The Punch Newspaper Archive for June 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Adedibu’s thugs face trial July 8 –Police
I was ready to be killed over a fence when we were building Ozumba Mbadiwe Road–Fashola
More warships head for N’Delta
N50bn PEF scam: Beneficiaries dare EFCC
Police arraign two suspects for kidnapping pupil
Why 70-busload of Edo PDP supporters were barred from Abuja
Bankole warns Reps against gratification
N30.9bn transport ministry saga: BPE, CBN faults Senate
Gunmen kidnap, kill Bayelsa Permanent Secretary
‘Alcohol intake, drugs cause high rate of renal diseases’
PDP, Obasanjo plot AC fall in Lagos
Friday, June 27, 2008
EFCC received $37m foreign aid in five years – Investigation
Stay away from Niger Delta summit, Ateke Tom warns govs
Bonga Attack: Army vows to go after militants
JTF deploys helicopter, more gunboats in N’Delta
Senate orders Permanent Secretary’s arrest
Nigeria lost Bakassi because of map –Surveyor General
Gunmen shoot ex-Delta speaker, kill in-law
PDP upholds Edo power sharing formula
Ogun, firm accuse MFM of stalling power project
Rivers anti-terror squad combs Port Harcourt
$2.1bn fake cheques seized from US, Nigerian fraudsters
Thursday, June 26, 2008
PDP seeks 7-year single term for President
Ribadu not re-appointed as EFCC chairman, says FG
... okays N73.95bn budget for Abuja
Senate queries payment of N30.9bn on public holiday
JTF arrests over 20 suspected cultists
Reps ask Yar’Adua to convoke meeting of AU leaders
‘Materialism, corruption bane of civil service’
Nyako’s impeachment: CNPP accuses Yar’Adua of subverting rule of law
Party raises the alarm over ‘leakage’ of judgment
Dokubo-Asari, Harry’s son in war of words at Eso panel
Aviation contract: EFCC summons NAMA boss, others
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Contractor arrested over N19.5bn project
Will: Court strikes out suit by Abiola’s widow
N’Delta governors oppose military option against militants
Delta govt uncovers N4.2bn fraud
Power probe: NLC alleges plan to corrupt lawmakers
Appeal: Mark knows fate July 11
ANPP, 13 others want President stripped of power to appoint INEC boss
PDP factions feud over control of Oyo
Vandalism: NITEL yet to re-connect Yar’Adua’s phone lines
Obasanjo spent $13.5bn on power – Bankole
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Airports towers’ contract inflated by N4.5bn – Consultant
Niger Delta summit: I won’t reject my appointment, says Gambari
Bickerings: Bankole reads the Riot Act to Reps
Robbers snatch Oyo commissioner’s car
Akunyili laments inhalation of nail polish, others by youths
Protest greets Waziri’s official resumption
CAN, others seek two-party system for Nigeria
At 74, I am not fulfilled — Soyinka
Nigeria needs $85bn to meet power demands by 2020
Teachers begin nationwide strike on July 1
Monday, June 23, 2008
NLC, NBA, TMG seek INEC’s unbundling
Service chiefs, CDS meet over N’Delta crisis
Adedibu: Fear grips Oyo politicians over cabinet reshuffle
FOI bill: Groups give Reps ultimatum
Lafiaji,ex-NDLEA boss’ trial adjourned
Community threatens to disrupt A’Ibom airport project
EFCC charges Martins, Dumuje with stealing
Yar‘Adua seeks implementation of ECOWAS integration protocols
Food poisoning: NAFDAC analyses food samples
Adedibu’s hangers-on shift to Arisekola
N19.5bn Aviation Fund: Senate summons Okonjo-Iweala, Fani-Kayode, others
Navy deploys two warships in N’Delta
Sack of CJ: Akala’s action has vindicated me — Ladoja
Disciplinary committee summons 20 lawyers
Pastor calls for ‘spiritual campaign’ against kidnapping
Bakassi: Obong of Calabar demands plebiscite
Gunmen abduct brother of Rivers CJ, CDC chairman
‘FG to spend N7.27bn on prison decongestion’
