Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from July 2006

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from July 2006

Between Presidential Company And Economic Nationalism.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ima' Akpokuna Initially, the issue was one of perception of presidential interference with the privatisation programme. There was paucity of evidence to substantiate such viewpoint but that...

ADC to Raise N2.4bn From Capital Market in September.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu Arrangements by Aviation Development Company (ADC) Plc to raise N2.4 billion from the Nigerian capital market by September 2006 is underway. The company also plans to source...

Obasanjo, Atiku Had to Fight (2).
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ochereome Nnanna A combination of negative factors was responsible for the current political scuffle between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The...

The Anambrassment in Onitsha.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Boniface Aguluefo I READ Dr. Phil Tam-Al Alalibo's article in the Vanguard of July 24, 2006 entitled: The Anambrassment in Onitsha with interest. What is clear from the article is the fact...

Funsho Williams - Anxious Nation Waits for Speedy Result.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Odili By weekend, the wailing at the home of Chief Funsho Williams, on the first day of the shocked news of his assassination has ebbed a lot. Close associates, friends and family members...

Mbu Accuses S-South Govs of Deal On 2007.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) ONE-TIME Nigeria's Ambassador to Germany and Deputy Leader of the South-South People's Assembly (SSPA), Dr Matthew Mbu has accused some South-South governors of striking deals with northern politicians...

Intern Reality TV Show Boosts 'Brand Nigeria'.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Clifford Amuzuo Intern Reality TV show (IRTV), a new reality television serial is set to break out on Nigerian airwaves beginning next month and, the show is designed to complement the much...

Alele-Williams Backs S-South Presidential Bid.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: George Onah FIRST female vice-chancellor in Nigeria and former Vice-Chancellor of University of Benin, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams has said that the interest of the South-South people in the...

Where Are the Oil Dollars?
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Lles Leba The Chairperson of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Ifueko Omoigui, recently revealed at a Management Meeting of the FIRS in Abuja the outstanding success of this...

Firm Drags Company to Court Over Alleged Debt.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Anaba Crownrise Finance and Investment Plc, has dragged Centre for Technological Policy Limited before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over an alleged N1.36b debt. The firm is...

Renewed Political Violence Worries Tinubu.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah GOVERNOR Bola Tinubu of Lagos State yesterday, expressed anxiety over the renewed political killings in the country, saying this could scare credible people from...

Water Scarcity Looms in Enugu.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike RESIDENTS of Enugu and its environs may suffer acute water scarcity following the vandalization of the electricity transmission line supplying power to the Enugu Water Augmentation...

NEMA Boss Tasks Nigerians On Emergency.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victoria Ojeme The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Air Vice Marshal Audu Bida(rtd) has made a passionate plea for a change in the attitude of Nigerians...

DVDF Sets to Finance Local Indigenous Companies.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) DEAP Venture Capital Fund Limited ( DVCF) has reaffirmed its commitment to assist indigenous companies especially in the oil and gas sector of the economy to enable them build up capacity that would...

14 Missing in Delta Boat Mishap.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda TRAGEDY struck weekend when a boat carrying 12 passengers both male and female capsized at Ogbe-Ijoh waterside in Delta State. As a result of the incident, a search party was...

We're Not Rigid About Merger Talks - ANPP.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The ANPP says the party is not rigid on its merger talks with other political parties in the country. The party last week declared that it would not change its name, logo and slogan even with the talks...

U.S.-Based Anambra Indigenes Set Up Erosion Control Committee.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) NATIVES of Aguata and Orumba Local Government Areas of Anambra operating on the platform of Aguata/Orumba Union in the United States of America have resolved to set up an erosion committee. The committee...

Hayatou to Unveil 2008 Nations Cup Mascot in Sept.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Issa Hayatou, President of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) will unveil the Tournament Logo and the official Mascot of the CAN 2008 in September. The programme slated for the International...

Federal Court Imbibes ADR.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha IN a bid to relieve the judiciary of the great burden of prolonged and unresolved cases in the courts which encumber effective administration of justice in the country, the...

Lives Are Unimportant...
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) EVERYBODY seems to know why buildings collapse in Nigeria, so it may be of little profit to recount them here. Beyond this great knowledge, little else is being done to prevent these avoidable calamities...

Ondo Commission Chief Escapes Suspected Assassins.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dayo Johnson CHAIRMAN of the Ondo State Teaching Service Commission, Chief Sanya Orungbemi, narrowly escaped an attack by suspected assassins who on weekend invaded his country home at Ikare...

FG'll Unmask Williams' Killers - Masari.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, yesterday, said the Federal Government would stop at nothing to unmask the killers of the late Peoples Democratic Party governorship...

