Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from November 2005

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from November 2005

Igbinedion Presents N50.2bn Budget Proposal.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Osaro Okhomina GOVERNOR Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State, yesterday, presented the year 2006 budget proposal of N50.20 billion christened "Budget of Actualization" to the State House of Assembly,...

People Living Below Poverty Line Drastically Reduced -- NAPEP.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike THE National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) revealed yesterday that the number of people living below poverty line in the country was drastically reduced from 70% to 54.4%...

NNPC, NPA, CBN Budgets Shrouded in Secrecy, Says EFCC.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Ujah THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has said that the budgets of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as well as those of the...

Ogboru Vs Ibori Suit Gets New Judge.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Roseline Bozimo, has reassigned the fresh hearing of the election petition filed by Chief Great Ogboru against Governor James Ibori as...

Coalition Blasts MDD for Saying Obasanjo is Worse Than Abacha.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Agande THE Northern Civil Society Forum, a coalition of Forty Two Human rights and Non-Governmental Organisations based in the northern part of the country has lambasted the Movement for...

My Escape, 21st Century Wonder --Alams...asks Deputy to Come Out of 'Hiding'.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Ighodaro GOVERNOR Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State has described his escape from Britain as one of the wonders of the world -- a 21st century wonder even as he called on his...

Court Bars Adedibu Faction From Secretariat.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ola Ajayi THE strong-man of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Adedibu, and his recently inaugurated state executives were yesterday barred from the state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic...

Post Consolidation: Banks List Conditions for Funding Manufacturing Sector.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Franklin Alli AS the deadline for N25 billion capital base recapitalisation for banks draws near, players in the sector have signaled that sound corporate governance, coupled with going public...

15,000 Students to Protest Discrimination Against Poly Graduates.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike ABOUT 15,000 students drawn from various polytechnics across the country are expected to participate in a peaceful demonstration being packaged against the alleged discrimination...

Omole Tasks Private Sector On Corporate Responsibility.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dapo Akinrefon FORMER Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Wale Omole, yesterday in Lagos, canvassed the need for the Organised Private Sector (OPS), to be actively...

Pay-As-You-Drive Roads.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, intends to privatise federal roads according to a news report, which for two weeks has remained undenied. The reasons given include the inadequacy of the funds the...

Treating Corrupt Officers as Heroes is a National Embarrassment and Tragedy-- SGF.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Ujah As controversy over the Governor Deprieye Alamieyeseigha saga continues, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Ufot Ekaette, has described as "national...

Country Fails to Impress at WSIS.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Godfrey Ikhemuemhe "I am not impressed with Nigeria's participation when it comes to our stand in WSIS. I think it leaves much to be desired. Perhaps we will do better with more co-ordination...

House of Reps to Probe NFA.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Agande The House of Representatives will next week commence a comprehensive audit of the finances of the Nigeria Football Association in order to ascertain how huge sums of money donated...

Why He is Fighting Back.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Onochie Anibeze Facts are emerging on why Ibrahim Galadima is insisting on contesting Nigeria Football Association chairmanship position and pulling all strings to ensure he returns to office....

Concerns Over Varsity Entrance Exams.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Harry Nwana What was dished out last August as the National Examination Malpractice Index (NEMI) was as revealing as it was alarming. Although Nigerians already knew that the level of abuses...

EFCC Vows to Get Alams, Dariye, Nyame.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi CHAIRMAN of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has vowed to go after the governors of Plateau, Taraba and Bayelsa States and speedily bring them to...

FG Releases N211m to Upgrade Kano Free Trade Zone.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tina Anthony THE federal government has released a total sum of N211 million to Kano state government to upgrade the state Free Trade Zone to required standard. Kano state governor, Malam...

Atiku's ADC Arrested.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Omonobi, Charles Ozoemena& Umoru Henry THE police authorities have taken in the Aide De Camp (ADC) to Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Chief Superintendent (CSP) Abdul Yari Shuyan...

Laundering For Beginners.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Aig Imoukhuede The young man obviously didn't know what he was talking about. He wanted to know if he could get stinking rich by going to London to launder money. Worse than that, he asked me...

Reps Blame Resurgent Crime in Edo On Corrupt Police Officers.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Osaro Okhomina MEMBERS of the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs led by Mr. Emmanuel Bwatcha yesterday blamed corrupt officers of the Edo State Police Command for the...

Livestock Feeds Targets 15% Market Share.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Franklin Alli LIVESTOCK Feeds PLC is targeting a control of 15 percent market share of the poultry industry by 2007. Speaking recently at the company's annual general meeting in Lagos,...

