Five hospitals in Abia, Rivers, Delta, Edo and Bayelsa states are providing high quality HIV/AIDS services under the Niger Delta AIDS Response (NiDAR) project initiated by Shell Petroleum Develop-ment Company (SPDC).

By Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor Unity Bank Plc has said it will, in the first quarter of 2010, approach the investing public with an offer for subscription in a bid to raise N70 billion to shore up its capital to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria’s deadline of June 2010 to recaptalise. The bank has […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has faulted President Yar Adua’s 2010 budget proposal now before the National Assembly, saying the provisions in the budget proposal do not inspire hope. The umbrella body for senior staff associations in the country called on the lawmakers to  fine tune the budget proposal  to a […]

By Lucky Oji WARRI — Opuama community, a major oil producer in Egbema Kingdom, Warri North local government area of Delta State, has given the management of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) two weeks ultimatum to send relief materials to the community, following the oil spillage that occurred there on the 4th of October, this […]

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State weekend declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State ahead of time, by allowing former Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, anoint Professor Chukwuma Soludo as the candidate of the party without due process.

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—Anambra State Government has paid N10 million to five persons in fulfillment of its promise to compensate those who provide information to security agencies on kidnappers and armed robbers in the state. Though Governor Obi made a pledge of N1 million to any informant, he was said to have doubled the amount […]

By Albert Akpor LAGOS — THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced weekend that it had seized a total of 507.936 kilograms of illicit drugs worth over N2.2 billion in nine months at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. It also announced the arrest of 139 suspects including a 64-year-old mother of seven during […]

By Sam Eyoboka LAGOS — A GROUP within the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) known as Greater Chapter of the Cathedral of the Lagos Diocese at the weekend urged Nigerians to demonstrate the age old African compassion by praying for the speedy recovery of President Umaru Yar’Adua. The group made up of eminent Nigerians including […]

A PROMINENT Chief and retired Army Colonel, and two of his boys were, Sunday, whisked away by security operatives from Alagbon over alleged breach of the peace in Kantu community in Warri South-West Council Area of Delta State.

By Gbenga Akanmu & Monsur Olowoopejo LAGOS — Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has called on Nigerians  in Diaspora to come home and use their knowledge to finding lasting solutions to developmental challenges facing the country. He spoke at the formal inauguration of the Association of Nigerian Graduates trained in the former Soviet Union […]

Edo State Police Command has arrested ten suspected kidnapers allegedly involved in the recent spate of kidnapping in the state.

REACTIONS from various quarters on President Umar Yar’Adua’s recurrent hospitalization in a Saudi hospital reflect the profound dilemma of the situation for Nigerians. Of all the reactions, the most remarkable and possibly subversive is the proclamation in the Senate that the president could, if he chose, stay in the Saudi hospital for one year.

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—OVER 400 former councillors in the 13 local government councils of Ebonyi State who served between 2004 and 2007 are demanding for immediate payment of their severance benefits owed them for about three years. Chairman of the ex-councillors’ forum, Mr. Edwin Onwe, who spoke to Vanguard at the weekend, lamented that despite […]

By Henry Umoru AS part of moves to check conflicting data information in the country, the Federal government has disclosed that any statistical data that has not emanated from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) must not be accepted as correct and acceptable data. The government also said that it has concluded arrangements with major […]

By Michael Eboh Skye Bank Plc has  signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Multi-Trex Integrated Foods Plc designed to promote food sufficiency in the country through the development of the agricultural sector. According to a statement by the bank, the MOU which was signed in Lagos, last week in commemoration of Multi-Trex’s 20th anniversary […]