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Editorial:chidi opara reports Is Two Years Old Today

2009-12-09T01:41:00.000-08:00

This online news publication is two years today, the 9th day of December, 2009, having started publishing on the 9th day of December, 2007. Our concept of non profit making e-news is premised on the need to adequately empower the reading public with credible news information, free of all charges. This concept is a reflection of our belief that news information production should be better

Pressure On Nigeria's "President Resignation" Activists

2009-12-08T03:13:00.000-08:00

[President Umaru Yar'Adua] chidi opara reports investigation have revealed that since the list of the group of more than fifty-five Nigerians who are signatories to a petition requesting the President to resign on account of ill health was released, the ranks of the activists have been subjected to enormous pressure. The first pressure we learnt

News Release: Ijebu-Ife Mayhem: Judicial Enquiry Now!

2009-12-07T08:10:00.000-08:00

[Ogun state Governor] Afenifere Renewal Group(ARG), condemns in strong words last weekend’s genocide carried out by men of Nigeria Police against the people of Ijebu-Ife in Ogun State even as we deplore the killing of Omolodun Oladokun, an Assistant Commissioner of Police and Area Commander of Ijebu-Ode Division of the state police command and two of

Nigeria's Proposed Media Law Originated From Presidency

2009-12-05T03:16:00.000-08:00

[Seal of House of Representatives] Contrary to reports that the Nigerian Press and Journalism Practice Council bill currently undergoing processes at the House of Representatives is a private member's bill, indications have emerged that the bill actually originated from the Presidency. Some knowledgeable Presidency insiders have revealed to chidi opara

Call For Nigerian President's Resignation Not Known To Constitution Says Nigerian Human Rights Lawyer

2009-12-04T01:21:00.000-08:00

[Kayode Ajulo] The recent call by some Nigerians for the country's ailing President to resign have been described by a Nigerian human rights Lawyer, Mr. Kayode Ajulo as unknown to the constitution. Mr. Ajulo, who runs a private law firm in Abuja posited that since the President's medical team had disclosed that he is ill and the nature of his

Governorship Tussle: Nigeria's Heartland State Gladiators Devise New Strategies

2009-12-03T01:57:00.000-08:00

[Map Of Imo state] The principal gladiators in the fight to occupy the governorship seat in Imo state of Nigeria, widely known as the "Heartland state", Mr. Martin Agbaso and the incumbent, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim have devised strategies to grab the plum position following the recent ruling of the Supreme Court to send the matter back to the Court of

Citizen Report: Riot Erupts In Nigeria's Main Oil State Secondary School

2009-12-02T08:01:00.000-08:00

[Rivers State Governor] A citizen reporter from Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria's major oil producing state have reported an outbreak of riot at the Community Secondary Oroworukwo which necesitated the deployment of of anti-riot policemen(mobile policemen). According to this report, trouble started when the school authority ordered final year

Nigeria's Anti-Terrorism Squad Operational In Five States

2009-12-02T00:40:00.000-08:00

[Terrorists] Nigeria's Anti-Terrorism Squad(ATS), a unit of the Nigerian Police Force(NPF) is now operational in Abuja, Lagos, Delta, Rivers and Abia, chidi opara reports can now reveal. Members of the squad were reportedly drawn mainly from the police mobile unit. The preliminary training, according to inside information was at the military school in

Protest: President Yar'Adua's Health Condition And The State Of The Nation

2009-12-01T08:16:00.000-08:00

[President Yar'Adua] It is clear to every discerning observer that President Umaru Yar'Adua's physical condition has had a negative impact on his ability to discharge the functions of the highest office in our nation. Within the last few months, he has been unable to attend to crucial affairs of the State at home and abroad and whenever he has found

Article: Tribute To Fred Okon Achibong(1959-2009)

2009-12-01T01:39:00.000-08:00

[Achibong's Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos] "I want to let Nigerians know that no country in the world developed without their artists and creative minds, artists create the concept; they are the creative vehicles that helped the growth of their countries. Leornado Da Vinci saw a riding horse and designed the first car. Other creative minds, the Wright Brothers, designed

Citizen Report: Last Minute Desperate Moves To Secure Bail For Jailed Nigerian Ruling Party Chieftain

2009-11-30T02:58:00.000-08:00

[Bode George] Three citizen reporters have respectively filed in reports about the desperation of associates of the jailed Peoples' Democratic Party(PDP) chieftain, rtd. Navy Commodore Bode George, to get him out of jail on bail at the Court of Appeal when the case comes up tomorrow. One of the reports filed in from Boston in the United States of

Cartoon Speak

2009-11-30T02:31:00.000-08:00

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Photospeak: Federal Republic Of (Northern) Nigeria

2009-11-30T02:19:00.000-08:00

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, from Katsina State is the President and consequently head of the Executive arm of Government. Senator David Mark from Benue State is the President of Senate, a position which makes him head of the legislative arm of Government. The Supreme Court, headquarters of the Judiciary would by January, 2010, be headed by Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu from Benue State.

