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

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                 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

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              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

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   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

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   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

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                 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

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                 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?

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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

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                                     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

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   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?

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                           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