Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from June 2006

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from June 2006

Islamic Development Bank Set to Finance Bankable Projects in Nigeria.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patience Saghana There are strong indications that Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is interested in investing in Nigeria as the bank is presently discussing with the federal government on how...

Presidential Jet: Detained Journalists Get Bail.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige and Chinyere Amalu THE two journalists standing trial for alleged seditious publication, Rotimi Durojaiye and Mike Aruleba, regained their freedom yesterday on the order of a...

I Have Nothing Personal With or Against Obasanjo - Pius Anyim.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ochereome Nnanna This is the first formal interview that former President of the Senate, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim is giving since he surfaced recently from a self-imposed "political vacation",...

Okonjo-Iweala Foresees Retrenchment in Foreign Affairs Ministry.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Habib Yakoob THE new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday listed as part of her reforms programme, a likely retrenchment of the staff of the ministry, as she asked...

Zenith Bank Emerges Most Capitalised Bank.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gabriele Omoh Zenith Bank has emerged as the most capitalised bank in the country going by the success of its offer which gave the bank an additional N53.6 billion. This, when added to...

Crisis Rocks Ondo Chapter.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dayo Johnson THE Advanced Congress of Democratic (ACD) in Ondo State has been divided over the chairmanship position in the state even as the party is set for launch in the state today at the...

Affiliation With ACD: Delta Defends Ibori.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda THE Delta State government yesterday rose in defence of Governor James Ibori who is facing a probe by his party - PDP - for allegedly funding the opposition Advanced Congress of...

Discount Houses Growth Drivers in the Financial Sector -- CDL Boss.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Clifford Amuzuo Consolidated Discount Houses (CDL) is undoutedly one amongst the foremost player in the discount houses sub-sector of Nigeria's financial services industry. Under the able...

Civil Society/NGOs Petition African Rights Commission.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige, Innocent Anaba and Abdulwahab Abdulah Civil society and non governmental organisations in the country have petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, over...

Corruption Commission to Probe Presidential Aspirants.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) plans to conduct thorough investigations on aspirants for various elective offices next year with a view to advising the...

Primary School Pupils Caught Writing Exams for Parents.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda NO fewer than ten primary school pupils were recently caught writing Primary Six examination for their parents, which the state Commissioner for Secondary and Primary Education,...

PDP Chief Suspended Over Alleged Anti-Party Activities.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ola Ajayi THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West worsened yesterday when the Vice National Chairman of the party in the zone, Chief Yinka Omilani, was...

Protest: Bakassi Students Storm Cameroun Consulate.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Ighodaro Members of the Association of Bakassi Students have invaded the Cameroun Consulate on Marian Road in Calabar, Cross River State protesting the ceding of the peninsula to the...

Ali Threatens PDP Factional Leaders With Arrest.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmadu Ali has warned that Chieftains of the Chief Solomon Lar faction in the party may be arrested if they continue...

ASUU Warning Strike Paralyses Varsities.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Funmi Komolafe & Wale Ajao Academic activities have been paralysed in the nation's universities as the warning strike directed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) began midnight...

Obasanjo Did Nothing for the South.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Mobolaji Sanusi THE heterogenous nature of the country is responsible for almost the three hundred languages it has. Of all these, Hausa, Ibo and Yoruba languages remain among the most...

NNPC Must Replace Siphoned Money.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) TWO weeks ago, Minister of Finance revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, withheld N92 billion from the Federation Account contrary to the provisions of the Constitution. The...

OBJ's Cross for Democarcy.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Nduka Uzuakpundu NOW that the unblinking opponents of President Olusegun Obasanjo's alleged third term bid would seem, in the interim, to have carried the day, it is still quite intriguing...

Why Ondo Business Mongul is Held.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Omonobi THE recent arrest and subsequent detention of a multinational businessman from the South-West may not be unconnected with the alleged siphoning of $150 million from the...

Presidency: ACD Vows to Unseat PDP in 2007.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kolade Larewaju National Chairman of the Advance Congress of Democrats (ACD), Chief Alexis Anielo, yesterday, said the party would surmount all obstacles placed on its way by the ruling...

Uwais: Celebrating a Judicial Icon.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Ebonugwo IT is not often that a man is celebrated all over the country after retiring from an office that is generally perceived as being controversial and almost always in the eye of the...