Nigerian President's Ill Health: Military Coup On The Card

2009-11-28T07:25:00.000-08:00

[Coup Scene] Whispers reaching chidi opara reports from security circles point to the possibility of military take over of government in the event that the President's ill health progresses to a point where he can no longer perform the duties of the office. This coup buzz, we gathered, was as a result of the reluctance of the Vice-president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan

Photonews: The Annual Best Of Nigeria Awards Holding Today

2009-11-28T06:20:00.000-08:00

News Release: Former Nigerian Minister, El-Rufai's Message

2009-11-27T08:56:00.000-08:00

[El-Rufai] Greetings, I write to inform you of my intention to return home to Nigeria in December, after a period of academic studies and rest. As you are aware, I left Nigeria last year to take up a Mason Fellowship and enroll in the Public Policy Program at Harvard. Well before my departure, the Yar’Adua administration began and sustained a

News Release: Nigerian President Suffering From Acute Pericarditis

2009-11-27T02:20:00.000-08:00

[President Yar'Adua] At about 3pm on Friday, November 20th, after he returned from the Abuja Central Mosque where he performed the Juma’at prayers, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua complained of left sided severe chest pain. Preliminary medical examinations suggested Acute Pericarditis, (an inflammatory condition of the coverings of the heart). It was

Nigerian President To Lobby Saudi Financiers To Stop Funding For Opposition Presidential Candidates Come 2011

2009-11-26T02:46:00.000-08:00

[Nigerian President] Inspite of the Nigerian President's mild ill health which resulted in his being flown to Saudi Arabia for medical checks about two days ago, contacts in the Saudi Embassy in Abuja have revealed to chidi opara reports that the President is scheduled to hold private meetings with a select group of Saudi financiers to lobby them

News Release: Knock Out For “De-regulation”: The Truth From Venezuela

2009-11-25T08:33:00.000-08:00

[Map Of Venezuela] Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) received with excitement the sound admonition to the Federal Government of Nigeria not to hand over the economy of the country to foreigners by the Venezuelan Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Enrique Arrundell. The rare advice from an unexpected quarter has vindicated genuine patriotic forces that have

Editorial: Nigerian Press And Practice Of Journalism Council Bill

2009-11-25T02:53:00.000-08:00

The Nigerian Press And Practice Of Journalism Council Bill before the Nigerian lower Parliament, the House Of Representatives, sponsored by a two term House member, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, member of Action Congress Party(AC), representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency of Lagos State have been generating reactions, especially from news media practitioners. These reactions are mostly negative,

Citizen Report: Nigerian President Travelled Out Of Country Without Handing Over To Deputy

2009-11-24T07:24:00.000-08:00

A citizen reporter, who is also an administrative officer in the Presidency have just filed in a report that the Nigerian President, Mr. Umaru Yar'Adua who just left the country to Saudi Arabia for medical check up, travelled without handing over to his deputy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as demanded by the constitution. "It is not yet clear if Mr. President handed

Assasination: Nigeria's Rivers State Government May Engage Private Isreali Security Company To Protect Key Personnels

2009-11-23T02:15:00.000-08:00

[Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi] The assasination on friday 20th November, 2009 of Mr. Charles Nsiegbe, a close aide of the Rivers State governor, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi may have quickened the Oil rich state governor's decission to expand the brief of a private Isreali security outfit to include "Executive Protection Service", chidi opara reports have

News Release: We Condemn Nigeria’s Further Slip In The Ranking Of Corruption Index

2009-11-22T07:41:00.000-08:00

[Nigerian Flag] The Movement Against Corruption in Nigeria (MAC), a not-for-profit independent conglomeration of civil society organizations, trade unions, faith-based organizations, community based organisations, the media, businesses (farmers, and artisans cooperative societies), human rights activists, academics, women, students, and youth groups

Citizen Report: Nuhu Ribadu Declared Wanted By Code Of Conduct Tribunal

2009-11-20T08:27:00.000-08:00

A citizen reporter in Abuja filed in a report this afternoon that the immediate past Executive Chairman of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Mr. Nuhu Ribadu have been declared wanted by the Code Of Conduct Tribuanl sitting in Abuja, presided over by Justice Constance Momoh. Ribadu, who is on self exile in Europe was arraigned at the tribunal for failure to submit his assets

The Achebe Colloquium on Nigerian Elections Holds On December 11, 2009 In Providence, Rhode Island

2009-11-20T02:55:00.000-08:00

[Chinua Achebe] According to the organizers, "Conference themes will include problems, prospects and pathologies of 50 years of Nigerian independence; strategic interests of Nigeria and the United States; challenges of the Anambra Elections in 2010; lessons learned and problems ahead in monitoring Nigerian elections; strategies for free and fair polls