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The Punch Newspaper Archive for January 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Wardrobe essentials for the corporate guy

Tabor to Sinai: A pilgrim’s adventure to City of Peace

Anger, tears for soldiers’ families as Blair talks on Iraq

Mogadishu bloodshed mars president’s first anniversary

9 foods that reduce stress

Ferguson relishes Arsenal battle

Gyan, Gedo in top scorer contest

Only the result mattered – Ghana coach

Labour woos electorate for Uba

A toast to our ‘Living Legends’

Honey and bacterial infections

Jos crisis: Police beef up security as panic grips Minna residents

Yar’Adua: I don’t disrespect the constitution – Aliyu

Yar’Adua: A Senate’s long journey to a resolution

Achieving financial freedom through effective business plan

We have been fooled by delusions of grandeur

Illegal courier operations: NIPOST closes four companies, police arrest six in Benin

IPMAN raises the alarm over prolonged fuel scarcity, high price

Murray is under pressure – Federer

Amodu refuses to talk about future

Ekpo blames Amodu for Eagles’ defeat

Williams sisters claim doubles crown

So you want to be an entrepreneur?

Dwindling rank of opposition and PDP’s plot for 2011

Banking stocks rise on appointment of new helmsmen

Jonathan, Bankole absent from Soludo rally as pdp vows to reclaim Anambra

Amnesty: Harmonised rehab plan to be presented on Tuesday

Soludo solution for Anambra State

A taste of police brutality

MEND calls off ceasefire, warns oil firms to stop operations

Other factors, not CBN, dictated sacking of workers by banks – Sanusi

Those leaving PDP’ll soon return to the party – Dairo

Leveraging non-oil export for economic development

Nadal to miss four weeks

Fallen Eagles look to the future

We’re strong because we’re united – Brazil’s Melo

Pharaohs aim for third straight title

NACCIMA wants FG to set up minerals development bank

Saraki’s leadership is not impacting on the people – Ismail

Kidnapped Ekiti monarch, provost, others killed in auto crash

Greed without boundaries (2)

Nigeria’s sad, unacceptable drift continues

Eagles win bronze again

Banking crisis, recession dampen airports’ revenue base

Serena beats Henin to win Aussie Open

I can win title – Murray

Are oil majors ready for deregulation?

Northern Nigeria and the rest of us

Lingering fuel crisis

Housing fund collected N52bn in 2009 – FMBN

6,000 megawatt could have saved 50% cost – HTN boss

Candidates and security issues in Anambra politics

Yar’Adua: Confusion in House of Reps over impeachment threat

Halliburton: UK lawyer, Tesler, faces fresh allegations

Obasanjo, behold your casualties

AWOL Yar’Adua tests our democratic spirit

...Conmen defraud ministers, presidential aides

Sultan calls for reconciliation, peace-building among faiths

Catholic Bishops never endorse any candidate for Anambra governorship poll- Group

Establish common fund for investment in member nations – D-8 scribe

Zuma Steel to power Jos Rolling Mill from coal power plant

WW1 soldiers reburied in France

Woman appears in court for killing two kids

Togo gets two Nations Cup suspension

Roma striker Okaka undergoes Fulham medical

Serena wins fifth Australia Open title

Google phases out support for IE6

Friday, January 29, 2010

‘Eagles don’t need another Okocha’

Angola 2010: How Africa’s World Cup teams fared

How men’s health affects their sex lives

My wife slept with another man

Angola 2010: The stars, the flops, the revelations

Eagles crash out to Black Stars

Anderson nears Man Utd exit

Gigantic bonus and plight of other sports

Eguma thrills fans with victory

Murray powers into Aussie final

Madrid’s chances rest on Ronaldo appeal

Hosting rights: Umar confident of Nigeria’s bid

Playing Enyimba was tough – Dike

Juventus offer Benitez £2.6m

Zambia coach tips Nigeria for World Cup glory

Wikki searches for Bosso’s replacement

250 golfers to vie for Guinness Cup 2010

7 year old boy raises $240,000 for Haiti appeal

I earned my first salary as an employee when I was above 60 years old –Dr. Nuraini Funsho

I worked as a bricklayer and hawked rice, iced water and fried fish – Seyi Law, comedian

Re: Yar’adua’s BBC interview and other wonders

I was shocked by the rumour that I had gone mad –Wande Coal

I never thought I would get married –Nike Oshinowo-Soleye, former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria

Tourists still stranded at Machu Picchu

Mother held over children’s murder

Lagos is not the best place for the blind –Danlami Basharu

I value my eyes and lips, I intend to insure them soon – Nuella Njubigbo, actress

VP Jonathan is not in charge – Onyeagucha

Eat what you want, not what you find

Slicing and cutting made easy

I’ll serve Anambra like Zik and Okpara – Ejezie

Only a healthy man can solve Nigeria’s problems –Agbaje

Anambra 2010: A week to D-day, no clear leader

Maduekwe wants to know ‘who’s in charge’

How to survive religious violence (1)

Aso Ebi Planner exhibition set to hold

My father often rode on his bicycle to my school to look at my report card –Chris Olakpe

Bags! The bigger, the better

Flaunt it if you’ve got it

tips for my Diva BRIDE

Whether you are an apple or a pear shape, you are still a gorgeous bride to be

Human predators stalk Haiti’s vulnerable kids

All set for Orchid Fashion Fair

Investing wisely in 2010 (8)

Nigerian Comedy Awards event debuts

Managing your finances after wedding

ICT is yet to be fully explored

Turning failure into fortunes

Passwords hackers use to swindle

Kefee celebrates birthday

Seun Kuti lights up New Afrika Shrine tonight

Stella Monye’s car burnt by unknown persons

Asa shows class at naira.com event

Bulls sustain hold as index rises by 0.24%

Ford halts some China production after Toyota‘s woes

EU vows to keep stimulus measures while unemployment rises

US eases paperwork for loan help program

Total, ERG form Italian refining Joint Venture

Siji brings Afro soul to the home scene

Youth.com hits the screen

Occidental Petroleum doubles profit in 4Q

Van Vicker to raise funds for people of Haiti

Canadian Natural, North West plan bitumen refinery

Saudi doctors warn Turai against moving Yar’Adua to Nigeria

N’Delta crisis: Shell divests from three Nigerian oil blocks

Chrysler says it won‘t sue over dealer arbitration

Abdulmutallab: Malaysia arrests 2 Nigerians, others linked to Al-Qaeda

Yar’Adua not under obligation to write NASS –Court

Buckeye divests NGL pipeline system

Egwu opens national library in Owerri

…No sign of President’s imminent return in Villa

Court nullifies sale of Daily Times

Katsina to provide N50m mosquito nets

Niger ANPP members defect

Terrorism: US may strike plea bargain deal with Abdulmutallab

Swine flu: Women, U-5 children, health workers to receive vaccine

AC accuses INEC of planning Uba’s victory

…as Oshiomhole calls for vigilance

Dina: Police seek support from other security agencies

Huge claims raise reinsurance treaty rates –Commissioner

FG awarded N224.5bn road contracts in 2009 –Minister

UNILAG gets new Vice Chancellor

Niger loses N500m to PPP, thinks litigation

Keyamo threatens IGP with contempt charge over detained lawyer

Reps threaten to impeach Yar’Adua

ACF to raise panels on Jos crises

Yar’Adua: South-South, South-West leaders team up for Jonathan

NNPC admits not remitting N450bn to federation account

Bishop fingers poverty, unemployment as causes of Jos mayhem

Amodu vows to improve Eagles

UK Appeal Court quashes Siddique terror conviction

US may strike plea bargain deal with AbdulMutallab

Ex-Chelsea striker, Gudjohnsen joins Tottenham on loan

Yar’ Adua: Count me out of disrespect to Constitution -Aliyu

We will overhaul Eagles, NFA vows

Hamas military commander killed in Dubai

Blair Faces Grilling on Iraq War

A narrative that is not so cheery

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Watching the Super Eagles in the spirit

Iyke’s art of war

Tosyn Bucknor returns to music

Top acts mobilise for Jos victims

Grammys: Fingers crossed for Femi Kuti

Musically speaking...

We don’t play Faaji Plus at home – Janet’s husband, Kayode

Amosu unveils luxury line today

I sing for mature, free minds – St. Janet

Ekiti sets up panel on relocation of college

Soludo woos Igbo traders in Lagos

Mass failure: Kwara trains teachers on handling of external exams

20 Ebonyi pupils bag scholarship

NBL, First Bank, Zenith most capitalised companies – Survey

Tanzania may sell $500m of Eurobonds in 2010

Vale buys Brazilian Bunge’s fertilizer assets for $3.8bn

Caterpillar’s profit falls against forecast

Lagos Education District I emerges tops at Jam Feast

Pupils get advice to ‘delay sex‘

UBEC orders withdrawal of FTS participants from private schools

Don’t underestimate the role of education – Envoy

Firm donates 1,200 crash helmets to FRSC

UNILAG to use Etisalat as case study

Eso, Ayoola differ on Yar’Adua

Don wants govt to bar politicians from sending children to foreign schools

‘Don‘t leave children in teachers‘ care alone’

‘President can’t continue to rule from abroad’

Orange juice futures rise on Florida crop damage

Starbucks, Kraft purchases boost Peru coffee sales

‘Impeachment not realistic’

‘Banks are ignorant of potential in tourism’

Intrigue characterise Reps’ trip

China finances Kenyan port construction

Media Perspectives repositions, signs agreement with Carat

Japan tourism agency removes barrier on Chinese visitors

How schools, parents frustrate policy on local languages

Jam Feast Award: VC applauds PUNCH for winning LASG gold in education reporting

Ecobank, Bank of China sign deal for Chinese desk

PZ Cussons’ profit rises by 8.8 per cent

Senate queries ministry over N8bn budget for PIB implementation

Insurers demand Senate’s intervention in policy erosion

Revenue board surpasses target

Fashola bemoans decline in reading culture

Mass failure in public exams stirs debate among pupils

Fear grips Nigerian owners as Toyota recalls Camry, other models

Plagued by constitutional crisis

Who moved the motion for Nigeria‘s independence?

Nadal coach concerned over injury

Nigeria can rule world judo – Da Souza

Kano customs tasks officers over N1.5bn target

Why govts’ agric policies fail – AFAN President

I still have a lot to offer – Gatlin

Amodu’s tactics failed us – Osaze

Many elections, several contentious issues

Davos: Policymakers warn on recovery, stimulus exit

MTN, Ericsson boost Internet connection in Ondo

Obama vows to make jobs priority, slams Washington

Ford posts $2.7bn 2009 profit after record loss

‘Nigeria remains a semi-colonial dependent country’

Mali sacks Keshi over poor outing

Ferguson rubs salt into City’s wounds

Business opportunities abound in Africa – Diageo

‘Nigerians should display positive attitude to develop economy’

Costain targets bigger Ibadan polo

Turkish, German clubs eye Shittu

Nigeria should develop own language to be truly independent – Enahoro

Jobless claims in US declined last week to 470,000

Motorola drops after predicting unexpected loss on phone slump

PZ Cussons expands plants in Nigeria as profit rises

Nokia rises most in six years after earnings beat estimates

FG to establish cultural industries in 774 LGAs

Re: Yar’Adua: What did Obasanjo really know?

Afren buys Nigerian interest from Energy Equity

Customs, ANLCA at loggerheads over seized vehicles

Nigeria’s cocoa price rises on quality, demand

Group promotes business relations between Nigeria and Belgium

Enyeama gets Guinness award

Its Henin, Serena final

‘Only development can bring peace to Niger-Delta’

‘We are not operating a true federal system’

CBN, SEC, NDIC, others back creation of AMC

Power corrupts, but it corrupts only those who think they deserve it

Education: Leaving no child behind

Day shops and roads were closed for Fashola

Huge claims raises 2010 reinsurance treaty rates – Commissioner

Arogundade, Navy’s N100m fine

NNPC restores crude supply to Warri, Kaduna refineries

A journey into nationhood

The Army de-structured Nigeria – Adebanjo

Superb Murray hits final

Ghana beats Nigeria to reach final

CSR: RUSAL inaugurates laptop project

Creating wealth from interlocking tiles production

Nigeria’s poor immunisation record

AC, PDP, ANPP, others have no party agents in Anambra – INEC

Methodist cleric wants FG to beef up security in border areas

Yar’Adua: Gowon, Shagari, Shonekan, others back Senate

2011: Speaker charges youths to shun violence

‘Anambra women deserve unique role’

Reps threaten to impeach President

‘Poverty, illiteracy, divorce violate Child Rights Law’

Ekiti rerun: PDP witness says poll was peaceful

NBA, CNPP, Lagos lawyers fault FEC on President’s fitness

Mass exodus hits Niger ANPP, as fresh 158 dump party

APGA denies ADC‘s allegation

Civil society group calls for independent probe

President has delegated power to VP — Aondoakaa

Yar’Adua’ll be back soon — FG

UN ready to help Nigeria conduct free elections

Tension in Ilesa as police release LG boss

Heart disease pandemic looms — Expert

Mimiko urged to intervene in fresh Ilaje crisis

Kidnapped Edo CAN chairman regains freedom

Malaria: FG distributes two million treated nets in Bauchi

Niger swindled of N500m, may go to court

Bayelsa appeals for calm over measles epidemic

Woman gives birth to baby boy at AC rally

ACF investigates crises

Alleged financial recklessness: Assembly raises committee to probe Fashola

A’Ibom may stop citizens from serving in volatile areas

AbdulMutallab: Malaysia arrests two Nigerians

Sale of refineries, way out of petroleum crisis – Amaechi

Dina: ‘Police interim report ready before Sunday’

Jonathan, Mark, Bankole to storm Anambra for Soludo

An unusual marshal tackles errant motorists in P’Harcourt

Drug trafficking: NDLEA seals two boutiques in Lagos

Ten suspects in police net for stealing cables

NCP sues FG over Yar’Adua’s signing of supplementary budget

Missing billions: Senate, minister disagree on figures

Fake EFCC official remanded

Nigerians are in the throes of cardiovascular pandemic - MD, First Foundation

Yar’Adua: Gowon, Shagari, Ekwueme, others back senate resolution

Jos crisis: A’Ibom may stop graduates from serving in volatile areas

Poverty, illiteracy, couples separation responsible for violation of Child Rights Law -Group

IPMAN warns about prolonged fuel scarcity, high price

US to Outline New Iran Sanctions

Embattled Obama promises more jobs

Ferrari unveils new Formula 1 car, vows to return to top

After 15 days, Haiti quake rescuers find girl alive

Super Eagles will play in the finals -Mikel

Iran executes two activists over post-election protest

Chevron, Kyushu sign multiple LNG deals

Pioneer adds 52 million barrels of proved reserves

PIB has been revised – Egbogah

S’West, S’South leaders meet on Friday

Australian fourth-quarter consumer prices rise

Sultan allays fears on military takeover

Globacom inaugurates appeal for Haiti quake victims

... Etisalat offers special discount on voice calls

Punch emerges LASG education gold award recipient

Malaysia says rates can‘t stay too low, signals move

Utomi faults leaders over foreign medical trips

Nigeria raises Bonny Light, Qua Iboe oil prices for February delivery

NNPC, FAAC, to parley with states’ financial managers

French govt warns Total over refinery closure, job losses

NIPCO urges FG to popularise gas as vehicular fuel

Aondoakaa to determine suspects’ fate

Ikeja bomb blast: Eight years after, relatives lament failed promises by govt

Offers record 2,818 oil blocks for sale

Fuel importation: IPMAN seeks FG’s support for credit facilities

Dual pricing of petrol ’ll make deregulation work – Akin-Olugbade

Gazprom in $1bn gas row write-off

Reps ask Onovo to halt ejection of policewomen from barracks

Niger Republic buys diesel generators to reduce power cuts

Frenchmen move for Eagles job

Kalu to lead PPA leaders in Anambra campaign

Ghana urged to use oil resources to diversify economy

US govt pushes any drilling off Virginia past 2011

Dimeji happy with Eagles

Airborne geophysical survey’ll reduce exploratory risk, illegal mining – NGSA

Bravo, EFCC

Osun: Aregbesola demands inquiry on abuses

Airlines to lose $5.6bn in 2010 – IATA

Home sales in US probably increased after credit restored

We have recovered Ohu’s laptop, handset – Onovo

Atiku, Tinubu, Oshiomhole for Anambra poll

Akhigbe asks NAS, FEC to make clear pronouncement on president

Roubini pessimistic on euro area, calls Spain risk

Workers give FAAN seven-day ultimatum over unpaid salaries

India, Mittal to establish $4.5bn refinery in Nigeria

Pro-Yar’Adua group plans 3million-man march in Abuja

President capable of discharging his duties – FEC

Mining sector’ll contribute 7% to Vision 2020 – FG

... Onovo dispatches DIG to Ogun

Oil slips as dollar holds firm

‘Nigeria, most significant in Africa for oil and gas business’

Ogun PDP crisis: Confusion as Daniel‘s aides shun Abuja peace parley

Amodu criticises Yusuf, Etuhu

Athletes trickle into Delhi 2010 camp

PPPRA may meet PPMC over oil shortage

Withdrawal of JTF soldiers

North, a problem to Nigeria – ACF

Bank PHB targets N60bn loan recovery

MAN, Gaslink, others disagree on gas price

China wealth fund weighs new commodities bets after 2009 gains

Ekiti rerun: Tribunal warns PDP against time wasting tactics

Gambian CJ faults constitution review by NASS

CAN protests abduction of Edo chairman

33 Nigerians deported from US

Finance CEO‘s see no ‘serious‘ recovery till 2012

Nigeria ranks low on World Bank’s trade logistics index

London court freezes Akingbola‘s £83m properties

Assault: Judge orders Arogundade, Navy o pay N100m damages to Uzoma Okere

President in absentia

Chevron on Papa Terra starting block

Tsonga ready for Federer

Running a first rate travel agency

N18m judgment: Electrocution victim seeks Garnishe order against PHCN

Sylva denies opposing Jonathan

We must resist perpetrators of violence – Northern govs

WDAS: Naira‘s steady slide persists

Japan exports rise, first time since Lehman collapse

N5.2bn REA fraud: Elumelu, Ugbane to face fresh charges

FG to boost SMEs through development council – CBN

Eagles’ll struggle against a good attack – Ike

Council focuses on health, education

LASG, save Badia residents from touts

FG proposes N8.3bn to fight swine flu

Lawyer sues N’Assembly over Yar’Adua

21 House committees delaying 2010 budget – Bankole

Banking stocks drive turnover on NSE

Muhtar promises quick passage of AMC bill

Greek government‘s five-year bonds tumble in first day of trading

We need $15bn yearly for infrastructural devt – FG

SAP sees sales growth after fourth-quarter net falls

From auto pilot to life support, the Eagles and the Leader

Respect constitution, Senate urges Yar’Adua

Dina: Falana counters Ogun CP over robbery theory

SGS carries out first phased array inspection in Nigeria

PHCN prepares successor companies for reform, eyes 10,000MW

Reviewing Nigeria’s tax policy

Governance by deceit

Leading via life support machines

Align development with people’s needs –Council boss

NFF writes NSC over foreign coach

How Eagles can beat Ghana – Sofoluwe

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Cabinet declares Yar’Adua fit to continue in office

UK Supreme Court quashes Treasury terror assets order

Man rescued from Haiti rubble two weeks after quake

10,000 fans gather to pray for Paraguay‘s player, Cabanas

Fonseka rejects Sri Lanka‘s presidential poll result

Clinton says bad governance in Nigeria radicalised AbdulMutallab

US worried about arms flowing to Southern Sudan

Rajoelina open to Madagascar poll date discussion

Afcon semis not condition for retaining Amodu -NFF

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

‘Crashed Ethiopian plane flew in wrong direction’

Suicide attack kills 17 in Iraq

British, Irish hold talks to save N’Ireland govt

France MPs’ report backs banning of Muslim face veil

Haitian president appeals for more tents

India marks Republic Day as troops clash at border

Iran to inaugurate missile projects in February

German ambassador to Iceland found dead in car

North Korea may test missile – Report

Kenya spends $500,000 on Faisal’s deportation

Nigeria on life support

Chukwu, Oliha disagree on Eagles’ performance

WHO reappoints Sambo as Africa’s regional director

Malaria vaccine ready in 2013 – Bill Gates

Birth Defects: Diagnosis and prevention

Tips on how to solve problem of sleeplessness

Hundreds of Algerians to hit Angola for Egypt

Eagles win TomTom’s $4,000

How to earn a promotion

Yar’Adua: Buhari, Falae, others say vacuum portends jeopardy for 2011

Emirates to begin flights to Madrid

Sanusi frustrated my overseas treatment — Ibru

Jonathan visits Jos

Building a professional identity

D8 countries to raise FDI to $200bn

Apple profits soar 50% to record high

N10bn debt: NEXIM issues 30-day ultimatum to debtors

South Africa keeps key rate at 7% in split decision

US airlines abandon fare hike

‘Packaging President won’t alter political equation’

