Below are the headlines found on The Vanguard Online Newspaper for today, Monday, 25 September, 2017.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and the Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCOM, weekend, disagreed over the engage-ment of 10,000 youths for security surveillance of oil and gas pipelines in Niger Delta, promised by the Federal Government.The post PANDEF, HOSTCOM clash over engagement of 10,000 N'Delta youths appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
VICE President Yemi Osinbajo, weekend, pledged Federal Government commitment towards the timely completion of Ibom Deep Sea Port project in Akwa Ibom State.The post Osinbajo pledges FG commitment to develop Ibom Deep Sea Port appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Following the gridlock arising from the traffic congestion in Apapa and its environs, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has reiterated its readiness to respond to any emergency situation in and around Apapa or any other part of the state.The post LASEMA renews commitment to safety in Apapa appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
There are strong indica- tions that the realisation of the Federal Government's 2017-2020 Economic and Recovery Growth Plan, ERGP, may be scuttled as a result of inadequate and unstable power supply in the country.The post Poor state of energy sector: FGs economic recovery growth plan in danger appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The National Collateral Registry, NCR, has attracted 16,236 financing statements of 20,684 movable assets valued at N392 billion on its platform as at August 24, 2017.The post Collateral Registry attracts N392bn financing statements appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Conference of United South-South Youth Council, USSYC, the apex youth body of all ethnic nationalities of the South-South region, weekend, gave the Chevron Nigeria Limited, Shell Petroleum Development Company, Agip, ExxonMobil and other oil companies operating in the zone a time frame of 365 days to relocate their headquarters to their operational bases in the Niger Delta.The post S-South youths give oil firms fresh 365 days to relocate hqtrs appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The Chief Missioner of Al-Wahabu Mosque, Ota, Ogun State, Sheikh Ibraheem Akinola has described the All Progressives Congress, APC, government in Lagos State under leadership of Governor Akinwumi Ambode as an 'all inclusive and non-discriminatory government.'The post Islamic cleric lauds Ambode's style of governance appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The Delta State government, recently, reawakened the hope of possible commencement of work on the hitherto abandoned Independent Power Plant, IPP, in Oghareki, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state, as the committee charged with reviewing the project has officially commenced work.The post Delta govt begins review on IPP appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
UNDERGROUND gas pipelines and paucity of funds have slowed down the pace of re-construction works on the Wharf - Apapa road, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has said.The post APAPA WHARF ROAD: Gas pipes, funds paucity slowing down works ' NPA boss appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
THERE is tension in Nkpokiti Street of Enugu State capital, following the death of a caretaker, said to have drowned in a well at an uncompleted building under his care.The post Caretaker drowns in Enugu well appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Federal government has been asked to unite the various ethnic and religious groups in the country through cultural integration.The post Chinese envoy to FG: You can unite Nigerians with culture appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
An alleged scheme by serving and former governors in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to hijack the party ahead of the 2019 presidential elections was at, weekend, threatening to provoke another crisis in the party.The post 2019: Plot by PDP govs to hijack tickets threatens fresh crisis appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, yesterday, described the allegation by the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, that the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, was Islamophobic over the latter's objection to Sukuk Bond by the Federal Government was untenable and purely mischievous.The post Sukuk: Labelling CAN Islamophobic is untenable, mischievous, NCEF replies NSCIA appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the rehabilitation and upgrade of the 5,000 capacity Onikan Stadium, near Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos Island into a 21st century sporting facility.The post Ambode approves upgrading of Onikan Stadium appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Patients continue to bear full brunt of the health workers' strike called by the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, as essential services remain grounded in federal hospitals across the nation, even as intern nurses provide skeletal services.The post JOHESU strike paralyses services appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
ON the front burner of West African regional politics now is the quest for Morocco's membership of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, the only intergovernmental institution formed to foster unity and cohesion among Africa's West coast nations.The post Keep Morocco out of ECOWAS appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, has urged Nigerians to avoid subjecting his issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to a media trial.The post N400M: Metuh warns against media trial appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The freedom of expression is guaranteed in the Nigerian constitution. That right guarantees every Nigerian to speak his mind on issues. However, for a nation like Nigeria where different tongues and tribes were weaved to form a delicate country, an expression in one tongue can sometimes be interpreted to be an offence in another language.The post Hate Speech: Minding your language in today's Nigeria appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
