By admin on March 12, 2010
* Police say have made 200 arrests
* Charges include possession of firearms, breaking curfew
* Local government, military trade blame
By Shuaibu Mohammed
JOS, Nigeria, March 11 (Reuters) – Police in Nigeria said on Thursday they had arrested around 200 people following weekend attacks on three Christian villages in which hundreds of people are feared to have been killed.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, plateau state
By admin on March 11, 2010
ABUJA – Thousands of Nigerians marched to the gates of the presidential villa on Wednesday to demand an end to the presidency of ailing leader Umaru Yar’Adua so Acting President Goodluck Jonathan can take over as head of state.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, head of state, niger delta, presidency, umaru yar adua
By admin on March 6, 2010
Since President Umaru Yar’Adua was sneaked out from the country for medical treatment on the 23rd of November last year, and “smuggled” back penultimate Wednesday night, his handlers have made him look like an oracle.
They, in turn, have assumed the positions High Priests through which he passes his esoteric messages to his confounded people.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, umaru yar adua, vanguard news
By admin on March 5, 2010
LAGOS, Nigeria – Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta announced Thursday they had attacked a major pipeline junction run by the Italian firm Agip, only days after claiming responsibility for another attack in the region.
A statement by the Joint Revolutionary Council claimed its fighters launched an assault early Wednesday morning on an Agip pipeline junction that connects several crude oil storage fields. However, Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, a military spokesman for the region, dismissed the attack claims as “completely false.”
Posted in Nigerian Business News | Tagged acting president, associated press, goodluck jonathan, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, niger delta
By admin on March 5, 2010
*As executive increases 2010 budget by N300bn
By Emmanuel Aziken & Inalegwu Shuaibu
ABUJA—The Senate has urged Nigerians to downplay the health condition or whereabouts of President Umaru Yar‘Adua and give their full cooperation to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, house of representatives, national assembly
By admin on March 5, 2010
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), on Thursday said Nigeria required change and therefore challenged Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, to take ‘quick and aggressive’ actions in order to save the nation.
Danjuma spoke while responding to the Acting President‘s address at the inauguration of the newly constituted Presidential Advisory Council in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, niger delta
