Vanguard Newspaper Archive for August 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Monarch laments increasing road accidents on highways
Mystery death in Minna!As man dies in vehicle
Islamic scholars battle man with 86 wives!
Bakassi returnees overwhelm Akwa Ibom
5 feared killed as building collapses in Abeokuta
Andoni militants kill 6, raze community in Akwa Ibom
Confusion mars Anambra PDP rescheduled congress
Why we can’t curb rape, by Kaduna police
You can’t stop poll into 57 LGAs in Lagos, Fashola tells Aondoakaa
Malu: How I saved ex-defence chief from Obasanjo
Lagos IYC faults critics of NDDC’s youth programme
Friday, August 29, 2008
Yar’Adua: From Germany’s Horst Schmidt Klinik to Saudi’s King Fahd Hospital
Iwu faults character of Nigeria’s politics
Robbers kill 15 Igbo traders
We are praying for him to recover — Nigerians
Jamb releases MPCE results, cancels 6,184
Why we passed Fatwa on Islamic preacher with 86 wives –Imam Ashafa
YCE tasks Yar’Adua to address imbalance in appointments
Africa For Obama: EFCC must recover funds -Reps
Lagos shuts 3rd Mainland Bridge totally
Ijaw warn against marginalization of Jonathan, threaten to sue Yar’Adua
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Ramadan: Yobe releases N70m for breaking of fast
35% of land in 11 states now desert—JANI IBRAHIM
Bankole tasks youths on leadership
Nigeria banks lose N7.3bn to cyber fraud
Belgore satisfied with tribunal judgments
Gastro enteritis claims 3 lives in Sokoto
FG approves reclamation of abandoned mines
Director appeals for subsidy of poor patients
Weak educational structure bane of Vision 2020—ASIODU
Enugu sets up Fadama c’ttee
Congress: 7,000 pick PDP nomination forms in Anambra
Ebonyi seeks World Bank support on education
Traders close shops for MASSOB in Asaba
N-Delta crisis: Militants fault use of force
Cocoa producing states brainstorm in Asaba
MEND asks Julius Berger to complete projects in N'Delta
N'Delta: Youth Parliament seeks release of outstanding NDDC funds
Uduaghan signs Fiscal Responsibility Bill into law
Rivers begs kidnappers to release abducted Israeli
New service chiefs take over command of armed forces
Akeredolu, SAN, emerges NBA President
Scrap full time National Assembly—Utomi
Sorcery: NDDC lied over missing N800m—Police
Delta PDP: Clark carpets Ogbulafor
PTDF recovers $14m of $20m controversial fund
Pension: PENCOM set to publish names of defaulting employers
Envoy justifies action in Russia/Georgia
Resolve N-Delta crisis now, Economic
Tribunal upholds Oni's election
Fishermen blame N-Delta militancy on fishery neglect
Armed Forces College appoints new commandant
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Obi assures on infrastructure
Intellectual property will increase Nigeria’s GDP—ADEWOPO
Enugu Assembly wants Law School fees reduced
Egbu commends Abia at 17
FCMB posts N20.52bn gross profit
Nigeria now world’s highest producer of cassava
Don threatens to quit office if...
ADB to collaborate with Bauchi on projects
Kano, World Bank, DFID in deal on project implementation
FG approves review of 2% CRF disbursement formula
INEC condemns consensus candidacy in elections
Lecturer sues Abia Poly
NUJ to parley with stakeholders
Chime moves to decongest Enugu Prisons
PPA rejects NUD’s call for ING
Madueke tasks FERMA on Afikpo-Abakaliki road
Crisis looms in Sapele over impeachment plot
Board urges militants to apply for scholarship
CLO asks FG to investigate JTF's killing of pregnant woman, others
Militant kept me on my toes —Ojediran
A-Ibom records 50,000 Bakassi returnees
Rivers Assembly passes motion to curb tax evasion
Fresh Siemens’ deal weakens anti-graft war— AC
Immunity: Momoh wants laws to tame public office holders
FG, states, LGs share N78.7b from Excess Crude Account
UNIBEN Deputy Registrar assassinated
EFCC to investigate missing N1.5trn Energy Fund
Yar'Adua's govt has failed, declare Ikimi, others
CBN rolls out conditions for banking licence
Suspect admits taking poisoned cannabis before killing 3
Pros, cons of FG's move to stabilise capital market
N-Delta crisis has perilous implications —Anyaoku
Shekarau blames rot in education on govt
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Foreign airlines to participate in 2008 hajj operations —Commission
Nnam bridge collapses
My greatest challenge at INEC —COMMISSIONER
Kano distributes 53 SUVs to monarchs
Man machetes 7 to death in Yobe
Ughelli South LG boss wins award
Mortality rate: Sylva's spouse hails Turai
30,000 jostle for admission in UNIBEN
FG sets fresh 6,000 mgwt power generation target
Nigeria, Iran open discussion on nuclear power
