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14 S-East roads fail Reps standard test
By Emman Ovuakporie ENUGU -- FOURTEEN of the sixteen roads inspected during an on-going inspection of federal roads by the House of Representatives House Committee on Works failed all standard tests. When analysed in percentage, 87.5 per cent of the on-going federal road projects inspected in the South-East failed the standard tests conducted by members of the committee who were mainly ...
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Uduaghan’s revolution in transport restores sanity
AS a resident in Delta State, one development that has impressed me greatly is transport. The administration of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has no doubt given transportation uncanny attention deserving of some mention. Part of this transformation agenda has made Delta Line buses, with their white and blue colour, a common feature in towns and villages of the state and many cities in Nigeria. This ...
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Why morning flights are delayed at Lagos airport
By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS -- Space constraints on the apron of the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos may have been responsible for the delay in the early morning flights operated out of the airport. Vanguard investigation revealed that spaces on the apron meant for parking for airlines on scheduled operations had been taken up by cargo aircraft, which ...
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Priests’ protest Okpalaeke to be ordained outside Mbaise
By CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI -- The Vatican has, in collaboration with the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, concluded plans to ordain the largely rejected Monsignor Peter Okpalaeke as the new bishop of Ahiara Diocese. Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna disclosed this yesterday, while delivering the homily during a Pontifical Sung Mass at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri. The Archbishop said: ...
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Is’haq Modibo Kawu Northern irredentists and the appropriation of Nigeria
By Itse Sagay, SAN IWAS amused at the almost physical pain exhibited by Is'haq Modibo Kawu in his column in the Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, May 2, 2013, whilst reacting to a recent speech in the U.S.A. by Mr. Kingsley Kuku, the President's Adviser on the Niger Delta. Mr. Kuku had apparently stated that there would be dire consequences if President Jonathan is not re-elected in ...
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CABINET SHAKE-UP Orubebe three other ministers to go
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA--Indications emerged, last night, that President Goodluck Jonathan might have concluded plans to offload four ministers from his cabinet in a reshuffle that is about to take place this month. The four ministers; Elder Godsday Orubebe, Mr. Bala Muhammad, Stella Odua and Labaran Maku, are said to have indicated interest in the 2015 election and had ...
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Customs firm disagree over scanner contract
By GODWIN ORITSE There is a sharp disagreement between the firms contracted to install a scanner at the Seme Border outpost of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Contrary to reports, Managing Director of the company, Global Scansystems Ltd, Mr. Fred Udechukwu, has said the scanners are now fully installed, tested and are working at the Seme border post. Public Relations Officer of NCS, Mr. ...
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Emergency late or too late
By Ochereome Nnanna FINALLY, he got moving. Following the mass murders of innocent Nigerians and security forces in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Nasarawa States within the past one month, President Goodluck Jonathan cut short a state visit to Southern Africa and returned to a series of meetings with top military advisers. He declared a state of emergency in three flashpoint states of the North ...
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CJN vows to sack unproductive indolent judges
BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA -- In her bid to cleanse the judiciary, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mariam Aloma-Mukhtar, weekend, maintained that henceforth, the National Judicial Council, NJC, would use its performance evaluation report to weed out incompetent and indolent judges from the bench. The CJN who stated this while receiving 'Nigeria's Judicial Performance ...
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Investors confidence in Nigerian economy surge
Investors' interest and confidence in the Nigerian economy is surging, Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Yerima Lawan Ngama has disclosed. Citing 14 million hits and download of data from the website of the Nigerian Federal Office of Statistics, FOS, as a pointer, the minister observed too, that the percentage of non-filers in Nigeria of companies income tax regime declined from 54 per ...
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Why we returned rape victims to orphanage – Ogun
BY DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA -- The Ogun State government has explained that the decision to return the two children who were allegedly raped by a pastor to the orphanage where the incident took place was in the best interest of the children who had known no other place than the Home. State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Elizabeth Sonubi, in a statement, yesterday, ...
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It’s Jonathan or no peace – Annkio Briggs
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Says Nigerian presidency is not the birthright of Kaita’s family … Annkio Briggs is undoubtedly one of the leading female activists to have come out from the Niger Delta region. President of the Agape Birthright, spokesperson of the Ijaw Republican Assembly (IRA) and also the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), ...
