The Punch Newspaper Archive for August 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
N6.5bn fraud: Court remands Ladoja, two others in EFCC custody
Yar’Adua undergoes surgery in Saudi Arabia
McCain Picks Alaska Gov as Running Mate
Police arrest 115 over OPC, NURTW clash
Minna conjoined triplets die before separation surgery
Abductors of Israeli businessman demand N2bn ransom
Obama fund-raiser: We are making progress –EFCC
Niger governor escapes death in boat mishap, three die
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Obama, McCain could not have emerged in Nigeria — Carrington
Etsu Nupe, others order Bello to divorce 82 wives
Boy, 15, escapes from kidnappers
EFCC arrests Ladoja over alleged N1.93bn shares deal
Slain journalist, Ogundeji laid to rest
Tribunal upholds Oni’s election
Anxiety heightens over Yar’Adua’s health
Air crashes: AIB set to release reports
Power sector reforms in UK and Canada
Globacom hits 20 million subscribers mark
Five policemen, two others feared killed in NURTW, OPC clash
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Third Mailand bridge to be totally shut on Sunday
Tension in Ekiti over tribunal’s verdict
EFCC arrests Ibeto Group boss over N350m fraud
YCE, Afenifere meet over feuding Obas
Monetisation: SSANU threatens nationwide strike
Constitution unfriendly to N’Delta — Uduaghan
CBN unveils rules for new banking licences
INEC faults parties over consensus candidates
Gunmen kill UNIBEN’s deputy registrar, student
Why Yar’Adua is not yet back — FEC
Stock market recovers on FG intervention
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
EFCC wants LGs to account for N3.313tn
FG defies S’Court, keeps N180bn voided accounts
FG, UNESCO to develop slave trade sites
Yar‘Adua pledges support for early passage of CEDAW Bill
Ijaw youth council gives Sylva 21-day ultimatum
Abolurin wants EFCC investigators to be objective
RMAFC orders governor, deputy to refund N300m
Police foil bank robbery, kill four suspects
Monday, August 25, 2008
Court restrains EFCC from harassing businessmen
MEND alleges $500,000 bribe from Rep to implicate firm
‘Strip President of power to appoint INEC chairman, others’
Mark, Bankole make case for fresh blood in Nigerian politics
Quacks have taken over teaching profession – NUT
‘Nigeria won’t take loans to tackle climate change issues’
...we can’t meet with you now, service chiefs tell Bankole
Yar’Adua’s absence stalls handover at Defence headquarters
EFCC affirms investigation of LGs
Sunday, August 24, 2008
EFCC dismisses 11 officials for forgery
Imoke wins Cross River election rerun
Yar’Adua, Obasanjo not on speaking terms – Investigation
Tribunal’s judgments: CP assures Ekiti residents of their safety
FG flays delayed action against racism, discrimination
Senate probes 162m euros teaching hospitals contracts
Bakassi: Senate to continue work on Green Tree Agreement
VC, council trade blames over non-accreditation
Reps intensify lobby for committee chairmanships
Voters shun Cross River rerun election
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Siemens: Yar’Adua did not consult us –EFCC, ICPC
Records on Pentascope, NITEL transactions missing
EFCC impounds 384 PEF vehicles
Controversy over N147m NIPOST contract
Presidency sheds light on military shake-up
Lagos LG poll: SSS quizzes AC aspirants
No clue on abducted son of former commissioner
INEC investigates PDP, AC, others
Friday, August 22, 2008
Illegal arms: Bankole to meet defence minister, service chiefs on Monday
Obama fundraiser: EFCC storms banks
Niger Delta governors to meet Yar’Adua over NDDC’s funding
16 die in Sagamu road accident
FG suspends oil bid rounds
EFCC takes over probe of Siemens from ICPC
JNI’s death threat: I’m not moved – Man with 86 wives
