Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from July 2010, page 10

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from July 2010

Ebonyi to Adopt Option A4 in LG Polls.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Dennis Agbo AHEAD of the scheduled 10 July local government council polls, Ebonyi State government plans to adopt option A4, a system of practically queuing behind candidates of choice during voting. In this regard, the State House...

Relief for Rivers Road Users As government Responds With Operation Fix Potholes.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Ifeoma Ekeke For long motorists and commuters complained bitterly, albeit impotently, about the many pot-holes that dotted almost every stretch of some roads in Port Harcourt metropolis and environs. Observers attributed the...

CBN Admits Failure of Its Banking Reform.
July 1, 2010... LAST August the Central Bank of Nigeria sacked the management of five banks for running their banks aground. They were charged to court for various offences. The cases are still being prosecuted. One of the areas that the directors allegedly...

Publishers Partner On Production of New Senior Secondary Curriculum Textbooks.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun A LARGE number of representatives of reputable publishing outfits in Nigeria turned up for the stakeholders' forum for the development of textbooks in line with the new Senior Secondary Education Curriculum (SSEC)...

Why We're Constructing New Classroom Blocks in Our Adopted Schools.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho The need to provide conducive environment for learning in the face of dilapidated and decaying infrastructure in public schools informed the decision of Etisalat, an emerging communication company in Nigeria to...

Delta Governor Tasks Teachers On Education Rot.
July 1, 2010... The Governor of Delta state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has called on teachers to show greater dedication in carrying out their duties. Dr. Uduaghan at the NUT's conference in Asaba, described as apt, the theme of the teachers conference, " The...

Those Seeking Justice in Anambra.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Ike Ume-Atuana TRUTH is gradually emerging on how the Anambra governorship election was won and lost. The upshot from the tribunal shows that some of the candidates currently seeking redress there have neither the reputation nor the...

House Scandal - EFCC Steps Up Probe.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Ovuakporie Emmanuel OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, might have completed the authentication of all documents and verification of market prices listed in the petition against the House leadership which...

Senator Faults Edo Assembly's Rejection of Amended Constitution.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem THE senator representing Edo South senatorial district of Edo state, Senator Ehigie Uzamere, has faulted the decision by the Edo State House of Assembly, to reject the copy of the amended constitution sent to State...

Dangerous Regional Games.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Ochereome Nnanna I READ with goose pimples breaking all over me a story published in the June 20 issue of ThisDay newspaper on page 8 entitled: 2011: Jonathan's Campaign Vehicle Set Ablaze in Kebbi. The story reported that a...

Anambra Communities Get N88.5 Million for Security Beef Up.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State yesterday handed over cheques of N500, 000.00 to each of the 177 communities in the state, which amounts to N88.5 million, to enable them beef up security in their areas. The...

Shell Blames Oil Spillage On Saboteurs.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Samuel Oyandogha The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has blamed the recent oil spillage at Ikarama community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State on sabotage. The spill, which occurred...

Banks Averse to Social Dialogue, Says Nira.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young SINCE the commencement of the Mallam Lamido Sanusi led Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN reforms in the banking industry in August last year, the sector has been in the eye of the storm for among others, industrial...

Governor Suswam Makes Case for State Police.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Taye Obateru Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, yesterday, renewed the call for constitutional amendment that would allow the establishment of state Police, saying it was the only way out of the recurring crises in states across...

We'll Make Ex-Militants Role Models - Alaibe.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Emma Amaize PRESIDENTIAL Adviser on Niger-Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe, has said that government's ultimate plan for the ex-militants undergoing training at Obubra in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State is to make them new...

EFCC Arraigns Two Lebanese Over Forgery.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, arraigned a Lebanese contractor, Jihad Mohammad Ghraizi and his son, Mohammad Ghraizi, before an Abuja high court sitting in Maitama, for allegedly...

2011 - Rise Against Rigging Government Aliyu Urges Citizens.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Wole Mosadomi Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu'azu Aliyu, has called on Nigerians to rise up against rigging in whatever form in the forthcoming general election in order to have a credible election. Addressing the people of the state...

Delta ANA Plans 10 Million Project.
July 1, 2010... DELTA State chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, has said the teenage authors' competition and publication of anthology by Delta youths would require 10 million naira to make it an annual event. Chairman of Chapter and...

Senate Assures On State Creation.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu THE Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu yesterday assured agitators of new states that the Senate will set up a committee to look into all the demands for state creation before it. Senator...

Senate Suspends Debate On U.S. 30 Million Sao Tome Soft Loan.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu and Ben Agande THE Senate, yesterday suspended debate on President Goodluck Jonathan for a downward review of the terms and conditions of the Federal Government US$30million soft loan to Sao Tome and Principe. The...

PDP Ticket - Govs Hold the Key - Amaechi.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Henry Umoru As the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, decides who becomes the presidential candidate, Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, disclosed that the 28 governors of the party held the key as they would decide who...

Deji of Akure - Ruling Houses Reach Truce.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Dayo Johnson THE two warring royal houses in the Deji of Akureland Chieftaincy stool in Ondo State have agreed to sheath their swords following the appointment of their representatives ahead of the selection of a new traditional ruler...

2011 - PDP Guber Aspirants Protest Omisore's Alleged Endorsement.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Gbenga Olarinoye The purported endorsement of Senator Iyiola Omisore as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State for the 2011 election is already causing ripples amongst the party members in the...

Bayelsa Floats N50 Billion Bond.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Peter Egwuatu & Michael Eboh Bayelsa State Government has received regulatory approval to raise N50 billion Bond from the Nigerian capital market. Speaking during a visit to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, yesterday, Governor...

Jealous Man Kills Wife.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu THE Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old Nwankwo Nnabuobu, who allegedly murdered his wife over allegation of infidelity. Also in the police net is a 17-year-old girl who threw her five month-old...

Lagos Residents' Bill Will Facilitate Even Devt, Say Lawmakers.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Olasunkomi Akoni & Gbenga Akanmu Chairman, ad-hoc Committee on Science and Technology of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Omowunmi Edet, Wednesday, said when the residents' registration law was passed, it would ensure proper...

Two Hundred Staff of Taraku Oil Resign.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Peter Duru No fewer than 200 staff of the moribund Taraku Oil Mills have tendered their resignation en-masse after four and half years of non-payments of their salaries and other entitlements by the management of the company. They...

DPO's Assassination - We're Closing in On Killers, Says PPRO.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Austin Ogwuda BARELY 24 hours after the brutal murder of a female Divisional Police Officer, DPO, CSP Mercy James, formerly attached to Ibusa police station, two other persons have been killed by unknown gunmen at Ibusa. The...

Abia Assembly Adopts Amended Constitution, Rejects 12 Sections.
July 1, 2010... ABIA State House of Assembly has rejected 12 out of the 41clauses sent to them by the National Assembly in the Constitutional Amendment Bill. The House has, however, approved the other 29 clauses. Among the clauses rejected by the House were...

Suspended Lawmakers Must Apologise, Says Rep.
July 1, 2010... Byline: Peter Duru House of Representatives member representing Malam Madori/Kaugama Federal Constituency in Jigawa State, Alhaji Yusuf Dumari, has said if the 11 suspended members apologise to the House, they may be forgiven. Alhaji...