Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from November 2006

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from November 2006

Re-Inventing Yankari Game Reserve (2).
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Mohammed A. Abullahi THERE is also evidence that mammals such as striped hyena, servel cat, gannet ari, gide-triped jeeka, buffalo, roan antelope, bubal hartebeest, water-buck, grimm's ducker,...

NGO Seeks Repeal of Land Use Decree.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jimitota Onoyume AN NGO, Development and Leadership Institute have called on multinationals in the Niger Delta to form alliance with civil society groups to pressurise the federal government...

2007 - Community Picks Wabara, Enweruzo As Concensus Candidates.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu THE people of Ukwa/Ngwa area of Abia State have said in Aba that they have picked two concensus candidates to represent them in the forthcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

Globacom Raises the Roof to Hold On League Sponsorship.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani Globacom PLC, Nigeria's only company that is known for taking African Football to new heights is not in the least considering to hands off its sponsorship of the Nigerian Football...

New-Look Lekki-Epe Expressway in the Making.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Percy Owaiye The old story, Nigerians know too well. The country is still grappling with the basics: water, food, medicines, schools, roads, and the others. Roads particularly, have been so...

We 'll Not Accept Shonekan's Report on Public Servants Remuneration If... NASU.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ahiuma-Young NON-ACADEMIC Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), has said it would reject the recommendations of Chief Ernest Shonekan Committee on the...

EFCC Arrests Ex-Kogi Gov, Audu.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Taye Obateru & Ibrahim Abubakar Security men believed to be operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested former Kogi State Governor, Prince Abubakar Audu in Jos...

Who is to Blame? (4).
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yetunde Arebi Hi, Sometimes, we hear or read about people's experiences and we wonder if they are true. Is it possible for such a thing to happen to someone? I used to belong to this...

Aspirant Rejects House of Rep Primary Results.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Enyim Enyim A member of the National Assembly, Chief Alphonsus Igbeke who contested last Saturday PDP primaries for House of Representative aspirants yesterday rejected the result of the...

Africa Gets 3 Percent of $9 Trillion Export Proceeds - Obasanjo.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Godfrey Bivbere President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that African countries combined got three percent of the world's export proceeds amounting to $225 billion of a total of $9 trillion....

Fresh Hurdles for Atiku, EFCC Appeals Verdict.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Anaba, Ben Akande & Ise-Oluwa Ige THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday hurled a fresh obstacle on the path of Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2007...

The Nigerian Tycoon: Outlining the Secrets of Enterprenual Growth...
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Benjamin Njoku & Wasilat Idris THE Nigerian Tycoon is, no doubt, a new innovation in the magazine publication industry as it shifts away from the usual romantic, un-inspiring fashion induced...

Mosogar Clan - Idjerhe Community Drags Delta Govt, Lawmakers to Court.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize IDJERHE community in Delta State has dragged the state government and the House of Assembly to court over an alleged plan by the government to amend the Traditional Rulers Council...

Petition - Kwara Alleges Forgery of Cheques.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) KWARA State government is alleging forgering of Cheque and payment voucher attached to a petition written against it by the Kwara Emancipation Initiatives over financial scandal. The State Commissioner...

Community Petitions AIG Zone 5 Over Kidnap of Expartriate.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem COMMUNITY leaders from Kou clan in Ekeremor Local Government Council of Bayelsa State has petitioned the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Zone 5 Benin City, over the last...

Adamu, PDP And the Quality of Choices.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Imene Johnson THE quality of life people live is dependent on the quality of the choices they make, the options open to them and the alternatives they choose. The quality of life a nation gets...

Nitel - BPE Reneges On N87 Billion Severance Package.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) NITEL workers have threatened to picket the premier telecom company as the BPE, on Monday, reneged on an agreement to pay them five years pension. The BPE had earlier agreed to pay the affected workers...

There Should Be No Room for Godfather in Politics -- Oditah.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda An Ibusa born, legal luminary and academician of note, Professor Fidelis Oditah, contesting the governorship race in Delta State where over 30 aspirants are on the queue, says he...

Again, Iwu Has Spoken.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Imiewanlan Oyakhire THE Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria, Professor Maurice Iwu, has spoken. He has, again, opened up serious concerns about the probable...

Afroscholars As Gateway to Overseas Education.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The quest for overseas education has always been with us. In the colonial times, there were not many options available. But just after independence and the years following, it was the veritable opportunity...

Consolidation - E-Fass Begins January 2007-- NDIC.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Ujah The Central bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), commence the electronic Financial Analysis Surveillance System e-FASS in...