Ekiti rerun: Ido-Osi poll was peaceful, LG boss insists

Osun tribunal: Aregbesola’s lawyer faults witness’ signatures

President can’t be away indefinitely — Yakasai

Lamborghini to focus on less weight bodies

US deficit ‘set to hit $1.35tn’

Customs recover N12bn in underpayment

King urges working with Obama on bank reform

‘Only S’Court can resolve Rivers, A’Ibom oil wells dispute’

Reforms place more burden on accountants – ICAN President

US to review visa policy for Nigerians, may revoke others

NGOs partner Unity Bank on new brand image

Delta to spend $1bn on upgrades

Anambra: TMG faults INEC’s preparations

Yakubu dedicates victory to Jos victims

Eto’o laments Cameroun’s exit

Two methods help prevent infections after surgery

Making open heart surgery accessible to the poor

No swine flu in Ogun – Commissioner

We’re ready for war – Zidan

Eagles not good – Renard

AIG scraps plan to sell plane leasing unit

US Senate Democrats to consider $80bn jobs legislation

How to sustain good leadership, by AIESEC

Climate change: Nigeria not in a hurry to sign Copenhagen Accord –Minister

Gazprom frets about surge in US gas production

Banks plan to keep rates steady

Suzuki unveils R3, latest concept car

Terror list: US erred on Nigeria — FG

FG orders return of troops to Edo

Court restrains Oyo from stopping teachers’ contribution

HIV/AIDS: Concern group enhances campaign for antiretroviral provision

Reports from Anambra disturbing —INEC board

London varsity to investigate AbdulMutallab’s radicalisation

Porsche Panamera offers sporty performance on four doors

Bank of China, construction bank start curbing credit

UPDC names Ogunniran MD, appoints two non-executive directors

Zambia coach attacks journalist

Lagos-Ibadan: Bi-Courtney builds temporary trailer parks at 3 locations

LOC plans big for WAFU Nations Cup

LLTC set for 115th anniversary

For the love of motor homes

I’m ready for B’Stars – Yobo

Toyota Corolla emerges Nigeria’s car of 2009

Group demands policy to protect HIV/AIDS patients in workplaces

Obama to call for three-year freeze on some Federal spending

NAFDAC seizes fake anti-malaria drugs in Kaduna markets

Obi, Soludo, Ngige, others differ at public debate

Councillors insist on sacking Sapele LG chairman

Bayelsa students in Russia threaten to march on embassy

Mass failure in public exams, a national disaster

Oni’s deputy asks police to investigate attack on Fayemi’s lawyer

AIG bail-out investigations launched

Copenhagen: City of smiles and hefty bills

Bonus crisis hits Eagles

Haye to fight Ruiz

Mortgage approvals hit two-year high

Naval helicopter crashes in Rivers, four dead bodies recovered

C’River targets N30bn revenue from carbon credit

Ex-militants vow to fight sea pirates

Who, UNICEF urge Nigeria to sustain campaign against polio

Obasanjo lacks honour to ask Yar’Adua to resign — Shehu Sani

Fergie expects derby discipline

Pepsi wants support for Eagles

Rotary calls on NGOs to assist displaced victims of Jos mayhem

Anambra Christian leaders endorse Soludo

I8 killed in measles epidemic in Bayelsa

Crisis: NBC threatens broadcast organisations

Violence and impunity in Osun

After the rallies

Shopping for a secondary school (2)

Ogun LG constructs four hospitals, plans mortuary

Why blacks are at higher risk of hypertension – Sofola

I wanted to quit after Zambia victory – Amodu

Murray moves into semis as Nadal retires

Developing a good workplace culture

Dipo Dina: Another tale of mystery murder

MMA2 concession: Infrastructure commission to assess agreement

When built-in antifreeze beats a winter coat

Police arrest prophet for allegedly killing two children

Yar’Adua: All you ever wanted to know about life support

Anambra 2010: Appeal court upholds Soludo’s nomination

Yar’Adua divides Senate

‘It won’t be business as usual in 2010’

SERAP asks court to compel FG to account for N600bn recovered loot

Mineral prospecting activities to rise

Indices surge as trading volume dip on NSE

NSE cuts FG bonds transaction fees

No plan to raise capital requirement for insurance brokers – FG

Internet tips for entrepreneurs

Terrorism: Mutallab raises questions on intelligence, security

South-East, South-South elders meet today

NYSC extends deadline for mobilisation of corps members

Kashamu faults Daniel over comment on Bankole

Anxiety over Yar’Adua’s return

Lufthansa planning flights to Iraq

IMF more upbeat on world economy

Stocks advance on confidence data, earnings

UK economy resumes growth by less than forecast

Nigeria earns N10.5bn from Bilateral Air Service Agreements

Dealing with high employee turnover

Fish out Dipo Dina’s killers, VP orders IG

Atuche, Ojo fault EFCC’s amended charge

Robbery suspects cause stir in Lagos

Luminous 3-D jungle is a biologist’s dream

Qatar Airways to begin flights to Copenhagen

Dina: Bankole, Adegbite, Daniel, others express shock

Sesay returns as CNN MultiChoice AJA co-host

Henin, Zheng set up unlikely s’final clash

Lagos AC mourns Dipo Dina, demands killer’s arrest

Only Supreme Court can resolve oil wells dispute between Rivers and Akwa Ibom‘- Court

Anambra 2010: Court of Appeal upholds Soludo‘s nomination

N10bn debt: NEXIM issues 30 day ultimatum to debtors

Ogun West PDP backs down on N.5m senatorial application fee

Amodu contacts Keshi for World Cup, NFF considers Zambia coach

Liberia‘s President, Johnson-Sirleaf, seeks second term

Lebanon search for victims of Ethiopian jet crash

Former militants reject post-amnesty plans

Monday, January 25, 2010

Friends, associates eulogise late photojournalist, Soji Adegbesan

CBN allays fears over fake N50 notes in circulation

Interlinked Technologies seeks N973m from shareholders

Standard Bank recognised for financing power deals

Skye Bank to appoint new CEO soon

AIICO Insurance grows profit by 62.8% in Q3

Tuition hike: Ibadan poly students spoil for war

MFBs want cheques cleared by DMBs

Cyber crime: Policemen undergo training in Lagos

Man arraigned for impersonation

Iran unveils oil fund revamp

Wal-Mart cuts 11,200 jobs at Sam’s Club

Robinho set for Santos return

Don wants agriculture subsidised in rural areas

NPL clarifies election guidelines

Klitschko to face Chambers

No deal yet to sell Saab, but still talking – GM

Programos offers bailout software packages to stockbrokers

Gas prices slow to follow oil lower

‘Kwara Utd can win league’

NWF to conduct Olympic trial

Senderos completes Everton move

Paraguay striker shot

Tsonga wins thriller to make q’finals

Azarenka sets up Serena rematch

Surgeons urged to establish disaster response committee

Varsity plans centre to immortalise Maryam

Economic survey: Slow recovery continues

VEDA, Visafone partner on Direct Online initiative

Motorola files complaint against RIM

Intel trying to make PCs cheaper

Japan manufacturers’ mood brightens

Don cautions FG against relegation of Arts

FG urged to ensure growth of private varsities

Halilhodzic laments Elephants’ ouster

‘Bolt can do better’

El-Merreikh stops Stephen Worgu

‘‘AUN admits over 300 students’

China denies involvement in Google hackings

European stocks slip but Wall Street pushes higher

Samsung bags multibillion-dollar clean energy deal

Owolabi becomes ITAN COO, heads WITSA regional secretariat

Mistakes to avoid in buying used cars

NITEL employees battle liquidator over arrears

How to ask for a raise and succeed

Yar’Adua no longer fit to rule –– Lawmakers

UNILAG Convocation: 99-year-old don bags DSc

Corps members donate marker boards, physiotherapy equipment to schools

Corps member relates life under bridge

Oyo targets 700 graduates for poverty alleviation scheme

ITUC urges countries to embark on bank reforms

Resourcery, Prodapt India sign MoU on software solutions

Agege residents to benefit from Eko Free Health Mission

Ericsson’s net profit dips by 92%, to cut 6,500 jobs

Galaxy Backbone to provide Internet access in 110 schools

Zenith Bank appoints Emefiele as MD designate

KWASU matriculates 550 students

No course of study in varsity inferior – UI DVC

Outsourcing roars back to India, China

Asia to drive global CCTV market

...I‘ve fulfilled my election promises to Anambra people –Obi

NIPOST to build mail processing hub in Sagamu

Hayatou resists European pressure

Federer, Djokovic rule supreme

LPG operators lament as FG increases tariff

Asian incursion: India to invest $350m in OPLs 279, 285

Angolans celebrate despite defeat

VP pledges FG’s commitment to D-8 summit

Yar’Adua: Just before Reps’ fact-finding mission

Incessant violence: AC suggests way out

‘Mozambique won‘t sack Nooij’

OPS opposes cargo tracking charge

NSA, NEMA warn FG on nuclear power programme

My survival a miracle –Togo keeper

‘Soludo leads in NTA opinion poll’

Yar’Adua: What did Obasanjo really know?

Jos: Violence fuelled by impunity

Shopping for a secondary school

Agriculture: Going back to the root

Yar’Adua: 2010 budget drags at N’Assembly

Egypt sets up Algeria rematch

Farmers urged to keep records to enhance credit access

‘Most National Assembly members were not elected’

Buhari, Yerima, others to campaign for ANPP candidate in Anambra

Protecting teenagers from dangers of cyber space

Microsoft, Intuit join forces for cloud services

Free-for-all in Minna as AC peace parley ends in crisis

Useni warns against emergency rule

Blame mayhem on politicians, security system, not religion — C’River CAN

‘Crisis is internal terrorism’

No provision in constitution for handover to Jonathan — Maduekwe

Resign in the interest of Nigeria, Enahoro tells President

AA calls for restructuring of Nigeria

N’Delta ex-militant leaders threaten to halt oil production

JUSUN strike: Group accuses C‘River of misplacing priority

Workers‘ protest turn violent in Bayelsa

Victims of Pfizer vaccine test to get N26m each

FG may re-register ex-militants

‘Council lacks power to determine Yar’Adua’s capacity to discharge duties’

Suit to stall Anambra poll dismissed

Mudashiru’s estate: Judge refuses to stay judgment

Jos: FCT police move to avert crisis

AC gov candidate, Dipo Dina, shot dead

Ekiti rerun: Result date one year older than poll

Security: Amaechi, Orji meet in Port Harcourt

Again, envoy says Yar’Adua’s health improving

Aliyu blames logjam on PDP rotational arrangements

EFCC files cross–appeal against Bode George, others’ conviction

Police confirm 362 deaths

Gowon condemns crisis, says ‘enough is enough’

Horse-trading as Senate decides on Yar’Adua’s fate today

‘Adamawa receives N3.03bn UBE grant in four years’

Enyeama fires Eagles to s’final

Akpabio re-affirms support for united Nigeria

FBI sends AbdulMutallab’s bomb to laboratory

Military restricts troops’ movement over ‘rising tension’

Ogun lawmakers disown Daniel over comments

Anti-graft body investigates five LG bosses, lawmaker

Don’t sell your voter cards, Anambra women urged

Experts explain life support therapy, say it is used for failed organs

Pressure mounts on S’South govs to back Jonathan

Lawmaker decries move to impeach Yar‘Adua

Sacked bank workers lament seizure of assets by EFCC

Ministry seeks upward review of 2010 budget

Man sentenced to life for 1983 murder of teenage girl

Amodu wants more urgency-Odemwingie

‘Chemical Ali‘ executed in Iraq

Bomb kills 4 policemen in breakaway Somaliland

Egypt detains Brotherhood members before poll re-run

Egyptian referee for Nigeria-Zambia match

US audit condemns Iraq police deal

Ethiopian airliner crashes into sea, 90 feared dead

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Nadal, Murray clash in q’final

S’West PDP orders Ogun warring parties to maintain status quo

It’s Eagles vs Katongo brothers

Etsako poll: Oshiomhole thanks FG

Morgan Stanley’s Gorman gets $8.6m stock bonus

Ex-chief justice supports Rivers’ tax payment campaign

Google profit rises, misses some forecasts

NCC seeks review of legal codes, regulator independence

Muktari stresses IT’s relevance to insurance sector

CIIN aims to develop insurance studies in schools

CITN urges full implementation of national tax policy

Construction workers threaten to pull out of Niger Delta

LASEPA commences evacuation of e-waste

Staco Insurance harps on corporate governance

BT puts price on higher speed broadband

‘NSE index to rise by 20% by end 2010’

NSE demutualisation: Fear of investors exclusion lingers

Nwachukwu peace committee meets Ogun PDP warring parties today

Ogunjobi warns Eagles against Zambia

Avoid God’s anger, Okonkwo warns N’Assembly

Nigeria defends bid to host Nations Cup

Obasanjo, a confusionist — ACF

Sectarian crisis: Apprehension in Jos, Kaduna

Some landlords are saboteurs — Igbokwe

Barclays to relocate Hong Kong office

Power supply to improve before October – Babalola

FG renews hope on Lagos – Kano railway project

Wall Street faces pain from buyout cutback

LASTMA: LASG promises closer monitoring

Group distributes N15.87m gift items to the needy

Reps delegation to visit S’Arabia this week

Malabo attack victims demand $120m damages from FG

We did not rejoice over Zambia –Yusuf

Why PDP is drifting – BoT member

Banks need to review strategies – Experts

Oando’s N20bn rights issue opens today

Corporation boosts water supply in Lagos metropolis

NSE, Daniel make case for indigenous engineers

Bank shares slide in Europe

Cameroun, Egypt set to do it again

ASP suspended for allegedly supplying arms to refugees

Court stops Mimiko, Obateru from evicting ex-Olugbo from palace

LP scores C’River lawmakers low on performance

Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo loses son

UBS client wins appeal against US data handover

DMO resumes monthly auctions, offers N75bn FGN bonds

Dubai sets $2bn for 2010 transport projects

ARP calls for GNU, dissolution of FEC, N’Assembly

Alleged attack: Fayemi’s lawyer accuses Oni’s deputy’s convoy

‘Nigeria has one paediatrician to 63,000 children’

Riot: Students, Oyo Govt disagree over evacuation

UK drops to bottom of economies for investors’ favourites

AIG’s bailout disclosure surprised NY Fed

Terror: Osama bin laden calls AbdulMutallab ‘hero’

Post-amnesty: Militants attack traders in Bakassi, injure 20

China inflation may exceed five per cent

Plateau Christians allege genocide by GOC

Crude oil drops as equities decline

Armed conflicts: Climate change causes wars in Africa — Report

As Shell trims its investment portfolio in Nigeria

Lagos landlords and the state’s economy

The threat to close Benin Airport

‘How Land Use Act impedes socio-economic development’

Falana writes Ogun on OPIC Estate’s controversial ‘guest house’

Breeding dogs as a veritable business venture

Lawyers fault appointment of Afribank Md, Ed

Counterfeiting: Taking anti-malaria or corn meal?

Police search uncompleted buildings for criminals

Overcoming challenges of oil and gas underwriting

US Democrats consider setting larger health goals aside

Interconnect rates: Subscribers await tariff reduction

Global IT spending to touch $3.4tn - Gartner

Wema Bank posts N20.4bn loss

Otudeko restates need for conservative approach to banking

Obama bank curbs may endanger US financial system

CBN order: Bank CEOs moving to pick successors

The nation’s last hope

‘S’Court won’t interfere with lower court’s discretion unless ...’

Judiciary must save Nigeria’s roof from falling – NBA

Anambra: Uba’s candidature belittles democratic values – Iwu

Amodu sticks to team that beat Mambas

PDP disowns Obasanjo over call for President’s resignation

Bayero University closes for WAUG

Haiti: Death toll rises to 150,000

Life support machines arrive ahead of Yar’Adua

Another 28 dead bodies found in Jos, as residents flee

LSSTF gets Jeeps worth N16m to fight crime

Imo governorship poll: Ohakim goes to S’Court

Mudashiru’s Will: Judge delivers ruling on widow’s stay of execution today

Fashola bags Martin Luther King leadership award

Coal: FG, Goldfields agree on new EIA

Rescued, healthy banks targeted for acquisition

FG set to develop bunkering market

‘Lack of mapping cause of building collapse’

336 Oshodi residents benefit from skill acquisition project

CAN boss kidnapped in Benin

Yar’Adua’s absence, an impeachable offence – Akinjide

Repression undermines Sudan elections – Rights group

VIU arrests man for forgery

Most Darfur Deaths Due to Disease, Not Violence

Jos Crisis: Anxiety heightens over rumoured attack on churches

Kwara appoints Acting Chief Judge

Post amnesty: Militants attack traders in Bakassi, injure 20

Yar’Adua: Six-man Saudi delegation takes-off this week without fail –Reps

Yar’Adua : PDP disowns Obasanjo

Poverty reduction, crucial to war against HIV/AIDS

Nigerians won’t forgive Obasanjo for imposing Yar’Adua on them – Okorocha

Africa tourism ‘lifted by Obama and World Cup‘

Lack of mapping bane of building collapse – SGF

Yar’Adua: Obasanjo deceived Nigerians-AC

Court stops Mimiko, Obateru from sacking ex-Olugbo from palace

Bin Laden calls AbdulMutallab ‘hero’, claims failed terror attack

Buried Haiti Man Lived On Beer For 11 Days

Saturday, January 23, 2010

PEF boss calls for belt-tightening ahead of deregulation

Parking lots as money-spinner

Marijuana ‘munchies’ may be rooted in biology

Bombing and fire incidents in media houses

Anambra 2010: Onovo must be above board

This is not the time to blame Obasanjo

More puzzles over Citizen Mba’s death in church

NICO seeks banks’ partnership on research, indigenous languages development

Why Alaska isn’t free of Exxon Valdez crude

Beautiful is still his name

Understanding Ojo Maduekwe’s evasiveness on Hardtalk

McDonald’s net tops estimates as sales climb

Alleged N3.9bn fraud: BPE, House committee face-off lingers

Jos crisis: Killing of youths sparks off fresh violence

Australia police seek leads in Indian murder

Three die as bus plunges into ditch

My boss ‘wandered’ into the ladies’ bathroom – The ‘Apology’

Toye Ariyo meets good times

Adefulire gets credit

From lifelessness to vitality

Protest raises tension

Iverson makes no apologies for All-Star start

Russians skaters win European gold

Ghana game Angola’s biggest ever –Jose

Nana Otedola gets groovy again

Caverton boss set to give out daughter

1st African Parliamentary Awards holds in Abuja

Interim Guinea leader wants to organise elections quickly

...150 bodies found in village wells – BBC

Toyota’s recall may spread to Europe

Desert spider discovery

Proper education will breed quality leadership –Rotary Club

Eunice Efole raises the bar

Nigeria hosts high level summit on agribusiness to hold in March

e-Books: Another advancement for the knowledge economy

Man, 45, bags 148 years jail term

Kemi Asemota shuns marriage

Zambia coach seeks offers from big African teams

Cote d’Ivoire tackles angry Algeria

Talk of the town

Imperious Federer in cruise control

Bankole is a curse to Ogun – Daniel

Cisco forays into wireless video

AfDB, ATIC sign $1m technical assistance grant for Kenya

Folake Odutola gets relief

Goldman under investigation for its securities dealings

Nokia may offer free navigation

Oil & gas development a priority for Anambra – Soludo

Error-prone Serena overpowers Navarro

Cameroun or Zambia?

Tevez versus Neville

Venus ends Dellacqua’s dream

AbdulMutallab: Britain fears terror attack, reviews ‘no fly list’

NICON Insurance introduces online policy

World Bank to visit three Africa nations

Taking gemstones to the world market

GTBank donates oxygen concentrate machines to hospital

We’ll review terror watch list – US

Eagles can win Nations Cup – Fashanu

Zambians arrive in Lubango

Lemo, Adebutu, others to attend ICAN conference

Ikuforiji went too far

Not Ladan Bosso again

Why hepatitis B is dangerous, by experts

Twins provide clues to lupus

Save us from Pharaoh’s bondage – Nigerians cry out in Egyptian prisons

Practical ways to deal with your in-laws

Jos: Time for home truth!

I always knew I would end up in music in spite of my medical science degree – Lady Judith

Why YABATECH has not transformed to varsity – Rector

With updated Hubble Telescope, reaching further back in time

Forest preservation and the environment

Igba Otun: Movie stars rebrand in new Yoruba soap

Financial stability board welcomes Obama bank plan

How getting organised can open financial doors in 2010

Yar’Adua: Don’t trivialise handover issue – South-South senators

Haitians get privacy, finally, to rest and mourn

I support OBJ – Kukah

Obasanjo’s tale by moonlight

Playing the religious card in Anambra politics

Nigerian women appreciate traditional jewellery no matter where they are based – Bimbo Balogun

Where is Biola Okoya?