Investors rush for Nigeria’s new mineral map
Kwara Assembly recommends screening of contractors
S-East PDP wants FG to redress injustices against Ndigbo
Obiwuzie advocates political culture for PDP
NULGE strike: Imo moves to resolve impasse
No regret handing over to Elechi—Egwu
Andy Uba still in the past—Ogbulafor
Degema community raises alarm over fresh JTF attacks
Delta PDP leaders back Brume’s parley with Uduaghan
Delta House urges LGs to open up blocked drainages
NDDC acknowledges IMG concern on
N'Delta youth activist arrested, jailed in US, deported
Gov Osunbor tasks Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board
ICPC boss seeks divine help in corruption war
Reps defend Bakassi handover
Jimoh Ibrahim acquires National Mirror
Assault: Journalist sues NNPC for N1bn
Police nab five suspected kidnappers
FAAN ordered to re-open second runway at MMIA
INEC has no laws to sanction political parties — IWU
Imoke inaugurated afresh, tasks Cross River people
Dariye loot: British lawyers collect £500 per hour
Ekpan contractors threaten to seal up Warri Refinery
Azazi, others retire voluntarily
US electoral process against external funding, says Carrington
FG earns N15bn annually from airports —Alison-Madueke
Monday, August 25, 2008
Oil firms funded NDDC with N30bn in 2007 —Omiyi
Bonga Attack: MEND alleges being offered $500,000.00 bribe to implicate Niger Dock
Delta seeks NDDC’s assistance in devt
Police continues offensive on Abuja journalists
Yoruba leader lauds Bauchi govt
Son kills father in Adamawa
NDDC scam: Edem seeks variation of bail conditions
NAPTIP trains border officials on trafficking
APGA faults calls for Okereke-Onyiuke’s sack
Stakeholders commend Anambra PDP congress c’ttee
Cultism bane of graduates in Nigeria —Dep Governor
Man shot dead by robbers
Security forces invade Uga over prayer session
IYDA faults IYC president over comment on IMG
Detained lawyer's family demands justice from IG
INEC loses bid to halt retrial of Mariam Ali's petition against Osakwe
Human rights group demands release of Okrika king
Govt House thieves are blackmailers — Uduaghan
Stop sabotaging urban taxi scheme—Uduaghan
Oba Funso Adeolu passes on
Court remands Ekiti OPC leader in prison
NECO uncovers N9m exam fees fraud
NITEL/MTEL to get core investor as BNP gets NCP nod
PenCom verifies pensioners’ claims
Carrington calls for justice in Niger Delta
Fashola, concessionaire sign N40bn LIP pact
Democracy working in Nigeria—Iwu
Bayelsa House denies probing Jonathan’s tenure
Govt to penalise landlords without insurance cover
Court grants Botmang bail for N100m
JTF shoots passenger boat in error, kills 3
US grants boosts agric with N2.9bn agric
EU project donates 12 vehicles to Gombe govt
Ugochukwu dismisses stroke rumour
Nduka appointed Tansian varsity VC
Anyim, conscience of the nation — NWODO
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Cardinal Arinze advises against divorce
Ogbe-Ijoh, Alaja communities flex muscles
C-River re-run election waste of resources—LG boss
Elumelu donates vehicle to police
FG takes over prosecution of 14 Filipinos
Youths 'll disrupt proposed gas pipeline to Lagos unless..., IDA warns
Imoke wins C-River re-run guber poll
Split Housing from Environment Ministry—MINISTER
VC, Vet Council trade blames over non-accreditation
‘Fighting corruption in Nigeria is risky’
Niger revenue board decries non-payment of taxes
12 students nabbed for exam malpractice
Bishops lament spate of terrorism, kidnapping
Edo Speaker dismisses alleged plan to impeach Osunbor
60 PG students raise dust over varsity’s MBA programme
IYC faults IMG’s stance
Itsekure faults FG's gas plan
FG to announce development package for Niger Delta soon, says Orubebe
I 'll ensure my successor continues with Vision 2020 — UDUAGHAN
Private, public sectors collude on corruption, says ICPC boss
My life is in danger
EFCC fires 11 officials
25 women, 90 babies die in childbirth
Nigeria, IMF in fresh deal
Cecilia Ibru
Traditional rulers storm INEC office over delimitation
Warning on N-Delta! We must avoid another Biafra — Oyegun
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Looming fuel price hike is open invitation to chaos—Adamu Song
Ijaw warn South Africa embassy over NDDC’s skill acquisition training
Delta CNPP disowns scribe over comments
Accommodate all, CNPP charges Lagos electoral body
Police lauded for being in forefront of character reform
Sorcery allegation: Ijaw threatens protest march * Gives 30-days ultimatum
Monarch tasks NULGE on peace
Seven INEC commissioners step down tomorrow
Arewa Consultative Forum lauds Akpabio over welfare of Bakassi returnees
