NIGERIA: Thursday Papers, August 2, 2012

BUSINESS DAY: Nigeria fails to tap AFC finance to bridge infrastructure deficit

BUSINESS DAY: Preparing Nigerian Army for future challenges

BUSINESS DAY: Nigeria’s neglected solid minerals

VANCOUVER SUN: Nigerian president visits Trinidad for holiday marking slaves' freedom; Jamaica is next stop

GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Firms facilitate hip, knee replacement surgeries in Nigeria

VANGUARD NIGERIA: Subsidy scam: Court denies accused bail

VANGUARD NIGERIA: Police rescue kidnapped Chevron staff, kill 4 kidnappers in Delta

VANGUARD NIGERIA: I foresee 4 medals for Team Nigeria – Ali

PUNCH: Directors flee as Oyo uncovers N2.6bn pension scam

PUNCH: Obasanjo, Babangida’s posturing and Nigeria’s future

GUARDIAN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: PM announces: T&T, Nigeria to collaborate on energy projects

LEADERSHIP NIGERIA: Jonathan Not President Of Niger Delta Alone — Edwin Clark

BUSINESS DAY: Financial sector stability and macroprudential regulation in Nigeria

DAILY MAVERICK: Hillary tours the African frontlines of America's war on terror

THIS DAY LIVE: US: Nigeria Not Doing Enough to Check Terrorism

THIS DAY LIVE: FG: Nigeria to Become Investors Haven

THIS DAY LIVE: Tribunal Orders TSKJ to Pay N49 Billion

DW AKADEMIE: US seeks African inroads as China lavishes investment

INDEPENDENT ONLINE: Woza Online helps SMEs market their businesses

GOOGLE/AFP: Australian trafficker's mother begs Malaysia for mercy

NIGERIA: Tuesday Papers, July 31, 2012

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GROUND REPORT: Nigerian Advocacy Group Caution’s on Mpape Demolition Exercises

THIS DAY LIVE: D' Tigers in Threshold of History against Lithuania

VANGUARD NIGERIA: 2012 Budget: Okonjo-Iweala insists on 56% implementation

VANGUARD NIGERIA: Outcry as oil spill takes over River Ethiope

VANGUARD NIGERIA: Ex-militants protest non-payment of allowances

GUARDIAN NIGERIA: U.S. may take drug war to Nigeria, others

GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Nigerians detained in Trinidad seek visiting Jonathan’s help

PUNCH: Lawyer alleges poor crowd management at Dana crash site

PUNCH: Policeman killed, victim shot in rescue operation

THE TRINIDAD EXPRESS: Kambon honoured by Nigerian leader's visit

SUPER SPORT: Enyimba takes it slow

FIFA: Sunshine Stars shooting for the sky

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO EXPRESS: Wrap it up, African style

ENSTARZ: NBC Olympic Schedule; Streaming for Day 4, Tuesday- Men's Basketball, Swimming, Gymnastics

LEADERSHIP NIGERIA: D’Tigers’ Coach Eyes History

LEADERSHIP NIGERIA: Brutality: Police Get New Code Of Conduct

NIGERIA: Sunday Papers, July 29, 2012

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CHANNELS TV: Nigeria produces most of W/Africa’s illegal weapons – Army

VOICE OF AMERICA: Nigeria, Tunisia Tip Off London Olympic Men's Basketball

PM NEWS NIGERIA: Captain Ore reports Aviation Minister’s threat

VANGUARD NIGERIA: How we will create new states – Dep. Senate President Ekweremadu

VANGUARD NIGERIA: Ex-deputy gov’s ADC shot dead

VANGUARD NIGERIA: ‘Nigerians can’t be going to India, US for simple diagnosis’

PUNCH: ACN, LP, PDP elect candidates for Ondo gov poll

PUNCH: Third Mainland Bridge: 3.4 million people used ferries in two months

THE GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Boko Haram: JonathanUnder Fresh US Pressure

THE GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Anambra Oil Field Ready For Commissioning Next Month

CHANNELS TV: Okorocha recalls 27 PDP council chairmen

SUN NEWS ONLINE: Abonnema waterfront demolition: drugs, arms sold like groundnuts –Govt

SUN NEWS ONLINE: Mother from hell: Woman stabs son to spite ex-hubby

THIS DAY LIVE: Hillary Clinton to Visit Nigeria Next Month

SUPER SPORT: Hoopers rule Nigeria again

DAILY TIMES NIGERIA: Pepsi Football Academy celebrates 20th anniversary

DAILY TIMES NIGERIA: Security networking will tackle terrorism - Experts

DAILY TIMES NIGERIA: Six die in Edo cult clash

NIGERIA: Friday Papers, July 27, 2012

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WASHINGTON POST: US returns 11 cultural artifacts to Nigeria in NY ceremony; recovered from airport shipment

AGI IT: One every 3 pregnant women is HIV positive in Nigeria

THE TIMES OF INDIA: Nigeria asked to punish killers of two Indian traders

THE GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Nigeria to procure $1.2bn on cassava, rice processing plants from China

