Vanguard (Nigeria) articles from October 2006, page 5

Vanguard (Nigeria) archives from October 2006

Code of Conduct Trial - Absence of Judge Stalls Hearing of Atiku's Suit.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ise-Oluwa Ige Hearing in a constitutional suit by Vice President Atiku Abubakar to stop his trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged abuse of office was yesterday stalled...

Defence Ministry Disengages 5,000 Civilian Workers.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Omonobi As part of the reform programme of the present administration, the Ministry of Defence and its parastatals around the country has issued letters of disengagement to about 5,...

Ndanusa Charges Tennis Players to Raise Their Game.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Egbokhan & Macmoore Okoh The President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), Sani Ndanusa is disturbed with the performance of Nigerian players, in the Governor's Cup Futures 1, that...

Nnaji Can't Suspend Me - Owumi.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Omorodion Davidson Owumi, the Chief Executive Officer of Rangers Management Corporation yesterday reacted to his purported suspension from office by the state's Commissioner for Youth...

FG to Establish Poly On Oil Matters in Bayelsa.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize The first Federal Government tertiary institution, a federal polytechnic which specializes in oil matters is to be established at Ekeowe in the Southern Ijaw local government area...

Gbagi, Okowa, Omo-Agege Pick Guber Form.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austin Ogwuda TWO serving commissioners in Governor James Ibori-led administration, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa in charge of health ministry, Chief Ovie Omo-Agege (Special Duties, Government House),...

An Impeachment Jungle.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Ochereome Nnanna IT is a constitutional jungle out here. Six months to the general election of 2007, and seven months to the entry of the next democratic regime, the well oiled impeachment...

Why U.S. Wants Peace in N-Delta -- Ifesh.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize THE Chief of Party of the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH), a global Non Governmental Organization (NGO) involved in conflict resolution and resolution,...

'Why IBB'll Not Contest On PDP's Platform'.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emeka Mamah Special Assistant to former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Prince Kasim Afegbua has given reasons why he would not contest the 2007 presidential election on the...

Recapitalisation - Disputes Trail Claims Settlements.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patience Saghana Against the backdrop of insurance companies' obligations to settle claims, insurance and reinsurance, companies are in a tight corner on claims settlement, as insuring public...

State of Emergency Imminent in Ekiti.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo, Gbenga Ariyibi, Dayo Johnson & Tordue Salem A STATE of emergency appears imminent in Ekiti State as the parties locked in the power tussle there moved, yesterday, to assert...

Enugu N/Assembly Members Not Against Nnamani --Agbo.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike MEMBER of the House of Representatives from Enugu State, Prince Goddy Agbo, yesterday, dispelled the insinuation that National Assemblymembers from the state were against the...

Intercontinental Bank Targets $1 Billion Capitalisation Post Hybrid Offer.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Egwautu Intercontinental Bank Plc has said that its capitalisation target after the ongoing Public and Rights offer would be an equivalent of $1 billion dollar. In an interview...

State Sets Up Committee On Basic Education.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu THE Abia State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB) has set up committee to determine the number of teachers required for the successful implementation of the nine-year...

Obi - Iwuanyanwu Appeals to Lawmakers.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Ochayi A member, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has appealed to the members of the Anambra State House of Assembly to drop the...

Evah Awards Scholarship to 25 Ijaw Undergraduates.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize NATIONAL coordinator of the Ijaw Monitoring Congress (INC), Comrade Joseph Evah, yesterday, in Warri, Delta State awarded scholarship to 25 undergraduates of Ijaw ethnic...

NDLEA Arrests 60 With Over 450kgs Indian Hemps in Katsina.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Sikiru Abdulraheem The NDLEA through raid operation has arrested a 54- year old man and fifty nine others with over 450kgs of Indian hemps, 50 kgs of Psychotropic substance and 30 kgs of other...

Westerhof to coach Eagles.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Onochie Anibeze Clemense Westerhof would be back to coach the Super Eagles of Nigeria. But that would just be for one day. The Dutch would handle the team he took to the USA '94 World Cup...

Nigeria Spends $132 Billion Annually On Malaria.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Loveta Nnedu The Managing Director of Vestergaard Franddsen, Mr. Kim Rasmuseen, has revealed that the country spends N132 billion on treatment, prevention and loss of man hour annually to...

Inec Releases Elections Time Table.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Ulayi THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, released a detailed time-table for the 2007 general elections with a directive to political parties to submit names...

Educational Sector Resting on Faulty Foundations, Says Ezekwesili.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Since President Olusegun Obasanjo discovered Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili in 2000, he has not let her go. "She is always around" he would tell you. By now, the reason has become pretty obvious to observant...