Bakassi: Biya promises protection for Nigerians
Thursday, August 21, 2008
ICPC canvasses life jail for corrupt officials, others
Okereke-Onyiuke’s passport seized
Group hails RMAFC for excluding IBB, others from pension roll
PTDF queries four varsities over endowment
‘S’East, N’West have worst roads in Nigeria’
Ministry, contractor clash over hospitals contracts
Doctors berate public officers over foreign medical treatment
AC Reps sue FG over Bakassi handover
Why we re-engaged Siemens — FG
Militants abduct OSOPADEC chairman, six commissioners
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The man Dike
PDP condemns calls for interim govt
EFCC quizzes Okereke-Onyiuke, detains Marc Wabara
Yar’Adua names new defence, service chiefs
Nigerians have suffered enough power failure — Osun Speaker
NDLEA to destroy 750,000kgs of cannabis in Edo
RCCG, MFM, others seek adjustment to Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
I have no power to recall Ribadu from NIPSS — Okiro
Rep, Afenifere condemn new deal with Siemens
Power sector reforms in other lands — prologue
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Civil service, breeding ground for corruption —ICPC
FG in fresh power deal with Siemens, others
Bode George: Lagos hails judge’s stand on tax clearance
Bakassi: Senators seek reduction of President’s power to sign treaties
ThisDay petitions IG over journalist’s murder
Obama: SEC writes Okereke-Onyiuke
N2.6bn debt: NCAA threatens to ground airlines
JTF kills two cultists, arrests 20 during clash in Rivers
Monday, August 18, 2008
NAMA shifts total radar coverage to 2009
Police arraign NDDC chairman for stealing N800m
EFCC probes Osun tribunal members
Obama disowns Okereke-Onyiuke, others
‘British officials stripped me’
Uduaghan’s office burgled
Ateke Tom’s group can’t intimidate us — JTF
Floods submerge 150 houses in Sokoto
Controversy trails Ogundeji’s murder
Jonathan backs power project probe in Bayelsa
Reps: How N’Assembly struck N2.3bn car deal
e-passport scandal: Immigration to prosecute errant officers
Yar’Adua removes Osinowo, scraps Chief of Staff office
Sunday, August 17, 2008
NNPC loses 12 million litres along PH/Enugu pipeline
Police, SSS begin fresh plot against Ribadu, others
FG accuses Virgin of blackmail
Nigeria requires 312,000 teachers for the next 8 years – UBEC
Speaker cautions legislators on impeachment
Bakassi: ‘Epidemic looms in A’Ibom’
NDLEA arrests two women for cocaine trafficking
No plan to abolish VAT on air tickets – Babalola
LG poll: AC shifts Lagos primaries to Sept 6
Fresh crisis in Ekiti Assembly over SIEC law
NITEL loses N2bn to ghost workers, SAT-3 – Senate committee
Saturday, August 16, 2008
EFCC seeks power to seize assets of sitting presidents, VPs, govs
21 ex-governors linked with N120bn assets –ICPC
Oyegun links Niger Delta crisis to revenue allocation, federalism
Why we need FOI Bill
Fresh moves to resolve CCC crisis
Sultan, other Islamic leaders disown man with 86 wives
Those who ceded Bakassi should be tried –Faseun
We’ve lost many lives in Niger Delta –Navy
Friday, August 15, 2008
EFCC probes Osun governorship tribunal
Bank deposits hit N6.7tr – Soludo
Bakassi deserted, Cameroun to take over fully in 2011
Customs seals off Chinese warehouse in Lagos
Obasanjo Library to become tourist centre
NNPC to begin oil exploration in the North next month
Finally Bode George meets bail conditions
‘Nigerian men don’t repay loans’
Amaechi shuns Odili’s 60th birthday ceremony
Park relocation sparks tension in Enugu community
Ribadu: FG insincere about anti-corruption war – Reps
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Cultural archives: Soyinka, others to sue Obasanjo library
Ex-UME highest scorer in police net for alleged robbery
