Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from August 2008, page 2

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Belgore Satisfied With Tribunal Judgments.
August 29, 2008... Justice Alfa Belgore, Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, said yesterday in Abuja he was satisfied with the judgments delivered by the various election petitions tribunals. "As far as I'm concerned, I am impressed with the overall...

Niger Delta Crisis - Between Rotimi Amaechi And Militants' Agitation.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Dapo Akinrefon FOR quite some time, the Rivers State governor, Mr Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has come under fire. Tongues opposed to his recent remarks have continued to wag. And this is based on his recent utterances of branding...

N-Delta Crisis - Militants Fault Use of Force.
August 29, 2008... AGAINST the backdrop of call by Governor Rotimi Amaechi for the use of force to quell militancy in the Niger Delta, militants under the aegis of Watch Dogs of Niger Delta said force would only worsen the situation. Commander Sam Ebiye...

No Child's Play With Bafana Bafana!
August 29, 2008... Byline: Tony Ubani Super Eagles Coach, Shaibu Amodu, may have guided the Super Eagles to their third and final phase qualifications but he does not want to toy with the match against Bafana Bafana of South Africa. Amodu who has...

After the Coup Allegation What Next?
August 29, 2008... Byline: Jide Ajani PERHAPS the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is now awake to the dangerous propaganda game always played by the opposition political parties in Nigeria. This propagandisation was at its peak during the Olusegun...

Envoy Justifies Action in Russia/Georgia.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Chinyere Amalu THE Russian Federation has defended its intervention in Georgia recently, saying that it was only acting according to the basic principles of international law, "self determination" and also to recognize the...

Resolve N-Delta Crisis Now, Economic.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Laide Akinboade THE Nigerian Economic Society (NES) has challenged the Federal Government to resolve the crisis in the Niger Delta as soon as possible with a view to enhancing the inflow of foreign investments into the country....

Appalling Conditions in Niger/Delta Are Responsible for Unrest - Carrington.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Professor Walter C. Carrington, who served as the American Envoy between November 1993 and October 1997 was on a visit to Nigeria a couple of days back during which...

Delta PDP - Clark Carpets Ogbulafor.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Henry Umoru FORMER Federal Commissioner of Information in the First Republic, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday accused the national Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Eze Ogbulafor of being selective and...

EFCC Arrests Ladoja Over N1.9 Billion Fund.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Dapo Olufade FORMER governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, is now in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which arrested him yesterday over alleged misappropriation of N1.9 billion public...

Pension - Pencom Set to Publish Names of Defaulting Employers.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young NATIONAL Pension Commission (PENCOM), yesterday in Markudi, Benue State, announced that within the next 14 days, it would commence the publication defaulting employers to Pension Act of 2004, even as it said a...

Director Appeals for Subsidy of Poor Patients.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Tina Akannam THE Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kudu, Dr. Joe Umana has appealed to Jigawa State government to subsidize the medical bills for indigent patients receiving treatments in the Hospital,...

Akeredolu, SAN, Emerges NBA President.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Innocent Anaba Chief Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), yesterday emerged the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Mr Ibrahim Mark, emerged the Secretary General of the association, beating four other contestants to cling...

Sorcery - NDDC Lied Over Missing N800 Million - Police.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige The police yesterday dismissed as a tissue of lies a claim by the Niger Delta Development Commission that its suspended Chairman, Ambassador Sam Edem, did not dip his hands into the commission's treasury for payment...

Weak Educational Structure Bane of Vision 2020 - Asiodu.
August 29, 2008... EFFORTS to revive the economy will remain futile until the educational sector is given priority in the budget, renowned economist, Chief Philip Asiodu, has said. Asiodu said the allocations to the sector by the Federal Government in the...

Enugu Sets Up Fadama Committee.
August 29, 2008... Enugu State Government has set up a committee on the Fadama III programme headed by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Prof. Hilary Edoga. Mr Chuks Ugwuoke, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, said this while briefing...

Non-Justiciability of Chapter Two of the Constitution and the Implications for the Immunity Clause.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Prince Tony Momoh In this presentation, you will perhaps discover more journalism than law because the area I am drawing attention to is an area lawyers do not seem to have any obligation to examine, nor do the courts any...

