Nigerian Compass Archive for September 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
UBA set to issue N35 billion bond
Coker, Egbetokun factions bicker over Ogun Assembly accounts
Abia government may charge ex-deputy governor, Akomas, for kidnapping
SEC plans sale of NSE for 2012
FG warns electricity workers over strike threat
How we escaped from Lagos collapsed building, by survivors
Jonathan asks NASS to amend Electoral Act
Presidency orders Ringim to rescue 15 kidnapped pupils
Jonathan denies lockout of Igbo leaders at summit
Lagos Speaker set to challenge Fashola, awaits party clearance
Nigeria has nothing to celebrate at 50, says Soyinka
Monday, September 27, 2010
Oyo PDP seeks prayers for good leaders
N1.3b fraud: I gave Nyame N101m cash, witness insists
Three-storey building collapses in Lagos
Jonathan to launch N10b mass transit scheme
FG names committee to monitor public spending
NASS bars Jega from making more requests
Zoning: Jonathan attacks Saraki over sister’s ambition
Sunday, September 26, 2010
2011: Ogun West PDP picks Gboyega Isiaka as consensus candidate
Ladoja: I’m ready to die for Oyo
Ribadu to Nigerians: Vote sound, upright leader in 2011
PDP is a calamity, says Buhari
Tafawa-Balewa: We shall not fail
Halliburton scam: Julius Berger offers $26m compensation to Federal Government
Nwodo: PDP candidate is the next President
Friday, September 24, 2010
FG earmarks N600m to host science competition
NYSC: Stiffer penalty awaits fake corps members
First Bank restructures for improved customer service
Customs revenue rises to N14 bn at Tincan
FG spends N135bn on nine road projects
Jonathan meets UN scribe, absent at gala night
Widows fume over death of Nigerian referee
Mohammed Abacha joins Buhari's party
EFCC BEGINS MASS RAID OF ‘corrupt’ politicians
Thursday, September 23, 2010
2011: Akwa Ibom police command to deploy 7,000 personnel
No result announced in error will stand, says Jega
Strike: Lagos employs new doctors
Fadairo: Court injunction against Ogun PDP is fake
New pay for federal workers begins this month
Reps to probe N1.5b power projects
CBN to announce buyers of seven troubled banks next month
EFCC, ICPC, SSS to screen PDP aspirants
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
ExxonMobil pioneers use of Nigeria-made pipes
Monday, September 20, 2010
Oyo NURTW crisis: Interim police report fingers 'Eleweomo'
Onu succeeds Ume-Ezeoke as ANPP chairman
INEC seeks establishment of Electoral Offenders Tribunal
Saraki justifies choice of daughter as gov
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Police arrest Sogboma George’s suspected killers
Police summon Oyo NURTW leaders
IBB, Gusau, Atiku plan North’s consensus candidate
One dies, two injured as building collapses in Ibadan
Bauchi PDP disowns FCT Minister
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Atiku writes Jonathan, other PDP delegates
Education-for-all unattainable by 2015, says FG
How Kaduna police averted 'Boko Haram' invasion
Gowon: Nigerians will decide Babangida’s fate
Oyo NURTW crisis claims more casualties
Babalola resigns, more ministers to go
FG withdraws charges against ex-NERC commissioners
Sanusi fixes single-digit lending take-off for Dec
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Nwodo assures PDP NEC of level playing field
Appeal Court fixes September 23 for adoption of appeals and motions on Ekiti
Murder of SSS official, family members: 23-year-old son confesses to crime
FG blames Soludo for nation’s economic woes
PDP grants Atiku waiver, releases guidelines for primaries
Jonathan charges military on defence intelligence
Falae, Utomi accuse PDP of planning tenure elongation
Oyo NURTW crisis: Eleweomo’s men killed in dawn attack
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Idris threatens INEC over tenure extension, may sue Jega, others
How I was offered N25m to alter Funsho Williams’ result, by Seriki
PHCN privatisation: Electricity workers ready for showdown with government
FRSC introduces new driver’s licence, number plate October 1
LAUTECH: FG inaugurates panel on assets, liabilities
Egbetokun, Coker factions in war of words over sitting
Nigeria may buy one million tonnes of Thai rice
Seven years after, man regains freedom from Kirikiri
Babangida storms Abuja with 7,300 campaigners
Monday, September 13, 2010
Nigeria loses $100 billion investment over oil industry reform
Politicians flee, seek police protection after abduction of ex-commissioner
Service Chiefs pledge to defend democracy
2011: A vote for Jonathan is recipe for anarchy, disintegration, says Dokpesi
N1t stock market debts: CBN threatens 21 banks
SSS operative, wife, three kids murdered
'Boko Haram' removed me from office, says Onovo
Jonathan denies hounding opponents with EFCC
APGA, ANPP kick against Elechi’s move to secure N20b bond
Constitution amendment: NASS breaks 50-year jinx, says Ekweremadu
FG blasts ex-U.S. envoy over comments on Nigeria
$12.4b oil windfall: Six civil society groups sue AG, CBN
Jonathan forecasts 10% economic growth by 2012
Alao-Akala, Ladoja crisis deepens
Police face crisis over Ringim’s appointment as IG
Presidential race: Jonathan begins campaign in South-West
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Leadership crisis: Community leader assassinated
2011: Nnewi youths vow to fight godfatherism, thuggery
