PERSONNELS.JPG?1299503456) By Emeka The d-day finally came and as applicants from different works of life, from different states scattered across the Nigerian geographical space converged in drones in Ojo, Lagos, SouthWest Nigeria venue for the much anticipated Aptitude Test organized by the Nigerian Navy, a perceived reputable security paraphernalia as enshrined within the Nigerian Constitution.
Source: Nigerian Navy Recruitment Hoax (http://www.saharareporters.com/report/nigerian-navy-recruitment-hoax)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/people_senata.jpg?1299512527) By Senator Eta Royalty Uso The People’s Senate, a new Nigerian youth organization, has concluded plans to host Nigeria’s first ever youth presidential debate on March 13, 2011 at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers in the Federal Capital city of Abuja.
Source: The Peoples' Senate To Host Nigeria's First Ever Youth Presidential Debate (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/peoples%E2%80%99-senate-host-nigeria%E2%80%99s-first-ever-youth-presidential-debate)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Gej_akwaibom.jpg?1299528307) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/r-l)%20Gov%20Godswill%20akpabio_%20President%20Goodluck%20Jonathan_%20VP%20Namadi%20Sambo%20and%20AKS%20chairman%20of%20PDP,%20Uwem%20Ita%20Etuk%20during%20PDP%20Prede.?1299528187) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/A%20section%20of%20the%20mammoth%20crowd%20of%20supporters%20during%20Preisdent%20Goodluck%20Jonathan's%20campaign%20rally%20in%20Uyo,AKS...March%207,%202011_0.JPG?1299528344)
Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan, has finally agreed to participate in a televised presidential debate to be hosted by Lagos -based NN24 cable station.
By John Ezeani The Federal High Court sitting at Abuja recently struck a devastating blow against the Constitutional right of the electorate in some States of Nigeria to go to the polls every four years to determine who shall be their governor. A critical aspect of this right is the right of the electorate to determine every four years whether the individual who had presided over their affairs for the four previous years is deserving of re-election or should be consigned to the dustbin of history.
Source: Unwarranted Tenure Elongation: A Judicial Blow Against The People's Right To Choose (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/unwarranted-tenure-elongation-judicial-blow-against-people%E2%80%99s-right-choose)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/aef%202011%20Logo_Portrait.jpg?1299542496) By Osahon Akpata The 8th African Economic Forum at Columbia University will take place on March 25-26, 2011. With over 400 participants last year, the forum has grown to be the largest Africa-focused event on campus and seeks to highlight opportunities and challenges through stimulating discussion, insights and strategies for a prosperous Africa.
Source: Columbia University's African Economic Forum (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/columbia-university%E2%80%99s-african-economic-forum)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/buhari_maiduguri.jpg?1299551765) By Yinka Odumakin The Buhari/Bakare hurricane that is sweeping the political landscape of Nigeria hots up as the train moves to Owerri, Imo State on Tuesday 8th March 2011 with the presidential candidate and his running mate addressing supporters from the South East geo-political Zone.
Source: Buhari/Bakare Campaign Hots Up (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/buharibakare-campaign-hots)
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(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/acn4.jpg?1299552096) Presidential Candidate, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Nuhu Ribadu and his running mate, Fola Adeola took their presidential campaign rally to Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State on Monday .
Source: Ribadu Campaigns In Kebbi State (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/ribadu-campaigns-kebbi-state)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Yayale_rally_6.jpg?1299596589) Wikileaks Wikileaks cable obtained by Lagos-based 234next newspaper reveals the back room deals to get the US government to back off regarding the EFCC and how the Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria (GON) told the American Ambassadors that Yar'adua had handed over to him to do his "presidential duties" therefore by-passing his vice, and now President, Goodluck Jonathan.
Source: Wikileaks Latest: Yayale Details How Yar'adua Handed Over Power To Him (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/wikileaks-latest-yayale-details-how-yaradua-handed-over-power-him)
Ugo Jim-Nwoko - The concept and subject of Political Finance is very new in Nigeria's political lexicon as both politicians and political scholars know and care very little about this topic. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) "Political Finance has a decisive effect on the very operations and the quality of democracy and yet little attention has been paid to the issue of political party funding and electoral campaign finance in Nigeria."
Source: 2011 Elections: Can INEC Monitor Election Campaign Finances? (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/2011-elections-can-inec-monitor-election-campaign-finances)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Joe%20Odumakin%20(4).jpg?1299601404) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Olaide%20Ogunlewe%20addressing%20at%20the%20rally.jpg?1299601404) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Members%20at%20the%20rally.jpg?1299601404) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/They%20the%20politican%20must%20not%20steal%20our%20voter.jpg?1299601404) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/african_woman.jpg?1299620451) By Photonews@SaharaReporters, New York 'Women Arise' rally this morning in Lagos to mark "International Women's Day", the rally held at Allen Avenue roundabout in Lagos Nigeria.
Source: PHOTONEWS: International Women's Day (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/photonews-international-womens-day)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Gen-Onoja-Lawrence.jpg?1299616589) Saharareporters, New York The senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Benue South senatorial district, retired General Lawrence Onoja, was shot today in a village near Otukpo, Benue state where he was billed to receive People's Democratic Party (PDP ) decamps to his party.
Source: Onoja, Senate President David Mark's Opponent, Shot Near Otukpo Benue State (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/onoja-senate-president-david-marks-opponent-shot-near-otukpo-benue-state)
Nigerians will be heading to the polls next month and the media there have been struggling to cover the campaign. The Nigerian media market is dominated by politicians and influential businessmen and, as a result, news consumers have been denied fair and balanced news coverage. But this gap is being filled by a New York-based website called Sahara Reporters.
Source: SaharaReporters On Al Jazeera TV (http://www.saharareporters.com/video/saharareporters-al-jazeera-tv)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Justices_supreme_court_shame.jpg?1299698212) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Legbo_kutigi.jpg?1299698124) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/niki_tobi.jpg?1299698182) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/katsina_alu.jpg?1299698277) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/justicemusdapher.jpg?1299698388) By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters meticulously detailed the scheme by associates of Nigeria’s late ruler, Umaru Yar’Adua, to bribe several justices of the Supreme Court as the apex court deliberated on the validity of the 2007 presidential election.