Why Lagos Introduced Eye Care Service in Schools, By Tinubu.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State said yesterday that the introduction of the primary school eye care service is aimed at improving school enrolment which may drop through bad sight of school pupils....

2007: I Will Turn Delta State Around -- Ebikeme.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Anthony Ebikeme, who hails from Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State is a retired federal civil servant. He wants to become the state's next Chief Executive come 2007. A 1966 graduate of the...

Obasanjo Asks NIA to Combat Proliferation of Small Arms, Militia Groups.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Ozoemena PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo, Thursday challenged the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to redouble its commitment on intelligence service by combating small arms...

Restructuring the Nigerian Railway.
June 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chinwe Ugwu-Oloto THE railway is the oldest of all the conventional and contemporary modes of land transportation in Nigeria. Before the advent of the motorised transport system, the...

Who Is Afraid of Nigerian Police? (2).
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Morenike Taire To say that the lifestyle of the Nigerian policeman has the tendency to make material poverty inevitable would be to generalize in a manner that might be considered ungracious....

Shut Up Failures!
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Onochie Anibeze Chidi Nwanu took a close look at the African countries that played here and wondered why Nigeria couldn't make it to Germany. And as usual the USA 94 World Cup star was blunt...

Councillors Freeze Oshimili South LG Boss' Account, Asagba Disowns Him Too.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda THE embattled Oshimili South local government chairman, Mr. Charles Halim, since the this year's census held in March over how the N10 million largesse which the state...

SportsBiz - Innovations.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Innovations! They usually mean change in the positive sense. That connotation may, of course, be dubious or even downright inapplicable to some changes when they occur. I love them, personally, and have...

Agagu Showcases a New Ondo to Obasanjo.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dapo Akinrefon "YOU have taken time to plan. We have also seen that the execution of the plan is now showing results," remarked President Olusegun Obasanjo who, applauded Governor Olusegun...

Go And Sin No More, Senate Tells Ali.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The Senate yesterday acquitted the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Col. Ahmadu Ali of charges of slandering its members bringing to an end the face off...

If the South-East Will Get the Presidency (2).
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Clement Udegbe LOOKING at the political history of this country so far, it appears that many 'Ndigbo' politicians and leaders are yet to learn from the political maturity and dexterity of...

Police Beat Man to Death Over N20,000 Bribe.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize THE Managing Director of Ospet Electrical, Udu, in Delta State, Mr. Peter Osimiri has been beaten to death by three Mobile Policemen at an illegal checkpoint, near Kwale in Delta...

Belgore on Military Rule.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) SALIHU Modibbo Alfa Belgore, Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, in his first public statement since assuming office, stified military rule. At the presentation of two books in honour of Justice Mohammed Lawal...

Mob Stones 20-Yr-Old Girl to Death in Minna.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Wole Mosadomi The life of a 20yr old girl (name withheld) was prematurely terminated in Izom in Gawu Babangida Local Government Area of Niger State yesterday as she was stoned to death by...

Capital Market - NSE Lists Firstinland Bank Shares.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Oluchi Ikeru THE Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Tuesday admitted FirstInland Bank Plc to the Daily Official List with the listing of 8,688,629,584 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N6.00 per...

When is It Gen. Abdullahi Mohammed's Turn?
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Odili SINCE May 16, 2006 when the third term bid collapsed, there has been unrelenting bloodletting at the presidency. Like a vengeful angel, the President has cynically reshuffled,...

Don't Impose Successor On Nigerians, Soyinka Warns Obasanjo.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Odili Noble Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has warned of dire consequences for the country's democratic governance should the President impose a successor on the people in 2007. He said the...

Growing the Nigerian Economy With FTZs.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Percy Owaiye And Olasunkanmi Akoni ONE of the potent tools for the development of economies everywhere in the world today is the growth of areas designated as Free Trade Zones (FTZs). A Free...

Court Warns Buyers On Nicon Assets.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday warned against alleged move by some people to acquire assets of NICON despite the controversy surrounding its ownership. It...

Fayose Fingers Royal Father in Arrest Rumour.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Ehigiator GOVERNOR Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State yesterday fingered a traditional ruler in the state as the brain behind rumour of his arrest in London for alleged money laundering. The...

Ruling Party to Try Governor Ibori for Backing Opposition ACD; It is a Lie, He Says.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi JUST 24 hours after the National Chairman of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmadu Ali, warned that the party would henceforth invoke the party's rules on...