Ribadu: Senators disagree over Ribadu’s demotion
Camerounians celebrate as Nigeria cedes Bakassi
Hospitals reject corpse of man killed by wife
NDLEA arrests student, two others for cocaine trafficking
Nigerian banking sector highly risky –Standard & Poor’s
NITEL: BPE denies banks’ claim of ownership
Rape: Red Cross, residents blame Oyo govt
NDDC’s funds intact — Acting Chairman
We’ll prevent LG chairmen from stealing public funds — Ayoola
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Senate cuts 2008 budget by N103bn
FG to spend N1bn on new Bakassi LG
No pension for Gowon, IBB, others – RMAFC
How Nigeria, Cameroun legal fireworks started
Nigerians should not cry over transfer – Gowon
Tribunal verdict: Agagu goes to Appeal Court
FEC approves audit of assets, liabilities of DNCR
Police keep mum over court order on 302 PEF vehicles
‘US, France, Britain conspired against Nigeria’
Ribadu’s demotion: Senate summons IG, PSC
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monetisation: SSAUTHRIAI threatens to embark on strike
Electoral reform goes beyond constitutional amendment – Falana, others
We’ll probe senators, Reps if..., says EFCC
How the handover will be done
Nigeria loses Bakassi at 11am tomorrow
Electoral reforms: Yar’Adua grants Uwais panel four-month extension
Post-UME screening exploitative – JAMB registrar
‘Bakassi handover, a disregard for the rule of law’
NANS wants EFCC to probe varsity heads
Oyo SSG’s diatribe against PUNCH: Our response
Power emergency: FG threatens oil firms with expulsion
Nigeria loses billions of naira to fire disasters in four months
Monday, August 11, 2008
‘Senate to pass hydro-power bill soon’
Osun: Reps may summon NJC
Students threaten to resist Bakassi handover
Nigeria lagging behind in MDGs — UNICEF
MEND’s threat: Security beefed up at N’Assembly
NLC seeks emergency action on education sector
Bayelsa SSG‘s wife narrates 17-day ordeal with kidnappers
Alleged N100bn fraud: EFCC lists 13 witnesses against Bode George
MEND alleges $20m bribes by FG
We can’t withdraw Ribadu, NIPSS insists
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Court reinstates officer dismissed by Ehindero
One killed, 20 injured as PDP members clash in Osun
EFCC to increase charges against Bode George
Power probe panel calls for scrapping of PHCN
INEC orders PDP to conduct fresh congresses in 10 states
ATM fraud: Reps may sanction offending banks
Niger Delta: Governors submit names for committee
NAFDAC canvasses life imprisonment for fake drug dealers
...we’ll use report as case study, says ICPC
Ribadu: Senate may summon PSC boss
Saturday, August 09, 2008
ICPC uncovers N357m fraud in Kogi
Secret plot to castrate EFCC –Financial Times of London
S’West PDP leaders move to save Obasanjo
Youths sack leaders, elders send SOS to Obi
Woman alleges forceful ejection by Adedibu’s aides
Associates abandon Bode George
Aluko advocates three-party system
30 still missing 7 days after troops sacked Bayelsa community
Friday, August 08, 2008
Man detained for threatening to kill Obama
When I got there he was alive, but the police didn’t allow us to move him
N100bn fraud: Court remands Bode George, four others in EFCC custody
Police arrest NDDC chair for paying N510m to native doctor
Militants plan invasion of Defence Chief’s hometown ...FG deploys troops, gunboats
JTF sinks two boats filled with militants
Sanusi to succeed Ajekigbe as First Bank MD
Police officer sues unregistered university over degree
Nigeria won’t fall into debt trap again -Babalola
....grants Boni Haruna
Court Denies Okah Bail
Yar’Adua’s election defence: INEC to pay lawyers N350m
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Subsidies favour the rich, not the poor –Yar’Adua
‘I don’t know if Ribadu’ll leave NIPSS’
