Monday 8th February, 2010

• Nigeria To Open Bidding For Telecom Privatization

  Morning Star

  -(Dow Jones)- Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises, or BPE, said Monday it would open the bidding for the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd., or Nitel, and its mobile arm M-TEL, on

• Nigeria: Yar'Adua Should [editorial]

  All Africa

  editorial Nigeria's President Umar Musa Yar'Adua should not wait until he is forced out. After all, he has been out of the country for almost four months, reportedly in a Saudi hospital receiving tre...

• Nigerian Lawmakers to Consider Making Vice President Acting Leader

  VOA

  Threats, Violence Compound Nigeria's Leadership Crisis Nigeria's National Assembly meets Tuesday in a session that will consider a request by state governors to make the vice president the country's a...

• Nigeria: Foreign Bank Buys Into 3 Troubled Banks

  All Africa

  Abuja — THE European Investment Bank, EIB, is to buy into some of the nation's troubled banks, Vice President of the Bank, Mr. Plutarchos Sakellaris has said.

• Nigeria: PIB - NNPC, Nupeng Resolve to Work Together

  All Africa

  Abuja — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers have resolved to work together to ensure the smooth passage of the Petroleum...

• Nigeria: UCF Urges Cooperation from Wards

  All Africa

  Ughelli — CHAIRMAN, Elders Council of the Urhobo Consultative Forum, UCF, Chief G.N.O. Sefia has charged ward executives to work in harmony with all members of the group to achieve the aims and ...

• Nigeria: Oshiomhole Carpets Country's Leadership

  All Africa

  Lagos — GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that leadership in Nigeria is characterised by culture of indiscipline, indecency and corruption among other vices, adding that the countr...

• Nigeria: Ndokwa East Alleges Marginalisation

  All Africa

  Asaba — THE people of Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, weekend, expressed regret over alleged marginalisation. They called on the state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and the m...

• Amodu Nigeria sacking down to public pressure

  Soccernet

  The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) insists his organisation were forced to sack coach Shaibu Amodu because of public pressure for a more high-profile appointment.

• Football: Van Gaal snubs Nigeria job

  CNN

  (CNN) -- Nigeria's short-list of targets for the vacant national manager's job has been cut by one after Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal distanced himself from the role.

• Nigerian Christians count dead after Jos violence

  New Jersey Online

  (AP) — JOS, Nigeria - A Christian group says 20 of its members died and another 56 remain missing after religious and political violence that consumed central Nigeria last month. A reverend wi...

• Nigeria: Mimiko Congratulates Obi, Salutes Anambrarians

  All Africa

  Akure — Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, on Sunday, congratulated Peter Obi on his re-election as the governor of Anambra State, describing the victory as a huge step forward towards an end...

• Nigeria: The Best by INEC - Fayose

  All Africa

  Lagos — Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has described the conduct of Saturday's governorship election in Anambra State as the best ever conducted by the Independent National Electoral C...

• Nigeria: Poll Free, Fair, Says Obi

  All Africa

  Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, who was re-elected on Saturday for another four-year term, has described the election as free, fair and transparent. Obi, who made the declaration while reacting ...

• Nigeria: IMB Piracy Reports and Implications for Nigerian Shipping [analysis]

  All Africa

  analysis The managing director of Genesis Worldwide Shipping, Emmanuel Iheanacho, is worried. His worry stems from the branding of Nigeria as a sea pirate-prone country, a situation, which has made b...

• Nigeria: Invading the Drug Raiders in Kura

  All Africa

  Kano — But for providence, the Kano command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) could have witnessed a repeat of the massacre of some of its personnel sometime ago in Kabo Local ...

• Nigeria: An Appeal to MEND

  All Africa

  "Thirty days after our people surrendered our arms we have not seen any progress. We are tired of having these meetings. Today you call this group, tomorrow you call another group and nothing is being...

• Chaotic Nigeria vote shows little progress on reforms

  Breitbart

  A chaotic election in a volatile Nigerian state has highlighted the dire need for electoral reforms in the African giant a year ahead of presidential polls, analysts and observers said Monday. Former ...

• Benin fire coach and players

  World Soccer News

  Dussuyer, who has been in charge since June 2008, saw his team suffer two defeats against Nigeria and Egypt and a 2-2 draw against Mozambique seeing them finish third in Group C. "A decision h...

• Nigerian Christians count dead after Jos violence

  Gadsden Times

  A Christian group says 20 of its members died and another 56 remain missing after religious and political violence that consumed central Nigeria last month.

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