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Experts express divergent views on FG’s stance to borrow more
NAN: Some financial experts have expressed divergent views on the Federal Government's stance that the country was still solvent enough to take more loans to develop the economy. Nigeria's total debt stock now stands at N8.7 trillion out of which N6.85 trillion is the domestic debt stock. The total debt stock represented 21.5 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Dr Yerima ...
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They’ve made Nigeria ungovernable for Jonathan – Ezeife
By Levinus Nwabughiogu Former federal permanent secretary, governor of Anambra State, and presidential adviser, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife in this interview with Vanguard responds to issues arising from the Boko Haram insurgency, the 2015 presidential contest among others. ...
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Jonathan fulfils campaign promise to S-East
By Tony Edike ENUGU -- PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has fulfilled his campaign promise to Ndigbo of the South Eastern zone of the country by approving the take off an international airport and the proposed establishment of a Free Trade Zone in Enugu to boost the economy of the zone. The President commissioned the remodelled terminal of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, weekend, with an ...
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Foreign investors take $2.7bn out of Nigeria in three months
By Babajide Komolafe Foreign investors took $2.74 billion out of Nigeria in the first three months of 2013. This was indicated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its economic report for the first quarter of 2013. According to the report, foreign exchange outflow from the economy in the first was $6.54 billion. This outflow was dominated by foreign exchange outflows for ...
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Investors gain N284.53bn on NSE
By CHINEDU IBEABUCHI The value of equities listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, appreciated by N284.53 billion last week occasioned by impressive first quarter financial reports released by various companies. Specifically, the market capitalisation, which measures the total value of equities, gained 2.47 per cent to close at N11.798 trillion from N11.513 trillion it opened at. Another ...
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Computer penetration Create your tomorrow now Intel charges UNILAG students
By Prince Osuagwu Intel Corporation last week charged the University of Lagos, UNILAG students to learn how to create their tomorrow, today by adopting the usage of computer technology in every aspect of their academic and social activities. The chip technology manufacturer, challenged the students as it took its youth market based campaign, 'Create Your Tomorrow' project to the ...
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Wike charges Rivers PDP to see Amaechi as party leader
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT -- MINISTER of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has charged the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State to reconcile with aggrieved members of the party. Wike, weekend, at a thanksgiving service organised by the party in Port Harcourt, the state capital, also tasked the new leadership of the party to accord the governor of the state ...
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Resign now Kojo tells FEagles coach
BY JOHN IGBOKHAN Former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Anthony Kojo-Williams has condemned the Nigeria Football Federation for dropping five players from the Flying Eagles squad to next month's FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey, without the consent of Coach John Obuh. Obuh only yesterday raised eyebrows over the provisional 30-mam list released by the NFF, stating that he ...
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We’ll make Egypt safe for AIO delegates – LOC
By Favour Nnabugwu Egyptian officials have given firm assurances that necessary precautions have been taken to ensure the safety of the 700 delegates before, during and after the 40th African Insurance organisation national assembly/conference. The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, LOC and also the chairman of Insurance Federation of Egypt, Mr. Abdel Raouf Kotb speaks on the safety ...
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2013 Budget amendment We’re not in a hurry to pass it – Senate
By Henry Umoru ABUJA--THE lingering crisis between the executive and legislature has deepened, with the Senate boasting that it was not in a hurry to pass the 2013 budget amendment Bill currently before the National Assembly. Strong indications have also emerged that a new phase in the problem is the fact that the executive may have rejected the budget which was passed last year by the ...
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As vultures appalud imminent debt TRA
By Les Leba Lately, the Federal Government's enthusiasm for further national debt accumulation has become more strident, especially after the IMF's suggestion that Nigeria is currently under-borrowed, and therefore recommended increasing the borrowing threshold of 20% of gross domestic product to about 56% of GDP. On the heels of the IMF's recommendation, Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, ...
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World Bank Report Matters Arising
By Dele Sobowale "Nigerian economic statistics reveal a puzzling contrast between rapid economic growth and quite minimal welfare improvements for much of the population. Annual growth rates that averaged over seven percent in official data during the last decade place Nigeria among the fastest growing economies in the world". World Bank Report. The World Bank, most of the civilized ...
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Bank of Agriculture takes mobile banking to farmers
Emma Ujah For Nigerian farmers, a new revolution is in the offing as the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and Cellulant of Kenya sign a deal to provide mobile banking services to Nigerian farmers in a fresh push for financial inclusion among the rural populace. About 39 million adult Nigerians representing about 46% of the nation's adult population have no bank accounts. The Managing Director ...
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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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