Catholic Church Plans N600m Hostel at Varsity.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli THE Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev. Valarian Okeke says the Onitsha Archdiocese is embarking on N600 million hostel accommodation project at the Nnamdi Azikiwe...

Obasanjo Curses Williams' Killers.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Nnadozie, Ise-Oluwa Ige, Evelyn Usman & Godwin Ortise PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo rained curses, yesterday, on the killers of the PDP governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Engineer Funso...

Williams - Ferma Disowns Oyenuga.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has disclaimed Mr. Kehinde Oyenuga, quizzed by the police in connection with last Thursday's murder of Chief Funso Williams as its co-ordinator in Lagos...

NFA - Odegbami Joins Race As Toro Hails His Entrance.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani THE Chairmanship election of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, now fixed for Abuja on August 29 is sure to be as exciting as it would surely be unpredictable. The entry into...

MASSOB Supports Gov Obi on Plans to Expel Miscreants From Parks.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chidi Nkwopara THE Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) says it fully endorses the current attempt by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State to flush thugs and...

Socialist Front, NCSC Criticise Calls for Interim Govt.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE Socialist Front (S.F) and the Northern Civil Society Coalition have criticised the calls by some individuals and groups for an interim National Government (ING) just as they reaffirmed their support...

Ladipo Traders Count Losses As Market Remains Closed.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Adegboye The plight of dealers at the popular Ladipo auto spare parts market in the Mushin area of Lagos, which was shut down by the Lagos State Government, over a month ago, for...

Virgin Nigeria - One Year On(2).
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Odume PRIOR to her admission, Virgin Nigeria successfully passed safety and security audits by three major multinational oil companies operating in Nigeria as well as its technical...

Davis Cup - Nigeria Advances to Group 11.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Egbokhan Nigeria's Davis Cup, yesterday in Botswana, qualified to play in the 2007 Davis Cup Euro-Africa Zone Group B after beating Namibia 2-1, in her last match at the event. It was the...

Enyimba Awful, Heartland Out.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani & Patrick Omorodion Nigeria'S Enyimba did not look like championship contenders when they played Orlando Pirates in Aba yesterday. Pirates had two Nigerians, Onyekachi Nwosu on...

NESG Policy Commissions Ask for Public Sector Commitment to PPD.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Franklin Ali The Policy Commissions set up by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the Federal Government in the spirit of public private sector dialogue (PPD) have urged the public sector...

Atiku And the Miracle of N31,000.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Phil Tam-Al Alalibo IT appears that not even a recent two-week repose in the United States has spared Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the incessant onslaught initiated by his many...

Vehicle Insurance Fraud Rocks NAICOM.
July 31, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patience Saghana THERE are strong indications that heads will roll shortly at the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) over alleged N17.5 million fraud and forgery of documents concerning...

Stakeholders' Growing Concern for Economic Growth Via Peer Review.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Umoru Henry African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), is a flagship programme of NEPAD and an instrument for self-assessment process of African countries, with Nigeria as a leading member. ...

Firms Team Up for Global Branding.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Nwokocha THE news about plans by five brand consulting outfits to form a global alliance filtered in penultimate Thursday when the duo of Ann Werner and her colleague, Erin Johnson...

Derivation Fund Front Will Present Candidate for Governorship Election in Delta, Says Moses Odiri.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Akoma YOUR group the derivation front recently advertised that it would be presenting a candidate for the 2007 governorship elections in Delta State. Are you that candidate? It...

Old People - They Are Like Babies - Matron.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Mrs Alaba Fadairo is the matron in charge of the old people's home. She speaks on the challenges of taking care of the aged. The idea behind the home This is a place of shelter for the aged in the...

'Paradise' for Elders Abandoned By Own People.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ayodele Ojo In their old age, they live like babies having been abandoned on the streets of Lagos or by their children who feel they are more of liability and brought them to the Old Peoples...

PDP in Bayelsa - Matters Arising.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gab Ejuwa THE unexpected exit of Chief DSP. Alamieyeseigha from the political landscape in Bayelsa State no doubt created an initial vacuum. Prior to his exit, he was in total control of...

Okonjo Iweala Tasks State Governors On Judicious Use of FG Allocations.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda MINISTER of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on state governments to be transparent by deploying adequately the huge allocations from the Federal Government...

Why FG's Power Sector Reforms Failed Woefully - Odeyemi.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emeka Ezekiel Chief John Agboola Odeyemi, is the National President of Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA). In this interview he spoke about...

