Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from December 2009, page 14

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PPA Has Failed, Says Abaribe.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Anayo Okoli SENATOR Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South Senatorial district of Abia State says the PPA government in the state has failed the people of the state by performing below expectations. To this end, Abaribe said...

2010 - South East PDP Leaders Unite for Soludo.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Tony Edike Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in the South East, yesterday resolved to do all within their powers to ensure the victory of the party's candidate in the February 6, 2010 gubernatorial election in Anambra State,...

Political Situation X-Rayed at Peter Pan's Book Launch.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Dayo Benson, James Ezema and Chukwuma Nwakamma It was a day of glory and celebration of professional accomplishment for author, publisher and journalist, Mr Peter Enahoro, popularly known as Peter Pan, at the public presentation of...

Benue SEC Members, Political Leaders Reject Aids Test.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Peter Duru As the world celebrated 'World AIDS Day', a mild drama played out in Makurdi at the ceremony as some members of the State Executive Council and political leaders randomly selected for testing and counselling by Governor...

NSCDC Rescues 17 Women From Illegal Maternity Home.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Anayo Okoli ABIA State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), said it has rescued about 17 young ladies said to be held against their will, in an alleged illegal maternity home located at Amarorji-Ukwu village in...

Protest Mars World Aids Day Celebration.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Chinyere Amalu Matching with placards boldly written "Idoko where is the meaningful involvement, Stop the deception", "Idoko don't sabotage govt. efforts", "Professor Idoko, Anti-NEPLWA", etc, with a wooden casket covered with white...

'N1.18 Billion Mtel Debt Caused Fuel Scarcity in Abuja'.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Oscarline Onwuemenyi Fresh facts have emerged yesterday over the reason behind the strike action by Petroleum Tanker Drivers and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, which led to acute scarcity of petroleum...

FG Laments Poor State of Devt.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Emeka Mamah The Federal Government is not happy with the poor state of development in the country in the last 49 years of the nation's independence. Minister of State for Information, Alhaji Aliyu Bilbis who made this known...

Makurdi Residents Decry Land Speculators.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Peter Duru Residents of Makurdi, the Benue State capital have decried the activities of land speculators in the town who they lamented were frustrating the state government's efforts at making land acquisition less cumbersome for...

Asabe Yar'Adua Tasks Govt On Violence Against Women.
December 2, 2009... The Federal Government has been challenged to follow the foot steps of the United Nations, who has remarkably succeeded in re-awakening the consciousness of the entire human race on the need to create a new world order on issues concerning...

NPC Boss Stresses Need for Immunisation of Children.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Taye Obateru Chairman of National Population Commission (NPC), Chief Samu'ila Makama, has stressed the importance of immunizing children against childhood diseases to save their lives. In a message to the launching of the final...

Police Parade Suspected Criminals in Ilorin.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Demola Akinyemi A car snatching syndicate, comprising of a motor dealer, an ex convict and two others suspected to be specialists in stolen vehicle in kwara state and its environs were yesterday paraded by the Kwara state Police...

Anambra - Soludo Files Objection Against Nomination.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Ikechukwu Nnochiri The embattled former Central Bank Governor and gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2010 governorship election in Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, yesterday, approached...

Condemnation Greets Mark's Comment On Soludo's Candidature.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Charles Kumolu A group, Step UP Democracy Alliance (SUDA), has condemned media report credited to Senate President David Mark, in which he was alleged to have said that Professor Chukwuma Soludo was imposed on Anambra State Peoples...

FCT Minister Bankrolls Kebbi At Akpabio Cup.
December 2, 2009... The Minister of the Federal Captital Territory and former Governor of Kebbi State, Adamu Aliero, has sent a strong delegation of Under-17 players to the on-going Akpabio Cup. The team which arrived Uyo Monday night expressed happiness at the...

Plantation Estate to Be Completed 2011.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Charles Kumolu MANAGING Director of Mega Trend Investment Company, Mr. Sam Ogrih, has disclosed that the on going construction of Plantation Estate in Warri would be completed by the second quarter of next year. He also disclosed...

Insecurity - Soldiers Take Over Asaba Streets.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Austin Ogwuda Following incessant cases of kidnapping and in anticipation of possible increase in crime rate during Christmas, security has been beefed up in Asaba, Delta State capital, with armed soldiers taking over the streets. ...

