This Day Newspaper Archive for October 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
‘We Must Resist Democratic Dictatorship’
Police Avert Riot in Jos-North
Eaglets Soar into Knockout Stage
EFCC Files Fresh Charges Against Elumelu, Owan, Others
With N300bn Debt, NNPC Swims in Petrol Armada
Bakassi: Nigerians Allege Harassment
Malaysia Ex-PM to Deliver Anyiam-Osigwe Lecture
NDIC Urges ‘Drastic Overhaul’ of Credit Law
Oshiomhole Plans Ultra-modern Market
Thursday, October 29, 2009
NAFDAC Seals off Eatery
Govt Has to be Sincere with People, Says Oshiomhole
Enwerem’s Son Escapes Conviction
Glo Introduces High Speed 3G Internet Modems
Climate Change:’Nigeria Will Be Part of Policy Formulation’
2011: ’PDP’ll Reclaim Abia State’
WAEC, NECO to Be Conducted Online Soon, Says Senator
Banking Crisis: NDIC Admits Regulatory Lapses
UN Seat: Sierra Leone Backs Nigeria
Appeal Court Sacks Senator Omisore
Shell Vows to Fight off Chinese over Nigeria’s Oil
Ogun PDP: My Suspension a Ruse, Says Waliu Taiwo
NSITF MD Denies N1.6b Fund Diversion Allegation
NBA Tasks Aondoakaa on Looming Judicial Strike
BPE: Locally Assembled Cars, 25% More Expensive
House Queries N1bn Technical Audit Project
Uduaghan Meets with Ex-Militants
Nigeria Cocoa Price Rises By 100 Percent
Bayelsa Assembly Passes Bill on Controversial N50bn Bond
Power: PHCN Has Capacity for 1120 Megawatts
House Seeks Life Jail for Kidnappers
Bailout Funds: Court Overrules CBN, Sanusi
Buhari: Elites Are Nigeria’s Electoral Reform Problems
Dafur: AU Council Seeks Hybrid Court
FG Withholds Fuel Importation Licences
N’Delta: Senate Commends Yar’Adua on Peace
Labour Ignores Govt Plea, Protests against Deregulation
Soludo’s Mother Moved to Unknown Destination
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Police to Quiz Chris Uba over Soludo’s Father
APSAN: Don’t Politicise Auditor-General’s Appointment
Al-Mustapha: Court Rejects SIP Report
NAHCON: 25,000 Pilgrims Arrive Saudi Arabia
FG Moves to Coordinate Official Trips
China Invests $6bn in Nigeria
Demolition: Court Awards NI50m against FCDA
NPA 6: The Other Convicts in Kirikiri
Buhari: We are on a Rescue Mission
IMF: Nigeria Economy to Recover Next Year
Police to Quiz Chris Uba over Soludo’s FatherPolice to Quiz Chris Uba over Soludo’s Father
FG Approves N200bn Projects for N’Delta
Don Canvasses Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions
‘Electoral Process Needs Urgent Overhaul’
JTF Arrests 4 over Illegal Bunkering
Minister Seeks Teachers’ Inclusion in Public Service
Constitution Review: Aminu Seeks Reduction of Gov’s Powers
You Can’t Issue Bench Warrant against Ribadu
Tribunal Discovers Discrepancies in Ekiti Election
...Faults Gathering of Opposition Politicians
Again, PDP Moves to Reconcile Ladoja, Alao-Akala
NLC: Why We Reject Deregulation
Akingbola : Court Rules Out Substituted Service
Constitution: NBA Advocates Piecemeal Amendment
... Begins Probe of NPA Property Sale
Ogundeji: Press Distracted the Police, Says Akpoyibo
Escravos Gas Project: Senate C’ttee Recommends Cost Reduction
George Applies for Bail Pending Appeal
Budget 2010: House May Jack Up Benchmark to $60
Atuche Arraigned, Faces 26-Count Charge
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Yar’Adua Nominates Ukura as Auditor-General
2011: CODER Insists on Adoption of Uwais C’ttee Report
Senate Demands Measures against Food Shortage
The Many Controversies of Bode George
Exchange Rate: CBN Targets N150 to $1
Ogundeji Murder: It was Robbery, Coroner Concludes
Soludo’s Father Kidnapped
Bode George: More Civil Servants Risk Jail
Jos Crisis: Judicial Commission Submits Report
Deregulation: NLC Describes FG’s Stand as Affront
Mark, Anyaoku Bemoan State of Roads
Anambra: PDP Marches Against Soludo
A’Court Sacks House Member
Yar’Adua Supports EFCC, ICPC’s Independence
26,000 Troops Deployed to Sudan
Marketers Demand Payment of Subsidy Arrears
Oil Revenue Drops by 30% in Q2
Reforms: FG Names 15 New Perm Secs
NNPC: House Probes Oil Importation Cartel
FG Revalidates 489 Mining Titles
Lagos PDP without the Godfather
Day 1 in Kirikiri: ‘He’s an Ordinary Prisoner’
Justice Oyewole: Profile in Courage
Monday, October 26, 2009
Niger Suspension: AC Commends ECOWAS
Centre Treats 4 Cancer Patients
NCC: No Plan to License More Telecoms Operators
Q2: FG Records 43 % Budget Performance
2010 Budget:Executive-Legislature Row Looms
Gas Shortage Threatens 6,000mw Target
Anambra: INEC Bars Soludo from Election Activities
How Libel Suit Landed Bode George in Prison
Assembly May Sanction Afikuyomi over Sunborn Yacht
