This Day Newspaper Archive

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Institute Drums Support for

HP Unveils New Printing Device

DG: Why Governors’

NAFDAC Raises Alarm over

NDLEA Nabs Alleged Hard Drugs Dealer

NDLEA Makes Case for Stricter Border Control

Yar’Adua: N’Assembly Intervened to Save Democracy, Says

C’ttee Unveils Macebuh’s Burial Rites

Panic, as Armed Robbers Hold Ogun Hostage

Ekiti Speaker: How I Survived

Winners of Glo/Man Utd Promo Leave for U.K

Financial Scam Rocks NISER

Chinese Govt Invested $7.24bn in Nigeria, Says Envoy

W’Bank Grants $200m to Mining Sector

Ebonyi Communal Clash Claims More Lives

Bharti Board Okays $10.7Bn to Acquire Zain

Inside the Goodluck Jonathan Inner Circle

Friday, March 19, 2010

I feel fulfilled - Osotimehin

Consultant Canvasses Liquidation of NITEL

Dangote Denies Presidential Ambition

House Condemns Nigerian Deportee’s Death

Another Oil Facility Damaged, Says Military

EFCC Officials Attacked, One Killed

PPAChairman Prescribes Antidote to N/Delta Crisis

Fire at Zone 2 Police Hqtrs

US Dismisses Report on Troop Intervention

House Rounds-off Constitution Review, Electoral Reform

Ag DG’s Retirement Creates Leadership Vacuum in BPE

Jos: Two Dead, Others Injured in Students, Soldiers Clash

Shake Up in EFCC as Police Recall Officers

New Cabinet: PDP Seeks Wider Consultations

Thursday, March 18, 2010

‘Kidney Failure Causes Beyond Human Comprehension’

Oshiomhole Faults INEC Chair’s Appointment

Jos: MOSOPP Seeks Protection from Genocide

‘75m Nigerians Lack Potable Water’

'PIB, Amnesty Programme, Key to Prosperity'

Minerva Group: We Can Turn NITEL Around

Constitution Amendment: Ekweremadu C’ttee Submits Report

Banking Sector: Mark Blames Failure on CBN’s Poor Supervision

Senate Considers Legislation on DNA Tests

...Sets Up Ad-hoc C’ttee on Kano Market Fire

Makinde Flays Ghadafi over Call for Nigeria‘s Break-Up

NUJ Unfolds Plan for 55th Anniversary

Kidnappers Release Odimegwu's Wife

Court Grants George Leave to File Additional Appeal

Group Petitions EFCC over Alamieyeseigha’s Loot

House Caucus Endorses Sack

Akinjide, David-West, Others React

NBA Hails Dissolution

Delta Blames ‘External Forces’ for Blasts

Protesters Shut Agip Facility

New Cabinet: Don’t Succumb to Govs’ Dictates, AC Tells Jonathan

PDP: We’re Closer to Snatching Lagos

Court Orders NCC to Restore Mobitel’s 2.3GHz Licence

Power Failure Stalls Reopening of PH Refinery

Jonathan Shocked Us, Say Ex-Ministers

Ghaddafi: Nigeria Recalls Ambassador from Libya

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Police: Arms Not Missing

Monarch Sued over Assault

Crime Fighting : CP Seeks Private Sector Support

Beware of Saboteurs, Northern Group Warns

Assembly Suspends 2 Members for Fighting

NSE: Judge Faulted on Dangote’s Election

Okun Youths Strategise for Self Help

Jonathan Laments Religious Leaders’ Compromising Acts

INEC Forces Osun Tribunal to Adjourn

Jonathan: Enahoro Faults N’Assembly’s Resolution

Senate Promises Passing FoI Bill Soon

2011: We’re Ready, Says PDP

el-Rufai: Zoning Presidency to North Amounts to Insanity

OPEC Refuses to Change Output Quotas

Deregulation: House Rejects Fuel Subsidy Removal

Invigorate Post-Amnesty Programme, Senate Urges FG

Ciroma Barkindo is New Lamido Adamawa

Jonathan, Mark Praise Anambra People as Obi is Sworn in

Mark Tackles Ghaddafi over Break-up Call

Report Beams Light on Corruption at Lagos Port

13 Killed in Fresh Jos Massacre

Jonathan Sacks Divided Cabinet, Lobbying Begins

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolves cabinet…

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

33 Suspected Kidnappers in Police Net

US Commends Jonathan on Electoral Report

NEPAD, FG to Chart New Course for ICT Infrastructure

Destruction of Landmines Imperative, Says Defence Minister

N’Assembly Clerk: Bill Seeks to Empower Senate President

Sokoto: Appeal Court Adjourns Indefinitely

Ad Vetting: APCON Seeks Media Owners’ Support

Lagos Schools Get N13.5bn W’Bank Intervention Fund

Oil Nears $82 as OPEC Meets Today

Jonathan Orders Fast-tracking of Post Amnesty Programmes

Dangote Petitions CJ over Sack as NSE President

N’Delta Elders Seek Probe of NDDC Projects

‘UK, Nigeria Prisoners’ Transfer Bill Before N’Assembly’

