Osun DefenderTerrorism:Why Nigeria is a fertile ground — OmeriCodewit World News17052014C Ayomikun Painting Resized Mr Mike Omeri is the coordinator of the National Crisis Information Management Centre, the Federal Government's clearing house for...

Leadership NewspapersIBB To Politicians: Don't Bring Chaos, Anarchy In 2015Leadership NewspapersAs preparation towards 2015 general elections gears up in the country, former military head of state, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida yesterday warne...

Nigerian TribuneAmaechi: PDP plans to use police, military to rig 2015 pollsThe Nation NewspaperAn All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has said leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) plan to use the...

Nigerian TribuneJonathan should make surprise visit to Chibok —APCNigerian TribuneOpposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday, said the presidency could salvage its battered integrity over the botched Chibok trip by arranging a surprise one,...

CHANNELSAl-Makura donates N8m, relief materials to displaced Tiv farmers in NasarawaNigerian TribuneGOVERNOR Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, on Sunday, donated a sum of N8 million and relief materials to displaced Tiv farmers in four local gov...

Daily SunFlawed voters' register: APC accuses Enugu PDP of promoting multiple registrationDailyPost NigeriaThe All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, on sunday, took a swipe on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the controversies surr...

spyghana.comAkpabio commends FRCN for highlighting government activitiesWorldStageAkwa Ibom Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio has applauded Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for highlighting the activities of government especially the transfor...

P.M. NewsBallot snatching, violence mar Kano council pollP.M. News (blog)The Local Government election in Kano, northwest Nigeria, held on Saturday was characterized by violence and electoral malpractices, just as the voters complained about late arriv...

Leadership NewspapersThe descent of a peopleNigerian TribuneRIDICULING President Goodluck Jonathan has suddenly become a favourable pastime of some groups of Nigerians. They deliberately look for his faults, play up same and call him all sorts of names...

ynaijaGo figure! Gov. Dankwambo appoints 1086 aides in GombeynaijaJust when you thought no one could outdo the likes of Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha in appointing a mind-boggling number of aides Gombe helmsman, Ibrahim Dankwambo is reported to h...

The Nation Newspaper“Don't allow Boko Haram kill your faith” – Anglican Bishop charges ChristiansDailyPost NigeriaThe Anglican Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Aloysius Agbo on Saturday charged Christians in Nigeria to remain steadfast ...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram: Abia holds prayers for divine intervention on Chibok girlsDailyPost Nigeriaimage It was a solemn atmosphere at Micheal Okpara Auditorium, Friday, as scores of people, prayer intercessors and clergies from different deno...

Bella NaijaClarion Chukwurah: Ex-Convict Ibinabo not fit to lead AGNBella NaijaEarlier this week, the AGN President Ibinabo Fiberesima wrote an open letter to veteran actress Clarion Chukwurah, who called her out for using the association for personal ...

Bella NaijaClarion Chukwurah: Ex-Convict Ibinabo not fit to lead AGNBella NaijaEarlier this week, the AGN President Ibinabo Fiberesima wrote an open letter to veteran actress Clarion Chukwurah, who called her out for using the association for personal ...

Osun DefenderBoko Haram: Insurgents throw rocket launchers into market in Borno, kill 29 peopleDailyPost NigeriaNo less than 29 people are feared dead following Boko Haram attack at a Market in Ngurosoye village, Bama Local Government Area of Borno Sta...

Nigerian ObserverInterpreters Of MaladiesNigerian ObserverTWO truths are indispensable to leaders. First, they will be criticized. Second, criticism always changes the leader. Unhappy people tend to attack the point person. As a leader, how do you resp...

Daily Times Nigeria2015: Group blasts Akiolu for endorsing Ambode, says Lagos is no one's propertyDailyPost NigeriaRilwan_Akiolu__Oba_of_Lagos_213725276 The Visioners For New Lagos, VFNL, have dismissed the endorsement of an All Progressive Congres...

Leadership NewspapersNBA Accuses Jonathan of Dumping Governance for Politics -This DayNigerian BulletinThe Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday accused the President Goodluck Jonathan of abandoning governance for politicking even when election was ...

The Nation NewspaperNigerians must reject corrupt politicians in 2015, says Anglican bishopThe Nation NewspaperNigerians must take their destinies in their hands and reject candidates without credible pedigrees at the 2015 general polls, the Bishop of ...

CNN InternationalMosques lead prayers for girls abducted by extremistsHerald ScotlandMUSLIMS across Scotland have offered up prayers for the 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists in Nigeria. MUSLIMS across Scotland have offered up prayers for ...

