The Punch Newspaper Archive for October 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
More Nigerians deported from Spain arrive
Drogba, Essien, Eto‘o on shortlist of World Player of the Year award
Tutu criticises world leaders on climate change
Bolt plans to move up to the 400 metres
Armed villagers kill 47 Policemen in Congo ethnic clashes
NLC vows to continue resistance to deregulation
Truck Drivers Block Enugu – Onitsha Expressway, Burn Down Police ‘Shrine’
FG to install radars along Akwa Ibom maritime borders
Oronsaye clarifies appointment of career officers
Cameroon blames cholera death on Nigeria
Court fixes November 9 for Bode George‘s bail application
Skyway Aviation Handling Coy acquires SAHCOL
Yar’Adua worried over delay in pension payment
Woman seeks divorce after a week of marriage
Pressure mounts on Tsvangirai to end cabinet boycott
AIDS activists back Zuma
Somali man, 112, weds girl, 17
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Man in police net for defrauding footballers
‘85,000 pilgrims to be airlifted to Saudi Arabia’
N20m theft, zero FG support mar NAFEST 2009
Alleged unhygienic conditions: NAFDAC closes Sweet Sensation outlet
Nigeria ’09: FIFA partners denied accreditation
Larsson says tearful goodbye
How to own a house with N480,000
Lagos eyes economic benefits from tourism, others
‘Quoted companies‘ fundamentals remain strong’
Apari Group expands to meet customers’ needs
Skye Bank’s Q4 earnings rise by 36%
Former ANAN registrar advises on policy consistency
Deloitte reports $26.1bn global revenue
Argentina to rest stars against Eaglets
Atletico Madrid calm over Aguero
Lagos completes centres to reduce high mortality
AMAA lures young filmmakers into its competition
Why HIV/AIDS prevalence persists – Turai
Nestle introduces Maggi Mix’py in Enugu, Onitsha
Firm recommends brand distinction for corporate excellence
‘How to make Abuja aviation hub for West Africa’
Subject deregulation to referendum, nlc tells fg
AC asks Omisore to refund salaries, allowances
Senate queries FG on mismanagement of ecological funds
Abule Egba cries for help
LASG, have mercy on Ayobo/Ipaja residents
AMC to redistribute bank losses, facilitate stock market recovery – Sanusi
The Desperate Wife
K1 to return soon
Diplomas too difficult for pupils, says survey
Winners emerge in Lagos science quiz competition
Proprietor identifies bane of educational development
Appeal Court nullifies Omisore’s election
Still on the Super Eagles
Arrears of monetisation benefits
Fire guts engineering section of MMA2
Elected officials have no moral right to criticise Iwu – Mark
Power: PHCN, Shell differ on weak transmission system
FG confirms Agha as DPR director, retires Chukwueke
Enact policies to revitalise manufacturing sector – MAN
Vision 2020: Nigeria explores cassava processing technologies
Ogun health workers give conditions for suspending strike
Baptist College of Theology to raise N1.5bn on Saturday
Agassi gets mixed reactions
Brazil coach wary of Swiss threat
NIA goes tough on fraudulent claims, industry irregularities
Uduaghan assures World Bank of transparency
78 foreign athletes for Obudu race
3SC, Gateway to honour Ogedegbe
Yar’Adua to attend climate change conference in Denmark
Hong Kong extends loan scheme to help SMEs
Customs officers advised on responsibility
‘Lack of compliance, bane of public procurement’
NCP ratifies SAHCOL‘s sale to Skyway Aviation
‘PDP governorship ticket doesn’t translate to electoral victory’
Strike: NBA cautions judiciary workers
Re: Discrimination
For education minister
Agagu’s administration operated 668 bank accounts —Commissioner
Judge highlights remedy for decadence in education
Why Ribadu is being persecuted —Ex-ICPC boss
Curbing kidnapping
Save Ajao Estate residents
Sunborn Yacht: Afikuyomi presents documents to Lagos Assembly
Court dismisses PDP suit to stop inauguration of LP lawmaker
Government, agencies urged to patronise local printers
‘Govt should compensate manufacturing sector for using generator’
LG boss urges regular medical check-ups
Lewis backs Hayes to beat Valuev
Heartland ’ll beat TP Mazembe – Okeahialam
Kwara wins LUBCON baseball
AC meeting ends in crisis
Cashew exports fall by 10 per cent
Lucky Fibres, carpet dealers bicker over product‘s boycott
Anti-graft war
Nigerian sports
Kidnappers risk life imprisonment — Reps
Reps move to halt looting of Ajaokuta Steel Company equipment
Education sector
Still on Benin-Ore road
Fayemi detects more discrepancies in Ido-Osi poll result
Don canvasses adherence to code of practice
Environmental nuisance
Deregulation
Huge budgetary allocation to health care not justified - Niemeth boss
Wanted: Genuine tears for Benin-Ore road users
Re: FRSC and truck driver
Don advocates development of road map for education sector
Nigeria set for 2010 science Olympiad – Minister
Big clash at NMVA!
