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234Next Archive for October 2009

Friday, October 30, 2009

Bode George’s bail application to be heard on November 9

Nigeria's Access Bank swings to H1 pre-tax loss

Bolt plans to move up to the 400 metres

Lawmakers okay bill seeking life imprisonment for kidnappers

FORENSIC FORCE: Niger Delta: not yet Uhuru

'We write on the floor'

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Securrency suffers major image hit

Under the October Rain

The pain and agony of Bakassi returnees

FORESNIC FORCE: Niger Delta: not yet Uhuru

Nigeria needs its four refineries back at work

EXCUSE ME: A blurry journey

Why we have children

‘Why hath thou forsaken me?’

Exchanging a degree for a bowl of porridge

A producer’s pain

‘We write on the floor'

Law enforcement agency arrests more than 5000 traders in three months

Fire incident at Lagos domestic airport

Night and day in Calabar

CHOPAHOLIC: Pot noodle flop in Bangkok

Shell cuts 5,000 jobs as profits tumble

Ghana’s refinery out of debt

Skye Bank posts fourth quarter loss due to bad loans

Regulator cannot locate microfinance banks

Inability to act contributed to risk management failures in banks

Increased access to information will boost Nigeria's businesses

Labour ends nationwide rallies to protest against government policies

Appeal Court sacks Oyo Deputy Speaker

SEC's Appeal

Lagos Assembly adopts softer stance on Sunborn Yacht saga

Appeal court removes Iyiola Omisore from the Senate.

Malawi, Algeria go down again

Mazembe will be tough, says Heartland captain

So much at stake as Nigeria, Argentina light up Bauchi

Decision day for Brazilian starlets as group goes to the wire

Opposition party begins campaign for Oyo Rep election rerun

Kutigi queries judge handling Ibori case

Pacquiao set to deliver Cotto knockout, says trainer

STUDIO VISIT: Nurudeen Odebiyi

More Nigerians deported from Spain

Police arrest cable vandals at Calabar Stadium

Nigerian workers protest oil deregulation in Abuja

Badagry plans Christmas Festival

Nigerian wins Commonwealth regional literary award

Bode George's Pilate gambit

Senator gives backing to bill on electoral offences commission

Sudan apologises to Nigeria over senate president’s aborted trip

‘Quantity surveyors left out of Procurement Act’

Nigerian wins Commonwealth literary competition

Imperfect fantasy

Lessons from Kabul on electoral reform

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Creating an open plan home

Nigerian distressed banks to recapitalise soon, says CBN

African champions, Gambia face early exit

Nigerian basketball clubs brace up for Africa challenge

World Cup titbits

Before the deregulation

That sound in the pot

Swine flu detected in Nigeria

Bar Association offers to draft constitution

Reps’ committee to probe Nigerian Ports Authority

Asia will be golf’s next powerhouse, says Nicklaus

Oil firms partner government on post-amnesty scheme

My fearful generation

Kidnappers demand N500 Million for Soludo's father

Players’ indifference may mar start of cricket season

Government revalidates mineral titles

Death of man in agency’s compound remains a puzzle

Airport Customs remits over ₦26b to FG in 10 months

Three fake police officers arrested at Airport

Bank PHB directors in court over N80 billion fraud

‘Equity oil will douse tension in Niger Delta’

Fin International sets up shop in Nigeria

Construction firm opens new housing estate

Lawmakers ask robbers to declare temporary ceasefire

UNICEF calls for training, re-training of health workers

Italy, Korea fight for supremacy

Cowrie Rugby Club beat Ghanaian national teams

In a world of his own

Lawmakers seek law to fix time for budget presentation

Ministries' fight for control halts N6b solar project

Senate votes to limit education fund to tertiary institutions

Absence of police boss won't stop dismissal suit

Chevron’s Angola output to see a 25% rise by 2011

Starcomms gives customers access to Facebook, Twitter

FinBank funds indigenous vessel project

Corporate Affairs Commission gets new boss

Energy lifts Dow and S&P, but consumer confidence stays low

FG to establish aircraft maintenance centre

House of Reps probes allegation of N75m fraud in NNPC, PPMC

Appeal Court sacks House of Rep member

Mozambique holds poll, Guebuza expected to win

Obama officially extends sanctions on Sudan

Oil steady near $79.50 on API drawdown

Real suffer Cup humbling at third-tier Alcorcon

CBN sets loan loss provision deadline for banks

SON alerts Nigerians on existence of substandard roofing sheets

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

‘Prince’ arrested for stealing chemicals worth N16 million

Copy that!

Lawyers advised to embrace alternative dispute resolution

Political parties, rights group okay Bode George's conviction

Senators seek more time on oil reform bill

New appearance for Kiwis in Nigeria

Switzerland edges Japan in seven-goal thriller

Buhari, Atiku, Bafarawa say Nigeria may disintegrate by 2011

Bode George's conviction

The astute regulator

Little Ends: Still on El-Rufai

The rise and fall of Nigerian television

Famous 5: Dorisha

Xtra-Terrestrial: MC Hammer

Pushing the boat out for Olokun

Greek, Latin and other love languages

Whether Report: Bueka

Police offer N2 million reward for information on the murder of The Guardian editor

Stars to watch in the new NBA season

Eaglets move closer to title defence

Subscriber demands drive the growth of telecoms sector

Labour condemns ‘hardship allowance’ to politicians

Blackberry unveils new device

Our officials are too corrupt to have immunity, says Yar'Adua

Police stations visit reveals disparity in service delivery

Lagos tourism commissioner absent from House hearing on Sunborn Yacht

Armed robbers and not police killed Ogundeji, rules coroner

Soludo's father kidnapped

X-Throwback: Sound of Music

Deadline for completion of abandoned Foreign Affairs headquarters

GENDER POINTS - Religion on our minds

Monday, October 26, 2009

Mydrim's case for pastel

Isio Wanogho’s hair and beauty routine

Irrationally uncomfortable, passionately fashionable!