Osun Defender39510 Party Agents For Ekiti Guber PollLeadership NewspapersNo fewer than 39,510 party agents are expected to be accredited by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to participate in the June 21 governorship elections in Ekiti S...

Leadership Newspapers'Wike Swore With His Children Never To Betray Me'Leadership NewspapersRivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has claimed that the supervising minister of education, Nyesom Wike, swore with the names of his children not to b...

Leadership NewspapersFunsho Williams: Lagos Closes Case Against Alleged KillersLeadership NewspapersThe Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions yesterday closed its case against six men arraigned for the murder of former Lagos State governorship...

Leadership NewspapersFunsho Williams: Lagos Closes Case Against Alleged KillersLeadership NewspapersThe Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions yesterday closed its case against six men arraigned for the murder of former Lagos State governorship...

Daily Times NigeriaAPC Leaders Fighting Oshiomhole Are On A Self-seeking Mission – MomohLeadership NewspapersHon Emmanuel Momoh is the Chairman of Etsako Central local government area in this interview with PATRICK OCHOGA speaks on the crisis rocking...

Daily SunAmaechi to Wike:You're a betrayerDaily SunRivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday revealed that the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike swore with the...

CHANNELSChibok Girls: Foreign Intervention Won't Compromise Nigeria's Sovereignty ...CHANNELSWomen-protest-Chibok-girls-abduction Nigeria's Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, on Friday said intervention of foreign troops in the ...

Gunmen Attack UniUyo VC's LodgeDaily Times NigeriaGunmen have attacked the official residence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Prof. Comfort Ekpo, firing bullets into her premises but no life was lost during the incident. This is co...

Leadership NewspapersJTF Kills 60 Boko Haram Insurgents- Nigerian EyeNigerian BulletinNo fewer than 60 persons suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have been confirmed dead, during a fierce battle between them and members of the Joint Military Task Fo...

Daily SunCBT EXAM: JAMB Assures UTME Examination Candidates Of Good ComputersNigerian BulletinThe Ekiti State office of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday assured candidates sitting for the coming computer based Unified Tertiary ...

CHANNELSJonathan Meets Traditional Rulers In Oil Producing StatesCHANNELSjonathan_goodluck President Goodluck Jonathan held a meeting with traditional rulers from oil producing communities in the country behind closed doors. The leader of the delegatio...

Nigerian TribuneAgain, bomb scare in LagosNigerian TribuneAnti-Bomb Police Squad preparing to remove a strange object suspected to be an explosive There was confusion on Thursday on the island of Lagos, following the alarm by some members of the public...

Nigerian TribuneNIGERIA: Bomb Scare : Pandemonium yesterday broke out at ToCodewit World News28042014C Mohammed Abubakar Resized Pandemonium yesterday broke out at Tom Jones area, near Azikiwe Street, Lagos Island, after some sealed suspicious items we...

Daily SunChibok girls: Jonathan's response shows hidden agenda against North – ACFDailyPost Nigeria10155064_757109724312585_7771162355627551815_n The Pan Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Thursday criticised t...

Straits TimesNigeria president cancels visit to village of abducted girlsStraits TimesNigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by rebels a month ago due to...

Daily SunSenate Cautious On Emergency Rule Extension – Senator AbaribeCHANNELSP The Nigerian Senate believes that a decision on the issue of State of Emergency extension in terror-ravaged states should not be made in isolation of service chiefs who h...

Osun DefenderConfab C'ttee Recommends States CreationNigerian ObserverABUJA- The National Conference Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government on Thursday, recommends the creation of more states based on merit. In its final repor...

Daily SunBoko Haram: 523 Christians killed, 54 churches burnt, 90000 displaced in N'East ...Daily SunThe Maiduguri Diocese of the Catholic Church has said that a total of 523 christians were killed by the insurgents, while 54 Churches were burnt an...

Osun DefenderDympna Ugwu-Oju: We must bring our Nigerian girls homeFresno BeeIt has been more than a month since nearly 300 young Nigerian school girls, ages 12 to 17, were abducted from their dormitories — a place where they were supposed to feel sa...

BBC NewsMutiny: Gen Ibrahim Replaces Mohammed as GOC 7Div MaiduguriTHISDAY LiveFollowing the insurrection by soldiers in Maiduguri, leading to their indiscriminate shooting at the Maimalari Barracks on Wednesday, the Nigerian Army has removed the embat...