Source: Faces of Shame On The Bench: The Supreme Court Bribe Takers (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/faces-shame-bench-supreme-court-bribe-takers)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/baba%20saraki%20with%20acpn%20senatorial%20candidates.jpg?1299696159) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/baba%20saraki%20and%20gbemi.jpg?1299697645) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/baba%20saraki.jpg?1299697645) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/baba%20saraki%20and%20gbemi2.jpg?1299696159) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/baba%20saraki1.jpg?1299696159) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/saraki_dynasty.jpg?1299696449) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/GRS%20and%20her%20deputy.jpg?1299696132) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/grs%20her%20father%20and%20emir.jpg?1299696132) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/gbemi%20and%20laolu_0.jpg?1299696142) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/GRS%20and%20her%20deputy_0.jpg?1299696142) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/laolu,%20gbemi%20and%20baba%20saraki.jpg?1299696267) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/gbemi%20and%20tope.jpg?1299696287) By SaharaReporters, New York First they set up a bank, Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria and looted it to buy political positions for Gbemisola Saraki ("voted" into the Nigerian senate) and Bukola Saraki ("voted" into office of Governor in Kwara state). Critics said they've looted the state of Kwara as well. But the Sarakis are modern day slave masters, the aging patriarch of the criminal dynasty wants the fun-loving daughter-Gbemisola- to take over the state of Kwara as "Governor".
Gbemi and Bukola Saraki started stealing early, see the police charges against Gbemi and Bukola for stealing in 1990
Source: Saraki Dynasty: The Slave Masters Of Kwara (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/saraki-dynasty-slave-masters-kwara)
By Ben Ikari Pres. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, of Nigeria should act fast to extend the educational opportunities reportedly given Niger delta ex-militants to study overseas to hundreds of Ogoni nonviolent activists roasting in refugee camps-and other locations-in Benin Republic, West Africa.
Source: Pres. Jonathan Should Extend Educational Opportunities Given Ex-Militants To Non-violent Ogoni Refugees (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/pres-jonathan-should-extend-educational-opportunities-given-ex-militants-non-violent-ogoni-r)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Dangote_iniside_Yatch1.jpg?1299791469) By SaharaReporters, New York With his fortune roaring upwards from $2.1 billion to $13.8 billion in the short space of a year, Nigerian entrepreneur Aliko Dangote has bounded up the heights of the Forbes magazine’s billionaire’s list.
Source: Cement King: How Aliko Dangote Wangled His Way To Billionaires' List (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/cement-king-how-aliko-dangote-wangled-his-way-billionaires-list)
By Charles Jiduwah Friends, last year I made a decision driven by my conviction that in years to come, I will stand head-up before my children and grandchildren to defend the decision I made to support and vote Nuhu Ribadu and Fola Adeloa as the President and Vice President I believe Nigeria urgently needs.
Source: Ribadu And Adeola: Before God And Man (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/ribadu-and-adeola-god-and-man)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/truck.jpg?1299937116) By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian army spokesman says soldiers have stopped trucks loaded with weapons and explosives in Nigeria's restive north.
Source: Nigeria Army Seizes Explosive-Filled Trucks-AP (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/nigeria-army-seizes-explosive-filled-trucks-ap)
By Farouk Martins Aresa Truck load full of explosive again? Every year, a few months or so we are woken up by even bigger atrocities of the mayhem in the Jos area of Plateau State. It is true that Jos is not the only place in Nigeria where we witness inter ethnic clash, but Jos and Niger Delta area stand out for their incessant destruction of lives and properties.
Source: Jos Again, Again, And Again (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/jos-again-again-and-again)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/sunny_ofehe_0.jpg?1299939181) By Hélène Michaud Dutch-Nigerian activist Sunny Ofehe has been released after two weeks in close confinement in a prison in the Netherlands. He had been arrested at his home in Rotterdam on suspicion of people smuggling and forgery. Ofehe, contacted by Radio Netherlands worldwide, says he does not know if the charges have been dropped.
Source: Niger Delta Activist Released From Dutch Jail-Radio Netherlands (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/niger-delta-activist-released-dutch-jail-radio-netherlands)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Ibrahim-Babangida.jpg?1300020424) By Adetokunbo Mumuni The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) and the Central Bank of Nigeria have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to reject the Okigbo panel report as “the report is not admissible in law because it has not yet been published in a gazette and no white paper has been issued on the report.”
Source: Babangida's $12.4 billion Oil Windfall Loot: AGF, CBN Tell Court To Reject Okigbo report (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/babangidas-124-billion-oil-windfall-loot-agf-cbn-tell-court-reject-okigbo-report)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/ribadu_murtala_dialogue.jpg?1300029051) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/a5.jpg?1300029099) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/a6.jpg?1300029099) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/a3.jpg?1300029068) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/a1.jpg?1300029068) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/murtala_dialogue1.jpg?1300030040) By SaharaReporters, New York “Our Priority is to tackle Poverty in Nigeria” – Ribadu
The presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has promised the establishment of six specialist hospitals in each of the country’s geo-political zones and building a million houses per year if elected president in April. He said the personnel needed to man these hospitals and do the construction jobs were available in abundance in the country and he would only create the environment to make them thrive.
Source: Photonews: Ribadu Campaigning (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/photonews-ribadu-campaigning)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/interviews/pat-utomi.jpg?1300053181) From Mariam Aleshinloye-Agboola, Jos For years, Professor Pat Utomi has advocated for a change in a system he was convinced was decaying. Today, he is exasperated at a nation and its leaders unperturbed by the US prediction that Nigeria may cease to be one in a few years.
Source: Sun News Interview: Let's Crash This Democracy •Nigeria Is Dying –Pat Utomi (http://www.saharareporters.com/interview/sun-news-interview-let%E2%80%99s-crash-democracy-%E2%80%A2nigeria-dying-%E2%80%93pat-utomi)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/mend_emblem.jpg?1300065687) By SaharaReporters, New York The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta issued a statement tonight claiming that the movement plans elaborate attacks against oil installations in the Niger Delta region as well as the federal capital territory and Nigeria's commercial nerve center, Lagos.
Source: MEND Says It Plans To Attack Oil Installations; Targets Abuja And Lagos (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/mend-says-it-plans-attack-oil-installations-targets-abuja-and-lagos)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/2011/IMG_5751.JPG?1300066321) whataboutusnigeria.org Last year Ngozi Okonjo Iweala uttered a fact that sent a shudder through the youth population of Nigeria. She let the youth know that they comprised a whopping 70% of Nigeria's population. Seventy percent?? How could this be? The schools were dilapidated, the youth unemployed, and none of the leaders looked like they'd been a youth in decades.