AGIP Spends N80 Million on CSR.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Jimitota Onoyume AS part of its corporate social responsibilities (CSR), the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) declared it has aided farmers' cooperative societies, youths and women groups in its areas of operation with over N80...

Call Burutu Chairman to Order, Group Urges Clark, Orubebe.
December 2, 2009... Byline: Emma Amaize A group, Patriotic Movement of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, has called on Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, Minister of State for Niger-Delta, Elder Godsay Orubebe and other Ijaw leaders to call to...

Promises of Electricity.
December 2, 2009... One of the things that has caused Nigerians some concern in recent times is the phenomenon of low supply of electricity, and I thought that the measures we have taken in recent times would have put things right. I think there is sabotage. I am...

Fire Wrecks NNPC Ijalla Depot, DRTV.
December 2, 2009... Fire yesterday wreaked havoc on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) crude oil export depot at Ijalla, Warri, Delta State, when one of the tanks containing peel chemical exploded. The inferno also razed the transmission...

Petroleum Industry Bill to Restore Investors' Confidence - Yar'Adua.
December 1, 2009... President Umaru Yar'Adua has said that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will restore the confidence of investors in the nation"s oil and gas industry. The President made the remark on Monday in Abuja during the opening of the 27th annual...

Naicom Moves to Check Spread of Toxic Assets.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Ifeanyi Ugwuadu National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) said it has increased surveillance on insurance companies to check spread of toxic assets to the insurance market as well as protect policyholders. "There is increased...

Stanbic IBTC Completes U.S. $15 Million Cocoa Financing for ATL.
December 1, 2009... Stanbic IBTC Bank, Nigeria, a member of Standard Bank Group, has completed a US$15m Cocoa Financing for Agro Traders Limited (ATL) to fund the ATL's procurement of cocoa beans from the 2009/2010 Nigerian cocoa harvest, which it will export to...

CSR - Exxonmobil Partners Morgan Smart on Poverty Alleviation.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Yemie Adeoye, Ebele Orakpo and Moses Nosike EMPOWERMENT of women and youths has been identified as key to alleviating the devastating effects of poverty and putting an end to youth restiveness in the oil-rich Niger-Delta region. In...

Kalu Wants Yobo at Right Back.
December 1, 2009... Hero turned villain Joseph Yobo yesterday got the backing of Pillar of Sports, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, who advised Eagles' coach Shaibu Amodu to turn the defender to a wing half. Yobo, one of Everton's dependable defenders has also consistently...

Nation, China to Sign Agreement to Check Influx of Substandard Goods.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Peter Duru Bothered by the influx of substandard goods from China into the country, the Nigerian Government and its Chinese counterpart are bill to sign an agreement in January which would check the dubious importation of fake and...

Resign Now, Falae, Musa, 48 Others Tell Yar'Adua.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Leke Adeseri MORE than 50 prominent Nigerians across professions and spanning the six geopolitical zones yesterday told ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to resign his office immediately or unconditionally hand over to the...

Credit System Will Help Grow Insurance And Economy - Odah.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Ifeanyi Ugwuadu Charting a new course for a business in times of economic downturn is a daunting task. Combine this with a near collapse of infrastructure and an economy that is struggling to find a footing in both regional and global...

NNPC Reacts to Fuel Queues in Lagos, Abuja.
December 1, 2009... The NNPC said on Monday in Abuja that it was not responsible for the "artificial" fuel queues in Lagos and Abuja. The corporation's spokesman, Dr Levi Ajuonuma, said in a statement that the long queues at the petrol stations since the weekend...

Former CBN Boss Suggest Ways to Tackling Unemployment, Low Productivity.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Peter Egwuatu Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Victor Odozi has identified early acquisition of business and other problem-solving skills early in life as the most effective solution to the prevalent...

LCCI Warns on Incursion of Foreigners in Retail Trade.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Naomi Uzor The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LLCI) says the abuse of expatriate quota is compounding the problem of retail trading in the country. The President of LCCI, Chief Solomon Onafowokan, told Newsmen on Monday in...

Participants Seek Law Against Stigmatisation of PLWAs.
December 1, 2009... Participants at a workshop on HIV and AIDS have called for a strict enforcement of the legislation on stigmatisation of People Living With HIV and AIDS (PLWA). They said this would enable the affected persons to be fully reintegrated into the...