Taiwo Ayoku holds forth

I left ExxonMobil as HR manager in order to fulfil my personal dream – Mo Abudu

Jos crisis:...May cost Jang second term

Haiti and life’s contingency

Foods that affect your shape

We wanted to meet and beat Cameroun – Echiejile

Massa happy with ‘perfect’ test

Warren keeps mum over Khan split

Amodu 3, Nooij 0: Please leave our coach alone

Moin-moin with jollof rice

Terrorism, Nigeria and wrangling of NSA, SSS, NIA

I give my wives credit for the opportunity – Akinbade, Osun SSG

Yar’Adua: A peep at Reps’ six-man Saudi delegation

Bibiana Henshaw’s secret

Abike Dabiri-Erewa gets honour

Nollywood ‘blings on’ night

Bank chiefs after me – Waziri

Top Kashmir rebel killed ahead of India’s Republic Day

Shooting, violence characterise Osun rerun election

BPE, BNP Paribas meet in Paris on NITEL privatisation

Billionaire set to bring growth to India’s poor

For public sector, reflections from within

Thinking about shrinking

Mass failure in public exams: Oyo declares emergency in education sector

Yes, we … maybe not yet

10 things a good boyfriend won’t ask you to do

Nigerian striker, Brown Ideye signs For Sochaux

Malaria accounts for 30 percent child mortality in Nigeria-Paediatric Association

France seeks to prosecute Angola rebel

Jos crisis is internal terrorism-Enugu Anglican Bishop

My father wanted me to become an Islamic scholar –Wahab Shittu, human rights activist and lawyer

Nigerian music artistes are singing trash and smiling to the banks –Alariwo of Africa

Jos crisis: Emergency groups recover more bodies from wells and sewage pits

British actress, Jean Simmons dies at 80

Halilhodzic urges African football federations to trust coaches more

Ivorian court orders waste payout to victim group

Include sex on your agenda

Friday, January 22, 2010

SA 2010: Ono targets place in Japan squad

Nadal romps to victory

US economy: Leading indicators index rise more than forecast

Clijsters stunned by Petrova

Falconets’ coach talks tough

World Bank waves Haiti’s $38m debt

Jos crisis: Army takes over, begins arms mop up

Police arrest PH trader for alleged robbery

Beaten Jankovic won’t give up

Windfall for Eagles, technical crew

Yobo off to France over injury

Nigeria will be under pressure –Zambia coach

Edo bye-election: Jonathan reads riot act to police

Essien out for six weeks

Cousin sets sights on 2012

NFF drops interest in Nooij

Eagles warn PTF to stay clear

CAF warns Supporters Club over night journey

Presidency has not sacked Amodu –Adamu

Celebrate what? Oh God, help Nigeria

Taiwo focused on Marseille

NPL election will be free – Anyansi

NFF mourns late Yabilsu

ISL, Doregos win b’ball tourney

Murray passes Serra test

Roddick to meet Gonzalez

Don’t compare me with Gani, we are two different people –Festus Keyamo

Recipe for Samosa

New rapper on the scene

Legg Mason falls after bond outflows accelerate

Toyota recalls 2.3 million cars

I watched as soldiers opened fire on five youths, four died instantly- Michael Atsi Izang

Wolves pardon Vanzenkin

Satellite images help insure Kenya cattle

Jos crisis: Sultan, Onaiyekan urge reconciliation

Ensure Yar’Adua hands over to Jonathan – Femi Okunnu urges past heads of state in open letter

Fayose asks judge to transfer money laundering suit to Ekiti

Fashola promises 30m gallons of water from 15 water works

Obasanjo’s assessment of Yar’Adua’s health is deceitful –CNPP

Anambra 2010: Union warns okada riders to avoid violence

Mammals ‘floated to Madagascar’

Gabon coach slams Amodu’s critics

Cilic sets up Potro clash

Obama bank plan wins some backing in Europe

Gold falls to three-week low on bets dollar to extend rally

Timaya’s rising profile

German stocks decline, Bayer, Siemens shares drop

Teenager Robson wins again

Olubamiwo likened to Bruno

India warns of plane hijack threat

Civil societies give Yar’Adua Jan. 31 deadline

‘Why technology adoption is still slow in Nigeria’

Jos crisis: NANS charges FG to punish culprits

Everyone wants a piece of the banks

22 die in Lagos/Epe road accident

Gambari arrives in Khartoum

Henin reaches milestone in win

A designer’s knack for creativity

Anambra governorship: Women will get 40% of appointments in my govt – Ekwunife

My goal is to unravel the mysteries that surround success in life – Olusoji Abiodun

I am single, available, and searching – Yinka Davies, singer

How to burn excess fat

Femi Jacobs aims to change face of gospel music in Nigeria

Glo unveils G-BAM TV show

Lovesick Nollywood actress

Samsung to invest C$7bn in Ontario power plants

Mistakes to avoid in budgeting

Index drops as blue chips record significant losses

Court orders cabinet to make Yar’Adua’s health status public within 14 days

Covenant University contractors tackle Bishop Oyedepo’s brother, allege breach of contract

I can’t marry a white woman -Obasi

Victims of religious riots lament ordeals, seek help from government

China condemns ‘groundless’ US criticism of web control

Imo govt woos France

Jos, insanity and the rest of us

Court bars SSS from arresting Peace Corps members

Kwara seeks FG’s assistance over disasters

…Sagay, Osipitan, Falana, others react

Tension in Bayelsa as NULGE election is scuttled

‘Noisy sex’ woman spared prison

Heartland player drags club to FIFA

Jos mayhem: Owner of controversial house, residents recall genesis of trouble

Before you open a restaurant

Pickens says US Natural Gas bill to pass by May

A Deejay’s little secret

Genevieve in hot romance with Ghanaian actor

Celebrity Takes 2: Yemi Blaq beats all, emerges winner

Diets for pregnancy

Why I appear near naked in movies –Uche Ogbodo

Why can’t Yar’Adua make Jonathan Acting President since he preaches rule of law? – Senator Sylveste

Zizi Cardow plans big for 10th anniversary

Yar’Adua: Obasanjo is deceitful, says CNPP

NBA carpets NASS for not invoking constitution against Yar’Adua

PTF miss Eagles match with Mozambique

Gordon Brown to face Iraq Inquiry before election

Kwara Police arrest 3 for alleged murder

Kwara PDP reaffirms embargo on political activities

AbdulMutallab: Britain fears terror attack, reviews ‘no fly list‘

Pressure is on Nigeria, says Zambia coach

Thursday, January 21, 2010

N100bn textile fund: Initial disbursements raises hopes for sector revival

Uganda backs Eni’s deal for Heritage assets

Returning mission schools is anti-people –Adegbite

Kwara signs MoU on education

Rite Foods unveils new product

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy may expand by 3.8%

Italy probes adulterated cheese production

England‘s schools are becoming more ethnically diverse –study

TV delays child’s development – Research

Ogun reiterates commitment to pay TSS in January

Don’t shift reading till exams period, don advises pupils

Cadbury deal: Bondholders say Buffett wrong

Panasonic eyes $1bn revenue from India

Governor woos N’ Assembly on free education for girl-child

Anambra signs contract for Internet connectivity in schools

ANLCA raises the alarm over port congestion

Group unfolds scheme to boost tourism

Tighter visa rules worry private schools in search of foreign pupils

Cult members invade schools, threaten principals over WASSCE/NECO

Hershey drops plan to make offer for Cadbury

Old Boys set to restore lost glory at 50

Children don‘t have strokes? Just ask Jared (II)

The platpus is cute but far from harmless

Ironic moves of media amazons

Bandits injure three policemen

Fake soldier arrested in Lagos

Yar’Adua: CJ fixes Jan 29 for judgment in NBA’s suit

Stay execution on freezing order, Ibru tells judge

Unhealthy relationship between Oyo govt, NUT threatens pupils

Ondo to construct public schools for 18, 000 pupils

NDLEA nabs man with 919g of cocaine

Opposition demands benefits of South-South economic summit

EU refuses US request for airport body scanners

US Democrats scramble for new healthcare approach

HHWA enters year 5

Police arrest Bosnian Serb war crimes

Vacuum: Lawmaker wants Jonathan, FEC to take stand

Yemen stops airport visas to hamper militants

NYSC gives N36m loan to beneficiaries

Malawi president to wed ex-tourism minister

Rescue teams pull back as Haiti aid flows in

Thousands protest at Lagos rally, demand Jonathan’s inauguration

Adoption of new farming method, antidote to food insecurity

Up to 10% of Iraqis disabled by war

Uyo Constituency: Appellant is playing games — S’ Court

Yar’Adua’s absence threat to foreign investment – NACCIMA

FG to generate $10bn from non-oil exports in 2010

Neglect bane of power sector – NERC

Jos crisis: Ekiti, Delta, Abia evacuate indigenes

AbdulMutallab: Experts urge FG to close existing security gaps at airports

Corruption thrives more in corridors of power — EFCC

Elumelu, others know fate on March 4

‘Pasuma Palace’ ready at last

Marriage break-up: 9ice, Toni Payne get busy

Kenya in fresh bid to deport radical Jamaican cleric

Gate seeks action on Afghan Taliban

Nigerian president half dead

Fashion: It’s between Adire and Ankara

Ojetokun’s an excellent director – Ugboma

Long time no see...

“Catching up...”

Ezeife, others march for free Feb 6 poll in Anambra

Catholic bishops want explanation on Yar’Adua’s whereabouts

Activism: When strange bed fellows meet to save the nation

Reps name six-man delegation to visit Saudi Arabia

Senators meet with Yayale, may take final decision next Tuesday

N’Delta militants, youth leaders meet on Friday

We are in women’s century – Winnie Mandela

Brooklyn Home prices decline for ninth quarter

Osun tribunal: Oyinlola’s witnesses’ names not on voter register

We are missing Yobo – Yussuf

Tenure: Stakeholders back CBN, call for more measures

Delisting: Afprint shareholders to get N1.50 per share

Yobo finally ruled out

Federer storms into third round

Don tasks FG, industrialists over non-utilisation of research findings

CBN commends banks for recording zero fraud in 2009

Mozambique laments missed chances

Caucuses may cause crack in Lagos AC

Oil little changed ahead of report that US supply rose

Jonathan directs soldiers to take over security in Jos

Gowon, Dariye, Tapgun condemn mayhem

Obasanjo and the ‘orphan’ in Jeddah

Crisis, symptomatic of failure of Nigerian state — NBA

GM to close Belgian Opel plant this year

‘Risk-based checks on banks’ll increase internal control’

CRFFN to register freight forwarders

Venus happy to keep homework to a minimum

Parallel EXCO: Ogun PDP sacks Onabiyi, four others for anti-party activities

Africa can win the World Cup – Taiwo

Angola 2010: Omokaro tips Eagles for final

Zambia to face Eagles in quarterfinals

US-based Nigerian brings home CEO Space

Insurance industry premium income rises by 49%

AIG asked to withhold data on bailout payment to banks

Atiku takes FG, Jang to task

AC chieftain charges party members on 2011

How Yar’Adua emerged President

Why we want Lagos govt to reduce taxes

UN asks FG to probe cause of mayhem

Financial jobs outlook seen rosier in 2010

UBA, Skye start new CEO search

Emenogu to fight for the OPBF title

Woods must answer critics – Ogilvy

Hassan set to break international caps record

China economy sees strong growth

BSkyB told to cut ITV stake by court

$1m world record bonus for Dubai Marathon

CAF warns supporters club

Investing in children’s education with ease

ASI dips by 0.57% on blue chip losses

Power: Policy inconsistencies derailed 6,000MW target –VP

Re: LASTMA officials or thugs?

Serena gets royal approval

Obajana Cement, Standard Chartered Bank sign $350m term loan deal

Revisiting the banking sector reforms

Cutting bankers down to size

CBN to review microfinance policy

Djokovic moves up

Plateau: The war this time

Nigeria’s unenviable status

Before we become a failed state

Obama to propose new rules on banks’ size, trading

Reps’ Saudi trip is absolute nonsense – Adebanjo

Resign on health grounds, Obasanjo tells Yar’Adua

Jos crisis: FG worries about spread as security chiefs brief Jonathan

Fish out perpetrators — Sultan, Onaiyekan

Reps reject FOI bill again

FG unveils blueprint for solid minerals development

Catholic bishops seek prosecution of perpetrators

Uyo Federal Constituency: We Know That Appellant Is Playing Games--Supreme Court

Nigerian- born Aogo gets Germany team call up

Yar’Adua: Reps name six-man delegation to visit Saudi Arabia

Death sentences will threaten peace talks-Darfur rebels

Maradona plays down Argentina’s chances in 2010 World Cup

Sudan extends deadline for election nominations

AU to offer new Madagascar compromise

Government relaxes curfew as calm returns to Jos

Abdulmutallab: Judge bars lawyers from disclosing evidence

Crime rate falls by 8% in UK

Give Amodu more time to develop Eagles, says Kaita

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

PDP, Soludo are my greatest headaches – Andy Uba

Wema Bank posts N20.45bn loss in 2009

2011: Fashola gives recipe for free, fair elections

Court freezes Ibru’s N399bn funds

Former commissioner, 1,000 others dump PDP for LP in Ondo

Family petitions DIG over extra-judicial killing

Market capitalisation rises by N72bn in three days

Credit bureau critical to banking reform –Sanusi

More babies may bear Goodluck

Different strokes for different Woods

Insurance stocks drive volume in bullish trading

Medical personnel and lost compassion

Edo rerun: AC cries foul on withdrawal of JTF

Bank PHB boss demands support to surmount challenges

Why CBN fixed maximum 10-year tenure for CEOs

Alleged fraud: EFCC arraigns five suspects

Police kill six robbery suspects in Ajah

Buffett opposes Obama bank fee

Blame NFF

Coaching is no big deal

Using kitchen spoons for drugs can cause dosing errors

Jos: Residents flee as violence spreads to other towns

AbdulMutallab: US intelligence chiefs admit failure in botched terror attack

Managing a successful law firm

I’m not scared of Cameroun – Amodu

BoFA posts loss after bailout fund repayment

Pepsi delights fans at viewing centre

LPG operators lament as FG increases tariff by 15%

Lukman, Ajumogobia locked in supremacy battle as fuel scarcity bites hard

NIPCO expresses interest to build 100,000bpd refinery

Zambia goes for broke against Gabon

Wells Fargo reports profit on mortgage banking

Yobo worried

Jos crisis: US, Human Rights Watch

Senate rejects call for state of emergency

NFF stinks

Where‘s the ‘Chief Coach’?

FEC adopts draft National Tax Policy

Adeboye hinges economic recovery on spiritual rebirth

Mega party emerges Jan 30

Lagos completes design of N170bn rail project

Swine flu: FG approves importation of vaccine

Foreign coach unnecessary

Ministers rush to FEC meeting to avoid VP’s wrath

‘Tunisia will be tough’

Tom Tom rewards Eagles with $15,000

Funds of hedge funds trail market

Ajumogobia directs oil companies to patronise Falck Prime Atlantic training centre

Stocks fall on bank earnings, China

Egypt makes history

B‘Faso coach rues missed chances

Councillors suspend LG boss in Sapele

Ajibola, Adegbite proffer solutions to Jos crisis

Niger Delta: ‘10 per cent equity share will not be paid through states‘ – Minister

We stand by court decision on Jonathan —Bankole

NLC, varsity teacher berate govts

Yen, dollar rise, stocks fall as China curbs bank lending

NIPOST seals deal with Globacom, Equitel

Lagosians urge govt to provide affordable houses

Anyim, Mantu, others call for constitutional amendment

Henin, Clijsters power on

Daniel inaugurates WAFU Nations Cup LOC

Del Potro edges Blake in five-set thriller

Nations Cup: HFN drops three foreign-based players

Cults threaten principals over WASCE/NECO

Anambra, Galaxy Backbone sign Internet deal

Paris Club says others must cancel Haiti debt

Assault on doctor: Ogun health workers shelve strike

Ekiti rerun: Oni admits irregularities in Ido-Osi result

Apple talk with microsoft over iPhone search

Health survey scores Nigeria low

Osun partners FG on cocoa production

Peter to fight Aguilera in IBF eliminator

Murray notches impressive win

Haitian football hit by earthquake tragedy

NTTF to start 2010 with U-16 meet

Nigeria risks imminent collapse, NBA warns

Soji Adegbesan is dead

No regrets over Tevez exit – Giggs

Essien to know fate on Friday

Corruption: Probe Oyo LGs — Adesina

Fear grips residents as ‘strange men’ invade Ikeja GRA

Nigerians in US hold protest rally on Friday

Gas Master Plan: Core investors fault entry of new players

Lukman, Barkindo laud Fashola for aiding efficient fuel distribution

Anambra: INEC’s monitoring board and the new experiment

Eto’o targets victory over Tunisia

Kraft’s Cadbury takeover a bad deal – Buffet

Super Eagles hit quarterfinals

People Deceiving People

National Assembly and state of the nation

Salvaging a beleaguered party

Reform sports sector now

Climate Change: Poll wants governments to step up efforts

Govs, N’Assembly working against VP – N’Delta elders

Israel deports US journalist

Restless legs linked to erectile dysfunction

Stem cells likely to help genetic disorders first

Why Amodu loves Ayegbeni

Ruling houses: Court dismisses Onikoyi‘s suit

I didn’t investigate Awosika’s death — Policeman

Idris visits Okene fire victims

FG pays N300bn subsidy to marketers

Residents groan as bulldozers raze eateries

Yar’Adua’s interview raises dust again

NSCDC nabs human trafficker, rescues five victims

64 million more people to live in extreme poverty –World Bank

‘Kwara girls oldest to have first sexual experience’

N120bn fraud: EFCC files amended charge against Obieri, others

LG boss presents N2bn budget

Calm returns to Jos as violence spread to other towns

Sudan sentences two to death over Darfur rebel raid

Democrat loses Kennedy‘s seat in Senate

Martins set to start against Mozambique

Ekiti tribunal: Security beefed up as Oni enters witness box

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Anambra: INEC dismisses eight officials, redeploys others

Plateau mayhem is evidence of declining Nigerian state – Sagay, others

Appeal court to rule on case against Soludo

Hewitt ready to push deep

Kanu wants support for Eagles

European stocks rise to 15-Month High; Cadbury, Burberry gain

German investor confidence may fall for fourth month

Thai exports rise most in 17 months as demand grows

Arrest in JFK terminal security breach

Virgin Atlantic signs three-year pact with two firms

Tools for making sales forecasts and their dynamism

41% of Nigerian under-five children have stunted growth –Don

10,000 pupils to be de-wormed in 2010

Synergy Professionals emerges Gold certified ACCA learning partner in West Africa

Land Securities to spend $1.1bn on London

Plane maker ATR sees signs of recovery

AbdulMutallab

Oil Joint Venture stocks to be traded on stock exchange -FG

Keshi slams Mali officials

Ogun PDP faction constitutes parallel exco

Don asks court to stop announcement of new UNILAG VC

Haiti: LSHA gives Fashola go ahead to donate $1m

Punch Online readers back N2.8trn rescue package for police

Uproar over PDP’s comments on DHL boss’ death

Emeteole laments Mali’s ouster, praises coach

Why bank workers were sacked – Bankers Committee

Let’s avert possible constitutional crisis

AbdulMutallab: Nigeria’s Cat One quest not affected – Demuren

Nigerian Customs Service posts new comptroller to MMIA

Indigestion: Causes and symptoms

Dana begins flights to Uyo

America’s terror list

Deregulation: NLC accuses Lukman of blackmail

House of Reps endorse mass sacking

Angola now ready for the title – Jose

Mimiko awards N8.8bn road contracts for Akure, Ondo townships

Speculations in Minna over IBB

Amaechi, Orji trade blames over crime rate in border communities

Nine roasted in Okene, Ilorin infernos

Saadane, Kali slam Eagles

Naira gains at inter-bank as inflation falls to 12%

FG to reduce dependence on gas power plants

Boeing to invest $100m in India maintenance unit

Airline premium ticket demand still sputtering

CFN boosts food production with N7.3bn organic fertiliser

Eagles vs Mambas: Advantage Nigeria!

Generator fumes kill hotelier, two others in Ota

Anambra poll: Police demand bullet-proof vests

Group faults Bankole’s decision on FOI bill

Power outage cripples PHCN operations in Osun

Benin coach eyes victory

Vision 2020: FG inaugurates monitoring committee

Trucks still making nation’s highways deadly

Nigerian Eagle to support Haiti

Mali protests over Angola, Algeria draw

Senator slams Court judgment on Yar ‘Adua, Jonathan

Yar’Adua should be compelled to return home – Esko Toyo

Lawyer faults court’s ruling on VP

NIS deports 600 illegal immigrants in A’Ibom

Eagles play like amateurs – Agboola

GM seeks bailout for auto industry

Zamfara orders Proton cars for civil servants

Swine Flu: Lagos says no vaccine, as eight test positive

Global tourism to grow 3-4 % in 2010 – UN

Emirates connects Lagos to Jakarta via Dubai

New strike vote for British Airways cabin crew

Rwanda politician prompts row over genocide memorial

Guinea junta appoints Dore as prime minister

‘Many HR managers assume that employees are after more money’

Japan Airlines files for $25bn bankruptcy

Building sound corporate governance structures

Cadillac Escalade roars into 2010 with captivating cabin

For Amodu, the game is up

LASTMA officials or thugs?