Paucity of Funds Hinders ANPP, Says Chairman
Dietitians Want Functional Poverty Alleviation Programme
Ex-Militants Threaten Fresh Attack on A’Ibom
FG Earmarks N33bn for Water, Aquaculture
Sultan Appeals for Meaningful Devt
UAD Cautions FG against Deregulation
Workers’ Threat: ‘NLC, TUC, Acting Opposition’s Script’
NDLEA Arrests 3 with Indian Hemp
Zamfara Transports 540 Pilgrims to S’Arabia
Ex-militant, Chief Togo, Protests Neglect by FG
Hajj: Minister Reads Riot Acts to Pilgrims
NEMA Provides Relief Materials for Sacked Community
Tompolo Urges Followers to be Calm
IPMAN Canvasses 15-year Phased Deregulation
Osotimehin Raises Alarm on Non-communicable Diseases
Iwu Cautions on Independent Candidature
Army Moves to Respond to Security Threats
NDIC: Why Banks Failed
Rivers Records N570bn in 2 Years
FG Votes N2bn for Teachers’ Training, Says Adedoja
Akingbola: Court Rejects CBN’s Motion
Climate Change: Developing Countries Push for $400bn Compensation
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Hajj: Govt Secures 5,300 Visa
Council Spends N40m to Rehabilitate Youths
Uduaghan: Why I Don’t Celebrate My Birthdays
2011: PDP Replies Shekarau
Poly Rector: I Didn’t Lose N15m to Robbers
2011: ‘No Automatic Ticket for Ajimobi’
Akpabio, Attah Disagree on Peace in PDP
Go to Court and Be Expelled, PDP Warns Members
Bankole: FG Will Cushion Effects of Deregulation
Electoral Reform: Pressure Mounts on Senate
Manufacturers ‘to Enjoy Uninterrupted Power’
MEND Declares Indefinite Ceasefire
FG Moves to Clear Hazardous Pesticides
Olunloyo Vows to Win Re-run
Electoral Reform: Mega Summit Backs Mass Protest
Senate Moves to Ensure Cassava Content in Flour
Salary: Ekiti Workers Give Oni 14-day Ultimatum
NGO Wages War against Prostitution
Osun : Omisore, Fani-Kayode, 7 Others Join PDP Guber Race
Boat Mishap Claims 6 Lives in Sokoto
HIV: IPU Calls on G-20, Others for Assistance
I Remain Loyal to Ladoja, Says Alao-Akala
NNPC Accuses Major Marketers of Blackmail
PDP Wins Bye-Election in Yola
Amaechi Promises Rivers Steady Power for 5 Years
FG Convenes Inter-Ministerial Parley on Climate Change
N’Assembly’s Sack Threat Triggers Budget Row
Lagos, Ogun, Kaduna Named Hotspots for Ritual Killing
NLC: No Going Back On Oct. 29 Protest
PAN to Produce 10,000 Tractors, 1.2m Motorcycles
NOTAP Faults BPP on N600m Contract
Senate Bill Proposes Commission to Monitor EFCC
FG Boosts Agric with N400bn
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Court Bars FG from Sale of 2. 3 GHZ Band Licences
CJN Queries Appeal Court President over N2bn Bribery Allegation
Golden Eaglets Survive Huge German Scare
Post Amnesty: 7,000 Ex-militants for Documentation in Rivers
Obaigbena: N’Delta Crisis Resolution Rests on 4 Pillars
EFCC Hires Forensic Experts to Trace
Group Advises FG on Niger Delta Dev’t
Agency Tasks X-ray Officials on Management
Assembly Clarifies Position on Speaker
Slow Pace of Dredging Project Irks Govt
NAFDAC Takes Drug War to Canada
Nigerian Analogue Maps Upgrade to Digital
Oshiomhole Assures Tertiary Institutions of Better Deal
Govt to Partner US Firm on Ibom Plant Expansion
Oyinlola Inaugurates N2bn Asphalt Plant
Akpabio Preaches Prudence in NDDC’s Fund Mgt
Govt Lauded over War against Examination Fraud
Uduaghan Charges Perm Secs on Staff Devt
Govt Gives Contractors Marching Orders
House May Repeal Nigerian Railway Corporation Act
NMA Bemoans State of Hospitals
Nig 09: NNPC Assures Nigerian of Regular Fuel Supply
Associates Eulogise Gani at Fidau Prayers
Friday, October 23, 2009
FG’ll Fulfil Agreement With N’Delta - Jonathan
Abuja High Court Stops Soludo
Nigeria Tackles Germany as U-17 World Cup Kicks Off
ASUU Suspends Strike Indefinitely
Shareholders Have Lost their Investments in Troubled Banks – Sanusi
How NNPC Clique Pockets N75m Daily from Fuel Imports
ASUU, Unity Schools Suspend Strike Indefinitely
Imo, Enugu Top PHCN Debtors’ List
62 Trucks: FG/Chad Joint Commission Set to Intervene
Road Accidents: 4,120 Dead, 20,975 Injured in 2009
Osun: Omisore, Fani-Kayode Pick Forms
20 Dead As Cholera Ravages Adamawa
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Fashola, Oshiomhole To Grace Varsity Foundation-Laying Ceremony
‘Nigeria May Experience Tuberculosis Epidemic’
OPEC May Increase Output in December
EFCC Shuts 800 Scam email Addresses
Briton of Nigerian Descent Selected for 2010 UK Election
Obaigbena Moderates Conference at Columbia University
New Tenure Policy to Affect Parastatals, Agencies
CBN Moves to Return ETB to Mike Adenuga
Court Halts Agency from Charging Banks on Signages
Court Remands 3 Persons over Forgery
