This Day Newspaper Archive

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Shonekan: Recurring Crisis More Economic than Ethno-religious

Don稚 Cancel NITEL Sale, CNPP Tells Jonathan

2011: Omoruyi Asks Nigerians to Reject PDP痴 Zoning Policy

Arik Air Announces Mgt Team Restructuring

Govt to Enforce Building Codes, Says Aliero

Goje Approves N210m to Gombe State Varsity

Bakassi: Nigeria May Return to UN

Yakubu Mohammed Joins Kogi Guber Race

Ohakim: Why Govs Oppose Yar但dua痴 Removal

FG Suspends Firearms Licence Issuance

MTN Profit Falls as Rand Gain Hurts Income

FG Inaugurates Communication Policy Review C'ttee

Court Dismisses el-Rufai's Motion to Quash Interim Report

Al qaeda Fundamentalist Bags 9 Months Jail Term

US Calls for Better Leadership in Nigeria

Upkeep Allowance: Senate Excludes Ex-Military Rulers, Families

2011 Polls: INEC to Unfold Time-Table Next Week, Says Iwu

Dangote Retains Ranking in Forbes Rich List

Sokoto Guber: CJN Queries A辰ourt President, 5 Others

Oil Licence Renewal: FG Insists on Investment in Refineries

I Got Only Text Messages before Jos Massacre, Says GOC

Yar但dua: We Acted to Save Our Democracy, Say Govs

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Standard Chartered Empowers Nigerian Girls

Ijebu Ife Mayhem: Group Faults Govt White Paper

Lawmakers: Edo Youths Give Police 7-day Ultimatum

PDP Awards N12bn Contract for Secretariat Complex

2011: ‘Ogbulafor’s Comment on Jonathan Hasty’

UN: ‘Africa Spends $33bn on Food Imports Yearly

WHO Releases New Guidelines for Malaria Treatment

Jos: Hold Maina Responsible, Lawmaker Tells Jonathan

Police Arrest 60 MASSOB Members

NSE Presidency: Dangote Knows Fate Tomorrow

Jonathan: Food Security Key to Vision 2020

Jos: Northern Lawmakers Seek Permanent Solution

‘Some Ministers Did Not Write Jonathan to Maintain Status Quo’

Agbami Oil Field: Court Declines Statoil’s Request

JTF Arrest 6, Destroys 130 ‘Illegal’ Refineries

Obasanjo: Jonathan’s Inability to See Yar’Adua Bizarre

Shell Shuts Sapele, Oben Gas Plants

Power Projects Gulp N63bn

Asset Management Bill Set to Become Law

PDP Presidential Candidate to Emerge September

Enough of Bloodshed, Jang Warns Plateau Residents

Protesters Demand to See Yar’Adua

Jonathan Sends Uwais Report to National Assembly Unedited

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Jos: House Demands Truth Commission

FG Unfolds New Devt Plan for N’ Delta

Yar’Adua: Police Want SNG, Others to Stop Rally

Jos: CAN Worried over Nation’s Unity

Stop Frustrating Jonathan, Elders’ Forum Warns

COPAL Tasks FG on Cocoa Production

‘Give Jonathan Chance to Perform’

NEMA: Epidemic, Highest Killer in Nigeria

EU Donates N196m IT Equipment to Govt

Cocoa Producing States Decry FG’s Attitude

Obi’s Kinsmen Express Satisfaction over Re-election

Elumelu: Court Asks EFCC to Produce Evidence

Orji: My Relationship with Deputy Cordial

Obasanjo: Africans,Their Own Worst Enemies

We’ll Continue to Implement Reforms, Says Oshiomhole

Gowon Tasks Govts on Malaria

Militants Want Ekaette Sacked over Contracts

‘Three -Phased Aviation Reform Underway’

Jos Massacre: Clinton, Rights Group Want Perpetrators Tried

Lukman: Deregulate or Face Worse Fuel Crisis

NNPC: FG May Push for Higher OPEC Quota

Truck Crushes 18 Students, 57 Others to Death in Lokoja

Senate Set to Approve 5 Special Advisers for Jonathan

Aviation Minister Not Queried

Buhari: Yar’Adua’s Impeachment Only Viable Option

Deregulation: FG Ready to Meet Labour’s Conditions

Jang Indicts Army over Jos Massacre

Monday, March 08, 2010

Firm Graduates First Set of Trainees

Poll Wants NJC to Appoint INEC Chair

NAPEP: 40 LGs to Raise N12bn for Micro Finance

Police Arrest 15 Robbery Suspects

FG Supports Osun Airport Bid

Senate May Decide on Auditor General‘s Fate

Jonathan Seeks End to Strikes in Varsities

FG Backs C’River Cash Transfer Project with N423m

Businessman Killed in Ogun

Cattle Dealers: We Lose N5.5bn to Multiple Taxation Yearly

IG Lauds Plan to Pay Police Pension Arrears

Food Security: ‘African Govts Need $600bn Investment’

