Nigerian News Archives

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[The Punch Newspaper Archive]

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

NPAN moves to establish press Ombudsman

UK announces £148m health programme for Nigeria

Britain warns drug traffickers of severe penalties

Victim of naval ratings? assault back in hospital

Reps flay Ghana over trade practices

Farmers blame food crisis on Obasanjo

Reps berate Presidency over shelved budget

NIPSS clears Ribadu, Briggs for graduation on Saturday

Ministerial screening begins today

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Naval ratings? assault: Utomi asks Arogundade to resign

Lagos CCTV project faces delay

Accident: Oyo reads the Riot Act to tanker drivers

Daniel, Iyabo Obasanjo report face-off to Senate

N2.3bn car scandal: Drama as new group demands detailed probe

Poor accounting stalls NITEL privatisation ? BPE

Money laundering: Fayose knows fate on Dec 18

Yar?Adua postpones 2009 budget presentation

EFCC seeks arrest of Ibori?s associate

Excess crude account hits $20bn ?RMAFC

Six soldiers sentenced to life imprisonment for arming militants

Leave Leadership newspaper editors alone, NGE tells SSS

Monday, November 17, 2008

No plan to reduce petrol price ?FG

Militants release hijacked ship

AC, police disagree over extra-judicial killings

UK pledges another £100m for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

Sagana attack: Three bodies still missing

EFCC handover: Ribadu replies Waziri

Oshiomhole yet to receive official cars

N?Delta crisis: Activist drags FG to court over 13% derivation

Senate gets ministerial list - Lukman, Akunyili, Egwu, 10 others nominated

PDP moves to sanction Iyabo Obasanjo

UI not among best 20 in Africa ? Yar?Adua

Sunday, November 16, 2008

SSS, police quiz Leadership over story on Yar?Adua?s health

Reps summon NigComSat boss over NigSat-1

Ogun targets Ibadan, Lagos wastes for fertiliser

15,000 illegal land owners shun title ratification

Controversy trails Daniel, Iyabo-Obasanjo face-off

11 die in Lagos road accidents

Reps committee discovers N134.3bn debt by oil firms

Governor becomes school teacher

Militants hijack ship, abduct crew in Delta

Panel to probe Rear Admiral, six naval ratings begins sitting today

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Iwu splits NANS

Okiro, Oshiomhole meet in Benin

Anxiety in Bayelsa over security

Nigeria records 12,400 cases of measles ? WHO

NDLEA impounds 700 bags of cannabis

Obama slams lobbyists

Why we fought Obasanjo ? Na?Abba

At last, Enugu lawmakers make London trip

EFCC closes in on Rivers officials

JTF, militants in five-hour shoot-out

...Operatives arrest 22 Filipinos for oil bunkering

Daniel, Obasanjo-Bello clash at Akala?s daughter?s wedding

Friday, November 14, 2008

Police parade 12 robbers in Lagos

Obama set to eradicate malaria

Officials loot Edo governor?s lodge in Abuja

Enugu?s power drunk policemen under fire

Yar?Adua pardons man on death row for 22 years

N2.3bn car scandal: Reps disown activist, threaten court action

PDP rakes in billions at fundraiser

Hillary Clinton may emerge US secretary of state

Vandals want to destroy Niger bridge ?NEMA

Cabinet reshuffle: Fear of media leaks delay ministerial list

Illegal toll: Two hospitalised in Benin as groups clash

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Oshiomhole freezes Edo accounts

N2.3bn car scandal: How Rep offered me N1m to blackmail Bankole ?Activist

25 New SANs emerge

Mark?s adviser dies at Senate retreat

Olugbo: Govt warns rivals against breach of peace

German doctors cure HIV patient with bone marrow

AGF orders Okiro to stay action on Albashir?s case

Nigerians tasked over music education at book launch

Naval ratings go wild again, kill policeman

Fashola charges NPAN to reform media sector

Yar?Adua approves disbursement of N10bn rice fund

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

ANPP Reps accuse Yar?Adua of planning secret budget

?PDP can?t rule Nigeria for long?

Oshiomhole?s victory, signal to international community ?Fashola

N?Delta: Security agencies mull emergence of militant camps

Military recorded 94,000 cases of HIV/AIDS in five years ? MOD

Global financial crisis: WHO predicts drop in foreign assistance

Oshiomhole takes over in Edo

Navy summons Rear Admiral to DHQ over assault on lady

Politicians harass election petitions tribunal judges ? Appeal court president

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Assault: Reps condemn naval ratings? action