HURIWA Seeks Compensation for Varsity Students
Delta Revenue Board Explains Tax Reforms
SSS Chief Gives Reason for Political Thuggery
FG Diverts Unspent Money to Road Rehabilitation
Al-Mustapha: Court to Rule on SIP Report
Bode George, Others Know Fate Monday
2011: Another Aspirant Picks Osun PDP Guber Form
‘Ajaokuta Steel Completion, Beyond My Powers’
Controversy Trails Impounded INEC Materials
Anambra: Again, Aggrieved Candidates Sue Soludo
Buhari, Atiku Set to Launch Platform Wednesday
Lagos : PDP’s Day Dreaming, Says Tinubu
...Pays N7.7bn Pension Arrears
A’Court Sacks Olunloyo
Yar’Adua: PIB’ll Reposition NNPC, Promote Investment
FG Sets Up 10-man C’ttee on Aviation
ASUU Set to Call Off Strike
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
PPA Crisis: ’Our Grouse with Igboka’
Lawmaker Bemoans Pace of FG’s Project Implementation
James Bond’s ‘Dr. No’ Dies at 91
Lar: PDP Has No Business Rigging Election
Army Trains over 300 Dependants
Oshiomhole Proposes N5.5bn Supplementary Budget
Oni Tasks FG on Federal Roads
Duty Evasion: Customs Arrests 36, Uncovers N12.6bn Fraud
Alaibe’s Appointment: New Vista for N’Delta
Alaibe Named Special Adviser on Niger Delta
Shekarau: Kano People’ll Defend their Votes
PENGASSAN Asks BPE to Halt Refineries’ Sale
52% Salary Increase Coming for Lecturers
PDP Caretaker C’ttee Dismisses Court Order
‘Vehicle Database’ll Enhance Security’
FIFA U-17: FRSC Deploys 250 Personnel
Desertification: Kano Plants 2.6m Trees
Policeman Kills Okada Man in Lagos
Meltdown: ‘Strict Regulation, Key to Recovery’
...Group Lists Way Forward
Mimiko, Guobadia Give Recipe for Credible Election
Minister Seeks Vocational Training
ECOWAS Suspension: Niger Fights Back
PDP: Osun Guber Form Sale Fraudulent
Etisalat Marks First Anniversary
‘Airport Concession, In Nigeria’s Best Interest’
Nigeria Wants WIPO Regional Office
Senate Defends Politicians on Corruption Charge
Health Insurance: IFC Laments Poor Coverage
Uwais Report: Fashola, Okogie Seek Full Implementation
PIB: NNPC Hits Back at Senate
N13m Scam: ICPC Quizzes Ogun Lawmakers
N200bn Agric Loan: Govs Want Immediate Disbursement
Imo Guber: Court Hears Appeal Nov 12
Court Refuses to Release Atuche from EFCC Custody
Anambra: Appeal Court Reserves Ruling in Uba’s Case
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Youths Surrender Illegal Arms
Govt Promises to Prosecute Killers of Corps Member
‘Fashola Deserves More Years’
Aliero Sets 100 Hectares for Dump Site
AIDS Vaccine: Doctors Release Details
PDP Caretaker C’ttee Alleges Threat
Collapsed Building Kills 2 Students, Injures Others
FG to Launch Fresh Textile Industry Rescue Scheme
Yobe Guber: Mamman Ali Wins in Death
ECOWAS Suspends Niger Republic
Mutiny: Army Retires Indicted Senior Officers
FG: 10% Community Stake Won’t Affect IOCs
PDP: We Must Win Lagos, Kano in 2011
17 Lives Lost to Fire Disaster
Sunborn Yacht: ‘Lagos’ Involvement is Infrastructural’
‘Nigeria-Cameroon Relations Stronger’
Nigeria Plans to Export Cement by 2013
NEXIM Board Asked to Diversify Economy
Anambra: Aggrieved Aspirants Write INEC
Aregbesola: Tribunal Overrules Oyinlola’s Counsel
Assembly Restrains LGs on Excess Crude Fund
2011: Osun SSG Picks Guber Form
Senate Moves to Check Maltreatment of Nigerians Abroad
Laboratories: ETF Votes N15bn for Six Varsities
Court Okays Detention of Sacked Bank MDs
House: 14 Banks in N28bn Property Scam
Global Fund Commits $1.1bn to Fight Malaria
World Stocks Hit New 12-month High
Monday, October 19, 2009
Obi Assures on Roads
‘No Second Term for Failed LG Chiefs’
‘How I Facilitated Creation of N’Delta Ministry’
Oni Begins Defence at Tribunal
Council Boss Wants Special Status for Lagos
No Winner for Mo Ibrahim Prize, Says Foundation
FG to Give N’Delta Communities 10% Stake in JV Businesses
Delta Guber: Uduaghan Floors Ogboru Again at Tribunal
Polymer Scandal: I’m Ready to Defend Myself, Says Soludo
Deregulation: Govt Moves Against Sabotage
FG Earmarks $950m ‘Stimulus’ for N’Delta
2007 Polls: Candidate Walks Out on Appeal Court
Monarch Wants Dele Giwa Immortalised
Appeal Court Hears Uba’s Case Tomorrow
AC Accuses Bauchi of Sabotaging Bye-election
Bakassi: C’River Accuses Cameroon of Violating ‘Green Tree’ Agreement
Sokoto Moves to Check Maternal Mortality
Group Tasks Shell on Ogoni Clean-up
‘We Prefer Mega Party to Alliance’
IPU: Nigeria Backs Uganda’s Proposal against Hunger
Youths Abort Akunyili’s Visit to Nasarawa
Atuche’s Lawyers Demand His Release
Police Uncover Plot to Attack Lagos
CNPP Sues Obasanjo over Corruption
10,000 Lagosians Protest Epileptic Power Supply