Hoodlums Storm Church, Attack Bishop, Others as Onitsha Crisis Continues.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli THE crisis rocking Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra state took a frightening dimension yesterday when some hoodlums, invaded the Fegge, Onitsha premises of the Methodist...

Ibori is Committed to Sound Healthcare in Delta.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Sam Eyoboka Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is Delta state commis-sioner for health and believes the state has made a giant leap in providing the needed infrastructure to support the care needs of the...

Police, National Power Holding Company Most Corrupt - Independent Corruption Commission.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chinyere Amalu THE Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has rated the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and the police the most corrupt public institutions in Nigeria....

Capital Market - SEC Upholds Zero Tolerance Against Market Misconduct.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), apex capital market regulator, Tuesday, warned operators to avoid any act that would undermine the integrity of the Nigerian capital...

Investors Renew Interest in Zenith Bank Shares.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Agwuatu Investors have renewed their interest in the stock of Zenith Bank Plc ahead of the release of the bank's financial results for the year ended June 2006. Driven by expectations of...

Court Fixes July 4 Date for Bamaiyi's Bail Application.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah & Yomi Ologunleko JUSTICE Joseph Oyewole of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, fixed ruling till July 4, 2006 in a renewed bail application filed by the former Chief of...

Okubor And Delta Information Management.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chukwudi Abiandu INFORMATION management in Delta State has taken a leap forward and turn for the better with two epoch making events -- the kick off the weekly ministerial briefing, brainchild...

We're Not Fronting for IBB - Bafarawa.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Agande The Governor of Sokoto state Alhaji Atahiru Bafarawa yesterday denied reports that the formation of the Democratic peoples Party was to serve as a front for the former military head...

Mob Beats Up Policemen in Oleh.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize SOME policemen from Bayelsa State, believed to have come to Oleh in Delta State to effect arrest of some supects were beaten up and their vehicle smashed by irate villagers during...

FG to Allocate Fertiliser to Olam for Agric Project.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Franklin Alli THE Federal Government has approved direct allocation of fertiliser to OLAM Nigeria Ltd for its agricultural projects, the minister of agriculture, Mr Adamu Bello, has said....

Blackout Looms As Power Holding Company Workers Threaten Strike.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young & Yemie Adeoye THERE are strong indications that a total blackout is imminent in the country as workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), under the auspices...

Maritime Pilots Association Tasks NPA Management On Training.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Godwin Oritse INTERNATIONAL Maritime Pilots Association (IMPA) has said that the continuous training of the pilots of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) should be given priority attention...

ITPAN Hosts 6th Lagos International Film Forum.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) OSCAR-winning South African flick, "Totsi" is set to make its West African premiere at the 6th edition of the internationally renowned Lagos International Forum on Motion Picture, Cinema and Video in...

Social Partners Resolve to Prioritise Factory Inspection.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Funmi Komolafe In this edition, we continue our series on the five new labour bills approved by the Federal Executive Council. The bills were a product of consul-tation by the social partners;...

Govt Gets Ultimatum, as Poly Lecturers Plan Full-Scale Strike.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho UNLESS the Federal Government moves swiftly to address grievances of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), learning and teaching will be grounded in all...

2007: Southern Senators Meet in Bayelsa to Resolve Conflict.
June 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken And Ayodele Adegbuyi SOUTHERN Senators will next week take definite position on the quest or not for the South to retain the presidency in 2007. News of the plan of the...

Inland Container Depots Project: Designed to Boost Nation's Economy.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Alban Opara The Inland Container Depots (ICDs) or Dry Port project in six cities of six states in five geo-political zones which attracts N10 billion investment by six members of organized...

PDP: Lar, Others Are Jokers --Ali.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi, Emmanuel Aziken & Ayodele Adegbuyi NATIONAL Chairman of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmadu Ali launched a fresh tirade yesterday, on factional leaders of the...

INEC Chairman Berates Critics.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, yesterday, berated the critics of his organization and ongoing electoral reforms saying such...

Naval Officers Foil Bank Robbery Attempt.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dayo Johnson NAVAL officers at Igbokoda, Ondo State, have foiled an attempt by a gang of robbers to strike at a commercial bank in the town. The suspects had earlier robbed a bank at Abigi...

UBA Third Quarter Profit Hits N11.1b.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu & Oluchi Ikeru United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc Monday announced a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N11.1 billion for the third quarter financial year ended May31, 2006, just as it...