Omawunmi set to debut
We are not behind your father’s kidnapping, aspirants tell Soludo
Television is 50!
When gangsters are in charge
Anambra: Confusion deepens over Soludo’s father
PHCN, Orile Iganmu Undertaking
Before the deregulation
Official convoys and traffic rules
NigeriaSat-1, the journey so far
Ogun lawmakers are half-baked, ill informed – Daniel
NDIC: Regulators cannot stop bank failure
Shell to fight Chinese interest in Nigeria’s oil sector
LCCI accuses govt of marginalising indigenous construction firms
Adopt real time production process, manufacturers urged
Ghana refinery‘s debt woes over
Shell vows to fight Chinese interest in Nigeria’s oil
Why Ribadu is being persecuted-Ex ICPC boss
MTN third quarter subscribers up by 5 percent
Somali pirates say UK couple taken to container ship
Kenya moves to count homosexuals
Eritrea dismisses new border violence accusation
UK Border Agency frees suicide-bid Nigerian asylum seeker
Jigawa approves N13.2 bn contracts for township roads
Hajj: Yobe Govt spends N239m
Amnesty: PHCN reports improvement in power generation
UN Security Council condemns attack on UN facility in Kabul
Robbers kill two in bank robbery in Kogi
Edo first lady makes case for cancer patients
Police nab 3 suspected ritualists with human head
FRSC cautions motorists on Minna-Suleja road on overspeeding
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Placing lawmakers above the law?
Vision 2020 and the making of the Nigerian dream
Lakers, Celtics win season openers
Beyond fighting malaria with drugs and treated nets
Drug combo may prevent heart attacks, strokes
Nigeria crude oil exports to drop by 0.8%
Use of kerosene as aviation fuel: NNPC sets up special task force
Lull in privatisation impedes N1.09tn 2009 budget deficit
HIV/AIDS: Over four million people now have access to ART —Report
IMF predicts recovery for Nigerian economy
CBN issues new guidelines on banks’ financial statements
Reform: Bank chiefs move to sell private jets
Yar’Adua’s government has failed — Buhari
Bears sustain hold as indicators close lower
Demolition: Court orders FCDA to pay construction firm N150m
Foreign trip abuses: Yar’Adua approves centralised desk
Three or four ex-bank chiefs may go to jail – Sanusi
Akingbola: Judge sets aside ruling on court process
Ondo inaugurates smart-card project for residents
Pandemonium as soldier kills trader in Lagos
6,000 megawatts: Chevron ready to supply 200 million standard cubic feet of gas daily
Bakassi returnees allege harassment, torture
Portfolio, business diversification as lifelines for troubled shareholders
South-West govs absent from Awolowo centennial
Constitution Review: NBA recommends gradual approach, state police
INEC: N600m personalised voters’ cards contract raises dust
JTF raises the alarm over rising piracy, oil theft
Senior Advocates trade insults at Ekiti tribunal
Subsidy: Corruption is oil sector’s problem – NLC
NSE approves N19bn new issues
Senate committee harps on sound fiscal management
Building indigenous capacity in Nigeria’s oil industry
Sanity has returned to oil industry in N‘ Delta – Chevron
Hope dims for Customs N50bn target
Pre-pregnancy weight linked to babies’ heart problems
Serena to play Fed Cup final
LASG, decentralise issuance of C-of-O
PHCN’s shameful performance
Indigent Lagosians gain free access to justice
Nigeria, others to observe security council meeting next month
Egyptian refs for Heartland, Mazembe clash
Odigie tips Eaglets to defend title
Fix Ihioma Umuhu Okabia Eke Ututu road
Development in Kwara
Pompey hit by player embargo
Assembly begins debate on Bill for Reserved Fund
‘FG’s 10% JV offer to N’Delta’ll stop crisis’
6,000MW target: PHCN, NNPC disagree on gas supply
S’South receives N360m World Bank, Fadama project funds
Shareholders fault CBN‘s policy on margin loans security
Osun govt, Aregbesola row on destroyed billboards
‘How Pa Soludo was kidnapped’
