Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from July 2008

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from July 2008

Judgment On Anambra North Senatorial District.
July 31, 2008... Criminal allegations must be proved beyond reasonable doubt In the National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative House Election Petition Tribunal Holden at Awka on 17th day of June, 2008 Before their Lordships: Hon....

Erosion Threatens Abia Varsity.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Anayo Okoli UMUAHIA-ABIA State University Uturu, is now under serious erosion threat which could wash away some major structures in the institution if nothing is done urgently to check the menace.The magnitude of the erosion...

Ebonyi Assembly Halts Allocation to Four LGs.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Dennis Agbo Ebonyi State House of Assembly has stopped the release of monthly allocation to four local government areas in the state.The House yesterday summoned 10 out 13 local government areas chairmen for failure to comply...

The Labour Party And Olusegun Mimiko.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Osasu Usenbor POPULARITY test is measurable. It can come in so many ways and it certainly cannot fall from the blues. You must earn it for concrete reasons. Without attempting to weigh the merits or otherwise of the judgment...

Medical Tests for Heavy Vehicle Drivers.
July 31, 2008... HARDLY a day passes without Lagos, the commercial and industrial capital of Nigeria, being in the grips of time-wasting traffic hold-ups caused by a tanker on fire after spilling its contents - a container falling, scattering its cargo and...

Arrest of Spouse of Fleeing Suspect By Police Now Illegal (2).
July 31, 2008... Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah Availability of Plea Bargaining 75. Notwithstanding anything in this law or in any other law, the Attorney- General of the State shall have power to consider and accept a plea bargain from a person charged...

FG Asks Court to Reject Massob Bail Application.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Tony Edike THE Federal Government, yesterday, asked the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu to refuse the application for the bail filed by 84 members of the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) now...

Arrest of Spouse of Fleeing Suspect By Police Now Illegal.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah THE Police are in the habit of arresting the spouse of a suspect who is on the run, believing that the suspect will show up once he knows his spouse is in custody because of him. There are also instances when a...

TB, Leprosy Cases Rise in Anambra.
July 31, 2008... Awka (NAN)-Anambra has recorded an upsurge in the number of people infected with tuberculosis, the state Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Officer, Dr. John Ndibe said today in Awka.According to Ndibe, the figure rose from 368 in 2007 to 513...

Imo LGs Share N2.731 Billion.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara THE 27 local government areas of Imo State shared a total sum of N2.731 billion for the month of June 2008.Disclosing this during a post-Joint Allocation Committee meeting in Owerri, the Commissioner for Finance,...

Gunmen Abduct Monarch in Rivers.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Adekunle Aliyu THE traditional ruler of Rumuolumeni, Ndubueze who was yesterday abducted in his house by unknown gun men. Spokesman of the Joint Task Force and army PRO in the state Lieutenant Col. Sagi Musa confirmed the...

Delimitation - Adamawa North Rejects INEC Proposal.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Adekunle Aliyu The people of Adamawa North Senatorial District have rejected INEC proposal to merge Hong and Gombi local governments into one constituency. Sen. Mohammed Mana (PDP-Adamawa North), presented the stand of the...

Stanbic IBTC Reiterates Commitment to Education.
July 31, 2008... Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of the Standard Bank group, over the week end reiterated its commitment to child development and support for education in Nigeria with the sponsorship of the 2008 prize-giving day of the Montessori International...

Delta Assembly Passes Fiscal Responsibility Bill Into Law.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Austin Ogwuda MEMBERS of the Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday passed the Fiscal Responsibility Bill into law, aimed at providing for prudent management of the state's resources. The Bill was one of the three Executive...

Fresh Crisis Rocks Ekiti PDP as Oni Shuns Fayose.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Gbenga Ariyibi Following the failure of the Chief Shuaib Oyedokun-led reconciliatory committee to reconcile the former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, with Governor Segun Oni, the faction loyal to the former governor in...

Court Summons Aliero, EFCC, ICPC Over Alleged N10.2 Billion Fraud.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige A Federal high court sitting in Abuja yesterday summoned the EFCC, the ICPC and the former Governor of Kebbi, Adamu Aliero over alleged N10.2 billion fraud in the state. The Administrative Judge of the Abuja...

