Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from June 2009, page 7

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from June 2009

Quality Education - It's Time to Get Our Priorities Right -- Oyedepo.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho African nations including Nigeria can never realise their visions of economic greatness and national transformation so long as they neglect quality education. Dr. David Oyedepo, Chancellor of Covenant...

Ports Reform - Reps Carpets Aondoakaa, BPE.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Tordue Salem Members of the House of Representatives yesterday blamed the the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) for failing to push through reforms in the marine transport sector. The...

Okolo Decries Rate of Kidnapping in South East.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Franklin Alli The President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture NACCIMA), Dr. Simon Okolo, yesterday, decried the spate of kidnaping of businessmen in the South East zone. ...

More Niger Delta Cities.
June 18, 2009... PROFESSOR Omo Omoruyi, the Director of the defunct Centre for Democratic Studies has suggested creation of more cities in the Niger Delta to bring development closer to the people, and stabilise the area. This call is very pertinent and...

Democracy, Worth Celebrating -- Kumuyi.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Chinyere Amalu Contrary to opinions of some Nigerians that the celebration of 10th Anniversary of the country's Democracy is a charade, the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi said,...

JTF Fighting for Country's Economic Interest --Olajumoke.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Emma Arubi THE Senate Committee on Navy has stated that the military Joint Task Force (JTF), in the Niger Delta is not fighting a personal war but militancy and criminality that negate the economic interest of the nation, even as...

Heavy Shooting Marks Naval Exercise.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Albert Akpor WHEN the heavy bombardment began all within hearing radius cowered in fear or scampered to safety. The deafening, earth-shaking sound immediately conjured in their mind the image of a place suddenly being invaded by...

Lessons From King's College And Achimota School's Relationship.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun It is not common to see two secondary schools in the West African sub-region successfully sustaining a relationship that started about seven decades ago. This has really been very difficult given the...

Reactions Trail Inclusive Education Research Findings.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun It is a well known fact that the education of the special needs students has not been receiving its due attention in Nigeria. Thus, the vast majority of youths with various types of disabilities remain at...

Deregulation - NLC Gives Alternative.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Funmi Komolafe As Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) renews its suspended protest against the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry among other things, Nigeria Labour Congress has listed three...

Why We Attacked Chevron --Mend.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Emma Amaize Delta (MEND) has explained why it chose to target installations belonging to oil major, Chevron, alleging that the transnational, in the wake of JTF offensive, was "indifferent to the plight of human beings under...

Why Our Officials Won't Talk to Press - Lagos.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni As Nigerians continue to clamour for the immediate passage of the Freedom of Information Bill (FoI) by the National Assermbly, the Lagos State Government has explained why some government officials were barred...

Ondo - Kidnappers Release Commissioner, Permanent Secretary Wives.
June 18, 2009... Security operatives had to engage the kidnappers that abducted wives of the Ondo Lands and Housing Commissioner and the Permanent Secretary before they were freed on Tuesday. The two women have rejoined their families as Vanguard saw them...

FG Moves to Peg Interest Rate At Five Percent.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Funmi Komolafe in Geneva In its bid to create more job opportunities and expand existing ones, the Federal Government is to compel banks to fund the real sector and reduce interest rate for manufacturers to five per cent. ...

PPA, PDP Trade Words Over Ohakim.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Henry Umoru THE leadership of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) Wednesday described the pressure on the Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, to decamp to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by its members as most...

Employers' Body Tasks Govt On Poverty.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young metallic products sector of the nation's economy under the umbrella of Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Employers Federation (CAMPEF), recently held its 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM), in Lagos, to...

Plane Loaded With Arms Seized in Kano.
June 18, 2009... Byline: AbdulSalam Muhammad SECURITY operatives attached to the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) early yesterday morning impounded a Ukrainian cargo plane loaded with a range of sophisticated weapons. The cargo plane...

SEC Yet to Approve Ogun State N50 Billion Bond.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Peter Egwuatu THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), apex capital market regulator has not given approval to the proposed N50 billion Bond by the Ogun State government, saying until all the necessary requirements are met....