Soldiers arrest group members over assault

S(H)IBBOLETH: A hello from hell

Congrats, Mr. Lecturer?

Keeping the doctor away with vitamins

The gods of our fathers

There is much to cheer in the MEND ceasefire

There are no ‘ritual killing' hotspots in Nigeria, say police

Wanted: Laws for the elderly

Old girls, meet the new

Ogun embarks on ‘aggressive' revenue generation for 2010 budget

Ondo bans television viewing in public offices

XAMINATION - My heart bleeds for this one

myTunes: Kaffy

Government funds critical projects from excess crude account

Strategic investments pay off for firm

Agent Rinspeed 007

West Africa plans legal framework on mobile roaming

Folawiyo Energy denies misconduct in petroleum storage

Dangote unveils new noodles

Etisalat is one

Zain offers pilgrims package

Six years after, justice is served

All waste, no wealth

Federal Government urges industrialised nations to implement Kyoto Protocol

Akuneto charges Eaglets to avoid past mistakes

Reps tired of borrowed robes

‘Controversial' Ovrebo for Brazil, Mexico match

Free match tickets in Enugu State

U-17 World Cup Titbits

We blame politicians for problems facing youths

Cheer Eaglets to victory, Garba Lawal tells Nigerians

Safina reclaims world number one spot on eve of Doha

Doregos Basketball Championships dunks off Thursday

Falana calls for al-Bashir's arrest

Soludo wants court to invalidate his suspension by INEC

A ram's ordeal: Jelili Atiku's Agbo Rago

Swapping guns for cameras

Government, software firms to halt Internet crime

Rescue imminent for aviation industry

Cocaine discovered in vehicle parts

Africa heading for 2009 growth due to China: expert

Man kills brother in a fight

Iwuanyanwu backs petroleum industry deregulation

Minister wants road contractors to adopt rain technology

Safina and Serena ready for Doha shoot-out

BREAKING NEWS: Bode George is sentenced to 2 years

Gunmen kill Uniport Chief Security officer

N3bn bad debt: We're not owing, says Vaswani brothers

Tunisian president wins landslide election victory

Baghdad bombs kill 132

OPEC to raise output if oil at $100: president

Oil falls below $80 on economic recovery concerns

Barca thrash Zaragoza to go three clear of Real

Poor attendance at U-17 World Cup

Anambra Party chieftain decamps to PDP

45 percent of Nigeria’s population below 15 years - UNESCO

Party chairman wants FG to develop Niger Delta region

Anambra Party chieftain decamp to PDP

Price of garri reduces by 14 percent

Businessman joins senatorial race in Kebbi

AC leader promises candidates impartiality

AC says re-branding should start with PDP

The Niger Delta crisis and the critical ‘now’

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Mixed Blessings

IMHOTEP: The peoples'commonwealth

Servicom my foot!

Stock market indices appreciate

Maritime agency to effect ban of foreign vessels on Nigeria's inland waters

Microsoft says piracy threatens growth

Nigerian swimmers come up short in Mauritius

Al-Bashir’s visit to Nigeria

I am a celebrity get me in here

The hidden truth

Obuh blames goals on technical indiscipline

MEND ends war in Delta

Corps member arrested for drug trafficking

Group demands probe of police extra-judicial killing

Lawyers say president’s assent not crucial to constitutional amendment

Losing faith

PERSONAL FINANACE THROUGH LIFE'S STAGES: Planning for your child’s education - Part I

Are we really hosting the U-17 World Cup?

IMAN: The Unknowing hand

MEND declares indefinite ceasefire

The trouble of making ends meet on the streets

Junior is watching porn

Cooking up a solution

Polo teams gear up for showdown in Kangimi

Lagos centre still in turmoil over money, accreditation

A sea of troubles

Nigeria and Microsoft look to halt Internet crime

A continent in search of leaders

Saturday, October 24, 2009

The prime of Stephanie Okereke

The eaters of the living have eaten the prize

ELAN PERSONALITY: Genevive Nnaji

Forever fabulous at 50

HERE AND THERE: Of women lying and men looking

DEEPENING DEMOCRACY: Designed to fail

ON WATCH: Cold cash for silent guns

Raped at 15, still healing at 20

Sewing from leisure to business

‘Manufacturing is still profitable in Nigeria’

It’s raining bonds for trouble-free banks

African youngsters aiming toget it right in Nigeria

Gambia battles Iran for supremacy

‘Golfers will make Nigeria proud’

Italy cooks up 2020 bidders like pizzas

Nigeria in on Cricket’s colourful outlook

Yes, Mr. President

Abuja lepers complain of neglect and ill health

Foreign admission agencies cash in on ASUU strike

Putting a knife through lawmakers' allowances

Action Aid discovers eight neglected communities on Eggon Hills

DELTA: 200,000 Nigerians die of pneumonia annually

EKITI: To own university

ENUGU: Electoral commission to spend N280m on LG polls

Federal government and academic union agreement lapses in 2012

JOS: State has 134 nomadic schools

Nigerian Prisons Service to recruit more medical personnel

Who let the dogs out?

