Sahara Reporters Archive for October 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Bayelsa State Governorship Election: PDP Screens Out Gov. Timipre Sylva

Boko Haram : A Second Bomb Blast Destroys Block Industry In Maiduguri-NAN

The Ignorant Allegation That The Worst Primary School In The World Is In Ajegunle , Ogun State

"Commonwealth Is Decayed"-Leaders Refuse To Publish Key Report's Findings

The Protracted Allegation Of Certificate Forgery Against Governor Gabriel Suswam Of Benue State: A Call For Your Intervention

President Jonathan Is A Smiling Machine? By Sunday Njokede

Loud Explosion Hits Maiduguri-AFP

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Dr. Damages On SaharaTV-Episode 14

Friday, October 28, 2011

Air Force Plane Crashes In The Niger Delta, No Fatalities Reported

Arrest Made In NTA Executive Child Abuse Case

Introducing: Ikenna Azuike from “What’s Up Africa”

Sex Harassment Charge Mars President Jonathan's Commonwealth Tour

Honor Little People That Shoulder Nigeria’s Survival By Farouk Martins Aresa

Why Did You Do That Obasanjo?

Nigeria's Super Eagles Coach Samson Siasia Fired

Oil Subsidy Is Fiction-Okonjo Iweala Is Here To Seduce People To Accept The Callous "Oil Subsidy" Removal-Tam David West-TheNEWS

EFCC, Anti-Corruption Crusade And Parlimentary Gyration

EFCC Website Hacked By Nigerian Cyber Activist Group

Jonathanization Of Transformation

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Oil & Gas (3) - The Downstream Dilemma By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

Nigeria's Jonathan Absent At CHOGM Forum, Failed to Deliver Scheduled Speeches-Channels TV

The Politically Motivated Assassination in Benue State of Celestine Tsehemba Agber

Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish!

Okey Ndibe Speaks at Asaba Memorial Monument Parks fund raising on October 29th 2011

NLNG Managing Director In $70 million Headquarters Relocation Controversy

The Impending Rubble On The Bayelsan Jungle

Police Kill Seven Alleged Kidnappers In Akwa Ibom-Graphic Photo

Nigeria’s Deaf And Dumb Explanation Of Fuel Subsidies By Prince Charles Dickson

PHOTONEWS: Post Amnesty Fraud, Ex-militants Stranded in South Africa

PHOTONEWS:Post Amnesty Fraud, Ex-militants Stranded in South Africa

Dora Akunyili’s Under -Information And Misinformation

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Moammar Gadhafi’s Odyssey – A Dramatic and Dishonorable Demise of A Despot!

Foreign Accounts: Former Gov. Bola Tinubu Refuses To Be Docked AT CCB Tribunal

PHOTONEWS: Dramatic Collapse Of Another Lagos City Building

N1.3Bn Scam: Court Throws Out Ex-Gov. Boatmang’s Application; Former President Obasanjo Cited

Leave 'Subsidy', Cut Profligacy

Is the War on Terror Shifting to Africa?

Removal Of Oil Subsidy: NLC Cautions Nigerians Against Government Manipulation

“Head Or Tail, Win Or Lose”: Barack Obama Has Done Pretty Good As President In Areas Where He Does Not Need The Congress

The Nigerian Government And The Deficit Of Integrity

US Takes Welcome Action To Seize Dictator’s Son’s Haul

Are Nigerian Leaders Superhuman Or Gods?

NNPC Vs PPPRA: Who Will Judge Jonathan And His Men Now? By Ifeanyi Izeze

Why Lagosians Want The Last Of LASTMA By Jude Egbas

EFCC Re-arrests Maryland Lawyer, Ugwuonye For Diverting Client's Funds

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

How The Nigerian Police Killed Tayo Abe In Ekiti State

Release Comrade Osmond Ugwu Now!-Lawyers Of Conscience

Rise In Fake Identity Scams Hit High Profile Figures And The EFCC

Abducted Oil Workers at ExxonMobil Platform Regain Freedom

With Gaddafi Gone, Sights Are Set On Kleptocrat President Of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang And His Playboy Son

VIDEO: "My Experience At The Lagos Airport"

Nigerian Trial Commences For Maryland Lawyer Accused Of Diversion Of $1.5 Million Nigerian Funds

Nigeria’s Power Sector Reform: Can We Ever Get It Right? By Babatunde S. Emmanuel

A Rare Video Of Gaddafi's Fifth Son, Mutassim, Before He Was Killed In Libya

Former Lawmakers Threaten Mass Action Against Removal Of Petroleum Subsidy-ChannelsTV