Source: The Youth: Can Presidential Candidates Afford To Ignore The New Political Force In Town (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/youth-can-presidential-candidates-afford-ignore-new-political-force-town)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/2011/pdp_convo.jpg?1300121202) In the heat of preparations for the forth coming general election, the Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has warned the police against the continued use of the security agencies to intimidate and muzzle opposition parties all over the country. The party says that by its continued intimidation and harassment of members of the opposition parties in various parts of the country, the PDP is sowing the seeds of widespread resistance that will certainly lead to unsavory public reactions.
Source: Lagos ACN Decries PDP's Continued Muzzling Of Opposition (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/lagos-acn-decries-pdp%E2%80%99s-continued-muzzling-opposition)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/Ojo_Maduekwe.jpg?1300137182) Wikileaks Wikileaks cable released to Lagos-based 234next newspaper describes former minister of foreign affairs as an opportunist and an "AGIP" (Any Government In Power) to describe his penchant for serving any regime in position of power. In 2010 SaharaReporters confronted Ojo Maduekwe at a United Nations press conference, this encounter raised the issue of Maduekwe's AGIP status. The encounter got Mr. Maduekwe upset and later got him fired from his job. Mr. Maduekwe now works for the re-election of Goodluck Jonathan as a campaign manager.
Source: Wikileaks Cable Describes Ojo Maduekwe As An Opportunist (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/wikileaks-cable-describes-ojo-maduekwe-opportunist)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/ONI%20in%20court.jpg?1300143045) By SaharaReporters, New York Chief Segun Oni, the Governor of Ekiti State who was removed by the Isa-Salami-led Election Appeal Tribunal last year to pave way for Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria to replace him, today filed an Appeal at the new Court of Appeal in Ado Ekiti seeking an order to set that judgement aside.
Source: Ekiti Governorship: Former Governor Oni Files Appeal Against His Removal, Seeks Re-trial of Election Case (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/ekiti-governorship-former-governor-oni-files-appeal-against-his-removal-seeks-re-trial-ele)
By Ozioma Unegbu Nigeria’s growing unemployment is one of a major concern to many analysts and economists as the figures increasingly suggest dwindling potentials. Official figures from the Bureau of statistics puts this figure at about 20% (about 30million), but this figure still did not include about 40million other Nigerian youths captured in World Bank statistics in 2009.
Source: Resolving Nigeria's Unemployment Problem (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/resolving-nigeria%E2%80%99s-unemployment-problem)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/biya_chantal.jpg?1300155378) By Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator "For security reasons, the government of Cameroon requests the suspension of the Twitter sms integration on the network," announced a March 8 tweet by Bouba Kaélé, marketing manager of the Cameroon unit of South Africa-based telecommunications provider MTN. The announcement has since disappeared from Kaélé's Twitter feed, but was memorialized by a handful of Twitter users who retweeted the comment and the Cameroonian daily Le Jour, which printed a story.
Source: Fearing Egypt-style Revolt, Cameroon Bars Twitter Service (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/fearing-egypt-style-revolt-cameroon-bars-twitter-service)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/Farida_tbear.jpg?1300156016) By SaharaReporters, New York The latest Wikileaks cables obtained by a Nigerian newspaper, 234Next, authenticate a series of investigative reports earlier done by SaharaReporters on a crisis of credibility besetting Farida Waziri, the scandal-plagued chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Source: Wikileaks Revelations: The Humiliation Of Farida Waziri-EFCC's Foreign Partners Are Skeptical Of Waziri's Leadership (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/wikileaks-revelations-humiliation-farida-waziri-efccs-foreign-partners-are-skeptical-wazir)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/ibrahim-shema.jpg?1300190023) Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State was in a fatal auto accident today in the state as he traveled in convoy to join president Goodluck Jonathan in an election campaign. His aide-de-camp, Aminu Ibrahim, died in the crash while the governor himself sustained bruises on his arm.
Source: Governor Shema Of Katsina in Ghastly Auto Accident (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/governor-shema-katsina-ghastly-auto-accident)
By 'Dapo Osewa Fellow Student: What you are about to read may break your heart, and it may leave you thinking "how dare he", but I urge you to read it. Nonetheless.
Source: A Most Important Message To Nigerian Students... (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/most-important-message-nigerian-students-0)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/gej_looks.jpg?1300204899) The Nuhu Ribadu presidential campaign has challenged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ticket of Goodluck Jonathan and Namadi Sambo to submit itself to public election debates without preconditions.
Source: Jonathan 'Scared' Of Independent Television Debates, Ribadu Campaign Says (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/jonathan-%E2%80%98scared%E2%80%99-independent-television-debates-ribadu-campaign-says)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/MEND1.jpg?1300207857) By Jomo Gbomo The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D) has reiterated that the public as well as all oil companies must take its latest threats seriously and not be carried away by the reassurances of the Nigerian government and security services.
Source: MEND Issues Fresh Warning About Imminent Attacks (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/mend-issues-fresh-warning-about-imminent-attacks)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/2011/nndebate_0.jpg?1300221791) We Be Naija The much-awaited "Debate" among the major Vice-Presidential candidates has come (http://www.yousabi.com/video/2164/The-Nigerian-Vice-Presidential-Debate-2011--NN24-TV) and, sadly but not unexpectedly, gone without the participation of the current ruling party - the Peoples Democratic Party. According to Press reports, the PDP's vice presidential candidate, Namadi Sambo refused to participate in the debate chiefly because the organisers of the said debate (NN24) was unable to guarantee that the debate will be televised by the local, non-cable TV stations.
Source: PDP Dodging Debates - It is NOT A Case of Arrogance (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/pdp-dodging-debates-it-not-case-arrogance)
BY OBORO ANDAOLOTU 1. Our dear country Nigeria is in dire need of qualitative and substantive change from retrogression of the past twelve years under PDP to a future of progress, beginning from May 29 2011. This is what GMB represents and offers.
Source: 101 Reasons Why Gen. Mohamadu BuhariIs The Answer (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/101-reasons-why-gen-mohamadu-buhariis-answer)
By Muhammad Ajah For the first time in the history of Nigeria, the patriotism of the youths is going to be generally tasted in the open. This is because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is going to repose the responsibility of conducting the forthcoming general polls on their shoulders. Current members of the Nigerian Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are presently in the limelight.
Source: April Polls: The Burdens On Nigerian Youth (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/april-polls-burdens-nigerian-youth)
By Laolu Akande/Empowered Newswire A US-based pro-democratic group made up of Nigerian professionals here have asked the Jonathan/Sambo presidential campaign to debate the leading presidential candidates of other parties at an independent public forum without preconditions, Empowered Newswire reports.