Falae, Utomi, Jakande Others to Launch New Party

Soyinka Seeks Criminal Proceedings against Turai

AGF: FG Tired of Crisis

Mark, Oshiomhole, Daniel Lament Macebuh’s Death

Gowon, Shagari at Peace-building Parley

CNPP Wants Perpetrators Punished

UK, US Envoys Express Concern

US Envoy: Tackle Extremists in Nigeria

Senate Condemns Fresh Carnage

CJN: How to Stem Graft, Economic Crimes

NITEL: FG May Lose $1.5bn

Money Laundering Offences Attract 10-Year Jail Term

FG Suspends Anyanwu, BPE DG

2007 Guber: Appeal Court Declares Daniel Winner

Disquiet in Presidency over Police Minister’s Comments

Jos Massacre: 387 Bodies Given Mass Burial

FG Approves Funds to Restart Ajaokuta, Itakpe Plants

…Two Down, More to Go

In a Major Game-Changer, Jonathan Fires Mukhtar

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Student Stabbed to Death in Sokoto

Energy: Firm Unfolds Cost-saving Solutions

Group Tasks Jonathan on Fraud in Foreign Ministry

Nigerians in Mozambique, Malawi Complain of Harassment

‘FG Spent N320bn on MDGs in 2 Years’

Deregulation: ‘NLC Open to Negotiation’

Acute Malnutrition Claims 10 Children

N20bn Textile Fund Dormant, Says Minister

Nigeria’s Cocoa Production Declines

Revenue Commission Wants Budget Defence Stopped

Group Faults Senator over Ebonyi Crisis

Lagos NUJ Commences Press Week

AC: Ignore House’s Resolution on Edo Crisis

GSK Slashes Cancer Vaccine Price

‘64 Ex-Customs Officers Die Awaiting Benefits’

Atiku, Sambo, Shekarau Want Nigerians to Sustain Democracy

Nigeria, UK, US Partner on Cyber-crime Legislation

Bird Flu: FCTA Deploys Vet Doctors to Entry Points

Vision 2020: FG Embraces Lagos Blueprint

Akinrinade, Falana, Bakare, Others for SNG Rally

NNPC: Why Fuel Supply Hiccups Persist

Constitution Review: House C’ttee Set to Submit Report

Stanley Macebuh Dies at 67

House Seeks Reversal of CBN’s Policy on Bank CEOs

FG Explains Delay in Repair of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Jos: From Tin City to Massacre City

2011: Write Your Name in Gold, CNPP Tells Ag President

Jos: Jonathan Meets Mark, Onovo, Security Chiefs

N500bn Power Fund: Babalola to Raise Technical Team

Jos: Another Massacre

Saturday, March 06, 2010

Assembly Endorses Nyako for 2011

NAFDAC Nabs Man over Suspected Fake Drugs

Yuguda Woos Rulers on New Programme

Govt to Check Climate Change

Democracy: Saraki Assures International Community

Nigeria Marks Commonwealth Day

‘Why Govt Embraced Deregulation’

Govt Spends N1bn on NYSC Camp

MDGs: Govt Spends N1.9bn on Project

Politician Raises Hope on 2011 Polls

S’Court Hears Guber Election Case March 15

Presbyterian Church Sets Agenda for Jonathan

Govs, Ministers Perceive You as a Weakling, AC Tells Jonathan

Another Politician Killed in Oyo

Buhari Betrayed Shekarau, Says ANPP

N2.4bn Fraud: ‘Nyame Has Case to Answer’

Jonathan Receives Rawlings, Seeks Virile LGs

Yar’Adua: How South-south Govs Influenced Colleagues

Imoke’s Convoy in Minor Accident

Ex-U23 Star, Idahor Dies in Sudan

Mubarak Ill, Transfers Power to Prime Minister

Jonathan Queries Aviation Minister, Omotoba

My Fears for Nigeria, By Buhari

As Activists Meet Acting President... Soyinka Group Presents 3-Point Agenda to Jonathan

Friday, March 05, 2010

... Atuche Disputes Claim on Properties

Ekaette Re-Assures on Niger Delta Devt

Amnesty Reintegration, Rehabilitation Phase Begins Month End - FG

Plateau Hails Court’s Ruling on Jos Crisis

Akingbola: Court Refuses EFFC's Request

... As Oshiomhole Faults Resolution on Council Chairmen

House Approves N4.2 Trillion Budget

NNPC Unveils Restructuring Plan

Obasanjo: No Section, Group Can Appropriate Nigeria

Bank Recapitalisation: CBN Sets Sept Target

Anambra Poll: Ngige Heads for Tribunal

Supreme Court Upturns Longe's Sack from First Bank

US Restates Concern about Yar’Adua, Nigerian Democracy

Thursday, March 04, 2010

‘Assembly Bomb Scare, a Hoax’

COAS: 10 Battalions for Peacekeeping

Edo: Imansuagbon Tasks Oshiomhole on Peace

Yar’Adua: Put National Interest First, ACF Tells Aides

Contracts: Senators, Minister in Shouting Match

Polio Eradication: Emirs Pledge Support

Ulamas Flay Call for Danbazau’s Removal

Assembly Passes N78.7bn Budget

House in Rowdy Session over Edo Politics

FCT Okays Kenya’s Request

Gunmen Kill Businessman, Rob Judge, Ex-Guber Candidate

‘Blame Obasanjo for Leadership Crisis’