Legal Implications of Live Telecast of Delivery of Judgment.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Jiti Ogunye The live telecast of the delivery of the Judgment of the Court of Appeal, acting as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, in the consolidated petitions of General Muhammadu Buhari and the ANPP and of Alhaji...

As Nigerian Lawyers Converge in Abuja - Matters Arising.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Awa Kalu By the time you read this, several Lawyers would be heading out of Abuja back to different branches of the Nigerian Bar Association and indeed, different parts of the Country, from which they came to the federal capital...

Scrap Full Time National Assembly - Utomi.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu PRESIDENTIAL candidate in last year's election, Professor Pat Utomi says the National Assembly as currently constituted is not serving the best interest of the generality of Nigerians, rather the members are...

Rule of Law - Not a Tea Party.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Emmanuel Majebi The Nigerian ruling class (military or civilian), right from independence, has always put itself above the laws of Nigeria. It has always been one law for us and another one for it. It was thus a pleasant surprise...

Market Rebound As Stakeholders Introduce New Measures to Check Decline.
August 29, 2008... Byline: Michael Eboh & Providence Obuh The declining trend of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was halted on Wednesday following the announcement of new measures to stem the worrisome drop in the prices of the listed equities by the...

Govt, World Bank to Inject N15.7 Billion Into Agriculture.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Godfrey Bivbere The Federal Government and the World Bank will, during the next four years, inject N15.7 billion into the agricultural sector through the Commercial Farming project. Fertilizer Dr. Amin Babandi, National...

Madueke Tasks Ferma On Afikpo-Abakaliki Road.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu Minister of Works and Transport, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has directed the Managing Director of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency; (FERMA) Olubunmi Peters to as a matter of urgency provide details of the...

Obama's Arete And Return of the Clinton Power House.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Emma Okocha "Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." -General Charles De Gaulle, The late French President. "Politicians are the same all over.... They promise to build a bridge, even when there is...

FG Begins Training of Teachers for New Curriculum Implementation.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun The Federal Ministry of Education has stepped up efforts toward a successful implementation of the new 9-Year Basic Education Curriculum. The revelation came from the Minister of Education 11, Mrs Aisha...

FG, States, LGs Share N78.7 Billion From Excess Crude Account.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Emma Ujah The federal, states and Local Governments have shared the sum of N78.71 billion from the Domestic Excess Crude Proceeds Account, the Federal Ministry of Finance, revealed yesterday. According to the ministry in its...

Let Us Mainstream Our Creativity Into Our Economy - Culture Minister.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Mcphilips Nwachukwu The Culture, Tourism and National Orientation Ministry is now in the up beat mood given the number of activities that are currently going on, and also given the number of activities that are mapped out to be...

CBN Rolls Out Conditions for Banking Licence.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Babajide Komolafe THE Central Bank (CBN) rolled out, yesterday, criteria for new banking licence which include a non-refundable deposit of N.5 million, and a deposit of N25 billion as minimum capital base. Prospective...

CLO Asks FG to Investigate JTF's Killing of Pregnant Woman, Others.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Samuel Oyadongha Bayelsa State chapter of the Civil Liberty Society (CLO) wants the Federal Government to set up a panel to investigate the circumstances that led to the killing of three persons among them a pregnant lady in the...

Yar'Adua's Govt Has Failed, Declare Ikimi, Others.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Gabriel Enogholase THE South-South leaders of the Action Congress (AC) at a meeting in Benin yesterday took an overview of the President Umaru Yar'Adua administration in the last one year and three months and came out with the...

FCMB Posts N20.52 Billion Gross Profit.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Yinka Kolawole First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) has recorded a profit before tax of N20.52 billion for its operations in the 2007/2008 financial year, representing about 170 percent increase over the N7.6 billion it recorded...

Crisis Looms in Sapele Over Impeachment Plot.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Festus Ahon CRISIS looms in the Sapele Local Government Council of Delta State, following a failed attempt to impeach the council chairman, Mr. Godwin Atose and Leader of the legislative arm, Mrs. Rose Anirah. At least three...

Pros, Cons of FG's Move to Stabilise Capital Market.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Dele Sobowale THE announcement by the Presidential Advisory Team constituted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 to find ways to stabilise the Nigerian capital market should be regarded as a two-edged sword which could cut both in favour...