Source: US Group Asks Jonathan To Honor Independent Debates (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/us-group-asks-jonathan-honor-independent-debates)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/Burning-pipeline-Lagos-006.jpg?1300296168) By SaharaReporters, New York Security sources say today’s explosion at facilities belonging to the Italian oil firm Agip in Southeast Nigeria's Bayelsa State cannot be attributed to militant attacks.
Source: Military Confirm Explosion In Agip Facility, Deny Militants' Involvement (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/military-confirm-explosion-agip-facility-deny-militants%E2%80%99-involvement)
By Ben Ikari What kind of country is this that kills its own people? was Ken Saro-Wiwa's question before he was grabbed unto the gallows to die unjustly. As though the brutal force, rope or hangman noose Nigeria, through injustice Ibrahim Auta, late Phillip Umeadi and Joseph Daudu, etc. were not enough, Goodluck 'Ebele' Jonathan, PDP and the National Assembly are about to attempt to kill and bury Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other innocent Ogoni/Niger delta activists again. We are approaching another Oct. 30 and 31, judgment days and Nov. 10th, the day they were killed, as we await this disrespectful confirmation, having promoted Auta for the office of the Interim Judge of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court.
Source: Pres Jonathan Promotes Injustice Ibrahim Auta, Saro-Wiwa's Killer? (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/pres-jonathan-promotes-injustice-ibrahim-auta-saro-wiwas-killer)
By Adepoju Paul Olusegun Goodluck Ebele Jonathan unarguably has an impressive dossier among Nigeria’s living and dead presidents. Like Barak Obama, his story is too good to be true – one of such that make atheists to reconsider their stance on God, nature, spirituality, deity and the trinity. His ascension to the highly coveted post (ask Atiku how bad he wants it) is meteoric, and when made into a film directed by a veteran director like Spike Lee or our own Tade Ogidan, his story could become more successful than Fela on Broadway. This is the only good thing that I can make of an unpresidential president.
Source: A Chronicle of Goodluck Jonathan's Misdemeanours (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/chronicle-goodluck-jonathan%E2%80%99s-misdemeanours)
By Kunle Durojaiye It’s the evening of March 17, 2011. The day is winding to a close but not just yet. All of a sudden, twitter goes agog with news that there will be a ‘pro youth’ interview of the incumbent President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, hosted by the award winning Nigerian artiste, D’banj.
Source: Goodluck By D'banj? (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/goodluck-d%E2%80%99banj)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/timi_sylva.jpg?1300408178) President Goodluck Jonathan visited Bayelsa State on March 8, 2011. Saharareporters has learnt that, the same day, the state governor, Timipre Sylva, physically assaulted Bernard Akpenyi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations.
Source: How Governor Sylva Assaulted Assistant Commissioner Of Police (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/how-governor-sylva-assaulted-assistant-commissioner-police)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/2011/chimamanda.jpg?1300409993) Comment By Nwachi There is one Nigeria and many Nigerias. There are also many types of Nigeria youth. The Nigerian youth Chimamanda is referring to are bright young things - well educated, overwhelmingly christian and overwhelmingly from Southern Nigeria.
Source: A Nigerian Revolution By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie- Comment And Main Article (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/nigerian-revolution-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-comment-and-main-article%E2%80%8F)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/jonathan_dbanj.jpg?1300422221) SR Anonymous President Goodluck Jonathan and his running mate think so little of Nigerians that they have so far fled any venue where the presidential candidates have been invited to hold a debate. But when young Nigerians invited all the candidates to a debate tagged “What About Us?” to be anchored by acclaimed novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, many of them were certain that Mr. Jonathan would not say no to them.
Source: SR Speaks: D'Banj's "Kokolette" Interview With Jonathan (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/sr-speaks-d%E2%80%99banj%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ckokolette%E2%80%9D-interview-jonathan)
Source: Live Streaming Of Nigerian Presidential Debate (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/live-streaming-nigerian-presidential-debate)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/ibrahim_shekarau.jpg?1300480151) By SaharaReporters, New York Kano state governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, was chosen by Nigerians across the world who watched the independent presidential debate conducted by Lagos-based NN24 TV channel between three presidential candidates which was streamed live on SaharaReporters.
Source: Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, Chosen As The Winner Of Today's Presidential Debate On NN24 TV Channel (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/kano-state-governor-ibrahim-shekarau-chosen-winner-todays-presidential-debate-nn24-tv-chan)
By Cliff I. Edogun, PhD NIGERIAN YOUTHS, ARISE, UNITE AND TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY!
Somehow, with the notable exception of sore losers like the unproductive and intellectually lazy Speaker of the Nigerian National Assembly, many skeptic Nigerians are now suddenly falling in line to accept that a democratic revolution is inevitable in Nigeria after all.
Source: Youth Power For A Peaceful Revolution (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/youth-power-peaceful-revolution)
By Moses Ochonu Muhammadu Buhari appeals to our sense of nostalgia. His candidacy thrives on Nigerian’s disillusionment with the PDP incumbency and its twelve year mismanagement of Nigeria.
Source: Old Buhari Versus New Buhari (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/old-buhari-versus-new-buhari)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/gej_shekarau.jpg?1300560540) By SaharaReporters, New York One of the Wikileaks cables released to 234next.com provides a list of Nigerians who were particularly powerful under the Yar'Adua regime. While this list may appear impressive and even new, it is of no surprise to those who have been reading SaharaReporters.
Source: Wikileaks Cable: Jonathan Was A Lightweight Beneath Mrs. Yar'adua; Shekerau Has Been A Disappointment (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/wikileaks-cable-jonathan-was-lightweight-beneath-mrs-yaradua-shekerau-has-been-disappointm)
By Oboro Andaolotu As the count-down to Nigeria’s presidential election continues, debates on issues and programmes are beginning to dominate the political waves and this portends a good development for the country.
Source: Buhari CPC And Political Liberalism (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/buhari-cpc-and-political-liberalism)
By Mike Omeri The Presidential campaign Council [PCC] of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the anti-corruption posturing of the presidential candidates of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Malam Nuhu Ribadu as hypocritical, fake and self- serving.