6000MW - FG Fails to Deliver.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Hector Igbikiowubo THE Federal Government has failed to deliver on its planned target to generate 6000 Megawatts (MW) of electricity for the national grid by December 2009, even as the Ministry of Power bandies excuses over this...

FG Insists On Petroleun Industry Reforms.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Hector Igbikiowubo, Yemie Adeoye and Oscarline Onwuemenyi THE Federal Government, yesterday, stated that there was no going back on oil and gas industry reform, even as it pointed out that the industry was facing core challenges that...

Direct Youths Towards Agric, LG Bosses Charged.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Emma Arubi LOCAL government chairmen in the country have been charged to re-direct and re-energise the youths in their areas to agricultural activities to disengage their minds from social vices. The National President of Ijaw...

Ojukwu And His Traducers.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Valentine Obienyem THERE is one thing one cannot take away from Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu , Ezeigbo Gburugburu - his passion for his people and his deep-rooted concern for their well-being. One thing we have come to associate...

APGA Faults Soludo On Security.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu THE All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State has faulted the statement credited to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2010 governorship election in the state, Professor Chukwuma...

HIV/Aids - Kaduna to Enact Law Against Discrimination.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Emeka Mamah The Kaduna state government says it will soon enact a law that will curb discriminations against those living with HIV/AIDS in the state. The state governor, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, made this known while speaking at a...

Fuel Scarcity Blamed On NNPC Officials.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Enyim Enyim Nigerians may face hard times this yuletide following indications, yesterday by the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria(IPMAN), that the pump price of fuel may be hiked again to N150 per litre. Speaking with...

2010 - People Will Resist Undue Interference--Umeh.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu NATIONAL Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, has said in Awka, Anambra State that the February 6, 2010 election in the state would give the people, the opportunity to elect their own...

Kenny Martins - EFCC Appeals Judgment.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday appealed against the judgement of a trial court discharging the former National Coordinator of the Police Equipment Foundation (PEF), Chief Kenny Martins...

Arik Makes Historic Flight Into New York.
December 1, 2009... Arik Air made history yesterday morning when it touched down at the JFK International Airport in New York, and this makes the airline the first Nigerian carrier to operate flights into the U.S. in the last decade. The liquidated national...

Nations Cup - It's Your Lifetime Chance, Aminu Tells Amodu.
December 1, 2009... Byline: John Egbokhan Former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Col Abdulmumuni Aminu (rtd), has said coach Shaibu Amodu must pull out all the stunts in his hat to ensure that Super Eagles reclaim their lost glory by winning...

Call Gbekebor to Order, Obotebe Urges Uduaghan.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Festus Ahon THE people of Obotebe Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State have called on Governor Emmanuel Uduag-han to call their neighbours, Gbekebor community, to order to sustain the peace in the riverine area of...

MEND Disowns JRC Over Secession Threat.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Emma Amaize Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) weekend divorced itself from a statement by the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) on Sunday, threatening possible secession by Ijaw ethnic group should Vice President...

World Aids Day - Access to HIV Treatment Still a Challenge.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Sola Ogundipe THE need for affirmative action and essential support in educating Nigerians about the HIV and AIDS epidemic while ensuring greater protection for pregnant women and children from HIV transmission, coupled with...

Yar'Adua Wants Good Food for Locals, Says Onalo.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Amaka Agwuegbo President Umar Yar'Adua is worried by increasing incidents of food poisoning in the country, hence the creation of the Association of Drinks Food Operators of Nigeria (ADFON) to instil proper hygienic conditions in...

Delsuth Sets Pace in Quality Health Care Delivery.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Chioma Obinna and Emmanuel Ebeleke IT is a fact that at least 50 per cent of Nigerians live on less than one dollar a day - a development emphasised by the quite poor critical health indicators such as maternal and infant mortality....

Uduaghan's Mega Estate Project Lauded.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Charles Kumolu MANAGING Director of Delta Mega Trend, Mr. Sam Ogrih, has commended Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, for initiating and citing the ongoing construction of mega estate in Warri. According to him, the...

Why We Gave Generous Debt Waivers, By Intercontinental Bank.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Omoh Gabriel Intercontinental Bank Plc said yesterday that it has recovered N78 billion bad loans since the Central Bank, CBN, intervention on August 14 and said it has improved its risk management. Chief Executive Officer, Mahmoud...