Imo Guber: S’Court Fixes May for Definite Hearing of Ohakim’s Appeal

MEND: We Stopped Third Explosion to Save Lives

‘Conflict of Interests’ Allegation Rocks Bunu Probe Panel

Ghaddafi Wants Nigeria Divided to Stop Bloodshed

Jonathan: Votes Will Count in 2011

Lagos Court Halts Probe of Fashola

Cabinet Change:Uncertainty over Lukman, Babalola, Lawal

Monday, March 15, 2010

SMEDAN Trains 10,000 Entrepreneurs

As Police, IG Close Case, Tribunal Adjourns to April 13

Niger: Students to Undergo Body Search

‘Stop Stigmatising People Living with HIV/AIDS’

Fire Raze Market, Several Buildings

World Bank Laments Quiet Corruption in Africa

Govt Blames Police for Security Lapses

Jos Crisis: Youths Fault Army, Police

Killer Policeman Charged with Murder

Jonathan: FG Committed to N’Delta Devt

‘Why Jos Crisis Can’t Happen in Lagos’

Stick to Your Calling, Air Force Chief Tells Officers

Bode George: New Panel Hears Appeal Thursday

Tribunal Dismisses Application to Stop Obi’s Swearing-in

Odimegwu Devastated by Wife’s Kidnap

BPE Faults Report on NITEL Sale

NJC Suspends Judge over Assault

CBN Moves to Check ATM Fraud

Food Shortages Ease in South West

FCTA Gives 2-Week Ultimatum for Houses Under Power Lines

Kaduna: PTDF Revokes N14.5bn Petroleum College Contract

NNPC, Stakeholders Plan Summit on Gas Supply

Ripples over $1bn Escravos Domestic Gas Contract

Why Health Plans Fail in Nigeria, By Osotimehin

Sokoto Guber: Supreme Court Halts Judgment

Disquiet in PDP over Corruption Allegations

CBN to Phase Out Universal Banking Next Year

2011: In Lagos, Battle Royale Looms...

Bombs Disrupt Post-Amnesty Conference

Sunday, March 14, 2010

House Summons Pension Chief over Alleged Fraud

‘Only Monarchs Could End Jos Crisis’

Maduekwe Champions Neighbourhood Diplomacy

Court Restrains IG from Arresting Chiefs

Dafinone: Corruption, Greed Responsible for Political Stalemate

10 Houses Burnt in Ogoni Communal Clash

Gabonese President Speaks on World Peace

Fraud: ANAN Boss Seeks Rotation of Bank Auditors

Tension in Ilorin over Religious Crisis Alarm

Akunyili Honoured in US

George Demands New Panel to Hear Appeal

Casualisation: ICEM Petitions ExxonMobil’s Parent Company

FG Releases N30bn to Varsities

Coalition Warns Politicians against Breaking up Nigeria

Waku: Soyinka, Clark Plotting EFCC Chair’s Ouster

Kpakol: N2bn Keke NAPEP Fund Sourced from MDGs Office

Cattle Dealers, Food Merchants Suspend Strike

PDP Denies Using Public Funds for Secretariat Complex

...Coalition Issues 24-Hour Ultimatum to Non- indigenes

Sokoto Guber: A’Court Delivers Judgment Tomorrow

AC: Iwu Can’t Conduct 2011 Polls

How Lamido Musdafa Met and Adopted Atiku As His Son

Be Focused, Onabule Tells Jonathan

Oil Reforms: NNPC Opens Talks with Foreign Banks

2011: The Race Begins

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Assembly’s Confidence Vote Excites Nyako

Poll: INEC, PDP Battle over FCT Candidate

‘Mortgage Financing Risks High Inflation’

FCTA’s IGR Hits N3.5bn Monthly

Firm Launches ‘Solar for the Masses’ Campaign

Oyo Killings are Political, Says Police Chief

2011: North Intensifies Search for Yar’Adua’s Successor

Fashola Seeks New Int’l Legal, Economic Order

Jos: Police Dispel Fulanis’ Invasion of Lagos

American-born Terror Suspect Held in Yemeni for Killing Guards

Bali Berates Jos GOC

Lamido Adamawa Dies at 88

INEC Fixes Jan 14 or April 9 for 2011 Polls

NAMA Raises Alarm over Threat of Meningitis

NAFDAC Moves against Quacks

Politician Wants 2011 Polls Staggered

Ojukwu Urges Ndigbo to Remain Steadfast

...NASFAT Condemns Attack

Ex-Speaker’s Suspension Triggers Dissent

Lawmaker Tasks Security Agencies on Jos Killings

Friday, March 12, 2010

Jos: Reconciliation Must Come with Compensation, Says PFN

Dike Calls for Effective Military, Civilian Relationship

Fire Guts Kano Textile Market

Yar’Adua: ‘PDP, Governors Should Stop Playing God’

Integrity of Judiciary Crucial to End Curruption, says Ribadu

Orji Suspends Perm Sec, AG

Judgment on Sokoto Guber Appeal Tuesday Next Week

PDP Tasks Royal Fathers on Votes

‘Electoral Reforms Will Determine Fate of Electronic Voting’

LG Workers Protest Police Killing of Colleague

Another Bomb Scare in Edo

Jos: Onovo Charges Police to Be Proactive

FG Releases $1bn from Excess Crude Account

NCP Reviews Sale of NITEL

Court Removes Dangote as NSE President, Billionaire Appeals

52 Escape Death As Plane Overshoots Runway in P/H

My Brush with Death – Ezigbo

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