Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from February 2011

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from February 2011

We Must Regulate Heavy Vehicles.
February 28, 2011... Each time there is tragedy on our roads, recriminations follow, and the matter is rested. It is time government did more to make the roads safer for everyone and in this enterprise, no excuses should be accepted. Most of the accidents in...

Between Sanusi and IMF Who is Right About the True Value of the Naira?
February 28, 2011... The International Monetary Fund last week said that the naira is currently over valued. Immediately, the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi reacted and criticised calls from the IMF for greater exchange rate flexibility, saying he did not...

Gombe - Why I'm Backing Dankwambo's Candidacy - Biri.
February 28, 2011... Byline: John Bulus Alhaji Dahiru Bubua Biri was one of the eight gubernatorial aspirants in Gombe State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Though he lost to the erstwhile Accountant -General of the Federation, Alhaji...

Imoke, Others' Tenure - PDP, Opposition Parties Differ in Cross River.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Johnbosco Agbakwuru Cross River State Chairman of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Hon. Cletus Obun, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to appeal against the judgment of the Abuja High Court...

April Polls - Presidency Denies Voting N2.9 Billion to Capture S-West.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Daniel Idonor The Presidency yesterday described as "totally false, malicious and repugnant" report in newspapers (not Vanguard) that President Goodluck Jonathan voted N2.9billion to capture the votes of voters in the South-West geo-...

Money Politics Worries Akunyili.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu Former Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, has expressed worries about the level of money politics in the country, urging the electorate to beware of those who entice them with cash for...

Jos - How Crises Fuel High Cost of Living.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Taye Obateru When social scientists say for every action there is a reaction or when James Hardly Chase wrote There's Always a Price Tag several years ago, they might not have had Jos, the Plateau State Capital in mind. However,...

Ogboru, Uduaghan's Poor Rejoinder And This Writer.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Eferovo Igho Emmanuel Uduaghan recently thought he should respond to my piece: "Take a trip to the three Warri LGAs" published in the Vanguard of February 7, 2011. He went consulting his consultant, public communication and strategy....

Galadima - Toro Tells Football Federation What to Do.
February 28, 2011... Former scribe of the Nigeria Football Association, Alhaji Sani Ahmed Toro has faulted Nigeria's failed bid to replace Dr Amos Adamu with Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima in the FIFA executive committee in the recently held elections of the continental...

Shagari Tasks FG On Education of Albinos.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Chris Ochayi Former President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, has asked the Federal Government to ensure the inclusion of albinos in all-encompassing educational policy of the country. Alhaji Shagari, who stated while receiving in his...

I Met Empty Treasury - Aregbesola.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni Governor Aregbesola of Osun State, has said he met an empty treasury on assumption of office with huge debts and Olympian responsibilities just as he relived memories of the intimidation and harassment by the last...

Bomb Blast - Army to Re-open Shut Mammy Market.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Kingsley Omonobi The Army yesterday disclosed that the Mammy Market in Mogadishu Cantonment barracks which was closed as a result of last December 31, 2010, bomb blast is to be opened soon. Commander,Army Headquarters Garrison,...

Activist Chides INEC Over Non-Display of Voters Register.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Samuel Oyadongha A member of the Niger Delta Development Commission Project Presidential Monitoring Committee, Mr. Furoebi Akeni, has expressed concern that thousands of eligible voters in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area may...

Police Nab Five Over Alleged Kidnap of 80-Year-Old.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Imo State Police Command has arrested five suspects who were alleged to have kidnapped an 80-year old woman, Mrs. Salome Ndu, from Obodo-Uchichi in Ahiazu Mbaise local government area of the state. Confirming the...

Delta House Summons Two Commissioners.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Austin Ogwuda Members of the Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation, have summoned the former state Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Roland Ehime his successor, Anthony Akpomiemie and the...

Isoko Community Slams 72-Hour Ultimatum On Agip.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Festus Ahon The people of Idheze community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, handed down a 72-hour ultimatum on the Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, to meet their demands or vacate their land. This is just...

Delta State Under Uduaghan.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Dr Austin Obidi Governance all over the universe no doubt is an act of being able to bring to the door steps of the governed those things that could be beneficiary to them. In Delta State, which is regarded as mini Nigeria, the...

