₦airaland Forum

Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:09


Niger's President Mamadou Tandja was detained by mutinous troops today after a coup in the African uranium exporter that left at least three soldiers dead, military sources said.

Three Nigerien military sources said the coup was led by a soldier named Major Adamou Harouna.

'The coup leader has succeeded. It is being led by Major Adamou Harouna,' one source said.

AdvertisementThe president and the ministers are being detained not far from the presidential palace, the sources added.

Earlier in the day plumes of smoke were seen rising from the palace after soldiers attacked the building where Tandja was holding a meeting, sparking several hours of gunfire in the capital Niamey.

Political tensions have been high in Niger in recent months over Tandja's extension of his rule, which drew widespread criticism and international sanctions.

State radio, which had been broadcasting normally, began playing military music.

Witnesses said machine gun and heavy weapons fire erupted in the city at around 12pm Irish time.

Four hours later most shooting had eased.

Hospital sources said at least three soldiers were killed in the clashes. Earlier, a Reuters witness saw five injured soldiers at a hospital.

An intelligence officer, who asked not to be named, said the violence was a coup attempt that the presidential guard was trying to put down.

A French diplomatic source called the incident a coup attempt but said the fighting was short-lived.

Soon after 3p, a Reuters witness said soldiers from the presidential guard had reinforced positions around state television and radio installations.

Broadcasts continued as normal though the city's main markets had closed.

Police sources said they believed the attackers came from outside the city in armoured vehicles.

'It goes to show the political crisis is deepening. This indicates that there is growing discontent against Tandja, even in the loyalist camp,' said Control Risks analyst Rolake Akinola.

'We will see increased political and regional pressure for Tandja to concede (political) ground.'

Tandja drew criticism and sanctions after dissolving parliament and orchestrating a constitutional reform in 2009 that gave him added powers and extended his term beyond his second five-year mandate, which expired in December.

The move, which removed most checks on Tandja's authority, abolished term limits, and gave him an initial three more years in power without an election, drew international criticism.

West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS suspended Niger and the United States terminated trade benefits, while former colonial power France also criticised Tandja last year.

ECOWAS, which has for months been attempting to broker a solution to the deadlock between Tandja and the opposition, said it would send a mission to Niger to assess the situation, adding it would impose further sanctions on any group that took power unconstitutionally.[/li]

http://www.euronews.net/2010/02/18/niger-president-held-in-military-coup/



WHAT LESSON(S) FOR SICKLY NIGERIA? INCURABLY GREEDY POLITICIANS? UNREPENTANT ETHNOCENTRIC NAIRALANDERS? GRUMBLING DOCILE SIDDON-LOOK NIGERIANS?

mantiete:
that Nigeria now produces between 1.6 million and 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) and is sticking to its quota allocated by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
That translates into earning N18 billion a day.

your responses are laughable. they betray your individual and collective ignorace. that's how writers (rabble-rousers, insinuators, provocators, inciters, speculators etc. ) program you to think, feel, talk, behave and probably act; like robots.

now 1.7million barrels per day translate to N18Billion a day. do you know how much it costs to  produce one (1) barrel of oil ? do you know what constitutes the cost of production? do you know what percentage of the cost is paid by government? do you know what percentge of the profit goes to the government? do you know what percentage of the cost is paid by the producing companies? do you know what percentge of the profit goes to the producing companies? do you know the incubation period for oil and gas field development? these are just few tips to let you know that oil and gas business is far more than just number of barrels times number of nairas (dollars).

edoyad:
This stupid PDP mentality that's becoming prevalent will get us no where. Is the USA not inhabited by two legged human beings like those in other parts of the world. So because It's the US their below par preparation should be given consideration over Rio. The best prepared city won and to be honest south America deserve the 2016 oly.
Pele was dazzling the world long before Obama or Michelle were born so Let's forget that star power thing. If you notice, the IOC members are usually middle aged and Pele would appeal more to them than the Obama's who are Facebook/ Nairaland generation idols.