Electrocuted couple:Babangida gives succour to children
No plan to impeach Osunbor— Anenih group
EFCC report on corrupt govs missing
You erred! Malu blasts FG over service chiefs ouster
Low turnout mars Cross River re-run poll
Auchi Poly student shot dead
Friday, August 22, 2008
Bathed in acid by housemate, Penticost seeks justice 24years after
Gun men abduct twins
Robbers raid bank in Ebonyi
Reps uncover $2.3bn NNPC fraud
Governors identify root of N-Delta problems
Sacked community sends SOS to Ogun Governor
Bankole summons NSA, ministers, service chiefs over arms supply to N-Delta militants
Nigeria flares 125 million cubic feet of gas — Minister
Foreign donors at war with EFCC
ANPP loses bid to stop today’s fresh guber poll
Militants demanded N50m ransom for our release, says released Ondo chiefs
Builders blame collapsed buildings on govt
PWYP faults NNPC over N3bn loan
68-yr-old hemp suspect arrested afresh
Gov Amaechi tasks Federal Civil Service Commission
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Katsina launches eight mass transit buses
Kogi Assembly passes 11 bills, 183 motions
Ogun leases Gateway Hotels for 25 yrs
Police detain Ekiti OPC leader over alleged robbery
Osun drivers beat 10 FRSC operatives
Anambra House okays Bill
Senate assures on South-East roads
FRSC tasks Special Marshals on good conduct
‘No second term for incompetent legislators in Delta’
Rivers to establish community police
Ethiope East LG boss vows to transform council
NULGE resumes strike
Enugu tasks LGs on roads
South East royal fathers suspend Iri Ji Ndigbo
Enugu to renovate district hospitals
Group condemns pay rise for judicial officers
Decision to buy cars was collective — Reps
First Bank backs NDIC on single obligor limit
VP leads Imoke’s return rally in Calabar
Gunmen kidnap six PDP chieftains in Ondo
Nation’s first compressed gas station to be commissioned in Benin
FG plans 3-yr roadmap for highway devt
FG to set up 100mw plant in Kaduna
Nigeria's oil output rebounds, now 1.9mbpd
First Bank delights shareholders with 24bn dividend
Bauchi Assembly queries N8.1bn road contracts
Nasarawa calls for solid minerals derivation fund
Mark mourns Ogundeji
New IT policy underway —MINISTER
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Fire service seeks govt assistance
Chime tasks govts on infrastructure Commission
RATTAWU honours VP, Mark, Bankole, others
Canadians offer free medical service in Ebonyi
Court orders PDP congresses in Anambra
Microfinance: Nigerians set to learn from 2006 Nobel laureate
MWUN blames rise in oil theft on port concessioning
PTDF explains delay in execution of Niger Delta projects
Delta natives back Imoke's re-election
NAPEP to spend N500m in Delta
Ondo: Agagu queries tribunal's ruling
Five nabbed over theft at Osun palace
IMG mobilises Niger Deltans to demand Okah’s release
Itsekiri graduates task Shell on employment
PDP chieftain faults IMG on Attah
Rivers accuses Chevron of breaking employment laws
Bayelsa Assembly summons Rep over N150m contract
Release N6.5bn excess crude oil windfall, Edo House orders state govt
PDP alleges plan to topple Yar’Adua’s Govt
JTF parades 20 suspected militants in Port Harcourt
Why Ribadu, others were demoted—Okiro
Suspended NDDC Chairman, Edem, gets bail
Killing of staff: PHCN threatens to throw Lagos, Ogun into darkness
EFCC quizzes Okereke-Onyiuke, Wabara
Ogundeji: Witnesses to address newsmen today
CBN clears Omoyeni, resumes as Wema MD Sept 1
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Ude wants more christians in politics
Communities task UNICEF on abandoned projects
Revenue sharing tears LG chairmen, administrators apart in Enugu
Group offers free medical treatment in Anambra
Warring Ebonyi communities lay down arms
Udu bridge: Police on alert over bomb threat
MEND issues 30-day ultimatum to Rivers, Bayelsa govs
15% pay rise: Bayelsa to pay arrears
Nigeria, Germany sign MoU on power supply
NLC condemns jumbo pay for political office holders
Ooni escapes hoodlums' attack
Robbers lay siege to Ijebu-Ode
Oni: I'm not worried by Fayose's antics
Group advocates true federalism for Nigeria
Urhobo tasks UPU on land tussle
Group congratulates Western Izon over NDDC projects
Communities beg Yar'Adua to probe Warri gas flare
Irate youths attack cleric
Uduaghan names c'ttees on youth empowerment
Ughelli shut as bridge collapses
ThisDay raises query on Ogundeji’s murder
Vanguard Staff manhandled at NNPC over question on transparency
Militants warn FG on moves to alter gas master plan
NDIC boss wants 20% single obligor limit reduced
Nigerian Guild of Editors condemns Ogundeji’s killing