Anger, Shock Greet Lavish Reception for Bode George.
February 28, 2011... Opposition political parties and organised Labour, yesterday, descended heavily on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing weekend's celebration of the release from jail of Chief Bode George as a celebration of shame and corruption. ...

Costly Mistake Zik, Awolowo Made- Okunu.(Interview)
February 28, 2011... Alhaji Lateef Olufemi Okunnu, CON, was Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing between May 1967 and December 1974 during the General Yakubu Gowon military regime. The 75-year-old Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, spoke to Vanguard in his...

Online Test for Jamb Students Launched.
February 28, 2011... Students and others seeking admission into tertiary institutions in the country now have a new online test tutor called e-JAMB Service just introduced to help them succeed. The new product is the brainwork of Elnuk Laboratories, a...

Ajose Ready for WBC Elimination Fight.
February 28, 2011... Commonwealth Light Welterweight Boxing Champion, Olusegun Ajose, has said that the long delay he has to endure before securing the WBC elimination bout has not dampened his enthusiasm. Ajose, on Sunday in Lagos, said that he did not allow the...

Health Workers to Call Off Strike Today.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Chioma Obinna week old industrial action embarked upon by national health workers under the auspices of Joint House Unions and Associations may be suspended today, following the resolution reached by the consultative meeting between...

Henry Okah Moved to Maximum Security Prison.
February 28, 2011... Henry Okah, South Africa-based Nigerian who is facing trial in a Johannesburg court for allegedly masterminding the October 1 twin bomb blast in Abuja has been moved to the maximum security prison after eight mobile phones were discovered in his...

Osaze, Enyeama, Kalu Storm AIT Awards.
February 28, 2011... Who, was the nation's best footballer in the year 2010? That is the mystery that will be unraveled on March 8 in Port Harcourt as the AIT football Awards is hosted by the Rivers State Government of Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Meanwhile, to...

Man With 86 Wives, 190 Children Dragged to Court.
February 28, 2011... The controversial Octogenarian man with 86 wives and over 190 children in Bida, Niger State, has finally been dragged before a Niger State High Court sitting in Minna, by members of the Estu Masaba Ruling House in Bida in a bid to determine his...

Country Signs Radiation Mission Statement.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Johnbosco Agbakwuru In its effort to conserve its forest and achieve benefits derivable from it, the Federal Government has signed the Endorsement of Radiation Mission Statement on UN-REDD. Minister of Environment Mr. John Odey,...

Lagos Lawmaker Defects to LPA.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Gbenga Akanmu Lagos lawmaker, Mr Sikiru Adebanjo representing Epe constituency II, yesterday, attributed his defection to Labour Party to the denial of his mandate by Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, at the primaries. He disclosed...

Benin Monarch Debunks Claims of Minister's Banishment.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem The Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, has described as misleading and untrue, the reports that the Minister of State for Works, Dr Chris Ogienmwonyi, was banished from the palace due to the alleged inability of the Federal...

Thugs Attack Lawmaker.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Peter Duru Few days after raising alarm over rising waves of political violence in Benue State, a federal lawmaker representing Katsina-Ala/Logo/Ukum Federal Constituency, Mr. Mzenda Iho, narrowly escaped death after a group of...

PDP Guber Candidate Mobilises Lagos for April Polls.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Gbenga Oke As President Goodluck Jonathan begins campaign in Lagos today, Deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Yinka Olatunji has urged Lagosians to vote for the party at the April polls, arguing that...

Brothers Arrested Over Boy's Kidnap.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Evelyn Usman and Victor Akpafresh Police in Lagos have arrested two brothers over the kidnap of a 12 year-old boy, in Ojokoro area of Lagos two weeks ago. The suspects (names withheld) aged 19 and 23, respectively, allegedly...

UNN, Ibeto Group to Partner On Infrastructural Development.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Tony Edike The Ibeto Group has promised to go into alliance and partnership with the University of Nigeria, UNN, Nsukka, in the area of infrastructural and human development. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the...

CBN Governor Delivers Lectures At Kresta Laurel Seminar.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Michael Eboh Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been scheduled to deliver a lecture at Kresta Laurel Limited Partner's Forum. He is expected to speak a topic: "Infrastructure, Industrialisation and...