N49 Million Debt - Abuja Largest Market Shut Down.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Henry Umoru THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Wednesday shut the largest market in Abuja located at Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory under wise known as "Monday market" over what the administration...

Militants Shift Attention to Shell, Bomb Crude Trunk Line in Bayelsa.
June 18, 2009... MOVEMENT for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), the chief militant group in the Niger-Delta region gave the Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) a little breather on Wednesday, but it shifted its attention to the Shell Petroleum Development...

Smugglers - Customs Takes Delivery of 2 New Helicopters.
June 17, 2009... The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has taken delivery of two brand new helicopters with a view to fighting smuggling and bringing it to the barest mimimum. Disclosing this to news in Lagos recently, the Deputy Comptroller-General of the...

River Niger Dredging - Group Faults FG's N4 Billion Order.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Godfrey Bivbere The directive by the Federal Government to the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to contribute N1 billion each for the dredging of the...

ANLCA Elections - Aseco Writes Customs for Agents' Authentication.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Godwin Oritse Determined to enthrone true demo cratic principles in the conduct of its affairs, the body entrusted by the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) with the conduct of its elections, Association...

Poly, Colleges of Education Workers Give Strike Notice.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young EVEN as academic activities in the nation's universities are yet to pick up because of a recently suspended two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), workers of the nation's...

ACL Acquires Four New Vessels to Tackle Marine Pollution.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Godwin Oritse African Circle Limited, a marine waste management firm has acquired four new vessels to tackle pollution and other marine waste in the nation's coastal waters in line with the International Maritime Organisation's...

Nigerians Embrace National ID Infrastructure Upgrade.
June 17, 2009... Nigerians across all ages, creeds, groups and both sexes have wholeheartedly embraced the on-going national ID infrastructure upgrade being implemented by the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC. Reports by consortia of firms...

Varsity Students, Corp Members to Receive Orientation On Life After School.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Olubusuyi Adenipekun Beginning from July this year, an orientation programme for university students as well as participants in the National Youths Service Corps on how to fit into the realities of the labour market is to...

Liquidity Returns, Share Value Rises By N136 Billion.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Michael Eboh The era of illiquidity in the Nigerian capital market may have been over, as investors in the secondary segment of the market have jettisoned their fear of collapse of the market, staking their funds in the exchange...

SON Mobilises Industries for 2009 Quality Week.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Franklin Alli Standards Organization of Nigeria is set to commence a series of activities to kick-start the celebration of the , 2009 in Kano for industries and stakeholders in the Northern Zone of the country. A statement...

Naptan Hails Supreme Court Judgement On Unilorin Lecturers.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho The landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Friday 12th June 2009 reinstating 5 of the 49 victimized lecturers of the University of Ilorin is a vindication of the unequivocal...

Ebong Gives Reasons for Union Bank Savings Bonanza.
June 17, 2009... The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Dr Barth Ebong has said that given the current global financial meltdown, the nation's economy needs to be stimulated particularly to give the banking public the...

MFBs Cautioned Against Branch Expansion.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Amaka Agwuegbo The Chairman, Lagos State Association of Microfinance Banks, Chief. D. O. Adenekan, has warned microfinance bank operators against the risk of embarking on hasty branch expansion programme so as to avoid...

How to Rescue Higher Education From Decay - Sultan.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho The quality and worth of our human capital have gone down quite drastically with serious long-term implications for the effective management of the nation's affairs, its prosperity and its competitiveness in the...

Niger Delta - We Will Prosecute Crimes Against Humanity, Says ICC.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige A Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Mrs. Akua Kuenyehia yesterday disclosed that the ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute the masterminds of crimes against humanity taking place in the Niger...

FG to Subsidise Pilgrimage.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Daniel Idonor PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday assured Nigerian Christians wishing to perform the annual Holy Pilgrimage to Israel that the Federal Government will continue to support and subsidise their fares to the...