THE GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Highest budget for defence, a fallacy, says Army chief

THE GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Their bra, hair wig as ‘hideout for drugs’

THIS DAY LIVE: “You Must be Creditworthy to Operate Airline in Nigeria”

VANGUARD NIGERIA: Kidnapped doctors freed

VANGUARD NIGERIA: 10 years younger in London

PUNCH: Women can vote us out in 2015 – Jonathan

PUNCH: Empower police to deal with Boko Haram – Buhari

SUN NEWS: Dana crash: Coroner issues Red Cross, Julius Berger, others bench warrants

BUSINESS DAY: Nigeria seeks $60bn war chest against economic turmoil

TRINIDAD EXPRESS: T&T to host Nigerian president for Emancipation

THIS DAY LIVE: With New Inventions, Army Aims to Check Terror Attacks

THIS DAY LIVE: Subsidy Fraud: Names of 25 Indicted Companies Revealed

BLOOMBERG: Shell to Invest $4 Billion in Two Nigerian Oil and Gas Projects

THE GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Okorocha’s battle with PDP council bosses

Nigeria: Monday Papers, June 25, 2012

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Business Day: "Nigeria is not Broke, says Jonathan"

Business Day: "Improving Nigeria’s business environment for increased investments."

Business Day: Concerns as 134m Nigerians live as tenants.

The Guardian Nigeria: PDP, ACN factions submit separate lists for Ogun council polls.

The Guardian Nigeria: Ebonyi women protest suspension of female legislator for alleged drunkenness, riding Keke NAPEP

The Guardian Nigeria: Death toll in Ghana’s explosion hits seven

BERNAMA: Euro Crisis A Threat To African Airlines

The Guardian Nigeria: NAFDAC may seek life jail for fake drugs’ dealers

The Vanguard Nigeria: Aregbesola plans to surpass Awolowo’s policy.

The Vanguard Nigeria: Security frustrates Sunday worship in Jos.

The Vanguard Nigeria: Reps ask ECOWAS to stop deportation of Nigerians from Ghana.

The Daily Sun: Attacks on Unongo, Shaahu’s homes, arson -Police.

Nigerian Tribune: Azazi/Bello ouster: Minister, presidential aides panic over imminent changes •2 cut short foreign trips; lobby for defence ministry begins.

Nigerian Tribune: Woman inserts 66 wraps of drugs in private part.

Nigerian Tribune: US designation of Boko Haram leaders: Nigeria’s sovereignty compromised.

The Punch: 700,000 Lagos houses to get new numbers.

The Punch: States evacuate ABU students, Army sends reinforcement.

The Punch: Keep off S’West, OPC warns Boko Haram.

The Punch: Far North, South lobby for defence portfolio.

Nigeria: Sunday Papers, May 27, 2012

Los Angeles Times: Nigeria Islamic group Boko Haram spreads fear far and wide

VANGUARD: INSURGENCY AND UTILITARIAN VALUE: Boko Haram is helping Nigeria to review its foundation – Uma Ukpai

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Politician Shot Dead In Nigeria

INFORMATION NIGERIA: Massive corruption at all levels of the Nigerian Government —US report

SUNDAY TRIBUNE: Nigeria's Democracy: Any Cause For Celebration?

SUNDAY TRIBUNE: Nigeria’s children: Their hopes, their frustrations

THE SUN: ‘Presidency can’t help PDP win Edo guber’

THE SUN: I rejected Charles Taylor’s $450,000 bribe –Sacked Customs Officer

THE SUN: I’m ready to dance naked to prove my innocence-Lulu

VANGUARD: Why good governance and security go hand-in-hand, by Obasanjo

VANGUARD: Children’s Day: Delta releases 35 children for adoption

THIS DAY BUSINESS: Central Bank Bars Banks from Recapitalising African Subsidiaries

PUNCH: Ibori: Nigeria has no reputation to lose – Lawyers

PUNCH: Salami: Civil society groups plan mass action

Ghana Seizes Arms Consignment Bound For Nigeria

By Agency Reports - Punch Newspapers

A major amount of arms and ammunition, allegedly bound for Nigeria, was seized by the Ghana police in Accra on Tuesday.

The arms and ammunition, including hordes of AAA cartridges, 10 pomp-action guns and 20 double-barreled guns, were found in a false compartment under the flour plate of the carrier truck.

Addressing the media on Tuesday evening, Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rose Atinga Bio, said she had received a call from an informant around 15:00 GMT (4.00pm Nigerian time) that a truck was off loading what could be smuggled goods in a house at Achimota, a suburb of the capital.

The operation, which could be a major break-through for the police into the modus operandi of arms smugglers in the region, led to the arrest three Ghanaians and two Nigerians.

“Upon reaching there, my men only saw an empty truck branded in coca-cola trade-mark on the compound,” she told the media.

But upon scrutiny, the policemen realised that the flour plate had just been welded at some specific points, raising their suspicion that there could be something unusual under the plate.

