Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from February 2007

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from February 2007

Senate Probe Finds Atiku, Obasanjo Abused Funds.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken THE Senate ad-hoc committee on the affairs of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has recommended sanctions against Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for abuse of...

Zinox partners Intel, Microsoft to produce Power PC.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Miebi Senge CHAIRMAN of Zinox Technologies, Leo Stan-Ekeh, termed it a "big send off for our digitally compliant President," and it comes barely one month after he signed a multimillion Naira...

Kogi Councillors Win 1st Round in Case Against State Govt.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Umaru Eri, has dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the state government in the suit instituted against it by sacked local government councillors. Eri dismissed...

Saraki slams Obasanjo's critics...Says Obasanjo's interest is that of the masses.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Demola Akinyemi Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State, yesterday, slammed the critics of President Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent statement that the forthcoming elections would be a...

Osunbor Lacks Integrity to Judge Me - Oshiomhole.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem and Gabriel Enogholase THE gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, replied his counterpart in the Peoples...

Recapitalisation - Final List to Be Released After Deadline - Commissioner.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ifeanyi Ugwuadu Commissioner for insurance, Chief Emmanuel Chukwulozie has declared that the final list of re-certified companies will be released after the deadline for recapitalisation...

Atiku, Obasanjo Defend Themselves on Senate Report.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) VICE President Atiku Abubakar, reacted swiftly last night to the Senate Committee Report on PTDF, dismissing it as a partisan political hatchet job that will not stand the test of public scrutiny. He...

Ondo PDP Accuses Labour Party of Plagiarizing Its Agenda.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dayo Johnson The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State yesterday accused the Labour Party (LP) in the state of plagiarizing its agenda as its 12-point agenda to lift the state out of...

First Inland Bank Takes Lifestyle Products to Kaduna Fair.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) First Inland has created opportunities for its customers in Kaduna to enhance their lifestyle by showcasing its e-Serve and first-Serve array of products at the 28th Kaduna International Trade Fair. By...

Fresh Crisis in Imo PDP as Dep Gov Picks Vee-Pee Ticket.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The Imo State Deputy Governor, Chief Ebere Udeagu decamping to the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) is causing a fresh crisis in the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Udeagu, who has picked DPP...

I'll Serve Nigeria With All My Life - Yar'adua.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential candidate, Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday in Enugu kicked off his campaign tour of the South-East zone of the country and pledged to serve the...

Vogts of No Confidence! - shuns NFA.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani THE much anticipated arrival of Berti Vogts turned out to be a mirage yesterday as the German stayed away, citing failure of the Nigeria Football Association to remit his three...

NSC Queries NFL Over N60m Scandal.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Fidelis Ebu Startled at the revelation of alleged financial recklessness at the Nigeria Football League, the National Sports Commission (NSC) has asked the NFL Executive Secretary, Salihu...

Bus Stop Parliament: Census result of controversy.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Ebonugwo THE release of the population census conducted last year did not fail to generate ripples across the country which has not subsided. The furore over the authenticity of the...

Idi Amin's son breaks family silence ... says Hollywood missed daddy's other side.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tunde Sesan The Amin family has shunned the media for more than two decades, but now that a new movie, "Last king of Scotland", has returned Idi Amin to the spotlight, Jaffar Amin wants to...

Court grants Nwude, ex-bank director bail ....To pay N20m, provide two sureties in like sum.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Anaba A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday admitted former Director of Union Bank, Chief Emmanuel Nwude, who is facing a 14 count charge of false declaration of assets to...

N28m Fraud Uncovered in NDLEA....top Officials Indicted.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige A total N28million in foreign currency, sometimes recovered from a drug baron in Lagos by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disappeared from the...

Waiting for New Notes, Coins With Mixed Feelings.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Okey Ndiribe Mixed reactions trail the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN's) sensitization and mobilisation campaign prior to its introduction of new notes and coins today, reports by Okey Ndiribe...

Court Refuses Enugu State Officials Bail.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Anaba A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday refused two officials of the Enugu State Government bail. The duo, Peter Mbah and Sam Ejiofor, both commissioners in the state...

Fake Prophets Arrested for Duping Woman of N2m.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Idowu Olaide and Seun Adeyemi Wonders they say, shall never end. This manifested last week, after two fake Muslim prophets were allegedly implicated in a case of duping an American based...

Intercellular's $137m Telecel Deal Collapses.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The planned $137 million deal to sell 51 per cent equity of Intercellular Plc to Telecel of South Africa has failed. The Director of Corporate Communications of Intercellular, Mr Fidel Otuya, confirmed...