Civil Defence Issues Licence to 1,000 Firms
Anambra 2010: Court Cautions Journalists
Sunburn Yacht: Assembly Summons Afikuyomi, Others
Lagos Loses Hotel Consumption Law Case
N’Assembly, BPP Differ over Budget Implementation
Bank Crisis: CBN, Aondoakaa Dragged to Court
OPEC Scribe Dismisses Claim of Alternative Fuel
GAT: House Orders Parties to Maintain Status Quo
EFCC Quizzes Finance Controllers, Secretaries of 5 Banks
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Utomi, Others for ‘Holidays & Cash’ Awards
Govt Partners Cuba over Malaria
‘We’ll Sustain Relationship with Trade Unions’
Desertification: 35 Communities Get N19.6m
Group Threatens to Sue FG over Oil Majors
MDGs: ‘Hand Washing Campaign Critical’
UNICEF Tasks Media on Child Mortality
EC Votes 190m Euros for Post-Amnesty Programme
Ondo Assembly Adjourns Indefinitely over Thugs’ Protest
Rivers: Omehia Wants S’Court to Reverse Self
Presidency Shares Responsibilities between Akunyili, Bilbis
Nigerian Airlines May Collapse, Operators Cry Out
Revealed: Why FG Moved Deregulation Take-off Date
Hajj: NCAA Certifies Medview, Trade Craft, Others
‘Why Prison Congestion Persists’
Abuja Light Rail: FCTA Pays N400m Compensation
Auto Accident Claims 7 Lives
Plateau Crisis : PDP Govs Wade-in
Police Dislodge Robbery Gang
Delta Guber: Ogboru, Uduaghan Know Fate Today
2011: Bamusa Joins Guber Race
FG to Upgrade 6 Medical Centres
... Plans N20bn Agric Projects for Gombe
Incorporate Morals into Schools’ Curricula, Akpabio Advises Northern Governors
FCTA, Chinese Firm Sign MOU on Mass Housing, Others
Mark Leads Nigerian Delegation to IPU Conference
NDLEA Arrests Corps Member with Cocaine
Ibru to Sue Sanusi, Muhtar for ‘Contempt’
Oando Signs MoU with Gazprom on Gas Devt
Group Moves to Reconcile Daniel, Assembly
FG Moves to Diversify Power Generation Sources
EFCC Summons 100 Debtors Today
Imo Guber: A’Court Fixes October 21 for Agbaso’s Case
Court Resumes Uba’s Case Today
Anambra: PDP Expands Reconciliation C'ttee
CBN Releases N650.7bn into Economy
Saturday, October 17, 2009
ECOWAS Imposes Sanctions on Guinea, Niger
Northern Govs Raise N5bn for Sardauna Foundation
SEC Summons Operators over Market Infractions
Yar’Adua Okays Ukura As Auditor-General
EFCC Arrests Ojo, Ex-Spring Bank MD
Inflation, Interest Rates Fall
Govt, Others Offer Varsity Scholarship to 40 Youth
SON Destroys N8bn Substandard Goods
Police Parade 17 Armed Robbery, Suspects
Budget: BPP Reads Riot Act to Govt Agencies
Pro-Chancellor Carpets VCs over Varsity Crisis
Shinkafi Challenges Politicians on Service Delivery
Ensure N’Delta Devt, Retired Justice Tells Leaders
N’Delta: Lawmakers Seek Extension of JTF’s Duty Tour
Oyo Trains Women on Skill Acquisition
Board Earmarks N91m for Facility Upgrade
Court Order: Nnewi Market Leaders Frustrate Bailiff
Expired Drugs Destroyed by Kaduna State
Akpabio Tasks Navy on Sea Pirates, Robbers
‘Modernisation Can’t Kill Christianity’
Commission Assures on Abia/Anambra Boundary
NBA Lauds FG over UN Security Council Seat
Suswan Blames Lecturers for Varsities’ Problems
How to Achieve Vision 20:2020, By Shonekan
Fire Scare at Abuja Airport
FG, Labour Meet over Deregulation
Friday, October 16, 2009
Mend Threatens Attacks as Ceasefire Ends
Edo to Sue USA, Britain over Stolen Art Works
Ghana Wins World Cup, Makes History
EFCC Detains Atuche, Ololo
Yar’Adua Approves New Job Schedule for Petroleum Ministers
Adenuga to Recapitalise ETB with $150m
Senate Suspends Plenary for PIB
Police Nab Six Suspected Kidnappers, Rescue Nursing Officer
N5b: EFCC Moves to Apex Court over Wike
Britain Faults FG on Mgt of Oil Resources
LASU Staff Attack THISDAY Correspondent
El-Rufai Petitions UN over Passport
Call Akala to order, Group Counsels PDP
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Post-Amnesty: FG Accused of Double Standards
Ohakim Faulted over N40bn Bond
Govt Partners Chinese Firm to Revamp Cocoa Industry
Udenwa Replies Critics
Police: 494 Killed in 2 Years
MDGs: ‘Nigeria Must Take Leadership Position’
Ekweremadu: Senate’ll Pass Petroleum Bill Soon
Anambra Guber: PDP Sets up Reconciliation C’ttee
Buhari, Atiku Warn on Possible Revolt by the People
NITEL: BPE Disqualifies MTN, Glo, Zain, Etisalat
Nigeria Wins UN Security Council Seat
Atiku: I’m Ready to Settle My Debt
‘Illegal Hawkers of Agric Seeds’ll Be Prosecuted’
Bauchi Gets New Speaker
Fashola: Human Activities Impact Negatively on Ecosystem
Iwu Asks Politicians to Emulate Awo
Obi Flags-off Construction of 1,000 Classrooms
Ibru: Al-Mustapha Asks Court to Reject Report
