Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from May 2006, page 2

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Third Term Politics And 2007 Presidency : Rebounding to the South-South?
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The near unanimity of the South-South members of the National Assembly on the third term proposal for the President and Governors could ordinarily be the greatest demonstration...

PHCN Workers Threaten Industrial Action.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young WORKERS of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have petitioned President Obasanjo over reports...

Group Backs Constitution Review, Wants 50% Derivation.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) A group, Federation of Niger-Delta Youths, FONDY, has thrown its weight behind the amendment of the constitution just as it called on lawmakers from the South-South zone to canvass 50 percent revenue...

Group Endorses Ujobolo for Bomadi LG Chairmanship.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) A POLITICAL group, the Bomadi Liberal Democrats Forum has presented Peter Ujobolo Jnr. as Chairman in the forth-coming local government polls in Delta State. In a statement signed by Nathaniel Okpodu and...

11 Students Charged for Inciting Disturbances.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tser Vanger ELEVEN students of the college of Education (COE), Katsina-Ala in Benue State have been arraigned before a chief Magistrate court in the town for criminal conspiracy, inciting...

Envoy Laments Presence of Many Nigerians in British Prisons.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) DESPITE government's concerted efforts to check smuggling, British prisons are filled with Nigerians arrested with different types of contraband. "There are too many Nigerians in British prisons for...

Capital Market : Index, Market Capitalisation Drop By 0.2%.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Loveta Nnedu Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday was bearish with index and market capitalisation dropping by 0.2 per cent each from 24,280.85 points and N2.756 trillion to...

S-South'll Resist Attempt to Intimidate Dokpesi -- Clark.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize IJAW National leader, Chief Edwin Clark, spoke from London, yesterday, saying that the South-South will resist any attempt by the government or anybody in authority to harass,...

Oil Pipeline Explosion.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Ebonugwo/Bus Stop Parliament IT was a sober moment at a news-stand gathering at the Cele Bus-stop along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway last Monday. The reason for this was not far to seek....

Zenith Hosts 4th Youth Empowerment Forum.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The 4th edition of the Youth Empowerment Forum for Digital Revolution will hold at the Agip Recital Hall of the MUSON Centre, Lagos on Friday May 19, 2006. This year's event, which will hold alongside...

New Competition in Telecom Industry As Four Unified Licenses Granted.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Okoh Aihe, Assistant Editor, Communications The game plan is about to change. The playing field of the communications industry is about to change too as a source of the Nigerian Communications...

The Obi-Ngige Altercations.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ibe Njoku It appears that Chief Victor Umeh, the acting national chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), and some elements in that party in Anambra State, have sworn not to see...

Obasanjo, Aides Escape Death in New Presidential Plane.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Ozoemana THE newly acquired N9 billion Presidential jet yesterday made an emergency landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja a few minutes after take-off with...

Why There is Political Prostitution in the South-South--Evah.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Nwankwo Comrade Joseph Evah is National Coordinator, Ijaw Monitoring Group. He was party to the inauguration of a 50-man Council by President Olusegun Obasanjo on the Niger-Delta crisis....

IYC Peace Meeting Ends in Stalemate.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha The leadership crisis rocking the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has assumed a new dimension as a meeting called by the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government (SSG), Dr. Boladei...

Abuja Police Arrest 22 Armed Robbery Suspects.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Omonobi THE police in Abuja yesterday announced the arrest of 22 dare-devil armed robbery suspects who have been terrorizing residents of the Federal Capital territory with two of...

Deputy Gov Tasks Royal Fathers On Okugbe-Isoko Crisis.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize & Sam Oyadongha BAYELSA State Government has directed the Council of Traditional Rulers in the state to look into the dispute now rocking the Okugbe-Isoko kingdom over the...

Lagos Nets Over N5bn On Land Deals.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni THE Lagos State Government through the Lands Bureau has generated over N5 billion within the last one year as well as spent over N 2.5 million as compensations to victims for...

CBN Warns Hotels Against Illegal Forex Transactions.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Babajide Komolafe THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday warned hotels against illegal foreign exchange transanction saying any hotel found engaged in such transactions shall be...

Court Sentences Three Policemen to Death.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chidi Nkwopara An Orlu High Court presided over by Justice Benjamin Ahanonu Njemanze, has sentenced to death three out of the six policemen standing trial before him, for deliberately shooting...

Delta Okays N15.6bn Ode-Itsekiri Bridge Contract.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda DELTA State Executive Council (Exco) has given approval for the construction of the multi-billion naira Trans Warri/Ode-Itsekiri bridge at a cost of N15.6 billion. This is one of...

