Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from May 2006

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from May 2006

Egbema-Ijaw Allege Marginalisation in Delta.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize THE people of Egbema-Ijaw in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, alleged that they were being marginalised in terms of appointments and development...

Afenifere Dumps AD, Forms New Party.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo & Emmanuel Ulayi THE future of Alliance for Democracy (AD) became more uncertain yesterday after the party's candidate in the 1999 presidential election, Chief Olu Falae,...

Registered Political Parties Fault Inec On Bye-Election.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chidi Nkwopara REGISTERED political parties operating in Imo State have reacted sharply to the plan by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to organise a bye-election for the...

2005: Aids Kills 400,000 Nigerians.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike OVER 400,000 persons out of the 3.8 million Nigerians infected with HIV died of the virus in year 2005 alone. Training Coordinator of the Committee on the Prevention of Mother...

ICPC Not Selective in Its Investigation, Says Ayoola.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ola Ajayi THE Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola has debunked the insinuations that the commission is selective in...

Manufacturers Score Economy Low.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Funmi Komolafe & Margaret Odeyemi MANUFACTURERS in the Food and Beverage industry yesterday scored the Federal Government low in its drive to attract Foreign Direct Investment to the country,...

Citiserve Expands Product Line, Network Base to Hit 25,000.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Franklin Alli CITISERVE Limited, a Vigeo holding company, has expanded its products line with the launch of Life and Motor insurance products, even as it has also projected growth of its...

Country is a Good Place to Do Business, Says Chamber of Commerce.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emeka Aginam PRESIDENT of the European-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and industry, (ENCCI), Mr Jean-Marie Coulbary , has described Nigeria as a good place to do business. "There are good...

Third Term Buried... What Next?
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo/Political Notes ALL lovers of Nigeria and the survival of democracy in the land must have heaved a sigh of relief Tuesday as President Olusegun Obasanjo's bid for an...

Dolphin's Form Thrills Onyedika.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Eddie Akalonu Dolphin handler, Ifeanyi Onyedika, predicted his side would soon re- enact the form that won them the title in 2005 and go on to lay claim to the coveted prize this season....

NFA Crisis: They Lied to Obj -- Kojo.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Onochie Anibeze Anthony Kojo Williams yesterday pleaded with President Olusegun Obasanjo to intervene on the sports ministry-NFA crisis, saying that his authorities lied to get his support...

Apga Assures Obi On 2007 Guber Ticket.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State may not have any difficulty in securing his second term ticket in next year's gubernatorial election in the state as the All Progressives Grand...

Third Term: Apga Wants Lawmakers to Continue Debate On Other Issues.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike THE All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has hailed the decision of both chambers of the National Assembly to reject the third term clause in the proposal for constitution...

Youths Reject Total Dumping of Constitution Amendment.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize & Sam Oyadongha YOUTHS from the coastal States of the Niger-Delta, rose from an emergency meeting, yesterday, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, rejecting the dumping of the entire...

Lagos Agrees to Separate Trial for Bamaiyi.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah & Yomi Ologunleko LAGOS State government yesterday gave its consent to separate trial requested by the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd) in his...

Where Were You When Democracy Was Saved?
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Pini Jason On Tuesday 16 May 2006, the Senate threw out the controversial amendment Bill, which was to elongate the tenure of President Obasanjo by anything from two years to eternity. The...

Aircrash Averted At Jos Airport.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Taye Obateru The Yakubu Gowon Airport Jos was closed to air traffic for some hours yesterday after a Nigerian Airforce trainer jet had a tyre burst on landing. However, the 10 air force...

Senior Advocates Hail Justice Belgore Over Elevation as CJN.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammad Lawal Uwais will June 12, this year honorably bowed out of the Supreme Court bench after clocking the 70-year mandatory...

Youths Attack Jigawa Lawmaker.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Abdusalam Muhammad A member of the Jigawa House of Assembly, Alhaji Sale Sarkin Pawa escaped death by the whiskers Wednesday evening following an attack by yet to be identified youths...

Lakoju Chides Anti-3rd Term Lawmakers.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ofure Ehidiamen Former member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Tunde Lakoju, yesterday took a swipe at anti-third term members of the National Assembly, saying that Nigerians should not...

CITN Collaborates With EFCC, Police to Tackle Tax Evasion.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Clifford Amuzuo In furtherance of its determination aimed at eliminating activities of quacks in the nation's tax administration, the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN)...