Amnesty programme key to deregulation – Barkindo
NURTW members clash at Ibadan court
Niger donates N1m each to families of dead corps members
Cultism: C’River probes council officials
AC lawmakers warn Oni against varsity relocation
Rainstorm destroys 100 houses in Kwara
Soludo’s kidnappers demand N500m ransom
Edo PDP council chairmen, lawmakers decamp to AC
Benue seeks collaboration with Oceanic Bank
Angola to open new bid round for oil licences
Valencia could sell Villa, Silva
Ronaldo to miss Milan clash
Fashola, save Ayobo/Ipaja residents
FRSC men on the LASU-Iba road
FG, fix this road
Liu strips after 110m win
Empty stands: Ogun lawmakers plead with fans
N50bn bond: Bayelsa Assembly passes loan bill
FEC votes N179bn for N’Delta’s infrastructural development
CCT orders Ribadu to appear on Nov 20
Otegbeye‘s death stalls divorce suit
Soludo wants governorship to get immunity — Uba
We’d not recognise Soludo — INEC
Reps raise new panel on NPA’s property
Bode George may be moved out of Lagos
Agassi admits lying about drug use
Gambia loses to Holland
Rain disrupts matches in Enugu, Calabar
B’ball: DSTV Final Eight dunks off
Atuche, Ojo arraigned for N80bn loans, remanded in EFCC custody
VC, lawmakers disagree over admission
‘Conformism, bane of NGOs’
Senator seeks resettlement of militants in Imo, Abia
Over 30,000 Nigerian pilgrims arrive in S’Arabia
Evans praises Michael Owen
Golden Eaglets technically deficient
Mosquitoes take over UPTH —Former CMD
Ogun Assembly faults Daniel on priorities
Two die in Rivers oil royalty clash
Senate tackles Gombe on SUBEB funds
Health ministry graduates 29 pharmacists
Diplomatic row: UN, AU plead with Nigeria, as Sudan apologises
Obuh laments missed chances
Guinea forces planned crackdown
‘Craters’ on Oshodi-Apapa highway worry road users
PHCN and the World Cup
LASG, complete this project
Spain deports 53 Nigerians
NAS insists on arrest of al-Bashir during visit to Nigeria
Ibru: Court rejects SIP report
Group accuses PDP Leadership of Pa Soludo‘s kidnap
FG to supplyone million tonnes of fertiliser every January
Inventor pledges to make machine replacements for human parts
Ekiti Assembly declares state of emergency on federal roads
Car bomb kills over 80 in Pakistan ‘s Peshawar
UNICEF calls for training, re-training of health workers
FG to establish aircraft maintenance centre
Scientists say curry compound kills cancer cells
Aliyu wants 30 per cent allocation to education
Rainstorm destroys 100 houses
Man charged with killing Internet date girl
UN outlines ways to achieve `green‘ economy
Osun, Cuba sign pacts on culture, health
High turnout in Mozambique poll
Zimbabwe MDC raises alarm over increased ‘violent attacks‘ on mambers
‘Government should diversify ways of generating energy’
ICPC probes LASU VC
I’ve never aimed too high in life – Olu Falomo, chairman, Reckitt Benckiser
Can’t stick these habits any longer
Idanre in mini carnival for Mare Festival
PHCN’s 60MVA transformers raise hope amid horrid darkness
Expansion in telecoms heavily dependent on debt/borrowing – SWAP COO
Challenges produce champions in marketing – Curtis
Immortalising Prof. Ayodele Awojobi
US declares swine flu ‘emergency’
World Black Mayors visit Osun next year
Private school owners demand review of UBE Act
The taste of tiny bubbles
6,000 students benefit from Kwara’s bursary award
Tales of the whiskers
Orphans, poor pupils get relief from school owner
Pakistani army takes Taliban chief’s hometown
Claims: Getting faster relief from insurance companies
Commitment to actualisation of Deep Sea Port project unwavering – FG
Aged fake footballers caught in the act
This adoption is not working
Amnesty was suggested to Obasanjo but he rejected it – Bayelsa Gov’s aide
Dangote introduces new noodles, distribution fleet into market
NBC introduces new Ultra Glass Coke bottles
Abrogation of onshore/offshore oil dichotomy
Peter Obi: The Sam Mbakwe of Anambra State?