Chevron's Agbami's $1.1 Bn FPSO Vessel Achieves Milestone.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Hector Igbikiowubo STAR Deepwater Petroleum Limited, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation has announced the commencement of hull keel laying for its Agbami project's Floating Production,...

Power Sector Gas Demand to Hit 1.5bscf/D By 2010.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yemie Adeoye THE ongoing construction of gas fired power generating plants across the country could push local consumption of gas in the energy sector to 1.5billion standard cubic feet per...

Justice Acholonu's Death, Strange - Belgore.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige Waiting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Modibo Belgore, yesterday, described as strange and shocking, the passing away of a retiring justice of the Supreme Court, Justice...

Attorney-General Okays Jimoh Ibrahim As Nicon Boss.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bayo Ojo has thrown his weight behind Mr.Jimoh Ibrahim's position as Group Managing Director (GMD)of NICON Group of Companies, even...

Fifa Decides Nigeria's Ban June 3.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani WORLD Soccer Governing body, FIFA, may finally slap a ban on Nigeria before the start of the World Cup following the lingering crisis in football in the country. A very dependable...

Soludo Tasks FG, Others On Poverty Reduction.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tommy Solomon The Central Bank Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has urged the federal government and states to urgently address the scourge of mass poverty and price instability faced by...

I Respect Dodan Warriors, Okolo Confesses.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Omorodion Coach Emmanuel Okolo of Union Bank was on his toes all through the excruciating second round Vmobile Premier Basketball League encounter with Dodan Warriors Basketball Club...

Gani, ACD, Afenifere Rise Against Invasion of TV Station.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dapo Akinrefon & Titilayo Odeyemi REACTIONS have continued to trail the recent clampdown on the Abuja station of African Independent Television (AIT) with the Advanced Congress of Democrats...

Mistaken Identity (2).
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Henry Ayanruoh THOSE of them that were around before and during the civil war must have seen hate in the faces of most Nigerians at that time, I saw hate during Warri crisis in the faces of...

Police Recover N78m in Foiled Bullion Van Robbery.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda A gang of armed robbers yesterday morning attacked a bullion van conveying N78 million cash from Benin City to Warri, leaving no fewer than five persons made up of the police...

Pipeline Blast: Nnpc, Security Agencies Culpable, Says Monarch.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Prince Osuagwu THE traditional ruler of Ilado and Inagbe Islands in Amuwo Odofin local government of Lagos State, Oba Mobadenle Oyekan, yesterday, said for failing to respond to his several...

UCH Resumes Heart Surgery 28 Yrs After.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ola Ajayi THE University College Hospital (UCH) has resumed open heart surgery 28 years after its last one on account of lack of necessary facilities. Speaking yesterday with newsmen in...

Resign Or Be Removed, Abia PDP Tells Kalu.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken LEADERS of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday charged Governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State to resign from office within seven days or they would make the state...

Survivors of Pipeline Explosion Go Into Hiding.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Godwin Oritse & Yemi Adeoye THE few lucky survivors of the pipeline explosion which rocked the village of Ilado (a Lagos suburb) may have gone into hiding for fear of prosecution. ...

Group Laments Ecological Degradation in Orhionmwon.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ofure Ehidimen YOUTHS from Orhionmwon Local Government under the aegis of Coalition of Orhionmwon National Movement have protested the lack of development infrastructure as well as the...

UK-Based Igbo Group Faults Anti-3rd Term Campaigners.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi IGBO group resident in the Britain and Ireland have faulted the arguments of those campaigning against the third term clause in the amendment draft to the 1999 Constitution. The...

Conference Hall : Tenure Elongation --the Heart of the Matter.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) IN Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni, is in his 21st year as President. They derisively called his most recent tenure, sad term. The African record for tenure extension is in the sight of Albert Omar...

Obi And the Politics of Hand-Over.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Agaptus Nwozor UNFOLDING events in Anambra State since March 17th when the new government of Mr Peter Obi assumed office demonstrate a yawning gap between theory and practice; between rhetoric...

Uwais Wants Continuity in Fight for Independent Judiciary.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike RETIRING Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammadu Lawal Uwais says he would want his successor to continue the struggle for the full realization of the Independence of the...

Concern for Nigeria, Africa.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The gripping interest generated by the on-going constitutional amendment that is threatening government-to-government transition is receiving attention of leaders outside the shores of the country. Days...

Alake Suspends Iyalode of Egbaland For Alleged Disrespect for His Throne.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kolade Larewaju THE Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo has suspended from office, the Iyalode of Egbaland, Chief Alaba Lawson for alleged disrespect to the throne of the Alake. The...

