Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from January 2010

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from January 2010

Nimasa Partners OAU on Climate Observation.
January 31, 2010... Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has entered into partnership with the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in an efforts to effectively manage atmospheric challenges associated with Climate Change in the...

Firm Seeks Federal Govt's Approval to Build Refinery.
January 31, 2010... The Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) has sought the approval of the Federal Government to build a private refinery. Mr Tunji Adeniji, a director of the company, said in Lagos on Thursday that NIPCO would put an end to the lingering...

The Soklin Promo Ad That Failed to Push a Campaign.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Princewill Ekwujuru No doubt, Soklin washing detergent has overtime occupied the leadership position in the sachet detergent market, but with the on-going campaign tagged scratch and win promo, the advert pushing the promo, rather...

ACF Blasts FEC, Asks Yar'Adua to Respect Constitution.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Emeka Mamah The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has condemned the latest resolution of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, that President Umaru Yar'Adua is fit to rule the country from his hospital bed in Saudi Arabia, saying it was an...

The Value of 'Progressive' Politics.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Obi Nwakanma Frequently, a certain segment of Nigerians, particularly those from the Southern flank raise the flag of progressive politics, and claim to represent the sum of all practices of progressive ideas in Nigeria. The North of...

Yar'Adua's Men Map Out Fresh Plan.
January 31, 2010... The Pro-Yar'Adua elements in government are reworking their strategy of sustaining his tenure following the massive pressure from within and outside the country for the president to transfer power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. The camp...

Shareholder Group Drags CBN to Court.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Peter Egwuatu A foremost shareholder group in the country, Proactive Shareholders Association of Nigeria (PSAN) on Friday filed a suit in Federal High Court, Abuja with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the CBN Governor, Lamido...

Rights Issue - Oando Positioning For Local,Global Competitiveness.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Peter Egwuatu FOLLOWING its ongoing over N20 billion Rights Issue, Oando Plc is gearing up for both local and global competition which will take the centre stage when the petroleum sector is fully deregulated in Nigeria. The...

Rights Issue - Interlinked Technologies Set For Turnaround.
January 31, 2010... INTERLINKED Technolgies Plc is set for a complete turnaround as management has promised to use the proceeds from its ongoing Rights Issue to reposition the company. The company is in the verge of coming back to a sound capital and liquidity...

Customs to Enhance E-Transactions in Nation's Ports.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Godfrey Bivbere The Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) has put in place measures to ensure that transactions in all the ports are done in electronic catchment in the near future ensure. The clarification of the service on the...

FG Moves to Tackle Wrecks On Waterways.
January 31, 2010... Minister of Transport Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio has stated that it is the intention of Government to work hard towards elevating the current status of the country in international maritime industry. He said that as a step in that direction, Nigeria...

Not in Their Names.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Bunmi Aina-Craiq The good people of Jos are once again been terrorized by a handful of their idle, disenfranchised and obviously ignorant brothers and sisters. They conveniently tag the mayhem and anarchy 'religious', there is...

Remembering My Benefactors(2).
January 31, 2010... Byline: Ambassador Alhaji Shehu Malami, Con Sarkin Sudan The draft speech was a master piece but when the time came for its delivery on the lawn of the State House in Marina, His Eminence just put it in his pocket and very much improved upon...

Anambra - The Challenge of Violence-Free Polls.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Lanre Arogundade The Civil War Had Come And Gone By the Mid-seventies when our generation got introduced to Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart' in secondary school. It was (and still is) such an epic creative narrative that first...

Fears of the Cabal.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Tony Momoh They have emerged again with rerouting of constitutional provisions to achieve ends that will definitely backfire. But the one I am sorry for, if he falls for the trap, is Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. I hear he has...

CBN, PMIs Work On Modalities For Proposed MRC.
January 31, 2010... The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and operators of Primary Mortgage Institutions (PMIs), have commenced work on the modalities for the establishment of the proposed Mortgage Refinance/Liquidity Company (MRC). Vanguard investigation revealed...

Banks Turn N10 Million Cheque Limit Into Money Spinning Avenue.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Chinedu Ibeabuchi Banks have turned the N10 million limits on cheque transactions into a money spinning avenue.In placing the ban on payment of value above N10 million through cheques last year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...

