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Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Tue, 06 Sep 2010 19:17:51 +0100 BO Adamson - info@thenigerianvoice.com 9/6/2010 7:17:51 PM Bright Owusu - webmaster@thenigerianvoice.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 JOS Sept THEWILL The report on the renewed sectarian crisis which engulfed Jos and its environs in Plateau State early this year has cited ethnic cleavages pointing accusing fingers at the Jonah Jangled Plateau State Government THEWILL findings has revealedA highpowered Presidential Advisory Committee on the ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33826/1/jos-crisis-lar-report-indicts-jonah-jang.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33826/1/jos-crisis-lar-report-indicts-jonah-jang.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33826/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:55:36 +0100 0 KANO Sept THEWILL Former military dictator and presidential aspirant General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida wants the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to clearly explain its position on the zoning arrangement the party adopted for the partyrsquos ticket to the presidential electionBabangida told THEWILL in ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33825/1/ibb-asks-pdp-to-clearly-explain-its-position-on-zo.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33825/1/ibb-asks-pdp-to-clearly-explain-its-position-on-zo.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33825/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:55:36 +0100 0 ABUJA Sept THEWILL The Action Congress of Nigeria ACN has described the Peoples Democratic Party PDP as one of the biggest disasters to have ever befallen Nigeria saying the th anniversary of the ruling party is a sad reminder of Nigerias arrested development since when the lsquoclueless party came into po ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33824/1/pdp-is-biggest-disaster-to-befall-nigeria-acn.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33824/1/pdp-is-biggest-disaster-to-befall-nigeria-acn.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33824/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:55:35 +0100 0 ABUJA Sept THEWILL The South East caucus in the National Assembly has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to stop the planned award of the contract for the construction of the second Niger bridge to GITTO Nigeria Limited saying the company is incompetentThe group in a petition to President Goodluck Jonathan si ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33823/1/2nd-niger-bridge-south-east-na-caucus-petitions-jo.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33823/1/2nd-niger-bridge-south-east-na-caucus-petitions-jo.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33823/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:54 +0100 0 DUTSE JIGAWA Sept THEWILL Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has stated that if corrupt officials walk around unpunished for their offences the much anticipated national growth and development will continue to elude the country Lamido spoke in Dutse at a roundtable discussion to mark the th anniversary of ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33822/1/freedom-for-corrupt-public-officials-will-derail-g.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33822/1/freedom-for-corrupt-public-officials-will-derail-g.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33822/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:52 +0100 0 KANO Sept THEWILL THE contempt with which Sudan and Saudi Arabia Airlines hold Nigerian passengers especially Umra Pilgrims became evidently clearer in the last two weeks when both airlines allegedly chose to treat passengers in a manner that contradicts the international aviation regulations bordering on airline and pa ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33821/1/passengers-decry-saudi-sudan-airlines-treatment.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33821/1/passengers-decry-saudi-sudan-airlines-treatment.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33821/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:52 +0100 0 ABUJA Sept THEWILL The House of Representatives wants the federal government to discontinue the rebranding project being spearheaded by the Information and Communication Minister Prof Dora Akunyili saying the campaign has outlived its usefulness Chairman of the House Committee on Information and National Orienta ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33820/1/reps-want-fg-to-stop-rebranding-campaign.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33820/1/reps-want-fg-to-stop-rebranding-campaign.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33820/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:49 +0100 0 http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33819/1/kidnappers-place-n50m-ransom-on-nicholas-ukachukwu.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33819/1/kidnappers-place-n50m-ransom-on-nicholas-ukachukwu.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33819/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:51:30 +0100 0 Speaking to newsmen in Abuja at the weekend the lawmaker said releasing AlMustapha would be one of the greatest achievements of President Jonathan I am calling on Mr President to use his good office to please release AlMustapha who has been in detention since Northern Youths gathered recently and peacefully demonstrated demanding f ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33818/1/senator-urges-jonathan-to-release-al-mustapha.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33818/1/senator-urges-jonathan-to-release-al-mustapha.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33818/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:46:39 +0100 0 A member of Jonathans Presidential Advisory Council Alhaji Bamanga Tukur made the assertion in an interview with the Daily Trust in London He said the president would have the best opportunity to oversee credible free and fair elections in the country if he decided not to vie for the presidency Alhaji Bamanga a onetime governor of t ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33817/1/jonathan-will-set-record-by-not-contesting-bamanga.