From the monthly archives: August 2010

Presidential Aspirants Interview (1): My PDP membership not in doubt – Atiku Abubakar

On August 21, 2010 · In Headlines

Since Friday, January 3, 2003, Atiku Abubakar has not stopped moving against the tide.In some instances, he survived and came out victorious; at other times, he came off worse – but coming out worse might also be comparative and relative, depending on where you stand. For instance, it was his dogged fight against former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s jackboot approach to party leadership that frustrated and led to the expulsion of the former Vice President from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and also made the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify him, but for which he got a Supreme Court landmark pronouncement that INEC lacked the powers to disqualify a candidate.
But it was the same move against the tide which left Atiku losing the presidential contest of April 2007 with the Appeal and Supreme Courts upholding his defeat at the polls.

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How Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke became victim of board room intrigues

On August 21, 2010 · In Business

The recent crisis that engulfed the nation’s only stock exchange would not have been if the erstwhile Director-General Dr. (Mrs.) Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke had not fallen victim to circumstances many say she created with her larger than life image in the corporate world.

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African qualifier: Nigeria dumps Taiye Taiwo

On August 21, 2010 · In Sports

Nigeria have excluded Marseille defender Taye Taiwo from next month’s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at home to Madagascar.

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National Sports Festival now holds Feb 24th, 2011

On August 21, 2010 · In Sports

The much awaited National Sports Festival billed for Port Harcourt, Rivers State in November this year, has been postponed to February, 2011.

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Importation of foreign leather products endangers economy, MD FUT Wear

On August 21, 2010 · In Business

Wole-Madariola Olumide is the chief executive officer of FUT Conceptus Manufacturing Ltd., makers of leather and allied products .In this interview, the industrialist and entrepreneurer spoke on why the leather industry should occupy a strategic position in Nigeria’s economic development given its huge economic potentials in employment generation, and as a foreign exchange earner and in private sector-led industrialization.

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Youth besiege Asaba for National Junior championship

On August 21, 2010 · In Sports

The Nigeria Golf Federation has confirmed that over 150 youths form different states of the federation has signed in for the National Junior Championship that would be hosted at the Ibori Golf and Country Club in Asaba , delta State capital.

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Tornadoes host Stella in WAFU Cup clash

On August 21, 2010 · In Sports

The Bako Kontagora memorial Stadium, Minna will come alive today as it hosts the first leg of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) between Niger Tornadoes football club of Minna and Stella of Abidjan, reports Wole Mosadomi, Minna

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Federation Cup: Gov. Yakowa lauds Kaduna United

On August 21, 2010 · In Sports

Governor of Kaduna state, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa has congratulated the 2010 Federations Cup Champions, Kaduna United for achieving the feat. The club at the weekend became the first team in the state to lift the oldest football trophy in the country, at the main bowl of the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano.

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Nigeria hosts African female golfers in Abuja

On August 21, 2010 · In Sports

More than twenty-five African countries have sent in entries to participate in the All African Challenge Trophy that would be hosted at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja.

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Kwara milk in the pipeline

On August 21, 2010 · In Business

Kwara State government has launched a Dairy Development Programme (DDP) at Shonga Dairies to harness local sourcing of milk and make the product accessible to the people.

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Risk Perceptions and Risk Appetite: Role of the Risk Matrix

On August 21, 2010 · In Business

Last week we started the series on business risk assessment and management. This week we continue by reviewing the values in the use of the Risk Matrix. Fundamentally, we all differ in terms of the way we view or perceive risk. In much the same way, our risk appetites differ. While some people are chronic risk-takers, others are extremely conservative.

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At holding hope and bursting out premier

On August 21, 2010 · In Fashion Personality

The Bursting Out and Holding Hope premiere that took place recently at the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos, was turned into a mini fashion show of some sort as Lagosians trooped out in their numbers dressed in their best numbers.

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Warri community protests demolition of houses

On August 21, 2010 · In Latest News

THE people of Ogbe Ijoh Urban community in Warri, Delta state, yesterday, stormed the office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) zone 5 Benin City, calling on the Inspector General of Police to investigate the alleged demolition of their houses and properties on the orders of a prominent resident of the area.

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Forum wants best candidate for DHA

On August 21, 2010 · In Latest News

THE Gbaramatu Renaissance Forum, a socio-cultural organization in Delta State , has urged Itsekiris and Ijaws in Warri South West LGA of Delta State to present a qualified candidate that will represent the constituency in the state House of Assembly in the forthcoming 2011 elections.

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