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Asians crowding Nigerians out of distributive trade – LCCI
By NAOMI UZOR The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has expressed concerns over the increasing number of Asians taking over distributive trade in the country. A communiqu issued by the council of LCCI and signed by its Director General, Mr. Muda Yusuf, said the gradual crowding out of indigenous enterprises in the distributive trade sector is worrisome. "LCCI, therefore, ...
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Varsity education Minister wants more partnership with private sector
By Favour Nnabugwu Minister of Education, Professor Ruqqayatu Ahmed Rufai has called on organised private sector to continue to partner with the Federal Government in creating access to education by establishing private institutions. The Minister who made the call during an official visit to Baze University in Abuja noted that government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility of creating ...
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Agatu massacre suspects among 42 paraded by Police
BY PETER DURU MAKURDI -- After several weeks of relief from insecurity in Benue State, the newly posted Commissioner of Police to the state, Mr. Adam Audu, yesterday, paraded 42 suspects arrested for various crimes in parts of the state. Briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Makurdi, the state capital, Audu explained that the suspects were arrested severally and individually for ...
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Islamic scholars urged to engage in active politics
BY ALIYU DANGIDA DUTSE -- Islamic scholars have been urged to participate in active politics to improve the society rather than remaining passive only to blame politicians for the country's predicaments. Special Adviser to the Jigawa State Governor on Religious and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Isa Bahutu made the call while speaking at the closing ceremony of a four day workshop for First ...
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No plans to cut salaries – Rivers govt
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME & BRIGHT OGUNKILEDE PORT HARCOURT-- RIVERS State Government has denied allegation by some labour activists that it was planning to cut salaries of government workers in tertiary institutions in the state. The state Head of Service, Mr. Samuel LongJohn, said that the recent salary verification exercise that was carried out in the affected schools had nothing to do with ...
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We help plan conservation strategies – Andrew Iloh
By Ebele Orakpo The war to save the planet cannot be won without plants as they play a very crucial role. Plants, along with algae and cyanobacteria, are essential for the planet to function properly hence the need to ensure their survival and conservation. Apart from providing food for us, they also provide oxygen which is essential to human life. They take up the greenhouse gas, carbon ...
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Flood Anambra to assist companies with N100m
BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA--THE Anambra State government said, yesterday, that it would assist the 25 industries at the Onitsha Harbour Industrial Estate affected by last year's flood with N100 million to enable them pay wages of some of their staff. Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, who is the chairman of the Flood Rehabilitation and Management Committee, said ...
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Guinness refutes story on vested interest
The management of Guinness Nigeria Plc has refuted claims made in an article published in the Brandish pull-out in Vanguard of 13th of June 2013 and also in the online edition. According to the Corporate Relations Director, Guinness, Mr. Sesan Sobowale, "The story lays false and unsubstantiated claims about the Managing Director of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mr. Seni Adetu, which portrays him ...
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5000-truck facility to ease Apapa traffic gridlock coming
By Godwin Oritse PLANS are underway to move trucks off the Apapa-Oshodi express way to the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex. The Association of Maritime Trucks Owners (AMATO), National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) have agreed to move all their trucks and personnel to a parking facility at the Lagos Trade fair ...
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NERDC trains Ondo teachers on new senior secondary curriculum
By DAYO ADESULU Last week, teachers from public and private senior secondary schools in Ondo State were equipped with new skills and techniques of implementing the new Senior Secondary Education Curriculum (SSEC) at a six-day rigorous training programme which was organised by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) in collaboration with Ondo State Ministry of ...
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Uruguay tougher than Spain – Kalu
Compatriots who think Eagles' game against Uruguay is a tea party need to hear former Abia state governor Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu who believes the South Americans are no easy ...
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Ikeja NBA plans to ease lawyers transporation
By Wahab Abdulah Chairman of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Monday Ubani has revealed the efforts being made by his team to ease movement of lawyers to and from the court in the face of tedious transportation system along Ikeja-Oba Akinjobi axis of the metropolis. Giving a report of his one year administration as the branch chairman Ubani said that the branch had ...
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Go on sign it or else…
By Ochereome Nnanna ON the occasion of this year's Father's Day, President Goodluck Jonathan called on state governors to pick up courage and sign death warrants of felons sentenced to death by courts of competent jurisdictions. As usual, reactions followed, with some critics asking how many death warrants he signed as Governor of Bayelsa State; a position he held for all of 18 ...