Infrastructure: Fashola signs law on N275bn loan
LCCI proposes new VAT formula
We're in final for Gold, says Siasia
Heightening fears of another fuel price hike
Highway crossing: Tough time awaits offenders in Lagos
Detention of 28 Nigerian UN soldiers illegal —Falana
Tinubu mourns Adeyemi-Bero
NAPTIP raises alarm over activities of baby sellers in S-East
Okogie carpets Yar’Adus’s govt
8,000 lawyers to attend NBA conference
Monday, August 18, 2008
Anambra to develop Medical School
NDDC to commission three projects in Delta
Human rights group appeals to IGP over girl’s murder
AC faults calls for dissolution of NDDC Board
Council destroys illegal refinery
Give time frame for election petitions—NIGER AG
Flood submerges 150 houses in Sokoto
Kogi: ANPP gets tribunal's nod for vote recount
Jang sets up ethno-religious committee
Agency alerts Kaduna residents of impending flood
Lagos govt tasks security agencies to arrest Ogundeji's killers
N12.5bn scam: EFCC quizzes Ondo Commissioner, perm secs
Ondo NULGE crisis deepens, faction unveils new exco
Bandits raid Ekiti police station, free detained colleagues
OOU suspends student unionism
MASSOB insists on sit-at-home order
Group hails S-East Governors’ position on marginalisation
Controversy trails rescheduled PDP congress in Anambra
Rights group seeks soldiers withdrawal from Agbor
Ijaw group faults Attah’s save Niger Delta campaign
Community at loggerheads with Shell
Osunbor remains Edo PDP leader — OBADAN
Rivers to combat flood
CNPP wades into Bayelsa crisis
JTF smashes more 118 illegal oil refineries
El-Rufai: Court can't stop us—Senate
Ogundeji, Thisday editorial board member killed in Lagos
Yar’Adua restructures presidency
Right groups ask senate to reverse Ribadu, others’ demotion
Passport: NIS to prosecute extortionists
Police foil house-to-house robbery in Lagos
Sorcery: Police arraign Edem over N800m NDDC fund
N-Delta rejects FG's plan to alter gas masterplan
Lagos warns hospitals against rejection of dead bodies
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Minister sues for peace in Umueze Anam
Ezeife calls for Assets Reconciliation Tribunal
Cardinal Arinze lauds pace of devt in Anambra
EBSUTH introduces medical informatics
Human factors cause 80% of road accidents—FRSC
C’ttee tasks state govts on Stem Cell technology
Jigawa disburses N2.2bn to LGAs
Gowon wants NYSC members engaged effectively
Sylva combats housing problems in Bayelsa
Protect gas pipeline, NGC urges N-Delta youths
NNPC staff, lady found dead in Issele-Azagba
NSCDC clamps down on 29 security firms
NUJ wants N/Assembly to pass FOI bill
‘Nigeria among first 5 contributors to global peace’
Minister commends NIPOST
Zamfara govt to arraign mischief-makers
Austin Anozie Nnadozie lauds court over verdict on Chime
Ekweremadu backs FG on Bakassi handover
N-Delta leaders reject FG’s move to alter gas masterplan
Uduaghan charges community Newspapers on peace
Labour rallies support for Imoke’s guber re-run
No govt official facilitated release of German hostages —MEND
Three stabbed as Udu, Uvwie clash deepens
Seven ‘ghost’ political parties uncovered in Delta
Senate set to unfold brains behind Nitel failure
NHRC report: Stakeholders call for electoral court
Construction workers threaten to stop work in Niger Delta
Citizen Diplomacy not to protect offenders — Maduekwe
Bakassi hand over: Yar’ Adua was right—IYC
Telecom operators seek 10-year jail term for vandals
Speaker cautions lawmakers on impeachment
Produce recovered weapons, sacked community dares JTF
El-Rufai sues Senate
Local Content: Shell signs $10m MoU
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Fayose returns, says tribunal ruling will determine future of Ekiti
Mystery as girl, 18, murdered, dumped in family toilet
Mobile fraud : NCC to collaborate with National ID commission on SIM card registration
Let N-Delta leave and see how Nigeria fares — Hilda Dokubo
Death is God’s mechanism to arrest man — Cleric
Police commended for character reformation
Hope worldwide Nigeria to host CSR lecture
Opposition parties to EFCC: Probe Osun govt
I got N510m paid to spiritualist from ex-gov—Edem, suspended NDDC boss
Militants to Gov. Amaechi: We’ve no apology for carrying guns
Seized drugs disappear from exhibit room—NDLEA boss
Grant amnesty to militants—Pastor Oritsejafor
From CASUAL to CASUALTY: How a 19- yr-old, lost his life doing casual job
Untold story of the kidnap of Delta SSG’s father
Friday, August 15, 2008
Another fuel price increase! No way
Leave Ribadu alone — Reps
Vandals rupture Agip oil pipeline in Delta
Bakassi marks example of world peaceful settlements of differences —UK