The Nation Newspaper52000 enjoy Ekiti free health schemeThe Nation NewspaperOver 52,000 people benefited from the ninth edition of the Ekiti State government's free health mission, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Olusola Fasubaa, has said. He sa...

Leadership NewspapersOba Akiolu Endorses Akinwunmi Ambode As Fashola's SuccessorLeadership NewspapersThe Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, yesterday in Lagos endorsed the candidature of Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, a retired permanent secretary and accounta...

Daily SunGunmen Storm Royal Father's Palace Over Chieftaincy TussleLeadership NewspapersThe purported deposition of the Edemo of Ado-Ekiti, Chief Bamidele Aduloju by Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe took a bloody dimension yesterday as some arm...

The PunchBefore the amalgamation of 1914 (3)The PunchShortly before he left London in 1899, and keenly aware of the financial paucity of his territory, Lugard had submitted an ambitious scheme of development in the Northern Protectorate to the Colonial...

WorldStageEFCC docks ex-Chevron accountantNigerian TribuneA former accountant with Chevron Nigeria, Michael Adenuga, was on Thursday, in Lagos, arraigned before an Ikeja High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for alleged fra...

Osun DefenderA spate of unending strikesNigerian TribuneFOR good reason, the Boko Haram insurgency has absorbed the attention of the general public and government at all levels. But while the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls is a national calamity, ...

War against terror: Presidency frowns on ridicule of armed forcesNigerian TribuneTHE Presidency, through the presidential fact-finding committee on the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, has frowned on the disparagement of the country's armed for...

Nigerian TribuneREPS APPROVE EMERGENCY RULE •Say elections may not hold in Borno ...Nigerian TribuneTHE House of Representatives, on Thursday, approved President Goodluck Jonathan's fresh request for an extension of partial emergency rule in Adam...

At Least 60 Suspected Boko Haram Members Killed In JigawaOsun DefenderNigerian Joint Task Force (JTF) reportedly killed at least 60 suspected insurgents in Wednesday night shooting at Lamba Forest, Gwaram LGA, Jigawa State. According to Vanguard, the D...

P.M. NewsUnknown Gunmen Attack Official Residence of UNIUYO's VCNigerian BulletinGunmen reportedly attacked the official residence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, UNIUYO Comfort Ekpo, earlier this week firing bullets into her premi...

CHANNELSReps Approve Extension Of State Of Emergency In North EastCHANNELSHouse of Reps The House of Representatives has approved the request by President Goodluck Jonathan for an extension of emergency rule in the three north eastern states of Borno, ...

CHANNELSEFCC Arraigns Former Anambra Commissioner Over N265m ScamCHANNELSFormer Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Anambra State, Prince Okay Aroh (l) and a former banker with United Bank for Africa, Abimbola Oluwaniyi. A former Commissioner for Youth ...

P.M. NewsPolice Disrupt Chibok Girls Protest In KadunaCHANNELSkaduna protest The Kaduna State Police Command on Thursday disrupted a peaceful protest organised by Women Arise for Change Initiative, led by a civil rights activist, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin....

Daily Times NigeriaGov. Yero Assures Of Peaceful Resolution Of Kachia CrisisDaily Times NigeriaGov. Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State on Thursday directed the ministries of Works, Land and Education to interven in resolving the recent crisis in Kachia follo...

Daily Times NigeriaGov. Yero Assures Of Peaceful Resolution Of Kachia CrisisDaily Times NigeriaGov. Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State on Thursday directed the ministries of Works, Land and Education to interven in resolving the recent crisis in Kachia follo...

Osun DefenderOsun Prohibits Indiscriminate Use Of SirenDaily Times NigeriaThis is contained in a statement signed by the state's Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Sunday Akere. The statement reads in part: “The governor exercising the...

Osun DefenderLest Osun/Ekiti Elections Become 'Pady-Pady' Arrangement – By Rasheed ...Osun DefenderA recent piece was titled- Attention: INEC, Card Reader, and Osun/Ekiti Elections. The piece draws public notice to some hot development that a...

Daily SunBorno: GOC 7 Division Nigerian Army escapes death after unknown gunmen ...DailyPost Nigeriasoldiers11 The Commander 7 Division Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Borno State, northeast of Nigeria, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed narrowly escaped death on...

Bella NaijaLagos “Prophetess” Sets 9 Year Old Daughter AblazeBella NaijaLagos Police authorities have arrested a “prophetess” who reportedly set her 9-year-old daughter ablaze during a spiritual cleansing. The alleged prophetess, 37-year-old Bo...