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Anenih, Osunbor renew rivalry
...opeatives launch manhunt for militants
Akala bows to pressure, sends CJ on compulsory leave
N’Delta: Military on red alert
We were sacrificed for third term –Bakassi paramount ruler
Utomi counsels Nigerian leaders
Plot to impeach me is no issue –Bankole
Power projects: Reps sing discordant tunes on new committee
...DHQ to reorganise JTF
Fresh outbreak of polio in northern Nigeria –UN health agency
Nigerians in US lampoon Nwosu on June 12 book
Friday, June 20, 2008
I am not sure we have a government in place – Soyinka
I dashed EFCC cars –Kenny Martins
Anyim, Nnamani, Na’abba, Masari demand entitlements
Bonga oil field attack: MEND releases American oil worker
Nigeria’s oil reserves to dry up in 43 years – Agip boss
Yar’Adua urges dealers to sell kerosene below N50
Committee shake-up: Anti-Bankole Reps may disrupt plenary
Kenny Martins, others secluded, cheerless in detention
...Yar’Adua declares war on militants
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Militants attack Shell facility
Yar’Adua, governors, others to pay 10% of salaries to PDP
NEC okays N569.8bn for power sector
Turaki loses bid to retrieve passport
Govs agree to partner FG to improve power supply
‘Excess crude account, disservice to Niger Delta’
Federal character: Audit of ministries, parastatals begins
Panic grips Osun lawmakers over EFCC probe
Return PEF’s funds and vehicles, Waziri tells beneficiaries
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
FG okays N50bn Abuja Boulevard, to revoke 300 plots
Electricity workers set to disrupt power emergency
Ilaje protest ceding of 260 oil wells to Delta
Adedibu: Alao-Akala stops ministries from obituary adverts
Foreign reserves: FG considers investment in gold, others
Obasanjo ignored 12 reports on Ajaokuta, mining firms – Committee chief
EFCC arrests Kenny Martins, two others
PDP chiefs disagree over Yar’Adua’s status as ‘leader’
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Rivers: Presidency promises amnesty for N’Delta militants
Bakassi: Maduekwe, Camerounian ambassador meet over recent killings
Teachers threaten full-scale strike
Police stray bullet kills 14-year-old
Explosion: Ijegun community wants N97bn compensation
Rape suspect tested positive to HIV — Witness
FCT: Senate probes leakage of report
Judge berates Waziri, AGF for evading court processes
No more coup in Nigeria — COAS
A’Ibom Assembly issues warrant of arrest on Christy Igbokwe
Monday, June 16, 2008
Oil firms panic over N' Delta youths' withdrawal from peace talks
Nwosu's book: IBB okayed June 12 annulment - Investigation
Passports: Ibori knows fate today
Lagos: PDP threatens to stall poll in 37 LCDAs
Bakassi: Fresh agitations over Green Tree agreement
N' Delta summit: Amaechi rules out boycott
Corrupt judges must go - Kutigi
FG rules out new pension in 2008, names new head of service
Sunday, June 15, 2008
‘Don’t judge Nigerian women by Etteh’s fate’
Fraud: Customs’ N287m missing – Investigation
El-Rufai: Senate committee orders revocation of 4,352 plots in FCT
Akume: EFCC keeps mum about Waziri’s role
NBA gets 100 petitions against errant lawyers — Investigation
AC berates Nwosu over June 12 book
US partners Nigeria to combat drug trafficking
N’Delta youths withdraw from peace talks with FG
FG queries NNPC over outstanding payments
Adedibu: Work begins on multi-million naira mausoleum
10 die, 20 hospitalised after gbegiri soup
Saturday, June 14, 2008
I built a house from proceeds of stolen handsets
I’ll expose real officers, civilians that annulled June 12 –Umar
$8.3bn railway contract inflated by $5.8bn –Report
FCT Minister’s house for demolition
46 persons hospitalised after beans meal
How INEC wasted N113.6m –Nwosu