PDP, Nigerians, and Yar’Adua’s sickness

N200m damages: Two naval ratings

Goldman delays bonus decision – Source

With Figurine, global film market woos young ‘Ade-Love’

Wells Fargo may post profit as economic growth curtails losses

UK inflation surges at record pace in December

Williams sisters send chills through rivals

We are ready for Mozambique – Amodu

‘Power vacuum responsible for Jos mayhem’

Reps intervene after Onovo’s, SSS’ briefings

Senate suspends debate on Yar’Adua’s health

Visiting Tarkwa, the small, tranquil beach

Three suspected kidnappers in police net

Four policemen arraigned for stealing motorcycles

Blame PDP for Nigeria’s retrogression – Rep

‘No reason for any candidate not to sign bond in Anambra poll’

Obama in 365 days

Man loses N1m to robbers in Abeokuta

Jos grounded as govt declares 24-hour curfew

Violence unacceptable, says Jonathan

No vacuum in governance – Minister

Amodu banks on Ayila, Etuhu against Mambas

Federer, Djokovic win, Soderling out

Citigroup posts $7.6bn Q4 loss

ECB to help EU applicants strengthen financial supervision

Cadbury agrees Kraft takeover bid

Film institute is part of the debris in Haiti

Hedge funds beat stock indexes

PHCN, save Shasha

Imoke and oil wells

New engines for 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe

AirFrance to introduce world lightest short-haul seats

Making your organisation an employer of choice

Fuel scarcity bites harder as PPPRA admits govt’s failure

Taking care of asthma in children

Massachusetts votes to fill Kennedy’s seat

Ways to improve your work efficiency

NAFDAC partners BABUCH on improved quality

Ogun inaugurates committee on blood transfusion

ATM-C appoints new Chairman, MD/CEO

Practical ways to handle a promotion

Greek farmers extend roadblocks

Peugeot Nigeria inaugurates new Abuja operation outlet

Corporate bodies donate traffic stands to FRSC

Whither Nigerian referees?

Calling Akwa Ibom varsity

US stock futures little changed before Citigroup earnings

Bank of Ireland won‘t pay coupons on $1.2bn of notes

Credit Suisse cuts bonus pool by 5% to pay tax

What we expect from banks in the first quarter, by stockbrokers

Ghana hits q’finals

NSC and the burden of record keeping

Ekiti AC blames stolen cows on corruption in govt

PDP asks Jang to tackle problem

Jonathan holds crucial meeting with N’Assembly, PDP leaders

Ige’s murder gave me sleepless nights — Ex-AIG

Mark asks security forces to curb mayhem

Ido-Osi: Monarch, princes at war over ownership of palace

For the coming revolution

Plight of Nigerians in Bakassi

Scientists find a shared gene in dogs with compulsive behaviour

Genome study provides a census of early humans

Yaba psychiatric hospital treated 117,763 in 2009

Obama, American dream... one long year after

Coroner‘s law: Taking a cue from the dead to save the living

Making a living through book selling

CBN fixes 10-year tenure for bank CEOs

Trial begins on Modebayo Awosika’s murder

US begins airdrops of food, water into Haiti

Ex-militants accuse amnesty committee of sharp practices

Three kidnap suspects arrseted in A’Ibom

Naval ratings sued for assaulting 29 year-old man

2011: We‘ll provide an alternative platform - Kwara AC

Amodu remains Eagles‘ coach, insists NFF

Police order 24-hour curfew in Jos as crisis escalates

Monday, January 18, 2010

Ghanaian monarch stresses importance of education to African development

Practitioner wants trado-medicine course in higher institutions

Travails of a fishery college in search of cash

When MDS takes 10 female undergraduates to work

BELLSTECH matriculates 426 students, inaugurates two colleges

NANS tasks govts on completion of educational projects in varsities

Lecturer proffers solution to food shortage

Igbajo poly gets new council

UNIPORT embarks on biofuel production

e-Examination: Firm bridges digital divide

Nigerians spend over N137bn to study in UK, US varsities

Bulls sustain hold on NSE

Processing insurance claims with ease

Implementation of PSC critical to maritime security – Minister

PAN bemoans FG’s failure to patronise made-in-Nigeria cars

FG’s interventions fail to end fuel shortage

Ogun, Chinese province set up joint business council

NESREA pledges to ensure cleaner environment

Akanu Ibiam Airport to be closed for one year

CBN set to improve capacity of microfinance banks

Dangote Group liquidates $1.27bn loan

Nigeria to continue full passenger screening –NCAA

$8.4bn illegal Federation Account deductions’ dispute: States threaten to back out of settlement

Why fg did not pay 2009 Group Life Insurance premium – HOS

…appoints more people into MPC

China‘s foreign reserves increase

Oando floats N20bn rights issue

Naira appreciates at CBN‘s auction

Chilean stocks rise after billionaire Pinera wins presidency

Hit-and-run drivers kill five, injure six in Lagos

Fake EFCC official arrested in Abuja

Pastor arraigned over alleged N2.5m fraud

Reps’ crisis worsens as AC caucus backs fresh motion

No leadership vacuum in Nigeria – Belgore

Saudi vigilant on visa to Nigerians

N’Delta: Foreign envoys meet ex-militant leaders on amnesty

Ondo: Judicial workers suspend strike, resume work

Haiti: LP berates FG

Swiss Re gets $1.27bn in Warren Buffett deal

Runsewe commends NCC over SIM card registration

Our plan against Zambia failed – Geremi

German government warns against using Microsoft Explorer

KBFN targets world title

Assets declaration: Aondoakaa joined in Ribadu’s case

‘Nigeria’s security concern, gross misrepresentation’

Smooth joins calls on Yar’Adua to hand over to Jonathan

Yemen vows to strike al-Qaeda to the end

Russia should cut abortions to boost population– Minister

Aliyu, Saraki, others mourn ex-Niger governor, Inuwa

AbdulMutallab: Expert makes case for anti-terrorism squad

Oni has done well – Deputy Gov

Google probing possible inside help on attack

Cameroun patience paid off – Le Guen

Algeria coach hails tourney

13 die in Ondo road accident

Rennard absolves keeper of blame

Internet safety tips for parents

I won‘t stay proceedings in your case, judge tells Fayose

Freezing order: Akingbola loses bid to stop EFCC

Nadal,Roddick record opening wins

Ositelu charges FG over row with America

MTN to inspire Nigerians with Enriched Life Seminar

Belgians through, Sharapova out

Oyo speaker accuses Alao-Akala of starving Assembly of funds

Edo rerun: Abbe accuses Oshiomhole of blackmail

Hooliganism:11 people thrown out

Ex-commissioner, Rasaki, Akinjide’s daughter jostle for Senate Leader’s seat

Ex-militants, Akwa Ibom disagree on amnesty

‘Cross River recorded 100 fire incidents in 2009’

Senators collect 62 signatures, seek to revisit debate on Yar’Adua’s health

Candidates‘ imposition will be disastrous in 2011 – Gana

Eto’o backs Lions to reach quarterfinals

‘Kano is safe, ready for WAUG’

Yahoo to bring Facebook, Twitter on Yahoo mail

European markets lifted by corporate deal hopes

Egypt’s Citadel forms power venture for Sudanese plant

‘We’ll provide alternative platform in 2010’

Edo poll: ERN condemns withdrawal of soldiers

Ford, Mazda deny plan to break up China JV

Omatek appointed as e-learning implementation partner

Vision 2020: NOTAP harps on human capacity development

Mali crashes out despite win

Etim slams Eagles

Yar‘Adua: AC asks PDP to stop insulting Nigerians

Kidnappers free three Britons, Columbian

Dairy farm’s MD, others in trouble over 410 missing cows

Communities want FG to revoke East-West Road contract

Chavez takes control of foreign supermarket

Taliban militants kill five in Kabul

Oxygen canisters kill five in Ukraine

Ukraine presidential vote heads for tense run-off

Sambo challenges Nigerians on free, fair elections

2011: Gov laments high turnover of legislators

No date yet for deregulation – FG

Berbatov injury not as bad as Fergie feared

Motorola plans new smartphones in China this year

Maradona arrives in S’Africa after end of suspension

Ondo State, Globacom partner on staff empowerment

Oil prices rise, UAE welcomes current level

Egypt to rest top stars against Benin

Essien ruled out of Nations Cup

Lagos AC tasks Onovo on Komolafe‘s murder

UI to hold lecture, announces endowment

Anambra: Coalition petitions UN on alleged bloating of voters‘ register

Jos crisis: NYSC threatens to withdraw corps members

Why crimes increase in Anambra —NBA

Supreme Court hears Suu Kyi appeal

Court acquits Austrian of kidnap case

Man who shot Pope freed from Turkish prison

Two Nigerians die of swine flu, cases increase to 11

Arms dealer in dock for tax evasion, bribery

Haiti: Death toll may be 200,000 – US

Five vehicles vandalised as police escort Amosu to safety

Coming to America: A personal experience (2)

Save Nigeria from crisis, Tinubu tells Yar’Adua

‘Exercise your voting rights in Anambra’

‘Stay off party in Rivers’ AC’

‘Inconsistencies in FG’s policies bad for river basins, water projects’

Zidan apologises

NFF makes U-turn, dumps Amodu

Cybercrime: Senate sets agenda on security measures

Cybercriminals revive old scams to target smartphones

Global recovery stronger than expected – IMF Chief

Union sets new strike vote against British Airways

Haiti’s gutters of blood

CJN: Much ado about an oath

CBN, what about microfinance banks?

How to win the war for talent

Firm donates N4m van to council

The battle of the titans in Oyo PDP

Mauritania bans female genital mutilation

Four Chinese held in Congo for ivory trade

Pinera wins Chile presidential election

Democracy: In the throes of defection

Somali pirates free Greek tanker after ransom

Guinean leader breaks silence in exile

LG partners LASMI, MFB on residents’ empowerment

Top human resources trends of the decade

LASG, fix Ago Palace road

Japan Airlines bankruptcy filing expected Tuesday

Toyota to double hybrid output in 2011 – Report

Chinese online revenue up 30% in 2009

TV: ITU moves 3D technology into focus

No date yet for deregulation - Lukman

Air passenger arrested in UK after Twitter joke about bombing airport

Man who shot Pope John Paul II freed from Turkish jail after 28 years

Emenalo wants a scouting department for Eagles

Kenya police arrest Muslim activist after riots

Militants attack Afghan capital, Kabul

Man arrested in JFK airport security breach

Guinea leader breaks exile silence

Sunday, January 17, 2010

NIA to work with Oyo on urban renewal

Salaries: Kogi workers call for divine intervention

2010 tickets: Zeep Travels partners with FIFA

Lawal warns Eagles about Mambas threat

Ex-militant, police trade blame over breach of rights

40 wounded in Osun rerun election countdown

They should not go

It’s wrong

Oil marketing companies, manufacturing stocks lead the bulls

FAAN generates N400m from port charges

Kodak sues Apple, RIM over iPhone, Blackberry

Kraft must raise Cadbury offer by 10%, survey shows

FG to spend N1.05bn on ex-militants’ counsellors

Hand over to Jonathan, Wabara tells Yar’Adua

Wall Street sets bar higher for IBM

Telecoms: Senate may ban promos for causing congestion

Let NMA do it

Outcome is predictable

Ogun PDP senatorial aspirant threatens court action over N.5m application fee

Yar’Adua should resign’

Nigerian community hits Lubango

Eagles win Tom Tom’s $1,000

Earthquake: Senate commiserates with Haiti

FG convenes stakeholders’ meeting on climate change

HP, Microsoft to invest $250m in new venture

Why we are still on strike in C’River —JUSUN

It’ll help us know Yar’Adua’s state

Not what we need now

US airlines set to post quarterly losses

Oshiomhole threatens to jail Anenih, Osunbor

FG registers seven mineral buying centres

Oyo AC laments mass failure in wassce, neco

Nigeria, Brazil forge alliance on PPP

Global woes could slow Boeing plane production

Don’t insult Nigerians further

Super Eagles needs technical adviser

Akinola, Bada warn against violent revolution

President’s absence hasn’t created constitutional crisis

Implications of Yar’Adua’s absence

Are they medical experts?

‘Litigations threaten legislative functions in Ogun’

It’s for selfish reasons

Attention, Karu LG

Our culture allows it

NBC stops Bakare’s live broadcast

Two institutions in possession of Gani’s will –Widow

They won’t say what they see

It’s waste of money

Essien suffers fresh injury

Romance with PDP: Atiku committed political blunder — Akande

Terror list: SAN advises FG to seek redress at ICJ

Yar’Adua: In and out of life support

1,488 robbery suspects arrested in Lagos

It’s a shameful jamboree

Before lawmakers embark on jamboree to Saudi

OTC market records 300% increase in turnover

National Assembly plans to expand 2010 budget spending

We ’re ready to acquire other banks – First Bank GMD

UK hopes to profit from bank rescue

Firm designs new revenue

Banking sector reforms must reach logical conclusion – Onasanya

Rescued Banks: EFCC seizes Ibru’s 103 properties

Money market instrument as viable investment option

Presidential poll: Ukraine determined to punish Orange leaders

Chileans vote for new president

20 feared killed in fresh Jos violence, Jang declares curfew

UBA makes first Southern African market entry in Zambia

Regulators urged to increase surveillance on firms‘ activities

JP Morgan Chase reports $3.3bn profits

Senate to fast track passage of Nigerian Content Bill

Inter-bank rates dip on fresh cash inflow

Unnecessary

Let them use their own funds

250 touts, others apprehended in airports

Fayose defects to Labour Party

Oshiomhole raises the alarm on plans to destabilise Edo

‘Opposition wants to divide Presidency’

Remembrance Day: Ex-soldiers decry non-payment of over five years’ benefits

Legitimising culture of internal democracy

26-year-old arraigned for sale of fake recharge cards

Angola set for Algeria clash

Togo attack, fumbling Eagles and the Nations Cup

Oni plans six sub-stations to boost electricity in Ekiti

REDAN to begin construction of 400,000 housing units in February

US texting raises $11m for Haiti

Ondo commences work on N1.5bn The Dome events centre

We look forward to exciting challenges in 2010 – MTN CEO

Ackman buys two per cent Kraft stake, urges cash for Cadbury

Law Union enhances claims’ settlement procedure

Sovereign Trust Insurance to boost services

Indian hemp: NDLEA arrests 114 in Niger

Why we acquired 80% stake in Enugu Coalcity WiFi project – Zinox

Ogun, CMB sign MoU on Ibara GRA redevelopment

Ridding insurance industry of fake marine, motor certificates

Industry targets increased contribution to GDP

‘Gani was a legal colossus’

Sudan presidential candidate promises Darfur deal

Rescuers find Haiti quake survivors amid rising toll

Analysts predict more speculative activities in market

Nigerian firms missing out on gains of IT outsourcing

Anambra: APGA wants INEC held responsible for hijacked electoral materials

Revocation threat triggers massive construction activities in Lekki

IPTTOs have potential to drive Nigeria’s economic development – NOTAP DG

Kenya plans open-ended green energy fund

Senator urges FG to dualise Akure-Ondo-Ore road

2009 budget records 73% performance

State budgets and development

Unanswered questions about Nigeria

A weak state‘s response to Yar‘Adua‘s AWOL

Martins ready for Mozambique

Fashola affirms 73% performance of 2009 budget

Senate to fast-track passage of Nigerian Content Bill

AbdulMutallab: ‘Nigeria needs anti-terrorism advisory committee, squad’

Senate committee condemns rearing babies in prisons

VC accuses detractors of instigating violence at UNN

Jos boils again, 20 killed

Lawyer asks court to hold Yar’Adua’s telephone call to BBC as a notice to the National Assembly

Bayelsa seeks retired military officers’ help on security

26-year-old arraigned over sale of fake recharge cards

Customs seizes 16 lorry-loads of contrabands in A’Ibom

Post amnesty: Former militant leader raises the alarm for breach of rights by police

Spain sees sharp drop in migrants from Africa

Extent of damage in Haiti now clear

Ogun Senatorial aspirant threatens court action over N.5m application fee

Somali pirates feud over Greek-flagged oil tanker

Google denies leaving China, seeks negotiations

Saturday, January 16, 2010

State of the nation and Yar’Adua’s BBC interview

Beyond the leprous court ruling

Kick out Amodu – now

McEnroe gives his verdict

Amnesty under threat as militants plan protest rally in Abuja

Anambra poll: I’ll trounce Obi, Soludo, Ngige, others – Anyadike

New leader has Facebook problems

Man offers apologetic robbery note, waits for cops

EDUMARK partners Chams schools exhibition

My experience publishing my new novel abroad – Ebi Akpeti, author of Growing Pains

Country’s only hippo escapes zoo during floods

Dog leads owner to elderly, unconscious Minn. man

VP denies taking directive from Turai

Men’s draw: Federer still man to beat

FAAN urges stakeholders to comply with security regulations

Drastic measures needed to reposition FAAN – Banigo

AbdulMutallab: Cleric faults Nigeria’s tactics over US listing

Hot-shot Klose hits World Cup form

Rampaging students destroy UNN VC lodge, cars over hike in fees

The terrorist state called Nigeria

Softly, softly, Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji

Federer predicts Woods return

Ogun partners varsity, private firm on fertiliser production

Yar’Adua’s absence: Soyinka’s call for civil disobedience gathers support

Angola 2010: Death, shocks, World Cup flops

Scammer sends $4,000 check to police in Washington

Hong Kong accepts $8.6bn China rail budget

Prostitute fined $820,000 for unpaid tax

UK rules out US-style of bank tax

The chickens have come home to roost

Lawyer sues Kenny Martins, others for N300m

Baghdatis beats Gasquet in Sydney final

Societe Generale ordered to stop derivatives trading in India

European car sales move up

TRACEs of extortion at Ogere toll gate

Alzheimer’s may stave off cancer, and vice versa

Self-confidence: Moving from insecurity to empowerment

I get more satisfaction from fans’ comments than my Hip Hop Awards plaque – Etcetera

The ‘revolution’ debate begins

I was really afraid to get married – Stella Monye

We support rural women with grants – Iyk-Okafor, president, PHWAY

For FDR sleuths, new focus on an odd spot

Yar’Adua and dilemma of a gatekeeper

Airport project: A’Ibom, community disagree on land acquisition

Nigeria suffering from innovation deficit – Adeoti

Lucky Eagles escape with slim win over Benin

Asiodu blames collapse of civil service on 1975 purge

Obama defends plan to tax financial institutions

How to cut down cost of fuel consumption

Algeria press turns back on national team

There wasn’t genuine reason NTA stopped Village Headmaster – Dejumo Lewis

Jonathan talks tough

Yar’Adua’s ailment and intrigues that shaped Reps’ debate

$500 tip leads police to $66m in fake bills

Mrs. Robinson inspires Internet chart push

Waste heaps return to haunt Lagos residents

The politics of terrorist watch list

Copyright licence: ‘NCC should not keep us in the dark’

Six steps to suppressing an angry spouse

Old students donate N60m facilities as IMCOSA clocks 60

CADI scheme: Researcher advocates return of hygiene

… CMO registration on course – NCC

Stop imposing levies on us – Proprietor

Rich nation, poor leadership, struggling people

Bomb donated to Kodiak museum goes out with a bang

NYC’s ‘skinniest’ house sells for $2.1m

It’s not right to debate Yar’Adua’s health now –Gogwim

Reps’ visit to Yar’Adua, a jamboree

I joined the army during the Civil War without telling my wife and mother – Owa of Igbajo

NBA sends $1m to Haiti

Globacom, MTN, 11 others pay to partake in NITEL privatisation

Cadbury investors want Kraft to increase bid

32 lives lost to okada accidents in Niger in 2009

Eguavoen hails Shittu

Police arrest undergraduate robber, 2 others

Calorie counts of fast food and frozen meals aren’t always accurate

Lessons from a cat

Show Dem Camp debuts

Two genes work in Tandem to spur deadliest brain cancer

Community at war over activities of ex-militants

Pastor Bakare and prophetic inconsistencies

I now agree with CBN governor Sanusi

Study debunks notion of ‘healthy obese’ man

OK, you have made your point

Abdominal surgery risk may rise with age

PTA, Commissioner quarrel over 10-year education plan

Oyo schools meet excites Falilat

Four persons, four churches, four deaths

Enugu NOA director queried over fund misappropriation

US Stocks decline, pulling S&P 500 down

Pest control: FG, states to sign MOU on N760m trans-boundary project

Nigerians in UK protest against bad governance, demand the truth on Yar‘dua‘s condition

Kenya to deport Muslim cleric without delay

I will score against Super Eagles- Benin Republic striker, Omotoyosi

US releases names of prisoners at Bagram, Afghanistan

Haiti estimates 140,000 dead, violence breaks out

‘Three al Qaeda militants captured in Yemen‘

Martins returns to Super Eagles camp

France to investigate FLEC leader after Togo attack

Yar’Adua’s absence: Soyinka calls for massive campaigns

Friday, January 15, 2010

Early signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer

How to secure the opportunities the new year offers

Learn to inspire others with your deeds

Nigerian designer makes waves in Tokyo

Dementieva conquers Serena in Sydney

Yar’Adua’s BBC interview and other wonders

FADAN celebrates successful year

You too can become a celebrity

Elephants beat Ghana 3-1

Haiti quake aid effort hampered by blockages

Mark charges Eagles to beat Squirrels

My players can beat Benin – Amodu

Martins delays Nations Cup return

Ohuruogo backs London youngsters

Murray handed tough Australian Open draw

Torres demands squad reinforcements

Eagles too slow – Emenalo

M&B‘s shareholder claim rejected by Takeover Panel

Don’t toy with 2011 elections, cleric charges INEC, politicians

Amodu chides Nigerian journalists

N26bn withdrawal: Court grants bail to Akingbola’s associates

Condoms distributed in Benguela

Ogun police to re-open firearms case against lawmaker’s aide

Oil prices slide under $78

Norway combined oil, gas output to dip

‘Standard Bank to acquire more Nigerian banks’

