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Oil And Gas: What Next After The Intrigues, Powerplay?
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By Yakubu Lawal WITH over 35 billion proven oil reserve and about 189 trillion standard cubic feet of gas (tscf), Nigeria is, indeed, a major player in the global oil and gas industry. To improve on that profile, the government of former President Olusegun Obasanjo had set a reserve aspiration of 40 billion barrels by the end of 2010. Raising The Bar On Battle Against Childhood Cancer -280609 By Tope Templer Olaiya Since being diagnosed with leukemia at the age of three, six-year old Ayomide has found the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, a second home as she continues with the battle to survive one of the deadliest of childhood cancer known today. Aren'tYar'Adua, Jonathan And Egwu University Lecturers? -280609 I WONDER why unnecessary and avoidable situations that constitute cog in the wheel of Nigeria's progress should be given a chance. The Federal Government had gone into a renegotiated agreement with ASUU late last year and more than seven months after, it has failed to abide by what it signed. Reps, NNPC Tangle Over Oil Money -280609 From John-Abba Ogbodo, Abuja TWO weeks ago, the ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives engaged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over funds allegedly generated or appropriated to the corporation but were still shrouded in controversial circumstances. The investigation was the continuation of the exercise commenced by the committee in 2008. Government Has A Choice To Move The Process -280609 Is amnesty offer to militants in the Niger Delta a solution? Civil Societies Groups Call For International Component In The Deal -280609 By Kelvin Ebiri THE Niger Delta Civil Societies Coalition (NDCSC) has urged President Umaru Yar'Adua to adhere to recommendation of Niger Delta Technical Committee which advocates a international participation in the amnesty and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme for militants. The NDCSC chairman, Anyakwee Nsirimovu, insisted that the absolute need for a mediation and third party intervention is based on the fact that success of this measure would depend on the trust and confidence that those who lead the effort will muster. FRSC Instills Sanity On The Road With Children -280609 By Tope Templer Olaiya WHEN on June 30 the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Lagos Island Command, files out in a peaceful procession with about 300 students from various schools, it would not be a rehash of a Children's Day parade. Rather it will be another inventive series in the Command's public enlightenment campaign of restoring discipline and sanity on Lagos roads. Harvesting Blood To Save Lives -280609 By Fabian Odum Matters having to do with blood are quite tricky these days. No thanks to the widespread apprehension of the ravaging scourge of immuno-deficiency disease of HIV/AIDS. It Will Work If It Is Comprehensive - Utomi -280609 Now, I have been proved right by the amnesty that is offered. As long as the amnesty is comprehensive, and we don't allow people with security and other interests to play games and say, 'leave this guy or the other person out' and then create loopholes for continuing problems, we will end the restiveness in the Niger Delta this year - with the amnesty. Fashola @ 46: Celebrating Apostle Of Law And Order -280609 By Opeyemi Bamidele All nations seek it daily because it is the key to greatness, sometimes to survival...the electric and elusive quality known as leadership. Wole Bucknor, A Great Musician Dies -280609 By Sunmi Smart-Cole The pioneer Director of Music, Nigerian Navy, Captain Fredrick Oluwole Bucknor, 72, _is dead. According to family sources, Captain Bucknor (who was affectionately called "Wole B" or plain Wole Bucknor), took ill at about 4 am on Saturday, June 13, 2009. THE GREAT MUSIC DEBATE (1) -280609 Last Sunday, in his column, Crossroads, Dr Reuben Abati examined the mindset of the Nigerian youths through the lyrical and musical contents and style of their artistic productions, especially the Hip Hop music. While acknowleging that they have indeed, out of sheer determination and creative zeal, made a success of an industry that had been crippled by the decades of economic and socio-political problems of the country, he noted that the singers have often displayed lack of depth in their composition and entire artistic content. |
Reps, NNPC Tangle Over Oil Money
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From John-Abba Ogbodo, Abuja TWO weeks ago, the ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives engaged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over funds allegedly generated or appropriated to the corporation but were still shrouded in controversial circumstances. The investigation was the continuation of the exercise commenced by the committee in 2008. Epetedo ...Forgotten After June 12 -280609 By Gbenga Adetunji FOR many Lagosians, the mention of "Epetedo" readily brings to mind one event - "June 12". It happened when the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, stood inside the Sports Complex in Epetedo, Lagos Island, and declared himself President and Commander-In-Chief, duly elected by Nigerians. Amnesty:Government's Offer Versus People's Expectations -280609 IT is over a month now, since the Federal Government under the Presidency of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua decided to wield the big stick against militants in the oil rich Niger Delta. For two years, the government seems to vacillate and posture over what should be the mode of engagement with the lords of the creeks. Offer Alone Will Not End The Crisis - Nkanga -280609 HOW would react to the amnesty to militants in the Niger Delta? Why Militants Must Take President's Offer, By Ekpotu -280609 COULD you comment on President Yar'Adua's amnesty to the Niger Delta militants? Megacity: Between Lagosians And Their Environment -280609 By Bayo Olupohunda THE report, "Clearing the Mess of a Megacity" by The Guardian's Louis E. Eke in the Sunday edition of the paper of 11th June 2009 was thought-provoking. Collapse Of Masts In Lagos -280609 By Tunde Alao PERHAPS, it was divine intervention that saved scores of worshippers when two masts erected within the precinct of the building housing their church collapsed during a vigil. 'Arming Young Entrepreneurs With Requisite Skill' -280609 From Hendrix Oliomogbe, Asaba THE old Chinese adage admonishes that it is better to train a man how to fish and in the process feed him for a life time but not for LiveWire Nigeria, a non-governmental organization which runs an International youth enterprise development programme. It would rather add that the fisherman should be equipped with a net after the training. FG Is Not Sincere --Odion Akhaine -280609 Looking at the amnesty offer being made by the government to militants, do you think it will create the necessary platform for peace in the Niger-Delta? Rigging Elections Not Credibly but Messily, 'Areaboyly': Memo to Adele Jinadu (4) -280609 By Biodun Jeyifo Last week in this column, while observing that in this series my focus is on PDP, the ruling party, I promised that in this week's concluding essay, I would have some things to say about the other political parties with regard to the impunity and messiness with which elections are rigged in Nigeria. In making good that promise in this week's column, I wish to use as a parable the following story about how Zamfara United, one of the clubs in Nigeria's football premiership league, openly, blatantly and laughably rigged its way out of relegation from that league a few weeks ago at the end of the just concluded season. Jackson And The African Continent -280609 By Armsfree Ajanaku, With agency reports A FIGHT in a Florida bus, a Nigerian radio anchor in tears, in addition to the many more grieving across the world. These all tell the story of the exit of the King of Pop. |
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