Blackmailers Prowl On the Rich in Lagos.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Nnadozie When the Television soap opera "The Rich Also Cry' hit the screens in Nigeria, many interpretations were given to it. The interpretations ranged from the obscene to the mundane,...

Ekong Raises Standards, Present Players to Fans.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani DOCTOR Chris Ekong, the Honorable Sports Commissioner of Akwa Ibom State and Chairman of Akwa United, knows so much about the signing of new players in the premiership that he is...

MTN Marathon - Gebresallasie's Athletes Arrive, Join Obudu Winners.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Yohannes Biffa Belda, Girma Elala Bedada, Abiy Hailemichael, Yewubat Wubet Tessma and Baset Abrya, five of the members of the Ethiopian National team being sponsored to the 2006 MTN Lagos international...

2007 - Donate Over N1 Million, Go to Jail --Iwu.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jide Ajani, Evelyn Usman, Habib Yacoob & Tordue Salem INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Maurice Iwu, yesterday threatened to cause the jailing of any...

Why I Was Removed From Office During Military Era --Bolaji Akinyemi.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Benjamin Njoku FORMER Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi yesterday attributed the reason for his unjust removal from office during the military regime of General Ibrahim...

Ukoha Flays War Against Corruption.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu A MEMBER of the defunct constitutional conference, Dr. Nnnaukwu Ukoha has picked holes in the manner the present administration is fighting corruption in the country, saying...

Edo Lawmakers Condemn Tuesday's Bomb Explosion.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gabriel Enogholase Edo State House of Assembly yesterday in Benin unanimously condemned Tuesday bomb explosion in Benin. The bomb blast which occurred at the Government Reservation Area...

NSE Index, Capitalization Appreciate By 0.02 Percent.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Michael Eboh The performance indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the All-share index and the market capitalization both appreciated on Tuesday by 0.02 per cent each. Specifically,...

SEC Condemns Use of Short Term Funds for Long Term Projects.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) has faulted the use of short term funds by the private sector to execute long term projects. Speaking at the first Corporate Bond...

Revisiting the Slave Trade.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE cruelty inflicted on the black race by the inhuman African slave trade introduced by the white colonialists is dawning on them with the remorseful epithets with which Tony Blair, Prime Minister of...

Obasanjo Goes to School - Matriculates At National Open University.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Agande President Olusegun Obasanjo made history of sorts yesterday as he became the first known serving president in the world to enroll in an open university. At a special...

Start the National League Without Any Delay.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The National Football league is scheduled to begin on the sixth day of January, next year, and it had better. The perceivable hiccup that may disrupt the schedule is in continuation of the perennial...

Guber Aspirant Attacked in Abia.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Ulayi A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Abia State, and former Director General of the National Directorate of Employment, Chief...

Memories of the Carnival Calabar.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Lari Williams IT was more than a Stage and Screen affair last year. It was city street parade, crowded stadium, happy jamboree and soul rowing jollity. It was fun beyond the stage, and fun...

Davis Cup - Nigeria Faces Failure Against Poland.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Egbokhan The President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), Sani Ndanusa says the country's Davis Cup Euro-Africa Zone Group 11 campaign is likely to end in failure if the federation...

Why I Ask People to 'Chop Their Money Vote for Truth'-- Bukar Ibrahim.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jimoh Babatunde Yobe governor, Alhaji Bukar Ibrahim has been in public service since 1976 when he joined the civil service , before he was made the Borno State Commissioner for Works at age...

Police Quizes Commissioner, LG Chairman Over Ondo Crisis.
November 30, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) FOLLOWING the breakdown of law and order in Iju town, Iju/Itaogbolu area of Ondo State where eleven persons were injured including a 75 year old woman, the Police in the state have reportedly quizzed the...

Prince Charles Arrives Nigeria On Three-Day Visit.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Omonobi & Victoria Ojeme The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles Philip Arthur George yesterday arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to begin a 3-day state visit that is...

NSE Boss Urges Dominion Trust to Package SMEs for Listing.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu THE President of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oba Otudeko, has challenged Dominion Trust Limited to facilitate the packaging of Small Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to enable...

FG Needs N50 Billion to Develop Six Satellite Towns in Abuja, Says El-Rufai.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Umoru Henry MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai disclosed yesterday that the Federal Government will spend nothing less than N50billion to develop the proposed six...

Democracy And the Impeachment Saga.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Osa Iyinbo FROM all indication, the Nigerian political landscape, like the airline industry currently plagued by rash of deadly crashes, seem headed for disaster. Some political leaders have...

