Ex-militants threaten violence over non-inclusion in amnesty programme

vanguardngr Friday, May 18, 2012 2:30:00 AM CEST | info

FRESH crisis is brewing in the Niger Delta, as over 200 ex-militants in the region, who earlier accepted the amnesty granted by the Federal Government, have condemned the alleged non-inclusion of many of them in the amnesty training programme. Category News...

Bafyau, ex-Labour Chief, Bows Out, as Encomiums Pour in

thisdayonline Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:20:00 AM CEST | info

Comrade Pascal Myeleri Bafyau By Our Reporters He had survived several attacks by neo-liberals as a renowned Labour leader, but on Tuesday night, he failed to survive a heart attack, as the battle by doctors to save his life was lost. And that has thrown the Labour community in the country into mourning....

Senate Increases High Court Judges Number to 100

thisdayonline Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:48:00 AM CEST | info

President of the Senate, David Mark By Onwuka Nzeshi The Senate Wednesday passed a bill seeking an increase in the number of Federal High Court Judges from 70 to 100. The bill was read for the third time and passed by legislators in the Upper Chamber of the parliament after they considered and.......

Let Jonathan Decide on 2015, Says Mark

thisdayonline Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:30:00 AM CEST | info

President of the Senate, David Mark By Onwuka Nzeshi President of the Senate, David Mark, Tuesday said the issue of whether or not to contest the 2015 Presidential election should be left to President Goodluck Jonathan as a person to decide. Mark gave the advice at the confirmation of Mr. Inuwa Abdul-Kadir, a ministerial nominee from Sokoto State....

Zvoma clarifies Prof Moyo’s Parliamentary attendance

herald Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:43:00 AM CEST | info

Herald Reporter MAGWEGWE MP Mr Felix Sibanda (MDC-T) yesterday said he will soon move a motion calling for the expulsion of Tsholotsho North MP Professor Jonathan Moyo from the House of Assembly for allegedly failing to attend Parliament. Mr Sibanda said Prof Moyo has been drawing salaries and benefits, but not attending sittings of Parliament....

Zvobgo planned to ditch Mugabe for Tsvangirai two weeks before elections

insiderzim Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:47:00 PM CEST | info

Masvingo Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front provincial supremo Eddison Zvobgo planned to ditch President Robert Mugabe and endorse Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai two weeks before the 2002 presidential elections in exchange for the post of Speaker of Parliament. Read more....

The US had it cut out for a Tsvangirai or Mugabe victory

insiderzim Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:22:00 AM CEST | info

The United States already had it cut out for a Morgan Tsvangirai or Robert Mugabe victory in the 2002 presidential elections three months before the poll. Read more......

Senate tasks complaints commission on partisanship, graft

guardiannewsngr Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:03:00 AM CEST | info

AFTER 13 years of democracy without the Public Complaints Commission (PCC), Senate President, David Mark, yesterday inaugurated it with a charge that any member found to be corrupt or engaged in partisan politics would be shown the way out. Mark lamented that despite the return of democracy over a.......

Dealing with Mugabe the consummate survivor

insiderzim Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:29:00 AM CEST | info

Although presidential elections were just a year away, the United States embassy in Harare was so convinced that President Robert Mugabe would not just go away and mapped out strategies to deal with him and recommended action that the new United States government under George Bush should take. Read more....

Zvobgo kicked out of politburo to protect Mnangagwa’s rise

insiderzim Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:44:00 AM CEST | info

Former Masvingo politburo member Eddison Zvobgo was forced out of the ruling party’s supreme body to protect Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendancy, political commentator Brian Raftopoulos said. Read more......

Kuffuor, A Statesman Or A Hypocrite?

ghanaweb Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:36:00 AM CEST | info

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something.” - Plato While former President John Agyekum Kufuor run his mouth, accusing himself of being an evil genius, many knew his foolery knew no bounds. His accusations of himself were some disjointed hybrid of truth and falsehood....

A quick view of Mugabe’s potential successors

insiderzim Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:54:00 PM CEST | info

The deputy editor of the Zimbabwe Independent , Iden Wetherell, told United States embassy officials that he did not see anyone in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front with the stature or backing to challenge President Robert Mugabe, or even form a lasting government should Mugabe step down....

People of Bikita punished for Zvobgo’s sins

insiderzim Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:54:00 PM CEST | info

An advisor to the Movement for Democratic Change candidate for the Bikita West by-election told United States embassy officials that the violence in the constituency in the run-up to the elections was a reflection of a larger conflict between the Karanga and the Zezuru ethnic groups. Read more......

The Way To Go

guardiannewsngr Saturday, May 12, 2012 3:04:00 AM CEST | info

The Nigerian Stock Market: Strategies For Recovery / Rebound And Practical Bailout Options Brief Perspectives The global financial meltdown which started from the US, in 2006 as a result of the glut in the mortgage industry, spread like a contagion to Europe, Asia, and then to the emerging markets in Africa, including Nigeria....