Adeboye, Kanu, Ojukwu, Gani, Soyinka Win Living Legend Poll.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Kayode Matthew THE search for Nigeria's 5 greatest living legends, initiated by Vanguard Media Limited and Silverbird Group, ended yesterday as five winners out of 20 nominees were announced in Lagos. The winners who emerged...

The Past Came Visiting.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Owri Lakemfa THE past popped its face twice last week. First it was when Shell succeeded in paying peanuts to buy its way out of trial for complicity in the judicial murder of Ken Saro - Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders. ...

Special 'Anti-Kidnap' Squad Coming --FG.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Funmi Komolafe Hector Igbikiowubo & Daniel Idonor THE Federal Government yesterday took the campaign for support for its war in the creeks to far-away Geneva, Switzerland where it resolved to create a special squad to tackle the...

Nosamu Residents Up in Arms With LG Over Night Market.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Evelyn Usman Nosamu Street, in the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos, is one of the strategically located commercial streets around the area, as it directly faces the popular Alayabiagba market and other business districts...

Ojukwu Wants Befitting Burial for Onoh.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Tony Edike THE Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu said yesterday that he was determined to ensure that the de ceased former Governor of old Anambra State and his in-law, Chief Christian Onoh was given a befitting burial. ...

Gov Aliyu, Kure Can Never Reconcile - Sen Kuta.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The gulf between Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and his predecessor in office Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure is now so wide that they can never again be reconciled, Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP, Niger-East)...

Court Orders Ebonyi Govt to Reinstate Sacked Auditor General.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Dennis Agbo A Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Abakaliki, has for the second time asked the Ebonyi state government to reinstate the sacked Auditor General for Local Governments in the state, Mr. Gabriel Nwonu, whom the court...

Leave Suswam Alone, Please.
June 17, 2009... Byline: David Ihalo IT is not so difficult to put one's fingers on the objective reason for the clandestine attempts by people from some quarters to denigrate the achievements of Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State. Everyone knows...

PDP's Chance of Winning Future Elections in South East Slim - PPA.
June 17, 2009... THE Progressive Peoples Alliance says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a slim chance of winning future elections in the South East over the alleged relegation of the zone to the background in the scheme of things in the country. ...

Mend's Extra-Judicial Killings Video Clips Stage-Managed - JTF.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Emma Amaize THE Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta says it has come to its knowledge that the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has embarked on yet another smear campaign of circulating constructed and...

Saro-Wiwa Wins.
June 17, 2009... NEWS that Shell has agreed to pay compensations worth $15.5 million to the families of the killed Ogoni Nine resurrects a case that has almost been forgotten. Nigerian military authorities 14 years ago hanged Ogoni civil right activist...

Uduaghan Has No Hand in JTF/Militants' Crisis - Monarch.
June 17, 2009... HIS Royal Majesty, Kalanama VIII (Ogiame), Pere of Akugbene-Mein kingdom in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, S.P. Luke, yesterday absolved the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, of any complicity in the crisis between the...

CBN Asks Banks for Transcorp, Virgin Nigeria Loan Deals.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Babajide Komolafe THE Central Bank (CBN) yesterday moved to ascertain the level of toxic loans in the banking industry as it ordered banks and discount houses to submit, within four day, details of all their loan exposure...

2010 - PDP Chieftain Tasks Members On Unity.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Vincent Ujumadu A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Chief George Okoye has asked aggrieved members of the party to unite for the forthcoming governorship and local government elections in the...

Kevwe Warns Against Imposition of Candidate On Ughelli South LG.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Festus Ahon THE Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has been called upon to intervene in the seeming political imbalance in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the State. Making the call in Asaba while...

Patani Youth Leader Charges LG Chairmen On Performance.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Festus Ahon LEADER of Patani Local Government chapter of Delta State Youth Development Committee, Mr. Godspower Asiuwhu, has charged local government council chairmen across the country to be more responsive to the development of...

Edo PDP Chairman Dies in Auto Crash.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Gabriel Enogholase TRAGEDY has struck Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as its state chairman, Chief Samson Ekhabafe, has lost his life in a ghastly multiple accident which occurred at the entrance to the...

