Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from December 2010

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from December 2010

Alaibe Declares for Bayelsa Guber Race.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Patience Saghana Mr Timi Alaibe has declared his interest to contest for Bayelsa State governorship under Labour Party just as he has renounced his membership of the Peoples' Democratic Party for the Nigerian Labour Party. Alaibe...

Troubled MFBs Risks Closure in 2011.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Amaka Abayomi As the January 2011 deadline given to the 121 microfinance banks (MFBs) with provisional licenses to meet the specific requirements by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) draws nearer, speculations are rife that some may...

A Happy and Prosperous New Year.
December 31, 2010... ANOTHER year is 24 hours away and people are full of expectations as they look forward to fulfilment of their dreams. It is an annual ritual that keeps the failures of the past year at bay. The beginning of every year affords people deep...

Osun - Groups Protest Against Aregbesola's Alleged Impeachment Plot.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Gbenga Olarinoye Thousands of activists led by the United Action for Democracy, UAD, Justice Now Foundation, JNF, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, and Youth Solidarity, YS, yesterday marched through the major streets of...

Amb Baba Endorses Yakowa.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Chris Ochayi Ahead of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries, former Nigerian Ambassador to Senegal and North Korea, Ambassador Sule Baba, has endorsed the candidature of incumbent Kaduna State governor, Mr. Patrick...

Who Rules Oyo State Latest.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Ola Ajayi THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State got to a climax, yesterday, as the dismissed Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Oyo State, Alhaji Lateef Salako, a.k.a. Eleweomo, and two...

Conducting Credible Guber Re-Run in Delta State.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Nath Omame UNDOUBTEDLY, these are critical times for the electorate in Delta State. Unless any of the eligible candidates for the governorship re-run ordered by the Court of Appeal in Benin, on November 9, 2010, secures an injunction...

Daniel, a Sole Administrator Says Osoba.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Kolade Larewaju FORMER Ogun State Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, yesterday made a triumphant entry into Abeokuta, the state capital after seven and a half years self exile and declared that Ogun State had no governor but a sole...

NASS Urged to Recommend Traditional Oath for Politicians.
December 31, 2010... African Traditional Religion Society of Nigeria has urged the National Assembly to include the administration of traditional oath for elected office holders in the constitution amendment. Leader of the society, Chief Fatowayu Ayodele, said in...

Blackout As Gas Shortage Hampers Power Generation.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young SHORTAGE of gas to power the 1320 Egbin Thermal Power Station and others including the collapse of Shiroro Power plant have thrown the nation into darkness for the past five days. This came even as the organised...

Otudeko, 3 Non-Executive Directors Retire From First Bank.
December 31, 2010... Chaiirman, First Bank of Nigeria PLC, Mr. Oba Otudeko and three non-executive directors retired from the bank yesterday. Otudeko's retirement came after he replaced Dr. Umaru Mutallab The three directors are Alhaji Abdullahi Mahmood, General...

Jalla Set to Battle NFF Over Owummi's Sack.
December 31, 2010... National Association of Nigerian Footballers (NANF) president, Harrison Jalla is gearing up for a fresh court battle against the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over its decision to annul the May 2010 Nigeria Premier League (NPL) chairmanship...

Mikel Under Fire.
December 31, 2010... For the second time Eagles' midfield star, John Obi Mikel is coming under fire for the loss of another game by Premier League champions Chelsea. The Blues were battered 3-1 by Arsenal on Monday at the Emirates Stadium. That was something that...

Seme Customs Boss Descries Absence of Examination Bay, Accommodation.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Godfrey Bivbere Customs Area Controller of Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Maitama Kura has decried the absence of examination bay at the Command. He said the absence of an examination bay is not only affecting...

Sheriff Presents N99.8 Billion Budget for 2011.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Ndahi Marama GOVERNOR Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State, yesterday, presented a budget of N99, 806, 804, 000.00 for the 2011 fiscal year to the State House Assembly barely five months to the expiration of his second term in office. ...

Boko Haram Killing Spree Spreads.
December 31, 2010... MEMBERS of an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in utter contempt for the authorities defiantly continued their killing spree, yesterday, in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital killing seven persons. They attacked a police vehicle, the latest in a string...