Nations Cup: Ghana Gives Eguavoen Sleepless Nights.
November 30, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani AS the zero hour approaches swiftly for the African Cup of Nations in Egypt, Super Eagles coach Austin Eguavoen has confessed that the result of the first match against Black Stars...

Leventis Presents Mercedes Benz B-Class.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Theodore Opara LEVENTIS Motors has launched the new Mercedes Compact Sports Tourer, the Mercedes Benz B-Class into the market. Presenting the new car to its customers at its Apapa Lagos...

Alamieyeseigha Trial Begins Thursday in Kaduna.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige The Federal Government said yesterday it was set to prosecute embattled Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State in court for corrupt enrichment, illegal acquisition of...

Oil Workers Warn Against Exclusion in OGIC Implementation Committee.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young THE nation's oil workers, under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas...

Alamieyeseigha Begs Obasanjo as Govt Deploys Troops in Bayelsa.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dapo Olufade, Emma Amaize & Samuel Oyadongha EMBATTLED Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State has dispatched an emissary to President Olusegun Obasanjo, seeking a soft landing on...

Bada Talks Big On Long Distance As Danjuma Surprises All.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Miebi Senge Against all predictions and hazards Nigerian runners last Sunday surprised all present to post impressive performance at the 1st Obudu International Mountain Race Challenge and...

Court Withdraws Arrest Warrant On Magaji, PDP Chieftain.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Wole Mosadomi EMBATTLED National Vice-Chairman, North-Central Zone of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Magaji, has got a reprieve from a Minna High Court that ordered his...

Tinubu And Integrated Approach to Solid Waste (2).
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Akintola Benson Continued from yesterday ALSO, there is no doubt that sparsely populated regions would earn less if derivation applies to VAT. But these states are also endowed with vast...

Expert Decries Nigerians Eating Habits as Friesland Foods Commissions Nutrition Center.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chioma Obinna A Nutrition expert, Prof. Ebenezer Ojofeitimi has decried eating habits of Nigerians saying that people generally eat to satisfy hunger not necessarily having a craving for...

Two Killed As Plane Crashes in Kaduna.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emeka Mamah & Kenneth Ehigiator TWO occupants of a Beechcraft 200 executive jet died yesterday when the aircraft on its way to Abuja crashed soon after take off from the Kaduna airport. The...

Efcc Arrests Senator Ararume.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Senator Ifeanyi Ararume from Imo State. Senator Ararume is being quizzed by the commission for a yet to be...

Where is Sergeant Rogers?
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The news of the re-absorption of Sergeant Barnabas Jabila Mshiela, also known as Sergeant Rogers, into the military, constitutes a shock to those who followed his ricocheting trial that commenced five...

DSP, Ugbesia's Security Aide Shot Dead.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Osaro Okhomina A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was yesterday shot dead, while a Prison Service Officer attached to the former Minister of Solid Minerals, Elder Odion Ugbesia, was also...

Atiku Calls for Stronger Bilateral Ties With Uganda.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Ujah VICE Presi dent Atiku Abubakar yesterday called for stronger bilateral agreements and cooperation between Nigeria and Uganda. The Vice President who made the call when he...

Alamieyeseigha: Only the Law, Please.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ikeddy Isiguzo BAYELSA State is inching to the brink of constitutional confusion. The choices that present themselves are many, but the only legitimate one, especially in a situation where we...

I Will Not Go to Nations Cup Unless -- Udeze.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani SUPER Eagles left back, Ifeanyi Udeze, has ruled himself out of the Nations Cup in Egypt because of the insensitivity of those managing our football. Udeze, one of the crack players...

FG Spends $4b On Vaccine Importation.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chioma Obinna & Millicent Eboh THE Federal Government says it spends over $4billion US dollars on the importation of vaccines for routine immunization programme and Polio Eradication Campaign...

Adamawa PDP Threatens to Sanction Atiku.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Umar Yusuf ADAMAWA State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has threatened to commence moves to sanction Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Governor Boni Haruna, Deputy Governor Bello...

Police Arrest 50 Area Boys in New Clampdown.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Nnadozie NO fewer than fifty street urchins popularly called Area Boys were yesterday arrested by the Police in Lagos State following a directive from the Acting Commissioner of Police,...

'Appeal Court Would Not Succumb to Blackmail, Undue Influence'.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike PRESIDENT of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Faruk Abdullahi says the court would not succumb to blackmail or undue influence in its handling of election petition cases in the...