Equities' Value On NSE Dips Further By N37.32 Billion.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Michael Eboh & Providence Obuh The bearish trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchan-ge (NSE) continued yester-day, as the value of listed securities dipped by N37.32 billion. This was represented by the depreciation in the market...

Immunity - Momoh Wants Laws to Tame Public Office Holders.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Innocent Anaba FORMER Information Minister, Prince Tony Momoh, yesterday, asked the National Assembly to strengthen the disciplinary arrangement in the constitution that would enable the effective taming of public officers...

Chime Moves to Decongest Enugu Prisons.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Tony Edike GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has expressed the readiness of his government to decongest Enugu Prisons which is currently over-crowded mostly by those awaiting trial. The governor said government was...

Intellectual Property Will Increase Country's GDP - Adewopo.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Innocent Anaba The Director-General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Mr Adebambo Adewopo, yesterday, said that Intellectual Property (IP) based companies in the country have the potential of contributing immensely to...

PPA Rejects NUD's Call for ING.
August 28, 2008... The Progressive Peoples Alliance has rejected the call by a group, Nigeria United for Democracy (NUD), for the imposition of an Interim National Government on the country. The party in a statement by its Chief Publicity Secretary, Chief Ben...

N-Delta Crisis Has Perilous Implications - Anyaoku.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Emma Amaize FORMER Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, declared yesterday that the current socio-political situation in the Niger Delta was "a major national crisis with potentially perilous implications that...

Inec Condemns Consensus Candidacy in Elections.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Leon Usigbe THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu has condemned the lack of internal democracy in the nation's political parties saying that the ideas of "consensus"...

Rivers Assembly Passes Motion to Curb Tax Evasion.
August 28, 2008... Rivers State House of Assembly has passed a motion to curb tax evasion in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that members had raised alarm that companies and expatriates doing business in the state were evading tax,...

Militant Kept Me On My Toes - Ojediran.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Emma Arubi OUT-GOING Commanding-Officer, NNS Delta, Captain Samsom Ojediran, yesterday in Warri, said that militant activities in the region kept him on his toes throughout his stay and advised them to embrace dialogue as the...

Suspect Admits Taking Poisoned Cannabis Before Killing 3.
August 28, 2008... A suspect, Kaigama Jibiko, who allegedly machete three people to death and injured seven others on Monday in Jakusko, Yobe State, has confessed taking poisoned cannabis when committing the crime. In his confessional statement yesterday at...

Enugu Assembly Wants Law School Fees Reduced.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Anayo Okoli The Enugu House of Assembly yesterday passed a resolution urging President Umaru Yar'Adua to reduce the school fees paid at the Nigeria Law School. The resolution also urged the National Assembly to intervene in the...

Welcome Back From Beijing.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Bisi Lawrence WITH the unacceptable human rights record of China, particularly the situation of Tibet, one should wonder why the United States, as the leading nation of the West, agreed to the choice of China to host the recent...

All Lagos Schools Will Be Rehabilitated - Sosan.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun The Lagos State Government has earmarked billions of naira for the rehabilitation of public schools in the state. Right now, contractors are busy carrying out renovation works at different parts of the state....

Egbu Commends Abia At 17.
August 28, 2008... Abia State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Chief Ralph Egbu, has commended the achievement of the state so far since creation, saying that the economic attainments so far recorded in the state has justified its creation 17...

Commission Probes Missing Energy Funds.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Laide Akinboade THE Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), vowed yesterday to investigate the N1.5 trillion funds released by the Federal Government to revamp the power sector but has not been paid into government...

Uniben Deputy Registrar Assassinated.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE internal crisis rocking the management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) took a tragic dimension Monday, when unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assasins shot dead the Deputy Registrar of the University,...

Fresh Siemens' Deal Weakens Anti-Graft War - AC.
August 28, 2008... The Action Congress (AC) yesterday described as shocking and unconscionable the signing of a fresh power deal with the German company Siemens by the Federal Government, saying it negated the government's own decision on the firm following its...