Naicom Warns On False Declaration in Merger Talks.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patience Saghana IN order to guide against disagreement that may arise from misleading information during merger, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has admonished insurance companies...

Lagos Probes Ejigbo Council Crisis.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni THE Lagos State Government has set up a panel of inquiry into the crisis rocking Ejigbo Local Council Development Area following allegations leveled at the chairman, Deacon...

PDP Members Decamp to ADC.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda SCORES of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members, mainly foundation members, yesterday, decamped to Advanced Congress Democrats (ACD), with a declaration that they were waiting...

Onitsha: 69 Massob Members Arrested.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli & Victoria Ojeme THE Joint Security team deployed to Onitsha in the aftermath of the recent break down of law and order yesterday arrested 69 people said to be members of MASSOB....

Edo PDP, ACD Trade Words Over 2007 Elections.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem LEADERS of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their counterparts in the Advance Congress of Democrats (ACD) in Edo State, yesterday traded words over the 2007 election. ...

Wema Bank Sets Agenda for Growth.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young MANAGEMENT of Wema Bank Plc has embarked on a mission to make the bank the reference point for value-added service, convenience, trust and optimize returns to the bank's...

Senior Legal Practitioners Pay Homage to Uwais.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Anaba SENIOR legal practitioners and eminent Nigerians yesterday gathered in Lagos to pay homage to the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammadu Uwais, GCON. ...

PDP Promises to Transform Anambra in 2007.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli ON the third leg of its campaign rally for 2007 general elections, Anambra State PDP has promised to transform the state if it recaptures power from All Progressive Grand Alliance...

Towards Surer Power Supply.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Roland Agiri* ALTHOUGH the issue of inadequate power supply is very sentimental, it should be subjected to critical analysis if we must move forward. The nation's power problems did not just...

They Want to Kill Me -- Ribadu.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said last night that some people were threatening the lives of its Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and those of other officials of...

Commissioner Laments Cult Activities.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jimitota Onoyume THE Rivers State Commissioner of Education, Dr Ngozi Odu has lamented the activities of cult groups in the state University of Science and Technology. The Commissioner...

2007: Delta Aspirant Pledges Economic Revolution.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Okey Ndiribe & Babatunde Jimoh A Delta State governorship aspirant has pledged to prosecute an economic revolution in the state if elected governor in next year's general elections. Mr...

Bhukari Bello's Removal.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE democratic virtues of free flow of ideas and opinion were put on trial with the arbitrary termination of Bhukari Bello, Executive Secretary of National Human Rights Commission, NHRC's, appointment....

Sedition: Aruleba, Durojaiye to Face More Criminal Charges.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige THE two journalists arraigned yesterday in a Federal High Court Abuja, for sedition are to face more criminal charges, according to the prosecutor. But they are to remain in...

NGO Donates Drugs to UNTH, Specialist Hospital.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike DRUGS worth thousands of naira have been donated to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) and the Park Lane Specialist Hospital, Enugu by a non-governmental...

3rd Term: They Are Still Haunting Me -- Chukwumerije.
June 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda SENATOR Uche Chukwumerije, alleged yesterday in Asaba that his life was under serious threat on account of his role in bringing about the death of Third Term agenda. ...

Third Term Project Was an Ill-Wind - Prince Sekoni.
June 27, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Nwankwo Prince Adio Sekoni is the chairman of Oriade Local Government in Lagos State. He was chairman, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government, 1999-2003, where he excelled by the numerous projects...

Denham Targets Higher Returns for Paramount Equity Fund.
June 27, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu Denham Management Limited has said that its Paramount Equity Fund is expected to outperform the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All share index and yield greater returns for...

DPP Lashes Out At ACD.
June 27, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken Bickering among opposition parties broke out yesterday when the newly formed Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) lashed out at the Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD) as lacking...

Four Solid Minerals to Attract $11bn Investment.
June 27, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Luka Binniyat Nigeria may be on the edge of a boom in the solid mineral sector following government's claims that not less than $11 billion dollars worth of investment would flood into the...

Power Supply Worsens, Now Below 2000mw.
June 27, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Hector Igbikiowubo & Luka Binniyat ELECTRICITY supply by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria has worsened nationwide, dropping below 2000 Megawatts and heightening the spectre of increased...