Power Probe - Indicted Contractors After Us - Elumelu.
July 31, 2008... The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel which probed the power sector under the previous administration, Ndudi Elumelu yesterday gave a hint on the content of its report which is awaiting presentation to the...

NPDC, Chinese Firm Clash Over $2 Billion Oil Block.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Leon Usigbe The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) which is the exploration arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and a Chinese company, the China National Oil Development Corporation (CNODC) are...

Ogun Lauded for Paying Teachers Adequately.
July 31, 2008... Ogun State has been acknowledged as one of the States paying accurate salary structure approved by the Federal Government for teachers. The Ogun State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Seni Idowu stated this...

Senate to Reopen Nitel Probe Over Fresh N112 Billion Fraud.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The Senate is to re-open enquiry into the management and sale of NITEL following fresh revelations of fraud by officials of the Obasanjo administration who allegedly blew N112 billion of the company's funds. ...

LASG Vs Thisday - Power Show.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Ochereome Nnanna ON Sunday, July 20th 2008,readers of Thisday newspapers went to the newsstands and ran into a banner headline: Abacha Henchmen, Chagourys Take Over Lagos. In a nutshell, the story more than hinted that former...

One Survivor, Five Corpses Recovered.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Tordue Salem, Umoru Henry and Bukola Ojeme THE House of Representatives, yesterday, summoned the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo, over Monday's collapsed building in Abuja, with the minister himself...

Privatisation of Lagos Trade Fair Complex Illegal - Minister.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Tordue Salem THE Minister of Commerce and Trade, Mr. Charles Ugwu has described the concession of the Lagos International Trade Fair Centre to AULIC Nigeria Limited by the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), as illegal. The...

Court Okays Trial of PDP Chieftain, One Other Over Alleged Forgery.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige AN Abuja high court sitting at Gudu yesterday okayed a request by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to prosecute a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Imeh Albert Akpan and Stephen Oru for...

NISTL Accredits Science Laboratory Technology Programme at Lautech.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun In its determination to make the nation's universities offering Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) degree programme conform with minimum academic and professional standards, the Nigerian Institute of Science...

Police Recover N359 Million, $50,000, GBP2,000 From Robbers in Rivers.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Jimitota Onoyume THE Police in Rivers State, Tuesday night, recovered N359 million, £2,000 and $50,000 from a gang of robbers who had earlier in the day robbed a bullion van in neighbouring Imo State. Also recovered...

Bauchi Appoints Eight New Commissioners.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Patience Ogbodo THE Bauchi state Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda, has sworn-in eight new commissioners with a charge to ensure accountability in the discharge of their duties. Swearing in the new appointees at the Government House...

Ijaw, Itsekiri Youths Woo Back Investors.
July 31, 2008... Hitherto warring Ijaw and Itsekiri youths in Warri, Delta State have urged investors who fled the area in the wake of the past ethnic crisis to return, saying they have put their differences behind them. The youths said they have since...

Blue Chips' Gains Boost NSE Index, Capitalisation By Two Percent.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Michael Eboh and Raimot Salaudeen Driven by gains on the share price of blue chips companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the performance indices, the All-share index and market capitalisation both appreciated by 2.06 per...

Niger Dock Import Arms for Niger Delta Militants, Says Reps.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Leon Usigbe THE House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation has accused Niger Dock Nigeria Plc of gun running instead of its mandate of ship building and repairs. According to the chairman of the...

Strike - FG's Stand, What Constitution Says.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho The Federal Government says it won't breach the constitution over TSS which has put teachers in trenches for over one month now, with public primary and secondary schools shut. While education is on the...

NUT Hopeful Over Implementation of TSS.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has reiterated its commitment to suspend the on-going strike after expressing optimism that they will get the Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) approved and implemented through the...

Natural Gas - an Alternative in the Face of Rising Cost of Oil.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Yemie Adeoye Natural Gas NIGERIA is endowed with enormous natural resources, and the most significant of all is oil which has being described in many quarters as more of a curse than the blessing it should have been. This...