Access Bank Fights Against Money Laundering.
February 28, 2011... Nigeria's profile in the international fight against money laundering and financial crimes was recently given a boost with the invitation of Access Bank as a West African delegate to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting holding...

Global Economic Recovery Has Impacted Positively On Country - Aganga.
February 28, 2011... The Minister of Finance, Dr. Olusegun Aganga has said that global economic recovery has impacted positively on Nigerian economy. He stressed that the momentum of recovery sustained in 2010, although has been uneven and unbalanced but the...

Four Cement Manufacturers Write Jonathan for Import License.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Emma Amaize Four indigenous cement manufacturers under the auspices of the Cement New Entrants Stakeholders have written to President Goodluck Jonathan, requesting him to grant each of them import license for five million metric tons...

NAMA to Spend Over N900 Million On Solar Energy.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Daniel Eteghe The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has expressed readiness to spend the sum of N978 million for the installation of Solar Energy to power all the nine (9) sites of the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria...

AAU Crisis - Varsity, Students to Settle Out of Court.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Gabriel Enogholase Authorities of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma and the institution's Students' Union Government (SUG) are to exploit the out of court settlement option in a case instituted by the students against the...

All Africa Games 2011 - South Africa Plots Country's Fall.
February 28, 2011... Nigeria's dream of winning the All Africa Games in Mozambique this year has suffered a devastating blow as the organizers have canceled Wrestling and Power lifting for Special Sports after intensive lobby from South Africa. Instead, they have...

Abuja Light Rail Will Gulp N356 Billion - FCT Minister.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Henry Umoru Strong indications emerged weekend that the long awaited Abuja light rail project may not be completed at its expected date of 2013 if the N356.8 billion($235 million) required for the project was not made available for...

Solanke, Akintola Bemoan Corruption in Judiciary.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Ola Ajayi As a result of endemic corruption in all strata of life in the country, two Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Chiefs Folake Solanke and Chief Adeniyi Akintola, have condemned rising cases of corruption in the nation's judicial...

Imo Judge's Kidnap - CJ Summons Judges.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Benjamin Ahanonu Njemanze, yesterday, summoned an emergency meeting of all the serving judges in the state following the abduction of a serving High Court judge, Justice Theophilus Ugwu...

Global Financial Recovery Provides a Second Chance for Country.
February 28, 2011... Byline: Omoh Gabriel The global economic recovery is advancing, albeit at an uneven pace, Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors of the 20 group of emerging economies have said. According to their verdict after a meeting with the...

Envoy Tasks SON On Quality of Local Exports.
February 28, 2011... The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has told the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to check the quality of goods exported from Nigeria to other countries. The embassy also lamented the imbalance in the volume of trade between Nigeria and...

Immigration Installs IT Equipment to Check Human Trafficking.
February 28, 2011... The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has installed Document Fraud Readers, scanners and other passenger registration equipment at the various international airports to check human trafficking. NIS Comptroller-General, Mrs Rose Uzoma, on...

Country Can Produce Enough Rice for Africa, Says RIFAN President.
February 28, 2011... Nigeria can become Africa's largest rice producer by 2012 if the Federal Government can give rice farmers the necessary assistance, Alhaji Abubakar Wogi, has said. Wogi, who is the National President of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria...

Nigeria Evacuates Citizens.
February 27, 2011... The Federal Government has evacuated 499 Nigerians, out of the about 2000 said to be stranded in Tripoli over the political crisis in Libya. The returnees arrived the Abuja International Airport at 1:30 am on Sunday, via a chartered flight....

PENGASSAN to FG - Explain Scarcity, High Cost of Diesel, Kerosine.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young As the scarcity and high cost of diesel and kerosene persist across the country, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called on the Federal Government to explain to the...

N11 Million Up for Grabs in Lagos/MTN Street Soccer.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Jacob Ajom Preliminaries of the Annual Lagos MTN street soccer championship are billed to kick off March 1 in all the designated centres across the state. The round of 16 begins on May 7 to 15. Speaking at a pre-championship media...

Foreign Coach for Falcons - Laloko Lashes Out At NFF.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Solomon Nwoke Coach Kashimawo Laloko has strongly opposed the hiring of a foreign trainer for the Super Falcons to assist the team coach, Eucharia Uche ahead of the FIFA Women World Cup in Germany later in the year. The former...