Lawmaker Calls for Probe of Road Contract.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chidi Nkwopara THE member representing Onuimo constituency in Imo State House of Assembly, Chief Damian Ogu, has called for the setting up of a high powered judicial panel of enquiry into the...

O'net to Secure National Licence Second Quarter.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu O'net, a telecommunication service provider subsidiary of Odu'a Investment Company Limited is making all necessary arrangements to acquire a national carrier licence by the...

Senators to Get N6m Pay Package.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken SENATORS who lose out in the coming general elections are to receive a parting gift of N6 million under a fresh pay package submitted to the Senate yesterday. The new...

Ohaneze - Irukwu Resigns.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yemi Adeoye THE President-general of the Ohaneze-Ndigbo, Professor Joe Irukwu (SAN) has resigned his appointment from the pan-Igbo Socio-Cultural Organization. This was disclosed...

Polls - Oyegun Warns On Dangers Ahead.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gabriel Enogholase FIRST civilian governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie Oyegun yesterday in Benin review recent developments in the polity and said the nation is hanging dangerously on the...

Pipeline Explosion Averted as Police Nab Vandals.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Evelyn Usman When the pipeline explosion which rocked the entire Abule-Egba area of Lagos and sent scores of persons who were scooping fuel from a broken pipeline to their graves occurred on...

Party Manifesto: Fresh Party speaks on values of liberty, equality and community.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The FRESH Democratic Party exists: (a) To build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one...

2007 Presidency - My Politics is People Centered - Bafarawa.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo Governor Attahiru Bafawara, the two-time governor of Sokoto State, the Garkuwan Sokoto, and the presidential flag-bearer of the Democratic People's Party (DPP), in this...

Re: EFCC, It's the Turn of the Nigeria Police.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Okuwobi Olabisi DELTA State Police Command's attention has been drawn to Vanguard's publication of 22nd February, 2007, page 18, where a campaign of calumny was viciously written against the...

Heineken Takes Champions League Matches to Nigerian Homes.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Omorodion Like last year, Heineken is again bringing the explosive UEFA Champions League matches to the homes of millions of Nigerians through 21 local television stations across the...

Curbing Cultism.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE nefarious activities of cultists in higher institutions are increasingly becoming unbearable to their host communities. Inhabitants of Esa Oke, a town in Osun State had a taste of cultists' terror as...

Group Raises Alarm Over Violence in N-Delta.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Abayomi The Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria, FEHN, has raised alarm over the proliferation of arms and incidence of violence in the Niger-Delta region, saying "if efforts are...

Debating Obj's Reagan Campaign Style (2).
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: David Ifode PRESIDENT OIusegun Obasanjo at the moment is the most ardent supporter of Musa Yar' Adua. Caught in this campaign, President Obasanjo does not seem to have pleased many Nigerians...

Getting It Right in Benue State.
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gabriel Gudu SO many times in our various political dispensations, those who have the capacities, visions and peoples support are usually sacrificed at the altar of party interests and...

Fighting Dirty - the Culture of Negative Campaigning (1).
February 28, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dele Sobowale "Shtika ke-hodaa (Hebrew). Translation: "silence signifies approval".-- Hebrew Proverb. Several definitions of culture exist depending on the writer's interest and approach...

Special Report : NAFDAC sounds wake up call on pharmacovigilance.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Sola Ogundipe and Chioma Obinna AWAKE-UP call towards addressing the safe use of medicines in the country was the highpoint of series of zaonal training workshops on pharmacovigilance for...

Accord Party Adopts Yar'adua/Jonathan Ticket.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Ochayi THE Accord Party yesterday adopted the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua and his Deputy Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate in the forthcoming presidential polls,...

Court Orders Army to Pay Obayuwana N3.5m Damages.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gabriel Enogholase A Federal High Court presided over by Justice R.N. Ofili-Ajumogobia has ordered the Nigerian Army to pay the sum of N3,503,960.00 to a Benin-based lawyer, Mr. Osarenren...

How Ken and Chimaroke's Nnamanis' Feud Put EFCC On Chopping Block.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Odili Tomorrow, the Senate adhoc committee on review of EFCC Act is expected to turn in its report. Vanguard politics examines the undercurrent power struggle between Governor Chimaroke...

Nyako Promises to Make Adamawa Agricultural Model.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Adamawa State PDP governorship candidate, Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd.), says his administration will transform the state into an agricultural role model to fight poverty. Addressing newsmen in Yola,...