‘Diarrhoea Kills 440,000 Children Yearly’
Ondo Assembly in Rowdy Session over New Lawmaker
Graft: Ex-NDLEA Boss Admits Collecting N.45m
Oyinlola Demands Another Police Report from Aregbesola
Ogundeji: Coroner Fixes Verdict for Oct 27
Banking Reform: Senate Moves to Back CBN, EFCC
‘Oil Sector Deregulation’ll Tackle Corruption’
Youth Leader, Brother Killed in Factional Feud
Climate Change: Africa’s $67bn Bail-out Bid Unsettles G-77
Aso TV Scam: Amb.Yussuf Absolves Self
Dambazau: Army’ll Obey Court Verdicts
Sunborn Yatch: Lagos Denies Financial Involvement
Bankole: Electoral Reforms, Beyond Legislations
Oil Wells: Quick Resolution Underway, Says Imoke
FG’s Projections on Privatisation Fail
Sack Rumour Unsettles FAAN Workers
House Moves to Establish Congressional Watchdog
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Global Economic Rebound Pushes Oil above $75 a Barrel
FG Fires Security Chief over el-Rufai, Ribadu
Anambra: PDP Aspirants Allege N420m Bribery
Again, CBN Releases Names of ‘Non-Performing’ Debtors
Dangote: Why We Embarked on Staff Rationalisation
LP Lawmaker Gets Certificate of Return
Group Lauds FG, N’Delta Leaders over Amnesty
AC Commends A’Court’s Decision
Court Restrains IG from Arresting Witness
At Last, FG Pays Ajaokuta Workers
W’Bank Spends N10bn on Calabar Water Project
Guineans Protest In Lagos, Want Camara Ousted
Traffic Controllers: We Won’t Shut Airspace
Flood Takes Over Lagos
Road Rehabilitation: Senate Summons Works Minister Over Utilisation of 2009 Budget
Tinubu Advocates Single Tenure for INEC Chair
FG Disburses $4.6bn for Power Projects
Why We Didn’t Sit, By Ekiti Assembly
LPG: Senate Urges FG to Partner Private Sector
‘Wamakko Not Returning to ANPP’
Condemnation Trails Killings at Bundu Waterfront
Group Writes Yar’Adua on Police Killings
FG Sued over Deregulation
Major Oil Firm Staff Arrested for Hoarding Fuel
House Probes Missing N4.9bn Sugar Fund
ICPC: Slow Trial Breeds Corruption
NDLEA Nabs Grandmother, Others over Cocaine
Senate Summons NYSC Boss over Slain Corps Member
EFCC May Slam Fresh Charges Against Akingbola
President Commends OPEC for Stabilising Oil Price
FEC Okays Vision 2020 Blueprint
Yar’Adua, Yayi, Chirac, Others Sign Pact on Fake Drugs
Global Crisis: Ezekwesili Gives Conditions for Growth
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
OPC, Ex-Lamaker Deny Links With Osogbo Killing
‘FG, ASUU Face-off to Be Resolved Soon’
PPA’ll Resist Rigging
N’Delta: Amnesty Programme Was Divinely Inspired, Says Mimiko
Senate C’ttee Tasks Govts on NHIS
Assembly Suspends 20 LG Chairmen, Deputies
Political Reform: Buhari, Atiku, Ojukwu, Others Storm Senate
Anambra: Our Signatures were Forged, Aspirants Say
Iwu Faults Uwais’ Panel on Unbundling of INEC
11 States Hold up Power Emergency
FG Orders Hospitals to Treat Gunshot Victims
IMF Endorses Nigeria’s Oil Industry Reform Bill
Ex-Beauty Queen Sued for N200m
Al-Mustapha: Court Orders Trial Within Trial
Journalists Assaulted as EFCC Arraigns Ex-Bank Manager
Group Protests as Ibori Promises to Defend N’Delta
NAN Chief Weeps as Journalists Honour Ajayi
Oni Berates Anti-Corruption Agencies
Uncertainty Over FG's Directive on General Aviation Terminal
Reddington Commissions Cardiac Centre
Global Crisis: We Didn’t Act on Time, Says VP
Senate Endorses CBN’s Banking Sector Reform
House Halts New Land Charges in Abuja
‘Nigeria Can Get 18,000mw from Renewable Energy’
FG Spends N600bn on Subsidy
Polymer Bank Notes: Sanusi Seeks Explanation
Shell Onshore Production Drops to 120,000bpd
Monday, October 12, 2009
Govt Partners Council On Curriculum
UNN Alumni Donates N1.2m Materials to Alma Mater
Meltdown: FG Urged to Tackle Energy, Corruption
Gaidam Offers Civil Servants 50% Discount on Houses
Money Laundering: Ibori Knows Fate Nov 6
NLC Reiterates Opposition to Deregulation
Aviation Workers Suspend Strike
Akingbola, Ibru’s Aides to be Repatriated
Governors Can Defect to Other Parties, Court Rules
Aspirants, Delegates Demonstrate against Soludo
Kinsmen Seek Udenwa’s Sack
Oni: I’m Not Behind Plot to Remove Speaker
Dambazau Seeks Integration of Military Justice into Judicial System
Adamawa: Court Voids Councils’s Tenure Reduction
Majority of Aspirants Behind Soludo, Says Muo-Aro
Bakassi: ‘Nigerians Still Being Harassed by Camerounians’
Our Fears for Vision 2020, By Mark
FG Charges Oil Firms on Policy Review
5 Journalists Receive Grants to Investigate Maternal Deaths
Yoruba Elders’ Council Mourns Otegbeye
Nigeria’s Non Oil Export Hits $900m
‘Okorie Can’t Abuse Court Process’
Constitution Review: ‘House Report Ready Before Dec.’
