Sahara Reporters Archive for November 2009

Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Immediate Removal of President Umaru Yar’Adua from Office: a Constitutional and Political Imperative

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Yar'Adua: Poor Health And Half-truths

On Yar’adua’s incapacitation, the constitution, and a dream

Why I Quit Redeemed Church by Pastor Tunde Bakare-TheNEWS

Friday, November 27, 2009

Jonathan comes under pressure to resign-The PUNCH, Lagos

An Open Letter to Abuja’s Rats and Mosquitoes

Yar’Adua’s health: “Don’t step down!” Turai advises him

Who is afraid of the Uwais report

My mission for my race

Metaphors of Dysfunction

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Ibori UK trial: Rent-a-crowd "demonstration" tomorrow in London in favour of Ibori - £100 per "protester"

Bayelsa 2012: Why Governor Timipre Sylva Must Go

Our governors and the brimstones of taxation

Yar'adua admits to suffering from "Acute Pericarditis" of Churg-Strauss syndrome

African Commission orders FG to withdraw anti-media bill

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Nigerian and international political heavy-weights to attend Achebe Colloquium

AC´s Slavish Prayer Request For President Yar´Adua

Yar'Adua 'unconscious" in Saudi Arabia: Fears mount in Nigeria

Petition against, Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), the attorney general of the federation for gross abuse of office, incompetence and corruption.

The Scramble for and the Partition of Nigerian Ailments (Updated Version)

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Nigerian Opposition Worry Over President Yar'Adua's Health-VOA

Court throws out Dikko’s application to stop police investigation: fixes date for police report

Ibori London Case latest, Southwark Crown Court adjourns till Feb 2010 for trial

Yar'adua hospitalized in Saudi hospital at Jeddah-AP

Ibori and his Alma Mater

A parable of four men

A Walking Corpse for President?

Yar'adua sends Minister of Agriculture, Abba Ruma, to check up on Maryam Babangida

Monday, November 23, 2009

Nigeria’s Emperor Governors

Femi Falana calls on African lawyers to fight Morocco's violation of Sahrawi activists rights

Nigeria's sickly leader, Umaru Yar'adua, to be flown out for medical treatment



Bandits as democrats

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Femi Falana calls on African lawyers to fight Morrocco's violation of Sahrawi activists rights

Ibori judge chickens out again, adjourns "judgement" day till December 4 2009

Corruption at Safaricom Kenya

Why should God listen?

Aliyu Modibbo Umar: Rambo takes on the emperors

Chinua Achebe: Too dangerous for absence

Saturday, November 21, 2009

EFCC V. PATIENCE JONATHAN (vice president’s wife): Farida Waziri & EFCC please provide an update

Tony Eluemunor: how not to hit a home run

Gov. Rotimi Amaechi’s associate, Charles Nsiegbe, assassinated in Port Harcourt

Petition to the National Judicial Council against Justice Ibrahim N. Buba in relation to Peter Odili

Re: Scam in Lagos State: Helicopters purchased for crime fighting are converted to private commercial use

The UN convention against corruption and the burden of non-retroactivity of treaties –the myth and the reality

Friday, November 20, 2009

Scam in Lagos State: Helicopters purchased for crime fighting are converted to private commercial use

Ijaw statesman, Edwin Clark's lawyers say they can't find Ibori's new lawyer, "Emeka Arinze" on the Nigerian bar roll, but he was named in the money laundering charges against his principal

Abacha's son found guilty in Geneva, court orders the seizure of $350m

Ijaw statesman, Edwin Clark's lawyers say they can't find Ibori's new lawyers name on bar roll, but he was named in the money laundering charges against his principal

Falana challenges Code of Conduct Tribunal's declaration on Nuhu Ribadu

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Professor Sam Okoye, Top Nigerian Scientist, Dies in London

Justice Awokulehin agrees to discharge Ibori; UNIBEN reinstates him to give “Founders Day” Lecture after judgment in Asaba

Electoral integrity begets governance integrity

As Senate re-run election approaches, Iyiola Omisore's post-graduate degree generates new controversy

Updated: Bode George to remain in jail, as “Lagos boy justice” Rhodes-Vivour disappears

Bode George to remain in jail as “Lagos boy justice” Rhodes-Vivour disappears

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Laughter kidnapped

Why Iwu must go

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Lagos State government! The ladies are Nudist! So what?

Iro Npa Ro Fun Ro! -one lie is telling lies to another lie!

PERCEPTOR 23: Questions on deregulation, Hon. Speaker Bankole, the judiciary and more...

Proposed purchase and installation of 47 MW capacity power generating units from China by the Ogun State Government: The Human and Environmental Impact!

Statement on developments with the Ibori trial at Asaba, Nigeria and the adjournment of the case against his associates at Southwark Crown court, London

Monday, November 16, 2009

Who is General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, the evil genius?

Hope and (some) fear in Anambra

Shell Petroleum versus Akinluyi-Commentaries

Maryam hangs on to life as IBB becomes scared about being sued in US court

Nigeria’s biggest problem? followership.