'Power probe report doubtful'
We ‘ll mobilise against it – NLC
I'm still the national chairman of APGA — Okorie
Yar’Adua assures on socio-economic growth
14 Filipinos on bail, appear in court August 20
BPE refutes slow down of privatisation exercise
Experts query radiography practice by quacks
Irregular migration: UK wants FG to specify Visa procedure
Senate orders presidency to hands off N71 billion BASA fund
Olubadan honours Sanu, Awe, Akintola
Ondo: Mimiko files cross appeal
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Soyinka accuses Obasanjo of illegal acquisition of archives for library
10m Nigerian children out of school — UNICEF
Jigawa approves N654m for textbooks
Jigawa spends N2.7m on schools renovation
Official advises poultry farmers on bird flu surveillance
SON to press for ban of textiles
DPA protests Lagos plan for N275bn bond
Anambra inaugurates c’ttee on ecology
Sacked lecturer wins back her office, five years after
IYC criticises calls for NDDC dissolution
Group demands release of EFCC official
‘Implement anti-graft laws’
Confusion trails National ID card distribution in Enugu
Nwankwo calls for law on women’s rights
Child sexual abuse on increase — Expert
Industrialist wants tax waiver for indigenous manufactures
Oil bunkerers escape from prison
ICAN president proffers solution to N-Delta crisis
Uduaghan commissions SMS citizens centre
Uduaghan's aide hails Ebosa
JTF averts bloodbath between two Bayelsa communities
Standard Alliance repossesses Ughelli Sparkling Breweries
Police corporal disarms assassin
NDDC board hails Yar'Adua's action
Reverse order on PEF vehicles, Police ask court
Bakassi:Bakassi: The genesis, the verdict
10,000Mw power by 2010 no longer feasible — FG
Demotions: Police Commission faults Ehindero
Ex-NICON staff drag FG to court
Ribadu: Senate, Reps summon Okiro, PSC
NLC opposes fuel price increase
Yar’Adua nominates The Guardian Editor, to FRC board
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
I won't abandon projects—JANG
FG, UNESCO open 36 vocational centres
Goje donates N10m to National Merit Award
Benue bars LG chairmen from fertilizer deals
Okonkwo moves to tackle erosion in Anambra
Ohakim okays seven bills
Chime tasks LG Chairmen on accountability
NAGGMDP tasks diaspora doctors on collaboration
Man commits suicide over N50,000
Counsel youths on peace,Jonathan tells monarchs
Army chief warns on N'Delta militants' activities
Why Mantu lost—MARK
2006 NPC figure, miscarriage of justice — Doma
Dissolution of NDDC board 'll stall devt – Utomi
Delta disburses N660m for Student Enhancement Scheme
Dialogue, best way to tackle terrorism — Sultan
"Count Itsekiri out of core Delta State"
RMG to send 4,000 observers for Cross Rivers guber re-run
JTF arrests suspected kidnappers
EFCC redeploys top officers
Goodbye Bakassi; here is why —Orubebe
Zenith Bank grosses N158bn
Kano State's N211m trapped in distressed banks
NIGCOMSAT partners state govts on internet
Spread your risks, NDIC boss ,tells depositors
Court orders pastor’s release
Obasanjo has already handed over 80 % of Bakassi — Orubebe
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Vandalism, bane of GSM service providers—ZAIN
Varsities extort money with Post-UME test—JAMB Registrar
Oil Bunkering: Trial of Fillipinos resumes today
NASS moves to reclaim old Assembly complex in Lagos
Abia to commission Umuahia modern market
Emeakayi blames PDP crisis on ex-leaders
We won’t spare anybody —EFCC chairman
FG to transfer 15% of Nitel shares to NigComSat
SMS tariff to crash in two months
13 firms gets nod to import bagged cement
FG grounds Virgin Nigeria’s domestic operations at MMA
New bird flu virus found in Nigeria
Sherrif asks ICPC to reject frivolous petitions
Jigawa NAPEP boss seeks FG assistance
Delineation: Modibbo demands two Senatorial seats for Abuja
Minister laments lack of land policy
Gov Aliyu orders public officers to publish phone numbers
Federal workers threaten strike over monetisation pay
Clark settles MEND, Ondo politicians' rift
Rapists injure four in Ibadan school raid
Abia tribunal orders release of exhibits to parties
Chime’s legal victory prevented anarchy in Enugu—Nwobodo
Ebonyi students get bursary
Enugu Assembly passes landlord, tenant bill
Igbo, major producer of priests— Cardinal Arinze
Kuku flays JRC over disbanding of NDDC board
Electricity employees want FG to probe Elumelu c'ttee
Don’t politicise the voodoo scam, Group warns Bayelsa politicians
Host communities to tackle shell over contract
Delta govs ruined NDDC, says Senator Brume
Osunbor seeks lawmakers’ approval of $54.3m
Bakassi community demands N200b compensation from FG