Obasanjo Accepts Third Term Defeat.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi, Ben Agande & Emmanuel Aziken PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo surprisingly, yesterday, welcomed National Assembly's rejection of the third term proposal, and called the legislature's...

Sambawa goes BABA BABA Baba, Baba baba baba OBASANJO.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Onochie Anibeze Imagine somebody telling Dr. Adamu to relinquish his election into the Executive Committee of FIFA. Being the only Nigerian in the Executive Committee of CAF, Dr. Adamu...

10 Years After Zik.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Che Oyinatumba As I am bemused by the uninteresting debates on term elongation, my mind is jolted to the glorious days of Nigerian political debates. Zik, with his compatriots, travassed the...

Lagos Holds 1st Female Politicians Summit.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni THE Lagos State Government plans to hold the first ever Lagos State Female politicians summit. It has also threatened to shut down brothels that harbour young girls and under...

Collapse of 3rd Term Agenda: Lagos Lawmakers Laud N/Assembly, Press, Others.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni THE Lagos State House of Assembly Thursday applauded the action of members of the National Assembly for dumping the Third Term Agenda, as well as the role by members of the...

Obasanjo's Reforms Should Be Sustained -- Osuntokun.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken Journalist, public relations expert and lately media executive, Chief Akin Osuntokun has lived a life in and around the media. Following his successful marketing of President...

The Defeat of an Agenda : 3rd Term: the Collateral Damage.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Perhaps, had President Matthew Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo known that the reports he was getting was false, he would not have suffered the team of sycophants which was feeding him with falsehood on...

U.S. Pledges Support for 2007 Elections.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tina Anthony THE American Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Campbell, has said that American government is deeply committed towards ensuring that the forthcoming general election in Nigerian...

Salute To Courage.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE Senate paraded uncommon courage on Tuesday with its dramatic rejection of the bill to amend sections of the 1999 Constitution. There was little doubt that the rejection was over the surreptitious...

Passportusa Set to Pioneer E-Commerce in Nigeria.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Omoh Gabriel,Business Editor Passportusa, a US based company has started negotiation with four Nigerian banks with a bid to partnering with one of them to pioneer the introduction of...

Militants Shut Down Agip's Flow Station.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha & Yemie Adeoye MILITANTS have shut down the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) owned flow station at Pregbene, Bayelsa State. The militants believed to be a faction of the...

Making South-South Presidency an Option.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Odili With I999 Constitutional amendment dead in the National Assembly, a search for President Olusegun Obasanjo's successor would naturally be the next struggle in the transition...

Anambra House Crisis Deepens.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli The crisis looming in the Anambra State House of Assembly deepened yesterday when the leader of the PDP caucus in the House and member representing Idemili South, Mr. Chuba Oranusi...

Employers to Use Job Creation to Fight Poverty -- New NECA President.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young NIGERIA Employers Consultative Association (NECA), has said it will now focus on creating employment and help to alleviate poverty in the country, declaring that there is...

10 Students Hospitalised As School Building Collapses.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem OVER ten students of the Emando Secondary School Ekpoma, Esan West local government council of Edo state, were yesterday hospitalised as the school building collapsed following...

Continent Needs to Speak Up.
May 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jimoh Babatunde With Agency Reports Africa needs to embrace the information age and tell more of its own extraordinary stories if it wants to improve the image of the continent and attract...

A Nation in Travail.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Harry Nwana Anybody who watched the television report of the opening debates on the said term question in both houses of the National Assembly cannot but agree that this great country of ours,...

No Automatic Shirt for Aiyegbeni, Eguavoen Insists.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Nigeria coach Austin Eguavoen has warned England-based striker Yakubu Ayegbeni that he risks further exclusion from the national side. Eguavoen said the Middlesbrough striker will only have an...

Retired Military Officers Back Obasanjo.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gbenga Olarinoye RETIRED Military Officers in Nigeria have thrown their weight behind President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying his tenure has witnessed monumental progress and development. ...

TUC Lauds Lawmakers for Rejecting Tenure Extension.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), an umbrella body for senior staff associations in the country, has commended the National Assembly on its Tuesday rejection of tenure...

Cassava Growers Association Partners With NNPC On Production of Ethanol.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gbenga Olarinoye CASSAVA Growers Association of Nigeria, has entered into collaboration with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC], towards the production of 1 billion litres of...

