News Desk Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Yar'Adua Opposes Obasanjo on National Assembly Committees

Strong indications emerged on Tuesday that President Umaru Yar’Adua and former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, are heading in opposite directions over the Peoples Democratic Party directive that all committees in the Senate and House of Representatives be chaired by PDP lawmakers. MORE>>

Ex-Governors Behind Plan to Remove Ribadu

INDICATIONS emerged on Tuesday that the alleged pressure that was mounted on President Umaru Yar ‘Adua to remove the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, was being spearheaded by some of the former governors. MORE>>

Three Shortlisted for Ribadu's Job

THE plan to remove the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, may have gone beyond speculations as three Northerners were said to have been shortlisted for the position. MORE>>

AU Summit: Accra Declaration

RECALLING our decision Assembly/AU/Dec. 156 (VIII) adopted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2007 on the need for a "Grand Debate on the Union Government" with a view to providing a clear vision of the future of the African Union and of African unity; MORE>>

AU Summit: Not Yet There

The 9th Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government ended yesterday without a ringing statement for a United States of Africa under a Union Government. It was from the beginning going to be a tall order – getting over fifty heads of state and government to sign away their countries sovereignties into one super-state. They did not disappoint; they debated, discussed, argued and lobbied and ended just as their predecessors have done these four decades and more, but with a significant difference. MORE>>

Women Seek Imo Govt Assistance

A group of women, led by wife of the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Viola Onwuliri, has called on the wife of Imo State Governor, Mrs. Chioma Ohakim, to donate a bus to shuttle the university, to alleviate the suffering of the students. MORE>>

Nigerians Going Through Hell, admits Yar'Adua

President Umar Musa Yar’Adua on Tuesday, in Accra, Ghana, admitted that the majority of Nigerians are literally going through hell, in their bid to eke out a living, following widespread poverty. He attributed the situation to the inability of the system to generate jobs as well as the vexatious power and energy problem. MORE>>