AGF restates FG’s zero tolerance for corruption
No respite in sight as kerosene scarcity bites harder
BASA Fund: Senate summons Usman, Aondoakaa, Accountant General
Bode George, 4 others get bail
Gunmen kidnap tanker driver
Yar’Adua grants extension to PRC
IMG condemns call for sack of NDDC board
Kidnap saga: 50 soldiers deployed to Agbor
Uduaghan assures Onitsha traders on Delta ports
Shell affirms commitment to local content
Polls: Retrial election petition tribunal constituted in Delta
Enugu Assembly intervenes in NUT dispute
Orji rewards two police informants
Elechi, FRSC differ over use of Okada
Monday, August 11, 2008
N2.5bn monthly revenue unacceptable —Rivers Govt
Sylva tasks youths on devt
Powers of state Assemblies to probe CJs: Court rules Nov 6
EFCC compiles list of govt contractors
Bakassi: Agbakoba, others task FG on political solution
FG to embark on phased subsidy withdrawal
Bakassi handover 'll break rule of law policy— Senator
Glo fixed line connects subscribers in Lagos, Abuja
NULGE frowns at agitation for abolition of local govt
Modibbo appoints 2008 Hajj team
FG okays 12.5% pay rise for military pensioners
3,000 farmers benefit from fertiliser distribution
Intimidation from opposition can't stop me —Lamido
NBA blasts lawyers over attacks on tribunals' rulings
Methodist Church backs Bakassi handover
Oyo PDP chieftains quarrel over fresh congresses
PDP chieftain tasks stakeholders on planned congress
Widow loses N10m property to fire
Enugu in fresh deal with steel firm
Mbakwe airport gets c’ttee
Seven arrested over alleged killing of policemen
UK based group wants Conflict Mgt taught in
NCP flays FG on ICRC
‘Beans sold to the public contained Gammalin 20’
PDP chieftain backs call for creation of more states from Delta
AC asks JTF to withdraw from Ekeremor
NGO clamours for 50% derivation
What S-South wants from Yar'Adua
Zain targets 30m subscribers in 3 years
Gov Aliyu takes devt plan to UN House
I watched as snipers killed six kidnappers —BAYELSA SSG’s WIFE
Ribadu, others get demotion order
Sanction British Airways for disrespecting Sultan, AC urges FG
A-Ibom teachers risk termination for absenteeism
Ogun declares state of emergency on power
40 rescued from Kano collapsed building
NDDC to execute 3,000 projects in N-Delta —Alaibe
Jakande, Osoba, Adefaye, others extol Jose's virtue
FG spends N300m on Lagos-Ibadan road rehabilitation
Sunday, August 10, 2008
FG's programmes 'll develop Nigeria rapidly—AONDOAKAA
Kano begins work on N5bn roads
Jigawa LG employs 3m artisans
Infrastructure: FG to spend N3.6b in Ebonyi
Catholic Church weds 113 couples
Edo House halts deductions from students’ bursary
Sacked LG workers seek Uduaghan’s intervention
Edo Assembly summons Agric Commissioners in Igbinedion’s govt
Name Radio House after Jose, IBB urges FG
Agriculture a priority in Katsina — Gov Shema
Unilorin to admit 3,500 out of 70,000 applicants
Plateau approves N19.7bn extra budget
EFCC Data Centre set for commissioning
Abia Assembly to partner NGO over maternity leave extension
Railway pensioners appeal to FG over unpaid arrears
Imo plans water metering system
Insecurity, threat to foreign investment—OBIDIGBO
Fire guts market in Obosi
NBTE accredits more programmes for Delta Poly
Rep decries militancy in N-Delta
Uduaghan commiserates with Inije family
Declare amnesty for N-Delta militants—AGBAJOH
INHRO warns FG against deployment of British soldiers
Senate worries over LNG revenue
FRSC to conduct drug tests on Berger drivers
S-South suggests 3-point emergency response to Yar'Adua
Atiku not returning to PDP, AC declares
Saturday, August 09, 2008
NYSC boss seeks change of corps uniforms ...Says 300,000 corpers to serve in 2009
Attack on Abia Gov's Convoy: PDP commends police, tackles Orji
FERMA spends N2bn on vegetation control of highways nationwide
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Partners Lagos on World Blood Donor Day
Trial for graft: I’ll be vindicated — Boni Haruna
Ribadu: Meet us in court!* Osayande, PSC boss, challenges Gani, others
JTF uncovers illegal refinery in Rivers State
Razed Ijaw communities demand N1bn compensation
Human trafficking criminal— Yar'Adua
18 arrested as fracas mars Anambra union election
Redeemed /MFM programmes: Corpse, motorists trapped in traffic on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway
Militants: Clark cautions Gov. Amaechi • Not all are criminals
Friday, August 08, 2008
Bode George charged, detained
One Voice: South-South as an emergency—federalism, militancy
Ribadu: Why he was demoted
SEPA hails Ogbulafor, PDP over plans to strip Obasanjo as BOT chairman
