Monday 15th March, 2010
A Nigerian Face-lift For Godrej Consumer
Business StandardGodrej Consumer Products has strengthened after announcing that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the Nigerian beauty brand Tura. The stock is trading at Rs 279, higher by Rs 8 or 2.9%, on t...
Nigeria: How We Were Butchered, Survivor Of Jos Crisis
All AfricaLagos — Nigerians woke last Sunday, to the news that more than 400 people of Dogo Nahawa community in Jos south area of Plateau state had been sent to their early graves by rampaging invaders. ...
Nigeria: 18 Wedding Guests Perish In Katsina
All AfricaKatsina — Eighteen people were confirmed dead and another thirty five were seriously injured when a busload of guests travelling to a wedding ceremony were involved in an accident with an articu...
Nigeria: Post Amnesty Resolution Talks Kick Off Today
All AfricaBilled to attend the event are the Minister of Defence, General Godwin Abbe, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette. Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State is the host governor. The other ...
7 Chinese Nationals Seized In Cameroon
The China PostYAOUNDE -- Seven Chinese nationals working for a private fishing company have been kidnapped off the Bakassi peninsula in southwest Cameroon, Cameroonian and Chinese sources said on Saturday.
Oyo Field : Camac Set To Sell Concession
VanguardLAGOS—DESPITE claims that it was a committed indigenous investor set on expanding the scope of local participation in the nation’s crude oil exploration and production, Camac Energy Holdings Limit...
2011: Beware Of Northern Govs, Muazu Tells Jonathan
VanguardABUJA — Pioneer Youth Leader of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Gombe State and Coordinator of the Yar’Adua/Jonathan Coalition in 2007, Alhaji Abubakar Muazu has cautioned Act...
Nigeria: Critical Time For Nigeria's Future
All Africaopinion New York — The new round of violence in Jos, tragically similar to unrest there in the past and once again misinterpreted as primarily a Muslim-Christian dispute, was exacerbated by the...
Nigerian Leader Launches Probe To Lay Nitel Bid Controversy To Rest
Business ReportSubmit your comment Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday set up a panel led by the justice minister to investigate the prospective buyers of former state telecoms firm Nitel, whose s...
Abia 2011: Kalu Backs Brother For Governorship
Nigeria IndependantSources said that Kalu has started preparations to ensure that Mascot replaces the incumbent, Chief Theodore Orji, next year. Mascot is at present the Chief of Staff to Orji. Sources told the Nigeria...
Cocoa: Ondo Dep Gov Lambasts Agric Minister
Nigeria IndependantDeputy Governor of Ondo state, Alhaji Ali Olanusi has said that the dwindling fortunes of Cocoa in the country in the last two years could be traced to the lackadaisical attitude of the Minister of Ag...
Dogo Nahawa: How We Were Butchered – Survivor
Nigeria IndependantNigerians woke last Sunday, to the news that more than 400 people of Dogo Nahawa community in Jos south area of Plateau state had been sent to their early graves by rampaging invaders.
800 Illegal Refinery Operators Give Up In Rivers
Nigeria IndependantPORT HARCOURT—NO fewer than 813 illegal bunkers and operators of refineries in Ogoniland have surrendered their implements to the joint committee set up by the Rivers State government to stamp out t...
Police Arrest 3 Over Alleged Robbery, Kidnapping
VanguardOWERRI—At least, three persons have been arrested by the police in connection with last Friday night’s armed robbery attack and abduction of the Co-ordinator of Mbaitoli East Development Area of I...
Group Tasks Jonathan On Efcc, Uwaje Rift
VanguardA GROUP, Nation’s Consience, NC, has called on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to desist from what it descr...
And The Lady Is …
VanguardHi readers! Tayo may be a hell-raiser you would sometimes wish were left by herself on another planet,but what can Treena do without her in her life? But for her generous contribution, the impromptu ...
Vanguard ’s Post-amnesty Dialogue Begins In Warri Today : It’s Timely—stakeholders
VanguardBy Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, Niger-Delta, Sam Oyadongha (Yenagoa), Emma Arubi (Warri), Jimitota Onoyume (Port-Harcourt) & Festus Ahon (Ughelli)
Vanguard’s Post-amnesty Dialogue: Our Patience Evaporating — Clark
VanguardSouth South leader, Chief Edwin Clark last week in Abuja, spoke with Vanguard on expectations of Niger-Delta citizens. We bring you excerpts of the interview
Imperatives Of Post Amnesty Dialogue
VanguardTODAY’s gathering in Warri marks another of the many efforts to search for sustainable peace in the Niger Delta, a region that suffers from rampaging poverty ironically fuelled by the oil and gas ex...
800 Illegal Refinery Operators Give Up In Rivers
VanguardPORT HARCOURT—NO fewer than 813 illegal bunkerers and operators of refineries in Ogoniland have surrendered their implements to the joint committee set up by the Rivers State government to stamp out...
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