Saraki Dumps PDP, Calls for Prayers to Bring His Son Back.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Demola Akinyemi Emotions of a father ran Friday as the second republic senate leader, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki wept openly urging people to pray along with him to bring back his son Governor Bukola Saraki to him. The elder Saraki...

Shekarau Presents N109 Billion Appropriation Bill for 2011.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Abdulsalam Muhammad Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has presented a budget proposal of N109.5billion for 2011 before the state Assembly. Tagged 'Budget of Continuity, the 2011 shows a reduction of N1.2billiom compared...

Police to Lagosians - Discontenance Alarm.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Evelyn Usman Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Marvel Akpoyibo, Friday, advised Lagosians to discountenance alarm by a group on an imminent attack by Boko Haram Group in the state. Describing the alarm as mere device to...

Enugu Lawmakers Endorse Atiku for Presidency.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Tony Edike MEMBERS of Enugu State House of Assembly, Friday endorsed the presidential bid of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar saying he (Atiku) remains the most experienced among all the contestants for the presidential seat. ...

Obasanjo Denies Rumour of Death.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Kolade Larewaju FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo Friday reacted to his rumoured death saying that some people take delight in peddling rumors about his death and that his life was in the hands of God. Obasanjo who spoke to...

PDP Screening Committee Clears Agagu, Olajumoke, Others for 2011 Polls.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Dayo Johnson THE immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Agagu; Chairman Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Bode Olajumoke and eight other senatorial aspirants were Friday cleared by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)...

PDP to Cancel Oyo Congress.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Henry Umoru THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo has threatened that the leadership of the party will not hesitate to cancel congresses where violence mar such exercises as was in the case...

Second Bomb Explosion Rocks Abuja.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Aliyu Adekunle Two bomb explosion have rocked the capital Abuja at the Eve of the New Year celebrations. In one of the explosion explosion that rocked the city of Abuja saw several people injured . The blast was said to have...

Jos Blasts - Can Chief Laments Over 16 More Victims.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Taye Obateru Another set of 16 victims of the Christmas Eve bomb blasts in Plateau State were given a mass burial with the state chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Rev. Philip Dafes expressing fears about the survival...

Residents Demand Total Cancellation, Threaten LASG.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Gabrael Abatan Residents of Lekki and environs are demanding outright cancellation of tolls on the Lekki - Epe Expressway and not suspension as proposed by Governor Raji Fashola. The residents whose aggressive complaints to the...

Enugu PDP Elects 29-Man State Executive Committee.
December 31, 2010... Byline: Tony Edike THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Enugu State, Friday, concluded its fresh congresses with the election of a 29-man State Executive Committee led by a former Commissioner for Establishment , Hon. Caesar Okey Ogbonna from...

ACN South South Leaders Strategise to Capture More States.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE Leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the South South zone, met in Benin City, Edo State, Thursday, with a view to strategise on how to capture more states in the zone come 2011. Vanguard learnt...

My Account of the Clash That Claimed Eleweomo - Senator Folarin.
December 30, 2010... "ON Wednesday, at the commencement of the ward congress, I learnt Eleweomo and his people in about 20 buses had stormed my ward 5, Idi Ose area of the local government. They were armed with guns, and on getting there, I inquired from...

Osun - Area Boy Conspiracy Tales.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken THE accusation from Governor Rauf Aregbesola against the top chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over a supposed plot to destabilise his administration was explicit and direct. It shockingly came from a...

Forget Zoning, Omo Omoruyi Charges IBB.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem FORMER Director General of the Centre for Democratic Studies, CDS, Prof. Omo Omoruyi, yesterday, backed the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan and urged his former boss, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, to...

When Edo Political Opponents Sheath Swords for Clara.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE death and the subsequently burial of the wife of the Edo State Governor, Mrs Clara Oshiomhole, earlier this month brought together people from different political backgrounds, including acclaimed political...

Jos Mayhem - Nationwide Red Alert.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Taye Obateru and Sam Eyoboka JOS-SECURITY was tightened at state and federal secretariats, yesterday, as workers resumed for work after the holidays that were marred by blasts on Christmas Eve which claimed 80 lives and more than 176...