The Putrid Messalso in CBN! (2).
January 31, 2010... Byline: Les Leba The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi continues to leave no one in doubt that CBN reforms and sanitization of the banking sector is ongoing. Late in January 2010, the CBN once again unsheathed its...

Banking Reforms Crash Price of Properties.
January 31, 2010... For the first time the history of the country, price of properties are on the down ward trend falling as much as ten percent. Real sector experts attribute this unprecedented turn around in fortunes to the on going banking sector reforms. ...

Insurers Gets 2015 Deadline For Single West African Market.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Patience Saghana The federal government has given insurance company in the country a deadline of December 31st 2015 to achieve a single west African insurance market. Professor Joe Irukwu, Chairman Insurance Law Review Committee...

CBN to Handover Debtors of Distressed MFBs To EFCC.
January 31, 2010... The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would soon handover debtors of distressed microfinance banks to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Financial Vanguard investigation revealed that the apex bank is already compiling the names...

TD Drives Technology Train to Liberia.
January 31, 2010... One of Nigeria's notable ICT Distributor's, Technology Distributions, is set to launch a branch in Liberia in the second week of February 2010. The launch is expected to attract the President of Liberia, Ms Johnson Sirleaf, who would lead the...

Rural Telephony Template - Howe USPF Plans to Lift Rural Living.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Prince Osuagwu Apart from the positive bust in communications which has seen the country increasingly connected, the efforts of the Nigerian government in spreading modern communications growth and development to the far ends of the...

Haiti Quake Victims Get GLO Sympathy.
January 31, 2010... Nigeria's Second National telecoms Operator, Globacom , has launched an appeal to raise funds to support the rehabilitation of the unfortunate victims of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti . Described as one of the most devastating...

Resourcery Boosts The Country's Software Base, Signing MoU With Prodapt India.
January 31, 2010... Apparently trying to demonstrate its commitment to continually proffer solutions to the challenges of the global ICT market, one of Nigeria's foremost ICT solutions provider Resourcery Plc, has recently extended its dragnet to India, catching...

NFA Satisfied With Job, Amodu.
January 31, 2010... Egypt entered the record books in Luanda yesterday, beating Ghana 1-0 in the final of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations with supersub Mohamed 'Gedo' Nagy lifting the Pharaohs to their third straight title. Gedo, who has scored from the bench...

Osaze Makes Nations Cup Best 11.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Paul Bassey Despite ending upwith a bronze medal at the weekend, Nigerian winger, Osaze Odemwingie's impressive performance, has earned him a place in the best eleven players of the Africa Cup of Nations, which ended last night in...

Foreign Coach - Renard Tops Chat.
January 31, 2010... Byline: Onochie Anibeze This is official. Shaibu Amodu will not lead Nigeria's technical crew to the World Cup this June.The Nigeria Football Federation has finally decided that a foreign coach will lead Nigeria to South Africa. The...

Come, Were You the Referee?".
January 31, 2010... I thank God for the gift of life. I thank him everyday. Friday was not an exception. I told you how I was seconded to Benguela to help fortify the team on ground for what was expected to be world war four in African football. Egypt and...

How We Swindle Prospective Tenants - Suspects.
January 30, 2010... Are you looking for accommodation in any part of Lagos, or beyond, then you have to be very careful because some unscrupulous individuals have devised a new method of extorting desperate accommodation seekers . This revelation, followed the...

Super Eagles Need Fresh Legs Now, Ekpo.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Kate Obodo Ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , Ex-international, Friday Ekpo has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to inject fresh legs into the senior national team that will compete at the World Cup in June. ...

PTF to Appoint Amodu's Boss Next Week, Fashanu.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Richard Animam Presidential Task Force member John Fashanu is certainly not happy with Nigeria's ouster from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. Fash, as he is fondly called, believes Super Eagles should have done better...

Esin Wants a Nigerian Helper for Amodu.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Kate Obodo Former junior international, Etim Esin has criticised the formation used by Super Eagles coach Shaibu Amodu against the Black Stars of Ghana last Thursday in Lubango. Esin, who could not place the exact formation used in...

Why Amodu Failed in Angola, Obienu.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Kate Obodo Former NFA vice chairman Richard Nwabufo Obienu is one among many demanding for a change in the national team especially with the caliber of players in the Super Eagles. Following the polity in the football house, he...