Enyeama Misses Out On Arsenal Deal.
June 17, 2009... Vincent Enyeama's agent says the Nigeria goalkeeper just missed out on a deal to Arsenal, after the English club baulked at a 2 million Euro fee demanded by his Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv. It was reported last week that Enyeama had...

Garment Industry Capable of Generating 600,000 Jobs.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Franklin Alli The Managing Director of Lai Clothiers, Chief Lai Olumegbon, has estimated that the garment industry is capable of employing over 600,000 Nigerians who would in turn generate employment if the industry was properly...

European-American University to Honour Nigerians.
June 17, 2009... American University Commonwealth of Dominica will confer honourary Doctorate Degree award on eminent Nigerians on July 11, 2009 in Lagos. According to the statement by the West African Co-ordinator of the university, Prof. Williams Afam...

Fund Projects From Capital Market-- Minister.
June 17, 2009... The Minister of Finance, Dr Mauzur Muhtar has emphasized the need for funding of long term projects through the capital market, saying the development of solid infrastructure required domestic sources of financing rather than relying on...

African Child Day - Children Parliament Wants Child Rights Law.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Patience Ogbodo The Bauchi State Children Parliament has urged the state House of Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the child rights bill into law. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of...

Abia LG Workers Lament Salary Arrears.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Anayo Okoli Local government workers in Abia state are owed several months of salary arrears by their respective council authorities. Almost all the 17 councils in the state are owing their workers, except for two councils....

Kogi LG Laments Bad Roads.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Isiaka Oyibo Following the worsening condition of the inter-link roads within the area council of Yagba West Local Council of Kogi State, the people of the area have sent a Save-Our-Soul (SOS) to the state Governor, Alhaji...

Jang Can't Probe Dariye - Court.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Taye Obateru A Federal High Court, Jos has declared the setting up of a commission of inquiry by Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State to conduct criminal investigations into the tenure of his predecessor, Chief Joshua Dariye as...

N49 Million Debt - FCTA Closes Market.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Henry Umoru THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) yesterday shut the largest market in Abuja, known as "Monday market" over what the administration described as failure to pay a debt of N49 million for sanitation...

Mikel Fights for First Team Shirt.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Onochie Anibeze Mikel Obi may start in Nigeria's World Cup qualifier against Tunisia on Saturday.The Chelsea midfielder was one of the key players coach Amodu Shuaibu left out from the tie against Kenya that they eventually won...

Gov Aliyu Not Under Threat - Kuta.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu Senator Awisu Kuta (PDP) Niger yesterday dismissed claims that the state governor, Dr. Banbangida Aliyu, may be swept away by the recent political crisis in the state which has resulted in the emergence of two...

FG Deregulates Railways, Approves N114 Billion for Locomotives.
June 17, 2009... AFTER many years of indecision on whether to sell the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) or not, the Federal Government yesterday decided to grant concession to the organised Private Sector (OPS) as well as allow those wishing to build their...

Futo Urged to Maintain Standard.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Chidi Nkwopara The management of Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), has been urged to sustain the academic standard that has made its products standout in their places of employment nationwide. The Force...

World Bank Approves U.S. $1.3 Billion for Power, Other Projects.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Emma Ujah THE World Bank has approved $600 million (about N88.2 billion) to assist the power and gas sectors in Nigeria. Three additional projects amounting to $429 million were also approved by the board. The figure for...

Afribank Sets Up Agricultural Units.
June 17, 2009... To consolidate on its successful agriculture financing over the past 50 years and to enable it provide high quality financial services and products to farmers and agro-allied businesses in the North, Afribank Nigeria Plc has set up a...

Nadesstu Asks Yar'Adua to Reconstitute NDDC Board.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Festus Ahon THE National Association of the Delta State Students (NADESSTU), has called on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to as a matter of urgency, reconstitute the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC). ...