FCID Takes over Osun Murder Case
Doubts Over 6,000 mw Power Target
Amaechi Appeals for Calm as Residents Protest
ASUU: FG May Direct Onosode to Resume Negotiation
Safe Tower Project: ‘Fake Firms, Ministry Officials Bidded’
Yar’Adua Summons Extra Ordinary Summit on Guinea, Niger
Oil Block: FG Appeals Judgment
Sacked Bank CEOs Petition Senate, Demand Audience
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Road Records 1,162 Accidents in 9 Months
Ladoja’s Aide Joins Alao-Akala’s Camp
Firm Gives Panacea to Power Crisis
Shinkafi vs ANPP: Court Delivers Judgment on Defection Today
Govt Pleads for Calm over Corps Member’s Death
Aliero Sues Assembly over Hand-over Note
Another Accident Claims 12 Lives
N100bn Suit: Gbaramatu Kingdom Canvasses Out-of-Court Settlement
Aviation Workers’ Strike Unlawful, Says Minister
PIB: FG, Multinationals Begin Dialogue over Tax
Uwais Faults FG’s Stand on INEC
Australia, EFCC Probe CBN Polymer Bribe Scandal
Fuel Prices to Go Up Nov 1
‘N90bn Paid as Ransom to Kidnappers’
Mimiko Mourns Otegbeye
Firm Seeks Enforcement of Tribunal Ruling
Delta to Spend N21bn on IPP
Gas Explosion Kills 2 in Akwa Ibom
Ohu: Lagos Rules Out Coroner’s Inquest
‘11 Northern States Under Threat of Drought’
Obi Faults Ngige on Multiple Accident
Ex-Guinean PM Visits Nigeria
EFCC Explains Clamp Down on Debtors
Golden Jubilee: IBB, Orji, Obaigbena Call for Unity
Financial Stability Ratings: Britain Sinks Below Nigeria
Lagos Decentralises Building Approval Process
‘Why Yar’Adua Shunned UN General Assembly’
Lower Company Income Tax Underway, Says FIRS Boss
Lekki: 35 Firms Pledge $1.5bn Investment
Climate Change: $200m Voted for Nigeria, S’Africa
FG: Nigeria’ll Not Enter Recession
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Shinkafi: Why We Can’t Win Anti-graft War
Zenith Bank Plans N300bn Bond
GAT: Aviation Workers Begin Strike
12 Years After, Abiola Family to Reconcile Today
Soludo, Anosike, Our Last Resort in Anambra, Says PDP
Supplementary Budget Underway for N’Delta
Poly Unveils Robot Engineering Course
Jang Releases Excess Crude Fund to LGs
Govt Inaugurates Infants’ HIV/AIDS Lab
NUC Justifies Closure of Olympic Varsity
Firms Tasked on War Against HIV/AIDS
Power: ‘FG Should Target 50,000mw’
‘Ladoja Yet to Return to PDP’
Bizman Appeals to NDLEA over Properties
N’Delta: Group Advises FG over JTF
Govt Moves against Fraudsters
West African Gas Project Ready, Says Obanikoro
7 Months After, Assembly Recalls Suspended Members
FADAMA Project Gets N56m Boost
How to Ensure Bright Future, By Brass LNG Boss
Britain to Assist Nigeria in Drug War
‘Why We Embarked on Radical Reforms on Banks’
Amnesty: Nigeria Can Solve Her Problems – ACF
Sponsorship Seminar Underway
Lagos Records 75% Budget Performance
Cultism: Labour Party Backs Imoke
Iyabo Obasanjo Predicts Low Maternal Mortality
Turai, Maitama Sule Back Western Sahara Independence
Oshiomhole Threatens to Withdraw from UBE
Senate: Amended Constitution Ready Before 2011 Polls
Friday, October 09, 2009
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Obasanjo: I Have Created 6,000 Jobs
Yar’Adua Holds Post-Amnesty Meeting With Ex-Militants
ASUU Suspends Strike for Two Weeks
Anambra Poll: PDP Settles for Soludo
Group Berates Benin Elders over Egwu
Imoke Inaugurates Ecological Fund Committee
Telecom Investment in Nigeria Hits $18bn
Elder Statesman, Otegbeye Dies at 84
70 Killed in Anambra Multiple Accident
Customs Boss Sues Keyamo, Others for Defamation
Mark: Nigerians Will Have Final Say on Constitution
Thursday, October 08, 2009
150 Trained on Modern 'Kilishi’ Production
NDE Trains 14,865 Youths in 25 States
Yoruba Community Donates Equipment to Hospitals
Abuja Undeveloped Plots’ Owners Get Deadline
ILO, NECA Make Case for SMEs
Salary Scale: Laboratory Scientists Allege Exclusion
Former SARS OC Denies Investigating Ogundeji’s Death
Report Forecasts Oil Depletion in 10 years
Mining Sector to Contribute 20% to GDP
Anambra: Drama, Tension as Nomination Closes
Buhari, Atiku Agree to Float New Party
Supplementary Budget: Saraki Seeks Quick Passage
Family Announces Peter Ajayi’s Funeral
N’Delta: Group Opposes Proposed Security Agency
Experts Decry Spread of Breast Cancer
2 Die in Road Accident
Senate Urges FG to Avert Lake Nyos Collapse
Assembly Denies Plot to Impeach Wamakko
AC Wants Detained Lawmaker Released
Sokoto ANPP Suspends Chairman
Kutigi Seeks More Fund for State Judiciary
Ekwunife Floors Etiaba, to Pick PPA Ticket
FG Wants Names of Drug Convicts from U.K
‘Obi’s Priority is to Deliver Democracy Dividends’
27 Political Parties Present Candidates for Election
Tribunal: Fayemi Closes Case
House Seeks Honour for Slain Corps Member
Aregbesola: Tribunal Adjourns Till Monday
Police Lose 5 Officers to Kidnap Gang
Transport Sector Probe: Senate C’ttee Submits Report
Post Amnesty: Increase Derivation, S’South Caucus Urges
FG Acquires 25 Locomotives
15,000 Militants Disarm
Adamawa: ‘Poor Hygiene Caused Cholera Outbreak’
2011: Ibibio Insist on Endorsing Akpabio
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Ghost Workers: Govt Adopts e-Payment
Firm Raises $750m for Infrastructure
Sultan: Polio Vaccines Not Harmful
VC Wants ASUU, FG to End Strike
Strange Disease Claims 100 Lives in Adamawa
The Titanic Battle for Nigeria’s Oil...