Debating Obj's Reagan Campaign Style.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: David Ifode IN 1988, under former President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan, the White House was transformed into a branch office of George Bush Snr. campaign headquarters....

Okocha Pledges Utilisation of Human, Material Resources.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tommy Anaduaka THE Delta State gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress, Mr. Peter Eloka Okocha has said that he will galvanize the abundant human and material resources in the state to...

Medical Doctors Begin 7-Day Warning Strike.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chioma Obinna DARK clouds gathered over the nation's fragile healthcare system yesterday as medical doctors under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) embarked on a nationwide...

April Polls - ANPP Members Ask Court to Stop Buhari.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige In an apperent twist of fate, eight card-carrying members of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), yesterday, requested a Federal high court sitting in Abuja to stop General...

Bayelsa Orders Deployment of Police in Liama, Egweama.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha Bayelsa State government has ordered the immediate deployment of troops in the troubled cape Formosa Island off the Atlantic coast of Brass where nine persons were feared dead...

Niger-Delta Crisis Lose Impact On Oil Prices.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Hector Igbikiowubo With Agency Reports FOR the first time since the crisis in the Niger- Delta snowballed into a development with implications for global pricing of crude oil and gas, oil...

NLC, LP Condemn Attack Against Pedro.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the national leadership of the Labour Party have condemned the "campaign of calumny" and intolerance against the party's candidate in...

Cornerstone, Lasaco Assurance Buoy Turnover On NSE By 30.96 Percent.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Michael Eboh Turnover on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was buoyed last week by two companies in the Insurance sub-sector, Cornerstone Insurance Company Plc and Lasaco Assurance Plc, as...

Atiku in Abeokuta, Promises Better Days for Police, Youths.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kolade Larewaju Vice-President Atiku Abubakar yesterday in Abeokuta promised better days for the police and massive employment for qualified youths in the country. Atiku made the promise,...

Delta Lawmaker May Lose Seat for Dumping PDP.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda A Councillor representing Ward six in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta, Mr. Basil Ishiekwene and a card-carrying member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Earnest...

Police Avert PDP, AC Clash in Lagos.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Evelyn Usman and Idowu Olaide THE Police in Lagos, weekend, averted a bloody clash between supporters of the People's Democratic Party (PDP)and Action Congress(AC) gubernatorial candidates, in...

Speaking Out: Family Matters.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Morenike Taire After putting up a fight somewhat half-hearted, but a fight nonetheless the Nigerian monarchy where it existed finally gave up the ghost sometime during the military...

I'm Not Worried By Obi's Suit - Uba.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli Anambra State PDP governorship candidate for the April polls, Chief Andy Uba says he and his party are not worried by the suit filed by Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi...

Leadership Change at NLC.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The democratic transition which occurred in the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, is a commendable development. At its 9th Delegates Conference in Abuja, Comrade Abdulwaheed Umar was elected the...

Daukoru scores Nigeria energy sector high.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Luka Binniyat The Minister of Energy, Dr. Edmund Daukoru, has chest-thumbed that the Nigeria Energy sector, has become one of the world's fastest expanding energy sector, grossing in record...

Oceanic Bank Public Offer Opens Monday.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Omoh Gabriel OCEANIC Bank will on Monday open its investment doors to the public with an offer for subscription of 3.4 billion ordinary shares of 50kobo at N16.50 amounting to N55.4billion....

Edo PDP Accuses Igbinedion.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State says it has uncovered plot by the Governor Lucky Igbinedion-led administration to dissolve the administration of local...

49 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Ebonyi.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Officials of Immigration Service in Ebonyi and the State Emergency Mangement Agency (SEMA) have arrested 49 immigrants in the area. Mr Jacob Adeyinka, the Comptroller in-charge of the command, paraded...

Group Urges FG to Probe Bonga Project.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Okey Ndiribe THE Federal Government has been urged to immediately begin a comprehensive probe of all transactions relating to the Bonga Oil Field Development to identify and punish...

Elections May Be Rigged - Obi.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli Following the present hazy political environment in Anambra State, Governor Peter Obi has expressed fear over a free and fair contest in the state, and charged lawyers to dust...

Akwa United Redeploys Coach.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tommy Solomon WORRIED by its poor showing in the on-going Globacom Premier League, Akwa United Football Club of Uyo has deployed team's technical adviser, Charles Bassey to the office. A...

