chidi opara reports

Article: Legality Or Otherwise Of The Recent Deposition Of Deji Of Akureland By The Kingmakers

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

[Entrance To Deji's Palace] Cosmic compassion and reflection need to be exercised in discussing the legality or otherwise of the alleged pronouncement of deposition of the Deji of Akurekingdom, a paramount ruler of Akurekingdom and its environs. While we will not make the usual mistake of jumping into sentiments and variables that led to the Kingmakers

News Release: Our Worst Fear Has Come, Fashola Have Betrayed Tejuosho Traders

2009-11-10T09:42:00.000-08:00

[Fashola] The Democratic Peoples’ Alliance (DPA) has upbraided the Lagos State Government for betraying market women, traders and businessmen of Tejuosho Market by ceding the burnt complex to a private developer who has offered shops at a minimum of N750,000 per square metre. Calculating that each trader would need a minimum of N3 million to

Citizen Report: Popular Nigerian Home Video Comedian Kidnapped

2009-11-10T04:14:00.000-08:00

[Nkem Owoh] A citizen reporter in Enugu just sent in a report that popular Nigerian home video comedian, Mr. Nkem Owoh was yesterday kidnapped by armed gunmen as he was making a journey from his Enugu base to Port Harcourt. The kidnappers, according to the report "have already demanded a huge sum as ransom". An unconfirmed information at

Photonews: Ken Saro-Wiwa; Fourteen Years After

2009-11-09T01:23:00.000-08:00

Ken Saro-Wiwa; Writer, environmental and minority rights activist was judicially murdered on 10th November, 1995 by the then military rulers of Nigeria.

Revealed: Plan To Get Nigerian Ruling Party Chieftain Out Of Jail

2009-11-08T06:24:00.000-08:00

[Bode George] chidi opara reports have reliably learnt that there is high possibility of review of the prison term handed to rtd. Navy commodore Olabode George and five others for mismanaging the finances of the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA) during his tenure as a non executive chairman of the Authority by an Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice

Citizen Report: Kidnapped Father Of Nigeria's Immediate Past Central Bank Governor Released

2009-11-05T06:22:00.000-08:00

Soludo Jnr. “To God be the glory, my father has just been released by the kidnappers! We are emboldened by this experience to dedicate our life to the service of our fatherland and to find lasting solution to the problem of kidnapping. Those who sought to break our will must be told that the wind of change in Anambra is unstoppable.

Nigerian Oil Amnesty May Still Collapse

2009-11-04T00:29:00.000-08:00

Post Amnesty Talks In Session Insiders in the Movement For The Emancipation Of Niger Delta(MEND) have informed chidi opara reports that the armed group which organized series of "oil wars" that almost crippled the Nigerian mono-economy may still resume hostilities despite having recently declared indefinite ceasefire. Oil is the mainstay of the Nigerian

Revealed; Plan To Detain Furgitive Former Nigerian Anti-corruption Agency Chief

2009-11-01T07:26:00.000-08:00

Nuhu Ribadu chidi opara reports is privy to a plan by the Nigerian government to detain furgitive former Nigerian anti-corruption agency chief, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu. Ribadu, a former police officer had in the wake of his dismissal from the police in controversial circumstances relocated to Europe on self exile. He was the first Executive Chairman of

Citizen Report: Jerry Agada Is Nigerian Authors' President

2009-11-01T06:15:00.001-08:00

Jerry Agada Wale Okediran The Association Of Nigerian Authors(ANA)have in the early hours of today, at its annual convention in Minna, Niger State elected Dr. Jerry Agada as its President. Dr. Agada, prior to being

Shell Records Drop In Third Quarter Due To Fall In Oil Prices

2009-10-30T03:38:00.000-07:00

Shell Logo Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, reported Thursday a 62 percent fall in profit for the third quarter due to lower oil prices, and said it plans to cut 5,000 jobs to cope with continuing weakness in the global economy. Shell said net profit was $3.25 billion (euro2.21 billion), down from $8.45 billion in the same

Citizen's Report: Nigerian Senator's Election Nullified By Appeal Court

2009-10-29T09:52:00.000-07:00

Iyiola Omisore A citizen reporter from Ibadan, Oyo state just reported that the election of Senator Iyiola Omisore of Osun state have been nullified by the Court Of Appeal siting in Ibadan today. The court, according to the report, ordered for a fresh election in sixty days. Omisore was elected senator for a second term in 2007 on the

News Release: Re- Kidnap Of Pa Simeon Nwankwo Soludo; They Cannot Break Our Will To Serve

2009-10-28T04:18:00.000-07:00

Soludo Jnr. 1. At about 6pm, Tuesday, October 27, 2009, a gang of armed men invaded the village residence of 78 year old Pa Simeon N. Soludo and kidnapped him. Up until now, no word has been heard as to his whereabout. Pa Soludo is the father of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , and the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic

News Release: Yoruba Group Lauds Conviction Of Bode George And Others, But........