Deregulation, not price increases
Nigerian teachers for South African schools?
Researchers create artificial memories in the brain of a fruit fly
‘Our schools are now better than we met them’
Acetaminophen reduces potency of some vaccines, study finds
Research is crucial to events marketing – Connect Marketing MD
Nigerian tertiary institutions need online library for research, advancement of knowledge – DG, WAI
‘Bible, late Bimbo Odukoya’s books being pirated’
Japan pushes for East Asia bloc
Young boy shows all is not lost for Nigeria
Funds drive: Banks, governments, bodies carve niche in revenue collection
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Lagos march against PHCN
ASUU Ilorin: In learning and character
Save commuters on Lagos-Benin road
Pharmaceutical shops sealed off for operating illegally
Fire service dept gets eight new water tankers
Oyepitan tips Freeman for 2012 glory
200 companies for West Africa Corporate Games
2011: PDP vows to take over Lagos, Kano
Anambra crisis: Kidnappers seize Soludo’s father
Nigerians as unwelcome visitors
Ohu: Two suspects in police custody –Onovo
Jang vows to implement Jos crisis report
2010 Budget: Reps threaten NNPC with zero allocation
Senate seeks national policy on drought
Bank shares’ll no longer be used to secure margin loans –Sanusi
Development: World Bank, others set aside $5.7bn for Nigeria
NASB calls for uniform accounting standards
Irregularities stall hearing on Exxon Mobil affidavit
Why you need Internet service at home
Lagos Assembly fails to sanction Afikuyomi
Yar’Adua appoints new Perm Secs
Bode George, others get prison uniforms, numbers
Anambra: Aspirant writes INEC, calls for Soludo’s disqualification
Onigbinde slams African teams
Bolton players have swine flu
NYSC and its death toll
Secret police detention at Onikan?
Ajagun lifts Eaglets over Honduras
Aliero donates bus to NUGA
AC tasks Bayelsa, Oyo on prudent use of funds
PHCN reshuffles top managers
Anyone found guilty of corruption must be punished — Yar’Adua
Ogun explains sacking of 1,630 teachers
Fuel price hike: Yar’Adua insensitive to masses’ plight – NLC
UK’s aid to Nigeria to hit N35bn in 2010
‘No more floodlight failure’
Power, gas wasting at Shell facilities – Investigation
Librarians lament poor state of school libraries
Drogba targets Chelsea goalscoring record
Nigeria’s roads worse than those in war-torn countries — Anyaoku
Facilities excite Spanish ambassador
Abia govt, check these policemen
‘How Ugokwe was fired’
Messi, others not good enough for Real – Ronaldo
Bribery: Reps to probe alleged NNPC fuel importation racket
Kenyan coaches want Oliech to face Eagles
Deregulation: UAD set for showdown with FG
Armed robbers killed Abayomi Ogundeji – Coroner
Reps propose life imprisonment for chemical weapon offences
ANPP wants five justices off Niger election appeal
FG, oil industry set up special post-amnesty committee
BREAKING NEWS: Soludo’s father kidnapped
UN tribunal sentences former Sierra Leone rebel leaders
Saudi king pardons reporter sentenced to 60 lashes
Reps to ensure better funding of missions
Naira up on interbank, dips at forex auction
US offers Uganda $246m in new aid
Somali pirates abduct British couple
EU moves to sanction Guinea over crackdown on opposition
Zanu-PF hardliners ‘seek Zimbabwe split‘
Sokoto fights hunger with subsidised rice
Nigeria tasks UN on proper funding of AU peacekeeping operations
UN envoy lauds provision of treated mosquito nets to Nigeria
UK fails to make top 10
‘Locally made products enhance ICT penetration’
COMBIT Africa to focus on ICTs in recession
‘Africa heading for 2009 growth due to China’
Difference between an agenda and a programme
Obuh promises victory over Honduras