You are not fair to Ribadu:*Nigerians tell Yar’Adua
NYSC mobilises 1.5m corps members since 1973 — DG
Troops and gunboats to resist militants
Thursday, August 07, 2008
NULGE threatens to resume strike
Rain wreaks havoc in Abakaliki
Yar’Adua’s govt lacks direction — Ohanaeze
One Voice: Uduaghan calls for replacement of military legislations
Residents lament as flood take over Asaba
Save Judiciary in Nigeria, WASU tells Appeal Court President
Ribadu has reverted to DCP, says Okiro
Court rules on fresh bail for Okah today
Jigawa to ban open wells in all LGs
Abia inaugurates c’ttee on implmentation of TSS
Navy sinks militant's speedboats
Gunmen kidnap two women, driver
Group cautions Yar'Adua on N-Delta
Ogboru: Court adjourns hearing to Oct 9
Clark berates Obasanjo over PTF
Militant group threatens FG over Okah
EFCC boss tasks Defence Minister on Niger Delta crises
Probe: Nigerdock drags lawmakers to court
Nigerians 'll access 100-250 TV channels by 2010
Yar’Adua consoles Jose’s family
Illegal migration: 59,000 Nigerians in transit countries for Europe —Maduekwe
One Voice: Sylva advocates return to true federalism
Court rules on Boni Haruna’s bail bid today
Militants destroying S-South, says Amaechi
One Voice: Mark lauds S-South retreat, cautions leaders against rancour
Raise Nigeria’s military capacity, Mark urges Defence College
FG to repeal Land Use Act, others — VP
PPA mourns Jose
FG moves to prevent death of applicants
S-African firm boosts tourism in FCT with $1.5bn investment
Yar 'Adua approves joint military patrol to check Benue communal clashes
Adamawa LG chairmen now to serve one year tenure
Tuition free in Federal varsities—MINISTER
Kaduna boosts commercial agriculture with N22m
Defection: ANPP seeks lawmakers' sack from Oyo Assembly
Police debunk Ajimobi's assassination claim
N1.2bn pension for Ogun LG workers, teachers
NASSI wants N10m UNDP counterpart fund refunded
Aba residents decry delay in issuance of national ID card
Traders hand over N10m fake drugs to NAFDAC
PDP gives lawmakers ultimatum over congresses
Anambra to sanction revenue defaulters
Rivers govt releases N5m to families of slain police officers in Bonny
Violence stalls tribunal hearing in Bayelsa
Security beefed up in Esan central
Akpabio worried over Bakassi returnees’ resettlement
INC calls for disbandment of JTF
Ameachi tasks citizenry on payment of tax
Yar'Adua condemns coup in Mauritania
TSS: Govs agree to pay teachers' demand
FEC Votes N314m for Space Research Complex
Nigeria, France collaborate on energy
EFCC seeks to seize illegal assets of president, others
IGP summoned for disobeying court order
Union Bank to raise N310bn from capital market
Gov Lamido blasts northern leaders
EFCC quizzes BPE boss
Niger Delta speaks with one voice
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Free malaria treatment to reduce mortality — IMONGAN
Aikhomu’s supporters protest sack of LG bosses by Appeal Court
Marine operators condemn pollution by oil bunkerers
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Jonathan disowns Global Peace Forum
Niger to pay TSS
Niger, NRC partner on effective rail transportation
Poor science, tech education, bane of Nigeria’s devt, says Okonjo-Iweala
Senate to organize education summit by Dec
FG raps northern states over poor learning environment
Yar'Adua orders probe of voters cards' seizure in Benue
Plot to remove Oyo Speaker thickens
MEND disowns Ondo politicians' kidnap
Yoruba lawmakers urged to support Bankole
I'll govern till 2011, says Agagu
LP rules out probe of Agagu if finally sacked
Bank of Industry to assist small scale industries in Abia
Ohakim’s aide in Police net over N20m scam
APGA chieftain commendsS-East govs over visit to Yar’Adua
Ume-Ezeoke denies rift with Buhari
Police arrest five kidnappers in Abia
Monarch enjoins subjects to be law abiding
Create ministry of N’Delta, Sagay urges FG
MEND condemns massacre in Ijaw community
Govt pulls down illegal structures in Asaba
Why military stayed away from politics —OGOMUDIA
Akpabio sets up committee on Bakassi handover
Fashola, Sultan, Onaiyekan task Nigerians on religious conflicts
EFCC arraigns ex-Gov Boni Haruna, aide, for stealing N93.9m
Senate report raises fears over state of Nigeria Air Force
Presidency ready for cybersecurity as imperative for vision 2020
PHCN rotates power rationing exercise
Gani asks court to annul Waziri's appointment as EFCC boss
AC calls for investigation into sale AC calls for investigation into sale
All set for Vanguard S-South retreat
Crude oil thieves threaten JTF Commander
CBN raises fears over 12% inflation
Imo govt wades into transporters’ face-off