Yar Adua’s Illness Hampers Completion of NITEL Sale

Fashola: Oando’s IPP to Save Lagos N591m Yearly

Ibori: Presidency Remains United, Strong

Executive Jacks Up 2010 Budget to N4.3tr

‘Why Senate’ll Not Debate Yar’Adua’

Brass LNG Invites Contractors to Tender

FG to Review Electric Tariff

Onovo Debunks Story Behind Ore Robbery ‘Picture’

Yar’Adua: Activists Set for Civil Disobedience

FG Approves N18bn for Roads in Niger Delta

Danjuma: Jonathan Must Act Decisively

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Global Warming: Fashola Cautions Lagosians

Police Stray Bullets Kill 2, Injure Others

Bid to Stop Obi’s Inauguration Fails

Ex-Gov, Adamu, 18 Others Face 149-Count Charge

...‘Lagos Loses N3bn to Traffic Congestion’

House Halts N64bn Abuja Airport Runway Project

NYSC: FG Spends N30bn Annually

Maternal Death: ‘50,000 Women Die Yearly’

Judiciary: Experts Proffer Ways to Improve Performance

NADECO Chieftain Decries Nation’s Bad Leadership

Elumelu, Others Demand Proof of Evidence from EFCC

I Can’t Find N2.4bn Contract Papers, Says Kpakol

Fuel Crisis: Why Queues Re-surfaced in Lagos

Kaduna Refinery: NNPC Faults House C’ttee

Succession Tussle Peaks at NCC as Ndukwe Exits

Foreign Affairs Perm Sec Pledges to Train Officers

Terrorism: US, Nigeria Sign MoU on Air Marshals

... PDP NWC Carpets Akunyili

2011: INEC to Constitute Election Monitoring Board

Yar’Adua: EXCOF Receives Saudi Team’s Report

Senate Probes Benin-Lagos Robbery

UK Election: Labour Supports Britons of Nigerian Descent

...Senate Halts Moves to Probe Health

House Set to Pass Local Content Bill

President Walks, Talks, Eats, Says Cousin

How Governors Saved Yar’Adua

Governors: Yar’Adua Remains President

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Group Decries Clamour for Bankole’s Recall

Judge Disqualifies Self in Magistrates’ Suit

‘Integrated Approach Assures Robust Risk Mgt’

2 Soldiers, Others Killed as Youths Ambush Soldiers

Ekiti Gets First ISO-certified Drug Store in Nigeria

‘ Yar’Adua’s Return Has Compounded Our Political Crisis’

Transformers’ Pre-paid Meters: NERC Probes PHCN

Extra-Judicial Killings: Group Petition Lagos CP, DPP

Fashola Considers Cabinet Reshuffle

Ojukwu: My Regret over Anambra Poll

Jonathan Forwards Money Laundering Bill to Senate

Turai’s Father Critically Ill

UN Seeks Support for Jonathan

Militants Blow up Shell Flow Station in Delta

Gambo-Jimeta: Cabal Not Acting Northern Agenda

NNPC Incurs N174bn in Product Losses, Pipeline Repairs

Nigerian-born Twins Set British Record

Jonathan Can’t Run in 2011, Says PDP

CBN Wants FG to Implement Deregulation

Yar’Adua: House in Rowdy Session

Monday, March 01, 2010

Oando Wins NOG Company of the Year Award

Fingerprint : Oyinlola Refuses to Tender Expert’s Report

Aliyu Berates Public Officials over Diversion of Funds

FG Urged to Pay Health Workers New Salary

Windstorm Renders 300 Homeless in C’River

... PDP Chairman Warns Rimi

Iwu: Nnamani's Call Mischievous, Says COSEP

Yar’Adua’s Handlers Have Done Irreparable Damage to Democracy

Orji Calls On LG Workers to Shelve Strike

...Try Them for Felony, Group Tells IG

‘Civil Defence Corps Now to Carry Arms’

‘Renewable Energy Achievable in 10 Years’

Nnamani: Yar’Adua’s Aides Taking Nigerians for Granted

EFCC Detains American over Counterfeit Cheques

Yar ‘Adua: ‘Blame Nigeria’s Faulty Foundation’

Court Revokes Bafarawa's Bail, Discharges 6 Accused Persons

Ogbulafor Disowns PDP Faction in Ebonyi

Bio: Lower Niger Dredging 60% Completed

Al-Mustapha: Court Admits SIP Video as Evidence

Shell Threatens Further Shut Down of Gas Plants

Disregard Turai, NBA Tells Jonathan

Bomb Scare in Edo Assembly

Document Scandal Hits Foreign Affairs Ministry

Banks: CBN to Boost Domestic Credit

Jonathan Appoints Danjuma, Anyaoku into Policy C’ttee

Yar’Adua: The Emerging Scenarios