Who Killed Dipo Dina?
January 30, 2010... Byline: Kolade Larewaju This is one question that has been on the lips of the people of Ogun State since Monday evening's gruesome murder of the 2007 governorship candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in Ogun State, Otunba Adedipupo Dina, at...

Yar'Adua as Obasanjo's Albatross.
January 30, 2010... This is a focus on the attempt by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to yank off the 'Yar'Adua problem' which has become an albatross on his neck. Can he succeed? Jide Ajani, Deputy Editor examines how far he can go. Olusegun Obasanjo thought...

Ekiti Monarch, College Provost Kidnapped, Killed in Auto Crash.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Gbenga Ariyibi A first class monarch in Ekiti State, the Attah of Aiyede, Oba Adeleye Orisagbemi, and the acting provost, College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, Dr Gabriel Olowoyo, were, Saturday, kidnapped at different locations and...

Yar'Adua Wasn't a Successful Gov in Kastina - Arewa Youth Leader.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Ebun Babalola Alhaji Yerima Shetima Usman, President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYC) in Lagos, speaks to Saturday Vanguard on the state of the nation, especially, on Northern youths' position on President Umaru Yar'Adua. ...

Obasanjo wanted me to cry or?? Rasheed Ladoja.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Jide Ajani And Anthonia Onwuka How do you present a Sunday Interview and the only thing you discuss all through is GARRI, the Nigerian staple? Or, how do you interview Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, former governor of Oyo State, and you will...

How Akhigbe, Oshiomhole Forces Punished Anenih.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem That the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lost last weeks Etsako Central Local Government Election is no longer news. But what will interestt readers is how the forces of Comrade Governor Adams Oshiohmole crushed the...

"Fit, Forty and Fabulous".
January 30, 2010... NIKE OSHINOWO has been in the limelight ever since she won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria crown in 1991. Its hard to believe that almost 2 decades have passed since her reign because Mrs. Oshinowo-Soleye still looks as stunning as ever....

Synagogue denies prophecy on Warri lion scare.
January 30, 2010... The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has denied an alleged prophecy by its General Overseer, Prophet T.B. Joshua, that a lion would run amok in Warri and attack people. A statement by the press department of the church said at no time...

PDP in final mop up in Anambra.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu SENATE President, Chief David Mark, National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor and other top officials of the party have hammered on free, fair and credible election in the February 6...

Kano Trovan crisis: Dust yet to settle despite Pfizer's out of court settlement.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Sola Ogundipe FOR the 200 or so victims of the 1996 Pfizer Trovan saga in Kano, it has been a long tortuous journey and even as multinational pharmaceutical giant agreed to pay an out-of-court settlement of $75 millon (about N10...

Heat turns on Yar'Adua's men.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Jide Ajani And Emmanuel Aziken The seeming stasis of the Nigerian state, occasioned by the lingering vacuum in the presidency continues to magnify the spectre of gloom for an already troubled polity.Yet, there are those whose optimism...

Ekiti monarch, college provost kidnapped, killed in auto crash.
January 30, 2010... Byline: Gbenga Ariyibi Ado Ekiti - A first class monarch in Ekiti State, the Attah of Aiyede, Oba Adeleye Orisagbemi, and the acting provost, College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, Dr Gabriel Olowoyo, were, Saturday, kidnapped at different...

Robbers Are Back in Lagos.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Albert Akpor FOR more than one year now, the Lagos state police command has remained the cynosure of all eyes especially in the area of crime fighting. It has successfully maintained a low crime rate compared to other states of the...

Yar'Adua - Aka Ikenga Tasks Presidency On Constitution.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Uduma Kalu An association of Igbo professionals, Aka Ikenga, has called on the leadership of the country to take immediate steps as stipulated by the constitution to decide whether ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua is fit to continue in...

Sign-On-Fee Excite Dolphins.
January 29, 2010... The prospect of getting their sign on fees very soon is an exciting one to player of Dolphins FC as the Rivers State sports commissioner made a statement to that effect. The Rivers State sports commissioner, Boma Iyaye mentioned while...

For Fashola, Grass-Root is Key to Sports Development.
January 29, 2010... There is no denying the fact that Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola is a sports loving governor. Not like you see with other state governors who are sports loving by name, his is by deed as he plays football as a member of the Lagos...