Sack fever grips aviation workers

Police interrogate Ogun teachers' union leaders over differences

Of Alien journeys and dispensations

The multiple threat syndrome

JUSTICE ARCADE: The failure of justice

VEXED INTHE CITY:It’s all about the Benjamins

Brazilian Parreira named South Africa coach

NBA reaches deal over refs lockout, says commissioner Stern

Friday, October 23, 2009

MUSON Festival 2009 starts on Sunday

Shell offers to educate, fund ex-rebels in Nigeria

Bode George knows fate Oct. 26

PDP defends choice of Soludo as governorship candidate

Cholera claims 70 lives in Borno

EFCC Shuts 800 Scam email Addresses

Rivers' Assembly passes vote of confidence on Amaechi

Enugu Speaker's mother kidnapped

Cadbury Nigeria extends rights issue to Oct 30

Benfica, Shakhtar enjoy big wins in Europa League

We are under pressure, say Lagos varsity students

Mixed reactions trail ban on cement importation

Amnesty International urges Yar’Adua to arrest al-Bashir

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Group urges Senate to expedite action on Tobacco bill

The challenge of leadership

My bank and I

FORENSIC FORCE: 140 million liabilities

EXCUSE ME: Chairman!

Naira slips due to strong dollar demand

Minister says three refineries will restart operation soon

NNPC says deregulation is targeted at encouraging investors

The Good Dokta

Brazil try Japan for size in Lagos

The Beach Boys

CHOPAHOLIC: Japanese Lessons at Little Italy

Rep faults delay in funding road repairs

Reps pass bill to promote Nigerian participation in oil industry

Universities pensioners mobilise against e-payment

Probe him, court orders police

Human rights lawyer gets court's approval to sue Yar' Adua over budget implementation.

Nigeria, Germany rivalry returns

Ondo approves fund for renovation of courts

Standardisation can reduce false clinical diagnosis

Lawmaker, NNPC clash on Petroleum Bill

Steelmaker Nucor posts third consecutive quarterly loss

NNPC boss lobbies governor over petroleum bill

MY TAKE: Manchester United, Liverpool in Super Sunday clash of titans

Airline operators seek government's support

Opposition politicians in dispute over Ondo jobs

Again, Bankole threatens to sack committee chairmen over poor performance

PDP can only dream of winning in Lagos, says former governor

116 Nigerians languish in Nigerien prisons

The language of peppersoup

Insurance stocks record higher trading

Bureau moves to resolve Skypower sale dilemma

Another candidate expresses opposition to Soludo's imposition

Glover romps home by five shots in Bermuda

Appeal court nullifies federal legislator's election

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The Oracle at Delphi

This DPO is nobody's friend

The trouble we must fight against

World Cup stewards stage protest in Lagos

Reps order Minister to remove speed bumps on Abuja roads

Ogun teachers ignore their union's call to resume work

Nigeria gets seven additional universities

Deportees accuse embassy officials in Libya of neglect

Nigeria is gravely at risk of climate change

Ondo lawmakers insist on Assembly's closure

Former militants to undergo orientation in Plateau State

Suspension of ASUU strike ends tomorrow

Court grants businessman leave to sue Nigeria Customs

Senators train sights on scandal they describe as grave

Little Freedoms

Nig’09: Organisers make last-minute effort to save championship

Nig’09: Abuja centre comes alive

IMF cautions central banks

EU ministers plan to curb C02 from planes, ships

Economic crisis affects Lagos Motor Fair

Sweet soul music

Carpet hunting

Steel workers say government owes N6.1b unpaid benefits

NYSC: the Lagos experience

States creation has undermined Nigeria's unity, says Belgore

Pay attention to mental health, nurses plead

ELAN UNCOVERED: Adewale Ajadi

The log-in lover's guide

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Famous 5: Inyanya

Identity crisis

Access Nollywood

The Prize Trojan: Misleading by example

Chelsea train at set pieces for Atletico

Mastroudes backs Amodu

Family who lost son to police bullets need help to bury their dead

Corps members pass out into uncertainty

Sorrow, tears and flood

Lawmakers threaten minister over primary health care projects

Power of the VEDA

Niger Delta plan will not affect foreign oil companies

My wife drinks ‘paraga', man tells court

Eaglets-Berger match fallout

Pensioners say pay review delay violates constitution

Reps to investigate Soludo's role in bank crisis

Excuses for Eaglets’ poor performance

Youth corps members pass out across Nigeria

El Rufai renews passport, savours the reward of protest

No freedom yet for former MDs of Bank PHB and Spring Bank

Soldiers turn toll collectors

Lagos Assembly uncovers more details on Sunborn Yacht Hotel

Letters to the editor

An environmental disaster that won’t go away

Winning the wrong war

Wey Dora dey

Kenyans, Ethiopians may dominate Obudu Race

More companies record losses after tax

The numbers don’t add up

Controversy trails local content scorecard

NIG’ 09... the gaps that may de-brand Nigeria

Ogun State tops medals table at National School Sports Festival

Police arraign 7 women for alleged prostitution

Oni opens defence at tribunal

Local government awards N72.1 million market contract

Man docked for alleged assault of woman

FRSC in Osun launches anti-accident campaign

ECOWAS women parliamentarians call for anti-discrimination laws against women

Police kill 2 robbers who shot colleague

Activist advocates synergy for good governance

Lagos exempts 100 hotels from consumption tax

Monday, October 19, 2009

Okah holds talks with Yar’Adua on peace deal

ELAN PERSONALITY: Mrs. Anyanwu-Akeredolu

Eulogising Mama Ekundayo in pen and ink

Groups hold rally to fight poverty

Damaged pedestrian bridge puts commuters at risk

Man killed in domestic squabble with wife

Al-Mustapha: panel report is illegal

Lagos residents protest construction of shops

NEXT TURN: Chichidodo critics

S(H)IBBOLETH: The Soludo solution

So who killed Dele Giwa

MI's time to shine

X Bites: Celebrity quotes

With All Due Respect Press Play (or Don't)

Roach rage

Help, I've got an allergy!