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33817/1/jonathan-will-set-record-by-not-contesting-bamanga.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33817/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:46:37 +0100 0 Speaking to Daily Trust in Abuja yesterday Engr Buba Galadima a chieftain of Buharis Congress for Progressive Change CPC said if INEC wants to conduct a free and fair election in it must first ensure that the registration of voters must be done biometrically by using Data Capturing Machines with special features to determine its locatio ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33816/1/our-worries-over-inecs-data-machines-buharis-aide.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33816/1/our-worries-over-inecs-data-machines-buharis-aide.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33816/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 06 Sep 2010 09:46:34 +0100 0 Come November this year Ghana will join the oil producing club by producing its first barrel of oil off the countrys west coast This will be Ghanas first foray into the oil industry and the general expectation is that Ghana will be able to avoid the pitfalls that have thwarted the efforts of some oilproducing African countries to make the best ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33815/1/ghanas-oil-lessons-from-the-niger-delta.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33815/1/ghanas-oil-lessons-from-the-niger-delta.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33815/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 22:02:58 +0100 0 The EFCC onslaught against some allegedly corrupt state Governors ten of them and their officials has in the last week been met with spirited protests by the concerned parties who are insisting that this is a clear case of political witchhunt and intimidation closely tied to the general elections Rivers state Governor Ro ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33814/1/efcc-the-onslaught-against-ten-governors.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33814/1/efcc-the-onslaught-against-ten-governors.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33814/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:55:02 +0100 0 History has shown that nations need a combination of factors in order to develop and grow These include but are not limited to a measure of natural resources an educated and healthy workforce a culture of saving and innovation an enlightened middle and upper class viable and evolving public institutions a national culture ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33813/1/awolowo-gowon-and-buhari-rethinking-leadership-imp.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33813/1/awolowo-gowon-and-buhari-rethinking-leadership-imp.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33813/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:55:00 +0100 0 Foreigners are often surprised to discover how religion is deeprooted in the psyche of the overwhelming majority of Nigerians When the EgyptianAmerican doctoral student of Harvard Sarah alTantawi visited me early this year to ask some questions regarding the impact of Sharia implementation on women she did not fail to show h ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33812/1/nigeria-religion-without-faith-is-it-worth-the-tro.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33812/1/nigeria-religion-without-faith-is-it-worth-the-tro.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33812/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:54:59 +0100 0 JOS Sept THEWILL A year old Fulani herdsman Usman Idris who has been missing for more than three weeks has been found dead at Gero village near JosThe body of the late Idris was discovered burnt and dumped between thickets of shrubs in a bush after his family had declared him missing for over three weeks He ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33811/1/another-fulani-killed-in-jos.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33811/1/another-fulani-killed-in-jos.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33811/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:54:58 +0100 0 Warhol created a number of works based on the image of Elvis A major new exhibition of works by Andy Warhol focuses on a fouryear period pivotal to his development as an artist This is a very focused exhibition concentrating on the years from to explains Bernhard Burgi director of Basels Kunstmuseum This period is ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33810/1/warhol8217s-pivotal-years.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33810/1/warhol8217s-pivotal-years.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33810/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:50:14 +0100 0 A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts trying to launch a dummy km into the sky had to abort the mission when a valve on their rocket jammed The Copenhagen Suborbitals group is attempting to fly its DIY vehicle from a restricted military test area near Bornholm island in the Baltic Sea The mansized dummy is strapped inside a pressurised ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33809/1/danish-rocketeers-postpone-launch.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33809/1/danish-rocketeers-postpone-launch.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33809/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:50:11 +0100 0 SN A The inner ring of pearls is about one lightyear across The Hubble space telescope has returned to view one of its favourite subjects a giant stellar explosion that was first seen on Earth in The famous supernova is one of the most studied objects in the southern sky The new image of SN A is the observatorys firs ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33808/1/hubble-telescope-re-shoots-1987-supernova.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33808/1/hubble-telescope-re-shoots-1987-supernova.