The police team ordered the driver to open the compartment and large caches of arms and ammunition were seen concealed under the flour plate.

Bio said Kwadwo Baffoe, a Ghanaian, claimed ownership of the cargo, while two other Ghanaians, Kofi Aboagye and Kwasi Nkrumah, had also been apprehended.

In addition, two Nigerians, Sandy Eze from Anambra State and Amosu Taiwo from Ogun State, were also arrested, the police officer said.

The owner admitted to the police that the arms were being transported to Nigeria in the truck with registration number XA 761-YAB.

“This is the first of its kind since 2009 when I took charge of the region. We are very much alert, especially because this year is an election year, and so we will protect the nation with the force at our disposal,” said Bio.

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Nigerian Jungle Blues and Sunday Cartoons

When a religious crisis convulsed the city, a handful of fundamentalists were hot on his trail. They stormed his office and dragged him out by the scruff of his pastor’s collar to the back of his office. After beating him unconscious, his assailants crudely cut off his testicles with a sharp dagger and plucked out his right eye. They went away triumphantly with these vital body parts as a trophy and he was left to bleed to death. More @ Sun News


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Nigerian Jungle Blues and Sunday Cartoons

Fresh troubles may be in the horizon for members of the kitchen cabinet of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua as they are said to be explaining how they disbursed a whopping N70 billion allegedly on behalf of the former Katsina governor as security vote between November 2009 and January 2010. Sources claimed that two former close allies of the ailing leader who failed to make it back to the newly reconstituted cabinet by acting President Goodluck Jonathan, are said to be answering questions over the manner the money was spent and for what purpose... MORE @ SUN NEWS ONLINE


Posers Over Cleric's Visit to Yar'Adua: Thursday’s unexpected visit by four Islamic clerics to ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, has sparked fresh anxiety in the polity with questions now being asked about the propriety of allowing the clerics access to the President while same is denied Acting President Goodluck Jonathan... MORE @ VANGUARD


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Nigerian Jungle Blues and Cartoons

Senate, Reps okay N4.6 trn budget: ABUJA—THE National Assembly, yesterday, approved a harmonized N4.6 trillion 2010 budget for the Federal Government directed at boosting infrastructure development across the country. Underlining its priority for infrastructure development, the budget has set N1.85 trillion representing 40 per cent of the total budget for capital expenditure. It is the highest proportion earmarked for capital development since the return to democratic rule in 1999.... MORE @ VANGUARD


There is unquantifiable shock in the camps of three former governors over the failure of the ex-state chief executives to make Acting President Goodluck Jonathan’s ministerial list.
A highly-placed Presidency source told correspondents in Abuja yesterday that until what seemed to be a Jonathan shocker earlier in the week, the trio of Chief Achike Udenwa, Dr. Sam Egwu and Obong Victor Attah, former governors of Imo, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom states respectively, were said to be very sure of landing ministerial nominations... MORE @ SUN NEWS ONLINE


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Nigerian Jungle Blues and Monday Cartoons

Participants decry bombing at Post Amnesty programme: The first dynamite exploded at about 11.05, this was minutes before Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state drove into the premises of the event. The coincidence caused many to think that the explosion was probably a canon shot fired to herald the coming of the governor who led other dignitaries like governors Adams Oshiomole of Edo state, Ikedi Ohakim of Imo state, the Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Ufot Ekaette and several others... MORE @ VANGUARD


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Nigerian Jungle Blues and Wed. Cartoons

ABUJA—Vanguard can now confirm that ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua has been moved from the ambulance from where he was clinically isolated since his sudden arrival last Wednesday, into the Presidential Wing of Aso Villa. Also, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan is set to see Yar’Adua this week, for the first time since he left for treatment in Saudi Arabia last November 23, Vanguard can reveal, authoritatively...MORE @ VANGUARD

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Nigerian Jungle Blues and Friday Cartoons

Fund athletics now or forget it, Coach Ariyo:
“In Nigeria, it is all about football, forgetting that there are other sports that can equally bring glory to the country. If we want to get the right result, we must have to fund athletics right from the grass roots." MORE @ VANGUARD


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Nigerian Jungle Blues: Ghetto Life Images IV

Garbage lines the street in this Ajegunle slum in Lagos where an estimated 3 million people live. Photo by Stephanie Giry/Boston Globe


How far is Ajegunle from Ikoyi? Apparently not that far if there are good, accessible roads, It is obvious the political elite is breathtakingly rich, and very small. Remarkably little of it trickles down. Part of this is because the super rich keep their money and spend it overseas. Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Times


Holy Cow! A nation that is rich in oil reserves? Photo by Punch


"Home for all"? They must be kiddying me! A Punch photo


Afternoon jump in the Ajegunle jungle as the DJ spins. Photo courtesy of Out There.


Nosamu Street in the crime-ridden, densely populated Ajegunle of Lagos. Photo courtesy of Vanguard.


What a life! Photo courtesy of Punch


Yes oo! Na real rumble in the jungle. Image courtesy of African Photos.