Obaseki Says Globacom Has Kept Faith With Football.
August 28, 2008... Globacom Limited was yesterday commended for fulfilling its promise to sponsor an annual international seminar for stakeholders in the Globacom Premier League even as the company disclosed that it has concluded plans for an enriched...

Board Urges Militants to Apply for Scholarship.
August 28, 2008... The Secretary of Rivers State Scholarship Board, Mr Sam Dekwe, has urged militants and cultists to drop their guns and avail themselves of government's overseas scholarships. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt...

Siasia Comes of Age At Beijing Olympics.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Peter Agbebaku The quadrennial Olympic Games have always been about the celebration or emergence of individuals and nations at the world stage. The Beijing Games signal the economic capability of China which invested 43 billion...

A-Ibom Records 50,000 Bakassi Returnees.
August 28, 2008... Akwa Ibom State has recorded the influx of no fewer than 50,000 displaced people from Bakassi, Mr. Victor Iyanem, Akwa Ibom State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, has said. Iyanem told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

FG Approves Review of 2 Percent CRF Disbursement Formula.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Ben Agande The Federal Government yesterday approved a review of the disbursement formula of the Federal Government's 2 % of Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) as intervention to the Universal Basic Education programme just as the...

Olympics - Cardinal Okogie Hits Hard On NSC.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Tony Ubani AS Nigerian Government continues to keep mute over the dismal outing of Team Nigeria to the just ended Olympic Games in Beijing, Anthony Cardinal Okogie has hit out at the National Sports Commission for the shame they...

Scholars Find Ways Distance Learning Can Quicken Development.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho About three hundred and fifty scholars, experts, top government officials, policy-makers, managers, administrators in the academia, other key stakeholders and practitioners in Open and Distance Learning (LODL)...

Don't Criticise Yar'adua!
August 28, 2008... IN Zamfara State, it is an offence, punishable by a sack, to criticise President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. Last week the state government fired the Managing Director of the state-owned newspaper Mallam Bashir Sanda Gusau. The newspaper,...

Country Missing in N50.4 Trillion Global Textile Trade.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Franklin Alli & Naomi Uzor NIGERIA is not one of the countries that have been profiting from the $400 billion (about N50.4 trillion) global textile trade. "Of the $400 billion value of global trade in textile and textile...

Understanding the Secrets of Success...
August 28, 2008... Byline: Ubah Maxwell As Chris Widener, a popular American motivational speaker and author of note, once observed that those who succeed in life are those who walk through the doors of opportunity when it swings open; so also the secret...

Shekarau Blames Rot in Education On Govt.
August 28, 2008... Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State has blamed the three tiers of government for the decay in the sector of education in the country. Speaking during the 40th anniversary lecture of Aminu Kano Community Commercial College , AKCCC at...

Indigenous Languages Crucial to National Survival - Prof Oke.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Adekunle Adekoya PROFESSOR Olusola Oke, 66 is a retired professor from Lagos State University, but is now at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife as a post retirement contract Professor of French in the Department of Foreign...

Don Threatens to Quit Office If...
August 28, 2008... Byline: Peter Duru THE new Chairman of the Board of the Benue State University Teaching Hospital Prof. Peter Obekpa has threatened to quit his new appointment if the state government fails in its duties to provide his team with the much...

Ogun Private Schools to Apply for Accreditation Every 5 Years.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho Determined to ensure quality control and ensure standard in service delivery of educational institutions, the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has come up with a policy that approved...

NUJ to Parley With Stakeholders.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Anayo Okoli Nigeria Union of Journalists plans to convoke a meeting of Media stakeholders in the country with a view to discussing standard and acceptable conditions of service for journalists in the country. The Vice...

Country Now World's Highest Producer of Cassava.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Anayo Okoli NIGERIA is now ranked the world's highest producer of cassava with a production capacity of 40 million metric tonnes. The country also ranks world's highest in the production of yam and cocoyam with the production...

Encomiums for Omolewa At Book Launch.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Wale Ajao The launching of a book titled Education for Millennium Development at the University of Ibadan recently provided an opportunity for members of the university community to eulogise Professor Michael Omolewa. Nigeria's...

