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Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed suspended FIFA executive member, Amos Adamu, over allegations of corruption. According to EFCC spokesman, Femi Babafemi: “We invited Adamu after he finally arrived in the country on Friday and he has been at our office in Abuja since Wednesday morning.” Babafemi said that the anti-corruption body […]
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Columnists, P
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo, New Nigerian Politics – May 11, 2008 Even as their cup runnth over in ways that would make their biblical cousins green with envy, the Kalabaris have failed to transform their good fortunes into political capital in Rivers State and one often wonders why this tribe of overachievers cannot navigate its […]
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Columnists, P
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo, New Nigerian Politics – August 14, 2009 As the honeymoon, goodwill and euphoria that trailed Obamas elections fade into the American eastward wind, the true disposition of Americans in relation to his presidency is being brought to the fore with unabashed veracity and frightening tenacity. We see now against the backdrop […]
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Columnists, P
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo, New Nigerian Politics – August 14, 2008 As the world now knows, Nigeria has forever lost the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, Nigeria’s ever-so loving neighbors. This was the end result of the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seating more than 4,000 miles away in The Hague, Netherland. […]
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Columnists, P
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo, New Nigerian Politics – Dec 22, 2008 In the last several weeks, my inbox has been inundated with petitions in favor of Kengema State which is to be created from the current Rivers State. For those not aware, Kengema would comprise of what is mainly the riverine areas of Rivers State […]
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Columnists, P
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo, New Nigerian Politics – Jan 12, 2009 Nowhere on God’s green planet have I seen a mass of humanity so cowed by their corrupt and thieving leaders; nowhere in God’s universe have I seen a people so afraid to confront their leaders and ask what they have done with the billions; […]
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Articles, Columnists, P
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Phil Tam-Al Alalibo, New Nigerian Politics – Dec 22, 2010 Countless Nigerian men in the United States and the rest of the Diaspora are suffering silently because of their marriages to ‘fast food’ wives. This is interesting as it is becoming increasingly difficulty in this day and age to marry a Nigerian woman who knows […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

A Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Muftau Olokooba, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late military ruler, General Sani Abacha, alongside others standing trial over an alleged attempt to murder the publisher of the Guardian Newspapers, Chief Alex Ibru. The judge, in his ruling on […]
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Articles, Columnists
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba (Yola, Nigeria) Dec 22, 2010 Now is the time for Nigerians to examine their nation’s constitution to be able to hold their public servants accountable both to them and the constitution. The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has been observing the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria […]
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Ekiti, State News
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, presented a budget proposal of N74.7 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2011 fiscal year. The budget, which was entitled, “Budget of Renewal,” has N40 billion, representing 55 per cent, for capital expenditure, while N30 billion, representing 45 per cent, was proposed as recurrent […]