Oyo Indigenes Fault Obasanjo's Commissioning of Atiba Hall.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Ola Ajayi Some subjects of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, have described as an affront to the community the handing over of the key of the renovated Atiba Hall to the former President Olusegun Obasanjo who is from Ogun State,...

Why I Quit Professional Boxing - Okorodudu.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Chioma Aniegboka A member of Nigeria's Los Angeles '84 Olympics boxing team, Jeremiah Okorodudu has for the first time opened up on why he quit the sport that brought him so much fame, boxing. Speaking in a chat with Sports...

NIMC Staff Petition Jonathan Over Eight Year Salary Arrears.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Bose Adelaja Over 2,000 officers of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, have petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan over their eight years' unpaid arrears, urging him to impress it on the management to pay them and save...

Sports Group Commend Jonathan.
February 27, 2011... Members of the sports community have commended President Goodluck Jonathan for living up to the promise of the government to revive and upgrade various sporting facilities across the country. The commendation, which was made by the Sports...

Maritime Workers Threaten Strike.(Conference notes)
February 27, 2011... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to terminal operators in the nation's seaport to review the minimum standard agreement for dockworkers failing which the all the ports...

Don Makes Case for African Female Playwrights.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Taye Obateru A female playwright and university don, Professor Irene Agunloye, has made a case for African women playwrights to be accorded due recognition for their contribution to dramatic literature, calling for a departure from...

It is Great to Be Surrounded By Beautiful Things And People - John Obayuwana.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Yemisi Suleiman John Obayuwana is the managing director of Polo, the exclusive agency in Nigeria for some of the finest Swiss watch and jewellery brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Chopard, Baume and Mercier, Montblanc, Rado,...

Ethnic Nationalities in the Eyes of Dan Agbowu.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Japhet Alakam Last week, the Banquet Hall of the City Hall at the Catholic Mission Street, Lagos Island was filled to the brim as people from all walks of life comprising of the high and low gorgeously dressed in traditional attires...

I've Now Learnt My Lesson - Bode George.
February 27, 2011... GREAT celebrations heralded the release of former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George, from the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos, yesterday, after serving two-year jail term, as hundreds of...

Energy - FG Seeks More Private Sector Participation.
February 27, 2011... President Goodluck Jonathan, Saturday, in Kaduna, called on the organised private sector (OPS) to support the Federal Government's energy sector reform to rejuvenate the economy. The call is contained in the President's message read at the...

Niger Guber Poll - Supreme Court Throws Out Suit Against Gov Aliyu.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, Friday, struck out an appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, in the 2007 general elections in Niger state, Mr. David Umaru, in which he asked the court...

Nobody Can Rule Citizens Against Their Will - Senator Anietie Okon.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Gbenga Oke Senator Anietie Okon is a member of the President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Council. In this interview, he bares his mind on some national issues ranging from the former President Obasanjo campaign in 1999 to that of...

Why Igbo May Miss Presidency in 2015 - Prof Omoruyi.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem Former Director General of the Center for Democratic Studies (CDS), Prof. Omo Omoruyi, bares his mind on the April presidential election and warns that the nation may be plunged into crisis if President Goodluck...

Alleged Debt - NICON Wins Case Against Union Bank.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Innocent Anaba A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday, struck out the suit by the Union Bank Plc against NICON Investment Ltd. The court held that the suit was incompetent and constituted an abuse of the judicial process. ...

Daniel - Obasanjo's Group Has No Political Value.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Ishola Balogun and Bashir Adefaka Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State was not available for this interview. But he mandated his commissioner for information and orientation, Mr. 'Sina Kawonise, to speak to Sunday Vanguard. Mr....

Judge Kidnapped, Driver, Orderly Killed.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Kidnapping became bloody in Imo State, at the weekend, following the abduction of a High Court judge, Justice Theophilus Ugwu, and the gruesome murder of his driver and orderly. Sunday Vanguard investigations...

The Olabode George Reception - After Two Years in Jail, What Next?
February 27, 2011... Byline: Clifford Ndujihe It is no longer news that the former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George is not a jailbird anymore. What is news, perhaps, is the new Bode George that the polity will witness...

CBN Gov Warns Against Civil Unrest.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Tony Edike Central Bank Governor, Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, warned, yesterday, that the current civil unrest in some countries in North Africa could be experienced in Nigeria if the nation's leadership failed to explore the enormous...

