Owners of Nigeria XII-Umar Yar’Adua: A Hostage President

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: February 9, 2010

In December 2006, Olusegun Obasanjo fulfilled his promise of returning power back to the north, when he arm-twisted some southern candidates from his party (People’s Democratic Party) to step down for his candidate Umar Yar’Adua.

President’s Absence Leaves Nigerians Seeking Leadership After Christmas Day Attack

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: January 4, 2010

It has been 42 days since Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua was rushed to Saudi Arabia with heart problems for medical treatment. In the wake of the attempted Christmas day bombing of an American airliner near the city of Detroit by a 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, voices are being raised by critics and by the general public about Mr. Yar’Adua’s long absence.

The Nigerian Licensed Killers

By Desmond Utomwen

Published: December 31, 2009

Until Saturday 5 December, 2009, the parents of six students that were killed by police in Ekpoma had high hope. This was fired largely by the expectation that their children, student of the Ambrose Ali University in Ekpoma, Edo State were displaying promising signs. With the graduation of the children from the institution fast approaching, the parents were optimistic that the feat of their children would further bring glory to their various families. But this was not to be. Shortly after their exams on that Saturday, the students, who were said to be basking in the euphoria of the successful completion of their exams were relishing the moment as neighbours in the premise of their rented apartment when they was shot dead.

Nigerian Man Sentenced for Stealing Over $1.3 Million from Club Accounts

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: December 31, 2009

Akinyemi Bamisaiye, a/k/a Yemi Olufemi Bamisaiye, age 41, of Clarksville, Maryland and Sajjad Nazar Mahar, age 49, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, each to 52 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with a scheme to steal funds from their former employer, a country club in Silver Spring, Maryland, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. Bamisaiye and Mahar pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering; Mahar also pleaded guilty to wire fraud. The defendants were taken into custody today to begin serving their sentence.

How I was Brutalized by the Police and Guaranty Trust Bank Employees – Journalist

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: December 29, 2009

Few days after the amnesty report indicted the Nigeria Police of extra judicial killings and brutality, a journalist with The NEWS Magazine; DESMOND UTOMWEN is assaulted to stupor by a combined team of staff of Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB and Policemen.

THE EMERGENCE OF THE TALIBAN IN THE NORTH-EAST NIGERIA

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: December 29, 2009

One will never understand the whys and how the so-called Taliban came into existence without knowing the history of the Izala movement in Nigeria.

Terrorism in Nigeria, Former President Obasanjo Ignored Earlier Warning

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: December 29, 2009

In 1999 Napoleon Igboku-Otu, journalist and environmental activist stumbled on a piece of information that borders on national security. Perhaps if something had been done may be we may not have had the serious case of terrorism facing the world now. According to the information, extremist Palestinian Islamic group, Hamas, were to train some Islamic fundamentalists in Nigeria for an all-out Islamic Jihad against non-muslims, they had recruited Iraqi dissident military officers.

How Zenith and Union Banks Aided Odili to Loot River State

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: November 9, 2009

Reports from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission reveal how Dr. Peter Odili, former Governor of River state looted several billion of the state and disbursed same to cronies.

Appeal Court Removes Iyiola Omisore from the Senate

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: October 30, 2009

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Ibadan yesterday, sacked Iyiola Omisore, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation. He ceases to be a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

U.S. Journalist Discusses Threats to Press Freedom in Kenya

By admin

Published: October 21, 2009

The Kenyan press led by well-known English dailies the Daily Nation and The Standard and a vibrant broadcasting sector, has, in the last decade, established itself as a relative safe haven for journalists in the region.

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