Source: Anti-Corruption: Buhari, Ribadu Hypocritical, Says Jonathan's Presidential Campaign (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/anti-corruption-buhari-ribadu-hypocritical-says-jonathan%E2%80%99s-presidential-campaign)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/khaderia.jpg?1300623146) By Kayode Ogundamisi/AllAfrica2000 TV
Source: Watch The Full Presidential Debate (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/watch-full-presidential-debate)
By Bukola Oreofe New York, NY: The NDLF has received with shock the news of the continued detention of Mr Emeka Ugwunoye by the Nigerian EFCC without charges
brought against him in a court of law.
Source: Release Or Charge Emeka Ugwuonye To Court Now (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/release-or-charge-emeka-ugwuonye-court-now)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/ibori_gej_igbinedion.jpg?1300650819) By Yinka Odumakin Our attention has been drawn to another lousy outing by President Goodluck Jonathan's "Chemical Alli",Mike Omeri wherein he sought to abuse the office of the President to spread low quality rumour against the man his paymaster is handing over to in 71 days time,General Muhammadu Buhari.
Source: Buhari Fires Back Against Jonathan Over Corruption Charge : You Are Poking Crooked Fingers In My Aqua Fresh Mouth (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/buhari-fires-back-against-jonathan-over-corruption-charge-you-are-poking-crooked-finge)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/down_syndrome.jpg?1300713373) By Ahaoma Kanu The Down Syndrome Foundation Nigeria (DSFN), the charity that takes care of people with Down Syndrome in Nigeria and the west coast joins all other Down Syndrome organizations all over the world in celebration of the World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) which is officially marked on March 21st of every year.
Source: Down Syndrome Foundation Nigeria Wins International Award on World Down Syndrome Day (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/down-syndrome-foundation-nigeria-wins-international-award-world-down-syndrome-day)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/ugwuonye.jpg?1300728453) By SaharaReporters, New York The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in Abuja today it had formally charged a United States based Nigerian lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, to court for defrauding the Federal Government of one million, five hundred and fifty thousand US dollars. The crime was committed in the United States.
Source: EFCC Arraigns Maryland-Based Lawyer Emeka Ugwuonye Over Fraud (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/efcc-arraigns-maryland-based-lawyer-emeka-ugwuonye-over-fraud)
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye “This is an example of a country that has fallen down; it has collapsed. This house has fallen” – Prof Chinua Achebe
Source: Wanted: President Gaddafi Of Nigeria (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/wanted-president-gaddafi-nigeria)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/buhari_jos.jpg?1300735981) By SaharaReporters, New York Another demonstration of the incompetence of the Nigeria police today in Jos led to their killing of six people at a campaign rally of Muhammad Buhari's Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the city.
Source: Police Kill Six People At Buhari Rally In Jos (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/police-kill-six-people-buhari-rally-jos)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/tata.jpg?1300737637) By SaharaReporters, New York The 22- year old Nigerian woman at the center of Houston, Texas daycare fire that killed four children returned to the US today after waiving her extradition rights.
Source: Houston Daycare Fire Escapee, Jessica Tata, Returns To US, Detained In Atlanta (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/houston-daycare-fire-escapee-jessica-tata-returns-us-detained-atlanta)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/Chris_ngige.jpg?1300748772) The spates of political violence sweeping through Nigeria reached Onitsha yesterday as hoodlums reportedly attacked former Governor Chris Ngige and stopped him from campaigning in Onitsha. The incident brought Onitsha, the business hub of Eastern Nigeria, to a virtual halt.
Source: Ngige Attacked In Onitsha, Gov. Obi Camp Differs (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/ngige-attacked-onitsha-gov-obi-camp-differs)
By Nassirou Diallo with Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Staff Reporting on the power struggle in Ivory Coast is increasingly perilous, with journalists facing a climate of threats, intimidation, and attacks that has forced many to choose between adopting partisan coverage or fleeing to safety. "Here, we are in a situation where if you are not with one camp, then you are against them. You must show you are partisan," reporter
told CPJ today.
Source: In Ivory Coast, Journalists Pick Sides Or Flee (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/ivory-coast-journalists-pick-sides-or-flee)
By Adebiyi Jelili Abudugana Since society is attributively organic and inorganic in its nature, therefore, one can seek the understanding of what a society is, from the prism of people relative a society.
Source: Jonathan Goodluck And Dame Patience Goodluck-Jonathan: Mirror Images Of The Nigerian Quandary (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/jonathan-goodluck-and-dame-patience-goodluck-jonathan-mirror-images-nigerian-quandary)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/25716.jpg?1300807977) By SaharaReporters, New York A Nigerian Air Force pilot on a training mission has died in a crash in Kano. Eyewitnesses said he was the only one onboard the F7-Ni fighter jet. It was undergoing a routine training programme known as “Touch-and–Go” at the Mallam Aminu Kano International airport, Kano.
Source: Nigerian Airforce Training Jet Crashes in Kano (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/nigerian-airforce-training-jet-crashes-kano)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/2011/Jiti_Ogunye.jpg?1300809658) By Jiti Ogunye Arguably, the most topical legal puzzle in Nigeria today, as we move towards the April 2011 Elections is the question of when the tenure of Governors Aliyu Wa-makko (Sokoto), Muritala Nyako (Adamawa), Liyel Imoke (Cross Rivers), Timipre Sylya (Bayelsa), and now Emmanuel Uduaghan ( Delta) will end. On February 23, 2011 an Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, presided over by Hon. Justice Adamu Bello had held that the tenure of the governors would extend beyond May, 29, 2011, and that no gubernatorial election should be conducted in the five States in April, 2011 until 2012.
Source: When Will The Tenure Of Governors Who Won Rerun Elections After Nullifications Of Their First Elections, End? (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/when-will-tenure-governors-who-won-rerun-elections-after-nullifications-their-first-election)
Ipsos initially conducted a face-to-face survey of 11,100 Nigerians. Interviews were conducted in-home by trained interviewers between 25 January 2011 and 8 February 2011. The first poll, covered in this press release, covered a range social and political issues.
Source: How We Conducted Our Opinion Polls On The Upcoming Presidential Elections- THISDAY/IPSOS (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/how-we-conducted-our-opinion-polls-upcoming-presidential-elections-thisdayipsos)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/akwa_ibom_mayhem.jpg?1300829302) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/FRED18071002_0.jpg?1300829318) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/youth_dead.jpg?1300829779) By SaharaReporters, New York Up to 18 party supporters have reportedly died today in Uyo and several vehicles belonging to the Akwa Ibom governor campaign were burnt as supporters of Akpan Udoedeghe, the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) clashed with those of Godswill Akpabio of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Source: Mayhem in Uyo, Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Office Burnt Down (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/mayhem-uyo-goodluck-jonathan-campaign-office-burnt-down)
By Moses E. Ochonu President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential ambition is built and sustained partly on blackmail. A beleaguered nation, held hostage to a PDP oligarchy that knows only waste and incompetence, is being asked to vote for Jonathan as a price for unity.
