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  • 60 killed in Nigerian village attacks

    At least 60 people were killed in Nigeria Tuesday when some gunmen stormed four villages of Zamfara state early morning, residents and security sources said. About 100 gunmen, first stormed Kizara village around 3.00 a.m. and began attacking the residence of poor villagers. In the process, an unknown number of people were killed, including the District Head of Kizara, Bello Ibrahim, who was ...

  • Nigers Growing Jihadist Problem

    Today, our partners at Stratfor warn that Jihadist activity is on the rise in Niger. They attribute this worrying trend to intensive counterterrorism operations across West Africa and to the Nigerian military's involvement in northern ...

  • FG to launch Fibre-optic Network connecting 27 universities

    Abuja – The Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, said that the Federal Government would launch its Fibre-optic Research and Education Network, connecting 27 universities to the Internet by July. Johnson announced the plan in Abuja on Tuesday at the ongoing Ministerial Platform when she presented the ministry's achievements in the two years of the administration ...

  • Prestige Assurance Gives Update On Dana Air Crash

    One year after the ill-fated Dana Airline's Boeing MD 83 aircraft crashed in Iju area of Lagos State, killing all the 153 passengers and crew members on board in addition to 10 people on the ground, Prestige Insurance Plc has reassured stakeholders of its readiness to meet all the claims arising from the air disaster. The Managing Director of the company, Dr. Anand Mittal, who gave the ...

  • NCC Says 34.5 Million Subscribers in Nigeria Use Data On Internet

    Lagos - Only 34,471,520 customers out of the 114.172 million active subscribers on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks use data. The Internet Subscriber Data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on its website showed that 79,700,920 subscribers were yet to use data on the Internet as at the first quarter of 2013. The MTN Nigeria took the lead with a ...

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The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

There have been a lot of threequels this summer--a third Shrek, a third Pirates of the Caribbean, a third Spider-Man--but unlike those, The Bourne Ultimatum feels nothing if not necessary because it genuinely builds on its predecessors. It is the ... ...

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  • Aiico Insurance Cuts Travel Insurance Rates

    Aiico Insurance Plc, the leading life risks underwriter in the country, has started offering its customers and would-be customers discounted rates on travel insurance policy for those wishing to travel abroad for summer holidays or business. The decision to do this, according to the company's boss, Mr. David Shobanjo, was in line with the firm's determination to ensure that Nigerians ...

  • Kaigama - I Was Victimised for My Refusal to Compromise Workers Interest

    As someone who is grounded in TUC activities and the problem of Nigerian workers, I strongly believe that the condition of service of Nigerian workers needs to be improved and we have to do that. We have to put our heads together, not only me but all those that are coming on board with me, God willing, to see that we improve the pay of particularly public service workers. You are aware in this ...

  • Expert Reassures Brokers On Captive Insurers

    Insurance brokers and other stakeholders in insurance business in the country who are worried about the growing number of captive insurers in the country have been reassured that the trend is not meant to take away food from their tables. A captive is an insurance firm licensed to underwrite only the risks of its parent company and its subsidiaries with a view to reducing the group's ...

  • Insurance Consultative Committee Will Foster Industrial Harmony

    The umbrella body for all insurance professionals in the country, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), has said the yet-to-be-launched Insurance Industry Consultative Committee (IICC), would bring peace and harmony into the country's insurance market. The President of CIIN, Mr. Wole Adetimehin, who stated this in Lagos recently, said stakeholders in industry have all embraced ...

  • MorganCapital Introduces Top Five Equities League

    MorganCapital Securities Limited, a Nigerian investment banking and securities dealing firm, has introduced The MorganCapital Top Five Equities League as a weekly guide for investors interested in the Nigerian Equities Market. Explaining the rationale for this initiative, the company's Managing Director, Mr. Ayoleke Adu, said this became necessary after a close study of the reasons that ...

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