Nigeria risks future illiterate population —UNICEF
There will be adequate gas for 6,000MW – NNPC
Banks: Our investments intact, shareholders tell Sanusi
INEC excludes Soludo from stakeholders’ forum
Don’t involve governors in post-amnesty trust fund —Tompolo
‘Short-term capital market recovery not in sight’
Nigeria begins process to pick nuclear power sites
ECOWAS health ministers advocate special funding of maternal, neonatal health
AU tips Nigeria to lead African sports revolution
Stockbroker tackles CBN on FG debts
Consumer Vibe, First Bank collaborate on scholarship portal
Glo extends ‘text 4 millions’ promo
Minister preaches religious tolerance
Conviction, wake up call for corrupt leaders —CD
WDAS: Naira slides to N149.14
PDP asks members to shun Awka rally
Capacity development: Chams reiterates public sector commitment
No plans to license more telecoms operators –NCC
Nigerians are not criminals – Team USA official
Two Afghan helicopter crashes kill 14 Americans
Power: Energy commission plans to conserve 40MW
UBA begins operations in Tanzania
N’Delta leaders protest ministry’s inefficiency
Jos crisis: Anxiety as Ajibola submits report today
‘Nigeria accounts for 60% of West African seaborne trade’
Death toll rises to 160 in Baghdad
Brazil, Mexico set for showdown
‘ICTs have changed travel, tourism globally’
Labour leader stresses quality policing
Sagay decries corruption level
Strike: Daniel fails to persuade Ogun workers
FG shares N127m among universities
‘Many players are overage’
Opposition parties walk out of Sudan parliament
Road concession: Transporters give conditions for support
388 million will die of non-communicable diseases by 2020 — Osotimehin
Tax deductions: AC calls for commissioner‘s sack
Tunisian president wins fifth term
Tyson not sorry for ‘savage’ life
Group tasks govt on 15% health allocation
PDP suspends Ogun ex-commissioner, 21 others
Bishop dismisses re-branding project
UNAD students oppose deregulation
Ejigbo LCDA grades 38 roads in one year
El-Rufai lied against Yar’Adua – Presidency
Rivers received N503bn from FG in two years – Amaechi
Sunborn Yacht: Lagos Assembly may sanction Afikuyomi
Electoral reform: Osunbor seeks support for N’Assembly
Intel boss attests to CANi’s success
Bode George jailed
Ogun banks on bond, agric for 2010 budget
Transcorp‘s Q3 profit rises to N1.28bn
N166m loan: We’re still in court with Okiro’s firm – NDIC boss
FG, China sign $875m contract for Abuja-Minna railway line
FG earmarks N33bn for water, aquaculture management
Niger Suspension: AC commends ECOWAS for standing up for democracy
Africa: Looming postgraduate studies crisis
Olufemi warns Eaglets about Honduras threat
Ogunjobi pleads for Eaglets
Growing your investment through entrepreneurial knowledge
Before teachers relocate to S’Africa
Criminalise religious riot also
Signal Alliance, CA build platform for Galaxy Backbone
David Mark barred from Sudan
Karadzic shuns war crimes trial
Why Bode George is guilty on many counts – Court
NGO urges sensitisation on 3rd Mainland Bridge repair
UNIPORT CSO’s murder sparks anxiety
WimBiz brings ‘Fortune 500’ mentoring project to Nigeria
Expert charges HR practitioners on best practice
African leaders and Mo Ibrahim’s red card
Nigeria and Mo Ibrahim rating
A sickly, dependent nation?
Judge to hear Akingbola’s suit with Sanusi’s objection
Ugbo chieftaincy tussle lands three in court
Commotion as Bode George, others bag jail term
Ribadu lauds judgment
FIRS arraigns four suspects for tax certificate forgery
Skills gap: Experts list challenges, point way forward
Mother of seven dies during sex with neighbour
2009 Christian Pilgrimage: Israeli Ambassador promises adequate security
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