Pro-Ladoja Lawmakers Threaten to Withdraw Support.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ola Ajayi THE recent appointment of 12 special advisers by the Oyo State Governor, Rashidi Ladoja as part of his reconciliatory efforts to unite all the aggrieved parties in the crisis rocking...

Group Raises Alarm Over Planned Sack in Uniben.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE Otu'Edo Seghe, a socio-cultural group in Edo State, has raised fresh alarm over the planned retrenchment exercise at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), accusing the...

Talking Point - Return to Sodom?
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Fasan A fortnight ago, primates of the Anglican Church around the world met in the Tanzanian capital city, Dar es Salam, to deliberate on some of the most controversial and polarising...

Court Turns Down DPP's Threat to Arrest Adedibu's Ally, Tokyo.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, refused an invitation by the Federal Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to threaten the Chairman of the National Union of Road...

Ugwuh and Imo Guber Race (2).
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Uche Ugboajah CHARLES Ugwuh is not coming to preach a gospel of doom. He is coming to inspire true leadership and point the way to what is possible when a people decide on where they are...

Dry Port Committee Inaugurated.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu A LOCAL stakeholders' implementation committee for the smooth take off of the proposed Inland Container Depot otherwise known as dry port at Isiala Ngwa in Abia State has been...

Vogts Arrives!
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Fidelis Ebu Berti Vogts, the Super Eagles Technical Adviser is storming Abuja this afternoon aboard Lufthansa Airline, and would be a special guest at the hurriedly arranged encounter between...

EFCC Probe - a Legislative Afterthought.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Pini Jason Last week, the senate trained its guns at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Upper House fired at the EFCC with palpable fury. Many Nigerians have had many...

APGA Pledges Good Governance in Imo.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chidi Nkwopara ALL Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has reassured Imo people of its preparedness to redress the ills perpetrated by the present administration as well as move the state...

Acek Auto Debuts, Makes History.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Theodore Opara HISTORY was made in the Nigerian automobile sector last Thursday when a new automobile company, Acek Auto Nigeria Limited, opened its services by giving away a brand new Nissan...

Second Hand Clothing is Good Business.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Adegboye SOME call it 'world market', some refer to it as 'Boys' Corner' while others call it Bend down and select boutique. All of these names refer to second-hand grade clothing...

Delta Militants Attack Barge Off Lagos.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yemie Adeoye HEAVILY armed militants, yesterday, attacked a barge fully loaded with petroleum products from a vessel belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) off the...

Chief Justice Vows to Sack Corrupt Judges.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Kutigi, yesterday, warned high court judges appointed to participate in the 2007 Election Petition Tribunals to shun corruption...

Union Registrars Tasks NSE On Introduction of Innovative Products.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Michael Eboh The management of Union Registrars Limited has called on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to further introduce innovative products that will ensure the growth and development of...

The Human Angle: A Game for Two.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yetunde Arebi There are several adages and proverbs in my native Yoruba tongue that speaks of the unpredictable nature of man. I believe the same applies in almost all cultures and languages...

Audu Trial Delayed.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Hearing in a suit seeking to void a criminal charge of stealing preferred by the Federal Government against former Governor of Kogi State, Abubakar Audu before the Code of Conduct Tribunal was stalled...

You're Obasanjo's Tool, AC Tells Ribadu.
February 27, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The Action Congress (AC) says the EFCC Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, has deeply hurt Nigeria's war against corruption by crossing the thin line between crusading against graft and becoming a zealot and a tool in...

UBA N54 Billion Offer Opens Thursday.
February 26, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Omoh Gabriel UNITED Bank for Africa (UBA) offer for subscription and Right Issue of 1,551,000,000 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each worth N54 billion will be opened to existing shareholders and...

Where is NFL's N60 Million?
February 26, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Onochie Anibeze Five years ago, Pamodzi Sports Marketing engaged Globacom to sponsor the Nigerian league for four years. At the expiration of the contract last year, the Nigeria Football...

PDP's 'Impeachment' Rally in Yola.
February 26, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ochereome Nnanna On Saturday, February 17th, the pm temperature in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, stood steady at 38 degrees Celsius. However, the bite of the heat was blunted by the...

Atiku Says Life Threatened in Presidential Campaign.
February 26, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo and Emmanuel Aziken VICE PRESIDENT Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, in Lagos raised an alarm that his life was in danger on account of the refusal of the Federal Government to restore...

Anambra PDP Denies Pact With Labour Party.
February 26, 2007... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied claims of a collaboration between the party and the Labour Party in Anambra State and warned its members to stay away from former...