Protest in Ebonyi over death of medical student
Dissolution of Reps C'ttee:Uncertainties surround NNPC probe
Way out of Nigeria crises, by Gambari
Chevron Equity: Don't exclude indigenous firms —PENGASSAN
Man poisons own brother, 3 others
Why we want to unbundle NNPC — Yar'Adua
Monday, August 04, 2008
Uduaghan tasks oil firms on relationship with host communities
I support creation of new state from Kaduna—GOV SAMBO
Edo election tribunal boss alleges threat to life
Rivers PDP sets up fund raising c’ttee for 2011 polls
Osunbor tasks LG bosses on security
Rivers to spend $50m on women, children hospital
Residents flee as cult groups clash
Why judiciary can't be independent —CJ
We’d spend excess crude allocation for health, education—SYLVA
I’ll not seek vengeance against my detractors—MARK
Gov Saraki rues Babatunde Jose's death
Union laments spate of hostage taking in N'Delta
FG slams cement firms
ADB pledges support for Anambra
Tension mounts over death of transporter in Anambra
NULGE suspends strike
World Bank releases N27m to Nekede Poly
Ijaw Group salutes new NGE executives
Akpabio reiterates plans to reposition A-Ibom
Brume urges Delta Elders Forum
26 Akwa Ibom prisoners freed
MEND warns Julius Berger to stop work in Abuja
Aikhomu faults tribunal verdict on council chairmen
Glo, SPDC mark 1st anniversary of partnership
Kano awards two road contracts for N5bn
Vanguard S-South retreat gets royal blessing
Peace, only condition for N-Delta devt—Defence Minister
Lagosians groan as 3rd Mainland repairs get underway
ICPC arrests prison chief over N22m scam
Justice Ejiofor’s death stalls arraignment of ex-Gov Haruna
Police release identities of 2 kidnapped expatriates
Bakassi: 200 Nigerian evictees stranded in Oron
Katsina starts afforestation with 6,700 trees
Ibori expresses concern over media attack on him
North benefits little from oil — Maitama Sule
Stakeholders raise alarm over fresh bird flu outbreak
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Police nab alleged ritualist with hunam skull
Manzo tasks opponents of FOI Bill
Akpanudoedehe laments Abuja tragedies
Ateke Tom's group warns Soboman George, Papa's
Edo students in UNIBEN protest over state bursary
Clark tasks govs on technical c’ttee on N-Delta
Kano signs MoU on IPP
Court reinstates Army School Commandant
Senate restricts broadcast of Big Brother Africa
Kano pledges conducive environment for foreign investment
Uninterrupted power supply, a mirage unless ... — PHCN boss
Mbadiwe c’ttee wades into Orlu senatorial zone rift
PDP: Speaker, 19 others face expulsion in Anambra
Varsity to assist lecturers acquire PhD
NAFDAC moves to stamp out misuse of pesticides
Court threatens to jail NFVCB boss
Agip, Daewoo to begin work on Ogboinbiri flow station
Isoko nationality gives Shell one month ultimatum
Militants know our mode of operation, says JTF boss
Commissioner seeks deregulation of importation, sale of fertilizer
Delimitation: Ijaw Forum faults INEC
NGO plans factories to stem youth restiveness in N-Delta
Militants abduct two expatriates
Acceding to TSS will cripple state’s economy — SYLVA
CNPP says no to Bakassi handover
AFC: My story, by Ometoruwa
Shell to build gas processing factory to shore up NIPP
Alhaja Azeezat Jose
Jonathan, Mark, Bankole to attend Vanguard S-South retreat
Sokoto pays destitutes monthly stipends
Igbo community in US calls for inter-ethnic dialogue
Cabinet reshuffle confirms alleged cash movement —Abia Elders
“Our leaders are problems of N-Delta”
Post UME levies worry parents, guardians *FG petitioned
Sickle cell can be cured permanently with bone marrow transplantation—NABDA boss
Saturday, August 02, 2008
‘Why Ondo election verdict didn’t trigger violence’
Again, five Nigerians manhandled in Benin
How an unregistered firm stopped Niger Delta IPP project
8 killed in Rivers cult clash
Babatunde Jose, journalism icon, dies at 82...Fashola, Daniel, Dimeji, Tinubu, Osoba, others mourn
Edo appeal tribunal sacks 3 council chairmen
Friday, August 01, 2008
$12m payment to N-Delta militants is a scam
S-West govs, traditional rulers in crucial meeting
Adekeye wants US Navy to train Nigerian military in space technology
NNPC’s $12 million payment to N-Delta Militants:
Bankole sacks reps committees
Okiro parades daughter of Deputy Gov for stage-managing her kidnap
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Corps members charged to ensure good conduct
Osunbor tasks N’Assembly on road rehabilitation
Ban on NECO still in force, says C/River govt
Health official nabbed with bags of Indian hemp in ambulance
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