Soyinka, Laborde, Oshinbajo Task Media On Corruption.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Benjamin Njoku ECHOES of the on-going anti-corruption crusade in the country reverberated week-end in Lagos as Professor Wole Soyinka, Director of Operation, Economic and Finance Crime...

16 Companies Receive Stock Exchange Award for 2005.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu THE Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) has awarded sixteen companies across the sub-sectors merit award for performing well in their operations during the year, 2005. Oando Plc...

NUC Okays Tai Solarin University of Education.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chinyere Amalu NATIONAL Universities Commission (NUC) yesterday formally recognized "Tai Solarin University of Education" (TASUED) Ogun State, as the first specialized university of...

Legal Immunity for Tafa Balogun?
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Pini Jason This is certainly a bad time for President Obasanjo's war on corruption. It seems the President cannot avoid the temptation of vindicating those who habour some doubts about the...

Police to Unravel Mystery Behind Mrs. Udebiuwa's Death.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chidi Nkwopara IMO State Police Command is now working round the clock to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a mother of five, Mrs. Callista Udebiuwa, at her 103 Amaigbo...

Sale of FG Houses in Lagos: Eviction Fever Grips 1004 Residents.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jude Njoku, Property & Environment Editor A thick cloud of uncertainty and fear gripped residents of highbrow 1004 estate in Victoria Island weekend as unconfirmed news went round that the...

Micro-Credit to Be Channeled Through Community Banks - Kpakol.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Ujah THE National Coordinator (NA) of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), Dr. Magnus Kpakol has said that existing Community Banks across the nation would be designated...

Kano Govt to Organise Economic Summit.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tina Anthony Kano State Government is to organise an economic summit in March next year to articulate policies and programmes that will reposition the state economically, the state...

Copies of Alams' Purported Resignation Letter in Circulation.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize & Sam Oyadongha Copies of a letter of resignation purportedly signed by Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State and addressed to President Olusegun Obasanjo were freely...

Disasters And Emergencies: How Prepared is Nigeria?
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Akintola Benson Continues from yesterday IS the situation hopeless? What should search and rescue teams do? Our panelists tackle the issuesa-oe You need helicopters to move these...

Intercontinental Bank Awards IDF Scholarships to 20.
November 29, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yinka Kolawole Intercontinental Bank Plc last week gave out scholarships to 20 Nigerian university undergraduates in its annual scholarship award during the 13th edition of its...

Women Coalition Asks Nigerians to Resist God-Fatherism in Politics.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike NIGERIANS have been asked to rise up against the menace of "god-fatherism" in the nation's political life. An Abuja-based Non- Governmental Organisation, Women's Coalition for...

UBA Approves Retirement of 600 Staff.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young MANAGEMENT of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has approved the voluntary retirement of over six hundred of its workers. The bank in an effort to assist the retirees,...

Obasanjo's Govt Worse Than Abacha's, Says MRD.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi THE Obasanjo administration came under a fresh assault, yesterday, from the newly formed Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD) which said the government was worse than...

For Cabotage Regime to Work.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bart Nnaji THE most radical development in the Nigerian maritime industry in the last couple of years is the enactment of the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act of 2003, better known as the...

New Towns Join Glo Network.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Olawumi Ajani is a student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Saki Satellite Campus. She, had looked forward to the day, Globacom would extend its services to the Oke Ogun part of Oyo State of which Saki is a...

Ogidi Says He Has Taken Over As Delta PDP Chairman.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda ONE of the four persons claiming to be the elected chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Mr. Emmanuel Ogidi, says he has formally taken over the mantle...

SEC Director Advocates Bondification of Nigeria's Domestic Debt.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yinka Kolawole Director, Special Projects, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Prof. Bob Osaze, has called for the securitisation of Nigeria's domestic debt, otherwise known as...

FA Chairmen Meet to Sack NFA.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Onochie Anibeze Chairmen of Football Associations in many states are meeting today in Abuja in what was originally meant to be a national congress preparatory for an election that would usher...

Lagos State Govt Pledges Collaboration With CITN On Taxation.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Clifford Amuzuo The Lagos State Government has declared its readiness to enter into lasting collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) with a view to ensuring...

The Future of Banking is Mortgage - MBAN President.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Babajide Komolafe Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN) is the umbrella body of Primary Mortgage Institution (PMIs) in the country. Recently, the association held its 5th annual chief...

NEPC Addressing Quality of Nigerian Products for Export Market - Sasore.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Daniel Gumm SPECIAL Adviser to the President on Export Programme/CEO, NEPC, Mrs. Modupe Sasore, has said that NEPC is addressing the difficulty that prevent Nigerian products from making...