PTDF Scribe Denies Allegations of Fresh Scam.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Aziken The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Adamu Maina Waziri, yesterday dismissed reports of fresh financial scams in the agency as he vowed...

On the Worsening Benin-Ore Road.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Oparah ONE of the poignant indices of the decay going on presently in Nigeria as a result of unimaginative and ultra corrupt leadership is the Nigerian roads. Like the power sector,...

Sosoliso Crash: Report Fingers Weather, Pilot's Error.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Ehigiator THE Federal Government, yesterday, released the final report of the investigations into the crash of the Sosoliso plane in Port Harcourt on December 10, 2005, citing bad...

A Monument for Lisa One Year After.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kolade Larewaju, Abeokuta FOR the people of Lisa Village, the national calamity of October 22, 2005 has become a blessing. The death of 117 people in a plane crash has now given them a...

At Life And Times, We're Fixated On Inspiring Stories -- Robinson Udi.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Robinson Udi is the Editor-in-Chief of Life and Times magazine. He is one young Nigerian who believes that we should do things right, not only for today, but for tomorrow as well. A Psychology graduate of...

Anambra Suspends Five Anti-Impeachment Legislators.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli FIVE alleged anti-impeachment legislators in the Anambra State House of Assembly have been suspended from the House for "actions inimical to the progress of the Assembly and the...

Politics with Bitterness Doesn't Pay.
October 19, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Harry Nwana You cannot win all the time. That is the lesson Ekiti State House of Assembly has just learnt. Sometimes you win; at other times you lose. If I may briefly rehearse the...

NFA On a Wild Goose Chase for Foreign Coach.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Ubani NIGERIA Football Association, NFA, is surely set to shock many followers of the game with its pursuit of a Foreign Technical Adviser for the Super Eagles. There were strong...

Atiku Campaign Group Warns Ogun Gov to Keep Off Atiku, Obj Feud.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi THE Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organization has called on the Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel to stop commenting on the feud between President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Vice...

Obasanjo is Playing God -- Abia Govt.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Ulayi The Abia State government yesterday maintained that it will not lose focus on its responsibilities to the citizens, not minding the presidential harassment of the governor's...

Eminent Lawyers, Jurists Fault Fayose's Removal.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Bolade Omonijo FOLLOWING the impeachment of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State and the swearing in of the Speaker, Friday Aderemi, as Acting Governor, the Nigerian polity has once again come...

Afribank Denies 'Cooked' Financial Results.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Omoh Gabriel AFRIBANK, yesterday, denied media reports that its accounts were cooked, stating that the accounts under reference were duly verified and certified by the Central Bank of Nigeria....

Why I Was Suspended, By Ekiti CJ.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Innocent Anaba EKITI--THE suspended Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Kayode Bamisile, is blaming his face-off with the state House of Assembly on his refusal to approve the list of nominees...

Impeachments Threaten National Security--APGA.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu THE All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) yesterday reacted to the impeachment of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose and his deputy as well as yesterday's resolution by...

Ogoni Want Another Oil Coy.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jimitota Onoyume OGONI in Rivers State have called on the Federal Government to initiate a process for another oil firm other than Shell to begin oil exploration activities in their areas. ...

Gov Obi Served Impeachment Notice.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The Anambra State House of Assembly yesterday in Awka served Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State and his deputy, Virginia Etiaba a notice of impeachment. The notice reads: Notice of allegations of...

DPO in ICPC Net Over N31,000 Bribe.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu AN Assist ance Superintendent of Police (ASP) Joseph Ameh has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly...

Independent Thinking as a Way of Life.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Victor Ogundipe One of the revelations that our present political season has unearthed about Nigerians as a people, is our inability to adopt independent postures and stand by personal...

Group Laud Lawmakers Over Udeh's Pardon.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emeka Aginam The United States based non governmental organization; the Civil Society Congress (CSC) has commended the Anambra State House of Assembly for the courageous and bold steps taken...

Kalu Picks Presidential Form Today.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Vincent Ujumadu ABIA State governor and presidential aspirant, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu said yesterday in Umuahia that he would today at the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party...

2007 - Akhigbe Picks Nomination Form, Promises to Continue With Reforms.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Ochayi FORMER Chief of Staff, Admiral Okhai Mike Akhigbe yesterday picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) intent form to contest the 2007 presidential polls, promising to continue...

Death of HIV/AIDS Crusader.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE sun suddenly set for Omololu Falobi, journalist and Founder/Executive Director of Journalists Against AIDS, a non-governmental organisation, that creates awareness on the deadly HIV/AIDS, the other...