Sunshine Players Get Balance of Sign-On-Fee.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Kate Obodo Sunshine Stars players and officials are confident that the much awaited balance of their sign-on fees will be paid this week. According to Ibrahim Babale, Sunshine Stars top striker who scored a brace against Gateway FC...

LCCI Laments Over Avalanche of Multiple Taxation.
January 29, 2010... LAGOS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has lamented perceived multiple tax charges demanded by all levels of government from the private sector, saying the tax burden and levies were killing business operations, especially when situated...

Troubled 3SC Search for Succour Against Bayelsa.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Kate Obodo This is certainly not the best of times for Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan (3SC) currently campaigning in the Globacom Premier League. The Mutiu Adepoju led side came into the Premier league with high hopes but...

Sunshine Stars Donate N.1 Million to Late Referee.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Richard Animam The management of Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure has paid a condolence visit to the family of late referee Yad Yabilsu, who died last week in an auto crash on his way back from a Premier League assignment. The...

Imo Community Tasks National Assembly On Yar'Adua.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Elebeke As President Umaru Yar'Adua's absence continues to generate reaction from Nigerians, Imo community resident in Lagos, have urged the National Assembly to be bold and patriotic enough by allowing the relevant sections...

Pros Hit Otukpo for Season's Opener.
January 29, 2010... THE Nigerian professional golfing season did not quite open upper weekend in Ada Osun State, since no point was amassed at tournament for the association's 40th year. In Otukpo this weekend, the tone would be a lot different as players would...

N3.2 Billion Fraud - EFCC Accuses Kalu of Delaying Trial.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige A Federal high court sitting in Abuja stayed proceedings, temporarily, in a N3.2billion fraud charge preferred against former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Kalu and two others by the Economic and Financial Crimes...

Lawyers Join Anambra Judiciary Workers Protest.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Enyim Enyim The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Anambra State, yesterday joined judiciary workers in a protest against the continued closure of courts, following the non implementation of the consolidated judiciary salary scale...

PIB - Senate Faults N8 Billion Budget.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu The Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) yesterday faulted the insertion of N8 billion in the 2010 budget proposals by the Ministry of Petroleum for the Implementation of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. The...

Abia Assembly Denies Increase in Orji's Security Vote.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Anayo Okoli ABIA State House of Assembly says it had not approved any increase in the security vote of Governor Theodore Orji. According to the House, though there was a proposal of N8billion annually from the Government House, for...

Immigration Phases Out Old Passport Dec 31.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Emma Ovuakporie The Immigration department will by 31 December 2010 phase out the old international passport as e-passports replace the old green Nigerian passport. The organisation has gone a step further by creating e-gates at...

Banks' Bad Loans Hit N1.455 Trillion.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Tordue Salem THE Ministry of Finance, yesterday, said that toxic assets from banks have grossed N1.5 trillion, even as Chairman of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, revealed that the banks were burdened with bad loans...

MEND Threatens to Call Off Ceasefire.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Emma Amaize MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, said yesterday it would likely call off the ceasefire it declared in the wake of Henry Okah's release last year, as the Federal Government was yet to meet its...

Those Who Endanger Civil Rule.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Owei Lakemfa DEMOCRACY is supposed to be based on the will of the people. The Nigerian constitution like many others declare that sovereignty belongs to the people from whom all power flow. But in practice, the power of the people in...

Locals Lambast Aondoakaa, FEC.
January 29, 2010... ANGRY reactions have trailed Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Michael Aondoakaa, SAN's claim that prolonged absence of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua does not make him unable to continue to perform his duties even...

Cross River Wants FG's N23 billion to Tackle Erosion.
January 29, 2010... Byline: John Ighodaro The Cross River State Government has called on the Federal Government to provide the sum of N23 billion for the state to tackle over 450 erosion and 250 critical flood sites across the state. Mr. Julius Okputu,...

Jos Tragedy - Other Views Considered.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Adisa Adeleye PERHAPS to many Nigerians the surprise of the first decade of the new century is the association of Jos with any form of crises - ethnic, religious and political or the combination of all these vices. Jos (Jesus our...

Be Vigilant During Elections, Oshiomhole Tells Locals.
January 29, 2010... Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has called for vigilance in subsequent elections in the country, saying mischief makers who attempted to rig the re-run election in Etsako Central were yet to accept the logic of the ballot box. Speaking...