It?s zero tolerance for kidnappers ?Sylva

Child mortality: Yar?Adua worried over nation?s ranking

Lagos needs partnership, not aid ? Fashola

Party secretariat: AC flays PDP?s N50m levy on governors

All hail Governor Oshiomhole

Celebration in Benin as Osunbor accepts judgment

NBA, Akinjide, others commend verdict

I now have a brother governor ? Fashola

Six states delay power emergency ? Governors? Forum

Police beat journalist to coma with horsewhips

Yar?Adua seeks speedy passage of electoral reform laws

N2.3bn car scandal: Reps? panel writes bank, FIRS

Oshiomhole?s victory, triumph of democracy ? NLC

Appeal court declares Adams Oshiomhole Edo State Governor

Monday, November 10, 2008

Code of Conduct Bureau clears ministerial nominees

MEND releases Ukrainian, three Nigerian hostages

Yar?Adua asks African leaders to end poverty

N50m levy: PDP govs may pay through proxies ? Investigation

N?Delta: Dike summons JTF commanders to Abuja

Nigeria, Germany to cooperate in education, climate changes

Bankole urges support for N?Delta

Assault: Admiral not fit to hold rank ?Victim?s father

Lagos bans governors, others from use of siren

EFCC arrests Terry Waya

Osunbor, Oshiomhole know fate today

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Nigerian group seeks Obama?s amnesty

Governor flays FG on foreign reserves

African Commission probes Nigeria?s human rights records

Ladoja?s aides cry foul over unpaid salaries

N16trn mismanaged under Obasanjo ? Don

Vehicle scandal: NANS set for showdown with Bankole

Buhari writes Obama, tasks Nigerians over democracy

INEC queries missing N50m in PDP accounts

Assault: Naval authorities lied ? Victim

S?African immigration official humiliates Nigerian senators, ex-envoy

Lessons from Obama?s election for Nigeria

Saturday, November 08, 2008

How to guard against Internet fraud

Minister raises the alarm over accident rate

Two die in road mishap

Panel searches Dariye?s house

Police arrest 91 robbery suspects, kill 42

FG deploys fresh troops in N? Delta

Obama: Nigerian leaders must apologise to the people?Omole

Okere saga: More trouble for naval ratings

EFCC, ICPC at war

Bank chiefs in N350m fraud

How Nigeria loses N1.022tn to import of power generators ?Okoigun

Protest over Lagos ambassadorial nominee

US economy needs quick action ? Obama

Atiku returns, remains in AC

EFCC yet to refund N74m Obama fund to donors

EFCC, ICPC to quiz Bankole, others over Reps car scandal

Bushmeat can cause health problems ? US scientists

Yar?Adua seeks more foreign direct investment

Brutalised lady sues Navy, demands N100m damages

N32bn fraud: Court remands Indian businessman in EFCC custody

Don?t molest civilians ?Army boss warns soldiers

Five naval ratings, others feared dead in Bayelsa

Two die, two injured as Plateau governor escapes death

Bush, Obama to meet on Monday

Russians, Chinese hack Obama?s computers

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Senate queries naval chief over assault on lady

Ribadu yet to receive demotion letter

Supplementary budget: NA seeks N10.4bn for pensions

N2.3bn car scandal: Group accuses six lawmakers

Obama has leapfrogged us into third millennium ? Soyinka

House of Assembly cannot punish judges ? Court rules

Ekaette may head N?Delta ministry

Obama?s victory not for the black race ? Ayoola

Ogbulafor queries Alao-Akala

Reps to review laws on deployment of troops

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

More knocks for PDP over N50m request from govs

FG adopts new budget implementation measures

Rivers, MEND disagree over alleged murder plan

?Obama?s emergence challenges the world?

...Victory, positive development for democracy ? NBA, Olanipekun, others

Obama?s victory?ll reduce ethnic, racial discrimination ? dons, cleric

12 groups call for Iwu?s removal

Mimiko advises Agagu to emulate McCain

Yar?Adua, Motlanthe, others congratulate Obama

President-elect for inauguration on Jan. 20

N2.3bn car scandal: Keyamo?s documents are fake ? N?Assembly, PAN

Obama wins by a landslide

Iwu faults US electoral system

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Borishade, Iyayi, others must refund N4.5bn ? Senate

FG set to probe Obasanjo?s waivers

Akingbola warns against oversimplification of meltdown

N?Delta: FG gives conditions for troop pull out

Ember Months: Two students feared killed

Police arrest two men for rape

Commission recommends stiffer penalty for rapists

Obama in early lead

ICPC raises panel to probe Reps? N2.3bn car scandal

Nuclear power project: ?Nigeria won?t use expatriates?

Nigerians react to naval ratings? assault on lady

The hour is here. Will Florida again determine the next occupant of the White House?

Monday, November 03, 2008

D?Day: Obama carries lead into last hour

Police want to stop my graduation from NIPSS ? Ribadu

PDP under fire over N10bn fund raiser

Rejection of notebooks political ?Bankole

Naval ratings beat, strip lady naked

Armed robbers lay siege to Lagos

Policeman kills cyclist over alleged N20 bribe

Briggs: Presidency sets up committee on Sankey

Reps, PTDF in fresh row over N3.4bn expenditure

NIC president seeks court?s inclusion in constitution

US urges Nigeria to operate ?true democracy?

Foreigners now rob freely on highways

Sunday, November 02, 2008

We?re ready for probe ? Bankole, others

Eight states disagree on FG?s power to collect VAT

Ministerial list: Yar?Adua snubs PDP

EFCC takes credit for naira?s stability

Why Yoruba must depart from ?mainstream politics? ? Afenifere

Kidnappings: Senator seeks monarch?s intervention