Source: Is Goodluck Nigeria's Bad Luck? (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/goodluck-nigeria%E2%80%99s-bad-luck)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/katsina_alu_0.jpeg?1300834779) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2011/angulu.jpg?1300882415) By SaharaReporters, New York The impunity enjoyed by the controversial Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Aloysius Iyorgher Katsina-Alu, took a new turn today (Tuesday, 22 March) when he got President Goodluck Jonathan and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Bello Adokie, to fire the Acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes Commission (ICPC), Ambassador (Dr.) Uriah Angulu.
Source: Attempts To Quash Investigations Into N6 Billion Fraud Scandal At National Judicial Institute By CJN Katsina-Alu (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/attempts-quash-investigations-n6-billion-fraud-scandal-national-judicial-institute-cjn-kat)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/Dr_angulu.jpg?1300894930) By Adetokunbo Mumuni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to “reinstate Dr Uriah Angulu as Acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) without further delay.”
Source: SERAP Asks Jonathan To Reinstate Acting ICPC Chairman (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/serap-asks-jonathan-reinstate-acting-icpc-chairman)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/Thousands_of_vehicles_of_Akwa_Ibom_Taxi_Scheme_destroyed_by_ACN_thugs_2.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/Thousands_of_Tricycles_of_Akwa_Ibom_Taxi_Scheme_destroyed_by_ACN_thugs.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/Vehicles_in_Fortune_High_School_razed_down_by_ACN_thugs.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/Section_of_the_cars_band_Tricycles_burnt_to_ashes_by_ACN_thugs_at_the_State_Secreteriate,_Uyo.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/Vehicles_Burnt_by_Thugs_of_the_ACN_at_Fotune_Schools,_Effiat_Offot,_Uyo.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/School_blocks_&_vehicles_at_Fortune_High_School_razed_down_by_ACN_thugs.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/Private_vehicle_razed_at_the_entrance_of_Idongesit_Nkanga_Secretarial_by_ACN_thugs.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/A_brand_new_lister_generating_plant_razed_by_ACN_thugs.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/GoodluckSambo_campaing_Secretariat_razed_by_ACN_thugs.JPG?1300911840) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/galleries/2011/Government_Vehicle_razed_along_Abak_road_by_ACN_thugs.JPG?1300911840) Angry youths in the opposition party, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) reportedly visited their anger on Akwa Ibom state capital in Uyo in response to attacks on the ACN candidate, Akpan Udoedeghe.
Source: Photonews: Akwa Ibom Mayhem (http://www.saharareporters.com/gallery/photonews-akwa-ibom-mayhem)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/2011/Jammeh.afp_.jpg?1300913952) By Mohammed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Last week, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh participated in a rare meeting with select members of the West African nation's press corps. Jammeh spoke in favor of access to public information.
Source: Jammeh To News Media: I Set Limits On Press Freedom (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/jammeh-news-media-i-set-limits-press-freedom)
By Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu Unknown to many, Corruption and policies of marginalisation which in its most malevolent form such as the Nigerian variant, denies people the most basic infrastructure and opportunity to thrive, constitute a subtle form of genocide which not only dehumanises the people but quietly kills millions annually.
Source: United Nations Intervention-Why Corruption and Marginalisation Should Be Designated Crimes against Humanity (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/united-nations-intervention-why-corruption-and-marginalisation-should-be-designated-crimes-a)
By Nuhu Ribadu It is also time to re-evaluate the dedication, competence, integrity, and vision of the people who are asking for our votes in the elections. Our level of development and enlightenment has gone beyond the stage where everything was permissible, including the very dubious but prevalent practice of rigging people into office.
Source: A New Nigeria Is Possible! By Nuhu Ribadu (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/new-nigeria-possible-nuhu-ribadu)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/buh_rib_shek.jpg?1300962503) By SaharaReporters, New York Three presidential candidates have pulled out of a televised debate scheduled for March 29 2011 according to a press statement signed by spokespersons of the campaign organizations of Shekarau for Nigeria, Buhari Campaign Organization and Ribadu Presidential Campaign Team.
Source: BREAKING NEWS: Ribadu, Buhari And Shekarau Pull Out Of Jonathan's TV Debate (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/breaking-news-ribadu-buhari-and-shekarau-pull-out-jonathan%E2%80%99s-tv-debate)
By Joe Igbokwe I write to join millions of Nigerians that have been following Nduka Obaigbena and his Thisday since the paper came into existence in the heat of the annulment of elections in 1993 to condemn the fake 2011 elections opinion poll released on Monday March 21st 2011.
Source: Nduka, Thisday Work Against The Growth Of Democracy In Nigeria (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/nduka-thisday-work-against-growth-democracy-nigeria)
By Taiwo Allimi The attention of the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) has been drawn to a statement entitled: “Our Position on President Jonathan’s Refusal to Participate in Presidential Debate organized by NN24” and signed by Sule Yale Sule, Deputy Director, Communications, Shekarau for Nigeria, Yinka Odumakin, Spokesman for General Mohammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Modibbo, Director, Media and Communications, Ribadu Presidential Campaign Team which mistakenly gave the impression that Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) is synonymous with the Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria (BON), the umbrella body of the publicly and privately owned radio and television stations in the country.
Source: Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) Press On The Boycott Of Presidential Debate (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/nigerian-elections-debate-group-nedg-press-boycott-presidential-debate)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/images1_nba_294443518.jpg?1301012242) By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters has exclusively obtained the list of judges selected to handle election petition cases in the aftermath of Nigeria’s general elections scheduled to hold next month.
Source: Exclusive List Of Judges For Election Petitions Tribunals (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/exclusive-list-judges-election-petitions-tribunals)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/patience_jonathan.jpg?1301014807) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/wushishi.jpg?1301064627) By SaharaReporters, New York Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has been identified as the one of the key persons involved in the conspiracy that led to the removal of the former Acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Uriah Angulu, on Tuesday, March 22, by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the appointment of the new Acting Chairman, Dr. Rosemary Abang-Wushishi.