JTF Soldiers Back to Edo.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem Soldiers in the Joint Task Force, JTF, code named Operation Thunderstorm, withdrawn prior to the Etsako Central House of Assembly re-run election by the Minister of Defence, General Godwin Abbe, returned to duties...

Of Eagles And Foreign Coach.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Onochie Anibeze I called the Eagles camp to discuss the match with Zambia with them. I congratulated them for their victory but immediately registered my observations and asked why were they so negative in their approach. They made...

Helping Haiti, Hurting Jos.
January 29, 2010... HAITI is getting global attention for reasons other than the more known issues of poverty and poor governance in the tiny Caribbean island the world regales in neglecting its challenges. Some of these challenges are historical, like cruel French...

Sell Nation's Refineries - Amaechi.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Jimitota Onoyume Governor Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi of Rivers State has called on the Federal Government to sell its refineries to private operators for effective management. According to the governor, government has never been known...

Eminent Leaders Call on Yar'Adua to Hand Over Power.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken and Inalegwu Shaibu EMINENT Nigerian leaders including three former Heads of State and all living former Chief Justices of the Federation have called on President Umaru Yar'Adua to transfer power to his deputy, Dr....

PDP a Party Without a Soul - Doyin Okupe.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Dapo Akinrefon THE controversy continues to gather storm over the seeming refusal of the former lecturer to handover to his vice, Goodluck Jonathan as stated in section 145 of the constitution. In this interview with Vanguard,...

The Position of Islam on Terrorism - Lateef Adegbite.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Bashir Adekaya Dr. Lateef Adegbite, OFR, is Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). He was once Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Matters in the old Western Region. He later became...

We've Shown the World We're Banana Republic - Lai Muhammed.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Kenneth Ehigiator Alhaji Lai Muhammed is Action Congress (AC) National Publicity Secretary. In this interview, he speaks on the killing of his party's gubernatorial candidate in the 2007 elections in Ogun State, Otunba Dipo Dina, and...

Kefee Holds Red Carpet Birthday Bash, Drops New Single.
January 29, 2010... Come Friday, 5th Feb 2010 talented singer Kefee Obareki popularly known as Kefee and crooner of hits songs Branama and Korokoroko will host top Nigerian celebrities in music, comedy and Nollywood in a red carpet celebrity birthday bash at Aqua...

Naeto C,YQ, Deejay Neptunes to Storm Harvard.
January 29, 2010... Storm 360 hottest artistes Naeto C has been chosen as the headline performer at the 2010 Annual Harvard Business School Africa Conference. Apart from that, the entertainment outfit also confirmed the Imo State born rap artiste will be a...

Sunny Ade Drops Classic on Mike Adenuga.
January 29, 2010... Juju music maestro, King Sunny Ade in his latest album has shown why lovers of his style of music may never grow tired of any work from him. His latest work, Ayo Owuro (Morning Joy), is another classic from the master crooner himself. King...

Blac Jay Out With a Bang.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Bridget Amaraegbu Blac Jay whose real names are Jonathan Prince Chukwu is an Afro hip hop artiste. The upcoming act released two singles titled Owo Mi "original" and Pity Drivers. The two songs are presently enjoying massive airplay....

Amodu Needs a Foreign Boss, Henshaw.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Philips Adefioye Former Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Match Commissioner, Ewa Henshaw has advised that the solution for a respectable outing for the Super Eagles at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was the hiring a foreign...

Security Screening for Imo Monarchs.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Imo State Government says it is now mandatory for all prospective royal fathers to undergo rigorous security screening before appointment. Governor Ikedi Ohakim, who read the riot act in Owerri, while inaugurating...

Nnamani Charges FEC, National Assembly On Yar'Adua.
January 29, 2010... Former Senate President and Chairman Steering Committee, Good Governance Group,3G, Sen. Ken Nnnamin has called on the National Assembly and the Executive council of the federation to act now over the leadership vaccuum created by failure of...

Anambra Inaugurates N300 Million Motor Park.
January 29, 2010... Byline: Enyim Enyim The Anambra State Government has inaugurated a N300 million motor park on the outskirts of Onitsha, to decongest the Onitsha-Owerri Road. Governor Peter Obi said in Onitsha while inaugurating the park, that it was the...