NFF Names Shorunmu, Yusuf Siasia's Assistants.
December 30, 2010... After much dillydallying over the appointment of assistant coaches for the Super Eagles, the Nigeria Football Federation yesterday, finally gave approval for the appointment of three coaches to backup Coach Samson Siasia in his onerous task of...

Confusion Over Composition of PDP Screening Panel.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Henry Umoru THE leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was, yesterday, thrown into confusion following disagreements over the composition of the presidential screening committee. Several meetings at different...

African Port Operators Decry Effect of Piracy, Terrorist Activities.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Godfrey Bivbere Port operators across the African nations have decried the high level of piracy and terrorist activities across the continent, noting that these activities are becoming a cankerworm that grossly militate against the...

NYSC Member Arraigned for Abandoning 14-Day-Old Baby.
December 30, 2010... A 25-year-old National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, member, Miss Bere Basiri, was yesterday arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrate's Court for allegedly abandoning her 14-day-old baby. Police Prosecutor, Mr. Paul Etusi, had told the...

Why Lagos Pupils Perform Better in 2010 WAEC - Bamidele.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has commended teachers and parents for joining hands with Government towards ensuring continued improvement in the standard of education in the State as reflected in the recently released...

Aregbesola Tells Mark to Act Like a Statesman.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Jimoh Babatunde and Gbenga Olarinoye Osun state Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has advised the Senate President, Senator David Mark to drop the toga of arrogance and behave like a statesman by virtue of his position as number three...

125 Years of Catholic Church in Eastern Province.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Chike Maduekwe SINCE the day Reverend Father Lutz from France stepped his feet on the soil of the ancient city of Onitsha in 1885, the history of the people of Eastern Nigeria has not been the same. Our history changed for the...

Jonathan Battles to Bring Back Reading Culture.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho Thousands of students from 23 secondary schools including two universities besieged the ultra-modern EXPO Hall, Eko Hotel, Lagos, where President Goodluck Jonathan took the battle for sustainable reading culture to...

ACN Will Lead Opposition to Power - Tinubu.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Jimoh Babatunde Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, has said that Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, is set to lead the way on how to bring the opposition to power in Nigeria given the failure of leadership that...

Judiciary Through the Cases in 2010.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Innocent Anaba and Ikechukwu Nnochiri When year 2010 was heralded exactly 354 days ago, there were many predictions on what to expect from the judiciary. Leaving up its billing, 2010 did witness a lot of activities, as our courts...

Uduaghan, Omo-Agege, Ogboru Make Inec List for Delta Guber Re-Run.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Dotun Ibiwoye A list containing 14 candidates has been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the Delta State re-run election, which has been fixed for January 6, next year. The list, signed by the...

Justice for the Poor Moves Slowly.
December 30, 2010... JUSTICE moves slowly for the poor. It took seven years for suspects in the murder of Dr. Harry Marshal, Deputy National Chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party to be freed. Justice Ishaq Bello of an Abuja High Court discharged and...

CPC Heads for the Rocks As Buhari, Ahamba's Factions Clash.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Tordue Salem and Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, is headed for the rocks, as erstwhile Chairman of its Convention Committee, Mr. Mike Ahamba's ambition to lead the party has put him on war path with the...

Benin Group Insists On Repatriation of Stolen Artifacts.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE Benin National Congress, BNC, a Bini socio-cultural organisation, has lamented that the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government had continued to pay lip service to the persistent call for the...

Iyabo Bello-Obasanjo, Mustapha Shun Screening C'ttee.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Kolade Larewaju THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, appears to be unending as two prominent Senators, daughter of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello representing Ogun Central and Olalekan...

Ayinde Barrister for Burial Today.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Ishola Balogun Scores of sympathisers and thousands of fuji music lovers yesterday thronged the residence of the late fuji maestro, Sikiru Ayinde Barrister as news filtered in that he would be buried in his Isolo residence yesterday....

Aregbesola Presents N88 Billion Budget.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Gbenga Olarinoye Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday, presented a budget proposal of N88,143,131,600.00 to the state House of Assembly. The proposed budget is lower than the N108 billion prepared by his predecessor in...

I Will Never Step Down for ACN Presidential Aspirant - Bafarawa.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Tony Edike ACTION Congress of Nigeria, ACN presidential aspirant, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa has declared that nothing on earth would make him step down for any other presidential aspirant of the party. Bafarawa made this known in...