Reps ask ministers to suspend action on terminal concession

Stock operators deny knowledge of probe

OPEC to support Nigeria’s deregulation

Taraba, others plan new TV reality show

Ways of achieving food security

Angola’s oil exports to remain above OPEC target

The devil is in the oily detail

Global investors to meet in Cairo

Lafarge acknowledges government’s support

Canadian consultants, administrators hold investiture

Confusion as police close PDP secretariat

Nig’09 website back, but not better

Brazil, Mexico arrive but Iroha doubts our Eaglets' success

Dele Giwa's sister blames Babangida for brother's murder

Two swimmers for African Junior Championship

We are here to win, says Gambian coach

Yar’Adua urges support for Eaglets

Injury rules big stars out of Champions League

Okocha may play for Gateway

After secret meetings with EFCC, debtors promise to pay

NLC gives 14-day ultimatum to Ogun government

Lawmaker sues Sanusi over N620 billion bank bailout

Unemployed graduates get lifeline

Victims of sexual abuse get help from Weird MC and women rights group

Government disburses N606 billion stimulus funds

Group considers litigation over $34.7 billion oil revenues

Aspirant denies backing Soludo’s nomination

No African leader gets the Mo Ibrahim Prize, this year

No winner for African leadership prize

The significance of Dele Giwa’s death, by journalists

Ondo State House of Assembly adjourns sitting

Kaduna Airport ready Oct. 28, says Minister

NUJ inaugurates lecture for Dele Giwa

Arik plans operations from Ilorin Airport

Botswana's President Khama wins new term

Iran promises "crushing" response as attack toll rises

Oil retreats from one-year high above $79

Man City held at Wigan, Blackburn beat Burnley

Ikhana set to quit Sharks

Afraid for their lives, Ondo lawmakers close Assembly

Three dead as 30 year-old building collapses

Terror in Ayobo

Schools appeal to council to tackle flooding

His ghost won’t let me rest

Police flee after causing accident

Thousands turn out for World Food Day

Fraud suspect fights for bail

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Inspiring the young through the masters

Understanding skin discolouration

Wanted: Working children

Banking intervention not in investors’ interest, says report

No threat to Sanusi’s life

U-20 World Cup: Adenuga says Black Satellites’ victory is for Africa’s youth

The silver lining from our failure in Egypt

Davydenko beats Nadal for Shanghai title

Messi favoured to win the European footballer of the year

Player dropped for failing age test in Eaglets’ final list

Bra tossing non-feminists

IMHOTEP: The dragon and the sphinx

Senate to pass Petroleum Bill before year end

OBSERVATIONS: Their debt, but we pay

Ressurecting the Dele Giwa murder investigations

Minister briefs House on crisis in the steel sector today

Vietnamese experts arrive Akwa Ibom to reactivate rice plant

Nigeria to head UN Security Council

Made in Nigeria

Official says Nigeria’s economic growth will triple by 2020

Checking unruly and disruptive air passengers

Popular and ‘successful’ school dropouts

Facing lean times, banks devise survival means

Dropped out but not knocked out

Train autistic children, centre says

The fear of oil sector deregulation

When ministers, ministry officials and contractors connived to defraud the nation

The military works better within a democracy

Saturday, October 17, 2009

What is going on at Cele Bus Stop?

The many tangled roots of MEND

Exhibitions galore in Lagos

Rom Isichei's piece of sheet

STUDIO VISIT: Ibe Ananaba

Ebiwari Okiy's eye on Benin City

Time to dismantle this sham literature prize

A towncrier's pain

A poet's love game

If only they would get their spellings right!

MY TAKE: Soludo, the PDP, and impunity

HERE AND THERE: Twenty-three years on

DEEPENING DEMOCRACY: Last chance for elections

Government draws N676billion from power sector fund

Oil companies cautious about amnesty

Nigerian Banking Industry: The challenge of leverage in post crisis competitiveness

The truth about Amodu and his journeymen

Obaseki's moving train is moving in reverse

Soludo handled Securency currency printing deal

Spilling the blood of protesters in Garden City

Litigation threatens position of National Assembly's new clerk

Senior officials scheme over leadership of National Assembly

The murder of Grace Ushang Adie

The question of infidelity

Prayer for our boomerang!

JUSTICE ARCADE: The ‘uniform' and the corruption of state power

Nigeria govt may acquire shares in 9 rescued banks

Friday, October 16, 2009

U.S. charges billionaire Rajaratnam with record insider trading

Black Satellites break Africa jinx

Lagos governor calls for state police

Buhari, Atiku, Falae express support for Uwais' report

Wrong Number!

In Dakar, life's a beach everyday

Near death experience

Associations suspend strike for two weeks

Thursday, October 15, 2009

FORENSIC FORCE: How to wrap roasted yam

Borno government to close cholera isolation camp

Mysterious fire kills accountant in Ijesha

Two arraigned for visa forgery

EXCUSE ME: Infamous Boyboy Bestiality

Court to give findings, as widow fails to testify in late journalist’s inquest

Civil defence to clamp down on foreigners in private security companies

Why did Miss Arulogun die

CHOPAHOLIC: plantain pusher takes Manhattan

Cross River seeks inclusion in post amnesty deal

Stockbroking firm denies owing Bank PHB

Mobile operators barred from buying three NITEL assets

Stockbrokers condemn publication of new debtors' lists

Deregulation to wait

IMF’s comment does not mean bill is without failings

OPEC calls for action on climate change

Mind your tongue: A few words of advice for the new bank CEOs

Dangote completes deal to increase cement production in Africa

Bank's northern zone records fall in deposits

Government demolish roadside structures in Ibadan

Messi and Ronaldo should be at the World Cup

Siasia backs Brazil to beat Ghana today

Let’s Go There! Your weekend event diary

Nigerians bundled out of Governor's Cup tennis

D'Tigress battle Senegal for semi-final slot

Nigeria unveils U-17 World Cup Eaglets

Maradona has the last laugh

Sharks, Dolphins Garden City derby lights up Glo League

Australian company sabotaging Nigerian mint

In Dakar, life's a each everyday

There will be no sacred cows in CBN's debt recovery drive

Blackout at the presidential wing of the Lagos airport

Privatisation chief says bureau has not met revenue target

MEND to resume attacks

Notes on inspiration

Cameroonian soldiers kill 6 Nigerians in Bakassi

Is this the end of the internet?