Ncube says judge is a staunch ZANU-PF supporter

insiderzim Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:01:00 PM CEST | info

Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Welshman Ncube said High Court judge George Chiweshe was not likely to release MDC members including national treasurer Fletcher Dulini- Ncube because he was a former military judge and a staunch Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front supporter....

Senate moves for citizens’ input in yearly budget

guardiannewsngr Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:26:00 AM CEST | info

Sets September deadline for 2013 spending plan Reps to give financial autonomy to state assemblies THE Senate has begun a process that may ensure that the inputs of Nigerians count in the preparation of the nation’s yearly budget. The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly is also set to embark on.......

US sponsors dinner to get MDC and ZANU-PF talking

insiderzim Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:14:00 AM CEST | info

The United States embassy in Harare supported a dinner hosted by then Industry Minister Nkosana Moyo to get the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change talking. Read more......

Senate seeks government, Boko Haram dialogue

myjoyonline Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:11:00 AM CEST | info

The Senate Tuesday expressed concern at the recent spate of bomb attacks and the general level of insecurity across the Nigeria....

Senate Seeks FG, Boko Haram Dialogue

thisdayonline Wednesday, May 9, 2012 5:00:00 AM CEST | info

President of the Senate, David Mark By Onwuka Nzeshi The Senate Tuesday expressed concern at the recent spate of bomb attacks and the general level of insecurity across the country. It urged the Federal Government to re-open dialogue with Boko Haram, which had claimed responsibility for the terror attacks....

Akinola: Decadence and pseudo-religious remedies

guardiannewsngr Wednesday, May 9, 2012 3:23:00 AM CEST | info

NIGERIA and its major institutions and agencies have been privatised for maximum looting. From the National Assembly to the bureaucracy and parastatals, the country is systematically plundered by legislators, political office holders and party bosses, and by bureaucrats, bank executives and contractors....

Why Nigeria is backward – ICPC Boss

vanguardngr Tuesday, May 8, 2012 8:27:00 PM CEST | info

NIGERIA has continued to experience persistent deterioration in the quality of governance, because the rules and regulations for doing official businesses are deliberately ignored or circumvented to facilitate corrupt practices, the Acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices And Other.......

MDC victory in 2000 could have been destabilising

insiderzim Tuesday, May 8, 2012 10:05:00 AM CEST | info

A South African legislator Ebrahim Ebrahim told United States embassy officials that the outcome of the 2000 Zimbabwe elections in which the Movement for Democratic Change narrowly lost to the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was a welcome result because a ZANU-PF loss would have been destabilising....

Sudanese delegation in Uganda for talks over South Sudan

sudantribune Tuesday, May 8, 2012 8:18:00 AM CEST | info

May 7, 2012 (JUBA) — The Sudanese government on Saturday dispatched a high level delegation to Uganda as part of efforts to seek remedies to the ongoing tension between the former and neighboring South Sudan. The delegation, the New Vision reported, comprises of lawmakers from the country's national.......

Mugabe sidelines Mujuru

insiderzim Monday, May 7, 2012 9:01:00 PM CEST | info

President Robert Mugabe is reported to have sidelined the main rivals in his succession battle Solomon Mujuru and Emmerson Mnangagwa giving the two camps only six of the 22 ministerial posts he had squeezed from the inclusive government. Read more......

Mujuru worked with Tsvangirai to marginalise Mugabe

insiderzim Monday, May 7, 2012 5:12:00 PM CEST | info

Retired general Solomon Mujuru was working closely with Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai after the signing of the Global Political Agreement in an effort to marginalise President Robert Mugabe. Read more......

Conference gave Mujuru another chance to challenge Mugabe

insiderzim Monday, May 7, 2012 5:12:00 PM CEST | info

Former army commander Solomon Mujuru who had been against President Robert Mugabe’s continued stay at the helm of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front since 2006 was to be provided another chance to challenge the octogenarian at the December party annual conference. Read more......

Ilenre: Wriggling out of instability

guardiannewsngr Monday, May 7, 2012 3:58:00 AM CEST | info

NIGERIA is today facing its severest test of survival more than anytime since independence, 52 years ago. One cannot think about the congealing state of the socio-economic decline, political and human rights abuse, collapse of industrial and agricultural production, incompetence, poverty and deaths.......

Four MPs loyal to Mujuru voted for Tsvangirai candidate

insiderzim Sunday, May 6, 2012 2:54:00 PM CEST | info

Four Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Members of Parliament who were affiliated to the Solomon Mujuru camp voted for the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai candidate for speaker, Lovemore Moyo, United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee said. Read more......