either you did not watch the voting or you were not attentive or you are just a bit mischievous.
if you listened to OIC at the event, it was clearly stated that all the 4 cities were equally capable of successfully hosting the games. all the cities had equal chances of being voted. it had nothing to do with adequate/inadequate preparations. there are other reasons behind the vote. for example, the 2012 Olympic would be hosted in London, Europe just next door neighbours of Spain this puts Madrid in disadvantage; China just hosted the last games and put fellow Asian country japan in disadvantage; while Rio had a lot of sympathy because no south American country had hosted the games. these days sport bodies think it expedient to rotate hosting of games to among all the continents, that explains why the 2010 fifa world cup is viewed as "African, not necessarily 'South african'. that is what affected Chicago (USA).
Obama did what he was suppose to do. he couldn't afford to sit on the fence on issues like this. he is not a president that runs away from responsibility. it would be cawordice for him to be passive on something that americans are passionate about. If president Obama remained passive and Chicago losses the bid, then the whole world would be calling for his head because he did not give his support. now he die what is proper for his office and you are calling him fool? a failure? this is not Obama's personal failure, it is America's due to no fault of theirs. "winners never quit and quitters never win".
pls have a rethink.

naijatoday and your co-travellers. i hail you for a poor job of wasting a limited resource, time.
why are you so daft to have fallen prey, cheaply, to the the deceits of an insensitive and conscienceless mischievous writer. the distractful writer must be the happiest man (or woman) in nigeria now, and by extension, on earth  ( because nigeria still holds the record of the happiest people on earth), having achieved his goal of charging  you ignoramuses into frantic massaging of your crooked brains in search of adjectives to qualify (or disqualify??) president Yar'adua.
haba; nairalanders, are you so gullible that you must swallow every bait hook, line and sinker??
are you so confused that you can not differentiate facts and fiction even when a lie is in 3D and tangible??
can't you wait a split second, take a look before you leap? apart from nigerian leaders (most of them anyway), i've never been so disappointed in my life like your blind overaction to a figment of an amateur writers imagination.
you must earnestly seek for forgiveness, from God, or anyother sources, for all the abuses you have raned (or you are still howling) on president Yar'adua and others on account of the ill conceived newspaper article. (on other counts i don't know).
now this is the bottom line: Fg Reverses Warri Pti Upgrade. mothing can be farther from the truth. think about it. if you ca not think, be patient and wait for time to tell you what you ought to know.

Quote from: klas on June 29, 2009, 01:03 PM

Their CATTLE is NIGERIA and they are minding it well.

saddik:
Gba!

end of discussion; an gama. thank u so much klas and saddik. nairalanders can we make progress

And we Yorubas say NO to Ethnocracy form of goverment. Ethnocracy is not democracy. It is two different thing. We say remove the Yorubas, edo, delta and bayelsa into Benin republic and make the north have 70% of the oil and 90% of the land.

are you speaking for the yoruba race or for yourself?
i think it is high time people like you learnt to know the difference between personal opinion and collective opinion. in the elementary school we learnt it as 'singular and plural'.

i think nairalanders should be a bit more serious on issues raised at the forum. so far very very few meaningful contibutions have been posted on this and other topics under discussion. most nairalanders are just feeding themselves with the evergreen ethnic thrash. if the rambling in the nairaland represent the how the youth think and act, then there is no solution for nigeria's problems or challenges however we may like to view it. at least we should be profering (or postulating, where we can not profer) some possible (and probably) practical/workable solutions to the problems/challenges of the society whihch we are highlighting (even though they are glaring). permit me to join the religious in saying 'na only God go help niger'.
God blees nigeria.

I want to start sending and receiving money on the net via paypal, but during registration i got stuck because Nigeria is not among the official countries of operation (as in the drop-down box)  so i couldn't proceed from there. can someone out there help me out? i trust I'llget enough help.

Plsb note that i no be yahoo-yahoo boy.

Nairalanders please help me. i use a hp notebook (AMD turion 64x2) on windows vista. i tried to download u-torrent file (with file extension .torrent) from the net and since then my computer does not open any .exe file. i mean it does not run any application file! whenever i attempt to open an application, windows pop-up the download security warning endlessly. the system restore does not run either. any help for me? Huh Huh
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Kindly send them text pleading with them against passing ANY THIRD TERM AGENDA.
You can also call them, to discuss with them.

They are to be addressed as Distinguished Senators please.

God is on our side. Evil will NEVER Prevail in Nigeria of our time.