Red is for stop

Family pleads with police to release son's body

‘Don't expect quick economic turnaround'

Government favours public-private partnership despite past controversies

Gombe awards N133m contract to upgrade facilities at NYSC Camp

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Hospital commissions digital cardiac unit

Bankers advised to dump litigation for alternative dispute resolution

Kenya rallies fans ahead of Nigeria clash

Rain disrupts Governor’s Cup

Federal government approves new economic blueprint

Drug Agency arrests woman for trafficking

Ogun government intervenes in disagreement over late politician’s burial

Lawmakers want increased pensions for older retirees

Steel workers get 10 months outstanding pay

Robbers raid mobile phone shop

78 Lagos undergraduates get scholarships

Daily Independent newspapers recall 21 sacked workers

Bellview puts operations on hold

Yar’Adua denies sacking intelligence chief over passport issue

Senate summons NYSC Director over corps member’s murder

Old and new faces make up banks' N349bn debts

Eastern Promise

Welcome back to the dark ages

Superstition and the gift of food

Little Messi, the ‘genius’ leading our Eaglets

2010 will be my year, says Seun Adigun

Balcony gardening

Yar'Adua urges support for made-in-Nigeria goods

Cloning of mobile phones worries manufacturer

Huawei, AIRCOM in network integration deal

The fire within

Firm sues Lagos over Yacht Hotel ownership

Ekiti Assembly in rowdy session over leadership

Hundreds of malnourished children receive treatment

Monitor events before returning to school

Immunisation suffers setback

NDLEA impounds 27.93 kg of hard drugs, arrests 85 suspects

Lack of street numbers hampers mail delivery

Record of Nigerians involved in crime in Ghana drops

Abuja officials disregard minister’s directive on new land charges

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Foreign Ministry differs with government's strategy on El-Rufai, Ribadu

ELAN UNCOVERED: Edore Jarikre

Nine called, none chosen

Steel's ‘desert' opus

Poll shows US recession over

Stock Exchange lifts suspension on BankPHB, Springbank stocks

These gadgets will rock 2010

States withhold contributions to emergency power fund

Oil workers warn government against subsidy removal

Tradesmen, artisans embrace online advertising

Cartels will manipulate deregulation process

Ghana seek to make history at the finals

Lack of funds halts Sydney training programme

Diego Forlan relishes battle of life and death with Argentina

Maradona prays for another divine intervention in Uruguay

Argentina, Uruguay will be terrible

Lawmakers want ministerial nomination to come with portfolios

Tough day for Nigeria in Governors Cup

Angola, Senegal our biggest challenge, says Ewalefo

11 Northern states to experience drought, NEMA alerts

Lawmakers order Abuja minister to reverse Abuja land rates

Protesters clash at the Ibori NIIA lecture

Senate supports Sanusi’s bank cleansing

CBN governor queries Australian central bank over bribery scandal

Improved local content in oil and gas

‘Slumdog Politics’

MEDIA & SOCIETY: Peter Ajayi: The editor as public guardian

LITTLE ENDS: Those messages to the nation

Yar'adua's dagger comes out

US Recession over

Weekend of drama in World Cup qualifiers

Ibori’s security aides attack protesters

Make cooking gas available and affordable

Transformation increases property value in Oshodi, Lagos

Defendants fail to appear in court over 11-year-old girl's death

Family of slain corps member rejects N2m

GSM: God's reward for talkative Nigerians

FRANKLY SPEAKING: Health care for Africa

MONEY MATTERS: Improving healthcare

Association warns against higher tuition

Chairmen get tenure extension

Fencing of Abuja airport yet to begin

No new projects will be accomodated in 2010 budget - Commissioner

Lagos decentralises building plan approval system

Curbing unwanted pregnancies will reduce maternal deaths

Do not delay post-amnesty programme, artisan leader warns

Trader docked for receiving N21m stolen goods

Monday, October 12, 2009

Taming throat torture

Eze goes to school

EFCC moves to repatriate Akingbola, Nana-Shettu, Oye

Obudu Mountain may get Grand Prix status

Eagles fail to sway Nigerians

Ibrahimovic's drama-filled weekend in World Cup qualifiers

Another mark for Woods at Presidents Cup victory

Football update

Readers' digest (Nigerian edition)

The movie in those eyes

Proudly Niger Deltan

Divine solution to sports problem

Deathly roads

D’Tigress takes on Cote D’Ivoire

Delegates in Anambra protest choice of Soludo

Suspension of strike fails to revive academic activity

Nigerian army was lenient to the 27 soldiers accused of mutiny

Companies bidding for NITEL to pay $25,000 application fee

House committee to be guided by national interest in petroleum bill

VROOM - not your average SUV

The conundrum of gas prices

Bullish run returns to the market

CBN governor needs more time

Poor policy implementation affects food security

Nigeria produces 1,200 films yearly -Adesanya

People Power

Save the mind

Corsets, cameras and camouflage: Meeting Kate Adie

Economists query provisions in petroleum bill

Opposition criticises PDP’s choice of Soludo

The politics of the asset management company

Reps summon Works and Finance Ministers over road maintenance funds

Victims of collapsed building say government is insensitive

Board uses security agencies to screen pilgrims

Motorcyclists reject government’s helmet

Aviation unions threaten to shut down airspace again

Police arrest fake assassin

Eight die in bus fire

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Dying to be Permanent Secretaries