Kidnapped octogenarian recounts ordeal
El-Rufai misled Obasanjo over N7bn direct labour contracts –Senate
Adedibu: Alao-Akala did not shun burial –Wife
EFCC: Waziri avoids Ribadu’s office, re-locates
Friday, June 13, 2008
June 12: Nwosu is a coward –Afenifere, Falae, Sagay, Keyamo
Controversy over Adedibu’s endorsement of son for governorship
Man jumps into well, demands N100,000 from Yar’Adua
Why we accepted Waziri – US ambassador
Mimiko urges tribunal to declare him Ondo governor
Buhari, IBB wrong on Abacha loot -Adebayo
Yar’Adua promises reformed electoral system by Dec 2009
Yar’Adua shifts power emergency to July
Thursday, June 12, 2008
N’Delta: Presidency summons JTF commander, peace panel
PDP governors absent from Adedibu’s burial
Abiola won June 12 poll – Nwosu
FOI bill: Abike Dabiri explains Reps’ reluctance
‘Presidential system, bane of Nigeria’s democracy’
Teachers’ strike: Reps summon minister, NUT officials
Workers oppose speculated fuel price hike
Adedibu’s death’ll usher peace in Oyo – Soyinka
Obasanjo, Odili behind Harry’s death – Asari-Dokubo
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Climate change: Why Nigeria can‘t access international funds
How Nigerians can honour Abiola — former aide
June 12: US couldn’t have killed Abiola – Tinubu
Adedibu dies at 80
FOI Bill: N’Assembly can‘t run away from law — Agbo
FEC approves $330m IDA loan for road projects
Marshal Harry: Panel summons Speaker, Dokubo
Stakeholders recommend option A4
Adedibu’s death: Akinjide, Arisekola, Afenifere, others react
Police foil robbery, recover N335m
Teachers begin strike, FG adamant
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Yar’Adua may declare power emergency on June 19 – Usman
EFCC: US, Bankole back Waziri
FG, NUT parley deadlocked, as teachers insist on strike
66 Nigerians on death row in Indonesia
FOI: Reps draft new bill
World Bank approves $390m loan to revamp transport sector
Gunmen kidnap Enyimba boss, kill Naval rating
Reps’ panel may not recommend contractors’ trial
June 12, Nigeria’s real democracy day – Groups
Monday, June 09, 2008
Campus prostitution: Varsities turn spiritual to fight vice
FG, teachers meet today over warning strike
EFCC: Gani sues Yar’Adua over Waziri’s appointment
NSE freezes stock prices to halt slide
Senior staff of research institutes, varsities seek higher pay
Police arrest five robbery suspects
Chieftaincy laws: Ibadan high chief drags Oyo to court
NDLEA arrests woman with cocaine in
Militants attack vessel, kill Navy personnel, injure others
Tribunal upholds Niger Governor’s election
Saudi Arabia set to execute 28-year-old Nigerian
Graft: ICPC to train civil servants on integrity
WHO blames Nigeria for spread of polio
20 persons electrocuted monthly —NERC
Court begins hearing of Mark’s appeal
Police secretly released tanker involved in plot to bomb INEC HQ — Investigation
We won’t release hoodlums in Adedibu’s property – Police
Lagosians groan as floods take over roads, premises
Senate debates review of EFCC Act
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Power crisis: Makoju quits
OPS knocks N140bn National Assembly budget
Clinton backers begin to move to Barack Obama
Police raid Adedibu’s property, arrest 80 hoodlums
Saturday, June 07, 2008
FG sacks 121,731 workers
FOI bill: Reps open survival window
Clinton endorses Obama for president
June12: I’ll unmask those behind annulment ––Nwosu
Lagos to penalise defaulters on use of instructional materials
Ado Bayero, Shehu Malami commiserate with Folawiyo family
Anxiety in Niger as tribunal sets to rule on governorship election
British College institutes Gani Fawehinmi award
UNIJOS demands N312m from Plateau varsity students
Abduction: How Imo speaker secured sons’ release