Ethanol Fuel Underway for Industries, Says NNPC.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Franklin Alli Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that industries and vehicles in the country will soon be running on ethanol fuel. Ethanol-powered vehicles are used...

Slaying of the Medusa.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ochereome Nnanna/People and Politics Tuesday, May 16th 2006 was supposed to be the dawn of a new day for Pro-Third Term class of Nigerian politicians now widely referred to as the PTT....

Ministry Robbed Edo of Sports Festival Crown -- Commissioner.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Omorodion One month after the 15th National Sports Festival ended in Abeokuta, Ogun state, the Edo state Sports Commissioner, Anselm Ojezua has opened up, accusing the Sports and...

Changing Face of Ekiti State.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Adegboye EKITI State popularly referred to as 'Fountain of Knowledge', is one of the six states created in 1996 by late General Sani Abacha. The state carved out of Ondo State is made...

Reps Formally Dump 3rd Term.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Habib Yakoob & Ben Agande LIKE the Senate, the House of Representatives yesterday formally threw out the bill seeking to amend the 1999 constitution, including the provision for a third term...

Civil Liberties On Retreat.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) NIGERIA's human rights records got a low rating in a publication of Freedom House, United States based Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO. Its 2006 world report on 192 countries and 18 related and...

NSE Market Capitalisation for March Drops By 0.90%.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Oluchi Ikeru Market capitalization of listed securities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for the month of March dropped by 0.90 per cent from N2.985 trillion recorded in February to N2.958...

Awoniyi Asks Anti-3rd Term Camp to Save Country.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi CHAIRMAN of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Chief Sunday Awoniyi, has called on opponents of third term in the National Assembly and those opposed to the present...

The Secret Constitution.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Al Bashir I had the privilege of appearing before the Joint House Committee, JHC, on the amendment to the 1999 Constitution led by Senator Ibrahim Mantu, (PDP P1, Cen,) at its inception in...

Senate Summons Ruling Party Boss Over Third Term Remarks.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emeka Mamah, Rotimi Ajayi & Ayodele Adegbuyi A SHOWDOWN appears imminent between the Senate and the national chairman of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmadu Ali, over...

Survey Challenges Lagos Drivers.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Percy Owaiye A survey of road habits released in Maimi, United States, Tuesday this week by Auto Vantage, an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance should...

Even Dance Can Liberate Our Third World.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ojo Bakare/Verdict Dance can as well be employed in the repatration effort of third world countries against the many years of political and economic rape by western imperialists. This...

Nations Set to Tackle Youth Unemployment.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Funmi Komolafe The 4th Ordinary Session of the Labour and Social Affairs Commission of the African Union held in Cairo, Egypt recently, during which issues aimed at getting Africa to attain...

NLNG Introduces QMS to Boost Local Content Efforts.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yemie Adeoye THE Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has introduced a new management tool, the Quality Management System (QMS), to help local firms improve their working conditions in order...

Assam Assam And His Logic.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Josephine Udoh IS it not interesting, even exciting, to put a lawyer especially one that has risen to the enviable position of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in the dock,they fire...

Iduwini Communities Disown Militants.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South LEADERS of the host communities to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Iduwuni Kingdom of Bayelsa State, yesterday, disowned the...

Central Bank to Introduce N20 in Synthetic Form.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Ozoemena THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is expected to by the end of this year introduce N20 which would come in plastic form (polymer substrate).Also to be introduced are the N1,...

The Family As a Change Agent.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jossy Nkwocha MONDAY, May 15 every year is the International Day of the Family. It is a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate the family as the nucleus of society and draw attention...

10 Banks to Sell FG Bonds.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Babajide Komolafe, Asst Business Editor DEBT Management Office (DMO) has appointed10 banks and five discount houses as primary dealers for the Federal Government bonds. The banks are...

Protesting Youths Seal Ogbeh Ijoh LG Secretariat.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize THERE was tension in Warri yesterday, when protesting Ijaw and Itsekiri youths locked up the Warri South West local government secreteriat at Ogbe Ijoh for eight hours, between...

Port Concession Suffers Major Set Back As NPA Reneges On Agreement.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Godwin Oritse As the port concession exercise enters its concluding stages, there are indications that the project may have suffered a major setback as the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has...