CHAIRMAN of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Godwin Ogorugba, weekend, said the Federal Government, under All Progressives Congress, APC, has squandered N15 trillion in two years with no single road project completed.The post PDP accuses FG of squandering N15trn appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
As tension rose over the possibility of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, and a coalition of nine militant groups restarting the bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta region, the scare of the Nigerian Army launching Operation Crocodile Smile II in the oil province startled the people, during the week.The post Looming Operation Crocodile Smile II unnerves N'Delta appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
NATIONAL Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, NUBIFIE, has recommended that funds in the Treasury Single Account, TSA, be injected into the banking system to re-energize the sector and the economy in general.The post Banks' liquidity: NUBIFIE urges FG to inject TSA fund into financial system appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
WE are happy that domestic retail investors are returning. This is because of what we see in the economy now.The post How to sustain domestic retail investors confidence ' Shareholders appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
NATIONAL Insurance Commission (NAICOM) says it is working on applying statutory deposits of insurance firms to defray unpaid claims and that it will sack the chief executive of any company whose deposit is applied.The post NAICOM to sack chief executives over unpaid claims appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Multiple taxation, especially double taxation of dividends has always been a burning issue in the Nigerian capital market. In this interview with Financial Vanguard, Mr. Godwin Anono, Chairman, Nigeria Professional Shareholders Association, NPSA, said it is disincentive to investment in the stock market and called on the federal government to cut tax.The post Adverse tax on dividends scares investors ' Anono appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
SOVEREIGN Trust Insurance Plc said it has recorded a growth of 3.3 percent in its balance sheet size and 32 percent in its investment income respectively for the year ended December 2016.The post Sovereign Trust records 32% growth in investment income in 2016 appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
THIS article could have been titled FRIENDS OFBUHARI, PLEASE TELL HIM THE TRUTH. Last week, a few names were disclosed of people regarded as Buhari's close confidantes.The post Who will tell Buhari the truth about the economy' ' 2 appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
NDIC, insured deposits for individual customers in Microfinance Banks, MfBs, has reached N200, 000. Though this development provides significant security for depositors President, National Association of Microfinance Banks, NAMB, Mr. Rogers Nwoke, who disclosed this in an interview with Financial Vanguard, lamented that liquidity is not well distributed at all levels of the financial system in the country.The post NDIC secures up to N200, 000 of MfB customers' deposit ' NAMB President
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
LAST week we presented a general outlook for stocks in the cement sector and concluded that on a basket perspective the stocks are worth investing in short to medium term even now that bullish sentiment still dominates the market.The post Dangote, CCNN, Wapco recover from apathy appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
BENJAMIN Mkapa, Tanzania's former President, has warned Nigeria to resist pressure to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement, (EPA), with the European Union, because according to him, such contracts are counterproductive. Mkapa sounded this warning as guest speaker at the 45th Annual general Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on September 14, 2017 inRead MoreThe post EPA as 'Enslavement partnership agreement' appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Chairman of Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp), and Managing Director, AIICO Pensions, Mr. Eguarekhide Longe, in this interview talks on ongoing engagement with the National Assembly on the bill to amend the Pension Reform Act 2014 to exclude members of the Nigeria Police, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Prison Service, Nigeria immigration Service and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from the CPS and other related mat
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
FORTIS Microfinance Bank, MfB, Plc is set to raise N10 billion corporate bond on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE.The post Fortis MfB set to raise N10bn bond on NSE appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The Director General/ Chief Executive, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC, Folorunsho Coker, in this interview points the way forward to modern tourism industry for Nigeria. Excerpt.The post We must take tourism seriously as a serious business ' DG, NTDC appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