EFCC Links Capital Market Boom to Manipulation
In Anambra, PDP Stalemate Continues
How Obasanjo’s Negligence Cost Nigeria over $18bn
No More War, Militants Assure Oshiomhole
Fayemi Adopts Documents at Tribunal
Retrial: Aregbesola Tenders Evidence
Customs Intercepts Arms at Apapa Port
Economic Gains of Amnesty, By Tanimu
NIMC: Consortia Submit Report of PIA Study
Constitution: ‘Senate'll Ignore Mischief Makers’
Ghanaian Electoral Chief Advises on Free, Fair Elections
Senate Withdraws Yar’Adua’s Bill on Police
FERMA: House Probes Non-Remittance of Fuel Tax
FG Awards 24 Contracts Worth N170bn
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Oil Majors Move to Scuttle $50bn Chinese Offer
Ex-Commissioner Lauds Yar’Adua over Amnesty
Govs’ Forum Backs Osotimehin on Malaria, Polio
Over 6, 000 for Hajj
Senate Considers Bill on Compulsory Treatment of Gunshot Victims
UN Knocks Nigeria’s APCs
Africa Deserves Stake in Global Economy, Says IMF
Yar'Adua Proposes Security Agency for Niger Delta
Anambra Poll: Court Halts Okorie-led APGA
Keyamo: Court Resolves Disagreement with Wife
Saraki Condoles Mimiko over Journalists’ Death
18 Communities Get Fadama Loans
Industrialist Decries Infrastructure Decay
Akpabio Tasks Institute on National Security
Gaidam Boosts Councils’ Action Plan with N569m
Senator Quizzed over Alleged Murder
PDP May Lose Again, Says Daboh
Illegal Withdrawals: House C'ttee Seeks Explanation from NAC
THISDAY Editor Charges Journalists on Conflict Reporting
Police, Anti-IMF Protesters Clash in Istanbul
House, NDDC Clash over Budget Utilisation
HURIWA Backs Imoke’s Anti-Cult Crusade
FG Earmarks N.2bn for Made-in-Nigeria Campaign
INEC: D’Speaker Exonerates Self from Arson
HSBC Boosts Housing in Nigeria with N225bn
FG to Disburse $2bn Excess Crude Fund Next Week
Banking Reform: Sanusi, Waziri Fail to Brief Senate
FMBN, HSBC to Float N225bn Housing Bond
EFCC Files Charges against UBEC Boss
Yar’Adua Submits Expenditure Framework to Senate
Monday, October 05, 2009
Muhtar: Budget 2010 to Be Pegged at $50
EFCC Files Fresh Charges Against Boni Haruna
Oyinlola: Why I’m Against Oba Aromolaran
‘Council Has Power to Arrest, Detain’
Don Advises Politicians on Media
National Honour Awardees Decry Unending Strikes
Govt Awards Rural Electrification Contracts
Yuguda Releases N1.6bn for Hand Pumps
Furore in Communities over Monarch’s Selection
Ogundeji: Coroner Summons SARS Officer
BankPHB, Spring Bank Placed on Technical Suspension
Linking Governance and Development
Governance Index: Nigeria Improves Ranking
PDP Considers Options for Anambra
Five Vie for PPA Governorship Ticket
INEC Seeks Transparency
Ekiti May Probe Road Maintenance Agency
More Criticisms Trail PDP Ward Congress
Ribadu, Emeagwali, Others to Honour Fawehinmi in U.S.