Ex-Militants, Youth Groups Hail Jonathan Over Appointment of Obi Odu As Alaibe's Replacement.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Dapo Akinrefon SOME repentant militants in the Niger Delta region have commended the Federal Government's appointment of a former ambassador to Korea, Akpang Obi Odu as the President's Adviser on Niger Delta. In a statement by...

ACN Guber Aspirant Blasts Saraki.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Dapo Akinrefon Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Governorship aspirant in Kwara, Mr Muhammed Dele Belgore, has described as "most disappointing and unbefitting of a leader" media reports in which the former Senate Leader, Dr Olusola...

Remains Our Target for Calabar Carnival - Imoke.
December 30, 2010... Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke, has revealed that the target market for the annual Calabar carnival for now remains the Nigerian market. Speaking with travel journalists at the end of this year's carnival, Governor Liyel Imoke said...

Jigawa Pays NHIS N300 Million to Reduce Mortality.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Tina Akannam Jigawa State government has paid N300 million to the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, as its 50 per cent contribution to provide maternal and child health services in all the 27 local government areas of the state,...

Delta Rerun - Jega Has Lost Control of Inec - ACN.
December 30, 2010... The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, decision to go ahead with the gubernatorial rerun in Delta State on January 6 without addressing the serious concerns raised in many quarters and...

Calabar Carnival Celebrates People's Strength, Resilience.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Jimoh Babatunde The city of Calabar was literarily on a stand still Monday as the city was coated in multiple colours with revelers as yet another carnival took place under the theme, "Our strength and Resilience; the bedrock of our...

Forget Zoning, Omo Omoruyi Charges IBB.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem FORMER Director General of the Centre for Democratic Studies, CDS, Prof. Omo Omoruyi, Thursday, backed the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan and urged his former boss, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, to...

How Ruling PDP Ruled in 2010.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Henry Umoru DURING the first half of this year, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was in the hands of Prince Vincent Ogbulafor. The Abia-born Prince came on board on March 8, 2008 with other members of the National Working Committee,...

Akwa-Ibom Gov't Lauds NCAT Training.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Daniel Eteghe Ibom State Government headed by Governor Godswill Akpabio has lauded the improve level of training that the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria was giving to its students at the college. While...

Heartland Need Foreign Coach - Ndubuoke.
December 30, 2010... Heartland of Owerri are in search of a foreign coach who could develop youth talents and market their potentials in overseas leagues. This was disclosed by Heartland general manager, Mr. Fan Nduboke as he disclosed plans by the club to return...

NigComSAT Replacement for Launch Dec 2011.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Prince Osuagwu Replacement for the failed Nigerian Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT1R, may go up to the orbit end of 2011. This date, according to the managers of the Satellite, Nigerian Communications Satellite Company Limited,...

Equities' Value On NSE Appreciates By N21 Billion.
December 30, 2010... Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed Wednesday, after the Christmas holiday on a bullish note, as the value of listed equities represented by the market capitalisation appreciated by N20.81 billion. In particular, the...

Ambra Investicorp Woos Investors With N1 Trillion Fund.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Peter Egwuatu Ambra Investicorp has assured the investing public that its industrial fund will generate higher returns than companies' shares quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Mr. Ikem Odumodu, President of Anambra...

PDP Can't Win Edo Election, Says Mayaki.
December 30, 2010... AN Aide to Edo State Governor, Prince John Mayaki , has dismissed the claims by the Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP, that it will win the 2012 gubernatorial elections in the state, saying such could only happen "if the election is held in another...

Aminu Forsees Protest Votes Against PDP.
December 30, 2010... Senator Jibrin Aminu (PDP-Adamawa) has cautioned that the PDP could lose mass support if it failed to address the complaints of aggrieved members over Tuesday's nationwide ward delegates election. Speaking to newsmen in Yola, Aminu, who...

Onigbinde Okays Siasia's Assistants.
December 30, 2010... Former Super Eagles coach and Nigeria Football Association (NFF) technical committee member Adegboye Onigbinde has approved the decision of the NFF executive board to appoint the duo of Kano Pillars coach Salisu Yusuf and former Eagles...

