Nigerian Compass Archive for October 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Waziri urges courts to help anti-graft war
Judge declines to issue bench warrant on Spring bank MD, others
OBASANJO COUNTERS JONATHAN AT UN
Terror alert in US, UK over alleged fresh al-Qaeda plot
Rising oil price worries tax body
I’m ready for war to keep Nigeria’s unity — Danjuma
Legislator’s son in armed robbery scandal
Friday, October 29, 2010
Fayemi dissolves Ekiti councils
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Presidency has no power to scrap NSCDC, say Reps
Reps reject NCC N69.3b budget again
N2 million per delegate report causes row in PDP
Lagos deadly cargo heading for Gaza, says Israel
Daily Times: Judge stops Adoke’s bid to withdraw criminal case
Five killed, six injured as robbers empty bank’s vaults
27 die in LASUTH as doctors’ strike grinds Lagos
Court stops PDP, Nwodo from holding congresses in Enugu
Obasanjo to youths at book launch: Emulate, Abiola, Soyinka, Fawehinmi, Adenuga, others
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Fed Govt debts stand at $32.2 billion
NASS passes second Constitution Alteration Bill
I can fix insecurity, says Gusau
Ekiti Deputy Speaker dies at 39
Reps intervene in police, civil defence corps crisis
Insha Allah, Akala will go, vows Gbolarunmi
50,000 PHCN workers to go in power reform
Deadly cargo arrived Apapa Port July 10
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
SSS intercepts containers laden with rocket launchers
I lack powers to stop PDP governors, says Nwodo
INEC declares Anambra PDP congresses illegal
‘Jonathan remains Commander-in-Chief’
Three die as robbers, police clash in Ijebu-Ode
Lagos lawmakers to Fashola: LASU VC must go
Dangote Cement lists N2.1tr shares on NSE
Reps summon Kayode, Aganga over UN peace keeping fund
Northern leaders back Ciroma, insist on 2011 presidency
ASUU battles South-East governors over strike
Air Force redeploys senior officers
Reps mount pressure on Bankole to recall suspended members
Transfer of case file stalls Akingbola’s trial
Fuel crisis looms as tanker drivers threaten strike
Scores killed in Cross River communal clash
PDP denies receiving ‘corrupt aspirants’ list from EFCC
Court gives Sanusi power to hire, fire bank MDs
Monday, October 25, 2010
11 days after abduction, Police rescue commissioner’s mum, grand-daughter
Many injured as Aero aircraft crash-lands in Lagos
Customs’ N100 million gift causes row in Reps
Yakowa under fire over comments on Babangida
IPPs produce 1,100 mw of electricity, says BPE
Fayemi sacks boards, councils of agencies
Alleged marginalisation of S’East: Agbakoba slams N1t suit on FG
I saved Obasanjo from impeachment, says Babangida
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Nigeria mishandled Abuja bomb blast –US
INEC develops special software for 2011 elections
Giade kicks against bail for urepentant drug suspects
Willbros scam: Nigeria, US head for face-off
Jonathan campaign group warns MEND to steer clear of Yorubaland
Court rejects ‘forced marriage’ case
Group wants National Assembly to impeach Jonathan
PDP seeks probe of Court of Appeal judgements in Ekiti
Saturday, October 23, 2010
2011: Ebute counsels IBB, Saraki
Tokyo alleges threat to life, goes into hiding
Belgore's firm, ICPC in war of words over Nwude's billions
Sylva booed as President visits Bayelsa
UPROAR OVER OSUN GUBER APPEAL PANEL
Probe: Court dismisses Ladoja’s suit against Alao-Akala
Court jail man 12 months for producing adulterated Schnapps
Lagos threatens sanction on landlords of illegal drug stores
Minister expresses worry over child hawking
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Atiku’s group hails NASS for rejecting electoral amendment bill, request for foreign loan
Reps to pass Constitution Amendment next week
Why we rejected automatic delegates bill, by Senate
Adamu’s $800,000 scam shocking, says FG
PDP youth leader, six others killed in Enugu
FCMB, GTB to acquire $187.5 million SPDC oilfield
Supreme Court may decide governorship appeal
SSS arraigns Okah, six others in secret
Jonathan: God, not North, will decide next President
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
S’East ASUU strike: Bishops, elders, monarchs intervene
Sambo: 2011 elections about jobs, economic growth
Privatisation can't solve power problems, say PHCN workers
U.S: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Bauchi, Borno unsafe