Why Buhari is Not Sellable - Kenneth Gbagi.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Emma Amaize Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, in this interview, speaks on the presidential aspiration of President Goodluck Jonathan, the other contenders for the office of president and the April polls, among...

Tinubu - South West Will Reject Jonathan.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Ola Ajayi Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the national chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Chief Bisi Akande, and other chieftains of the party have told the people of the South West to reject...

Ex-Governor Oni Vs Justice Salami - SSS Writes MTN.
February 27, 2011... The Department of State Services, otherwise known as the SSS, has written the telecommunications company, MTN, for details of two calls recorded in the system from November 1, 2010. The numbers are: 08034004887 and 08033120001. The SSS...

Bode George, Five Others' Journey to Prison.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah Bode George, who was sentenced to a two year jail term alongside five members of the Board of NPA by Justice Joseph Oyewole, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on August 8, 2008 on...

Olajumoke Vows to Do More If Re-Elected.
February 27, 2011... Byline: Dayo Johnson Senator Bode Olajumoke weekend kick started his second term campaign with a promise to do more in the delivery of the dividend of democracy to the people of the Ondo North Senatorial district of Ondo State. He said...

Local Footballer Held With Cocaine.
February 27, 2011... The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a Nigerian national for his alleged involvement in smuggling and peddling cocaine in Delhi. Police claimed to have recovered 3gm of cocaine worth Rs 1.25 lakh from his possession. The accused,...

Benue Qualify for Quarter-Finals of NNPC/Shell Cup.
February 26, 2011... Royal Secondary School, Buruku, Benue State, has qualified for the quarter-finals of the 7th All Nigerian Secondary School Football Championship known as NNPC/Shell Cup. To emerge from Enugu Zone C, they defeated Epie National High School,...

I Have Graduated From the University of Life, Says Bode George.
February 26, 2011... GREAT celebration heralded the release of former South West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Chief Olabode George from the Maximum Prison in Kirikiri in Lagos Saturday, as hundreds of party supporters and well wishers gave him a warm...

Robbers Raid Bank; Kill Soldier, Boy.
February 26, 2011... Byline: Austin Ogwuda Armed robbers yesterday raided Bank PHB at Umunede in Delta State while the Delta Commissioner of Police and other security chiefs were in Asaba waiting for the arrival of President Goodluck Jonathan for a PDP...

Confusion, Shock Over Alleged Plan to Drop DDC Machines for Election.
February 26, 2011... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken and Henry Umoru The outrage from the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN was infectious last Monday. The news that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC would not be using the Direct Data Capture...

Threat to 2011 Elections - How We Can Avert Crisis - Senior Advocates.
February 26, 2011... Byline: Innocent Anaba and Abdulwahab Abdulah Some Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) say the April elections can sail through regardless of the threat posed by the large number of litigations against the polls, provided appropriate steps are...

Stop April Guber Polls in Delta, Ikimi Drags INEC, Uduaghan to Court.
February 26, 2011... Byline: Emma Amaize A Deltan and human rights activist, Oghenejabor Ikimi, yesterday, asked a Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta State, to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from conducting any election for the...

ANPP Inaugurates Presidential Campaign Committee.
February 26, 2011... The National Chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, Ogbonaya Onu yesterday inaugurated the party presidential campaign committee with a charge to put party interest first and ensure that their campaign reach all the nook and cranny of...

FIFA Seat - Toro Blames Ministry, NFA for Galadima's Loss.
February 26, 2011... Byline: Ime Bassey As Nigerians lament the defeat of Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima at the CAF/FIFA elections held in Khartoum, Sudan last Wednesday, former NFA Secretary General, Alhaji Sani Toro has blamed the Sports Ministry and the NFA for his...

Fake Drug Dealers Can't Stop Me - Akunyili.
February 26, 2011... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu Former minister of information and communications, Prof Dora Akunyili who is the senatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Anambra Central has described as an empty threat alleged decision of...

Presidential Candidates - Their Pacts With Citizens.
February 26, 2011... Byline: Clifford Ndujihe Barring last minute alterations, 20 presidential candidates will slug it out with President Goodluck Jonathan for the nation's topmost political mantle on April 9. After the February 21 deadline for the...