Akunyili Clarifies Tribunal Verdict, Confident Of Justice

On 2000 sacked workers In Ogun State

Gaddafi And Son Get Secretive Burial In The Desert

Dele Olojede Wins John P. McNulty Prize 2011 -Secretary Albright To Award $100,000 To Nigerian Journalist Revolutionizing Media Landscape

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s Shameful Death: A Red Card To The World‘s Remaining And Emerging Dictators-Says Nigeria’s Intersociety

Monday, October 24, 2011

Let Us Keep An Eye On George Uriesi By Anthony A Kila

Sovereign National Conference: A Request

Pastor Chinedu Uchi's Singles Seminar On XYZ Show

The Sad Exit Of Gaddafi

When Old Men Talk Revolution...

The Problem With Nigeria Is You And Me!

Babangidarism: Playing The Ostrich With The Ghost Of Dele Giwa By Fr Ken Evurulobi

Gadaffi’s Demise, The Nigerian Elite And The Fallacy Of Immortality

Protests Trail Lagos Local Government - ChannelsTV

Another Overland Mishap Averted In Asaba

ASUU And The Crisis In The Academy

Capitalism Coming Home To Roost

If I Were Gaddafi

A Swipe At The Culture Of Impunity

NTA Executive To Face Child Abuse Charges

Re: SR Report Titled, “Plane Crash Averted At Asaba’s Uncompleted “International Airport”

PHOTONEWS: Lagos Flooded Again

"OCCUPY WARRI"-Unemployed Youths And Students Stop Gov. Uduaghan Birthday Party In Warri

Sunday, October 23, 2011

“House help” Gone Bad: U.S. Convicts Another Nigerian Of Trafficking By Chika Oduah

President Jonathan Set To Announce Gov. Amaechi's Bestman As New NDDC Executive Director

Live Without Foreign Exchange Or Die Craving By Farouk Martins Aresa

Nigerian Unemployed Youths Must Be Paid Monthly Unemployment Allowances

Plane Crash Averted At Asaba’s Uncompleted “International Airport”

FCT Minister’s N1 Million 'Gift' Causes Row Amongst State House Reporters

Court Declares Jonathan Winner Of 2011 Presidential Election By Sunday Njokede

Three People Killed As Militants Attack Police Station And Bank In Kaduna

Party Calls For Outright Cancellation Of Lagos State LGA Elections

Lessons From Gaddafi's Tragic End By Femi Falana

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Where Is The Left When Nigeria Needs It?-By Abdul Mahmud

Dr. Damages On SaharaTv -Episode 13

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Time to “Occupy” Nigeria! By Farooq A. Kperogi

Popular Comedian "Baba Suwe" Drug Saga: LASUTH Radiologist Is An Ex-Convict In India

Popular Comedian "Baba Suwe" Drug Saga: LUTH Radiologist Is An Ex-Convict In India

Friday, October 21, 2011

Crimes Against Humanity In Benue State

Nigerian Anti-Drug Agency Obtains Court Order To Keep Popular Comedian In Detention For 15 Days

Sahara TV Livestream Show- 10/22/11

Group Sues Code of Conduct Bureau Over Jonathan's Assets Declaration

VIDEOs Of Gaddafi: Captured Alive, Wounded And Wiping Blood Off his Face

Jonathan, AGF Adoke, CBN, And A Aliyu NITEL Land Scam With Photos

Court Okays Trial Of Former Nigerian Parliament Speaker Dimeji Bankole

Missing $12.4bn Oil Windfall: Judgment Adjourned Indefinitely

Why I Miss Ribadu By Dolapo Abimbola

On Oil and Gas (2) By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

When Nigerians Talk Of Gaddafi

Ekiti’s Day In The Sun

Delta Broadcasting Co. Manager Kidnapped In Warri

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Royal Dutch Shell Slammed With Fresh $1 Billion Lawsuit In US District Court

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Al-Gaddafi:The Man Died, What Next?

Libya, Madunagu and False Imperialism

Decision Witout Debate Is Dangerous

In Defence Of Samson Siasia

Mutassim Gaddafi Has Been Killed In Libya

PDP Criticizes INEC Preparations For Lagos LG Elections

Amidst Allegations of Forgery, Tribunal Strikes Out Akunyili's Petition

VIDEO: Gaddafi Dead Body Lies On The Streets of Sirte-Al Jazeera

Son Of Dead Former Libyan Leader, Mutassim Gaddafi Captured

Maomar Gaddafi Killed

Gaddafi's Hometown Of Sirte Falls To NTC Fighters, Rebel Commander Claims Gaddafi Has Been "Wounded And Captured"

Yoruba Religion, And Other Orisha-Based Traditions, Gaining Popularity Among African-Americans By Chika Oduah

Oil Subsidy And The Crime Scene

CBN’s Rejoinder To Sahara Reporters’ Exposé: Yet Many More Questions

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Millionaire Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua's Church Linked To Fraudulent AIDS Claims

President Jonathan And The Fight Against Corruption…What A Charade!