PDP Wants Legislature, Executive Cooperation
Lawyer Faults States’ Funding of Superior Courts
Architects Task FG on Mass Housing
Oyo Woos Graduates for Mass Transit Project
Implement Uwais C’ttee’s Report, AC Urges FG
‘N’Assembly Members Can’t Propagate Good Laws’
‘NHIS, Right Step in Right Direction’
CGG Nigeria Sued over Shares Appropriation
Climate Change: Uduaghan, Fashola Sign Declaration
FG Owes Military Pensioners N17bn Arrears
‘Another GSM Firm May Emerge from NITEL’
Illegal Deductions: States Yet to Agree
House Resumes, Tackles 70 Reports, 29 Bills
Amnesty: Militants Drag Yar’Adua to Court
Sunday, October 04, 2009
‘OPC Committed to Yoruba Cause’
Cleric Advises Politicians on 2011
Group Seeks Solution to Power Crisis
NDE to Train 120 Unemployed Youths
FG Urged to Invest More in Healthcare Delivery
EFCC Keeps Watch over Sacked Bank MDs
Presidency: After Amnesty, Yar‘Adua to Restore Order in N’Delta
Anambra: PDP Flagbearer Uncertain as Deadline Nears
Refineries: New Privatisation Policy out Soon
FG to Inject $2bn Lifeline into Economy
Global Warming: Delta Urged to Intensify Effort
ADC Running to Win, Says Nwosu
FCT: Aliero Extends Old Land Rates Till Nov 30
CNPP Makes Case for Electoral Reforms
Investments Tribunal Resolves 300 Cases
Ekiti Set to Collect Tolls from Abuja-bound Vehicles
Etiaba Stresses Need for Internal Democracy in Parties
INEC Staff’s Death: Onovo Orders Arrest of 5 Officers
Food Security: Lagos Okays 1,000 Hectares for Farming
FG Plans to Develop Coal for Power
ANPP to Recall Members from Sambo’s Administration
Ex-ICPC Boss Canvasses Moral Among Youths
Amnesty: PDP Commends FG
NSITF Appoints Acting MD
Stop Equating Politics with Devt, Edo AC Tells Anenih
Amnesty: ‘Call Abbe to Order’
Ayodele, Spring Bank’s New Boss, Assures Stakeholders
CBN Reform: ‘Success’ll Be Determined by Restoration of Confidence’
Group Threatens Ogbulafor with 1m Man March
WHO: 4m Receiving Treatment for HIV/AIDS
Darfur: Nigeria’s APCs’re Substandard, Says UN Inspectors
Babalola Wants Confidence Restored in Financial System
Police to acquire Equipment to Track Kidnappers
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Banks’ Audit: The Worst is Over, Say Operators
ASUU Strike Ends This Week, Says Oshiomhole
Yar’Adua Seals Peace Between Sylva, Alaibe
Niger Delta: The Time is Now…
Tompolo Beats Amnesty Deadline, Meets President
Marginalisation: Ohaneze Makes Case for Ndigbo
Assembly Passes 17 Laws in 8 Months
FG Targets Students’ Leaders as Change Agents
Group Seeks Law to Check Foreign Loans
‘Professionals to Head Army Public Relations’
Graft: Lafiaji Opens Defense Oct 15
Militants Surrender Weapons in Koko
Assembly Clears 12 Commissioner-Nominees
FG Renews Commitment to Senior Citizens’ Welfare
Akpabio Assents State’s Additional Budget Bill
Healthcare: NDDC Partners GE, Canadian Firm
How Not to Amend Constitution, By NBA
Edo Awards N9bn Contracts to Hitech
Wamakko Tasks NUJ on Devt
NDDC Takes Healthcare to Community
Anambra 2010: Obiora Commends Bankole over Delegates’ List
Fashola Decries Politics of LG Creation
Anenih, Ogbemudia Reconcile, Pledge Common Front
...Akerele Threatens Legal Action
Nigeria to Float Sovereign Wealth Fund
PPA Convention: Kalu Advises on 7-point Agenda
5 Banks: Why CBN Intervened, by Sanusi
Friday, October 02, 2009
Swept By the Gale
PDP Suspends Anambra Guber Primary
We Can’t Rule Out Possibility of Prosecution, Says Sanusi
FATE OF FIVE BANKS
CBN Confirms Sack of MDs of BankPHB, ETB, Springbank
Kubwa Residents Vow to Resist Planned Demolition
PPA Moves to Replace Ebri, Akerele
Obi, Anambra Aspirants Cheat Death
Lukman Announces Sanctions to Improve Discharge of Products
IMF Seeks Global Lender of Last Resort
Anambra PDP: Group Wants Violence Promoters Arrested
63 Militants Surrender in A’Ibom
Oceanic Bank Gets 4 New Executive Directors
...The New chief executives
The Old...Chief Executives
As Lemo Reads the Riot Act to Five Banks…
Thursday, October 01, 2009
CBN Meets Chairmen, CEOs of 5 Banks
Uduaghan Canvasses Respect for Environment
Akerele Advises PPA Members to Shun Convention
LBS Roundtable: Utomi Gives Recipe for Oil, Gas Devt
Govt Moves against Desert Encroachment
Meltdown: Nwuche Wants More Funds for Banks
Lar: Hope Still Alive for Nigeria at 49
Libya Deports 734 Nigerians
IMF Predicts Growth Slowdown for Nigeria in 2009
Ateke Tom Surrenders, Pressure Mounts on Tompolo
Fake Engineer Arraigned
Akala Moves to Dissolve Traditional Council
Telecoms: Nigeria Needs $25bn Investment
NEITI Begins S’South Road Show
Lawmakers Reject Result
Ngige: I Want to Complete My Blueprint
Congress C’ttee Faults Okoronkwo
APGA: ‘INEC Didn’t Defy Court Ruling’
PDP Guber: Confusion as Soludo, Okonkwo Threaten Boycott
CAC Official, 3 Others in EFCC’s Net
Suspected Assassins Abduct, Release Year-old Boy
NITEL:Submission of Bids Now Ends Oct 26
Bakare Predicts a Flourishing Nigeria
Nigeria’ll Overcome Someday, Says Bankole
Power Crisis: Experts Suggest Renewable Energy
Jonathan Leads Prayer Session for Nigeria
Nigeria, China Celebrate Common History
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