Onigbinde Berates NFF Over Bogus N7 Billion Budget.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Tony Ubani FIFA and CAF instructor, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde was short of shedding tears yesterday when he talked about sports development in Nigeria. The man who is revered by World Soccer-ruling body, FIFA and...

Beta Computers Takes Cani Program to Kogi State University.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Aliyu Adekunle Nigerian front liner in local PCs assembly, Beta Computers Limited has launched the Computer For All initiative, (CANi), at the Kogi State University which is expected to bring appreciable number of PCs into hands...

Communal Clash Erupts in Cross River Over Mining Rights.
July 31, 2008... Byline: John Ighodaro A move by community leaders in Gabu in northern Cross River State to grant mining rights of barite to a company, Emo Ashapura, has led to communal clashes in the area, leading to the burning down of houses and...

Jigawa Signs Informatics Institute's Law.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Aliyu Dangida Jigawa state government has finally signed the law establishing the State Informatics Institute, Kazaure with immediate effect, and the appointmnet of the Executive Director of the institute, Mr. George Kong...

Five LG Officials in Police Net.
July 31, 2008... Byline: George Onah THE Police in Ogoja, Cross River State have arrested five serving top political office holders in Yala Local Government for their alleged involvement in an assassination attempt and assassination of the PDP chapter...

INYC Laments Federal Government's Discrimination.
July 31, 2008... ITSEKIRI National Youths Council (INYC) has expressed disgust over what it described as discriminatory policy of the Federal Government in its attempts to tackle crises of underdevelopment of the Niger Delta Region. Reacting to a...

NDDC Trains 7,732 Youths, Plans Partnership With Banks.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Jimitota Onoyume MANAGING director, Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Mr Timi Alaibe says 7,732 Niger Delta youths have so far been trained on different skills by the commission. And the commission would go into...

Bayelsa Plans Industrial Park, Petrochemical Complex.
July 31, 2008... Bayelsa State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, (MOU) with a consortium, Chrome Group, for the construction of an industrial park. The state government is also expected to collaborate with the Group in the construction...

Jigawa Releases N100 Million to Microfinance Banks.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Tina Akannam JIGAWA state government has released N100 million for the recapitalization of nine micro-finance banks in the state with the aim of saving them from imminent liquidation. The state commissioner for commerce,...

Technical Details of Vanguard S-South Retreat Ready.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Leke Adeseri THE technical details for the forthcoming South-South legislative retreat on the constitution review are ready. According to the organisers of the event, Vanguard newspapers and Bridgelink Limited, a media...

Northern Agric Summit Was Jamboree - Group.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Emeka Mamah A KADUNA-based pressure group, the Northern Democratic Coalition, said the just concluded First Northern Agricultural Summit was a mere jamboree. In a statement, the group condemned the 19 northern governors for...

Suspected Vandal Electrocuted in Ughelli South.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Festus Ahon A middle aged man was yesterday electrocuted at Usiefrun town, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State while vandalizing a transformer. The suspected vandal who is yet to be identified was seen lying...

FG to Generate 5,000mw Electricity From Nuclear Energy.
July 31, 2008... The Federal Government is to generate up to 5,000 MW of Electricity from Nuclear energy by the year 2017. The Minister of Science and Technology, Chief Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre who disclosed this added that to actualize the dream, the National...

Withdrawal of N2.2 Trillion from Federation Account - Court Rules on RMFAC Suit Oct. 23.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed October 23, this year for judgment in a suit by the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) challenging ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo-led Federal...

NFL Executive Secretary,Yakmut on the Rampage.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Fidelis Ebu Alhassan Saleh Yakmut, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Football League yesterday took the management of football in the country to the cleaners saying there is abnormality it its management. Stern looking...

Rivers Hausa Community Disowns Memo at Truth Reconciliation Commission.
July 31, 2008... Byline: George Onah THE leadership of the Hausa/Fulani community in Rivers State has distanced itself from the memorandum submitted at the Rivers State Truth and Reconciliation Commission by the Arewa Consultative Forum, which alleged...

Two Sentenced to Death Over Killing of Dikibo.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Austin Ogwuda THE two accused persons, Onyeka Emordi and Solomon Igbinedion who had been facing trial over the killing of former National Vice Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, Chief A.K. Dikibo since 2004,...