France defends auto aid against EU suspicions

Celebrity Takes 2: Stella Damasus, Yemi Blaq for final

Things fall apart for Kel and Capitol Hill Records

Ini Edo, Tonto Dike get roles in new movie for a pittance

Omotola, others to speak at pre-Future Awards event

Resolution that can change your sex life

Combating terrorism in the aviation sector (3)

Stalemate – going nowhere in a hurry

‘Please do not touch the wall’

Lesson 16: Investing wisely in 2010 (6)

Tee Mac’s big plans for the entertainment industry

I made no plans for retirement, I was sure my bank would take care of me – Samuel Owopetu

I love peppersoup, taking it is like a hobby – Helen Paul, popular radio/TV presenter

Desperate job seekers swindled by ex-Customs officer, lose thousands

Nigerian Breweries to pay N1.50 dividend

I still can’t understand why organisers of West Africa Idols reneged on their promise – Timi Dakolo

Survival strategies during fuel crisis

Chavez‘s Anti-Dollar Currency to Debut at $1.25, Nacional Says

Customer accuses UBA of deducting N39m from account

9ice silent over crashed marriage

Tribute to Teddy Pendergrass

Court ruling on Jonathan splits PDP

Mayor Boris: ‘Bankers are fleeing London’

Why Apple and Google can‘t be friends

I took to shopping business after ASUU strike aborted my dream to become a medical doctor –Temitope

‘The policemen who killed my wife and shot my eight-month-old baby must reap what they sowed’

Why I wedded secretly after years of delay and crashed affairs – Obi Asika, Chairman, Storm 360

Asa’s new year present to fans

Only Governor can be PDP leader in Bayelsa– Tabai

Zambian coach unhappy with draw

AC demands justice on death of DHL boss

Idah denies reports of Amodu’s ultimatum

Crisis rocks House of Reps over Yar’Adua debate

I hope to score against Nigeria – Omotoyossi

Stop fomenting crises in Anambra -Umeh

Mbola enters record books

Osun: Last word not heard on rerun elections

‘My greatest headache is how to send my 100 trucks on a three-day trip without spending two weeks’

‘Crisis tax’ threatens recovery for Europe banks

Opel names Nick Reilly as new CEO

NBA flays harassment of the opposition in Delta State

Why Mike Ezuronye is angry with ex-PA

FG to partner NSE on infrastructure development

Obama tax may cost JPMorgan, Bank of America $1.5bn each

Abuja court ruling: Jonathan contacts Turai for directives

How to maximise the benefits of spinach

Tomatoes: Fruit of the moment

Fashion meets culture in Benue

Angola 2010: End of the road for Amodu?

Electoral reform mustn’t fail, warns Oshiomhole

Egypt players contract flu

Anambra governorship: INEC must issue authentic voters’ cards – Nwosu

Two months after promotion as Lagos Chief Counsel, overspeeding police van kills senior lawyer

My father treated my mum‘s other children with kid gloves and raised me with an iron hand –Ilaka

Berlusconi’s bribery trial resumes

Kodak sues Apple and RIM over iPhone and Blackberry

Hiddink may replace embattled Benitez at Liverpool

Nigerian doctor who killed his patient in Britain snubs inquest

Obama outlines $117bn bank levy

IEA predicts greater oil demand in 2010

China appoints ex-soldier as Tibet governor

Amodu drops Taiwo, Nwaneri

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Oyo Assembly suspends three LG chairmen over alleged graft

Tension in Ilesa over death of DHL boss

Rowdy session as Reps debate motion on AbdulMutallab

Yar’Adua’ll be discharged very soon –Envoy

Couples: Lagos to sanction marriage registrars for collecting gifts

‘Yar’Adua’s absence causing confusion’

AbdulMutallab: ‘US intelligence got hint of attack in October’

A nation in sorrow, tears and blood

SANs: shortlisted candidates for screening on Monday

Ruling: Ogbulafor, Aondoakaa meet Jonathan

We must avoid coup, civil society groups, others warn

Jonathan can be President – PDP

German inflation rises to eight-month high

Lagos, DFID collaborate to monitor schools

Schools must embrace mobile technology

US retail sales rise for third month

Consumer prices rise in Bulgaria

Froch wants world title fight in Copenhagen

Nov/Dec 2009 WASSCE results out

Japan’s reliance on exports deepens as machineey orders plunge

British Council selects science college for internet connection

I’m not quitting Pompey – Utaka

Injury-ravaged Ghana banks on Essien

Islamic scholar urges standardisation of public schools

Dubai’s Gulf Navigation seeks to buy more ships

Ekiti rerun: Result of Oni’s victory not signed — Gov’s aide

TEMPO to drive tourist traffic to C’River

Expert urges adoption of national language

Algeria back in business with Mali defeat

Lateef pleads for basketball players

Kenya tea production to rise by 60%

International wine and grape community holds symposium

Newcastle targets Shittu deal

Tiger House wins Command School sports meet

We are committed to investing in Nigeria – Mouka

FG seeks trade cooperation with India

Buffon ready for quick comeback

Adebayor not ready for City return

Global confidence rises on signs of business recovery

Hershey authorises Cadbury’s bid preparation

Guinness encourages Eagles

ITF defends World Cup idea

Retailers in Spain slash price as inflation drops

Hallmark Paper to raise N250m through rights issue

‘Defects in the constitution must be addressed now’

Oliha rates Angola 2010 high

3SC resurgence excites Adepoju

Yar’Adua’s prolonged absence and a contentious verdict

Yoruba leaders form Yoruba Legacy Forum

Senate seeks to immortalise Maryam Babangida

Jos crisis: PDP elders fault creation of Jos North LG

Earthquake: Nigeria must learn from Haiti’s experience’

Don’t crucify Amodu yet – Fashanu

Dosu backs Eagles

China‘s stocks gain as Air China, Shanghai East-China advance

US seeks tax on biggest banks

Philippines to import 120,000 tonnes of sugar

FG pledges to give priority to agric sector

France earmarks ¤1.2bn for Nigeria, other ECOWAS nations – Envoy

‘Chrysler sales won’t improve until June’

How to choose the right school for your child – Adeyeye

MBHS group advises pupils on honesty

‘Discipline, key to solving exam malpractice’

Uduaghan seeks partnership with private sector

China property prices accelerate

I don’t regret being absent in Angola – Diouf

Thailand to expand rubber estates by 6% to meet surge demand

CFTC to propose new limits on energy speculation

NBF to select boxers for camping

Senate lists electoral reform, constitution review as major challenges

Expert canvasses protection of children against sexual assault

Citizen Funmilayo buried without autopsy

Beautification: Govt approves N100m for Ibadan, two other cities

Metu, others for Delhi 2010 camping

Maradona’s earring sold in Italy

India overtakes China as biggest palm oil consumer

OGUNCCIMA plans to grow Nigerian trade through fair

Anambra adopts Bangladeshi microfinance model

Oil nears $80 as traders eye rising equities

Super Eagles‘ failure

FG to release N20m for mass literacy

Pupils who are smacked ‘go on to be more successful‘ – Study

FG, fix these roads

Centre challenges teachers on use of instructional materials

Religious violence: Don seeks reforms of Quranic school system

Ethiopia to build new power plant

Insurance firms urged to form pool to underwrite oil and gas

Ekiti seeks support of indigenes in Diaspora to boost economy

Mumias sugar rises as Kenyan production increases

Greece unveils debt crisis plan

Our votes must count in 2011

Re: Candidate Yar’Adua and his cross

Making money through intellectual contests

Plateau teachers start 2010 with strike

Re: We may severe diplomatic ties with US

China gives first response to Google threat

Customs seizes N350m worth of contrabands

Managing your stock portfolio in a recession

NACCIMA asks FG to declare state of emergency on roads

Unity, solution to Nigeria‘s ethno-religious crises –DG, Gowon centre

Rescued banks: Waiting for a rebound

Police rescue abducted three-month-old baby

Corn drops fourth day on speculation of investors exit

Host communities, other Nigerians to get 19% of oil assets

Foreign banks register with CBN to acquire rescued banks

Blue chip losses drag down major indicators

Serena targets landmark in Melbourne

Yakubu hits back at critics

Police say slain banker reported threat to life

When disasters trail lottery winners

Yar’Adua: CJ steps down as condemnation trails ruling

FG plans big for 50th anniversary

Lekki revocation: Stakeholders urge Assembly to caution Fashola

Ondo amends Vision 2020, unfolds 25 year -Development Plan

Soludo: S’Court strikes out application to set aside ruling

Vaswanis: FG wants stay of execution of judgment

Ibinabo changes lawyer again, seeks extension of time

Sokoto to distribute 1,000 vehicles to workers

Keke Marwa operators, NURTW poised for showdown

Anambra: Police berate INEC, say ‘emulate Ghana Electoral Commission’

Ikpeba, Iloenyosi criticise Eagles

Torres’ knee operation rocks Reds

CBN denies involvement in ATM upgrade

BPE faults liquidation of public enterprises

Czech industrial output falls lowest in 14 months

NDLEA arrests India-bound lady with Indian hemp

Anambra: Answering the security question

Ritual killing: A menace overlooked

Yar‘Adua: Chief Judge steps down from hearing Falana‘s suit

Grief, curses as Citizen Funmilayo is buried without autopsy

Amodu gets ultimatum, Nooij favoured for Eagles plum job

Yar’Adua: Court adjourns power vacuum cases

‘CBN not involve in ATM upgrade’

FG may allow local investors to acquire stake in JVA- presidential aide

Kidnapping: Police rescue three-month old baby in A’Ibom

Abdulmutallab: Nigeria to put air marshals on US-bound

Abdulmutallab: US may treat terror suspects as enemy combatants

NAS, FEC; unpatriotic, docile - Akpanika

Yar’Adua’s absence without official leave

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Ekiti rerun: More irregularities unveiled in Ido-Osi results

Fayose resigns from PDP, asked to return party‘s property

Anambra: Soludo gets N2bn to fund election

Empower Jonathan to act –Adegbite

Why BBC?

Illegal structures at Abesan Estate

Edo, private school owners’ suit stalled

248 dismissed policemen petition PSC

Health sector did not perform badly in 2009 – NMA

FEC keeps mum on Yar’Adua’s health

S’Korea to become major nuclear power plant exporter

Insurer restates need for professionalism

Obama to announce fee on 20 banks to recoup TARP

Abdulmutallab: CBN donates full body scanners

Stakeholders disagree over proposed maritime security agency

Gunmen attack police station in Somalia

Nieketien blames Taiwo for defeat

Guatemala President cleared of murder

White lizards evolve in new Mexico dunes

Video games could boost certain thinking skills

Ticketing officers and motorists at the Lagos airport toll gate

Its Yar’Adua all the way

Deepwater Pathfinder wraps up drilling at Oki East well

‘OPEC ‘ll only act if oil price hits $100’

Heavier sons tied to higher death risk for parents

Flights halted after snow blankets

Fans blame Eagles’ defeat on complacency

ECOWAS bemoans sluggish economic growth

Lehman liquidator breaks tradition by making investment bets

Engineer wins N1m in Fidelity Bank promo

Norwegian oil service firm eyes Nigerian offshore

Yar’Adua: Nigeria approaching visible darkness – NPAN

‘Govt shouldn’t interfere in mass sacking of bank workers’

16 injured, as ex-militants clash in Bakassi

Bandits kill bank manager in Port Harcourt

It’s illegal for CBN to disburse N620bn — Gbajabiamila

N188m cheques theft: EFCC arraigns nine persons

It‘s prerecorded

The voice isn‘t genuine

LG boss takes residents to task

Transfer power to VP

Do the right thing

FG stockpiles three million anti-meningitis vaccines

Kwara women protest police shootings

Interconnection rate: Globacom sues MTN, NCC

Statoil charts steady course

Jonathan: Akinjide, Agbakoba, Falana, others disagree on court’s ruling

Exxon Mobil trains 15 geosciences lecturers on software

ACCA: Nigeria to upgrade learning partner

Stuyvesant Town debt holders said to weigh foreclosure action

NIS to deliver e-passport in 24 hours

Presidential Task Force meets Eagles

Martins returns to Germany

Rising sugar prices sour Pepsi bottom line

Google ‘may pull out of China after Gmail cyber attack’

CBN predicts 7% economic growth in 2010

Private placements account for major capital market losses – DG NSE

‘LPG’ll only boom if entire oil industry is healthy’

Police arrest MASSOB leader, Uwazuruike

Marketers give fresh conditions to FG to resume fuel importation

Jos crisis: NYSC wants slain corps members immortalised

Give us live broadcast

Invite NTA

Budget: LG boss challenges residents to submit inputs

Oyo: Fresh crisis brews between Alao-Alaka, labour unions

Oil slumps on US stocks‘ build

Yar’Adua: Jonathan capable of acting — PDP

Solving the prolonged fuel scarcity problem

UNIDO embarks on survey to generate data on investors

Experts warn against delay in establishing AMC

Cadbury defenders step up fight

SHV Energy acquires Chevron’s Indian arm

Fiat, VW set to combat European car glut

IBM got highest number of US patents in 2009

Solar cannot solve Nigeria’s power problem – Babalola

AbdulMutallab: Senate to probe security breach

NNPC considers alternative means of conveying crude to refineries

Ekiti: Thugs attack council legislator over xmas bonus

‘Poll respondents support calls for handover’

Linetrale Gas to make Final Investment Decision on LPG storage facility

‘Why Nigeria was listed

Eskom may sell 49% of power plant to fund expansion

HUL chief warns of more global crisis driven by innovation

Starwood Hotels to add 12,000 jobs

Wilbur Ross sees slow US auto sales rebound

‘Chevron recorded $56m refining loss’

Cameron performs industry first in deep Angolan waters

US seeks balance in oil, gas drilling

Greece’ll not quit eurozone, seek IMF help –PM

Japan Airlines gets new CEO as bankruptcy looms

Power cuts loom in Venezuela

Race for Singapore LNG heats up

Africa Oil encouraged by East African resource estimates

Repsol sets terms for YPF sale

Pope John Paul II gunman calls for ‘new American Empire’

In and out of courts; the cases linger

NFF, Amodu deceived Nigerians – Akpoborie

UN to send more peacekeepers to Cote d’Ivoire

RMAFC seeks review of JV cash call obligations

FG seeks virement N8bn rural electrification funds

Building your event management company

Top US bankers admit errors in 2008 financial meltdown

FG may sell $500m Eurobond in Q2

Ebok shows higher potential, may deliver 182 million barrels

Profit taking plunges indices by 1.2%

Jonathan can perform presidential functions – Court

Nigerian leaders have failed citizens – NBA

FG assures diplomatic corps of peace, security

Appeal court upholds Okorie’s expulsion from APGA

African peer review report on Nigeria

Still on the parcel bomber

Hand over

Katsina to spend N17.1bn on roads

Funmilayo, woman killed in Sagamu robbery, for burial today

Ejigbo LCDA releases plots of land to FG for health centres

Many sides of Millennium Park

Govt captures online data of 2 million students

Bank robbers kill three policemen, two others

Shell no longer focusing on Nigerian operations for growth – Voser

AbdulMutallab and America’s overkill

While the nation awaits body scanners, the president spoke

Nigeria’s ever indefinite population

Need a new hand? One day, you may be able to regrow one

Chimps and monkeys could talk. Why don’t they?

SAN: shortlisted candidates for screening on Monday

Truck crushes two on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

FG to spend N488m for body scanners in airports

World Bank chief warns govt over interference with mass sackings in bank

Injured Martins leaves Super Eagles camp

Top al Qaeda Figure Killed in Yemen

Jonathan can only be ceremonial President, says court

Clashes between local residents and African migrants rattle Italy

Ghana, Nigeria To Exchange Prisoners

Unicef child-death campaign in Africa ‘failed‘

Huge toll feared in Haiti earthquake

Shell to look beyond Nigeria for production growth

‘Google ‘may quit China‘

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Cutting-edge technology defies 2010 BMW 7 Series

Railway: Tragedy of neglect

Supercard appoints Aladekomo as chairman

How organisations can increase cash flow to beat effects of downturn

Strategies for retaining best employees

‘Nigerian leaders lack will to institute good corporate governance’

Mercedes plans green-car ‘attack’ on BMW

‘Terror list is a setback for Nigerian tourism industry’

Abdulmutallab: Airlines worry over looming higher security costs

Passenger charged in AirTran jet scare

New NSE President pledges to transform body

Make your job loveable

Nigerian Immigration Service screens officers

Three new Jeep variants for Detroit auto show

Florida Airport gets commercial spaceport licence

Keeping good employees means having good managers

Firm scouts for first woman to drive round Nigeria

Katsina Transport Authority opens international route

ICAO moves to forestall terrorist attacks

Aero sees business expansion despite inflight menu withdrawal

Oneworld, TPG sweeten offer as JAL shares plunge

UK ‘close to leaving recession’

Analyst firm says tech sector to recover in 2010

Currency devaluation: Venezuelans rush for TVs

Exploring investment opportunities in air travel sub-sector

Luxury goods retailers see profit rise

Trade deficit in US probably widened as imports increased

Infosys signals sector recovery, boosts tech stocks

Market capitalisation rises by N110bn

Cadbury makes case against Kraft takeover bid

Weak Chinese currency a ‘major problem’ – EU

Ondo begins construction of tourism village

Workers denied core investors access to NITEL assets – BPE

Foreign portfolio investments hit N214.7bn in 2009

Obama plans to raise $120bn from banking fees

China raises banks‘ reserve ratio to cool economy

FAAC disbursed N4.17tn to FG, states in 2009 – Minister

Minister tasks states, councils on home-made goods

CSL says bank recovery will boost activities at NSE

Profit taking set to occur in market

Sekibo opposes Maritime Security Agency bill

‘Lagos land regularisation directorate to protect property owners’

‘Financial market reforms to drive stock market growth’

FG urged to take advantage of IDB facilities

Naira crashes at inter-bank due to forex shortage

CSCS settles N6.4tn transactions in 12 years

Customs generated N2.8bn in 2009

IMF sees rise in Kenyan interest rates

Pharaohs clip Eagles’ wings

Senderos eager to leave Arsenal

Ohuruogu to defend title in Delhi

Winning more medals than trophies

Djokovic seeks shorter ATP schedule

NPL fines Lobi

NTTF appeals to states

Mancini wanted Tevez at Inter

Malian club wants Disu

Serena, Safina win openers

Angola knew playing in Cabinda was risky – Jordaan

Sagna wants Song, Eboue

Eguavoen laments defeat

I’ll never forget gun attack on bus – Ayite

Eto’o sends warning to Gabon

Wounded Eagles wary of falling to Cup curse

Halilhodzic laments B’Faso draw

Essien hits Angola today

Mancini won’t rush Adebayor

Iwu in the eyes of the public

INEC: In search of a true umpire

Tribunal: Fayemi uncovers fresh irregularities in Ido-Osi results

The commission‘s preparation for 2011

Anambra 2010: TMG to send 400 CSOs for monitoring

Why we are against Soludo – PDP members

Edo lawmakers threaten to sanction A-G

Yar‘Adua: Aso Rock cabal illegally assuming role of presidential council – Sagay

Resilience, not misery, in coping with death

Ban to head regional organisations on crisis management

Britain moves to ban Muslim group

Suppressing tinnitus with music therapy

Madagascar opposition rejects warrant of arrest

Guinea’s junta begins talk with opposition

‘More Co2 could create a racket in the oceans’

Robinson steps down as NI minister for six weeks

Migrants leave Italian town amid violence

Sri Lanka president woos Tamils with power sharing

Iraq war had no mandate – Dutch inquiry

Media persecution: : 137 journalists killed in 2009 globally

Itsekiri leader tasks govts on N’Delta

United against growing societal ills...

Blame it on the films

Molusi old students relive good old days at Oniwinde twins’ birthday gig

Lagos PSN faults NAFDAC over drug manufacturing facilities

Nigerian specialists once dominated Saudi hospitals –Elebute

Half of men fail to check if vasectomy is working

‘Bush Bar will boost tourism in Enugu’

Reps, minister who aborted debate on Yar’Adua absence

Nigeria’s fellow ‘risk states’… according to US govt

Court faults Assembly on reduction of LGs’ chairmen’s tenure

Bode George: Newspapers’ application on libel’s suit struck out

Is he still capable?

