April 2010 Archive

Government Counters Saror

MAKURDI. When election year is approaching, contestants ignore propaganda at their own peril. This is because when lies are repeated ceaselessly, they have the tendency of becoming truth ...

A Curious End

The death of a 30-year-old Nigerian in the Netherlands sets his family against the country’s Embassy in Nigeria. By EROMOSELE EBHOMELE. in 1996, Gabriel Moon, a man of Sudanese and Nigerian ...

Return Of The Evil Genius

Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, a man to whom an astounding proportion of evil is ascribed, declares his interest in Nigeria’s presidency. By BABAJIDE KOLADE-OTITOJU General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd) ...

IBB Will Fail

[caption id="attachment_1784" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Alhaji Abdulkarim Daiyabu"][/caption] Alhaji Abdulkarim Daiyabu, National President, Movement for Justice in Nigeria, MOJIN, in this interview with MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH describes Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s presidential ambition ...

10 Reasons IBB Must Be Rejected

1.An Unrepentant Coupist [caption id="attachment_1803" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ibrahim Babangida"][/caption] Ibrahim Babangida’s name is synonymous with coup plotting in Nigeria. While in the Army, there was no coup, except the one staged against ...

Atiku’s Desperate Politics

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar wants to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to realise his presidential ambition. However, there are mines on his way. By ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE Since former Vice-President, ...

Another Showdown

Foodstuffs and cattle dealers are planning to go on strike again. By FEMI AYODELE On Tuesday 6 April, 2010, the Amalgamated Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers’ Association of Nigeria decided to stage ...

Hunting For Ibori

Once again, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is hot on Ibori’s trail. By FUNSHO BALOGUN Since he left office about three years ago, former Delta State governor, James Onanefe Ibori, ...

Tale Of The Mega Fraudster

Leonard Okoh, an official of Zenith Bank is on the run after defrauding some customers of the bank of about N10 billion. Aso Savings and Loans, which owns the chunk ...

From Apprentice Shoe Seller To Pharmaceutical Giant

Obiora Chukwuka, Chairman, Greenlife Pharmaceuticals, narrates the story of his rise from a shoe salesboy to an entrepreneur. By CLEMENT ORILOYE. As a young boy, luck was not something Anthony Obiora ...

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Between Town And Gown

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Nigeria: A Nation On The Brink

The Boko Haram menace spins out of ...