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Making Money From Penny Stock
By OYEGUE OSAGIATOR STANLEY
Penny stocks are loosely categorized companies with share prices of below N5 (five Naira) on the average. They are sometimes referred to as “the slot machines of the stock market” because of the risks involved. There may be a good place for penny stocks in the portfolio of an experienced, advanced investor, if you know what you are doing.
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Australian PM Wins Key Backer In Bid For Power
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won the support of a key independent MP yesterday, leaving her close to breaking the worst political deadlock in decades after elections failed to produce a winner.
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US Forces Still In Fight At End Of Combat Mission
HAWIJA, Iraq - Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents.
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Israel And Palestinians Set For Face-To-Face Talk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a diplomatic push from President Barack Obama, Israeli and the Palestinian leaders will start direct peace talks on Thursday shadowed by skepticism on all sides and fresh violence in the volatile West Bank.
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Two Indonesia Police On Trial For ‘Qaeda’ Arms Sales
JAKARTA (AFP) – Two Indonesian police officers went on trial on Thursday charged with selling firearms to alleged Islamist extremists from a group dubbed “Al-Qaeda in Aceh”, which plotted a series of attacks in Jakarta.
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South Africa State Workers March After Rejecting Offer
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Striking South African state workers plan a protest march on Thursday and their leaders will meet government negotiators after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending their three-week strike.
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COURTESY VISIT: Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Egberanmwen Odubu (left) responding to an address by the Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, Comrade Friday Obanor (right) during a courtesy visit by the State Working Committee of the Union to Government House, Benin City, yesterday. Photo: JAMES OMOREBOKHAI.
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Credible polls ’ll foster stability - Jonathan
ABUJA-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan affirmed yesterday in Abuja that his administration will give the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) all the support it requires to conduct elections that will meet global standards of acceptability next year.
EDSG opposed to casualisation- Odubu
BENIN CITY - Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Egberanmwen Odubu has emphasized that the state government will not allow casualisation to flourish in the state, as it does not believe in slave labour.
2011: Utomi harps on vibrant opposition
BENIN CITY – The Protem National Chairman of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP), Prof. Pat Utomi has stressed the need for a vibrant opposition that is based on ideology and commitment to the service of the people.
Cholera scourge:
Nigeria to meet with neighbours
ABUJA - Nigeria is to hold a crucial meeting with its neighbours next month in Abuja over the cholera epidemic which has killed at least 350 persons in Nigeria alone.
Reps seek adequate funding for education
ABUJA- The House of Representatives Committee on Education yesterday in Abuja, canvassed for adequate budgetary allocation to the education sector.
FG declares Sept 9, 10 public holidays
ABUJA- The Federal Government has declared September. 9 and September. 10 as public holidays to mark this year’s Id-el-Fitr celebration which ends the holy month of Ramadan.
Flood kills PDP stalwart, 1 other
MALUMFASHI - Flooding has claimed the life of Malam Surajo Audu, one of PDP executive members in Yammama Ward, Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina state.
Justice Akhigbe dies at 77
BENIN CITY – The first Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Jacob Osagie Akhigbe is dead.
Odubu tasks movie producers
BENIN CITY- Movie producers in Edo State have been advised to use their productions to highlight the positive aspects of the state.
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Nigeria At 50: Is It Worth Celebrating?
By Hon. Josef Omorotionmwan And Ven. Prof. Ben Egede
Hon. Josef Omorotionmwan - Let’s Celebrate.
Ven. Prof. Ben Egede - There’s Nothing To Celebrate
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The Problems Of Tribal Politics
By EKAIWE IGNUA OSEMWEGHA
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PEOPLE all over the universe have great desire and expectations of one idea or another. For this fundamental fact one labours extensively for the actualisation of such laudable dream. So, the fact remains that the fulfillment of one’s aspirations is the vista to happiness which every man desire as an ultimate goal.
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PDP Has No Moral Right To Indict Opposition Parties -ANPP
ABUJA-ANPP has expressed displeasure over PDP’s description of it as a “factionalised and discordant party that cannot be entrusted with authority at any level in Nigeria”.
64.9 Tonnes Of Obsolete Pesticide Collected In States, Fed - Coordinator
ABUJA-Approximately 65 tonnes of obsolete pesticides were gathered across the 36 states and the FCT, Mr. Theodore Nwaokwe, the former Project Coordinator, Nigeria-African Stockpile Programme, has said.
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ECOWAS Disburses N237.6m To Organisation
ABUJA-The ECOWAS Commission in Abuja disbursed N237.6 million EU donations to 17 regional civil society organisations.
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NASS Urged To Pass Bill On Trad Medicine
ABUJA-Prof. Charles Wambebe, former Director of National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, in Abuja, has called on the National Assembly to pass the bill on traditional medicine into law.
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Group Expresses Desire To Purchase Sapele Power Station
ABUJA-The Sapele Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, has expressed its desire to purchase the Sapele Power Station in response to the Federal Government’s plans to fully privatise the PHCN.
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SON Wants Enforcement Of Standards Backed By Law
ABUJA-Dr John Akanya, the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), said that enforcement of standards without legal backing would not be effective.
Stakeholders Task FG On Power Sector
LAGOS-The Federal Government must investigate the capabilities of prospective managers of the power sector, Mr. Abiodun Ogunleye, the Managing Director, PowerCap Nig. Ltd., has said in Lagos.
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Investors Trade 254.6m Shares At Stock Exchange
LAGOS-Investors on Wednesday traded a total of 254.64 million shares worth N2.11 billion in 7,165 deals at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
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NSE Approves N74.3bn Issues For Listing
LAGOS-As part of efforts aimed at further deepening the nation’s stock market, the Council of The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday, through its Quotation Committee, approved for listing, issues worth N74.302 billion for six companies, two state governments and one financial instrument as follows:
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Sanctity Of NAESS Intact
- Comrade Ibodeme
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THE tenure of Comrade Theophilus Ibodeme, the National President of NAESS, has been hugely characterised by unprecedented successes which hitherto, was relatively unknown in the history of the association.
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We Have Seen A Giant Leap In The Film Industry In the Past 19 Years - Okao
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Mr. Peddie Okao, Chief Executive Officer of Prolens Movies Ltd, is a prolific movie producer and actor whose undying passion for the advancement of quality films in Edo dialect clearly underscores excellence in professionalism as demonstrated in the quality of film productions from his stable. |
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PDP, Zoning And Jonathan’s 2011 Ambition
It is a truism that political parties are platforms on which political office seekers contest elective offices during polls.
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My 14 Days Trip To Nigeria
PERMIT me to humbly appeal to your highly esteemed organization that I be allowed to use your medium in making known to the whole world events that occurred in the above-mentioned trip to my native land Benin City Nigeria!
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Scheme Of Service, Transfers (Inter-Cadre And Inter-Service), Preparation Of Establishment Proposals And Promotion Briefs (1)
The Civil Service
THE word civil commonly means belonging to the general public and not the army. Literally, therefore, Civil Service connotes Public or Government Service. The Civil Service is thus |
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SIM Card Registration
SINCE the advent of the Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM), a lot of barriers to communication and information have been eliminated. Economic fortunes have been created for both subscribers and operators of the system who so far have been enjoying the large market base there is to tap.
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