Nigeria to benefit from Canada’s lifeline

Bag cost threatens Nigeria’s cocoa exports

SNEPCO-Saipem deal gives Bonga a fresh lease

We are now organised, say brokers

CBN works out modalities for asset management company

Groups wants public procurement law in states

Wingless Eagles live to fly another day

Scandals trail Flying Eagles failure

D’Tigress face mixed fortunes in Madagascar

STUDIO VISIT: Sangodare Ajala

Lanre Da Silva Ajayi’s hair and beauty routine

One non blonde

There is no winner for premier literary prize

Senate may adopt Uwais’ recommendation

Central Bank to grant licences for specialised banks

Probe begins in Soludo CBN bribery scandal

The Immunity Bill

A patriot's missile

REPAT'S RANTINGS: The pimping of our children

IMHOTEP: A death we can't afford

We are not serious about tennis development, says Odizor

President's Cup: Woods finds compatible partner in Stricker

PERSONAL FINANCE through life’s stages Home, sweet home

Misplaced priorities

Lagos is a ‘BILL-ionaires’ dream

Reaching out to people through songs

Nasarawa's white farmers hang on despite the odds

16 years after, Abuja community is still waiting for compensation

ARTICLES OF FAITH: Assassination 419

OPINION: Lulu's broken glass house

MEDICAL REPORT: Alamson Ayuba K

House girls gone wild

The school that time forgot

About African Masters' Patron Cup

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Nightmare on Beach Road

Mr Smith goes to Washington: A Nigerian tale

ELAN PERSONALITY: Ngozi (ZiZi) Cardow

DEEPENING DEMOCRACY: Option A4 -the Nigerian fetish

HERE AND HERE:Curious policing

SECTION 39: Abroad thoughts from home (2)

Nigeria’s multiple cables to enhance broadband connectivity

A lifelong wedlock with canes

Banks’ troubles won’t go away without robust regulation

President's Cup: Woods finds c ompatible partner in Stricker

Super Eagles must win, yet it may not count

Controversy trails ex-lawmaker's visits to House

Kudos to Senate on bill for gunshot victims

First Lady calls on NGOS to support vulnerable children

800 graduate from Army Peacekeeping Centre

NGO offers free eye treatment in Kastina

Ferguson apologises for criticising referee's fitness

Guineans protest at UN office in Geneva

Lagos to relocate 65 communities for airport project

Newspaper publisher arrested a second time in months

Obi saddened by deaths in accident

Visa delays arrival of Kenyan cricket pitch curator

PDP asks former governorship aspirants to support Soludo

It's zero hour for ruling party

Friday, October 09, 2009

Senate advised to remove names of local councils from constitution

Popular Ogun State politician, Otegbeye, dies at 84

University lecturers suspend strike for two weeks

Two dead, eight injured in Benin-Agbor road crash

Saraki wants FG to embrace Islamic Banking

Fayemi ends submission in Ekiti petition

PDP concludes primaries in Maiha and Mubi federal constituency

FRSC introduces road safety initiative for the youth

Kogi emerges winner of 2009 Judo championship

Militants continue registration

Women say poverty causes violence

Thursday, October 08, 2009

The dos and don'ts of workplace hair and makeup

Three men and a little lady

Yummy yam dishes

The beautiful and the wild

Trucks damage pedestrian bridge in Lagos

Wrongheaded

Nursing mothers need more fish

FORENSIC FORCE: Unmasking Nigeria's elite

Council boss to fix FESTAC roads in three weeks

Secure bank service

EXCUSE ME: Honest visa application (HVA)

Woman arraigned for multiple financial fraud

30-yr-old man arraigned for stealing motorcycle

Tension in Ondo community over lawmaker's swearing-in

Environmental officers council investigates allegation of extortion

Transparency agency urges governors to set up units in states

Manufacturers laud plans to promote made-in-Nigeria goods

Amnesty yields economic dividends

Government to guarantee loans for marketers on fuel importation

Experts criticise slow pace of work on mental health bill

South African economic confidence falls on strong rand

Indian state-run telecom ‘disqualified' from NITEL bid

How social media breaks the corporate ego

$874.3m for railway modernisation

Siasia blames players over poor World Cup performance

Clueless Siasia indulges in buck-passing

Super Eagles beg fans to show up for Mozambique tie

Kerosine scarcity hits Cross Rivers State

Reps want posthumous national honour for killed youth corper

Senate president wants peace blueprint for Africa

Indomitable Lions aim for revenge against Togo

Rules of the game

Nigeria leaves its best out of Taekwondo Championships

D’ Tigress begins campaign against Mali

More than 8,000 lay down arms in the Niger Delta

Yar'Adua's government is hostile to education

Muller wins Nobel literary prize

Opportunities abound?

Forget South Africa ticket, Tunisia tells Eagles

Nig’09 and the burden of hosting

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

CBN works out models to strengthen microfinance banks

Police arrest cleric, eight others for stealing cars

A transformer to ‘decorate’ the neighbourhood

ECOWAS praises ‘success’ of Nigeria’s amnesty programme

Ladoja yet to return, says Oyo PDP

Ghana electoral commissioner clears Iwu of blame

Reps to probe non remittance of funds to roads agency

Ekiti honours teachers with cash gifts

Ogun government accuses striking workers of blackmail

Neglect frustrates growth of art and craft

Nigeria's Forgotten Heroes: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Part 1)

Econet battles Zain over shareholding

Abuja consumers wait endlessly for Oando kerosene

Companies make headway in reducing toxic gas

Lawmakers say 23 million youth are unemployable

EFCC begins probe of newly sacked bank chiefs

Again, Flying Eagles break our hearts

Woods can’t do enough to satisfy fans

After the amnesty

The malediction of a name

Big men say the darndest things

Fried Plantains

Lawmakers want to be above the law

Ready for the world

Celebrating ‘100 per cent-Nigerian’ spaces

Hilary Mantel Wins Man Booker Prize

Niger Delta: Not yet Uhuru

Culinary Adventures

Judge grants joint custody of kids to Keyamo, wife

Women's group voices concern over amnesty programme

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

We need the yahoo boys, say cafe owners

We need the ‘yahoo boys’, say cafe owners

Researcher wants better funding for institutes

Road safety lists approved licence centres

Girls report father to police for negligence

Bigger is better

What’s going on...