Things Fall Apart in Kwara Poly Over Contiss.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Demola Akinyemi At the Kwara State polytechnic along Jebba road in Ilorin, situation there could aptly be described as a case where things have irretrievably fallen apart and so centre can no longer hold. Recently, all...

Something Strange is Going on Here.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Morenike Taire For the past 8 years, Nigeria's latest civil leaders have been talking about "getting government out of business and getting business out of government". President Yar'Adua promoted the mantra during his...

Yar'Adua, Kufuor to Establish Chamber of Commerce.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Umoru Henry PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and his counterpart in Ghana, President John Kufuor have concluded arrangements to establish the Nigeria-Ghana Chamber of Commerce as part of moves to boost the economic and trade...

I'm Now Ready for Trial, Says Kalu.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Ise-Oluwa and Ikechukwu Nnochiri Former Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Kalu yesterday said that he was now ready to face his trial pending before the Abuja division of the Federal high court. The ex-governor is standing...

Imo Assures Teachers on TSS.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara Imo State government has promised not to brush aside legitimate demands of teachers serving in the state. The Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Ada Okwuonu, told teachers in black attire who were in Government House,...

Crisis Brews in Umuahia Council Over Marginalisation.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Anayo Okoli Crisis is brewing in Umuahia North Municipal Council as 13 of the council's 20 councillors are at logger heads with the chairman of the Council, Chief Princewill Ukaegbu, who according to them is marginalising and...

Country's Last Teachers.
July 30, 2008... Item 34 - Labour, including trade unions, industrial relations, conditions, safety and welfare of labour, industrial disputes, PRESCRIBING A NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE FEDERATION, OR ANY PART THEREOF, industrial arbitrations. - Exclusive...

Anambra Farmers Protest High Cost of Fertilizer.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Enyim Enyim FARMERS in Anambra State under the aegies of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) yesterday protested the high cost of fertilizer fixed by heads of local government administrators. The state government had...

NBA Chairman Laments Appointment of Judges.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Anayo Okoli The Chairman of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Aba Branch, Mr Chinedu Elele, yesterday expressed concern over the manner Abia High Court judges were appointed. Elele spoke in Umuahia at a valedictory court session in...

Akwa Ibom Speaker Impeached.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Tony Nyong The Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Mr Ignatius Edet has been impeached in a motion served him by the members of the state legislature before the executive governor Chief Godswill Akapbio, the Deputy...

Delta State to Get Maritime Academy, Oil and Gas Servicing Port.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Godfrey Bivbere Delta State is set to establish a maritime academy at the river town of Burutu to meet the maritime training needs of the state, even as the management of the ports in the state has concluded plans to construct an...

Tension in DTHA Over Plot to Suspend Members.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Austin Ogwuda THERE was palpable tension during and after the sitting of the State House of Assembly yesterday following planned suspension of two members, reportedly considered as a threat to political equation of the ruling...

Appeal Court Orders Retrial of Onitsha Obiship Suit.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu THE Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has ordered the retrial of the controversial Obiship tussle in Onitsha as it set aside the judgment of an Onitsha High Court of April 29, 2005 in suit No. 0/287/2002 over the...

Jigawa Provides 50,000 Rural Toilets.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Aliyu Dangida JIGAWA State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA) will embark on the construction of about 50,000 toilets in all villages and towns across the state under the United Nation Millennium Development Goals...

Neiti Audit - FG May Revoke Licenses of Two Oil Firms.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Luka Binniyat With the 2005 Audit report of Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on the Nigerian Oil and Gas sector expected to be presented to the public next month, indications are rife that two Oil...

No Clue to Siblings' Death in Jos.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Taye Obateru MYSTERY still surrounds the death, last week, of the three children of a family in the Plateau State capital without prior illness. Two of the kids, Cynthia and Joseph, died in their sleep while the third, Joy...

Ribadu Denies Ownership of Dubai Mansion.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige Eight months after he was dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja by two lawyers over allegation of acquisition of $3.9 million sprawling villa in Dubai and another house in Mambilla Street, Abuja worth...