Anambra: Prove allegation of threat to life, Ngige tells self disqualified tribunal
Ondo 2007: Presidency orders probe of fake security report
South-East backs North for presidency
2011: Yoruba race will support Babangida –Olajide
Gunmen kidnap Edo Psychiatric hospital boss, husband
Report on Stock Exchange N11b fraud to be ready in 6 weeks —Arunma Oteh
Imo faults EFCC over arrest of four officials
New IG, Ringim lobbies superior DIGs to serve under him
NFF scandal: Aides indict Lulu, Ogunjobi, others
2011: Declare now, Igbo group tells Jonathan
NNPC restates plan for more refineries
South –South traditional leaders synergize for free, fair polls
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Ondo LP chair: I was invited over alleged fake security report
Security beef-up in Kano over Boko Haram
Mixed reactions trail Jonathan’s comment on US pastor’s plan to burn Qur’an
Nnamani relocates to Enugu to battle Chime
Presidential race: Gusau set to challenge Jonathan, others
Ladoja, 'Alaafin', Olubadan, Lam reject Akala’s car gifts
Defence Minister: Removal of service chiefs perfect
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Eid Messages: Oshiomhole, Idris, Ekiti deputy governor greet Muslims
South-South leaders suspend Dokpesi
Students disrupt IBB rally in Ogun
Osogbo kingmakers pick Oyetunji as 'Ataoja'
FEC okays N4.56t for 2011 Budget
14 die as bus, trailer collide on Enugu-Onitsha Expressway
ACN, 'Afenifere', Sagay, Umeh, others knock INEC timetable
Jonathan sacks Onovo, Dambazau, Dike, others
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
$180m Halliburton scam: FG failed to produce suspects in court
Suswam: I didn’t forge my WAEC certificate
NBA raises alarm over Electoral Act
Cocaine haul: Court dismisses foreigners, others’ objection
Dangote secures NSE’s approval on N2.13 trillion Cement listing
Canadian, Indian and Irish firms to manage power grid
Ogun is greater than any individual, says Speaker
NASS, presidential, gov polls hold Jan 15, 22, 29
Monday, September 06, 2010
2011: Jonathan kick-starts campaign September 18
200 die at police roadblocks nationwide, say activists
Fresh crisis brews in Lagos PDP
Ataoja stool: ‘Aspirant bribes kingmakers’
I’ll defeat Jonathan, Babangida, Buhari, Tofa boasts
Man tells how two-month-old daughter was consumed by fire in Ibafo accident
INEC acquires 120,000 machines, begins voter registration Oct
Why we suspended Egbetokun, others, by Ogun Speaker
The slaughter slab called Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Four killed, scores injured in Ibafo auto crash
Minister rallies support for Jonathan to secure PDP ticket
ANPP crisis deepens as faction heads for court
Assembly drills Plateau commissioner over alleged diversion of N3.7 billion
DMO DG: Nigeria still re-paying loans obtained 50 years ago
At last, Adesida takes seat as 46th 'Deji'
AES, Oando, MRS set to bid for power privatisation projects
2011: Jonathan, Babangida split Igbo in US
Amaechi, Yuguda, Ohakim, Goje: We don’t fear EFCC
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Terry G survives ghastly car accident
Presidential Committee denies media report on power rotation in Plateau
Globacom presents Glo 1 to Port Harcourt
Kwara 2011: Stakeholders call for technocrat as governor
Ojougboh’s senatorial ambition receives support
Brain diseases linked to nerve cell junction defects
Catholic priest saga: Ohakim, wife apologise to Imo people
...Kalu plans return to PPA for presidency
2011 polls: Police train forensic, DNA scientists
Ngige: Anambra Election Tribunal disqualifies self
Pilgrimage: FG Conducts exams for 600 medical personnel
Ogun East picks Senate form for Daniel
2011: US govt. gives Nigeria combat helicopters
OBJ, liability to Jonathan, says Atiku
Utomi to announce bid in October
Oyinlola: Lack of transparency bane of development
Presidential Committee denies media reports
Tofa joins presidential race again
Thursday, September 02, 2010
IBB is not joining ANPP, says aide
Buhari to Nigerians: Bring corrupt leaders to book
PDP disowns guidelines for party primaries
ANPP sets up transition committee as Ume-Ezoke quits Sept 6
Zoning is PDP arrangement, not national agenda, says Soyinka
Kaita on zoning: PDP heading for destruction
Robbers kill six policemen, vigilance group members
INEC to Oni, Nyako, Sylva, others: S’Court will decide
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Oba Akiolu, Ikuforiji in closed door meeting over N46 billion appropriations
Lagos clamps down on erring 'Okada' riders
Breach the peace and face the law, Alao-Akala threatens 'Tokyo'
PDP denies ‘gang-up’ against govs
No cash backing for INEC’s N87 billion budget
Agagu petitions Jonathan over fake SSS reports in Ondo
2011: Thugs risk N2 million fine, two-year jail term
Protest as community fingers Obasanjo, LUTH in land grab
Presidential race: Babangida, Nwodo in secret meeting
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Ume-Ezeoke is PDP agent, says ANPP Transition Committee
Lagos alerts residents of impending ocean surge
African leaders proffer solution to foreign carriers’ domination
2011 presidential race: Governors no threat to Jonathan, says Aba Aji
World Bank slams Nigerian banks over poor lending to real sector
‘Nigeria faces disaster if it doesn’t provide for the next generation’