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33808/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:50:08 +0100 0 Prosecutors in Bahrain have accused Shia activists of planning to overthrow the states Sunnidominated government The men arrested since midAugust belonged to a sophisticated terrorist network that was planning and executing a campaign of violence and subversion an official said There has been a series of Shialed protests in ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33802/1/bahrain-accuses-shia-activists-of-terror-campaign.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33802/1/bahrain-accuses-shia-activists-of-terror-campaign.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33802/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:49:01 +0100 0 Officials in New Zealand have been evaluating the damage caused in the city of Christchurch by an earthquake and its many aftershocks Prime Minister John Key said at least buildings suffered significant damage and many of them would probably have to be knocked down An overnight curfew has been lifted but the centre of the city remains ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33801/1/new-zealand-assesses-quake-damage.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33801/1/new-zealand-assesses-quake-damage.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33801/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:59 +0100 0 A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan has killed five soldiers and wounded about others The bomber smashed a car laden with explosives through the gate of a camp near Buynaksk an interior ministry spokesman said The attack took place at local time GMT on Saturday Shootings ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33800/1/dagestan-car-bombing-kills-five-russian-soldiers.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33800/1/dagestan-car-bombing-kills-five-russian-soldiers.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33800/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:56 +0100 0 Miners trapped deep underground in Chile have been contacted by four survivors of a famous plane crash in the Andes mountains Speaking to the miners on video link the four Uruguayan survivors said they brought a message of hope to the miners and their families They were among a group of who endured extreme conditions for da ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33799/1/chile-miners-get-support-from-alive-crash-survivor.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33799/1/chile-miners-get-support-from-alive-crash-survivor.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33799/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:52 +0100 0 The BP well which spilled m gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico poses no further risk to the environment says the US official leading the cleanup Adm Thad Allen made the announcement after engineers replaced a damaged valve on the sea bed The failure of a similar blowout preventer is thought to have caused the oil spill the worst ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33798/1/bp-oil-well-poses-no-further-risk-allen-says.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33798/1/bp-oil-well-poses-no-further-risk-allen-says.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33798/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:49 +0100 0 A state of emergency has been declared in Guatemala where days of heavy rain have caused widespread flooding and landslides At least people have been killed including at least who died when a bus was engulfed by a mudslide President Alvaro Colom said the rains had undone all the reconstruction work completed since Tropical Storm A ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33797/1/heavy-rains-devastate-guatemala.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33797/1/heavy-rains-devastate-guatemala.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33797/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:47 +0100 0 An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency her son says Iranian authorities sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to lashes after the Times newspaper published a picture purportedly of her without a headscarf The Times later published a correction saying the photograph was of a di ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33796/1/iran-stoning-woman-to-be-lashed-over-photograph.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33796/1/iran-stoning-woman-to-be-lashed-over-photograph.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33796/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:42 +0100 0 A fourth Pakistan cricketer is being investigated by crickets governing body claims the News of the World Salman Butt Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are already the subject of police and International Cricket Council ICC investigations over a betting scandal The paper says the ICC is investigating an unnamed fourth man over matchfi ...]]> http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33795/1/pakistan-cricket-team-rocked-by-fresh-fixing-claim.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33795/1/pakistan-cricket-team-rocked-by-fresh-fixing-claim.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33795/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:40 +0100 0 http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33794/1/sri-lanka-panwila-police-illegally-arrest-detain-a.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33794/1/sri-lanka-panwila-police-illegally-arrest-detain-a.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33794/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:48:15 +0100 0 http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33792/1/shilgba-breaking-the-silence.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33792/1/shilgba-breaking-the-silence.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnewsthread1/33792/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 05 Sep 2010 21:44:54 +0100 0 http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33791/1/marketing-jonathans-probable-presidential-candidac.html http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/33791/1/marketing-jonathans-probable-presidential-candidac.html 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