Why We Won Esuene Cup - Odey.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Egbokhan Coach of Cross River Under-16 boys soccer, John Odey has attributed their victory at the Esuene Cup in Calabar, to determination, good planning and hard work. After 90...

Kwara Politics Without Admiral Lawal.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Yushau A. Shuaib I DOUBT if the Sarakis would be happy with the turn of events in the unexpected demise of Admiral Mohammed Lawal (rtd.) who had performed and sacrificed enough, not only in...

50 Percent Insurers Outstanding Premium Irrecoverable.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ifeanyi Ugwuadu The insurance regulatory body, National Insurance Commission may have declared at least 50% of insurers' outstanding premiums irrecoverable. It said much of the uncollected...

ConOil Posts N1.73 Billion Dividend Ahead Christmas.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwuatu CONOIL Plc, has dispatched N1.73 billion dividend warrants to its shareholders as approved at its last Annual General Meeting (AGM). It would be recalled that Conoil has...

Country's Vision is to Be One of World's 20 Largest Economies - Obasanjo.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) President Olusegun Obasanjo Monday said that the current vision is for Nigeria to emerge as one of the 20 largest economies in the World by 2020. In a message to the 2006 Customs Comptroller-General's...

Country Set to Access China's $10 Billion Trade.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Franklin Alli THE Director, Centre for Trade Practitioners, Prince Lekan Fadina, said the country should be prepared to benefit from over10 billion dollars for development of bilateral trade...

Re-Inventing Yankari Game Reserve.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Mohammed A. Abdullahi THE recent unveiling and flagging off of the Yankari Resort and Safari Development Project on Thursday, November 23, 2006 at the famous Yankari Game Reserve by President...

Ka'oje Tees Off President Open Golf.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Richard Animam, Asaba Sports Minister Bala Ka'oje will on Saturday officially tee off the 13th edition of the President Open Golf Championship which began with the Junior Clinic last...

Gbenga Daniel, Mo Ibrahim, Others Win Awards at NITTA 2006.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Prince Osuagwu Two governors of the federation Otunba Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State and his Lagos state counterpart Ahmed Bola Tinubu, who their exploits in Information and Communications...

2007 Akwa Ibom Guber Race - Support for Umanah Soars.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gbenga Oke Various interest groups, including lawyers, bishops, okada operators, market women and members of the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Voters Association, have again restated their...

Enugu Dep Gov Joins Guber Race.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike DEPUTY Governor of Enugu State, Chief Okechukwu Itanyi yesterday made a public declaration of his ambition to vie for the governorship seat of the state saying he had the backing of...

A Likely Reaction of the Authorities to the Death of David Hunt.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) A LIKELY reaction of the authorities to the death of David Hunt, a British oil worker in the Niger Delta would be to further militarise the place - it is the sort of mistake that has made the problems of...

Proliferation of Presidential Aspirants.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Ebonugwo MOST bus-stop parliamentarians are of the opinion that the 2007 presidential election in Nigeria will be very explosive. Some of them base their conviction in this respect on the...

More Opposition Mounts Against Adedibu.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ola Ajayi MORE opposition seems to be mounting against the strongman of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Adedibu as one of his loyalists, Senator Lekan Balogun yesterday condemned him for...

2007 - No Cause for Alarm--FG.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige Following fears being expressed by eminent Nigerians over wobbling preparations towards the 2007 general elections, the Federal Government yesterday assured that there was no...

Bandits Seize Lagos-Benin Gullies, Attack Travellers.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize YAWNING gullies and potholes on the Lagos-Ore-Benin road have come handy for armed robbers who, lately, have stepped up their operations, unleashing terror on travellers on the...

Inec Designs Unique Ballot Papers for 2007 Polls.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Ulayi Determined to restore the confidence of Nigerians in its ability to conduct a credible, free and fair elections in 2007, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

High Numbers of Presidential Aspirants Laudable--Akhigbe.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gabriel Enogholase FORMER Chief of General Staff and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Admiral Mike Akhigbe has described the avalanche of...

Why We Won Esuene Cup - Odey.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Egbokhan Coach of Cross River Under-16 boys soccer, John Odey has attributed their victory at the Esuene Cup in Calabar, to determination, good planning and hard work. After 90...

Campaign Team Raises Alarm Over Continued Detention of Fariu-Arebi.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Nnadozie The campaign team of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representative aspirant in Epe, a suburb of Lagos State, Mr. Adeleke Fariu-Arebi yesterday raised alarm over the...

