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

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                 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

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                                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

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                                                         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

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                                                                                                                               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

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   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

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                 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

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   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

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                 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

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   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

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                 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