I bring this to you because of my belief in the maxim that "THE HOTTEST SPOT IN HELL IS RESERVED FOR THOSE MEN OF GOODWILL WHO KEPT QUITE IN TIMES OF MORAL CRISIS"



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    FCT (PDP)
    08033115155

      Abia state


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    Abia Central (PDP)
    08033113946

      Senator Uche Chukwumerije
    Abia North (PDP)
    08033346622

      Adamawa state


      Senator Jibril Aminu
    Adamawa Central (PDP
    08033118844

      Senator Jonathan Zwingina
  (Deputy Leader)
    Adamawa South (PDP)
    08033141819
  (09-2340184)

      Akwa Ibom State


      Senator Udoma Udo Udoma
    PDP
    08023050580

      Senator Ittak Bob Ekarika
    PDP
    08023525582

      Anambra state


      Senator Joy Emordi
    Anambra North (PDP)
    08033158340

      Senator Ikechukwu Abanah
    Anambra Central (PDP)
    08033204107

      Senator Ugochukwu Uba
    Anambra South (PDP)
    08033217100

      Bauchi state


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    Bauchi Central (PDP)
    08023077047
  08044180869

      Senator Abubakar Maikafi
    Bauchi South (PDP)
    08033225618
  08023550446
  08044182240

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    Bauchi North (PDP)
    08033140506
  08044183007

      Bayelsa state


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    Bayelsa East (PDP)
    08037011188

      Senator David Cob Brigidi
    Bayelsa Central (PDP)
    08033139102

      Senator J. K. Binabrambaifa
    Bayelsa West (PDP)
    08037087050

      Benue state


      Senator Daniel I. Saror
  (Deputy Minority Leader)
    Benue North East (ANPP)
    08035901001
  08044160013

      Senator Joshua Adagba
    Benue North West (PDP)
    08033500214

      Senator David A. B. Mark
    Benue South (PDP)


      Borno state

      Senator Mohammed Daggash
    Borno North (PDP)
    08034080322
  08023550362
      Senator Umar A. Hambagda
    Borno South (ANPP)
    08022241300
  08023570881
      Senator Mohammed A. Aji
    Borno Central (ANPP)
    08033145231
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    Cross Rivers Central (PDP)
    08033141877
  08023571782

      Senator Gregory J. Ngaji
    Cross Rivers North (PDP)
    08023571782

      Senator Bassey Ewa-Henshaw
    Cross Rivers South (PDP)
    08033075308

      Delta state


      Senator Felix. O. Ibru
    Delta Central (PDP)
    08033370096
  08033224950

      Senator Patrick E. Osakwe
    Delta North (PDP)
    08033145393
  08023395181

      Senator James Ebiowou Manager
    Delta South (PDP)
    08042122135
  08033224957

      Ebonyi state


      Senator Nshi Christopher Ucha
    Ebonyi North (PDP)
    08035863613

      Senator Azu Emmanuel
    Ebonyi South (PDP)
    08034443000

      Edo state


      Senator Oserheimen Osunbor
    Edo Central (PDP)
    08035906909
  08044183396

      Senator Victor K. Oyofo
    Edo North (PDP)
    08033098951

      Senator Daisy Danjuma
    Edo South (PDP)
    08034022237

      Ekiti state


      Senator Clement K. Awoyelu
  (Deputy Chief Whip)
    Ekiti Central (PDP)
    08037879678
  08035879727

      Senator James O. Kolawole
    Ekiti North (AD)
    08044185004
  08023249288
  08036018880

      Senator Bode Olowoporoku
    Ekiti South (PDP)
    08034090114
  08046121985

      Enugu state


      Senator Ikennam Ekweremadu
    Enugu West (PDP)
    08033029024
  0804610 0501
  08033029024

      Gombe state


      Senator Sa’ad Abubakar Mohammed
    Gombe Central (PDP)
    08023113098
  08044183569

      Senator Haruna Garba
    Gombe North (ANPP)
    08044119824

      Senator Tawar Umbi Wada
    Gombe South (PDP)
    08036363407

      Imo state


      Senator Ifeanyi G. Ararume
    Imo North (PDP)
    08033144404
  08033115555

      Jigawa state


      Senator Bello M. Yusuf
    Jigawa Southwest (ANPP)
    08033140115
  08037043932

      Senator Mohammed Ibrahim
    Jigawa North East (ANPP)
    08037001254

      Senator Dalha Ahmed Dan-Zomo
    Jigawa North West (ANPP)
    08033578824

      Kaduna state


      Senator Mukhtar A.M. Aruwa
    Kaduna Central (ANPP)
    08033156160

      Senator Isaiah C. Balat
    Kaduna South  (PDP)
    08033120007

      Senator Dalhatus S. Tafida
  (Senate Leader)
    Kaduna North  (PDP)
    08037016170
  08044185555

      Kano state


      Senator Bello Hayatu Gwarzo
    Kano North (PDP)
    08037004446
  08022241300

      Senator Rufai Sani Hanga
    Kano Central (ANPP)
    08033262270

      Senator Usman K. Umar
    Kano South (ANPP)
    08044123295
  08033164285

      Katsina state



      Senator Umaru Ibrahim Tsauri
  (Chair, Rules & Bus. Comm)
    Katsina Central (PDP)
    08035907550
  08028451000