Emordi Wants Enyimba Management Sacked.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Omorodion Former coach of Enyimba International Football Club of Aba, Okey Emordi is sad that the one time pride of Nigerian football fans performed so poorly this season on the...

Over 65 Trillion Was Stolen By Nigerian Past Leaders --EFCC.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Chinyere Amalu ABoUT 220 million pounds has been stolen by the past Nigerian leaders within the last 40 years, the Chairman Economic and Financial Crime Commission Nuhu Ribadu has said. ...

Don Charges FG On Solar Energy to End Power Outage.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Edike THE Director and Chief Executive Scientific Equipment Development Institute, Enugu , Prof. Christian Nwajiagu wants the federal government to explore the huge potential in solar...

PTDF Multi-Billion ICT Centre Ready By December - Waziri.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Luka Binniyat The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Alh. Adamu Maina Waziri, has affirmed that the Fund is investing N1.32 billion for building of the...

British Govt Earmarks N34.2bn for African Varsities.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Inalegwu Shaibu ABoUT N34.2 billion has been set aside by the British Government as grant for African Universities to access and link United Kingdom education. The Education UK...

FG to invest $20.3bn in OK, Brass LNG projects.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Hector Igbikiowubo FEDERAL Government has committed to invest a whooping $20.3 billion (about N25.98 trillion) equity in the development of the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas (OK LNG) in the...

2007 - Attah's Supporters Form Movement.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Tommy Solomon As part of efforts to ensure that Governor Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom State clinches the PDP Presidential ticket in December 2006, well-wishers of the governor have formed the...

Agagu Formally Seeks Re-Election.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Dayo Johnson GOVERNOR Olusegun Agagu yesterday formally expressed his interest to seek re-election as the governor of Ondo State during next year's governorship election. Amidst dancing...

UPF Reduces Urhobo Guber Aspirants to Four Today.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Amaize NATIONAL chairman of the Urhobo Political Forum (UPF), Chief Ighoyota Amori says the Forum will reduce the number of governorship aspirants from the Urhobo ethnic nationality in...

2007 Budget to Deliver Value to Nigerians --Nenadi.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor The Minister of Finance, Mrs Nenadi Usman yesterday reacted to critics of the 2007 budget proposal before the National Assembly saying that the budget was...

Incendiary Complexes.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Austen Oboh EVERY Nigerian patriot who has been following the course of political activities in Nigeria in the last few months, should have good reasons to feel extremely anxious about the...

Anambra House Serves Obi Impeachment Notice.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Anayo Okoli & Enyim Enyim AWKA-- ANAMBRA State House of Assembly said yesterday it had served Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, impeachment notice. But Obi in a swift reaction denied...

Looming Anarchy - Time to Retreat From the Precipice.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Pini Jason On Friday 13 (very unlucky day) October 2006, rioters took over the streets of Jos. Trouble began when eight (some reports say six) members of the Plateau House of Assembly arrived...

King Forced Me to Confess to Witch-Craft, Witness Tells Court.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Abdulwahab Abdulah & Bose Awoyemi REVELATIONS of alleged atrocities committed by the embattled founder and General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), Emeka Ezeugo aka Rev King,...

Leave Unity Schools Alone.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Morenike Taire Going to a federal Government College in the mid eighties was a glorious experience. In the first instance it meant you were top of the pack, or close. Admission had been,...

'Social Responsibility is an Investment'.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Sola Ogundipe CORPORATE organisations have been enjoined to embrace the aspect of corporate social responsibility as an investment in a strategic asset or distinctive capability, rather than...

Arik Air Targets Maintenance Hangar for A380, B747 Jumbo Jets.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Nigeria will soon join the league of aircraft maintenance centres around the world, Arik Air Chairman, Sir Joseph Arumemi- Johnson, has said. Sir Arumemi-Johnson, who dropped the hint at the airline's...

...Tinubu Warns, Gani Hails.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Olasunkanmi Akoni Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State has described the gale of impeachments in the country as a threat to democracy. He particularly warned that the current subversion of...

Lagos Plans Pre-Season Tournament.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Elizabeth Akinfolarin The Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, Alhaji Waidi Akanni has said that the state is planning a pre-season tournament with top Premier League clubs at a...

Shekarau - Between Integrity And Rumours.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Sule Ya'u Sule THE Nigerian subconscious, it seems, is marooned on corruption, at least many Nigerians are still incurably fixated on the iniquitous. Many are unable to imagine the system...