Obasanjo Tasks Mothers On Family Values.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Ozoemena President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday challenged Nigerian women to strive and restore the nation's core values within the family, at work, in the community, and nationally,...

With Proper Maintenance, Ageing Aircraft Can Serve Safety Purposes -- Boeing Team.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) There had been so much hue and cry about the age of aircraft used by airline operators for domestic and regional operations in the country. Many have ascribed recent air disasters in the country to...

Plot to Alter House Rules Over Third Term Raises Dust.
May 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE anti-third term group in the National Assembly-- 2007 Movement-- alleged, yesterday, plan by pro-third term senators to circumvent the rules of the House with a view to gaining the upper hand in the...

Bank Phb Set to Surpass Forecast.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Nine months into its financial year, there are strong indications that Bank PHB, a merger between former Platinum Bank Plc and Habib Nigeria Bank Plc, will surpass its profit and earnings forecasts,...

Rivers N-Assembly Members Get 25% Derivation Mandate.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Agande THE deputy governor of Rivers State, Sir Gabriel Toby, has said that members of the National Assembly from the state are under instructions from the electorate to insist on 25%...

Mistaken Identity.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Henry Ayanruoh IT seems to be a fact of life that human nature cannot continue to do wrong without eventually reaching out for some rationalisation in which an obvious evil is covered up in...

The Ibori Factor in Niger-Delta.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Norbert Chiazor AMERICA'S inimitable icon of martyrdom, Martin Luther King once said in one of his immortal lines that the true test of a man is not where he is at peace time but where he...

For a Functional Rail System.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE nation's railway system that was once a pride to all has become a shadow of itself. The most enduring image of the rails these days are its aged pensioners whose neglect bears emphatic testimony to...

Ritualists Invade Cemetery, Made Away With 49 Heads.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ola Ajayi SOME suspected ritualists in Ibadan have allegedly invaded the Akinyele Hausa community cemetery, exhuming and cutting off the heads of 49 decomposing bodies. Chairman of the...

How Ondo/Delta Border Dispute Was Resolved -- Agagu.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) ONDO State Governor Olusegun Agagu has hinged the peaceful resolution of the inter-state border dispute between Ondo and Delta states on the concerted efforts of his administration in achieving peace...

FG Blamed for Delay in Kano Free Trade Zone Take-Off.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tina Anthony Chairman of the actualization of Kano free trade zone, Alhaji Ahmed Rabiu, has attributed the delay in implementing the state free trade zone to inconsistent government policies,...

Everything is Just Jagajaga.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Lles Leba/Rational Perspective It may not be necessary to commission a formal research or survey to determine the current condition or the quality of life of the ordinary Nigerian, who...

Play Politics According to Rules, Babangida Tells Politicians.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu FORMER military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) has cautioned politicians to play politics according to the rules, saying bad blood politics would not lead us to...

Vmobile Basketball : Experience Gives Union Bank Sweet Revenge Over Dodan Warriors.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Omorodion Union Bank Basketball Club of Lagos Saturday dug into their wealth of experience to shoot out the rampaging Dodan Warriors also of Lagos in a nerve wrecking Vmobile...

Impeachment Hammer Dangles On Kolokuma LG Chief.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha THE Chairman of Kolokuma-Opokuma, Mr. Inieye Inegbaifegha, may join the growing list of council chairmen to have been booted out of office before the expiration of their...

Edo Politicians Sue for Restraint On Lawmakers' Recall.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem EDO politicians and professionals from the state, weekend, met in Benin to review the proposed recall of members of the National Assembly from the state who are in support of...

Kalu Lauds Anti 3rd Term Lawmakers.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State, has described as heroes all the senators and members of the House of Representatives who spoke against the third term agenda at the...

Benue PDP Threatens to Recall Mark, Upaa, Idoko.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tser Vanger SENATOR representing Benue south senatorial district, Brigadier General David Mark (rtd) and two other National Assembly members from the state, Cletus Upaa and David Idoko, are...

Visa International Invests N6.5bn On Payment Cards.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Clifford Amuzuo Visa International, the world's leading electronic payment company, has expended $5 million (about N6.5 billion) so far in electronic cards manufacturing in its bid to promote...

Glo Promos, Poverty Alleviation Methods, Says Kojo Williams.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Prince Osuagwu The series of customer promotions organised by the Second National Operator, Globacom, since its debut in 2003, were at the weekend, described by one of Nigeria's renowned...

Gordon Brown, Saches Kaberuka, Bono, Others to Discuss $25bn Aid for Africa.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor A HIGH powered international development conference on Africa development is billed to hold in Abuja later this month. The conference is to discuss how the...

