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  • Nigeria will probably pay 6 pct yield for Eurobond analysts

    Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala started a one-week roadshow to Britain, Germany and the United States on Wednesday with book-runners for the Eurobond, with a view to issuing it this year. The timing of the bond and its maturity have not been decided yet and will depend on the market, a London-based fund manager who attended the roadshow told Reuters, asking not to be named. ...

  • DSS rescues 16 pregnant women from Aba baby factory

    UMUAHIA -- THE Abia State Command of Directorate of State Service, DSS, has rescued 16 pregnant girls from a 'baby factory' in Aba. Parading the young girls, yesterday, in his Umuahia office, the state Director of DSS, Mr. Matthew Obodoechi, said the girls and women whose ages range between 17 and 37 were rescued on June 17, ...

  • 2015 INEC assures on credible polls

    BY LEVI NWABUGHIOGU ABUJA--As Nigeria prepares for another general elections in 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Wednesday, reiterated its determination to conduct free, fair and credible elections. The assurance was given by the Acting Chairman of INEC, Dr Ishmael Igbani in Abuja when a delegation from the British government visited the commission. Igbani told the ...

  • Rainstorm Destroys 180 Structures in Katsina

    Musawa - A three-hour rainstorm on Monday night destroyed no fewer than 180 structures including residential homes, schools and hospitals in Musawa, headquarters of Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Monday night disaster was the second in about two weeks following a similar occurrence on May 29 that destroyed 50 structures in the town. Alhaji Tanimu Kira, Chairman of the ...

  • Tinubus Speech - ACN Slams Presidency Over Reaction

    The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the presidency's hysterical reaction to the recent speech at the British African Diaspora Conference in London by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing as unnecessary and diversionary the name calling and personal attacks against the ACN leader. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai ...

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Safety Last! [Blu-Ray]

Safety Last! [Blu-Ray]

It is one of the most iconic images of film comedy, and quite possibly the most iconic image of the silent era: Harold Lloyd, with his round owl glasses and straw hat, dangling perilously from the hands of a clock on the side of a towering building in downtown Los Angeles. Even those who ... ...

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  • Jonathans Scorecard - Harnessing Potential of Agriculture ...

    "I don't know what to do; I have tried all I can to get fertiliser but it is not available. Even the available ones are too expensive and the season for fertiliser application would soon be over. "I wonder why the government is claiming to be spending so much on fertiliser subsidy, while we, the farmers, cannot get it," Idris Yakowa, a local farmer in Kaduna moaned. But ...

  • Nigeria Nigerians Support Anti Same-Sex Bill - Poll

    A new weekly poll has revealed that 92 per cent of Nigerians are in support of the proposed Anti Same-Sex Bill. The weekly poll conducted by NOI Polls Limited from June 4 - 6 in Nigeria also revealed that the reason behind their support revolve around morality and religion. According to results of the poll, most Nigerians are of the opinion that the proposed bill is not an infringement on the ...

  • Nigeria Condemned Criminals - Waiting for Governors and Hangmen

    The call by President Goodluck Jonathan last Sunday on state governors to sign death warrants of condemned inmates in prisons across the country has again brought to the fore the lingering controversy on the issue. At a special ceremony to mark the 2013 Fathers' Day organized by the Aso Villa Chapel, President Jonathan urged governors not to run away from their statutory responsibility by ...

  • Jumia Partners MasterCard Dell Others Marks Anniversary

    Jumia Nigeria has announced its partnership with MasterCard to use MasterCard's Internet Gateway Service to make credit card payments safer and easier for its customers. The company, which marked its one year anniversary, said it was nearing exclusive partnerships with Dell, Intel and Nokia, among others, to increase customer satisfaction and experience. A release made available to ...

  • UBA Re-Launches Ruby Account for Women

    The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has repackaged its Ruby Account product that was specifically designed to cater for women. The bank explained that the gender specific personal current account product was specially designed and targeted at discerning women. Speaking at an event for customers in Lagos, the Deputy Managing Director, UBA, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, said the product has been redesigned ...

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