59,000 Nigerians in transit to Europe
EFCC to arraign Bode George today
Anxiety as EFCC invites Osun Minority Leader, three other lawmakers
Martins urges court to grant him access to PEF vehicles
NSCIA defends hajj commission on fare hike
No going back on handing over Bakassi to Cameroun — Aondoakaa
N’Delta: Sultan, Onaiyekan, others seek higher derivation
Two arrested with guns, ammunition
Yar’Adua nominates Shonekan to head ICRC board
Lagosians resort to charcoal as scarcity of kerosene persists
EFCC invites Osun SSG, commissioners, others over govt purchases
Confusion in NIPSS over Ribadu’s demotion
Gunmen abduct women in Port Harcourt
I won’t step on innocent toes — Waziri
FRSC seeks partnership with EFCC on illegal driving licence
Warri refinery resumes production of kerosene, diesel
Medical negligence: Lagos establishes monitoring committee
Demotion targeted at Ribadu —Afenifere
Teachers get 27.5% pay rise
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Lawyers divided over Ribadu’s demotion
Obasanjo may lose PDP BOT chairmanship
Ribadu, dead police officer, others demoted
Only ‘Ministry of Niger Delta’ can solve crisis —Sagay
Health workers begin three-day warning strike
Nigeria loses N1bn annually to flood — Minister
Kure’s probe: Why I did not keep records — Chief Accountant
Bakassi: Senator wants handover date extended
Tension heightens in coastal Bayelsa
‘Yar’Adua didn’t bribe Reps with N80bn constituency funds’
Monday, August 04, 2008
Group faults NNPC boss over $12m pipeline funds to militants
40 pedestrians, okada riders arrested
Committee wants Obasanjo, Agagu, others investigated
ICPC smashes employment syndicate in Prisons, Immigration
Falana writes ECOWAS president over detained journalist
N100m bribe: Lack of petitions stalls Reps’ probe
Alao-Akala woos defectors with N5m each —ANPP
Terrorists after us, Israeli ambassador tells IG
FG may repeal oil sector laws
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Probe: ‘$22.6bn refinery, gas, electricity projects not executed’
Militants attack JTF Logistics Base
No trekking, no okada on Third Mainland Bridge – FRSC
Woman arrested with fresh human skull in Effurun
Corruption: EFCC may charge Haruna this week
We’ll miss him, but life continues – Jose’s wife
‘Why Nigeria will handover Bakassi to Cameroun’
29 Condemned Nigerians in Thailand, Afghanistan Get Reprieve
Police intercept ambulance with 16 bags of Indian hemp
Verdict: Agagu, Mimiko step up accusations
Robbers battle police, abandon AK-47
Ogun NURTW crisis: How woman facilitated arrest of prime suspect ¨CPolice
Saturday, August 02, 2008
EFCC ransacks former official¡®s residence
N¡¯Delta: Militants loot police armouries
Third Mainland Bridge: Confusion in Lagos
Collapsed building: Labourers recall narrow escape
NPAN, governors, others pay tributes to Jose
EFCC investigates 774 LG councils
Dokubo-Asari: Security agents investigate Lebanese men
Governor¡¯s aide in N28m grain and fertiliser scam
Presidential pardon for 29 drug barons
Bakassi handover: Former naval chief cautions FG
Bloodbath in P¡¯Harcourt again, 10 feared dead
I?e had five children, but I was never married, not even to Kollington
Friday, August 01, 2008
Senate to revisit labour laws
Nigeria? first composite insulator factory takes off
Agagu? removal: LP, youths warn monarchs
No going back on Bakassi handover ?FG
JTF shuts 111 illegal refineries
Obi seeks partnership with AfDB, USAID
Nigerian kills wife in US
Two police officers jailed for corruption
Shell may relocate to Iraq over Niger Delta woes
Bad road: Fresh fuel scarcity looms as IPMAN threatens strike
22 feared dead in Abuja road crash
7,000 Policemen for Third Mainland Bridge repair
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