Famous 5: Etcetera

Xtra Terrestrial: Regina Askia

A more intimate approach to fiction

Shosho's guide to older men

Team captain vows to improve game

Eagles have only history on their side

OVERSIGHT: Nigeria's football house has fallen

Wenger's riches

World leaders back 1GOAL education campaign

D'Tigress leave for Madagascar today

MEDIA AND SOCIETY: The journalist as publicist

The earth as his parish

The National Assembly: Of gorillas and vacation

Low forex demand strengthens Naira

Bureau sets new deadline for NITEL bid

Rebound continues amid bank crisis

Mobile phones threaten the future of landlines

Local content target is not realisable

Universities Commission, others plan IT training

Oil industry welcomes dialogue on reforms

A Mini package from Mimo

Government withdraws N300billion crude oil money for economic stimulus

Delta Commission asks lawmakers to investigate allegations against it

Governors support extra budgetary provision for ex Niger Delta militants

Government promises health workers improved salaries

Senate approves bill to jail doctors for gunshot victims' neglect

Nail this one for a change

Civil organisation to hold police station visits

Governor says we have 100 months to curtail global warming

Calabar-Uyo road is ‘an economic waste'

Ibori convicted twice, for theft

We either swim or sink today, Siasia says

Ghana beat South Africa 2-1

Amnesty: Militants Drag Yar'Adua to Court

How we rigged Ekiti re-run polls, burnt INEC office, by PDP chief

Oil firms spill over 66, 697 barrels of oil in 4 years - Minister

FG promises pensioners N17b in 2010

Lufthansa introduces additional flights to Nigeria from Oct.25

Coroner Inquest: Court Summons SARS Officer

CBN withdraws N48.9bln from circulation

BankPHB, Spring Bank Placed on Technical Suspension

Eagles switch hotels

Venues continue to worry London organisers

Monday, October 05, 2009

Second victim of Yaba police shooting dies

Teachers jubilate as Oyo gets new head of service

23 die, as cholera spreads in Borno

Ogun State promotes tourism potential

Ondo teachers want reflection on Nigerian education

Ogun teachers shun resumption directive

Promotion tests for Oyo State workers begin

Another union to paralyse universities over partial negotiation

Plateau governor warns politicians in the state

Bureau to create another GSM company out of NITEL

Retired postal workers protest unpaid allowances

NEXT TURN: Madmen in high places

S(H)IBBOLETH: Noisome pestilence

Yar'Adua approves $2 billion stimulus plan

Employing creativity for wealth generation

Foreign banks support sector cleansing

Stock exchange suspends shares of two banks

Advisory group calls for reforms in IMF

The price of fuel

Madmen in high places

Noisome pestilence

Saving our banks

mY Tunes: Terry Tha Rapman

Rated X Throwback : Ace

Sleep yourself slimmer

Eight things to stop worrying about right now

EGYPT '09: Haruna hopes to make amend

EGYPT'09: Italy eliminate 10-man Spain

Agbeko to defend IBF title against Perez

Nig'09: Hoteliers decry lack of patronage

Uncertainty surrounds team's departure to Japan

Serena is one win away from number one

Foreign players dominate Governors Cup

EFCC files 28 count charge against Boni Haruna

2011 polls in jeopardy

UN expresses worry over urbanisation in developing countries

Asari Dokubo sues government over amnesty

Bobby's guide to losing weight

Do you speak my language?

Creating the Nigeria of our dreams

Notes from an opening: The Garden City Literary Festival

A return to rational banking

ARTICLES ON FAITH: A kingdom of wheat and tares

Telecoms anti-theft controversy grows

Are you being served?