Leadership NewspapersNYSC To Deploy Corps Members To Oil Companies, Others – DGLeadership NewspapersThe director general, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, said the corps was working on modalities to post NYSC members t...

Premium TimesThree Indians jailed for oil theft in NigeriaPremium TimesA Federal High Court in Yenegoa, Bayelsa on Wednesday convicted three Indians for oil theft in a case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Indian nationa...

Daily SunSoldiers went wild in Borno as GOC addresses themDaily SunSome soldiers on Wednesday went haywire while they were being addressed by some General Officers Commanding. Contrary to rules of conduct, the soldiers fired shots during the address. T...

spyghana.comDora Akunyili arrives India for treatment, thanks Nigerians for prayersDailyPost NigeriaDoraAkunyili3 Former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili has commenced continuation of her treatment in India. A statement o...

The Nation Newspaper2014 Budget Distorted……Federal Governmentspyghana.comThe Federal government on Wednesday blamed the delay of the signing of the 2014 Appropriation Bill into law on the distortions in the figures passed by the National Assembly. ...

spyghana.comPGF Assists FG Over Abducted Girlsspyghana.comThe Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has expressed willingness to assist the Federal Government toward rescuing the abducted schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno. T...

National Mirror2015: Foreign military assistance and Nigeria's internal politicsNational MirrorThough, the United States of America, USA, came on the invitation of the Federal Government in her search to tame the menace of Boko Haram, particularly ...

Daily Times NigeriaWe Should Learn From Sudan's Experience To Avoid Division – Gov AliyuLeadership NewspapersNiger State governor, Dr Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu has said that Nigerians should learn from the break-up of Sudan and work for the unit...

Daily SunEmergency rule extension: Senate summons ministers, service chiefsDaily SunSenate yesterday approved a resolution summoning the Ministers of Defence and Police Affairs, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), National Security Adviser (NSA), the ser...

BBC NewsNigerians defy terror to keep learningBBC NewsThe abduction by Boko Haram of schoolgirls has focused attention on the threat to education in north-eastern Nigeria. What's it like to keep teaching during a state of emergency? The president o...

Nigerian TribunePoly/varsity graduate Dichotomy: FG sets upNigerian TribuneWike CLEMENT IDOKO, writes on the dichotomy between holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) and the university first degree graduate, which has been a raging issue and the rece...

CHANNELSNyanya Blast Mastermind Arrested In Sudan-FGCHANNELSAminu-Ogwuche Federal Government Wednesday evening confirmed the arrest of Abubakar Sadiq Ogwuche, the co-mastermind of the Nyanya bombing where close to 100 persons were confirmed dead and ma...

Fox NewsUPDATE 1-US positions forces in Sicily over Libya security fearsReuters Africa(Recasts with comments on Libya, details on Marines' movement). By Phil Stewart. WASHINGTON May 14 (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it has temporarily m...

Bella NaijaNigerian Man Arrested at MMIA for Attempted Drug SmugglingBella NaijaA 51-year-old Nigerian man who was allegedly attempting to smuggle 3.870kg of suspected Methamphetamine to Nairobi, Kenya, was arrested at Murtala Muhammed International Ai...

Leadership NewspapersWe Are Not Perfect - PDPVanguardABUJA- NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP admitted yesterday that as a party, it was not perfect as mistakes were made in the past, but the opposition, All Progressives Congress...

Daily SunNIGERIA: Tinubu Calls for Jonathan's Resignation over Girls' AbductionCodewit World News14052014C Oluremi Tinubu Resized The Senator representing Lagos East senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Tuesday ...

Osun Defender2015 - Quiet Moves of Jonathan's MenVanguardThe ambience around the men and women gathered that day at the Presidential Hotel, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State was a contrast to the confusion around most of the country, especially up north....

Daily Times NigeriaAjudua's Bail Application Rubbished For Lack Of Meritspyghana.comA Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has rejected a bail application filed for lack of merit by Mr Fred Ajudua. Ajudua is being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding a...

Osun DefenderObasanjo Didn't Win 1999 Election - Okurounmu -PunchNigerian BulletinThe battle for the political soul of Ogun State reverberated on Tuesday at the National Conference in Abuja when a delegate representing the South-West, Senator Femi ...

Daily SunObiano inaugurates task force on road decongestionDaily SunThe Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has flagged off a task force charged with responsibility to decongest state roads of all rickety and abandoned vehicles in major cities of the...