Old Peoples Home: It's An Affliction.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, commissioner, Lagos State ministry of youth, sports and social development speaks in this interview with Sunday Vanguard on the idea of keeping the aged at the old people's home....

Lessons From the Past.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Momoh DEPARTURE jitters are creeping in on us slowly, even imperceptibly. They are natural. They respect no age, no office. They are the reactions we human beings have to changing...

PDP Dangles N25m Reward, Suspends Campaigns.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Our Reporters THE Lagos State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, in Lagos announced a N25m cash reward for useful information about the murder of late Funsho Williams....

Our Lawmakers And the Rest of Us.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Helen Ovbiagele I STUMBLED the other Friday morning on a programme titled, 'The Senate', on NTA Channel 10, which I think is quite useful to us as a nation that is grappling with the problem...

Madaki - Omoluwa Has Not Forgotten His Roots.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Richard Animam First captain of IBB Golf and Country Club, Abuja and ex-military administrator John Madaki is one of the men behind the success story of what is today refereed to as one of...

ACJ's Agony - How Govt Agency Gave Me Imaginary Birth Date.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Demola Akinyemi The embattled chief Judge of Kwara State justice Saka Yusuf, received penultimate Wednesday, a clean bill of health from the state House of Assembly, which revalidated his...

Post 3rd Term Reflections On 2007.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: O.W. Oma-Williams IN Africa, the idea of sit-tight rulership has its supporters. Yet the National Assembly knows that the idea negates democracy. As it happens in any civilised society,...

'Don't Destroy S/South, North Bridge'.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken IMMEDIATE past Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Bayelsa State, Mr. Oronto Douglas, has welcomed what he described as the voice of moderation from the North angling...

South's Demand for Presidency is Not Negotiable - Enikumehin, SF Chieftain.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Mr. Benson Enikuomehin was for many years the secretary general of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ikorodu branch before he was appointed the senior special assistant, policy planning implementation...

Why We Opposed HFP - Alhaji Bola Sanusi, Chairman Ikota Shopping Co.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Remi Diagbere Ikota shopping complex, the highbrow shopping mall located beside the Victoria Garden City (VGC) is currently emeshed in a war of wits between shop owners and the HFP's...

Popularity Poll Has Come to Stay - Ben Bruce-Murray.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Sam Eyoboka MORE than 25 years of pioneering efforts in business, entertainment, showbiz promotion, the Silverbird Group recently collaborated with the Newspaper of the Year, Vanguard...

Ex-Police Chief Held.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Albert Akpor FRESH arrest was made yesterday in connection with the on-going investigation on the circumstances surrounding the murder of PDP governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Chief Funsho...

Williams - a Man of Peace So Cruelly Murdered.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kunle Oyatomi THOSE who plotted and executed the murder of Engr. Funso Williams did not put to death just one man. What they did was like dropping a weapon of mass destruction on a single...

Onitsha, Massob, Janjawids, And a Rogue Country (2).
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chinedu Ogoke The first part of this essay was published in our last edition. Enjoy the concluding part today THESE people will appear in a serene village, drag down anything on sight,...

No Interim Nonsense.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kola Animasaun THE Yoruba dread the lice and the leech - for their nuisance value and their crude nature. The lice would expose its victim to a kind of shamelessness that makes an...

Funso Williams' Assassination.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo AS men and officers of the Nigerian Police Force are doing all they could to fish out the killers of Mr. Funsho Williams who until his assassination on Thursday was a frontline...

Firm Urges Commitment to Duty, Rewards Staff.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Demola Akinyemi MANAGEMENT of the giant lubricant company in Ilorin, Kwara state, Lube Blending Company of Nigeria, (LUBCON), has enjoined workers of the company not to relent in their efforts...

Season of Plays at National Theatre.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: McPhilips Mwachukwu THE beautiful thing about Ahmed Yerimah's new stage play, Idemili, is the consistency which the playwright has brought to bear on all his dramatic works. A follower of...

Obasanjo High-Handed, Vindictive, Says Atiku.
July 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emeka Mamah VICE PRESIDENT Atiku Abubakar has accused his boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, of being high-handed and vindictive and threatened to expose the sordid activities of the present...

Why I Was Moved to Foreign Affairs Ministry - Okonjo-Iweala.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda, Asaba Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala believes that the main reason she was moved to the Foreign Affairs ministry was "to make foreign policy a tool for...

You Don't Have to Be Rich to Wear Quality Things - Mrs Georgia Oyegun.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jemi Ekunkunbor With a mother who was a popular seamstress in those days and whom friends deferred to where fashion was concerned, Mrs Georgia Oyegun's pedigree in being a fashion collector...

