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HOW CORRUPT IS NIGERIA: Minister Louis Farrakhan Tackles American Journalist Mike Wallace.

courtesy CBS 60 Minutes

 

2011 Presidential Race: Ijaw National Congress Wants Respect for PDP’s Decision on Jonathan

Members of the Ijaw National Congress in Abuja have started the derive to drum up support for the decision of Nigeria’s ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party PDP, to allow President Goodluck ....

“Corrupt Politicians Are not Welcome this 2011 Polls” – Farida Waziri

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Nigeria, said on Monday that it would seek legal means to deny access to power to corrupt politicians as the campaigns for the 2011 presidential elections begin to heat up.
Speaking at the opening of a training workshop sponsored by the United States Federal Bureau of .....

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Number of Illegal Immigrants in US now Declining

The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades decreasing by 8 percent since 2007, a new study finds. The reasons range from the sour economy to Mexican violence and increased U.S. enforcement that has made it harder to sneak across the border. .....

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Nigerian Naira Appreciates on Increased Dollar Sales

The Nigerian naira NGN=D1 firmed to 151.30 to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday from 151.60 at Tuesday's close after the central bank met all demand at its foreign exchange auction, traders said.
The central bank sold all the $394.80 million demanded at 149.06 naira to the dollar. The regulator had sold $400 million at 149.29 at its previous auction on Monday, short of the $548 million demanded. .....

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THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL MUST BE PASSED ... CISLAC

CISLAC is concerned and worried that the efforts of various communities, experts and stake holders which culminate in that bill may just be in the vain if a bill as important as the PIB is treated with levity. Our investigations according to the Executive Director of CISLAC, Mr Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, "reveal that the House of Representatives is yet to pass the Bill as claimed by the Speaker. We are worried because we can’t place the motive behind this deceit. Is it that the National Assembly wants to divert attention and kill the bill or what? “He queried.


According to Mr Rafsanjani, CISLAC and other CSOs working on the bill want the Speaker of the House of Representatives to come out categorically and tell Nigerians the stage at which the Bill is now and stop deceiving the public because as elected officers they owe it as a duty to tell the truth always."

 


2011: The Only Man for Delta

Obarisi Barrister Ovie Omo –Agege is a man of many parts. A lawyer by training, he is also a politician of note from Delta State. He has served at the top echelon of Government by the virtue of his appointments at different times as Executive Assistant (EA), Civil Commissioner and Secretary to the state government (SSG). At the moment, he wants to serve the people of Delta State at the highest level. He wants to be governor of the state via the forthcoming general elections on the platform of his party, the People Democratic Party (PDP).
Having operated at the various levels in the public and private sectors in the course of which he impacted positively on the lives of the people, one would concede the right to him to seek to be governor so that he can use the opportunity of being at the highest level of government to dispense the much talked about democracy dividends. His credentials are impeccable and tell the story of a man full of passion to uplift the people. ....




 

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Interview With Prof Olu Abi
Published on April 29th, 2010

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Interview With Ranti Akerele

Published on April 29th, 2010

WINN SET TO STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY AND FIGHT CORRUPTION

Nigerian Women under the umbrella of Women In New Nigeria, WINN have condemned the, deplorable conditions that Nigerian Senior Citizens, suffer whenever they come to Abuja for their wages, adding that “this is what has led to increased corruption as well as misguided values and respect for ill gotten wealth.

WINN is an anti-corruption women empowering organization aimed at achieving the real corruption free Nigeria, that is to ensure that all arms of the society function as they should,. It is a wide scope covering issues of widows, orphans, women in governance, skills acquisition and youth development. The physically challenged, and senior citizens of this nation are not left out in the package WINN is offering Nigerians. ....

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PDP Candidate to Emerge October 10

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will emerge on October 10, according to a tentative time table for the party’s primaries due for the approval of the National Executive Committee (NEC). According to the timetable prepared by the National Working Committee (NWC), the PDP will adopt an indirect primary system to pick

its presidential candidate. All the aspirants are billed to be screened on September 23. President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Military President Ibrahim Babangida have become the front runners for the PDP ticket. Ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is expected to strongly challenge them for the ticket, if he overcomes his readmission problems. ....

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