Source: Jonathan's Wife Responsible For Appointment Of New ICPC Acting Chairman, Abang-Wushishi, A Former PDP Senatorial Aspirant (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/jonathan%E2%80%99s-wife-responsible-appointment-new-icpc-acting-chairman-abang-wushishi-former-pdp)
Source: Kassaun Checole Discusses The Revolutions Of The Horn Of Africa (http://www.saharareporters.com/video/kassaun-checole-discusses-revolutions-horn-africa)
By Sabella Ogbobode Abidde According to the Pew Research Center’s analysis of recent US Census’s demographic data, one-in-seven new marriages in the US are interracial or interethnic.
Source: African Men And White Women: What's The Attraction? (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/african-men-and-white-women-what%E2%80%99s-attraction)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/pres_wau_debate.jpg?1301083493) By SaharaReporters, New York Candidate of the All Nigeria's People Party (ANPP) Ibrahim Shekarau has been declared the winner of "What About US" youth-centered presidential debate organized by a coalition of youth organizations in Nigeria at the Abuja studios of Channels television.
Source: Shekarau Again! ANPP Candidate Declared Winner Of "What About Us?" Presidential Debate (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/shekarau-again-anpp-candidate-declared-winner-what-about-us-presidential-debate)
By Oguchi Nkwocha, MD. Civil War looms in Ivory Coast, assuming we are not there already. The UN is getting ready to intervene militarily, blind and amnesic with regards to the current UN treacherous entanglements in Libya, which should have been a straight-forward humanitarian case.
Source: Cote d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast: A case of "African Blindness" Disease? (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/cote-divoire-ivory-coast-case-%E2%80%9Cafrican-blindness%E2%80%9D-disease)
By Nuhu Ribadu Introduction: After one civil war, seven military regimes, and three botched attempts at building real democracy, the one connecting factor in the failure of all attempts at making Nigeria a global contender is corruption.
Source: Stemming Corruption (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/stemming-corruption)
By Tochukwu Ezukanma The central problem of the Nigeria society is lawlessness. Most of our other national problems stem from lawlessness. They are either aspects of it or its direct consequences. Entrenched corruption, electoral fraud, theft of public, sectarian violence, etc are simply different dimensions of lawlessness.
Source: President Jonathan Cannot Transform Nigeria (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/president-jonathan-cannot-transform-nigeria)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Goodluck_Jonathan___Obasanjo.jpg?1301169714) By SaharaReporters, New York President Goodluck Jonathan’s lack-luster presidential campaign ran into more turbulent waters today thanks to a flip-flopping pronouncement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Source: Obasanjo Says Zoning Is Still Alive, As Jonathan Campaign Faces Grim Reality Of Possible Loss (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/obasanjo-says-zoning-still-alive-jonathan-campaign-faces-grim-reality-possible-loss)
By Dr. Wumi Akintide I crave readers indulgence and understanding for even bothering myself to put my views on this on record. Some of you reading this may immediately jump to the conclusion this man is getting old and should therefore have no business writing about an observation many Nigerians are willing to live with.
Source: A Troubling Observation Nigerians Must Ponder-Why Government Failure Does Not Translate Into Government Rejection At The Polls! (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/troubling-observation-nigerians-must-ponder-why-government-failure-does-not-translate-govern)
By Olatunde Olusesi Dr. Leonard Jeffries, an unapologetic Pan Africanist and one of the most controversial Black intellectuals in America, was at the National Black Theater in Harlem on March 12, 2011, where he gave a speech at a forum entitled “Toward an African Renaissance, Rekindling the Spirit of Pan-Africanism.” Before this speech, Dr. Ron Daniels, the forum convener, had appealed forcefully for unity among people of African ancestry everywhere and stressed the importance of rekindling the spirit of Pan-Africanism.
Source: Jeffries, Rashidi, Farrakhan And Soyinka's- Between Truths and Indulgencies (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/jeffries-rashidi-farrakhan-and-soyinka%E2%80%99s-between-truths-and-indulgencies)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/sports/2011/buhari_supereagles.jpg?1301259956) Photonews@saharareporters, New York The Nigerian soccer team, Super Eagles, beat the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia 4 goals to 0 at the Abuja national stadium on Sunday evening.
Source: Buhari Watch Super Eagles Wallop Ethiopian Walya Antelopes 4-0! (http://www.saharareporters.com/sports-page/buhari-watch-super-eagles-wallop-ethiopian-walya-antelopes-4-0)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/sports/2011/buhari_supereagles.jpg?1301259956) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/sports/2011/buhari_abuja.jpg?1301281537) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/sports/2011/buhari_supereagles_0.jpg?1301284602) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/sports/2011/buhari_abjstadium.jpg?1301288011) Photonews@saharareporters, New York The Nigerian soccer team, Super Eagles, beat the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia 4 goals to 0 at the Abuja national stadium on Sunday evening.
Source: Buhari Watches Super Eagles Wallop Ethiopian Walya Antelopes 4-0! (http://www.saharareporters.com/sports-page/buhari-watches-super-eagles-wallop-ethiopian-walya-antelopes-4-0)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Jona_facebook.jpg?1301279409) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/omokri_oronto.jpg?1301280197) By SaharaReporters, New York Two separate “Facebook” friends of President Goodluck Jonathan have disputed claims by Mr. Jonathan that his office promptly contacted them to discuss their ideas for solving some of Nigeria’s intractable problems.
Source: Jonathan's Facebook "Friends" Critical Of His Unkept Pledges (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/jonathans-facebook-friends-critical-his-unkept-pledges)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/ribadu_ibb.jpg?1301280598) By Agency Reporter /Punch newspaper, Lagos Former military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.) has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and his running mate, Mr. Fola Adeola, describing them as “the pair that the country needs to turn its fortune around.”
Source: Punch Newspaper: Ribadu Visits " Okija Shrine Of Corruption"-IBB Endorses Him (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/punch-newspaper-ribadu-visits-okija-shrine-corruption-ibb-endorses-him)
By Dr. Anthony Fernandez The presidential debates organised by the so-called Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) is scheduled to start today. Ordinarily, it would have been unnecessary to devote a penny worth of ink on this charade, but a drivel in defence of the NEDG and by extension President Jonathan, written by one Reno Omokri and amplified by Pat Utomi, himself a presidential candidate, on his Facebook page has made this rebuttal imperative.
Source: Of Presidential Debates, Reno Omokri's Hypocrisy And Pat Utomi's Complicity (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/presidential-debates-reno-omokri%E2%80%99s-hypocrisy-and-pat-utomi%E2%80%99s-complicity)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/articles/aminukano.jpg?1301330763) By Ibraheem Dooba ‘Nigeria cannot be the same again because Aminu Kano lived here.’ Chinua Achebe, The Trouble With Nigeria.