That Refurbished Teaching Hospitals Do Not Become Mere Clinics.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Lles Leba/Rational Perspectives The federal government has recently proudly announced the successful physical refurbishment of seven Teaching Hospitals spread across the country. It is an...

Court Stops FG's Sale of Ikoyi Houses.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Anaba JUSTICE Mohammed Shaibu of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has restrained the Federal Government from its planned sale of Federal Government houses in Ikoyi area of Lagos...

IMF Mounts Pressure On CBN to Hike Interest Rate.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Ujah THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to hike interest rate in the banking system because, according to the IMF, the current...

Lawmaker Inaugurates Scholarship Scheme for Secondary School Students.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli Senator Ugochukwu Uba, representing Anambra South Senatorial District, has inaugurated his scholarship programme which is for secondary school students in his constituency, with...

Rating FG's Records.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE Federal Government's release of the performance rating of 35 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory has already generated a lot of interest and comments by several observers despite the...

Nyako Urges Obasanjo Not to Seek 3rd Term.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emeka Mamah A delegate to the last National Political Reforms Conference and Former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Murtala Nyako at the weekend lend his voice to those asking the president to...

Council Pledges Better Life for Indigenes.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Aliyu Dangida THE Kafin-Hausa local government area of Jigawa state has pledged to improve the lives of its citizens through adequate provision of qualitative and sound education aimed at...

3rd Term Beyond Treason.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ochereome Nnanna/People and Politics NOT once have I believed President Olusegun Obasanjo's series of denials of a third term agenda. By the way, you will notice that in the past six months,...

Governor Sherif Blasts Alamieyeseigha.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo, Deputy Political Editor & Dapo Akinrefon GOVERNOR Ali Modu Sherif of Borno State has taken a swipe at his Bayelsa State counterpart, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, for jumping bail...

Bayelsa Lawmakers Contradict Selves On Impeachment Notice.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha "Who told you that we were detained or forced to sign an impeachment notice against the governor? That was the question from the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of...

'Alamieyeseigha, Diversionary for Third Term Agenda'.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dayo Johnson THE immediate past president of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) yesterday said that the Bayelsa state governor Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha issue is a...

Most Office Holders Are Mentally Unstable, Says Neuro-Psychiatrist.
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike CHAIRMAN, Board of Management of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Prof. Augustine Ahiauzu, has said that most public office holders in the country were not mentally...

Conference Hall: Disasters And Emergencies - How Prepared is Nigeria?
November 28, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) OUR invitations to panelists for this conference were dated October 7. 2005. Just two weeks after, Bellview flight 210 crashed, claiming 117 lives. This Conference Hall is not about the crash alone. Our...

Balogun: the Super Cop Falls.
November 27, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Nwokocha THE law is no respecter of anybody. And as they say "The long arm of the law will catch you with the criminal someday". Perhaps, that is the first lesson to be drawn from the...

Alamieyeseigha Should be Impeached and Extradited to Save Nigeria's Integrity -- Says Gani Fawehinmi (SAN).
November 27, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: dayo benson, Deputy Edior What is your reaction to Alamieyeseigha's sudden return to Nigeria even when he is on court bail? What Alamieyeseigha has done is criminal. He has jumped bail, he...

Northern Members Forum: Formidable Opposition Or Political Grandstanding?
November 27, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Agande NORTHERN Members' Forum of the House of Representatives last Monday gathered the cream of the northern politicians at the Congress Hall of the Nicon Hilton Hotel in Abuja for its...

The Big Fight in Yenagoa Who Wins, FG Or Alams?
November 27, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South South and Sam Oyadongha THE man they call "Governor General" of Ijaw nation, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State, practically...

2007: Moves to Discredit Obasanjo, Muazu Alleged.
November 27, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Belema Koko AHEAD of the 2007 presidential election, a plan has allegedly been hatched to use the media to discredit President Olusegun Obasanjo and top political office holders from the North...

Noose Tightens On Him As Allocation is Seized.
November 27, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: EMMA AMAIZE & SAM OYADONGHA THE November allocation of the Bayelsa State Government from the Federation Account has reportedly been seized by the Federal Government in a bid to frustrate the...

7 Bayelsa State Assembly Legislators Disown Impeachment Notice On Alams.
November 26, 2005... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize And Sam Oyadongha SEVEN members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, yesterday, disowned, the impeachment notice, which the Speaker, Peremobowei Ebebi, said on Tuesday, had been...