12 Killed, Property Destroyed in Fresh Benue Communal Clash.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Peter Duru NO fewer than 12 persons have been shot dead and properties worth millions of naira destroyed and a community completely razed and sacked in another out break of hostilities in Apa local government council of Benue...

Katsina Assembly Woos Teachers Union.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Adekunle Aliyu KATSINA State House of Assembly has made a passionate appeal to the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to suspend the strike it embarked upon one month ago. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ya'u Gwajo-Gwajo made...

$480 Million AFC Funds - Committee Submits Reports.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige and Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Presidential Committee investigating the controversial $480 million invested in the African Finance Corporation (AFC) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday submitted its report...

Don't Link Asaba Kidnap With Niger Delta Crisis - Uduaghan.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Emma Amaize, Austin Ogwuda and Samuel Oyadongha GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has declared that the abduction, last Sunday, of 76-year-old Chief Arthur Okowa has nothing to do with the Niger Delta crisis. He spoke...

NBA Launches Website.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Innocent Anaba THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has launched its website, which has as one of its major features, the list of all Nigerian lawyers, ever called to the bar. General Secretary of the association, Mr Rafui...

Omotayo Loses Hope in Country.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Onochie Anibeze Six months ago, Professor Seun Omotayo, a known name in sports, expressed confidence that Nigeria would win medals at the Beijing Olympics. The National Sports Commission had announced some plans that looked...

Police Docks Ex-Governor Mbadinuju Over Forgery.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige THE Police yesterday docked former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju at an Abuja High Court, Gudu, over a two-count charge of conspiracy and forgery. Specifically, he is facing trial over alleged...

Aviation College Jet Crashes in Zaria.
July 23, 2008... A trainer jet belonging to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) yesterday crashed in Zaria. The accident occurred at about 10am during take-off on the college training ground. The Rector of the college, Capt. Adebayo Araba,...

Akala, Workers Fight Over Lease of Govt Quarters.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Ola Ajayi A face-off is brewing between Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and some civil servants in the state over the lease of government quarters as the governor has been accused of undue favouritism in the lease of the...

Dump NDDC Master Plan, Community Urges FG.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Emma Amaize CHAIRMAN of the Izon-Ebi Oil Producing Community Task Force, Alaowei Afro Biukeme has urged the Federal Government to abandon the master plan of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), maintaining that it was...

PDP Chieftain Warns FG on Use of Military Might.
July 23, 2008... A CHIEFTAIN of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Levi Nwokeafor has cautioned the federal government against using further military alternatives in the Niger Delta region in order to ensure a " no war situation" in the creeks. ...

Piracy - How NCC Breaks Alaba Int'l Market With Diplomacy.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Prince Osuagwu THE Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, Dr Adebambo Adewopo, cuts the image of a diplomat. That could apparently be why he engaged on a lot of consultations when the mantle of leading one of...

Don't Use 2006 Census in Delimitation, Community Tells INEC.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Emma Amaize IJAW federated communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to rely on the 2006 population census figures of the...

Understanding Country's Underdevelopment (2) - Rule of Law and Education.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Ladipo Adamolekun Two of the root causes of Nigeria's underdevelopment were examined in this column on December 12, 2007 - "Two curses: soldiers and oil". This Note focuses on two other crucial causes of the country's...

Cultists Killed 38 of Our Men - Hausa.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Austin Ogwuda The Hausa Community in Rivers State has said that it lost 38 men in a planned massacre at the yam zone, Creek Road Market and Gambia Street Port Harcourt, on August 27, 2007 by cultists allegedly sponsored by the...

Jungle Justice in Lagos Jungle City.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Okey Ndiribe THE scene of three burning corpses was a gory sight to behold at New Road Bus Stop Ajegunle - Lagos last Monday. The bus stop which is located along the popular Baale Street and several adjoining streets were...

Coscharis Technologies Targets 1 Million PCs By 2020.
July 23, 2008... Byline: Emeka Aginam Worried by the current poor PCs penetration rate in the country as recently reported by the World Bank, promoters of Cosmos computers, the Coscharis Technologies have projected that it would push one million personal...