Owie Asks S-South, S-East to Forget Quest for 2007 Presidency.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbuem FORMER senate chief whip,Senaor Rowland Owie,yesterday asked the South-South and the South- East geo-political zones to forget about the presidency of this nation in 2007,...

BizLaw.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Austin Okocha, alias "Jay-Jay" fell by the wayside, or was literally flung there. Sam Allardyce, the sweat-merchant of the Bolton Wanderers, chucked hun into a corner like a dirty, wet towel. The man he...

Trouble Looms in Ogbomosho As Council Parades Parallel Chairmen.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ola Ajayi THE stage appears set for another political skirmish in the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogbomosho, hometown of the Oyo State Governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala as two men are now...

Tension Still Mounts in Amawbia, Awka.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli THeRE are still tension in Awka and Amawbia following Monday's clash which left three persons dead. The two sides are still preparing for showdown on Saturday, the final day of the...

Much Ado About Sitting Tight.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Morenike Taire/Speaking Out RECENTLY former Botswana president Sir Quett Ketumile Joni Masure was in Nigeria as part of the election monitoring team that will oversee next year's already...

Nigeria Consolidates Position As Africa's Best.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Egbokhan With less than a month to go until the blast-off of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany, the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking remains virtually unchanged, with Nigeria,...

Shortage of Pilots Hits Nigerian Maritime Industry.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Godwin Oritse 'Following the concessioning of the Nigerian seaports, a dearth of maritime pilots has hit the Nigerian maritime industry even as the Nigerian Maritime Pilots Association (NMPA)...

Third Term: Lawmaker Indicts National Assembly On Bribery.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike DESPITE series of denials of bribery allegations levelled against sponsors of the tenure elongation project, the Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary,...

Why Biotechnology is Goldmine -- Prof. Bello.
May 18, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Edukugho BIOTECHNOLOGY has been identified as one of the frontline technologies today being developed and used to understand and manipulate biological molecules for applications in...

Udenwa And His Traducers (2).
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Oparah THEY are ever ready to enlist in the pantheon of cheap minions that want to railroad our country into a Abacha-like miasma, by springing a dubious third term agenda. Imo's three...

3rd Term: Edo Group Hails Danjuma, Arigbe-Osula.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem A group of political leaders in Edo State under the aegis of Edo Restoration Group, has commended the member representing Edo South Senatorial District in the senate, Senator...

Jubilation in Abia As Senate Rejects 3rd Term.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu THERE was jubilation in Abia State yesterday soon after the senate threw out the constitutional amendment bill aimed at extending the tenure of the current government, just as...

ICPAN Not Under EFCC Probe --Assistant Registrar.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dapo Akinrefon The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria, ICPAN, has dismissed as frivolous, mischievous and baseless the allegation that some officials of the Institute are...

Oil And Gas Sector Accelerate Poverty, Says Chamber of Commerce.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Naomi Uzor The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appealed to operators in the Oil and Gas Sector of the National economy to help in the fight against the threatening poverty situation...

A World Without Genders.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Aig Imoukhuede/Sketches In some parts of the South West zone, any man seen in public with his hair plaited, braided or woven, is assumed to be an Ifa priest (Ifa is the leading oracle among...

Obi And the Politics of Hand-Over (2).
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Agaptus Nwozor I ACKNOWLEDGE Obi's early realisation of the limitation of his blueprint and salute him. No doubt, the shortcomings in Gov. Obi's blueprint in the face of Ngige's inimitable...

Transparent Senate.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE trial of Deputy Senate President, Alhaji Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, has shown that the Senate is one of the places transparency has taken a long holiday. Five years after two of its principal officers lost...

3rd Term: is the Agenda Dead?
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Odili YET again, history is about to repeat itself in several ways in Nigeria. For the second time in his life, Obasanjo is going to leave office diminished, a former head of state, who...

SAPELE Commerce Chamber Plans 140,000 Jobs.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize SAPELE Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (SCCIA) in Delta state, has written to President Olusegun Obasanjo, informing him of its plan to assist the Federal Government...

Belgore Opposes Privatization of Law School.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE nominee for the position of the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Alfa Belgore said yesterday that the proposed privatization of the Law School would not solve its problems as he promised...

Custodian & Allied Insurance Sign Merger.
May 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patience Saghana Custodian and Allied Insurance Company Limited (CAI), have both consummated their merger process with a court order meeting held simultaneously by the duo in Lagos. The merger...