Gunmen abduct poly teacher

Yar’Adua breaks silence, says doctors’ll decide his return

Gunmen kidnap three Britons, Columbian in Abia

Learn from Northern Ireland

He doesn‘t believe in local media

Yobe to enact child rights law

Tension as Reps resolve to raise team to visit President

Ondo woos investors with entertainment, tourism

NMA wants list of medical practitioners from MDCN

Quitting smoking can raise diabetes risk

Ogun distributes ICT facilities to health officers

Abia to demolish illegal structures

Video interview is better

Remove Nigeria from terror list, FG tells US

AbdulMutallab: Obama’s approval rating hits new low

Fill the leadership vacuum

British doctors perform heart surgery using MRI

Thoroughly sick

NEC meets, keeps mum on Yar’Adua’s ill-health

Majority of N’Assembly members not elected – Soyinka

He took us for granted

When is he due back?

Senate to invite SSG over Yar’Adua

Pro-Yar’Adua rally ends in disarray

It‘s irresponsible

Not Yar‘Adua‘s voice

Minister slams organisers of Abuja mass rally

Jos crisis: Hausa community gives conditions to leave Plateau

Resign sir

It‘s fake

Human skull causes stir in Ilorin

Yoruba leaders canvass united front

Let‘s have video recording

2011 poll: Election timetable out in March – Iwu

INEC deployed 69,401 fake ballot papers in Osun governorship election – AC witness

Ogun CP charges new SPs on higher tasks

‘PPA not ready to play spoiler role’

Leadership vacuum, graft killing Nigeria – Soyinka, others

Two missing kids in police custody

December gone, January going, yet harmattan remains elusive

Car thieves devise new method in Lagos

Senate to probe NTA over alleged sabotage

Edo Govt, save us from robbers, cultists

The selfishness in Yar’Adua’s actions

America’s terror watch list

A band of uncreative liars

Nigeria on terror list

I acquired N346bn assets, £11m legitimately — Akingbola

War crime: Charles Taylor denies Foday Sankoh

Yar’Adua splits PDP’, opposition parties’ Reps

Yar’Adua: Protesters boo, shun Speaker

AbdulMutallab: Top US security expert visits Nigeria

Anti-climax as Senate sidesteps debate on Yar’ Adua’s health.

Gunmen abduct 3 British workers, 1 Colombian in Port Harcourt

Yar‘Adua breaks silence, says return date uncertain

Monday, January 11, 2010

Dead or alive?

Uneasy calm in Aso Rock over N’Assembly debates

Zinox’s Nigeria Reads opens access to 750,000 e-books

Only 3% of Nigerian youths are placed in varsities – Ex-ASUU boss

Oil price hits 15-month high

UBS boss says stopping client withdrawals imperative

Malawi shocks Algeria 3-0

Beware of Mali, Shorunmu warns Eagles

Court bars community from receiving compensation

We’ll sustain peace, new democratic ideals in UNILORIN – Students

Recall: Books with bad do-it-yourself advice

National concern

Attention, Itire/Ikate LCDA

Americans unlike us

Edo State Varsity

FUTA appoints two new deputy vice-chancellors

Rebels regret attack on Togo

I will wait for my time – Akpala

Citi ups ratings on BP, Chevron and Petrobras

Bursary: Students, Ikole LG boss disagree over alleged shooting

Interswitch becomes ATMIA Loyal Member

Winners emerge in LG Mobile Christmas bonanza

Nigeria to invest $200m in tourism development

Bank charges may be capped

Terror list: US decision hasty, rash — Fashola

Shut A’Ibom Airport to be re-opened before January 31

Oyo tops list of teenage mothers in South-West

Jubilee-Life Cooperative plans microfinance bank

Jos crisis: Plateau asks FG to return suspects for prosecution

APGA: Okorie knows fate on Wednesday

Govt vows to clamp down on religious extremists

WDAS: Naira depreciates against major currencies

Nigeria may adopt Israel’s Police models

Lawmaker blames Obasanjo for Bakassi crisis

Yar’Adua: Reps’ debate may assume North/South divide

European stocks post fourth week of gains

Concession: ‘No production at Osogbo Steel since 2006’

Meridian Technologies marks nine years of operations

‘Visafone committed to effective customer relations’

‘Chevron/NNPC 2010 scholarship scheme for 200 Level students alone’

Canadian power venture plans third Cuba plant

Egypt coach bars Egyptian media

Mali’s comeback shocks Angola coach

Repair Abakaliki/Ogoja/Yahe road

‘UnNigerian’

Terror list

Togo faces Angola 2010 disqualification

Nooij warns Benin

Greece increases taxes on alcohol

eWorld opens broadband forum

Institute to harness untapped marine resources

Jonathan urges N’Delta leaders not to comment on President’s illness

Pregnant women protest in Osun

What your phone’s ringtone says about you

Ekiti election tribunal: Fayemi establishes over-voting in Oni’s hometown

Remove President now, Harriman tells N’Assembly

Work begins on N12.6bn Jebba-Kano rail line

US vows scrutiny of oil, gas leases

Google applies to become an electricity marketer

Former Nigeria keeper dies at 73

Ekoku slams Nations Cup cancellation calls

Nalbandian‘s comeback on hold

Wolves suspend Vanzenkin

Heineken acquires Femsa beer unit in $7.7bn deal

FG urged to check furniture importation

Akeredolu, Alao-Akala disagree over Yar’Adua

Power: Rep urges proper budget implementation

Survivors of many years of incapacitation

Qualified Nigerians that can serve on medical board

What the 1999 Constitution says on President’s

Yar‘Adua: Save the nation from anarchy

Coming to America: A personal experience (1)

For Nigerians, honesty remains a virtue

Kogi Govt

Be more people-friendly, LASTMA told

‘Fagunwa, an African philosopher’

The Gatekeepers: To record and to inspire

Anambra 2010: Candidates and the rising temperature

Eagles, Pharaohs ignite Benguela

Ronaldo sale boosts Man United’s profits

How your vehicle can make money for you

Banks may need N400bn to stabilise

Stocks, commodities move up as China imports soar

Al-Hikmah VC urges govt’s support for private varsities

Biotechnology to open opportunities for industrial growth –Official

Digital revolution: Generation that can make the difference

Workers’ unions vow to picket banks over mass sacking

Stakeholders commend 21st Century on investment

NSE Food/Beverages Index gains 3.4%

Standard Chartered invests $47.5m in Seven Energy International Limited

S’Africa’s FirstRand eyes rescued Nigerian banks

‘No university in South Africa without a Nigerian professor’

Yar’Adua: We’ll provide security for Soyinka, Ojukwu, others — Police

Politicians task IG over alleged plans to disrupt Anambra poll

Chevron killing: JTF appeals for calm

Police intercept Tokyo’s men

EFCC files fresh charges against Atuche, Ojo

Appeal court resumes hearing on Oyo LGs chairmen’s suit

Committee to develop road map for Niger Delta —Ekaette

Oshiomhole blasts Anenih, Osunbor, says they’re belly-aching

LG to circumcise 400,000 children

AbdulMutallab’s father may testify before US Senate

US IPO volume low at $17bn

FEC approves more port charges

Myths that keep you from landing the job

Firm to recognise best practices

Angola says attackers arrested; Togo out of Cup

S’Africa’s First Rand eyes rescued Nigeria bank

Jonathan wants the military strengthened

Somali rebels and pro-govt militia clash, 13 dead

Super Eagles will do very well in Angola- Uche

Two suspected attackers of Togo‘s football team arrested in Angola

Israel to construct barrier along Egyptian border

Terror: AbdulMutallab’s trial continues today

Sunday, January 10, 2010

2010: A year of tension and turmoil

Nigeria to review economic agreements with Greece

Tapping huge opportunities in auto repairs

NSE reviews 30 Index, removes four troubled banks

Revitalising the manufacturing sector

More security funds heading to Yemen – Petraeus

Croatia votes for new president

In support of the old national anthem

One profiling too many

PHCN, give us a new transformer

Amodu plans physical game against Egypt

NTA wins Nations Cup broadcast rights

‘There should be an alternative to the PDP’

A Florida pussy cat, but watch out for that bite

Study says women with mates get heavier

Inter-bank rates steady on limited lending

OTC records N101.1bn transactions

Ilorin shooting: Confusion over victims’ state of health

Yar’Adua: Soyinka, Ojukwu, Musa to lead mass protest

‘Claiming right under wrong law doesn’t affect claim’

NIALS: Reawakening the culture of judicial review

PPPRA, oil marketers disagree over petrol import approvals

Fashola reaffirms vision for tourism development in Badagry

Jos crisis: Anxiety mounts as panel resumes sitting today

Mudashiru’s widow appeals against judgment on disputed Will

Landlord, son arraigned for tenant’s death

Burden of ailing leaders: Between Sharon and Yar’Adua

NDLEA transfers Lebanese, another suspect to EFCC

… Senate tackles Soyinka

Oni’s aide, four others die in auto crash

Obasanjo to invest in Ethiopia

‘Need to audit anti-graft agencies’

‘President placed on life support’

Businessman petitions IG over police assault

Royal Exchange Assurance pays N3.24bn claim to NBC

Uba resigned from PDP, says Labour Party

Erico condemns attack on Togo

AC condemns attack on Togo in Angola

Yar’Adua’s many sins

Yemen’s president open dialogue with al-Qaida

Malaysian Christians fearful as church attacks rise

Bullish trend is sustainable – Experts

Japan Airline’s largest banks agree to bankruptcy plan

Delta elders petition Yar‘Adua over Aladja Steel

Thai minister quits over graft scandal

Drummers gather for Sudan peace campaign

Group B: All eyes on Drogba

Bolt undecided on Commonwealth Games

Anambra: Group alleges pictures of Gani, Nwobodo others in voters‘ list

Dangote Flour pays 30k interim dividend

MEND to review ceasefire on January 30

FG signs MoU with 13 coys to end gas flaring

Chieftaincy row: Adesina warns Alao-Akala against blackmail

Plateau teachers resume strike today

‘EFCC, ICPC need autonomy not monitoring’

Kwara to import stones from Syria, S’Arabia

NERFUND remains single entity

Ateke Tom denies threatening FG over Jonathan

Kraft-Cadbury takeover failure’ll test CEO’s pledges

PDP members defect to AC in Osun

Nations Cup must go on – Wenger

Togo attack won’t hurt S’Africa World Cup – Zuma

Egypt arrests Christians, Muslims after arson attacks

Reid apologises for ‘light-skinned’ Obama remarks

Hearst-backed Skiff to take on Kindle with E-book advertising

Japan’s bonds complete biggest weekly loss since April

Late pope’s would-be killer offered book, film deals

PM orders players home

Davydenko shocks Nadal

Family of dead PDP chieftain accuses LG boss of complicity

Communal clash: Soldiers take over C’River communities

How Nigeria spoilt its case — Falana

Ex-AIG CEO blames Goldman Sachs for insurer’s collapse

Indigenes chart new path for Ibadan’s development

Hospital management bars arms from wards

Senate seeks sustainability for water projects

Second term: Group canvasses support for governor

Togo keeper survives operation

China liberalises capital market

Heavy snow causes chaos in Germany

Two Palestinians killed in Gaza

I’m a better player now – Vieira

Disquiet in rescued banks over new managements’ excesses

FG restates commitment to Armed Forces members

Adefarasin urges churches to speak up

Ex-militants deliberate on govt’s post amnesty work-plan

Akingbola admits owning N346bn assets, £11m

Labour Party gets more support – Poll

How Mimiko saved us from Alao-Akala —Oyo NUT

Council warns residents against dumping of refuse

Nigerians, others to pay more for US visa

Ekiti tribunal resumes sitting today

Keep watch on your children, Onaiyekan tells parents

Statisticians laud improved data gathering in Nigeria

Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale ‘conscious‘

Where is our President, Agbakoba asks Jonathan

Jos crisis: Anxiety mounts over Abisoye as panel resumes sitting today

AbdulMutallab: ‘How Nigeria bungled chances of putting US on defence’

Ilorin Central Mosque: Kwara to import stones from Syria, Saudi

Saturday, January 09, 2010

Shocked Adebayor recounts shooting horror

Okoya meets Heart of Gold

Bigwigs grace wedding of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya to S’African

Togo pulls out of Nations Cup

Nollywood gets Ooni’s nod

Yobo, wife expectant

Nations Cup: Super Eagles chasing glory in Angola

EPL clubs want players back

Nations Cup to go ahead – CAF

Nations Cup: African stars set to ignite Angola

HMO gets baby boy

Injured Togo player ‘stable’ in S/Africa

Speaker gets baby number two

NFF wants better security, sympathises with Togo

Angola 2010: NFF raises accommodation alarm

Togo attack: Angolan PM gives security guarantee

Serena test likely for Henin

Pacquiao to face Ghana’s Clottey

Nicklaus warns Woods to return

NFF protests accreditation allocation for World Cup

Button shrugs off criticism

What is the Nations Cup worth to our Super Eagles?

Fur flies over picture of Michelle Obama in ad

Callers to free tow number directed to porn line

‘Jordan bomber’ said CIA attack was ‘revenge’

Bomb kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan

Roadmap for the Senate in 2010

We plan to use helicopters to distribute materials for Anambra polls – Uwa

Residents may be evicted for spitting

Washington couple collects cans to pay for wedding

Dress to look younger

Girl beats boys to pluck cross from water

Airline pickpocket strikes as passengers sleep

Those against calls for Yar’Adua’s second term are jittery – Oshodi

Napoli fans to bid for Maradona’s earring

Let earrings complement your face, outfit

...and your bag

Man opts for jail over New Year with relatives

Man leaves electronics, steals diapers from home

It would be fool- hardy to expect me to want to give marriage another shot – Oladele Olutola

Mum taught us how to walk straight by putting books on our heads... – Dr. Bassey, Director, NCAA

Wall St hits new highs on recovery hopes

CBN appoints executive directors for three banks

How JTF solder’s tragic New Year gift turned two pregnant women to widows

Rivers proposes to acquire FG water projects

New Japanese finance minister seeks weaker yen

Terrorism: Nigeria not on U.S. watch list – Maduekwe

Obama’s challenges and political cynicism

Making a budget that works in the New Year

Kala Kato: Suspects to be arraigned this week

Venezuela to slash value of currency

Mystery deaths: 7 family members found dead in Enugu

Pains of Lagos area without electricity for one year

Farouk Mutallab used to be a good boy until 3 months ago – Musa, his Islamic teacher

N’Delta: Chevron records fresh 100,000 bpd production shut-in

Toshiba to outsource bulk of TVs in US

We do not have Abudu’s corpse – Ogun Police

Oil rises, Canada refinery fire outweighs US data

German exports beat expectations

Power project: Disquiet brews over absence of NERC commissioners

NACCIMA seeks speedy privatisation of infrastructure

Deadly rebel attack casts dark pall over cup

Terrorism and the dwindling influence of a giant

Sliver of a silver lining

See what AIDS has done to my marriage

How to be beautiful and pleasant

Bakassi woes: I couldn’t even see my husband’s corpse, woman laments

N10m ATM fraud lands female banker in court

From denigrating to elevating self-talk

Teen marijuana use might have lasting effects on mood, anxiety

Petroleum Minister Lukman: In whose interest?

FG’s concession plan for airports

Yar’Adua: Braithwaite, Enahoro, Balarabe demand Interim National Government

‘Economy can’t improve if we continue to ignore SMIs’

GM says it would continue efforts to sell Saab

US intelligence tracks Abdulmutallab’s steps in Ghana

Nations Cup: A mountain to fly for Super Eagles

Fashola to rub powder on M-Net Face of Africa

Calabar: Festive memory of Nazarene pastor’s son

Where did the time go? Do not ask the brain

Medical care that transcends words

We are considering evolving a dress code for our students soon – Prof. Adeleke, LAUTECH VC

Those in TV and radio take it for granted Nigeria is all about Lagos – Nwakulor, Yes Media CEO

I was a housewife for 17 years – Yemisi Jaiyeola, movie producer

This young man has 23 graduates in his employ

Which hospital is Yar’Adua in Saudi?

Defining our future as a people

Rights of youths a concern as kenya plans aids tests

‘Value-chain creation required to achieve Nigeria’s agriculture potential’

UBA renews support for AMAA

We don’t despise any religion in our drama – Sule

Osaze Peter Odemwingie!

France considers tax for Google, Yahoo and Facebook

His name on security watch list

Horizon Bank, first US bank failure of 2010

Senate rejects N2.3bn request for Anambra rice mill

Diabetics less prone now to end-stage kidney disease

Olayiwola, TV station bomber Under Seige

Danson: Mowed down in his prime by trigger-happy soldier

Why men wear wristwatches on left hand

My boss ‘wandered’ into the ladies’ bathroom

Anambra 2010: A tale of three professors

America: Punishing Nigerians to get at our government

Nigeria is not a terrorist country – Aondoakaa

Togo sets to pull out of Nations Cup

FIFA condemns attack on Togo‘s national team bus

Venezuela to slash value of national currency

US intelligence tracks failed bomber’s steps in Ghana

Rivers State government to acquire NDBDA

Controversy trails allocation of houses to Bakassi returnees

US Condemns distruption of UN food programme in Somalia

Friday, January 08, 2010

Angolan Embassy denies Nigerians visas

Gateway will shock Pillars – Omoruyi

Abdulmutallab arraigned amid tight security

Bird flu: FG pays poultry farmers N630m

Yemen warns against US military intervention

Ten months to his retirement, gangsters’ bullets end brave cop’s 35 years active service

New year, new shopping guide

16 things your parents can’t do for you

Poverty is no excuse for wrongdoing

Nigeria set to rule Africa

Cote d’Ivoire tipped for African Nations Cup

How physical exercise helps sex

Finally a ‘talisman’ for the road!

It was on national television my husband learnt that I was once sexually abused – Princess Olufunmi

Britain should take responsibility for Mutallab’s action – Prof Ishaq Akintola, Director, MRC

A policy introduced by Awolowo in 1973 made me a multi-millionaire –Chief Olabanji Akingbule

Step out with stylish structured bags

Strategies for cutting down on telephone expenses

‘Fed should lift main rate to 3.5-4.5%’

Day house of prayer became house of war in Abeokuta

New acts on the scene

Muma Gee in love with Accra, shoots new music videos

Expensive birthday gift

One man’s rumbling bad belle

Lesson 15: Investing wisely in 2010(5)

Market indices rise on blue chip gains

Military pensioners to receive reviewed arrears soon –Kwaji

Reps to debate Yar’Adua’s absence on Tuesday

Police recover toddler one year after abduction

Much ado about the US blacklist

EFCC arrests fake Customs comptroller

Remembrance Day: Nigerians urged to avoid war

Terror list: US should not be aggressive –Ajibola

Artiste who can’t stand a second woman

Stella Monye finds her bearing at last

Alariwo is back on track

Magodo Phase 1 residents lament absence of good roads, potable water and electricity

I turn down jobs when they clash with my duties as a family man – IK Osakioduwa, BBA’s anchorman

Stocks, metals drop on China lending curbs

Panasonic to expand solar cell, 3-D TV production

Adebayor eager to confront former team mate

Amokachi, Bwalya tip Eagles

Nigerian youths in search of identity

Lessons from the elephant

Anambra 2010 and the race for endorsements

Ogbemudia is not opposed to my chairmanship – Edo PDP chairman

The way to the change we desire

Build yourself into a brand

Mali, Algeria threaten Angola

My recovery after two operations is too important to be celebrated with a new wife – K1

Pharaohs and the big test ahead

At 29, I’m still searching for my Canadian father

KB and Naeto C on fire in Jamrock 5

Artistes warming up to rehash the old times

More hits, more shakara

VP, Sanusi, ministers meet over economy

‘Imo committed to building refinery’

…assure A’Ibom missionary health workers of security

How to be financially stable

US job growth fades again

‘It’s possible but difficult to do clean business in Nigeria’

Envoy says Yar’Adua is ‘sound and fit’

Uganda minister says gay death penalty ‘unnecessary’

Fuel shortage: Marketers yet to get import permits

Stakeholders not pleased with NFVB’s reform

Benita Nzeribe joins search for new Nigerian diva

‘Australia faces next big boom’

Cameroun ready to set the pace

Parents shouldn’t trade blame when a child has disabilities – Florence Shekoni, speech and hearing

Egypt chases another title

Roddick withdraws from Davis Cup

I didn’t want to become Agagu’s CPS because I feared I might become an errand boy –Yemi Olowolabi

Amodu’s list and the big party in Angola

London’s investment banks double pay

Ex-lawmaker, LG boss differ on Nigeria’s ‘risk state’ status

Indian ‘racist police’ cartoon angers Australia

PDP expels Uba, others

Cancer concerns over smoked food

Lennar leads builders higher on unexpected profit

Drogba wins BBC Football award

Togo players attacked in ambush

Arrested Nigerian footballers get bail

US breakeven rate reaches 18-month high on growth, inflation

Ambassador to S’Arabia says Yar’Adua is ‘sound and fit’

South Sudan cattle raid kills 140

Jailed Nigerian footballers deny harassing Indian woman, bailed

Thursday, January 07, 2010

NNPC unable to meet fuel demand – FG

DPR fails to enforce official fuel pump price in Enugu

It is easier to govern as a military governor – Jang

Police reinstate 1,628 sacked officers, demote 15

Akingbola’s associates: Judge fixes Jan 15 for ruling on bail

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for CIA attack

For Oniwinde brothers, two have become one

Giggs promises United revival

Zimbabwean teachers threaten to go on strike

Snow brings disruption to Europe

Nigeria’ll decide our fate – Egypt

Morocco backs Guinea’s move towards civilian rule

Teachers defying gravity to gain students’ interest

Give us school, community tells Fashola

Consult Onigbinde

Include home-based players

Factory orders jump 1.1% in November

Customs agent on trial for alleged fraud

Former President Obasanjo extols late Maryam Babangida for her ‘vission’

The Debaters and our reading culture

Top 12 acts to watch in 2010

Adaeze Igwe in midnight wedding

Low capacity utilisation, bane of manufacturing sector

Palm oil extends 2009 rally on crude oil rise

Beyond football

We‘ll get bronze medal

Getting the best crèche for your kid

School honours 42 distinguished personalities

Aid groups warn Sudan of civil war

Eagles’ attack worries Iloenyosi

Henin through in Brisbane

Anambra poll: Politicians recruiting armed robbers, sowing police uniforms — Onovo

Yahoo, IBM win stimulus money for energy projects

Jonathan receives BBA winner, tasks youths

Placing Nigeria on watch list’ll not affect economy – World Bank chief

Senate may revisit Presidential Succession Order

Mass sacking: NLC threatens strike in Kaduna

FDI: Mobius eyes cheap shares in Nigerian market

Bonds row won’t derail LSE premium listing – Pearl

VP inaugurates committee on public service wages

Oyo teachers hold poll in Akure, blame Alao-Akala

Filipino seafarers to undergo anti-piracy training

Jonathan, security chiefs, ministers hold crucial meeting

Khan wants sports back in Pakistan

Eneramo confuses Eagles

Six winners emerge at RUF competition

Try younger players

Why the furore?