Govt Asked to Demilitarise Niger Delta Militia Groups.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jimitota Onoyume FEDERAL Government have been called to develop appropriate policies that would demilitarise militia groups in the Niger Delta. Dr. Sofiri Peterside of the Center for...

Ganiyu Dawodu Lived for the People--Pronaco.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Toyin Awosika THE leader of PRONACO, Chief Anthony Enahoro has commiserated with the family of Alhaji Ganiyu Dawodu who passed on at his residence last Friday. Chief Enahoro in a statement in...

Cholera Kills Two Pregnant Women, Seven Others in Delta.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda AN outbreak of cholera epidemic has occurred in Delta State, killing no fewer than ten persons including two pregnant women living within the Powerline area by the River Niger...

Don't Tarnish Uduaghan's Name, Taylor Warns.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize TRADITIONAL Prime Minister of the Ijaw kingdom of Egbema in Delta State, Chief Jimmy Taylor says the Ijaw people are behind the gubernatorial quest of the former Secretary to the...

Delta House Passes Bill Creating Mosogar Clan.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda DELTA State House of Assembly yesterday passed the Executive Bill seeking to create Mosogar clan, thus increasing the number of clans in Ethiope West local government area of the...

Many Injured, As Another Building Collapses in Lagos.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Evelyn Usman And Idowu Olaide Tragedy struck Monday night after a three-storey building which was to be the Airport Road branch of a bank collapsed in Lagos. However, the fate of over five...

Gaddafi in Airport Row.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi LIBYAN leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, was yesterday involved in a diplomatic incident as he arrived Abuja for the inaugural summit between African and South American...

Udenwa Bemoans Poverty in Country.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chidi Nkwopara IMO State Governor, Chief Achike Udenwa, says he is pained that despite the huge resources in the land, so many people were still living below poverty level. The Executive...

Osaze Disagrees With Blatter.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Nigerian striker Osaze Odemwingie has rejected Fifa president Sepp Blatter's claim that Europe's big clubs are reducing the level of competition in football by hogging the sport's talent. Blatter...

2007: Presidency, PDP Push for Consensus Candidate.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jide Ajani, Kenneth Ehigiator & Chris Ochayi THE Presidency and the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) have launched an initiative for the party to produce a consensus presidential...

Dipo Dina Arrested As Ogun Crisis Deepens.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE crisis rocking Ogun State over the allegation of leakage of official documents by civil servants, deepened yesterday with the arrest and detention of Action Congress (AC) gubernatorial aspirant, Otunba...

PTDF- Court Voids EFCC, Panel Reports, Gazette On Atiku, Fasawe.
November 29, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) A LAGOS High Court, yesterday, declared as null and void, the report of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which indicted Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Chief Oyewole Fasawe over the...

A Guide to Impeachment.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Aig Imoukhuede When impeachment of state governors became a growth industry, it was inevitable that the circle of stakeholders in the business should also expand to include impeachment...

PDP Vows to Win 2007 Elections.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Ochayi THE ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday restated its vows to eclipse opposition parties from the political scene in next year general elections, vowing to increase its...

N-Delta Problem Under Control - Obasanjo.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Agande President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday described as 'unfortunate and embarrassing' the spate of hostage-taking and kidnapping in the Niger Delta region but assured that the situation...

2007 - NDI Seeks Return of Presidency to North.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli The Nigerian Democratic Initiative (NDI) has called on all the other zones in the country to allow the presidency to return to the North, saying it is now the turn of the north by...

Chime Joins Enugu Guber Race.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike FORMER Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime yesterday picked the PDP governorship nomination form as the only candidate emerging from the...

Bayelsa Secures Approval for $3bn Chinese Investment.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha Bayelsa State government says it has secured approval for $3billion Chinese investment in developing its oil and gas sector under a tripartite arrangement between government,...

Labour Warns Against Fuel Price Increase.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Ulayi Stiff warning was yesterday issued by Organised Labour to the Federal Government over attempts to increase fuel prices by next year, stressing that Labour would rise up to the...

Four Siblings Die in Fire.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda TRAGEDY struck at Orogodo-Agbor in Delta State weekend following an outbreak of fire that consumed four children of the same parents. They were children of a popular trader...

Aspirants Task INEC On 2007 Elections.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu TWO political aspirants on the platform of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in Abia State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to do...

Nicon Withholds Co-Insurers' N1 billion Premium.
November 28, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ifeanyi Ugwuadu & Onyeka Agba A SEEMING crisis is looming in the insurance sector following refusal by the new owners of NICON Insurance Corporation to pay co-insurers and brokers their share...