2009-10-27T05:05:00.000-07:00

Bode George After a long lull of warfare without tell-tales, the anti-graft war in Nigeria recorded major casualties on Monday with the conviction of former deputy-National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Commodore Olabode George and five accomplices. In a moment of bold and courageous judicial pronouncement, Justice Olubunmi

Photonews: Nigeria's Ruling Party Chieftain Jailed For Fraud

2009-10-27T03:35:00.000-07:00

Jailed Party Chieftain Former Anti-corruption Agency Chief Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Chieftain, Rtd Navy Commodore Bode George was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail because of fraud he committed at the Ports Authority while serving as a non executive chairman. The probe was investigated by Mr.

Nigerian Opposition Party Commends Lagos State Assembly For Yacht, University Probe

2009-10-27T02:23:00.000-07:00

Lagos State Governor The Democratic Peoples’ Alliance (DPA) have given kudos to the Lagos State House of Assembly for wading into the controversy surrounding the €25 million (about N4.75 billion) Sunborn Yacht and the crisis in the Lagos State University (LASU). However, the party warned the House against sweeping the reports under the carpet as

News Release From MEND: Indefinite Ceasefire

2009-10-25T06:33:00.000-07:00

MEND Logo On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, the Federal Government of Nigeria expressed its readiness to engage in serious and meaningful dialogue with every group or individual towards achieving a lasting peace in the Niger Delta. This welcome shift in position conveyed to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) by Mr. Henry

Article: Dialogue with Elite friend

2009-10-25T06:17:00.000-07:00

Author With Wole Soyinka Friend: Chidi, why do you waste your time and energy to write poems only to post them on blogs, listservs, websites and social networking sites for people to read free? Me: I aim to reach the highest number of people possible from diverse backgrounds with my poetry. For me, mass media like blogs, listservs, websites and social

Book Review: "The Road to W'omoko": Journeying Through The Tortuous Path Of Life

2009-10-24T08:53:00.000-07:00

The Book (A review of The Road to W’omoko by Steve Osuji; Owerri: Edu-Edy Publications, 2007 Genre: Poetry) The Road to W'omoko is like a journey through the tortuous path of life. It reflects the central motif that runs through most of Soyinka's works, especially The Road. The road is fraught with danger, and sometimes death. Such is the

Newsflash: Commonwealth Regional Law Conference 2010 Delegates Registration Begins In Abuja

2009-10-23T08:16:00.000-07:00

Information just reaching chidi opara reports from the organizers of The Commonwealth Regional Law Conference 2010, slated to take place in Abuja from 8th to 11th April, 2010, has it that registration of delegates have just commenced at the conference Secretariate in Abuja.

News Release: Nigerian Opposition Party Wants Joint Governmental Action On Lagos Flood

2009-10-22T04:38:00.000-07:00

Flooded Lagos Street Alarmed at the deluge that ravaged Lagos last week, the Democratic Peoples’ Alliance (DPA) has asked the state government and the Federal Government to set up a counterpart funding scheme for tackling the menace of flooding in Lagos. DPA noted that the state government appeared to have lost the battle against the problem, and

Nigeria's Ruling Party In Imo State Factionalized

2009-10-22T04:11:00.000-07:00

PDP Logo The Imo State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is now seriously factionalized, chidi opara reports have been informed by reliable state PDP insiders. The factionalization which we learnt was caused by the re-entry of the state governor, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim into PDP, have split the

Photonews: Best of Nigeria Expo 2009 Kicks Off 23rd October

2009-10-21T02:45:00.000-07:00

Photonews: Dele Giwa; Twenty-three Years After, no clue!

2009-10-19T07:21:00.000-07:00

It is twenty-three years today since the first Editor-In-Chief of one of Nigeria's premier news Magazines, Newswatch, Mr. Dele Giwa was murdered with parcel bomb, yet there appears to be no clue as to who was responsible for the dastardly act. chidi opara reports contacts at the Nigerian Police Headquarters in Abuja revealed that "the case is closed for now".

News Release: Lawyer To Former Nigerian Bank Chief Accuses Agencies Of Victimization

2009-10-18T07:03:00.000-07:00

Cecilia Ibru The trial process of embattled Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Oceanic Bank, Mrs Cecilia Ibru sponsored by EFCC and CBN is nothing but reckless attempts that can only be described as extra-judicial and uncharitable way of prosecuting allegation of commission of crime. The manner these agents of Nigerian government

Faces Of Nigeria's Latest Top Bank Debtors

2009-10-16T09:34:00.000-07:00

Cletus Ibeto Femi Otedola Mike Adenuga Jnr. Aliko Dangote