      Senator Ibrahim Abubello
    Katsina South   (ANPP)
    08037891279

      Senator Mahmud Bello Kanti
    Katsina North   (ANPP)
    08033146901

      Kebbi state


      Senator Sani A. Kamba
    Kebbi North (ANPP)
    08033118844
  08022330957

      Senator Sami Usman Sani
    Kebbi South (ANPP)
    08033260801

      Senator Bunza Farouk Bello
    Kebbi Central (ANPP)
    08044180879
  08035803039

      Kogi state


      Senator Tunde Ogbeha
    Kogi West (PDP)
    08034005000

      Senator Mohammed S. Ohiare
    Kogi Central (PDP)
    08037871180

      Senator Nichola Ugbane
    Kogi East (ANPP)
    08033141812

      Kwara state



      Senator Suleman M. Ajadi
    Kwara South (ANPP)
    08037864068
  08044109884

      Senator Ahmed Inuwa
    Kwara North (PDP)
    08033565641

      Senator Gbemisola R. Saraki-Fowora
    Kwara Central  (PDP)
    08033138175
  08037004852

      Lagos state


      Senator Obanikoro Mohammed O.
    Lagos Central (AD)
    08035550641

      Senator Afikuyomi Tokunbo
    Lagos West (AD)
    08036008080
  08033233161

      Senator Mamora Adeleke Olorunnimbe
    Lagos East (AD)
    08023118862
  08023091551

      Nasarawa state


      Senator Sodangi Abubakar Danso
    Nasarawa West (PDP)
    08044181706
  08035865642

      Senator Okpede Emmanuel O.
    Nasarawa South (PDP)
    08033945750

      Senator Dandoyi
    Nasarawa North (PDP)
    08033116888

      Niger state



      Senator Mohammed Isa
    Niger South (PDP)
    08033120926
  08023019564

      Senator Kuta Idris
    Niger East (PDP)
    08038001942

      Senator Aliyu Nuhu
    Niger North (PDP)
    08033119454

      Ogun state



      Senator Amosun Ibikunle Oyelaja
    Ogun Central (PDP)
    08033213993

      Senator Ogunbanjo Olushola O.
    Ogun East (PDP)
    08033008657

      Senator Anisulowo Iyabode A.
    Ogun West (PDP)
    08034714352
  08023233188

      Osun state



      Senator Ogunwale Kola Felix
    Osun Central (AD)
    08033315555
  08033335555

      Senator Olasunkanmi Akinlabi
    Osun West (PDP)
    08037211188
  08022241713

      Oyo state



      Senator Koleosho Robert Bonuola
    Oyo North (PDP)
    08033275619

      Senator Folarin Teslim Kolawole
    Oyo Central (PDP)
    08033259832

      Senator Ajimobi Abiola A.
    Oyo South (PDP)
    08022235895
  08034022237

      Plateau state


      Senator Adudu Timothy A.
    Plateau North (ANPP)
    08037036298

      Senator Mantu Nasiru I.
    Plateau Central (PDP)
    08033138063

      Senator Niagwan Cosmas
    Plateau South (PDP)
    08033000202

      Rivers state



      Senator Maeba Lee Ledogo
    Rivers South East (PDP)
    08034070775

      Senator Martyns-Yellow E
    Rivers West (PDP)
    08037864633

      Senator Ibiapuyeazuta-Mbata John
    Rivers East (PDP)
    08034070314 08022236721

      Sokoto state


      Senator Maccido Badamasi M.
    Sokoto North (ANPP)
    08035903164

      Senator Yari Sule Gandi
    Sokoto East (ANPP)
    08033140756

      Senator Dahiru Umaru
    Sokoto South (ANPP)
    08044116197
  08037873366

      Taraba state


      Senator Ibrahim Abdulazeez A.
    Taraba Central (PDP)
    08037015320
  08044170273

      Senator Ambuno Zik Sundayd
    Taraba North (PDP)
    08034508219

      Yobe state


      Senator Shehu Usman Albishir
   Yobe North (ANPP)
    08044132773
  08033047458

      Senator Mamman B. Ali
    Yobe South (ANPP)
    08044170317
  08037006254

      Senator Usman Adamu Usman
    Yobe East (ANPP)
    08044182021
  08037860327

      Zamfara state


      Senator Lawal Shuaibu Dansadau
    Zamfara North (ANPP)
    08033117340

      Senator Yushau Mohammed Anka
    Zamfara West (ANPP)
    08033140549





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