Maersk Line Introduces Direct Shipping Services to Country.
June 17, 2009... Global leading container carrier, Maersk Line, has introduced direct shipping services into Nigeria's ports even as many other major shipping lin es ha ve scaled down their product offering in Nigeria; consequent upon increasing operational...

FG Pays N51.8 Billion to Scanning Service Providers.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Godwin Oritse The Federal; Government may have paid N51.8 billion to the three scanning service providers involved in the Inspection Destination project namely Cotecna, SGS and Globalscan for services provided since the scheme...

Succession Tussle Hits Customs Again.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Godfrey Bivbere About two months to the retirement of Bernard Shew Nwadialo, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the tussle for who replaces him has again sprang up with top officials of service lobbying...

Task Force On Customs Reforms Warn Officers On Fraud.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Godwin Oritse THE Task Force on Customs Reforms instituted by the Federal Government a few weeks ago has warned officers from involving themselves in fraudulent acts that may cost them their jobs if caught. The Chairman of...

Plight of Natives in Libyan Prisons Worries Edo Govt.
June 17, 2009... Byline: Simon Ebegbulem Edo State government has expressed worries over what it described as the "unfriendly" attitude of the Libyan government towards the efforts being made by the Federal Government to secure the release of the over...

Omar Bongo (1935-2009).
June 16, 2009... El Haji Omar Bongo Ondimba, the diminutive President of Gabon, passed on last week at 73. After 42 years of uninterrupted control of Gabon, he became the world's longest serving president by March 2008 (possibly one of the richest),...

Police Whisk Adeoti, Ekiti Deputy Speaker to Abuja.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Gbenga Ariyibi The Deputy Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Saliu Adeoti who was arrested, detained and later released by the police on Monday was whisked to the Force Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday, but the lawmaker...

Microanalysis of Democracy - Anniversary Imprecations.
June 16, 2009... Byline: John Moyibi Amoda THE reflections marking 10 years of democracy in Nigerian are by definition the microanalysis of Nigerian democracy. They address the epochal event in the corporate history of societies in Nigeria, namely...

Finally, Justice From America.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Rotimi Fasan PERHAPS the ghosts of the dead can now go to rest having stayed in purgatory waiting for justice these past 14 years. Perhaps this is signal to take the struggle to the next level, seeking more substantial...

Ndukwe Decorated Pillar of Telecom in Africa.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Prince Osuagwu Executive Vice Chair man and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, pennultimate week emerged Pillar of Telecom in Africa at a special award ceremony to climax...

Helios Towers Boss Preaches Co-Location At Arab World.
June 16, 2009... Following the impressive performance of the company and the manifest expertise of the company in Telecom Infrastructure development, Engr. Fazal Hussain was invited by ARAMCOM group to discuss the benefits of infrastructure sharing in ICT...

Chams in Agreement for Mass POT Terminals Deployment.
June 16, 2009... Leading technology solutions company, Chams Nigeria Plc, is set to finalize plans to deploy thousands of point of transaction terminals across the country. This follows the conclusion of discussions with its international partners:...

NPF Commends Joda, Frowns At Nigerian Reward System.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Emeka Aginam TheNorthern Patriotic Front, NOF, a Sociocultural-political organization, has in Abuja, paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, even as...

GIFIC Hits At Unemployment With Empowerment Workshop.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Emmanuel Elebeke As unemployment rate in Nigeria continues to assume an alarming proportion, succor came the way of the unemployed people last week as GIFIC, an indigenous print solution giant and market leader in the heat...

MultiLinks Commissions 400th Sites On Helios Towers Sites.
June 16, 2009... The nation's foremost infra structure sharing and managed services provider, Helios Towers Nigeria and the pioneer CDMA operator have increased the tempo of co-location services in Nigeria with the attainment of 400 HTN co-location sites...

Using Mobile Technology in Conflict Situation Takes Centre Stage At GMF.
June 16, 2009... Byline: Emeka Aginam With the global paradigm shift from traditional to new media, how best to use mobile phone as a tool in conflict situation and political hot spots was focus of discussion at the just concluded Global Media Forum,...