Rejoinder:Arab mortal hatred and enslavement of Blacks

Petition over the involvement of Hon. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour in ca/l/866m/2009: Chief Olabode George & ors v f.r.n.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Arabs’ mortal hatred and enslavement of the black race

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Nollywood actor, Nkem Owoh "Osuofia" regains freedom after N1.4m ransom …kidnappers insist on N100,000 balance to free vehicle-Punch

Yar'adua, jittery, orders arrest of Buhari aide, Buba Galadima

The boundaries of our success

Former US congressman involved in corruption case with Atiku gets 13 years in jail

Sack Shuaibu Amodu now!

Posterity Peephole

Jailbird, Bode George gets an appeal date for bail application

Friday, November 13, 2009

Maryam Babangida dying of cancer in Los Angeles; IBB, family, at her bedside

Ibori, our convocation speaker? Not here! UNIBEN students, staff and alumni tell Acting VC Kubeyinje

Bata Company high profile crimes: EFCC, SEC and ICAN, please note

When reps debated a failing nation

Appeal Court Panel Unanimously Dismisses Andy Uba's Petition

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Andy Uba: Restating the nature of the evil

Abubakar Umar, Special Assistant to CAC boss, brutally murdered, burnt

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Nigerian star gets 40 lashes for drinking in Sudan-(AFP)

Nigeria Golden Eaglets Captain 7 YEARS ago

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

An Open letter to the Nigerian Church

The Age Of The Coup-Democrats

The Andy Uba threat

Ken Saro-Wiwa and the question of leadership in Nigeria.

Monday, November 09, 2009

"I Go Chop Your Dollar" Actor, Nkem Owoh kidnapped-Channels TV

Nigerians cry, ministers smile to foreign banks

Deregulation, PDP government and development in Nigeria

PDP makes violent change inevitable

Ibori's London trial resumes: Southwark Crown Court adjourns again till November 24.

Stay in jail and like it, High Court tells Bode George

Justice for Sale -Humiliation of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

Imo State And The Amnesty Package

Hope for true justice dwindles in Nigeria as judgments now increasingly go to the highest bidder-TELL

Deregulation , Weep for my Country!

Sunday, November 08, 2009

The Adokiye Amiesimaka / Fortune Chukwudi age scam revelation. Another look

High profile corporate crimes in Nigeria-An update on the Bata company case.

Niger Delta: defining the community in an age of ten percent

Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa

The Jews lied against Africa to ascend

Turning Nigeria’s Solid Literary Achievements to Gas!

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Anambra State as PDP hostage

Troublers of Nigeria

The nature of self-hate

Friday, November 06, 2009

Disband the Federal House of Representatives Now!

High profile corporate crimes in Nigeria-the case of ‘Bata’ company

Federal "Kangaroo" Court, Asaba- Ibori’s case is adjourned as his judge buckles – for now

Federal "Kangaroo" Court, Asaba- Ibori's judge buckles, adjourns case till November 23rd 2009

Ibori judge buckles, adjourns case till November 23rd 2009

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Street protest: “Fire Aondoakaa Now!” anti-corruption group pleads with FG

So why did the chicken cross the road? (The Bode George prison-uniform edition)

"Governor-in-hanging": Why the Court of Appeal justices chickened out today

Côte d’Ivoire: Authorities must ensure toxic waste compensation reaches victims

Andy Uba's "Governor-in-waiting" panel deadlocked, adjourns till November 13 2009

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Anambra kidnappers free Soludo's father

PHOTONEWS-Coronation of Corruption: Delta State Deputy Governor, Prof. Utuama, at Umaru Abdullahi's coronation

Dr. Damages Interviews Andy Uba, Ngige, Soludo & others

Nemesis, man & war crimes

Niger Delta amnesty and failed promise!

Some animals are more equal than others: CBN returns Equatorial Trust Bank (ETB) to Mike Adenuga

Akinluyi vs. Shell: How the oil giant plays the arms and ammunition game

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Adokiye Amiesimaka: The Man Who Told The Truth

Application Letter to Chief Bode George

Golden eaglet captain and Adokiye : The Insanity in a Newspaper Columnist

Asaba Kangaroo Judge: Chief Edwin Clark petitions Chief Justice of Nigeria over planned 'acquittal' of James Ibori-Original copy of petition attached

"We are tired of meetings, militants threaten to resume action"-PHOTONEWS

2020 Roadmap, Its Merchants And The Blah Blahs

Capture of Boy George by Kirikiri Prison

My Hubby, BG, As A Scapegoat

Those Waterfronts in Brick House

Monday, November 02, 2009

Uba and Soludo: different symptoms of the same disease?

Jailbird Bode George's N2.6 billion "reputation" lawsuit: court to consider recent developments

The Parody of Nigerian Education and the Alternative Search for Foreign Certificate: Whither the Hope of a Better Future? (Part I)

Thinking Aloud… Eighteen Words on Marble

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Court of Appeal Poised to Crown Andy Uba “governor-in-waiting”

Delta state officials and Ibori plan celebration ahead of planned 'acquittal'

Delta state officials and Ibori plans celebration ahead of planned 'acquittal'

Gani's family releases Ribadu visit photos

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Where is the 2009 EFCC report?