Daily SunObiano inaugurates task force on road decongestionDaily SunThe Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has flagged off a task force charged with responsibility to decongest state roads of all rickety and abandoned vehicles in major cities of the...

Leadership NewspapersWHY Jonathan, PDP Must Go (2)Osun DefenderIn liberal democracy, where no constituent unit is allowed to suffer in the overall interest of the whole, systemic collapse is considered grave; it is seen as a misnomer that should be gro...

Daily SunCabinet shake-up in Akwa IbomDaily SunCommissioners and Special Advisers in Akwa Ibom State have been re-assigned new portfolios in line with the ongoing re-invigoration of the machinery of state government.Governor Godswill Akpabio, who was r...

Nigerian TribuneJonathan seeks extension of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe, AdamawaNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Tueday, approached the Senate with a request seeking the extension of the one-year-old state of emergency declared in the ...

StarAfrica.comNigeria: Extension of emergency rule soughtStarAfrica.comNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has requested the Senate to grant approval for the extension of the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States by another six months.J...

WorldStageAisha Falode urges Nigerian govt to intervene in case of suspected murder of ...WorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Aisha Falode, a famous broadcaster with Nigerian based AIT, believes that her son who was reportedly dead by slipping from a bal...

WorldStageSenate President opposes negotiation with Boko Haram over abducted schoolgirlsWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline—Nigeria's Senate President, David Mark, on Tuesday said that the Federal Government should not negotiate with the Boko Haram i...

CHANNELSKogi Police Parade Illegal Merchant Navy School CommandantCHANNELSArrest Illegal Naval School The Police has paraded Commodore Allen Edema, the Proprietor and the Commandant of the illegal Nigerian Merchant Navy Maritime and Petroleum Security ...

INEC Set To Issue Permanent Voter Cards In 10 States – RecLeadership NewspapersThe National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence the issuance of the permanent voters cards (PVC) in ten states of the federation. The Resident E...

Osun DefenderObasanjo Hammers Hard On Presidency Over Abducted Chibok GirlsOsun DefenderFormer Nigeria's President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, condemned the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno ...

spyghana.comFRCN stopped from investigating Sanusispyghana.comwpid-Sanusi-Lamido-480x300.jpg A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday restrained the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria from conducting investigations into alleged financial impropriety...

Daily Times NigeriaPolice Arrest Suspected Terrorist in JosDaily Times NigeriaA suspected terrorist was yesterday arrested by the Mobile Police Barracks MOPOL 8, in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The middle age man was arrested by the men of the state...

The PunchBoko Haram - Education, Employment Are Solutions, Kwankwaso SaysAllAfrica.comThe Governor of Kano State, Rabi'u Kwankwaso, has stated that governments at all levels must pay serious attention to education and job creation for the youth as ...

“Nigeria may experience chaos if 2015 election is rigged” – OdekunleDailyPost NigeriaFemi Odekunle, A Professor of Criminology, has warned the federal government that the country may face widespread public disorder, chaos or another civil war if ...

Daily Sun“Nigeria may experience chaos if 2015 election is rigged” – OdekunleDailyPost NigeriaFemi Odekunle, A Professor of Criminology, has warned the federal government that the country may face widespread public disorder, chaos or another civi...

Nigerian TribuneConfab - C'tee Recommends Unicameral LegislatureVanguardIF the recommendation of the Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government sails through, the country will have a unicameral National Assembly and membership rep...

The PunchPolitical Re-CampingAllAfrica.comIf events in Edo State are anything to go by, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has plenty to worry about in the run up to elections. Re-camping is the new buzz word travelling round the political arena. Poli...

There Was No Money in Edo State to Loot - Igbinedion - VanguardNigerian BulletinFormer Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, has maintained a low profile since leaving office seven years ago. Ahead of his 57th birthday today, he broke his long...

The Nation Newspaper$620000 Bribe: Appeal Court Dismisses Lawan's AppealCodewit World News13052014C Farouk Lawan Resized The Court of Appeal in Abuja Monday dismissed an appeal filed by the former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee...

Daily SunNIGERIA: S'Court Rejects Application to Review Judgment Upholding Suswam's ...Codewit World News13052014C Gabriel Suswam Resized The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a request by Professor Steve Ugba, the governorship candidate of the ...

Leadership NewspapersIndustralisation Key to Nigeria's Growth, Says JonathanTHISDAY LivePresident Goodluck Jonathan Monday said the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP) was a journey Nigeria must undertake, as the plan would quicken the indus...