Sahara Reporters: Latest and Current Articles & News [March ‘11 Diet]

SR · Mar 28, 2011, 08:05 AM

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!

SR · Mar 28, 2011, 12:05 PM

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

SR · Mar 28, 2011, 04:05 PM

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

SR · Mar 28, 2011, 08:05 PM

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

SR · Mar 29, 2011, 12:05 AM

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

SR · Mar 29, 2011, 08:05 AM

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

SR · Mar 29, 2011, 04:05 PM

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

SR · Mar 29, 2011, 08:05 PM

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

SR · Mar 30, 2011, 04:05 AM

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

SR · Mar 30, 2011, 08:05 AM

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