Who's the boss

Australians act to save Nigerian on death row in Indonesia

YOUNG BOSS: My style, your style

Money gone bad for Doyin Motors, banks

Local firm takes on banks, multinational company in court

Northern civil servants up against sacked senior colleagues

Ondo Assembly won’t swear-in lawmaker

Madagascar leader will pick new PM if aid unblocked

S.Africa former police chief denies corruption charge

NUT suspends strike in Lagos

CBN to publish more names of bank debtors, says Sanusi

Nigeria consults with South Africa, Ghana on electoral reform

CMD decries dumping of corpses in LUTH

Oil well explodes at Igbokoda, says Oba

Norway world's best place to live, Niger worst

CBN says wants naira in present band

Oil steadies near $70, eyes on US manufacturing data

Flying Eagles off to Suez

NSE suspends shares of BankPHB, Springbank

University recruits 50 lecturers

Gwagwalada residents protest bad road

228 died in auto crash this year

Power generation hits 2,900 MW, says minister

Sunday, October 04, 2009

Midway into the 4th month

Keep the cake

FRANKLY SPEAKING: What must be done in Zimbabwe

IMHOTEP: Fifty cheers for Nigerian economics

Heels, don't fail me now

What Lara George did next

MTN subscribers complain of communication failure

Poor handling of ATM fraud cases worries customers

Shell prepares to end flaring in some oil fields

Kighiga upstages Adebayo

Siasia hopes flat-footed strikers will turn sharp shooters

Criticism trails Flying Eagles ahead Germany test

Samba dance around the golden Olympic calf

Vettel eyes world crown

Bayelsa hope to rekindle Mali performance

Low key celebrations for World Habitat Day

Nigeria ranks low in Harvard governance index

A tale of two rankings

Tompolo surrenders as amnesty ends

ELAN UNCOVERED: Beatrice Olumhense

Money Life: Trading in art work

PERSONAL FINANCE THROUGH LIFE'S STAGES- Renting your first home

Rubicon takes title chase to Adamawa

Heartland facing tough Pillars test in champions league

The character of a nation

Ateke Tom surrenders weapons

Saturday, October 03, 2009

Yar'Adua appoints Burkinabe President ECOWAS facilitator on Guinean crisis

IMF, World Bank endorse CBN's reforms in banking system

Supervision of microfinance banks to be outsourced, says CBN

Imansuangbon, former AC governorship aspirant decamps to PDP

Tompolo beats FG Oct. 4 deadline, surrenders in Aso Rock

The art of perseverance

STUDIO VISIT: Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo

Educating Rita and other Kokolettes

A way forward for the film industry

The gospel of the medicine man

WORDS FOLLOW ME: Writing India

Two books on my coffee table

A school worth returning to

Grime, shovels and condoms: The life of a drainage cleaner

Anambra politics

SECTION 39: Home thoughts from abroad (2)

MY TAKE: Anambra State for sale

HERE AND THERE: Beauty, truth and ugliness

Oil, still a resource of the future

Cocoa farmers cry out for help

Prepaid meters nowhere to be found

DEEPENING DEMOCRACY: Independence from our rulers

Nigeria may fail to host

Our education system is failing our children

Federal lawmakers resume to face bulky workload

Zimbabwean farmers' debt puts bank at risk

Millions in bribe paid for new bank notes

Field commander of MEND accepts amnesty offer

Judge adjourns hearing on Ibori aides’ trial

Sharapova wins comeback title in Tokyo

Rio wins 2016 Games as IOC rebuffs Obama

ASUU will end strike within a week, Oshiomhole says

Rural electrification project to be ready soon- commissioner

Speaker's aides, 4 others die in accidents

Bauchi govt appoints new Emir

JUSTICE ARCADE: Of courts and the anti-corruption war (2)

Abuja wants new housing guidelines

Airlines to come under EFCC's radar

Half light is better than none

27 year old man killed by police

Friday, October 02, 2009

CBN fires Adenuga and three bank CEOs

Storm in the building

Rio de Janeiro wins 2016 Olympic Games bid

FG dissolves University of Benin Governing Council

Kaduna state secures 7,018 visas for pilgrims

Ekiti govt. to generate $1b revenue from tourism

Sokoto govt sacks member of sultanate council

Shabaab rebels take full control of Somali port

Nestle stops buying from controversial Zimbabwe farm

Energy: Katsina govt. to build 4 biogas pilot projects

Youth protest extrajudicial killing at Yaba

Bank PHB's chief executive resigns

Thursday, October 01, 2009

Lets Go There!

Famous Five

Gas development can drive growth

Suya

Environmentalist says improved seedlings will lead to food security

Experts list ways to improve stock market

Savouring cassava-leaf soup in Freetown

Photography exhibition opens on travel website

Globacom denies owing billions of naira to distributors

CBN’s asset purchase fund to improve liquidity

Nigeria ready for Rugby

Banks to get more money

Decision day for 2016 Olympics bid cities

Rugby Update

Dolphins, Kwara United light up Garden City

How are the mighty fallen

Our leaders have failed us

Flying Eagles hanging in the balance

Union Bank gives cars, motorbikes to customers

Ecobank appoints new chairman

Ateke Tom, militant leader, in amnesty talks with Yar Adua

FORENSIC FORCE: When Nigeria is 50

A few good words

The crippling cost of being powerless

EXCUSE ME: Good job Mr. President

CBN to fire Bank PHB MD, other heads set to roll

Nigeria is heartbreaking says Clinton

Literary feast as Farafina workshop ends

Welcome World Cup but...

‘Come and claim these bodies'

How is your financial knowledge?

Researcher advocates policy to boost agriculture

Nigeria, the remix

Cholera epidemic kills 80, spreads from Adamawa to Borno

Key Nigerian rebel leader accepts amnesty offer

Voices from the past

Lagos as I remember it

Blindman drags lover to court asking N64,000 ‘refund'

Security chief urges support for government programmes

Inflation rate drops by four per cent, says Yar'Adua

Ray Ekpu supports FG's amnesty for militants

Chinese investors eye Nigeria's mining and steel sector

FG plans efficient inter-modal transportation system

Yar'Adua speaks on Nigeria's ambitions

Nigeria and the future of e-commerce

Power sector: the way forward

When will microfinance revolution commence?

Lessons learnt investing in Nigeria

Yar'Adua sees signs of economic recovery

Council boss gets seven-year jail term for fraud

Nigerian Sports at 49, a mixed bag

Climate change to cut crop yields

Suspect tries to escape from trial

Nigerians survive near air mishap

Lawmaker calls for death penalty for kidnappers

200 voters registered in Abuja since 2007

Varsity workers vow to resign

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Nureni Adedoyin Mahmoud

UNCOMMON LAW: Gang-up against Gani

FOOD MATTERS: Judicious eating

A state of darkness

You love me, you love me not...

His royal Iceness

Yar’Adua launches polymer notes

Nigeria is still staggering and crawling at 49, says Falae

Amidst the doom and gloom, a few still find reasons to be cheerful.

Nestled in the abyss of corruption

Poor marksmanship may cost our boys qualification

Nig’09: Fashola urges positive attitude

No more forced consolidation, CBN says

Independence without stable electricity supply

Nigeria and China’s oil deal still a secret