http://www.turenchi.com/ Nigerian News. en-us THE crisis rocking the national leadership of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has continued to fester. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:28 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47536-ANPP-crisis-deepens-as-faction-heads-for-court-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47536-ANPP-crisis-deepens-as-faction-heads-for-court-?dest=out THE Minister of State for Works, Mr. Chris Ogienwonyi, has urged Nigerians to support the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying that with his track record of achievements since assumption of office, he is determined and capable of providing purposeful leadership to move the nation forward. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:28 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47537-Minister-rallies-support-for-Jonathan-to-secure-PDP-ticket-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47537-Minister-rallies-support-for-Jonathan-to-secure-PDP-ticket-?dest=out AT least, four persons were feared dead and scores injured yesterday, when three fuel-laden trucks, a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and five other vehicles collided in Ibafo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:28 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47538-Four-killed-scores-injured-in-Ibafo-auto-crash-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47538-Four-killed-scores-injured-in-Ibafo-auto-crash-?dest=out NIGERIANS were yesterday told that the Federal Government was still re-paying the loans obtained shortly after Nigeria attained independence 50 years ago. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:27 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47534-DMO-DG-Nigeria-still-re-paying-loans-obtained-50-years-ago-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47534-DMO-DG-Nigeria-still-re-paying-loans-obtained-50-years-ago-?dest=out BARRING any last minute change of plans, the Plateau State House of Assembly will this week grill the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chris Hassan, to know what the state government has been doing with the funds accruing to local governments in the North Central state. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:27 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47535-Assembly-drills-Plateau-commissioner-over-alleged-diversion-of-N3-7-billion-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47535-Assembly-drills-Plateau-commissioner-over-alleged-diversion-of-N3-7-billion-?dest=out IT was meant to be the 16th annual convention of the World Igbo Congress (WIC), but supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan and former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), turned the venue of the event in Philadelphia, the United States (U.S.) to a campaign ground. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:26 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47531-2011-Jonathan-Babangida-split-Igbo-in-US?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47531-2011-Jonathan-Babangida-split-Igbo-in-US?dest=out •As Federal Government seeks $10 billion from foreign investors PLANS by the Federal Government to privatise the power sector, has attracted top Nigerian bidders, and foreign investors. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:26 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47532-AES-Oando-MRS-set-to-bid-for-power-privatisation-projects-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47532-AES-Oando-MRS-set-to-bid-for-power-privatisation-projects-?dest=out NOT even the heavy downpour, yesterday, could stop residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital from trooping out to witness the traditional coronation of their monarch, the Deji of Akure, Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:26 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47533-At-last-Adesida-takes-seat-as-46th-Deji-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47533-At-last-Adesida-takes-seat-as-46th-Deji-?dest=out AS operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intensify their efforts to bring alleged corrupt politicians to book, some governors, whose states have been targeted by the anti-graft agency, have declared that they have no reason to fear the body. www.compassnewspaper.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:25 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47530-Amaechi-Yuguda-Ohakim-Goje-We-don-t-fear-EFCC?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47530-Amaechi-Yuguda-Ohakim-Goje-We-don-t-fear-EFCC?dest=out ONDO State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has dismissed as baseless, afterthought and politically-motivated fabrication, last week’s allegation by his predecessor, Olusegun Agagu, that he carried the day in his suit over the 2007 elections because he presented a fake security report to the judges. He p www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:12 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47527-Mimiko-denies-winning-at-tribunal-with-fake-report?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47527-Mimiko-denies-winning-at-tribunal-with-fake-report?dest=out • NDDC urges manpower building PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan at the weekend in Abuja, inaugurated the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) with assurance that the initiative will boost capacity building and investments in the oil sector. The development www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:12 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47528-Local-content-must-count-in-Nigeria-s-oil-sector-says-govt?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47528-Local-content-must-count-in-Nigeria-s-oil-sector-says-govt?dest=out • ACN seeks succour for NigeriansAN All Politicians’ Summit akin to the one held during the military rule, which gave birth to the present democratic dispensation in 1999 is under way. The summit, according to the organisers, is prompted by Nigeria’s consistent drift to political and economic o www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:12 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47529-All-politicians-summit-underway-on-state-of-the-nation?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47529-All-politicians-summit-underway-on-state-of-the-nation?dest=out THE Executive Secretary of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA), Mr. Numoipre Wills, yesterday said that the agency had concluded an arrangement to commence a familiarisation tour of border communities in Lagos, Oyo and Ogun states. The tour, which will take place from September 12 to 18, www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:11 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47523-Border-agency-to-tour-states?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47523-Border-agency-to-tour-states?dest=out THE Federal Government has dissolved the board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.?  In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien, said that the dissolution of the board which was approved by President Goodluck Jonathan, was part www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:11 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47524-Govt-dissolves-FMBN-Board-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47524-Govt-dissolves-FMBN-Board-?dest=out PIQUED by what it called “double taxation” in Lagos State, the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter has faulted the policy, saying it has further impoverished Lagos residents. Speaking to journalists at Ikeja, Lagos yesterday, the party’s State Chairman. Setonji Koshoedo, said that www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:11 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47525-Double-taxation-has-impoverished-Lagosians-says-PDP-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47525-Double-taxation-has-impoverished-Lagosians-says-PDP-?dest=out CRITICISMS over the takeover of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) by the National Universities Commission (NUC) continued yesterday as the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and a former Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Adeolu Adeleke, berated the state government over the t www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:11 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47526--ACN-ex-Speaker-blame-Alao-Akala-for-LAUTECH-crisis?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47526--ACN-ex-Speaker-blame-Alao-Akala-for-LAUTECH-crisis?dest=out THE plan by governments across Latin America to begin the implementation of a new scheme aimed at mitigating climate change by curbing carbon emissions from the destruction of tropical forests will harm the rural poor, according to experts. The experts warned against adopting a “one-size-fits-all www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:10 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47520-New-climate-change-deal-is-anti-rural-poor-say-experts?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47520-New-climate-change-deal-is-anti-rural-poor-say-experts?dest=out THE United Nations Educational Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organisation (WHO) and other partners are supporting the Federal and state governments in the country as they strive to contain the cholera outbreak in 11 states. Government officials say 6,400 cases of cholera, including 352 dea www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:10 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47521--UNICEF-WHO-join-bid-to-check-cholera?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47521--UNICEF-WHO-join-bid-to-check-cholera?dest=out THE United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has described the impact of oil spill in the Ogoni environment as serious and has apologised for the report credited to its officials saying that 90 per cent of spill in the area is caused by sabotage. UNEP Chief Post Conflict and Disaster Management B www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:10 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47522-UNEP-apologises-to-Ogoni-for-oil-spill?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47522-UNEP-apologises-to-Ogoni-for-oil-spill?dest=out AHEAD of the 2011 polls, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Josephine Anenih, has urged female political aspirants not to compromise integrity and dignity in their quest for office. Even as they keep aspiring for the attainment of 35 per cent minimum affirmative action policy www.guardiannewsngr.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:00:09 +0000 http://www.turenchi.com/links/47517-Minister-activist-mobilise-women-others-for-polls-?dest=out http://www.turenchi.com/links/47517-Minister-activist-mobilise-women-others-for-polls-?dest=out