Court frees ex-FCT minister el-Rufai
Flood: N2.1b for Ogun, Lagos, Jigawa
Reps summon Aganga over poor execution of N4.6t Budget
$800,000 scam: FIFA suspends Adamu
Automatic delegates: Senate throws out President’s request
FCT signs N61b contract to develop new district
Air Force joins bid to contain 'Boko Haram' members
FG, Global Steel reconcile over Ajaokuta/NIOMCO
Jakande, Adebanjo, Falae, Utomi: PDP has failed Nigeria
Reps kick against Jonathan’s request for $4.4 billion loan
Striking Lagos doctors: We won’t give up
Senate: House of Reps can’t take over Ogun Assembly
Rowdy session in FAAC over Bayelsa concession
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Seven years after, Jonathan inaugurates N14b radar project
Reps threaten to arrest PPPRA boss
Lawyers: Concession to Bayelsa could trigger agitations from oil producing states
PDP: Like malaria, we will roll back ACN in South-West
Jonathan vows to arrest bomb blast perpetrators
Court restrains Reps from taking over Ogun Assembly
Constitution amendment: We’ve no ulterior motives, says Mark
Okah vows ‘fight to finish’ in secret diary
Jonathan: IBB, Atiku, Gusau, Saraki will fail
Monday, October 18, 2010
Nigerian Uti wins $200,000 Big Brother prize
2011: ANPP national chairman calls for one-day general elections
Presidential concession: Lagos may get oil derivation
N120m World Cup bid scam: ‘Amos Adamu, a disgrace to Nigeria’
Extradition: Ibori goes to Dubai Supreme Court
N51.6 billion exit package for NITEL/M-TEL workers
BOT chair: Obasanjo must go, insist Ladoja, others
Northerners not desperate to rule, says Babangida
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Benue youths angry with Suswan
Dangote targets 20m metric tonnes of cement by 2011
Fayemi promises new dawn in Ekiti
US professor counsels on ‘victory at any cost’ syndrome in Nigerian elections
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Why Nnamani, Masari, Dokpesi, others are opposed to Jonathan
Presidency blocks access to Aso Rock
PDP chieftains reject Reps’ take over of Ogun Assembly
No going back on May 29 handover —Jonathan
Again Boko Haram members kill policemen
Catholic Priest arrested in Abia over kidnapping
Oni goes to church, gives thanks to God
2011: Don’t expect perfect polls, says Jega
Preserve Nigeria’s unity, Sultan pleads
Friday, October 15, 2010
Joy in Ekiti as Appeal Court declares Fayemi Governor
Body of Benchers kick against corruption in Judiciary
Minority Leaders oppose take over of Ogun Assembly
Espionage: Two Chinese nabbed at MMIA
Lagos executive, legislative face-off: Tinubu saves Fashola
Anxiety in Ekiti as Appeal Court rules in Oni, Fayemi dispute
Tinubu, Ladoja, others flee as Akala’s men take over Olubadan’s book launch
Aganga, legislators bicker over 2010 Budget
Atiku: Obasanjo is PDP’s biggest mistake
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Obasanjo’s aide arraigned over Halliburton scam
There are drug barons in the military, says COAS
Senators pick April for 2011 elections
'Boko Haram' lists condition for peace in Borno
Rerun elections: Two more governors join suit against INEC
Kidnapping: Return or lose your C of O, Orji tells business owners
We don’t need a confused president, says Niger governor
Enugu PDP crisis deepens as Nnamani’s 'Ebeano' dumps party
FG rolls out new contract policy
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Bomb blasts: Reps call for inquiry
Fraudster jailed for 120 years
Eminent Nigerians pay tribute as Fafunwa is interred
Four injured as 'Boko Haram' members torch police station
Abia to charge ex-dep gov Akomas with gun-running
At last, New Generation gets NITEL for $2.5b
Husband, wife murdered in Oyo NURTW crisis
INEC not ready for elections, says Senate
Jonathan commissions power station in Zamfara
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
GE, Rolls Royce Group, Asian firms for Nigeria’s power sector forum
Amendment of Electoral Act tops agenda, as Reps resume today
Ogun 2011: Obasanjo plots Olurin/Iyabo-Obasanjo ticket
Ribadu attacks Jonathan over retirement from police
PDP is headed for destruction, says Okotie
$26b domestic debt: Okonjo-Iweala angry with FG
Barclays, HSBC, UBS, others ‘fuel corruption in Nigeria’
Monday, October 11, 2010
Labour minister seeks hike in tax to boost social security
FG earmarks N130b to settle PHCN’s staff severance allowance