Delta AG Governor, House On War Path.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Austin Ogwuda MEMBERS of the Delta State House of Assembly may have for the first time fallen apart with the Acting Governor, Prince Sam Obi, who was the Speaker of the House before taking up the acting governorship appointment...

Plateau Players Unite for Olaniyi.
December 30, 2010... Plateau United players and officials are fighting off depression and praying for the speedy recovery of star midfielder Olayinka Olaniyi. Olaniyi suffered horrific injury to the face and fractured his sheen bone after he was caught in the...

Day of Joy at Flour Mills Service Award.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Fredrick Okopie Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC, recently held its 38th Long Service Awards and Retirement Party and 50th years anniversary amid fanfare in the company's premises. This year's awardees were 80 in numbers with at least a...

Pakistan Trade Hit N840 Million.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Patience Saghana Bilateral trade between Nigeria and Pakistan reached N840 million or $56 million in 2010 while the Islamic country exported a N3.75trillion or $25billion globally. Disclosing the figures to Vanguard at an...

Makoko - Tales of Tears and Blood Over Eviction.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Elebeke WITH memories of the forceful eviction of Maroko residents 20 years ago by the then Colonel Raji Rasaki military administration still fresh in the minds of many people, a similar episode was re-enacted last week with...

Communities Now to Manage Their Waste in Lagos.
December 30, 2010... Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government, through Waste Management Authorities, LAWMA has unveiled communal wastes recycling banks as part of measures to efficiently deal with the menace of over 9,000 tonnes of waste generated daily...

Islamic Leaders Condemn Jos Attacks.
December 29, 2010... OUTRAGED by the claim of a terrorist group that claimed responsiblity for the Jos mayhem, the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, the Council of Ulama in Jos, the...

APGA Members Protest Alleged Rigging of Ward Delegate Primaries.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Enyim Enyim Some members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Anambra North senatorial zone have protested against alleged rigging and manipulation of the ward delegate primaries by the state leader of the party, Chief...

Controversy Over Arms Discovery in Jonathan's Campaign Bus.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Kolade Larewaju Preparations for 2011 general elections started yesterday on a scary note in Ogun State as a presidential campaign bus of President Goodluck Jonathan allocated for the state was allegedly seized with some arms and...

The Time to Reel Out Govt's Budget.
December 29, 2010... IT is the season of budgets. The federal government, states and local government councils are going through the ritual, for that is what the annual event has become. It is the time to reel out figures government will spend on itself. The best...

Coach Gunned Down On Xmas Day.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Austin Ogwuda A staff of the Delta State Sports Commission has been killed by unknown gunmen at Irri in Delta State. State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Charles Muka who confirmed the story told Sports Vanguard in...

Umunede Auto Crash - Rights Group Tackles FRSC.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Austin Ogwuda SECTOR Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Luka Ikpi, who was oblivious of the accident which roasted 22 passengers at Emuhu, near Umunede on Monday when contacted, yesterday, claimed that only one...

Stop Behaving Like an Area Boy, Mark Tells Aregbesola.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Ben Agande President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has charged the governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to stop behaving like an Area Boy and provide purposeful leadership for his people. Reacting to allegations...

Six Feared Dead as Fresh Hostility Breaks Out in Rivers.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Jimitota Onoyume VIOLENCE continued in B Dere and K Dere communities in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State after an appeal from the state government to all warring parties to cease hostilities. Community sources told the...

Fire Razes Owerri FRCN Plant House.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara The plant house of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Heartland FM, Owerri, was last Monday, gutted by a mid-afternoon mysterious fire, which reportedly destroyed property worth over N1.5 million. Confirming...

Why Obasanjo Collapsed at Bajowa's 70th Birthday.
December 29, 2010... Byline: Dayo Johnson FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo caused a stir that almost disrupted the Church Service marking the 70th birthday thanksgiving service in honour of a former Managing Director Nigerian Airways, Major-General Olu Bajowa...

Alleged Insubordination - Church Suspends Dep Gov, Commissioner, Others.
December 29, 2010... The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria has suspended indefinitely the deputy governor of Ebonyi State, Prof. Chigozie Ogbu, for alleged acts of insubordination and lawlessness capable of destabilizing the church and causing a breach of public peace....