STANDARD Alliance Insurance Plc has announced plans to embark on share reconstruction to enable the board and management reposition the company, create more value to its shareholders, improve the company's standing in the market place and put the company in a strong position to declare dividend.The post Standard Alliance embarks on share reconstruction appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
IEI-Anchor Pension Managers Limited said it witnessed a 23.4 per cent growth in Assets under Management (AuM) moving from N47 billion in 2015 to N58 billion in 2016.The post IEI-Anchor Pensions records 23% growth in AuM appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, NCRIB, Mr. Kayode Okunoren, in this interview speaks on efforts of the Council to avoid sanctions from the regulator. ExcerptsThe post We're designing software to assist members comply with NAICOM requirements ' NCRIB President appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
AFRICA Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) said its South Africa's (ARCSA) Managing Director, Daryl De Vos, has resigned. De Vos' resignation in a letter to the board of directors of Africa Re South Africa takes effect from September 1, 2017.The post Africa Re's South African MD resigns, George Mensah now MD of Ghana Re appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) banking is a type of banking that enables you carry-out bank transactions by simply dialling a short code on your phone. It does not require the use of internet/web.The post The Dos and Don'ts of USSD banking appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has emerged best institution in two esteemed categories at the Interswitch Awards and Gala.The post UBA emerges best at Interswitch Awards appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
CHARTERED Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and the Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB) have pledged to collaborate to enhance public perception of the banking industry.The post CIBN, ACAMB move to boost public perception of banking industry appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
THE scarcity of funds which pervaded the interbank money market towards end of last week will intensify this week as the Debt Management Office (DMO) issues N135 billion worth of FGN bonds. Last week, the money market experienced acute scarcity of funds as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stepped up its liquidity mop up efforts by offering N431 billion worth of treasury (TBs).The post Scarcity of funds to persist as DMO offers N135bn bond appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
INVESTORS in the nation's capital market are strategizing on how to rescue their investments estimated at N10 billion which were trapped in the troubled Partnership Investment Company, PIC Plc and Partnership Securities Limited, PSL.The post SHARE SCAM AT PARTNERSHIPS :Investors jostle to recover N10bn investments appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
EVERYTHING has got its own time and season. The season of politics in the State of Osun is here. Contestants are warming up. New alignments are being forged. In other places, old ones are being resuscitated. Forces are gathering, all towards the 2018 governorship election.The post Aregbesola's performance and armchair critics appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
IT is yet another election period and as usual, Anambra State has found itself in the frenzy of the democratic process, which requires elective office seekers to woo the people they wish to lead to vote them into power. Usually, in the bid to actualise this, the incumbent is naturally the number one victim of vociferous media attacks and castigations that could potentially reduce their achievements and Governor Willie Obiano has not been spared either.The post Obiano: The logic of continuity app
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
RECENTLY, May15 to 16, 2017 to be exact, my esteemed brothers at the African Finance Corporation - Andrew Alli, Oliver Andrews, Taiwo Adeniji, etc., brought the best brains in Infrastructure Finance to Abuja for AFC live to celebrate 10 years of purpose and infrastructure financing impact in Africa. As I sat on my seat at this glittering ceremony; Acting President Osinbajo gave a most inspiring speech and clarion call for public private collaboration to address Africa's infrastructure defic
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has said it was inclined to sustaining the NCC Tennis League Cup, which it sponsors.The post NCC restates commitment to tennis league appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Barring an injury or loss of form, Victor Moses is set to hit an impressive Premier League milestone when Chelsea take on Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on November 5, 2017.The post Moses looks forward to 200th game against Man U appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Brila FM, Africa's first and Nigeria's only existing Sports Radio Station, has announced that former Nigeria International, Ifeanyi Udeze will join its esteemed team from October 1, 2017.The post Udeze teams up with Brila FM appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Danilo D'Ambrosio scored the only goal as Inter Milan left it late to squeeze past Genoa 1-0 in Serie A action Sunday and keep in touch with the leaders, as AC Milan fell 2-0 at Sampdoria.The post How DAmbrosio saved Inter, AC Milan crash in Serie A appeared first on Vanguard News.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Nigeria's home-based Eagles Sunday, suffered a 4-1 humiliating loss to Ghana in the final match of the 2017 WAFU Nations Cup.The post WAFU Nations Cup final: How Eagles crashed 4-1 to Ghana appeared first on Vanguard News.
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