NIMN Criticises FG On SME's Sector Reform.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Clifford Amuzuo The National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) has taken a critical assessment of the Federal Government's ongoing economic reform policies which it says does not take...

Ekiti PDP Apologises Over Past Misrule.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gbenga Ariyibi & Dayo Johnson THE Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, yesterday, apologised to the people of the state for the alleged misrule of the former Governor Ayodele Fayose...

Black Queens Bank On U.S.A. Tour to Dethrone Falcons.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) The management of Black Queens of Ghana says they are banking on the current tour of USA to give them the desired technical muscle to dethrone reigning African Queens, the Super Falcons of Nigeria at the...

Police Gun Down Nine Armed Robbers in Edo.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Ebegbulem NINE armed robbers suspected to be members of the gang that has been terrorizing passengers along the Benin-Auchi road in the past one week, were yesterday shot dead by the...

We Have No Hands in Ekiti, Plateau Crises, Says Military High Command.
October 17, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Kingsley Omonobi MILITARY authorities yesterday in Abuja said they had nothing to do with the current political crises engulfing Ekiti and Plateau States warning that any attempt to drag the...

Ejimofor Joins Race for NFA Scribe.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: John Egbokhan Former coach of Heartland Football Club of Owerri, Uche Ejimofor says he intends to jostle for the position of the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA),...

PPA Urges Kalu to Dump PDP for Its Presidential Ticket.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Rotimi Ajayi The leadership of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, (PPA) has pleaded with Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu to decamp into the party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with...

The Drama in Ekiti.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) THE impeachment proceedings against Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State assumed a theatrical dimension with the purported removal of Justice Kayode Bamisile, the State Chief Judge by the State House of...

Ekiti - No Cause for Alarm --Daniel.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Jide Ajani Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State has declared that there is no cause for alarm in the political events in Ekiti State, describing it as a test of the democratic structures in...

FG, Jigawa, LGs Earmark $364 Million for National Food Programme.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Aliyu Dangida FEDERAL government in conjunction with Jigawa state and 27 local government areas of the state will spend the sum of (US $364) equivalent to N48million for the implementation of...

Minister Queries NFA Over Secretary General.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Fidelis Ebu Sports and Social Development Minister, Alhaji Bala Bawa Ka'oje has queried the Sani Lulu Abdullahi-led Nigeria Football Association for violating his directive on the appointment...

2007 Budget - Peg Oil Revenue At $30 Per Barrel -- Experts.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emma Ujah Economy experts from the Vienna-based Economist Intelligence Unit have admonished the Federal Government against over ambitious budget in 2007, saying $30 crude oil price should be...

FG Approves N6 Billion for Benin-Ore-Sagamu Road.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Ulayi The Federal Government has approved the sum of N6 billion for the repairs of the Benin-Ore-Sagamu road. The measure, Vangaurd gathered, is to ensure befitting...

Nigeria in Grave Danger --Soyinka.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Gabriel Enogholase NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka reviewed, weekend, the current political developments in the country and returned this verdict: "We are in grave danger." Prof....

"I Leave Behind Very Vibrant Professional Body" --Fagbemi, NIMN Council Boss.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Clifford Amuzo Taiwo Fabgemi is the outgoing President of the Transitional Council of National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN). The Institute is a creation of the National...

AWC - Cynthia , Perpetua Arrive.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Fidelis Ebu Two Super Falcons top strikers, China-based reigning African Woman Footballer of the Year Perpetua Nkwocha and FIFA Player of the Year Award nominee, Cynthia Uwak are expected to...

CBN Gives Deadline On Pre-Shipment Deals.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor THE Central Bank (CBN) has directed all banks and importers to conclude all transactions they entered into under the pre-shipment regime by December 31. The apex...

Obasanjo'll Dump You Soon, Atiku Tells El-Rufai.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Ulayi THE political camp of Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the Minister in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to be prepared to be dumped...

Senator Asks Politicians to Shun Violence.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Ugbor SENATOR Emmanuel Agboti' representing Ebonyi South Senatorial zone has called on politicians vying for elective positions in 2007 to shun violence and conduct their campaigns...

Bayelsa Govt Pledges to Assist NDLEA.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Oyadongha The Bayelsa State government says it will continue to assist the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in its fight against drug abuse and trafficking in the state....

CET Tariff Threatens 230,000 Jobs -- Ethanol Manufacturers.
October 16, 2006... (From Vanguard (Nigeria) - AAGM) Byline: Franklin Alli and Duruoha Ferdinand BARLEY few days after Ropes manufacturers petitioned the Presidency to reverse the recently hiked import duty on their raw materials by the Federal Ministry...