Commodities rise on signs of manufacturing growth

German firm to build $300M pipe plant in US

One World Trade Center tower seeks new investor

The squad is good

Young, local players better

UK Varsity declares Ogun primary school teacher best in Africa

Bosso backs Amodu

Football overtakes politics in Angola

FG moves against terrorists, sponsors

EU tariff policy hurts region’s banana export push

Shell appoints ex-militant leader as security consultant

Critics of my inauguration are ignorant —CJN

Russian GDP shrinks at slowest pace in a year – Survey

Pineapple farmers lose millions to pest strange pest

Alleged gunrunning: Police quiz Ogun commissioner, LG boss

Bolton Celtics down Miami Heat

Bauchi starts preparation for sports festival

It‘s the best team

The team is okay

IMO grants Ships & Ports distribution rights

Sugar jumps in India on supply concern, global rally

India‘s iron-ore exports rise on demand from China

Establishment of regional coast guard’ll reduce piracy – FG

They can win

Good list

Returning Gatlin warns Bolt, Gay

Okaka set for Fulham

Use of full-body scanner on passengers unconstitutional — SAN

Northern freeze hobbles UK transport, China curbs electricity

US to fund retraining for green energy jobs

Woods’ absence chance for some – Ogilvy

Blacklisting: Mbu, Ajibola condemn US action

3SC targets Odigie

Firm urges FG to make business environment friendly

Dana Electronics unveils Philips TV-9000 LED Pro Series

New enzyme can reduce poultry feed costs by seven per cent

Kafo fears for Nigerian t’tennis

Church disowns man arrested for attempted matricide

Wenger targets Traore

Pandemonium as policeman kills citizen at road block

Taiwan curbs US beef imports in latest Asia trade frictions

US retail sales boosted by gift-card use, says trade group

North Korea looks to boost failed trade zone

Vietnam’s fruit, vegetable exports rose 6.1% in 2009

Leadership: Simplicity is the word as Balewa resurrects online

Real estate as a viable investment option in 2010

Terror list: US action is harassment of Nigerians – Soyinka

Ministers, Presidency officials’ phone lines bugged

Tribunal adjourns for Ribadu to appear

Osun: Between technical and substantive aspects of law

FG inaugurates committee on N’Delta development

Banks: FG to reverse mass sacking without due process, says minister

Fuel supply to Mosimi Depot drops by 65%

Arunma Oteh assumes office as SEC DG, unfolds agenda

Loan guarantee: US approves $1bn facility for Nigerian banks

Market capitalisation rises by N158bn in one week

China gives Kenya $7m development grant

National identity card now mandatory to secure loans – Sanusi

Commissioner’s death: Family complains of medical negligence

How 2face, Beenieman, P-Square rocked Carniriv

Why I left MTV — Mary Ero

Artistes speak on the state of the nation

Playing politics with New Year message

“2010 and graft expectations”

Cambodia signs deal with Vietnam on cashew production

The Nigerian State and U.S. strategic interests

Why didn’t they see it?

Ogun: Criminals on the rampage

AbdulMutallab: Our collective shame

Amodu‘s 23-man squad

Old citizens relive experiences in school

Council to distribute Adire uniforms to 26,461 pupils

War crimes punishment on a roll

Nigeria tasks UN Security Council on Afghanistan

Jailed Tunisian journalist’s family starts hunger strike

Essien doubtful for Togo clash

Eagles hit Angola today

Reducing tobacco-related deaths

End of the road for nine container hijackers

Nigerian terror suspect met radical cleric in Yemen

Zimbabwe auctions diamonds, regulators watch

Naira falls against dollar on foreign exchange supply shortage

Tribesmen kill 139 in south Sudan raid: official

Kalusha tips Super Eagles to win Nations Cup

Aid groups warn of Sudan civil war risk

‘Mobile phone radiation ‘protects‘ against Alzheimer‘s‘

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Cove completes offshore Mozambique farm-in

Lulu joins Eagles in S’Africa

3SC denies Jossy Lad

Oyo Assembly rerun: Tension mounts in Ogbomoso

Agency drills 210 boreholes in Osun

Ekiti hires 33 eye doctors from Cuba

Ijebu Ife: Court gives judgment on February 23

‘Algeria can reach final’

Victoria Oil & Gas encounters gas at Logbaba project

China faces new pipelines’ risk

‘Anambra election’ll decide Nigeria’s future’

Rivers stops sponsorship of foreign medical treatments

Nigerian footballers arrested in India

Henin’s comeback gathers pace

Vietnam oil service turnover posts record high

‘Marketers’ll not take advantage of deregulation to hike fuel prices’

LAUTECH doctors boycott work to protest police harassment

Pinnick hails NPL’s decision on Wolves

Torres targets more records

Hack resigns as SAFA CEO

Wenger keen on Gallas deal

Jonathan, PDP govs in crucial meeting

Shoes and vehicles for them, please!

DR Congo sacks 3,000 civil servants

Sudan to arrange refugees return from eastern Chad

Iwu’s promises on Anambra is to make Nigerians go to sleep – Opadokun

Cold weather wreaks chaos in Europe, UK

Britain, France reopens embassies in Yemen after security closures

War years figure in cancer for Israelis

Disinfectant misuse might help germs resist antibiotics

Rehabilitate Oguma/Bassa road

Power problem in Ido LG

LASG, check those who spurn footbridges

FG, wake up

Winter exercise can lift your spirits

Yemen arrests three al-Qaeda suspects

China rejects UN sanctions against Iran

‘No President had acted the way Yar’Adua is acting now’

Election violence witnesses get death threats in Kenya

Egypt police clash with activists

Our grouse with Fashola – Lagos Assembly Speaker

Northern hemisphere freeze boosts oil, hurts crops

Ex-militant leader calls for enactment of resource control law

‘Deregulate downstream sector and pass PIB now’

PIB ‘ll bring in additional revenues to government

Japan to appoint new finance minister

Woods’ absence casts shadow over USPGA season

Roddick progresses in Brisbane

Oyo teachers shift poll to Akure

Fire claims three-year-old in Jos

Osun: Election tribunal resumes sitting

Pacquiao, Mayweather camps fail to settle issues

B’ball: Blazers win Eko-Akete tourney

Hershey board undecided over Cadbury bid

2010 Gas Flares Out: Between reality and politics

Chevron JV spending $2.3bn to cut flaring in Angola

Post-amnesty: Ex-militant leaders meet in Bayelsa to study FG’s paper

South African equities begin on bullish note

Trial of AbdulMutallab begins tomorrow, visa revoked

Editor of banned S’Yemen daily arrested

Anti-whaling activists accuse Japan fleet of attack

Ibafo policemen

Forestry law and the constitution

Resign, Mr. President

Cuba protests US screening measures

28 UN workers killed in 2009 – Union

Nigeria’s blacklist: Soyinka says screening in US strenuous

Group urges Nigerians to endorse VP’s inauguration

Group sues Ugandan govt over oil deals

Nigeria can produce 3.7 million bpd of crude oil – Lukman

Prudential to acquire UOB’s life assurance unit for $306m

Shorunmu laments Etafia’s exclusion

Man City reports huge losses

Bayelsa bans external candidates for WAEC, NECO

FG awards N174bn contracts in Niger Delta

Odey tasks Environment ministry workers

Recalled police officers under watch — Onovo

Borno plans six mini-stadia

Essien set for Togo clash

Universal shares climb to six year high

LP flays FG over deregulation, supports NLC’s resistance

Total makes $2.25bn shale gas deal

Confusion as government appoints two rectors for polytechnic

Clouds over Yar’Adua’s telephone conversations with Jonathan, others

Taiwan seeks new talks with US after beef ban

Let’s obey the constitution

President’s signature on budget forged —CNPP

Nigeria won’t tolerate terrorism, says Onovo

Iraq ratifies four major fields’ deals

Power:N135bn gas projects excluded in 2010 budget

Trading with traffic lights

Turning your passion, hobbies into business ventures

First Bank boosts trading volume on NSE

Eneramo deserves Nations Cup role – Lawal

Odom leads Lakers to Rockets win

Obasanjo arrives from Ghana, keeps mum on Yar’Adua, AbdulMutallab

Delta council establishes N200m cassava processing plant

Shareholders predict full stock market recovery in 2012

Set aside my warrant of arrest, Ribadu tells judge

Lagos parcel bomb: My target was Christ Embassy – Suspect

America and the Mutallabisation of Nigeria

Ilorin shooting: Court remands suspects in prison

Court hears Akingbola’s associates’ bail applications today

European stocks record marginal gain

Kwara HOS explains mass retirement in civil service

US action against Nigeria unjustifiable – Gowon

Veron rejects Man City move

Cote d’Ivoire slams Chelsea over Drogba

Lawmakers and their love for the FCT

NUPENG asks NNPC to boost petrol distribution as supply improves slightly

Nigeria to export 1.95 million bpd of crude oil in February

Failure of LNG deal won‘t affect gas supply in China

President is conscious, says Maduekwe

Morgan Stanley wins Discover’s settlement suit

Yar’Adua’s absence as threat to democracy

Where in the world is Nigeria’s President?

Attention, Ondo Govt

LASG, check private school owners

Gene discovery sheds light on children‘s asthma

Scientists start a genomic catalog of earth’s abundant microbes

Abdulmutallab: Obama rebukes US intelligence services

Suicide bomb kills six police officers

Aliero: Battling against the tide as FCT minister

ECOWAS, UN want credible, transparent election in Togo

Somali militants force WFP to halt aid work

We may severe diplomatic ties with US – FG

Mutallab: More pains for Nigerian travellers

President Zuma in love again

China faces $2.2bn US software piracy lawsuit

Terror list: Remove external reserves from dollar account, Akinjide tells FG

Is deregulation policy implementation imminent?

Crude stays above $81, oil inventory data due

US revokes Abdulmutallab’s visa

Terrorist watch list: NASS to speed up passage of anti-terrorism bill

GROUP SEEKS N100.5M COMPENSATION FOR SLAIN GRADUATE’S FAMILY

Police recover toddler after one year of abduction

Angry youths seal up Chevron‘s office in Yenagoa

Yar’Adua: Nigerians charged to sign letter for VP’s inauguration

Amaechi bans foreign medical trips in Rivers

Nigeria’s external reserves decline by 20% in 2009 – CBN

What should your organisation’s New Year resolution be?

‘Professional marketing, key to business growth’

Emerging markets may lose 20 per cent

Nigeria is not ripe for Fly Nigerian Act – Capt Muhammed Joji

Nigeria in a comity of terrorist nations

Raising the right capital for small scale businesses

Mutallab: Terrorism puts security at Lagos airport in spotlight

Electoral reforms as political imperative

Eagles’ debut still my best – Adefemi

Chukwu laments Agali’s arrest

Impunity, before the eyes of civil society

‘Mr. President, for God and for country, please resign’

Man slices mother’s throat over witchcraft allegation

Saraki pardons two convicts

Terror watch list: Senate warns US

‘As you have logged out of 2009, browsing through 2010 …’

‘President’s stay in hospital over pericarditis, unusually long’

FG restates commitment to education roadmap

Pilgrim’s corpse retrieved from Egypt

PDP govs, Ogbulafor may brief FEC on decisions on Yar’Adua

Marketers, NNPC disagree over fuel scarcity

Police probe lawyer’s murder

Nigeria, Zambia clash in Durban

Ugbade hails Amodu over Ogbuke

NRC to resume fuel haulage after rehabilitation

FG to implement National Afforestation Programme

Security breach at Newark Airport investigated

Taiwan consumer prices fall for 11th month

UACN names Udo Udoma Chairman as Wushishi retires

Career management tips for the New Year

Intercontinental Bank may recall some sacked workers

Ondo cocoa farmers seek micro credit from govt

Malawi gay couple loses bail appeal

Nostradamus artists: The future they saw

US reopens embassy in Yemen

MTN Foundation offers succour to people with disabilities

Provost canvasses improved welfare for health workers

‘Swine flu tops list of health issues, pandemic may last for another year’

Lagos SSG charges secretaries, administrators on good governance

Federal health pensioners lament non-payment of entitlements

Fallen soldiers return in UK as row continues

Iran renews execution threat against protesters

Firm plans N300bn investment in bio-kerosene production

NAICOM devices means to curb rate cutting

Building sustainable customer loyalty

Greece may borrow privately through banks this month

Emirates to begin flights to Jeddah with Airbus A380

French car sales make biggest gain since 1990

Pharaohs can’t stop Eagles – Amodu

UK, US trade words over information on AbdulMutallab

INEC denies fixing date for Etsako Central rerun election

Coach hails NTF

Bauchi students protest scholarship verification

‘Council closed 86 labs in Rivers in 2009’

Nigerians urged to assist fallen soldiers’ families

David-West faults FG’s position on US classification

No recall for Adeleye, Adefemi – NFF

Telecoms operators urged to trace fraudulent callers

Auto industry anticipates smoother side in 2010

Copper declines on reduced concern about threats to supply

Naira gains at inter-bank market

NIBUCAA adopts new tag

Recruiting your ideal candidate

US-based group treats 1000 patients in Abavo

Fashola challenges manufacturers on products quality

50% banks will lack innovation programme by 2013‘

Nestle rules out bid for Cadbury

Toyota, Honda challenge Suzuki in India

Kafo moves to discover new talents

‘Suspect received terrorism training outside Nigeria’

Ibori: Liberty Forum wants British MP investigated

Akpabio stresses importance of education

Kano plans new salary structure for health workers

Police dismiss three over Ilorin shooting

Nigeria needs understanding, not sanctions —AC

Manufacturers decry high duty on packaging materials

Power outage halts flights at Washington airport

German unemployment falls as export outlook brightens

Group caters for children with cardiac problems

Building leadership through mentoring in organisations

Royal Exchange appoints executive directors

High lipoprotein levels can cause heart disease

FAAN receives 20 modern metal detectors

AIG appoints new HR chief

New Lincoln MKT redefines luxury ride

Police investigate death of PDP chieftain in Osun

900 rural people enjoy free medical services in Enugu

Mimiko’s wife urges workers to offer selfless service

Auto crash deaths drop to 300 in Ogun — FRSC

Insecurity: Oyo teachers’ election to hold in Army Barracks

Motorists tasked on road safety

China may report 8.5% growth for 2009, official says

How to tell the difference between a chest pain and a heart attack

Yar’Adua: Our hands are tied — Senate

How do you know that your chest pain is dangerous?

Students accuse LG boss of shooting colleagues over bursary

Lawyers mount pressure on Yar’Adua to hand over

Ekiti govt to generate N10.8bn as revenue in 2010 — Oni

Stop paying lip service to climate change, FG told

Usman, ex-finance minister, joins senatorial race

Dutch says failed plane bomber acted alone

EFCC seals off Akingbola’s residence, seizes cars, dogs

LP, Imoke disagree on Carnival Calabar, Christmas festival

Enough of apologies!

What’s Ghana got to do with it?

PHCN Ijeshatedo

How to tackle infertility in men, women

Extra maternity leave harms rising careers

Down on the farm, an endless cycle of waste

CIA killer, al-Qaeda agent – US

Nigerian artist(e)s react to the state of the nation

Carnival Calabar: The pains in the excitement

US steps up flight security lists

Bullish trend continues as market capitalisation rises to N5tn

Finance ministry does not delay approval of rules – SEC

European stocks record marginal change

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Court case: ‘Martins available for Nigeria’

Nestle reopens Zimbabwe plant after Mugabe milk row

Yar’Adua: Senate to revisit Presidential Succession Order.

Tejuosho: Lagos commences verification of shop owners, allottees

British intelligence warned US about Abdulmutallab in 2008

Monday, January 04, 2010

Hundreds attend Zuma’s fifth wedding in S’Africa

Crisis greets Obama’s return to Washington

Deregulation of dress code

More than 150 killed in Congo attacks – UN

Eritrea troops kill 10 Ethiopians

France on the defensive over flu vaccine surplus

‘Italy bomb blast, handwork of mafia’

Coup: Dons condemn US envoy’s comment

Islamic states condemn attack on Danish cartoonist

Iran: China calls for consensus

Karzai sacks convicted Kabul mayor

Stray bullet kills four-year-old boy in US church

Heavy snowfall disrupts China’s capital

Palestinian discusses peace process with Egypt

China records 659 swine flu deaths in 2009

New Jackson song leaked on the Internet

Explosion kills British soldier

Abdulmutallab: France also closes Yemen embassy

Iranian president visits Central Asia, seeks regional security

‘Taliban killed seven US-CIA in Afghanistan’

German anti-Nazi leader dies in US

...PDP faults name-dropping

Montgomerie predicts struggle for Woods

Shuaibu’s Nations Cup team

Island Maternity Hospital delivers 3,024 babies in 2009

Police kill nursing mother, baby in Ilorin

Trading opens on bullish note at NSE

ILO hails proclamation of 2012 as year of cooperatives

Fashola, Adeboye preach peaceful co-existence

Our federalism

148 murder cases recorded in 2009 –Report

Pitfalls to avoid while taking small business loans

ICT landscape poised for major changes in 2010

Twitter blacklist 370 ‘too obvious‘ passwords

FG turns to banks to solve fuel shortage problem

FG orders release of N21.5bn export grant

Illiquidity may stall take-off of market markers’ operations – Experts

Agusto rates Chams high on capital adequacy

Varsity enrolment: Females improve in male-dominated courses

Group, TASUED bicker over appointment of new VC for varsity

When poets gather, the muse reigns

Earthquake destroys 500 homes in Solomon Islands

Hundreds flee 10-day deluge in Australia

Nigerian Television: Growth, challenges and prospects

Nothing will stop me from becoming a chartered accountant, says crippled tailor

Why our law programme is delayed – UNIOSUN VC

Operators canvass investment in microfinance banking

Stocks rally as dollar falls on manufacturing improvemet

India’s growth may beat China in 4-5 years

2010: MAN urges speedy resolution of power sector problems

Website designed to kill online accounts

Europe becomes world’s highest spender on outsourcing

Indigenes hold factory workers hostage in Badagry

Ijaw Foundation urges FEC to declare Yar’Adua incapacitated

Financial abuses: Auditor-General’s N686bn reports pending in N’Assembly since 1999

Rehabilitate Oju-Ore/Ilogbo road

N26bn withdrawal: Court remands six of Akingbola’s associates

Sofoluwe tips Eagles for Angola 2010 trophy

‘Nigeria is drifting towards anarchy’

