Politics

LBN Business & Political News Digest: Survey Shows Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate at 23.9% in 2011, Nigeria Loses N700b on Kaduna Refinery, Lessons for East Africa From Nigeria Fuel Crisis

January 30, 2012
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Jonathan decries poor ratings of Nigerian varsities Vanguard Fidelity Bank Managing Director, Mr. Reginald Ihejiahi and political economist, Prof Patrick Okedinachi Utomi received Doctor of Business Administration honoris causa while former NigerianBar Association President Olisa Agbakoba bagged the Doctor of … Nigeria not a dumping ground, Minister [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Enough is Enough 10-Point Demand to Goodluck Administration

January 24, 2012
Enough is Enough

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAGOS, NIGERIA Our 10-Point Demand: Enough is Enough Nigeria’s Official Reaction to the Called-Off Labour Strike (January (24th), 2012) Lagos, Nigeria. “Protest is beyond Labour. It is a matter for the Nigerian people.” – Abdulwaheed Omar, NLC [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, Kano … When Will the Killings Stop?

January 24, 2012
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PRESS RELEASE LAGOS, NIGERIA January 24 , 2012 Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, Kano … When Will the Killings Stop? The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government. – Chapter 2, Section 14 2(b), Constitution of [...]

Fashola to Jonathan: You Have No “Justification for Sending . . . Soldiers to a Gathering of Unarmed Citizens”

January 16, 2012
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Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola took on the Federal Government and President Goodluck Jonathan in an address made earlier today. Jonathan deployed the Nigerian military to places where Lagosians had previously protested peacefully this past week. Below is what Fashola had [...]

President Goodluck Jonathan Reduces Fuel Price to 97Naira – Strike Goes On

January 16, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan

Embargoed: Not For Broadcast Before 0700hrs On Monday, January 16, 2012 Presidential Address On The Implementation Of The Deregulation Policy In The Downstream Sector Of The Petroleum Industry, Sunday, January 15, 2012 ________________________________________________ Dear Compatriots, 1. This is the second [...]

Nigeria Oil Shutdown ‘Last Resort’ as Strike Enters Second Week

January 16, 2012
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Bloomberg “Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Nigerian oil union Pengassan said it will only shut down oil output as “a last resort” in Africa’s top crude producer to give more time for negotiations with President Goodluck Jonathan’s government to end a [...]

Opinion: Goodluck Jonathan: How Not To Practice Zoology

January 13, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan

NOTE: The opinion expressed herein is not necessarily that of LadybrilleNigeria.com or its affiliates. The announcement of the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy is causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement. Nigerians have been caused to lose sleep [...]