Bells University Showdown; Students Protest Over Unfair Treatment At Obasanjo's School

Suspicious Fire Puts Akwa Ibom Radio And TV Offline

Rejoinder To Jonathan, AGF Adoke, CBN, Private Developer Implicated in NITEL Land Scam-CBN

Bells University Showdown; Students Protest Over Unfair Treatment At Obansanjo's School

‘Baba Suwe’ Has Excreted Nothing Incriminating, His Lawyers Tell Lagos High Court

Jonathan Asks Alaibe To Join Bayelsa Guber Race

Let’s Legalize Prostitution, Plus Other Menaces Adepoju By Paul Olusegun

Sack Samson Siasia Now!

Enforcing “Operation Impunity” By Tunde Akpeji

FOI: SERAP Seeks Documents Of Government Spending On Fuel ‘Subsidy’

What To Do With Oshodi-Apapa Expressway

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Africa News Briefs-Report Finds Waste In Money And Lives In Somali War

Jonathan, AGF Adoke, CBN, Private Developer Implicated In NITEL Land Scam

Our Rulers Are Utterly Incapable Of Governing

Legalization Of Prostitution In David Mark And Ike Ekweremadu Are All For It!

Harvard Street Health Center CEO, Dr. Chidi Achebe, Interviewed on BNN

Benue Killing Fields: Petition Against The Gruesome Murder Of Acn Supporters In Ugba Town, Logo LGA, Benue State By Suspected PDP Thugs

Removal Of Governorship Tribunal Chairman: Deltans Call For An Explanation

Court Orders El-Rufai To Face Trial

Chinese Expats Treat Nigerian Employees As Punching Bags

PHOTONEWS: Former Governor of Nassarawa State, Aliyu Akwe Doma Docked For Fruad

N18B Fraud: Court Grants Ex-Governors Akwe Doma And Goje N200 Million Bail-EFCC

Akwa Ibom State Politics: Why Akpabio Bribed the SANS and the Judges

Niger Delta Group Honours Gani Fawehinmi, Dele Giwa; Calls For Independent Investigation And Prosecution Of Giwa’s Killers

N9bn Scam: EFCC Insists Former House Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, Has Case To Answer

Monday, October 17, 2011

US Warns Citizens Of Travel To Nigeria

In Nigeria, It Is Eat Your Cake and Have It

Prophet TB Joshua, Electricity And Good Governance

Another Attack Hits ExxonMobil’s Qua Iboe Oil Field

PHOTONEWS: Former Governor of Gombe State, Goje In Court

Families Of Ogoni Protestors Win Supreme Court Review Of Torture Suit

PHOTONEWS: Fashola's Highways Of Flood

Jonathan Depletes Nigeria's Foreign Reserve By $3.5 Billion In 2011 Alone

Unintended Consequences By Scott A Morgan

WAEC Please Release My Results By Chika Ezeanya

Sunday, October 16, 2011

I Am Amazed But Not Surprised About Why Nigerian Voters Behave And Act Differently From Their American Counterparts?

Anambra: This Is Utterly Contemptible By Tunde Fagbenle

Justice For Sale By Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim

Siasia’s Super Eagles And NFF’s Dangling Axe

Cameroon: When Protest is Called “Disorder”

Boko Haram Kills Lawmaker In Maiduguri

"We Won’t Give Up The Struggle For The Poor At The Port Harcourt Waterfronts " -Amnesty International (AI)

MOPOL Base Bombed In Gombe, Three Dead

Nigerian Military Task Force Officer Killed By Gunbmen In Jos-NAN

Of Edo Governorship, Oshiomhole and Chimera By Sufuyan Ojeifo

Central Bank Of Interest Rate at 12 Percent And Monetary Measures

Ekweremadu: The Pimp In The Senate

Redefining Politics And Political Powers

FOI: Recovered Stolen Assets: ‘We Are Looking Into SERAP’s Request’, Says Accountant General

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Occupy Protests Spread Around The World; 70 Injured In Rome-CNN

Video: Occupy Wall Street Protest: "Topless" Against Christopher Columbus Day

Dr. Damages On SaharaTv -Episode 12

Retrenched Workers Accuse Exxonmobil Of Hypocrisy And Corruption; Provide Evidence Of Bribery Of NUPENG Officials