Source: Aminu Kano: Once Upon A Radical (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/aminu-kano-once-upon-radical)
By Churchill Okonkwo March 21, 2011 was World Water Day and the theme of this year’s celebration was “water for cities: responding to the urban water challenge.” As I prepared to write this, I wondered what will be the appropriate caption for the response to this challenge by Nigerian government.
Source: Nigeria: A Country of "Pure Water" Cities (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/nigeria-country-%E2%80%9Cpure-water%E2%80%9D-cities)
By Barima Victor Wifa The Council of Ogoni Professionals (COP Intl. USA) is appalled by the news of the promotion of Justice Ibrahim Auta as the Acting Chief Judge of Lagos as reported by various Nigerian dailies recently.
Source: Justice Auta And The Politically Motivated Killings In Ogoniland (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/justice-auta-and-politically-motivated-killings-ogoniland)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/COURT%203.jpg?1301412106) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/COURT%202.jpg?1301412106) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/COURT%201.jpg?1301412106) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Udoedehe.jpg?1301412074) By Felix Nnamdi/ PM News, Lagos The Action Congress of Nigeria governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Senator James Akpanudoedehe, was this morning docked at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, charged with treason.
Source: Treason Trial: ACN Governorship Candidate Denied Bail-PM News, Lagos (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/treason-trial-acn-governorship-candidate-denied-bail-pm-news-lagos)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/press_releases/thisday_pol_fraud.jpg?1301443721) WeBeNaija Blog Following the controversies surrounding the recent public release of the Public Opinion Polls conducted on behalf of the Nigerian ThisDay newspaper by the trio of Ipsos Nigeria, Ipsos MORI (UK) and Ipsos Markinor (South Africa), we have been attempting to reach the officers of these institutions to elicit further clarity or ascertain the degree of their individual and collective involvement in the conduct of the polls and the subsequent tabulation and release of the polls results.
Source: Ipsos And ThisDay Polls - A Public Request for Clarity (http://www.saharareporters.com/press-release/ipsos-and-thisday-polls-public-request-clarity)
By Oguchi Nkwocha, MD. Dear Mr. Ibraheem Dooba: Since your letter ( http://www.saharareporters.com/article/letter-ndigbo ) published in Sahara Reporters turned out to be a disguised political campaign solicitation asking Ndigbo to vote for Buhari for the presidency of Nigeria, let me, reciprocating your own style of story-telling, start from there with two stories of my own.
Source: A Letter of Response to Ibraheem Dooba's "Letter to Ndigbo" of March 29 2011 (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/letter-response-ibraheem-dooba%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cletter-ndigbo%E2%80%9D-march-29-2011)
Mar. 29 (GIN) - A South African newspaper called it “junket shock” - an all-expenses-paid first class trip to the United Nations’ summit on gender in NY last month. Public funds paid the way for some 49 South African women delegates who reportedly promptly ditched the summit for some of the Big Apple's great sales.
Source: South African Delegates On New York Shopping Spree (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/south-african-delegates-new-york-shopping-spree)
By Aonduna Tondu This is a clarion call. A vote for the PDP is tantamount to a vote for more suffering. This is a plea for Nigerians to use their heads instead of a facile resort to emotions and other divisive reflexes. The election to the National Assembly is scheduled to take place nationwide this Saturday, April 02, 2011. These polls are significant in many respects.
Source: A Clarion Call: Why Nigerians Will Vote For Change In Saturday's National Assembly Election (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/clarion-call-why-nigerians-will-vote-change-saturday%E2%80%99s-national-assembly-election)
By Tochukwu Ezukanma Adolf Hitler once told his newly appointed Army Chief of Staffs that he should never worry about what to tell the people because the people are gullible, and will believe whatever you tell them.
Source: Goodluck Jonathan: Enough Of The Abracadabra (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/goodluck-jonathan-enough-abracadabra)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Hafsat%20Abiola%20addressing%20at%20the%20rally%20Our%20votes%20must%20cast.jpg?1301493481) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/No%20Stealing%20our%20Votes%20an%20appeal%20to%20politicians.jpg?1301493481) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/President%20Women%20Arise%20Dr%20Joe%20Odumakin%20addressing%20at%20the%20ralljpg.jpg?1301493481) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Message%20to%20the%20electorate%20in%20Nigeria.jpg?1301493481) (http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Hand%20bill,%20Your%20vote%20is%20your%20right.jpg?1301493481) By Photonews@SaharaReporters, New York Photos of the rally put together by the Women Arise titled "Making our votes count". Speakers: Hafsat Abiola, Foluke Daramola, Joe Okei-Odumakin. The rally held in front of Federal Road Safety center at Ojudu, Ikeja - Lagos, South West of Nigeria.
Source: Photonews: Women Arise -"Our Votes Must Count" Rally In Lagos (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/photonews-women-arise-our-votes-must-count-rally-lagos)
(http://www.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/Goodluck_jonathan3.jpg?1301501659) As further evidence that next month’s elections are unlikely to be free and fair, SaharaReporters has obtained a document which shows that the media group which is organizing today’s debate did prepare advance questions for President Goodluck Jonathan at least a week ago.
Source: TV Debate: Media Group Sends President Jonathan Advance Questions (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/tv-debate-media-group-sends-president-jonathan-advance-questions)
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) --Nigeria's president has "debated" alone on state television after shunning two major presidential debates ahead of next month's polls.
Source: Candidate Jonathan Debates Himself (With Photos) (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/candidate-jonathan-debates-himself-photos)
By Remi Oyeyemi “We have to bring this system down completely and rebuild…Destroy it…Crash the whole thing. It is not working for Nigeria, it will not work for Nigeria.”
– Dr. Pat Utomi
Source: Nigeria's Quagmire And Okey Ndibe's Dilemma (http://www.saharareporters.com/article/nigeria%E2%80%99s-quagmire-and-okey-ndibe%E2%80%99s-dilemma)
By Press Officer: Eberhard Laue Abuja, 31 March 2011 - The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to the Federal Republic of Nigeria deployed today 60 Short Term Observers (STOs). “The STOs are the third contingent of our Observers”, said Chief Observer Alojz Peterle, a member of the European Parliament. The Chief Observer explained further: “Together with the already deployed 52 Long Term Observers the STOs will cover all States including both, urban and rural areas.
Source: EU Election Observation Mission deploys 60 Short Term Observers (http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/eu-election-observation-mission-deploys-60-short-term-observers)