Application for Mantu's Recall.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Taye Obateru A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the chief petitioner for the recall of Deputy Senate President, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu leave to apply for an order of mandamus against the...

Pipeline Explosion: Villagers Flee to Evade Arrest.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Godwin Oritse & Yemi Adeoye PEOPLE of Ilado-Odo venue of pipeline explosion have gone under ground for fear of arrest, even as community leaders blame Government for inadequate security...

Multilinks, 3 Others Win Unified Licences.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Okoh Aihe, Assistant Editor, Communications INTERCELLULLAR, Starcomms, Prestel and Multilinks are the first winners of Unified Licensces in the telecommunication sector. Sources close to the...

US Observers Link 2007 Poll Success to Constitution Review.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken And Chris Ochayi 2007 ELECTION observers from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in the United States have pinned the success of the next general elections in Nigeria on...

Conference Hall : Tenure Elongation --the Heart of the Matter.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) IN Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni is in his 21st year as President. people derisively called his most recent tenure 'sad term'. The African record for tenure extension is in the sight of Albert Omar...

The City of Dung.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chukudi Abrahams ABA is a phenomenal city and about one of the most popular in contemporary Nigeria. It is famed as the "Japan of Africa" for the famed ingenuity and industrial prowess of the...

I Was Offered $1m, Oil Bloc to Back 3rd Term -- Dantiye.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Abdusalam Muhammad ANTI third term Federal legislator, Alhaji Nasiru Garba Dantiye, weekend declared that he was offered $1million and oil block to support secret balloting as the National...

"Are SE/SS Legislators Cursed?".
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ochereome Nnanna/People and Politics THIS past couple of weeks have been a rare moment of great media feasting. Thanks to the transparency, which Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani and House...

EFCC Probes Third Term Money Scam.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige, Rotimi Ajayi, Abayomi Adeshida & Ndidi Onuora THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a probe into allegations that members of the National Assembly are...

Police Vow to Stop Pipeline Vandalisation.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Ehigiator THE Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, said yesterday that the police would intensify efforts to checkmate incessant cases of pipeline vandalisations across...

Gov Obi Begs Banks On Security in Onitsha.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State last week met with corporate chiefs of 25 banks in the country and solicited their assistance to secure Onitsha for safe...

NFA Crisis: Obienu Dares Adamu.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The battle for the soul of Nigerian football has moved from politics to the moral high-ground with former NFA Vice Chairman, Barrister Richard Nwabufo Obienu, declaring that Director of Sports in the...

Four Policemen Feared Killed By Militants.
May 15, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jimitota Onoyume CORPSES of four policemen were yesterday found floating on a river in Port Harcourt. There were fears they might have been shot by militants in the early hours of the day. The...

3rd Term: I Hope Obj Will Obey Debate On Tenure --IBB.
May 14, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tser Vanger FORMER military president, General Ibrahim Babangida at the weekend in Makurdi, Benue state, said his resolve to contest the 2007 presidential elections remains irrevocable despite...

Why Ikorodu Must Produce Lagos Governor in 2007--Chief Babatunde Benson (SAN).
May 14, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dayo Benson Penultimate Saturday, Conference of Leaders of Ikorodu Division (COLID) held an awareness campaign rally in Ikorodu Town Hall to drum up support for its quest to have the next...

In House, It is No Retreat, No Surrender.
May 14, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Agande THE turn of events in the National Assembly last week on the third term debate has forced the two sides on the tenure elongation divide to go back to the drawing board to...

Football Crisis: Hope Rises for Quick Resolution.
May 14, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ademola Olajire There is a bright light in the horizon after all, for the intractable crisis that has bedeviled Nigeria football for the past five months, since Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima staged...

We Will Investigate Pipeline Vandalization -- IG.
May 14, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dayo Benson, John Nwokocha and Evelyn Usman The Inspector-General of Police Mr. Sunday Ehindero, yesterday morning defied the early morning rain to visit the scene of the incident. The IG who...

3rd Term: How Obasanjo Men Fumbled.
May 14, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The retired general turned senator now coordinating the third term project for President Olusegun Obasanjo in the Senate built his reputation from the cut throat politics of...

Mass Burial for Victims.
May 14, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Hector Igbikiowubo, Godwin Oritse and Yemie Adeoye HUNDREDS of victims of the Ilado (a Lagos suburb) pipeline explosion were yesterday given a mass burial at the site of the incident even as...

Army Fires Back at Evictees: 2 Brigade is Not a Thief.
May 14, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jimitota Onoyume Army authorities and evictees from Port Harcourt barracks are trading tackles over the claim that the evictees are being prevented from taking their properties with them. ...