Okija priest sends SOS to Okiro
Anti-terrorist operatives comb Port Harcourt for kidnappers
UN releases Gambari to chair N’Delta summit
House committees: Reps submit CVs to Speaker
Panic grips aviation workers as FG restructures FAAN, NAMA
ECOWAS GDP was $199.1bn in 2007 – Chambas
Obama, Hillary Clinton in secret meeting
Peace in Niger Delta critical to Nigeria’s survival –APRM Report
Africa needs investment, not aid –Dangote
Oyo LG chairmen beg Akinjide’s group
Yar’Adua inherited shaky structure –PDP chieftain
Friday, June 06, 2008
Federation Account: States suspend court case against FG
How Ehindero, Obaniyi forced banks to pay N12m cash interest on controversial police money
FG shifts fuel price hike to Jan 2009
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Debtor stabs pregnant woman to death in Ijebu Ode
N10m health ministry’s fund duly appropriated — Obasanjo-Bello
‘Our grouse against access to information’
Senate confirms Waziri as EFCC chairman
Ekiti retires principal, demotes 7 others
Police arrest 80-year-old woman for child trafficking
Edo police recover kidnapped 8-yr-old boy in Anambra
Police parade pastor, 10 other robbery suspects
Dissolution of parastatals’ boards imminent
FOI Bill: Passing through Reps’ furnace
Oyo PDP: Akinjide’s group adamant
World Bank unfolds plan to curtail food crisis
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Another oil firm to replace Shell in Ogoniland – Yar’Adua
Waziri vows to step on toes
Divorce: Gbenga Obasanjo, wife agree to settle out of court
M. Schneider: Conduct bureau quizzes Iyabo Obasanjo
ICPC arrests six for selling govt shares
Gunmen kidnap Imo Speaker’s children
How we attacked motorists — Teenage robbery suspect
US deports 87 Nigerians
Akinjide’s group carpets Adedibu
Etteh, others may be sanctioned for truancy
Banks not making jumbo profits –Soludo
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
UNIPORT lecturer, three others killed
EFCC: Allow us to do our work – Mark
Crisis brews in House of Reps
Military pensioners ask N’Assembly to probe Obasanjo
Defence minister, Reps raise the alarm over insubordination in military
Police investigate mysterious death of six family members
Yar’Adua disappointed with power sector contractors – REA boss
Kudirat’s death not in vain, says Afusat
Newspaper circulation rises by 2.57% in 2007 – WAN survey
Monday, June 02, 2008
Power sector failure: TMG carpets Yar’Adua
Nigeria sitting on powder keg – Eso
Six policemen arrested over Lagos killing
Why small parties can’t win elections in Nigeria — Iwu
Soyinka backs Gani, faults Waziri’s appointment
Lecturers can’t operate law firms – Special Report
FOI bill: No freedom is absolute — Mark
Corruption has ruined Nigeria — APRM report
Restructuring: N’Delta leaders threaten fresh showdown with Shell
FG loses N1.09bn to contractors
AC accuses N’Assembly legislators of selfishness
Afenifere regroups in Osogbo, seeks unity
FOI bill: Public hearing good for stakeholders — Senate
EFCC: Senior Advocates disagree over Waziri
Reps propose bill to end death penalty
Plans to boost Naira value under way
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Four army generals jostle for COS job
Bandits raid Osoba’s Abeokuta home
Yar’Adua’s one year: FIRS rakes in N2.2 trillion tax
Nigerian military, police executed hundreds secretly in 2007 ––Amnesty International Report
N’Delta governors demand share of excess crude money
Food prices to remain high for 10 years ––UN
Soldiers lay siege to chief judge’s residence
How Obasanjo library is to operate
Graft: Dectectives trail UNTH CMD
INEC abandons probe into Kogi bribery scandal
N’Assembly owes Nigerians duty to pass FOI Bill
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