Friday, October 14, 2011

Nigerian Man Jailed For Life Over Former Friend's Murder In The UK- Nothinghamshire Police Blog

EFCC Raids Offices Of Former Gov. Daniel's Associate

EFCC Raid Offices Of Former Gov. Daniel's Associate

Former Governor Gbenga Daniel Granted Bail For N500 Million

Gadaffi Sings "Can't Catch This"-XYZ

Airport Drug Arrest of Popular Yoruba Actor: NDLEA Still Awaiting ‘Expensive Shit’ -PM News, Lagos

The Nemesis Called Oil And Gas (1) By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Islam v Christianity: A Shocking History By Ibraheem Dooba

$2.6 Billion Indonesia Oil Investment “Fictitious,” Says Nigerian Government

SaharaTV Livestream Broadcast For 10/15/11

Court Grants Alao-Akala, Ex-Oyo Gov., N500 Million Bail

51st Anniversary Monologue 2

Nigerian Minister For Foreign Affairs Speaks At The UN, Comments On Palestine Statehood, The Arrest Of 4 Journalists And Other Issues- African Spotlight

Popular Yoruba Actor Arrested on Cocaine Possession – Punch

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Mission Incredible: Nigeria To Invest US$2.68 billion In Indonesian Refinery Deal

Nigerian Police Release Detained Journalists, To Arraign One Editor

Nigeria Confirms Readiness In Security Council To Support Palestine UN Membership

Daniel Docked, Slammed With 16-Count Charge -PM News, Lagos

PHOTONEWS: A Daniel Come To Judgement In Abeokuta?

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Underwear Bomber , Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Pleads Guilty

BREAKING NEWS: Underwear Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Pleads Guilty

Lagos ACN Slams Invasion of The Nation And Arrest Of Journalists

HURIWA Condemns Arrest Of Editors Of Nation

Yet Another N30bn Wasteful Spending-THISDAY Editorial

Nigerian Police Raid Abuja Offices Of The Nation Newspaper Again

Nigeria Could Be Losing Millions In Tax Dollars To Multinational Companies Operating Accounts In Tax Havens-ActionAid

The SSS Provocateur And Ken Saro-Wiwa By Patrick Naagbanton

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

PENGASSAN Suspends Strike

Exxon Mobil Terminates 94 Nigerian Workers At Qua Iboe Terminal

Nigerians And The Blind Imitation Of Western Cultures And Values

The Illegality Of The Arrest And Detention Of The Staff Of The NATION Newspapers

Former Ogun Governor, Gbenga Daniel, Claims "Hunger Strike" To Protest Detention Conditions

Underwear Bomber Trial: U.S Attorney Opening Statements

More Direct Flight Options for Nigeria Passengers As Arik, Other Airlines, Add New Routes

Obasanjo’s Secret Letter: Police Raid The NATION Newspaper, Arrests Editors

Day 1 Underwear Bomber Trial: Judge Admits Photos Revealing Genital Burns

PHOTONEWS: Adebayo Alao-Akala Arraigned For Money Laundering In Ibadan

Governor Fashola Should Remember Prince Ade Ibikunle Akitoye

Fuel Subsidy As a Cure All Panacea to Nigeria’s Problems

CJ And The Kadhi Courts

Why Nigerians Must Resist The Next “Fuel Subsidy” Withdrawal

Monday, October 10, 2011

Lemu Panel On Election Violence Warns: Nigeria Risks Revolution If Anger Unaddressed-AFP

"Occupy Wall Street Protest" As Seen By SaharaReporters

EFCC: Ex-Gov's Trial Stalls As Judges 'Attend Conference'

Property-Lover Dimeji Bankole Buys Speaker’s Residence, Wants to Rent It - To Speaker

Blackberry Outage In Africa, Europe and Middle East-CNN

Professor Jega Must Resign Immediately, If...