My plans for tourism, security, by Saraki
River Basin Authority exonerates self over Lagos, Ogun flooding
Abuja blasts: PDP has failed the nation again, says ACN
Oyo 2011: Gbolarumi’s governorship ambition turns bloody
Police halt Babangida’s rally in Kaduna
NBA condemns withdrawal of Aondoakaa’s SAN title
Sanusi: More bank chiefs will be jailed
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Nigeria may rival Asia’s Tigers, says Aganga
Activists rally against death penalty in Lagos
PRONACO accuses Akpabio of sponsoring kidnappings
IGP, again, withdraws policemen from individuals
Don't undermine Nigeria’s unity: Lar, Gemade, Tukur, others warn Ciroma, others
ABUJA BOMB BLAST: Arewa group sues Jonathan
2011: Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ribadu in secret meeting
S’South not afraid of war, Dokubo-Asari tells Northern leaders
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Lamido faults FG on ecological fund
Minister raises panel on Zik’s Mausoleum
AGF fueling Anambra PDP crisis, says Nwodo
Edo PDP tackles Oshiomhole over SIEC
FG puts unemployment rate at 19.7 per cent
Man impregnates 16 -year-old daughter
Court jails Cecilia Ibru six months, seizes N190b assets
EFCC quizzes Ex-Minister over Tafa Balogun's house
Friday, October 08, 2010
Court orders Amaechi to vacate office May 29
Nigeria to sustain 7.4% growth till next year
Saraki: My presidential bid not for sectional interest
Akpabio’s in-law, Ewang’s wife abducted
Ex-AGF Aondoakaa stripped of SAN title
Security agents: 'Al Jazeera' didn’t speak with Okah
Constitution amendment: Senate dares judiciary
Nigeria’s foreign reserves drop to $34b
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Ringim relocates to Abia over insecurity
Jonathan to IBB, Atiku: Nigeria bigger than you
2011: Nwodo forecloses dissolution of any state PDP exco
FG to generate one million jobs in six months
ASUU begins three-day strike over closure of South-East varsities
Jonathan orders probe of N6.6b anniversary budget
Bomb blasts: SSS quizzes Dokpesi again over ‘new developments’
Condemnation trails North’s plot to destabilise Nigeria
Court stops NASS from amending Constitution
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Adebanjo to Soyinka: It's a disservice for you to form party
Abuja bomb blasts: Security beefed up around Lagos Airport
Nothing unusual about Nigeria’s banking crisis, says Chike Obi
Insecurity: Orji happy over Jonathan’s intervention
El-Rufai blames Nigeria’s woes on PDP
Our democracy in danger, say IBB, Gusau, Atiku, Saraki
Wema Bank seeks regional licence from CBN
Jonathan must resign now, say Northern leaders
Okah: FG wants to use me against IBB, Atiku, others
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
FIFA bans Nigeria indefinitely
Kaita: North ’ll make Nigeria ungovernable for Jonathan
Ladoja, Folarin, Balogun, Adeojo, Oyelese, others: Akala must go
Abuja bomb blasts: Babangida kicks as SSS arrests Dokpesi
2011: We’re ready for voter registration, says Jega
Flood displaces thousands in Ogun, Lagos
News stories on Independence Day bomb explosions
Jonathan bemoans rot in education sector
Monday, October 04, 2010
Why I want to be President, by Saraki
Pandemonium in church as gunmen abduct two
17.5m Euros bribery scam: EFCC declares two Siemens’ ex-MDs wanted
N74.4b AFC/CBN fund lies idle in U.S. Bank
Bomb blasts: Presidency is confused, says Babangida
JTF troops on red alert, tighten security around oil facilities
NDIC denies plans to raise banks’ premium
Jonathan opens emergency summit on education today
‘Seven PDP governors to defect to ANPP’
Saturday, October 02, 2010
NSCDC, Police bicker over detention of officers
Show more concern for the masses, Abuja Chief Imam tells Jonathan
Independence Day celebration news stories
Northern patriots condemn Abuja bomb explosion
Security beefed up at the Aso Villa
IBB, Atiku absent at celebration
MEND’s alert, ahead of explosions
Cheers as 15 abducted Abia pupils regain freedom
Independence Day tragedy: Bomb explosions kill 10 in Abuja
Friday, October 01, 2010
World leaders: Nigeria yet to attain greatness
NBA calls for emergency rule in Abia
Corrupt politicians can’t threaten me, says Waziri
Jonathan berates Atiku over zoning
Aba residents flee over impending military onslaught
Parties accuse INEC of aiding ruling parties to rig
$180 million Halliburton scam: Trial of Obasanjo’s aide, others starts next week