We Waited for Him to Flag Off a Rally at Eti-Osa.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) IT was a normal day for most Nigerians, and Lagosians in particular. People had woken up to the usual late July Lagos weather, expecting the day to be cool as it had been in the past few days. But the...

Five Ekiti Lawmakers Arrested By EFCC.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah Five members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly were yesterday arrested by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the Murtala Muhammed Airport,...

Pirates Storm Aba for Enyimba's Blood.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ademola Olajire South African champions, Orlando Pirates take the pitch against Nigeria's Enyimba on Sunday determined to take all three points in their Caf Champions League clash at the Aba...

Kanu At Crossroads, Again!
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ademola Olajire Nigeria ace Nwankwo Kanu has arrived at a junction all-too-familiar in the past three seasons - the crossroads. The leggy forward celebrates his 30th birthday on Tuesday...

Police Wuiz Ogunlewe, Obanikoro.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Adekunle Adekoya, Emma Nnadozie & Albert Akpor TWO PDP gubernatorial aspirants in Lagos State, Senators Adeseye Ogunlewe and Musiliu Obanikoro have been invited by the Police for questioning...

Funsho Didn't Deserve This Kind of Death, Says Falae.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chioma Gabriel The political class and Nigerians of different walks of life are still shocked at the suspected assasination of former permanent secretary, Lagos State Commissioner and the...

DSM Backs Oshiomhole On Edo Guber Race.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Funmi Komolafe THE Democratic Socialist Movement, an ally of the Nigeria Labour Congress has backed the decision of the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to...

I'm Mild With Jewelry - Uche Alachebe.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yemisi Abah Do you love clothes and shopping? You may spend a lot of time trying to get the perfect style, but nothing compares to the fun, service and cosy ambiance Kiks Look, an exclusive...

Tinubu Wants Independent Foreign Investigators.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni GOVERNOR Bola Tinubu of Lagos State yesterday promised to assist the family of the slain Engr Funsho Williams, a Lagos State gubernatorial aspirant under the Peoples...

Williams' Final Baptism of Fire --the Last Rally That Showed What to Expect.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo IT was the late Alhaji Ibrahim Waziri who founded and funded Great Nigeria Peoples Party, GNPP who espoused and exemplified the philosophy, Politics Without Bitterness. Waziri...

NLC Condemns Killing, Tasks Police.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The NLC has tasked the Nigeria police to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Mr Funsho Williams, a Lagos State PDP gubernatorial aspirant. "The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) received with...

If I Do Not Get Passes From Men, I Would Go Straight to the Psychiatrist -- Obey Etuk.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Iwenjora Obey Etuk has pleased several home video viewers to no end either as a player in several of the movies or TV programmes like Super Story, but many do not have an inkling that she...

God Uses Chief Tony Anenih to Give Me Whatever I Ask For, Says Elder Odion Ugbesia.
July 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem Saturday Vanguard met him in a relaxed mood last week Sunday at his GRA residence in Benin City.He was actually playing the game of draft with one of his aides, but when this...

Kaduna Submits 2008 National Sports Festival Bid.
July 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Fidelis Ebu Kaduna State yesterday submitted its bid package to host the 2008 National Sports Festival to the Ministry of Sports and Social Development in Abuja. The acting permanent...

Cameroonian Gendarmes Attack Bakassi Communities.
July 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Umar Yusuf CAMEROUNIAN gendarmes have launched series of attacks on some border communities ceded to Nigeria from that country in various parts of Adamawa State, the state commissioner for...

Anambra - Soldiers Move to Flush Out Hoodlums.
July 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli AS the Anambra crisis subsides, soldiers have started mop-up action to flush out all the hoodlums as they stormed Umunze motor park, in Orumba South local government area in search...

Militants Give Conditions for Release of Hostages.
July 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha ARMED youths allegedly holding 16 indigenous oil workers and eight military personnel hostage at the Ogbainbiri flowstation in the Southern Ijaw local government area of...

Cleric Asks Atiku, Dep-Govs to Shun 2007 Race.
July 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Egbu, Owerri North local government area of Imo State, Professor Emmanuel Iheagwam, has said that for equity and fairness, those who have...

Maneg Boss Urges Govt to Initiate Guarantee Schemes for Exporters.
July 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Daniel Gumm AN appeal has been made to the Federal Government to run guarantee scheme for exporters in the country in order for them to grow the economy. Making the appeal in Lagos in chat...

Wanted - a Government As Great As Its People!
July 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Pini Jason Recently, a group of American students and professors from the University of Michigan undertook a study tour of Nigeria and Ghana. In the group were eleven students and four...