Nafdac Makes Case for Trado-Medicine.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Tony Edike THE reluctance of herbal medicine practitioners and inadequate coordination of their activities have been identified as being largely responsible for non-integration of herbal medicine into the nation's health care system....

Oshodin is Uniben's Substantive VC.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE protracted crisis rocking the University of Benin (UNIBEN) over the choice of a substantive vice-chancellor was laid to rest yesterday, as the Governing Council of the University announced the appointment of...

Violence Against Women - Stakeholders Call for Support.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Bose Adebayo In every country, women and girls are in most cases vulnerable to violence with its attendant suffering. Such violence undermines development, creates instability and makes peace much harder to achieve. It was in...

Gaps in PMTCT Worrisome, Says Idoko.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Chinyere Amalu General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Prof. John Idoko says the wide gaps in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) need to be addressed, particularly the issue of breast feeding...

Luth Prioritises Staff Training.
December 1, 2009... A new wave of capacity and skills building initiatives has taken over at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, as part of efforts of the hospital management to reorientate the staff for better service delivery. ...

NHIS Spends N1.2 Billion on Maternal, Child Health.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Sola Ogundipe As part of efforts aimed at further reducing the high rate of maternal and child mortality, in the country, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has so far committed a total of N1.2 billion in the second year of...

Yar'Adua - FG Will Continue to Run Optimally - Akunyili.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Laide Akinboade In spite of the hospitalisation of President Umaru Yar'Adua in a Saudi hospital, the Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, yesterday, said the Federal Government machinery would continue...

Locals to Pray For Yar'Adua.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken and Henry Umoru RELIABLE sources in Saudi Arabia, yesterday, told Vanguard that the President, Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua was in stable condition, even as the Senate President, Chief David Mark, called on Nigerians to pray...

Benue Assembly Backs Creation of Aba State.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Peter Duru The Benue State House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind the agitation for the creation of Aba State out of the present Abia state. Speaking while receiving a high powered delegation from Abia State in his office...

Nigerian Players Not Good Enough for BBC Awards.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Jacob Ajom For the umpteenth time, no Nigerian footballer was among the five nominees for the 2009 BBC African Footballer of the year award. According to the list released on BBC's African football programme, Fast Track, Ivorian...

Akwa Welcomes Africa to Angola 2010.
December 1, 2009... Former Angola captain, Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco "Akwa" has expressed optimism in his country's ability to host a successful tournament next year. Akwa, undoubtedly the most famous Angolan footballer of his generation talks exclusively to...

Ensuring Survival of Insurance With ICT - Stakeholders Verdict.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Emmannuel Elebeke and Nnamdi Ojiego NO matter how insurance is viewed, nobody can take away the important role it plays in economic stability of any nation. And that is why the sector would lead and not play catch-up in any...

Jonathan's Wife Tasks Women on Child Up-Bringing.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara The wife of the Vice President, Dame Patience Goodluck-Jonathan, has challenged Nigerian mothers to bring up their children in the fear of God and at all times, to remain agents of peace. Dame Goodluck-Jonathan gave...

Idris Tasks Nurses on Ethics.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Chioma Obinna Nigerian nurses have been urged to rededicate themselves to the ethics of the profession even as the Lagos State School of Midwifery recorded 96 per cent success in the 2009 Nursing and Midwifery Examinations. Giving...

Nigerians Apathetic to HIV Test, Laments NDHs.
December 1, 2009... Nigerian dults have a tendency not to go for the HIV screening test to know their HIV status, says the 2008 National Demographic & Health Survey (NDHS) released last week. The survey, implemented by the National Population Commission...

Anambra Guber Polls, Litmus Test for Inec - Azikiwe.
December 1, 2009... The Owelle of Onitsha, Mr Chukwuma Azikiwe, said yesterday that the 2010 governorship election in Anambra State would determine INEC's ability to conduct a free and fair general elections in 2011. Azikwe, who is the first son of late Dr...

Frontline Jigawa Politician Dies in Car Crash.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Aliyu Dangida Senator Ibrahim Saminu Turaki and Emir of Ringim, Dr. Sayyadi Mahmud, were among hundreds of sympathizers who attended the burial of a front-line politician in Ringim local government area of the state, Alhaji Yaroro...

Federal Govt Denies Granting Enugu Airport International Status.
December 1, 2009... Byline: Tony Edike THE Federal Government said, yesterday that it has not given approval for upgrading of the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu to an international status, stressing that only four airports, including those in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and...