ANAN inaugurates executives

I’ve no regrets snubbing Chelsea – Pirlo

Malouda denies criticising Lampard

The return of resource control debate

Kanu, Utaka to receive pay

Dubai varsity drop-outs’ link to Nigerian terrorist under probe

Let’s know the truth about Yar’Adua’s health — ACF

Security risk list: Dabiri-Erewa, others say US classification is unacceptable

Anabel unveils new range of phones, opens Experience Centre

Google outpaces Apple in web and mobile browser

...Transporters optimistic, task govt on roads, fuel

Brazil to use sovereign fund to stem real gain

CBN faults reports on disengagement of bank workers

Tokyo bourse rolls out high-speed platform

Migrants use student loan scam to get visas

USTI recruits VC, others as Ekiti budgets N1.5bn for permanent site

Cultism is evil, don’t touch it, monarch, VC warn students

S.Africa rand firms versus dollar

WDAS: Naira appreciates as market reopens

Hyundai, Kia expect no loss from Somali pirate hijacking

Novartis aims to buy Alcon from Nestle, shareholders

Lenovo unveils ThinkPad design with AMD chips

Anambra is financially sound —Obi

Kwara PDP bars members from visiting Govt House

AbdulMutallab: Caring, talented student — Ex-teacher

Why I accepted foreign job – Ikhana

Auditor-General of the Federation: One office, a recurring battle of succession

Wenger sets sights on silverware

Amedu unhappy with NBBF

Poor display stuns Ferguson

Nnamani, Utomi, others berate President’s absence in the New Year

Enugu waste disposal vehicles abandoned —Investigation

Tips on managing your mobile spend

Firm lauds police over foiled kidnap attempt

Surplus of super tankers to ship crude oil rises

World’s tallest building opens in Dubai

‘It’s more honourable to fail than to cheat’

Dollar falls against high-yielding currencies on risk demand

China targets 8% economic growth

Acer gains after Morgan Stanley raises price estimate

Amaechi dismantles police roadblock, controls traffic in P’Harcourt

Presidential library: Obasanjo banks on divine intervention to redeem pledges

Defoe fined for speeding

Barcelona boss targets political career

2010: Gani Adams, Onikepo, Akintola advise Fashola on development

N400m fraud: Police may enlist Daniel’s former cook as witness

Meltdown delays N15bn Kanawa market project

Six months sufficient for SIM cards registration – IT experts

Uncertainty as PDP govs, Ogbulafor meet on Yar’Adua

Are, Sanu worry over state of the nation

Henin registers comeback victory

Agali arrested with fake passports

Edo, others deny ex-Deputy Speaker’s claims

Textile workers regret failure of Vision 2010

‘Company closures reflect state of economy’

Beckham wary of Messi threat

Anambra: Again, S’Court affirms Soludo’s candidacy

Pressure mounts on N’Assembly to take action on Yar’Adua’s absence

Ajayi bags NIMN fellowship

Japan PM vows to pursue equal ties with US

Kenya to deport convicted Muslim cleric

Bayelsa and the peace of the graveyard

Eagles: The search for a playmaker continues

The Kala-Kato mayhem in Bauchi

Drug scarcity, HIS and MDGs

FG kicks as US classifies Nigeria ‘security risk state’

Angola 2010: Obasi in, Eneramo out

FG condemns new US security measures

US lifts HIV/AIDS immigration ban

Terrorism: US declare Nigerians security risk

Sunday, January 03, 2010

Reinvigorating the civil service

Another look at Reality TV

12-month power outage

The only solution to fuel supply crisis

A patient dies, and then the anguish of litigation

Congo volcano eruption threatens rare chimpanzees

Abdulmutallab: US, UK close embassies in Yemen

Heavy downpour kills 64 in Brazil

Alliances: The battle against a behemoth

NSC battles for funds in a loaded year

Nigeria will miss Adeleye – Esin

Planning for future events with insurance products

Yar’Adua can’t be away indefinitely – NBA, SANs

Facility management experts advised on quality services

New fundamental rules and citizens’ rights

SIM card registration: Operators anticipate revenue decline

Orascom loses bid to block Mobinil share sale

Where to invest in 2010

‘Investors’ interest to boost equity market’

‘Insurance practitioners should respect ethics of profession’

Waste: Lagos offers incentives to revive PSP programme

MFBs: Regulators’ nightmare in an imminent shake-up

It managers hope for more revenue in 2010

Volume, indices rise on NSE

Banks, political risks, infrastructure top OPS concerns for 2010

EFCC to arraign Obieri, Intercontinental Bank directors today

Ndoma-Egba, aspirant disagree over constituency seat

Woman, 85 dies in candle light inferno

Exchange lifts suspension on Goldlink Insurance’s stocks

The allure, challenges of Lagos leisure parks

Advertisers, traders take over Amaechi’s bus stops

Drug war: NDLEA’s gains, pains in 2009

European shares make best yearly gains since 1999

IT firms eye $30bn global outsourcing deals

Driver kills two-year-old boy on New Year‘s Day

Cleric urges Nigerians to pray for Yar’Adua

Perm Sec counsels on development

Nigeria’s crude production hits highest level since March ’08

MTN Group Connect to slash logistics costs for businesses

Experts set agenda for housing sector in 2010

2010: Insurers bet on bancassurance

Intercontinental Wapic asset rises to N12.9bn

Diamond Bank intensifies moves to improve banking services

Merkel to pursue market rules, credit supply in 2010

CJN: Where is the justice?

‘Land reforms critical to FDI in housing sector’

Fuel scarcity bites harder as NNPC contractors stop imports

Street ball experience thrills Kanu

Okorodudu tips Nigerian boxers to rule Delhi 2010

Pope’s secretary visits woman who floored pontiff

Body of British hostage to be handed over soon

Sudanese group name presidential candidate

New guidelines urge A1C test for diabetes diagnosis

CBN, save the naira

Clean up FCT

Delayed skin cancer diagnoses for blacks and hispanics

Fire guts Kumasi market in Ghana

Heavy snow hits Beijing, leaving thousands stranded

‘Allow Bin Laden’s daughter to leave Iran’

Dike assures Rangers fans of trophy

Beckham backs ‘arrogant’ Capello

Presidency probes Abdulmutallab’s father’s claims

Real estate firm introduces online solution for apartment seekers

Airports may spend N270bn on body scanners

‘Katsina-Alu’s inauguration is legal’

India‘s IT services market to reach $12.8bn by 2013

UK home values increase for eighth month

Spring Bank’s income up by 65 per cent

Why we reviewed 2009 budget from N67bn to N55bn – Orji

IBM wins 10-year deal with Gujarat Bank

AREDOLS advises Lagos on proposed urban planning bill

Onaiyekan calls for free and fair elections in 2011

Islamic cleric faults boycott of politics by Muslims

Communal clash claims one, properties in Enugu

Yar’Adua’s health: Re-election campaign groups halt activities

Ex-Ohanaeze president faults signing of budget abroad

DG NACA promises adequate information on HIV/AIDS

Boundary demarcation: FG seeks host communities’ support

Insurance sector set for expansion

Kohlberg Capital sued over fraud

Megacity: Lagos needs N6.14tn for infrastructure

Concession will guarantee good roads in Nigeria – LCC

6,000MW may be achieved in April — PHCN MD

Falconets train without medical team

Keshi sets Angola 2010 target

Nigerian bomb suspect ‘reached out’ to UK militants — Report

How repentant are the militants?

Scientists set for human trials of artificial artery

We’ll motivate Eagles to win – NFF

AC accuses Oni of wasting over N40bn

Delta approved laying of seven new pipelines in 2009 – Commissioner

Credit crisis: S&P 500 Index posts first decade loss

Foundation tasks govt, individuals on plight of widows

Security will be greatest task for FG in 2010 —Expert

Budget: CNPP to sue FG over Yar’Adua’s signature

Yar’Adua’s absence: SERAP petitions UN

Health ministry in transfer tension

Tokyo Stock Exchange to launch new trading system

NGO tasks oil firms on gas flaring

Fresh N20bn contract scam uncovered in Oceanic Bank

Murray defends decision to skip Davis Cup

Don’t use Abdulmutallab to judge Nigerians – Obasanjo

Bayelsa to boost rice, fish farming

Singapore’s economy recovering after first contraction

Ngige charges children on use of Igbo language

How I tried to extend ex-CJN’s tenure – VP

Market women apologise to Benin monarch

N’Delta: FG, ex-militant leaders to meet Tuesday

China manufacturing grows at fastest pace in 20 months

Citigroup, Marshall & Ilsley finish 2009 among biggest losers

2010 critical to survival of democracy in Nigeria – AC

Lagos needs N6.14tn investment on infrastructure- Fashola

Ngige laments decline in the use of Igbo Language

Eagles engages South African team, Royal Thanda today

US shuts embassy in Yemen

Peru upholds Fujimori‘s 25-year sentence

Michael Owen may not make England squad for 2010 World Cup-Ferguson

Saturday, January 02, 2010

Yar’Adua’s ailment: FG spends N30m on presidential crew in 40 days

Don calls for engagement of Blacks in the Diaspora

Accelerating a new regulatory framework for postal services

Taking mining to the rural people

Amnesty International on police killings

Peculiarity of Lagos is making it difficult to access UBEC funding – Sosan, deputy governor

An eye on the hallowed chamber

Nokterra’s baptism of auction

Body temperature declines with age

Choo-chooing along to aid in measure of neutrons

Family and friends thought I was foolish to quit NAL Bank for Wema – Chief Samuel Adegbite

I quickly got married at 29 to avoid crashing like many world stars – Charles Ojugbana, sports guru

Her love for night life is ruining our marriage

Trapped in ‘play-play’ love

Let’s get talking

Unveiling Iman: Domestic, beautiful, smart

Men’s fashion: Trends likely to go in 2010

Between fear and hope

Unveiling the house of TV station bomber

Old – new – face of Lagos Bar Beach

Controlling your internal and external dialogue

US scores ‘D’ on preterm birth report card

I’m as good as Rihanna – Okebalama

Bola Thani releases new album

Former British PM criticises Iraq invasion motives

British-flagged ship hijacked off Somalia

Oil-rich E-Guinea must diversify economy: President

Ndi Anambra take exception to Akpabio’s comment

Re: Raking in millions from Nigerian birth certificate scam

Obamas in, reality stars out in desirable neighbours poll

Wisconsin man’s bank quip earns him Champion Liar title

Burning off festive season-induced calories

Crab meat is good for you

2011: Constituency moves to unseat Rep member

Parliament rejects Karzai cabinet nominees

Mutallab complicates near-fatal situation

Christmas silhouettes and acknowledgements

The time for revolution is now

2010: Year of litmus test

Jane Oduah zooms out of view

Mistaken identity

How different will 2010 be from 2009?

Malouda threatens to quit Chelsea

New Year prophecies and promises

The opposition criticise to seek relevance – Ohakim

New Year tragedy: FRSC laments as okada rider dies in head-on-collision

Developers to invest $40m in new building technology acquisition

Top 10 lost talents of the last decade

Manchester United stresses Leeds is top priority

Respite in sight?

Remilekun Williams in marital skirmish

Yar’Adua deserves commendation for not employing military option to resolve N’Delta crisis – Aginig

New Year test for Maurice Iwu, INEC

Theatre of absurdities

No man is successful if he fails in his duties to his family – Hon. Ganiyu Olukolu

West has a month to accept Iran nuclear proposal: FM

...Nigerians urged to shun mass endorsement of politicians

Chicken stew

North Korea New Year wish: Tear down imaginary wall

Errant Chinese smoker stops world’s fastest train

That paltry N71bn for federal roads

Fallout of Nigeria’s banking crisis

Ugandan rebel leader killed: Army

Irish atheists defy new blasphemy law

Peak Talent Show produces winner

Aspirin during pregnancy may help preemies

Unlucky lady loses mother, 4 fingers to machine tragedy

Pink bombshell 2 – The triumph

The joy of physics isn’t about the results, but the search itself

Aviation injuries, aloft and on the ground

Day Laurent Pierre courted Etiebet, others in their haven

Plateau to sack unqualified teachers in 2010

US business group accuses Obama of checkmating Taiwan

How restructuring initiative will create jobs for insurers in 2010 – Soladoye

FUTA VC makes case for biotechnology, research

Abdulmutallab, a member of al Qaeda – Obama ..What Abdulmutallab’s father told the CIA

Yar’Adua: Why I won’t resign – Bankole

Strive to make ASCON independent of govt – Reps

South African credit demand contracts as unemployment rises

Wyoming man kills mountain lion eating his llama

I’d drop dead if I go on leave – Taye Ige, Hot Sports MD

Why toll ‘ll continue on Lekki-Epe expressway – Fashola

Danish cartoonist’s assailant charged with attempted murders

The greatest civic virtue

Jumbo salary enough to make political office-holders want to kill – Anioke

Uche Ohimai goes out of view

Tim Cahill spares Everton’s blushes

Body of Jordan soldier killed in Afghanistan repatriated

Between Ama Annan and her unending suitors

Eagles need experience in defence – Okoronkwo

Power: FG’s failed promise, doom for industrial sector – NACCIMA

Group flays planned closure of Benin airport

English FA Cup special: Benjani keeps Mancini run going in Cup win

Real Madrid targets Rooney

Funke Adedoyin gets groovy

World Cup fiesta: The rebranding of South Africa

Ngige gets more support

Funeral home offers drunk drivers a free burial

2010 Budget: Decentralisation of due process mechanism will aid implementation –Okogu

Foundation grants Nasarawa students scholarships

Militants threaten to drag FG’s amnesty committee to EFCC

Mourners complain about early burial, as fidau prayers hold for late Maryam

Blackwater chief hails ruling in Iraq shooting case

Kenyan inflation accelerates on drink, tobacco costs

Madam Soludo repackages

Martins finally makes Nations Cup squad

Cameroun stands firm on Eto’o

Cech still one of the world‘s best goalkeepers – Ancelotti

Lagos rolls out grass roots plans for 2010

Muka Amusan, wife come under attack

Terror, protests keep Pakistani businesses closed on first day of new year

NDLEA arrests 2 women for drug trafficking

China-Asean free-trade agreement takes hold, spares popcorn, toilet paper

Tope Adeboye shuns critics

Benitez plans January raid

English games hit by bad weather

Time Warner’s Cable News Corp.‘s Fox resolve dispute over programming fees

India to give visas on arrival to citizens of five countries

Australia loses to Romania in Hopman Cup

Button happy with MBE honour

UK consumers more aware of personal finances, Deloitte says

GM extends Saab deadline

Henin to take on Petrova

Why local content in aviation insurance is low – NAICOM

Egypt expects exploratory oil wells in 2010

Abdulmutallab is a member of al-Qa‘ida --Obama

Angola 2010: Martins makes Eagles squad

Friday, January 01, 2010

Stars to watch in 2010

Hilda Dokubo shines

Ireti wins award

Sammie Okposo fails to get married as promised

Tee A ventures into eatery business

Dejo–Richards faces eviction?

CT2: Faze bows out!

Rita Dominic alleges threat to her career

I’m a better player now – Osaze

I am not a football mercenary – Idoko

Celebration as Ooni of Ife clocks 80

The limit of social hugging

From 911 calls to airport strip search

Making resolutions that work

Improving your finances in 2010

How traffickers use Ogun border communities to smuggle children in and out of Nigeria

US to lose $400bn on Fannie, Freddie, Wallison says

Herbal medicine is different from spiritism–Prince Akintunde Ayeni, Chairman, Yem-Kem International

A company gave me an open cheque after I won a case they had lost at Supreme Court –Chief Ogunshola

Terror suspect: Nigeria, Ghana, SSS, NIA trade blame

Peru prices rise at slowest pace in more than two years

I‘ve been self-employed from secondary school – Marketing & Media boss

‘We watched in horror as crocodile devoured our loved ones’

Suspension of Daniel’s adviser against PDP constitution –Director of Organisation, Ogun State PDP

Kwara Assembly denies asking Yar’Adua to resign

Club owners and the Nigerian league

NDLEA declares taxi driver wanted

Everton suspends Jo

NBA accuses PDP of playing politics with Yar’Adua’s health

Anambra 2010: Ekwueme, Uba’s kinsmen endorse Soludo

Business tips: Ways to make your website answer customer phone calls

Canadian stocks rise as US unemployment claims fall

Icahn offers $45m loan as part of Trump bid

Fed officials discuss limited bond sales to help exit stimulus

Ekiti eye centre begins operation, to offer subsidised treatment

Daniel grants 13 prisoners freedom

Arsenal Signs Brazilian Youngster

I spent 20 years on death row for an offence I didn’t commit –Arthur Judah Angel

Portsmouth delays Kanu, Utaka’s wages again

VP urges Nigerians to love one another

Argentine peso posts biggest yearly drop since 2002 devaluation

BRICS may take over G7 – Goldman

Codelco Chuquicamata talks fail as miner strike looms

I never beat or cheated on my ex-wife –Goriola Hassan, estranged husband of Ayo Adesanya

My husband fell in love with me because I spoke his language fluently – Princess Latifat Momodu

Delta says security failures put travellers in ‘peril’

How K1 and I beat Sony Music at its own game – Bolaji Basia Saheed

Pope Benedict XVI appeals for peace in 2010

I‘m ready to die for reform-Mousavi

Nations Cup: Amodu to decide Martins fate today

Kibaki sees a new constitution for Kenya in 2010

NIGERIANS MUST REDEDICATE THEMSELVES TO SELFLESS SERVICE TO FATHERLAND IN 2010-Kaduna Governor

Amnesty: Daniel frees 13 prisoners

MILITARY PENSIONERS TO RECEIVE REVIEWED ARREARS SOON-Kwaji

TUC backs EFCC on establishment of special courts for corruption

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Nigeria in the news

Commission calls for funding of non-formal education

Lagos Mainland teachers inaugurate self-empowerment programme

Attention, Ikorodu LG

Man United not missing Ronaldo – Ferguson

Aeropostale‘s $10 sweatshirts land retailer in winner‘s circle

France offers highest champagne discounts

Gold rises, heading for ninth annual advance as dollar declines

Bankole, govs, Makinde urge patriotism, love in 2010

Shape of things to come in 2010

Dosu backs Amodu on Adeleye, Adefemi

2010: Alao-Akala cannot stop Ladoja from coming back —PDP chieftain

...LP Rep alleges plot to nullify poll

Maryam: VP, IG visit IBB

Ugbo: Mimiko presents instruments of office to Obat chief

Nations Cup thrills Yakubu

Vandalism stalls reopening of Warri, Kaduna refineries

Ribadu can challenge his dismissal — Court

IMF approves Ukraine’s request to use reserves for payments

Zimbabwe blames media for Nestle closure

SMEDAN seeks low interest rate for SMEs

Wenger pleased to prove doubters wrong

In favour of Akoko State

FCT needs 3,719 classrooms – Education secretary

Abdulmutallab and Nigeria’s new image

2,100 pupils to participate in JETS competition in Oyo

Gov. Suswam, rescue us

KCOBA pledges continued partnership with FG on educational development

Policemen

Diaby signs new Arsenal deal

Orange-Juice futures decline on forecast

CIPPON to put price quoting systems on printing products

China hits back at US steel pipe decision

Terror suspect attended 2008 Islamic ‘knowledge fest’ in Houston

FAAN may sack over 1,000 workers in January

N’Assembly has received signed 2009 extra budget – Bankole

Oil near $80, on track for strongest gain in decade

War on terror: NANS pledges support for US

Rusal plans to raise as much as $2.6bn in IPO

Kuwaiti vessel escapes hijack

Increasing local capacity through investment in soda ash production

Pacquiao sues Mayweather over doping‘ claims

Abdulmutallab conundrum

Bode Thomas policemen

Cabotage Act: NPA, ISAN collaborate on implementation

US auto sales show ‘slow slog’ as Ford gains ground

How to perform heroic deeds

UK banks expect mortgage loan gain in first quarter

Nestle may miss sales, margin goals after Alcon sale

Shake up in US intelligence imminent

Global stocks set for biggest gain since 2003 as oil, copper rise

Cotecna test-runs fixed scanner

Adieu, Maryam

Mr. President

Suicide bomber

How much is fuel?

Nothing to show for huge investment in agriculture –Rep

Policeman kills 25-year-old undergraduate

Re: VP’s mansion

For El Anatsui, it’s art, nature, culture and a prize

Moving from rhetorics to action

Enough of leadership by correspondence

The 6,000-megawatt failure

Why development eludes Africa

LSWC, fix these pipes

Culture: A new dawn, with FG’s support though

It’s a New Year!

PTA urges synergy among stakeholders, donates auditorium

Pushing Centre of Excellence forward

Like coach, like president?

Issues, people that will shape politics

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: End in sight to traffic jam

Bad Christmas for two suspected robbers, others

Luca Toni joins Roma

Firm ends royal tour

‘Nigeria needs visionary leaders to transform economy’

‘Nigeria should learn agricultural financing from India’

DPR says fuel supply remains poor

Palm oil has best annual advance in 12 years on demand

Yar’Adua still in charge, says Jonathan

Trading closes on positive note as ASI rises by 1.29%

Investors lost N2tn on stocks in 2009 – Investigation

Official trips: Head of Service fires back at Aondoakaa

FG releases fresh facts on Abdulmutallab

Mark seeks credible governorship election in Anambra

Guinness backs Eagles

Ijebu Ife: Court renews suspension order on panel

US stocks retreat to trim biggest yearly rally since 2003

Court freezes Akingbola’s N346bn assets, £11m

Wendy‘s burger chain exits Japan as customers queue on sidewalk share business

NLC threatens action over lay-offs in banks

White sugar advances to two-decade high on deficit speculation

European retail sales rose in December

Nadal ready for new season

Unconventional construction

At home with 11-year-old millionaire

Council gives N1.3m computers, motorcycles to education authority

Nollywood: Raising the game

‘Music, powerful tool of conversion’

Abdulmutallab: Lessons for parents

What is the North afraid of?