Kano, World Bank, DFID in Deal On Project Implementation.
August 28, 2008... THE Kano State government is collaborating with the World Bank and the UK Department for International Development, DFID to implement a project tagged 'State Education Sector Project SESP,' as part of the strategy to broaden and fast track...

Lecturer Sues Abia Poly.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Anayo Okoli A lecturer at the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Mr. Simeon Joseph, has taken the authorities of the institution to court challenging his indefinite suspension by the Polytechnic. Joseph, a senior lecturer in...

Obi Assures on Infrastructure.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu GOVERNOR Peter Obi yesterday urged on the people of Anamabra State not to relent in their struggle to re-invent the state, promising that his administration would continue with its infrastructural development so...

ADB to Collaborate With Bauchi on Projects.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Patience Ogbodo AFRICAN Development Bank, (ADB) has expressed its determination to collaborate with Bauchi State government towards executing projects that would uplift the living standard of the people in the state. The...

Govt Denies Yar'Adua Health Problems.
August 28, 2008... Byline: Ben Agande THE Federal Government moved, yesterday, to douse public anxiety over the state of health of President Umaru Yar'Adua following his failure to return home from Saudi Arabia where he is performing the lesser hajj, and...

NapTip Trains Border Officials On Trafficking.
August 27, 2008... NAPTIP has trained border patrol officials to identify elements of human trafficking, apprehend the traffickers and rescue the victims, its Executive Secretary, Mrs Carol Ndaguba, said yesterday in Abuja. She said at a forum of the News...

Lasuth Mortuary is Coping Well - Olugbile.
August 26, 2008... Byline: Chioma Obinna and Sumbo Braimah Management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospitals LASUTH have denied reports that the hospital mortuary has been over filled with corpses, even as it disclosed that the hospital charges no...

U.S. Grants Boosts Agric With N2.9 Billion Agric.
August 26, 2008... THE U.S. said yesterday in Abuja that it would provide $25 million (about N2.9 billion) as agricultural development assistance to Nigeria. Mrs Lisa Piascek, the Charge d'Affaires of the American Embassy in Nigeria disclosed this during a...

Taekwondo - Chukwumerije Protests Conspiracy Against Country.
August 26, 2008... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken Senator Uche Chukwumerije (PDP, Abia North) has petitioned the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) over what he yesterday alleged was a conspiracy against Nigeria in the quarter final event in the men's over 80Kg...

Ayeni Says Boxing Performance A Disaster.
August 26, 2008... Brig.-Gen. Joseph Ayeni has described as disastrous the performance of the boxing team to the 29th Olympic Games, Beijing 2008. "I am sad at their poor performance. It was indeed below our expectation. Our best, Olarewaju Durodola in...

Gumel Thanks All!
August 26, 2008... The President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr. Habu Ahmed Gumel has praised all the athletes and officials who participated in the 29th Olympic Games, Beijing 2008. "I am proud of all the athletes and their supporting team officials...

Delta Seeks NDDC's Assistance in Development.
August 26, 2008... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has called on interventionist agencies, especially the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to continue to assist the state in infrastructural development. ...

Detained Lawyer's Family Demands Justice From IG.
August 26, 2008... Byline: Gabriel Enogholase RELATIVES of a Benin-based legal practitioner, Mr. Benjamin Iluobe who has been in the custody of the police (Force C.I.D.) in Abuja, since weekend over an alleged case of threat to life and assault are...

Human Rights Group Demands Release of Okrika King.
August 26, 2008... Byline: George Onah FOLLOWING the refusal of eight judges, in Rivers State, to hear the case involving the Amanyanabo of Koniju, Okrika, Captain Nimi Iyala Oputubeya and has continued detention of the monarch since January 2008, a human...

Cultism Bane of Graduates - Dep Governor.
August 26, 2008... Deputy Gov. Ada Okwuonu of Imo State, says cultism in tertiary institutions is the cause of the production of half-baked graduates by the country's institutions.Okwuonu, speaking in Enugu at the new yam festival of Mbaise Cultural Club of...

Pencom Verifies Pensioners' Claims.
August 26, 2008... Byline: Emma Ujah The National Pension Commission, yesterday, in Abuja, commenced Federal Government Pensioners' Verification and Enrolment exercise with a view to determining the exact liability owed each of them. The Commissioner...