Cape Verde Ex-leader Pedro Pires Wins Mo Ibrahim Prize-BBC

Former Governor Gombe State, Danjuma Goje, Surrenders To EFCC

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Goje Looted N70 billion; Gbenga Daniel Nailed by Obasanjo, Others

Nduka Obaigbena Responds To South African Fashion Show Producer, Jan Malan

“Stop Shoddy Legal Work Against Former Governors,” LEDAP Warns EFCC

A Nation Out Of Luck By Adepoju Paul Olusegun

Debate: Fuel Subsidy Removal – Government And The 3rd Alternative

Silver Bullet To Yoruba Unity Is Attainable!-But Hardly Possible Without The Active Collaboration Of Our Political Leadership

Petroleum Subsidy Removal: President Jonathan, Before This House Falls

The SUN Interview: "This Government Is Entirely Illegitimate, As It Came As A Result Of Rigging And Massive Abuse Of Power"-Dr Junaid Mohammed

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Littleman Muhammadu Buhari By E. C. Ejiogu

Beleaguered: Nduka Obaigbena Faces Lawsuit in South Africa, Closure of Offices in Lagos/Abuja By Picketing NUJ

Dr. Damages On SaharaTv-Episode 11

Friday, October 07, 2011

On Fuel Subsidy Removal: Facts And Falsehood By Leonard Karshima Shilgba, PhD

Faces At Yoruba National Conference In Ikenne

N52B Fraud: EFCC Declares Goje, Gombe State Ex-Governor, Wanted

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Extensive Fraud: Global Fund May Stop Assistance to Nigeria

Judge Dismisses Key Claims Against SaharaReporters In Lawsuit Brought By Nigerian UN Mission’s New York Attorney


Umar Abdulmutallab Trial: Nigerian Juror Dismissed

CDWR Urges NLC To Act On Behalf Of Victimised Workers Of Dangote Pasta

Jonathan And This Government Must Not Fail...

EFCC Arrests Former Governors, Gbenga Daniel, Akala And Doma

Presidential Election Tribunal Grants CPC Spokesperson 7-Days To Find "Offensive" Press Statement

₦20 billion Loss: Transcorp Faces Bleak Future

The Gang Rape Of Ogoniland

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Apple's Steve Jobs Is Dead- Wall Street journal

PULPIT: The Treachery Of Trust

OBJ Lied, Controversial Letter To Jonathan Exposed -PM News, Lagos

InterContinental-Access Bank Merger: How CBN Sold A Bank To Its Debtors

Attack On ExxonMobil Oil Fields: Soldiers/ Policemen Besiege Qua Iboe Terminal

Still On Nigeria @ 51

The Priorities Of Washington In Africa, What Are They?

Trying Tinubu By Michael Egbejumi-David

The Politics Of Shoes In Nigeria

NNPC Vs FAAC On N450bn Default: Point Of Order Mr Speaker House Of Reps

Denials And Counter-Accusations By The Nation’s Security Services

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Nigeria Oil Spill Monitoring Agency Fines Agip Firm A Token $7,000 For Oil Spills

ACN Party Turncoat In Akwa Ibom Rewarded With Appointment As Eket Transition Committee Chairman

New York City Helicopter Crash Kills 1; 4 Persons Rescued

Former NNPC GMD Shehu Ladan Is Dead

Ekiti State honour For Victim Of Political Violence -Mrs. Emily Omope-Aborisade (A.K.A. Mama Thatcher)

Jury Selection Underway For Underwear Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

State Police In Nigeria, An Incubated Problem

Monday, October 03, 2011

Presidential Election: Compromised Tribunal Summons INEC, Goodluck Jonathan, 40 Others And Then Reverses Itself

The Nigeria Police And The Challenges Of Security

Nigerian Leaders Are The Best In The World By Anthony A Kila

Documents Reveal How Shell Made Payments To The Nigerian Military To Put Down Peaceful Protests In Ogoniland-GUARDIAN, UK

NECO To Release "Compromised" Results To Please Education Minister

A New Nigerian Judiciary Is Necessary By Jiti Ogunye

Nigeria Needs Not Be Dismantled - A Rejoinder To Dr Ibrahim Jibrin

Corruption: Group Lambasts Uduaghan Over Lack Of Transparency, Accountability

Sunday, October 02, 2011

A Message Of Love To My South-South Brothers Regarding Biafra

My Criticism Of The Nigerian Political Leadership Is Vindicated

Nigeria's Independence Day Special By Dr. Damages On SaharaTV - Episode 10

Saturday, October 01, 2011

Prof Steve Ugbah Under Attack: Assistant Shot By Gunmen, Says Benue ACN

Independent? Are you? Really?

Fear Grips Nigeria’s Secret Police Over Boko Haram Insurgency

PHOTONEWS: Eagle Square- A Place Where Nobody Dared To Go For Independence Day Parade

Equatorial Guinea: 11 Cars Worth $10 Million Seized From The Home Playboy Son Of Obiang By French Police

A Message To Mark The 51st Independence Of Nigeria

Contract Splitting Fraud And Cover Up At The University of Nigeria Nsukka

NoButt China: The Chinese Have Taken Over-XYZ Show

Friday, September 30, 2011

Nigeria – The PARADOX @ 51