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FG urged to invest in palm produce
An agricultural scientist Mr Chidi Uba, has urged the Federal Government to invest in palm produce to diversify the economy through exports. Uba told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Port Harcourt that cash crops like oilpalm and palm kernel should be given priority in order to create wealth and jobs for unemployed graduates. "Over concentration on oil and gas is the biggest ...
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Lagos vows to give quality education
By Amaka Abayomi The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to provide qualitative and world class education to the teeming populace. This was disclosed by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at the grand finale of the Lagos State Schools' Debate. He said his administration will continue to do everything possible to ensure that quality education in state-owned ...
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Amaechi shuns Patience Jonathan’s Port Harcourt event
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his wife, Judith, on Wednesday shunned the inauguration of the South-South Zonal Secretariat of the Women for Change and Development Initiative by the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, ...
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NERC inaugurates Port Harcourt forum office
NERC said the forum would sit and resolve disputes, as well as listen to complaints of electricity consumers in and around the Port Harcourt electricity distribution ...
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Nigeria education system can compete with UK’s – UK resident
By DAYO ADESULU Kehinde Kukoyi and his wife, Abayomi Kukoyi, who reside and work in England decided to bring their daughter to Nigeria to study because they want her to gain the moral culture and Nigerian upbringing. According to Mr. Kukoyi: "A lot of Nigerian children’s morals are well misplaced over there in the UK and we felt it will be wise for our daughter to have the moral and ...
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Man drags step-children to court over house ownership
KADUNA -- A 60-year-old man, Sule Mohammad, Wednesday, dragged his four step children to court over ownership of a house. Mohammed, who went to Magajin Gari Sharia Court I, Kaduna, claimed that he made part payment for the five-room house in 2007 and was seeking to complete the payment when the four siblings denied knowledge of the transaction. According to him, he bought the house at the cost ...
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Community kicks against planned demolition of market
By FESTUS AHON UGHELLI--THE people of Otor-Iwhreko community, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, have kicked against the move by the state government to demolish and relocate the Ughelli main market, describing same as capable of triggering crisis in the area. Speaking through Hitler Olotu, when the leadership and Elders' Council of the community visited the chairman of ...
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Confed Cup Fashanu urges continuous support for Super Eagles
Lagos – John Fashanu, a former Wimbledon FC of England striker, wants Nigerian soccer fans to continue to support the Super Eagles at the ongoing Confederations Cup, even if it failed to play well. Fashanu, on Wednesday, in Lagos, noted that the team did not have a monopoly of victory. ';No team owns the monopoly of victory,'' Fashanu ...
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Be cautious against Uruguay – Sofoluwe tells Eagles
BY JACOB AJOM Former Nigerian defender, Yisa Sofoluwe has advised the Super Eagles to be cautious in their approach to the all-important second group match in the Confederations Cup against Uruguay Thursday. Speaking on the match in a chat with Sports Vanguard, Sofoluwe said that the most important thing was t hat the Nigerian team recorded a handsome victory in their opening match. "The ...
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Military French sailor kidnapped by pirates off coast of Togo rescued by troops in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's military says its troops have rescued a French sailor kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Togo. Spokesman Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu said youths in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa state told authorities about the presence of a foreigner, and a military rescue operation was launched. He said the captors escaped before the soldiers arrived Tuesday. Pirates ...
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Nigeria-Uruguay Preview Super Eagles look to land knockout blow
It was a case of mixed fortunes for Nigeria and Uruguay in their opening Confederations Cup fixtures.The history books will tell of a resounding 6-1 win for the Super Eagles over minnows Tahiti, but the Africa Cup of Nations champions were far from at their best and came in for criticism after the game.Dynamo Kiev striker Ideye Brown could be named in the starting XI at the expense of Anthony ...
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FIFA cancels Nigeria’s victory dinner party
Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – A dinner party planned for the victorious Super Eagles' squad on Monday night after the 6-1 defeat of Tahiti in their Group B 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup match was cancelled at the instance of ...
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Nigeria calling on US for misconception help
Nigeria is one of the main producers of drug lords and immigrants and is beset by political instability and groans under the weight of poverty and human strife. At least, this is the perception many in the world have, a perception that is all too narrow in its scope.
Nigeria has an enduring reputation as an exporter of criminals, drug lords, terrorists and immigrants. Such perceptions are only amplified by the recent attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, or the arrests every year of various Nigerian drug lords in countries around the world. Read more
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