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‘Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful’
By Amadasun Ese
| The above quote, from investing legend and current world’s richest person, Warren Buffett, is a clear allusion to the well-established view that investors’ actions are largely driven by psychological factors of fear and greed. Past analysis strongly supports that most decisions and actions of investors do not draw from very rational evaluations but rather the overwhelming feeling of the moment. |
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Limited DR Congo Talks Resume In Nairobi
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NAIROBI - Congolese rebels and a Kinshasa government delegation were holding separate talks with UN mediator Olusegun Obasanjo in Nairobi on Thursday, a day after Obasanjo said the talks had run into trouble.
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Zimbabwe Cholera Is Over
- Mugabe
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday his government had stopped a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly 800 people and prompted Western leaders to call on him to step down.
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Ethiopian PM Says Somali Peace Keepers Want Out
ADDIS ABABA - African Union peacekeepers want to withdraw from Somalia as soon as possible, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday.
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India Calls On Pakistan To Had Over 40 Fugitives
NEW DELHI - India has called for Pakistan to hand over 40 suspects after the terror attacks that left 171 dead, a move that has raised tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals. However, India’s foreign minister said Thursday that war is “not the solution.”
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Bush Urges Obama To Keep Darfur Pressure On Sudan
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush, in a message seemingly aimed at successor Barack Obama, said Wednesday the United States must keep pressure on Sudan’s government over its war-torn Darfur region.
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US Envoy Says N/Korea Nuke Talks End In Stalemate
BEIJING - Four days of international talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear program closed Thursday without bridging a dispute over how monitors would verify the country’s past atomic activities, a U.S. envoy said.
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VISIT: The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole (right), Chairman/CEO, Daily Trust Newspapers Akon Kabir Yusuf, (left) and Special Adviser on Public Affairs and Strategy, Mr. Eric Osagie, during the visit of Kabir Yusuf to Government House. Photo: BENSON IBIZUGBE
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Gov Oshiomhole weeps for late
Personal Assistant
By FRIDAY OBANOR / ANDY EGBON
AFASHIO- Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole broke down in tears yesterday at the burial ceremony of his late Personal Assistant, Barrister Greg Haruna who died in a ghastly motor accident on Saturday afternoon.
Removal Of Immunity Clause: Tinubu disagrees with Yar’Adua
IKEJA - Former Lagos State Governor, Chief Bola Tinubu, has disagreed with President Umar Yar’Adua on calls for the removal of the Immunity Clause from the Constitution.
Senators allege threat to lives
ABUJA - Senators Smart Adeyemi (PDP-Kogi) and Otaru Ohize (AC-Kogi) on Sunday in Abuja alleged threat to their lives.
House Committee invites PS, others
By THOMPSON ERHOMONSELE
BENIN CITY- The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Environment, as well as the Acting Managing Director of Edo City Transport Service (ECTS), are to appear before the Edo State House of Assembly Standing Committee on Public Accounts, tomorrow, Tuesday, December 16, 2008.
Militant War: Lives And Properties Destroyed
BAYELSA - Properties worth millions of naira and family of four lost their lives, including father, mother, sister and brother in an encounter between Ojo’s family and some group of militant in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Militants ready to lay down arms for electricity projects
By Eubaldus Enahoro
Warri - There are indications that the Militants in the oil-rich Delta state are prepared to put down their arms for the Power Projects to be embarked upon soon by the State Government in partnership with private investors to take off smoothly.
Orhionmwon councillors accuse LG boss of interference
ABUDU - Councillors in Orhionmwon Local Government Council have accused the council Chairman Hon. Patrick Aisuen of undue interference in the affairs of the legislative arm of the council.
Politician calls for dev of Edo South Senatorial
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BENIN CITY - Leaders of Edo South Senatorial District have been called upon to come together and form a united front that will bring development to the area.
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Promoting Hand - Washing Culture In Nigeria
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| Every morning, seven-year-old Ayomide insists that her mother provides enough water and soap for her to take to school.
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Priest - Ohen In Edo Culture
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Priest Kohen, ohen, is a holy person chosen from among human beings and appointed to conduct religious rites between god and worshippers. Every high priest igie ohen or priest of God-ohen Osa is chosen from his fellow men and appointed to serve God on their behalf, to offer sacrifices and offerings for sins..
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Cultivating Tourism Asset In A Fast Growing Community
*Auchi Town And Neighbourhood As Pilots In A People Oriented Development (Poverty Alleviation)
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BEING A TALK GIVEN AT THE12TH EDITION OF THE ANNUAL AUCHI DAY CELEBRATION BY DR. O. J. EBOREIME, DIRECTOR – GENERAL, NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR MUSEUMS AND MONUMENTS. |
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Bus crash kills 47 in Egypt
DAHRUT – At least 47 Egyptians were killed when their bus plunged into a canal south of Cairo on Sunday in one of the deadliest road accidents in Egypt in years, officials said..
By Edith Nnaji
Abuja - The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Nigeria) on Sunday in Abuja said that government alone cannot successfully wage the war against gender-based violence in the country.
CIBN Goes Tough, Set To Rid Banks Of Quacks
LAGOS - It would no longer be business as usual for bankers as the industry’s apex regulatory body, the CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BANKERS OF NIGERIA (CIBN), is set to rid the banking profession of quacks.
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Terminal Remains Shut 7 Days After Attack
Eket (Akwa Ibom) - Operations at Qua Iboe crude oil terminal operated by Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) in Ibeno, near Eket ,in Akwa Ibom has remained closed for one week.
NUPENG Assures Of No Reduction In Prices Of Products
LAGOS - The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has said that it would not call for a reduction in the prices of petroleum products.
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NAPEP Offers Loans To 300 In Ondo
AKURE - The National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) in Ondo state will soon distribute cheques to 300 beneficiaries to enable them set up small - scale businesses.
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Arik Air Sets Up Operational Control Centre
IKEJA- Nigeria’s flag carrier, Arik Air, has set up an Operational Control Centre (OCC) to help track its aircraft in skies all over the world as it commences inter-continental flights next month.
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Auto Dealers Appeal To LASG Over Planned Relocation
LAGOS - The Autozuma Motor Dealers Association has appealed to the Lagos State Government to reconsider its planned relocation of auto-dealers to Mowo, on the Lagos/Badagry expressway.
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Widening Of Tax Net To Check Quack
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LAGOS - A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Adeola Olamilekan, has said that the widening of tax net by the government was to ensure payment of taxes by all, especially the tax evaders.
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NPA Blames Cargo Upsurge On Vessel Congestion
LAGOS - The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that vessel congestion in Lagos channel is due to excessive Cargoes entering the country through Lagos ports..
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Registration / Listing Of Herbal Products In Nigeria
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The procedure for registration of herbal products in Nigeria is not strictly the same with requirement for orthodox drugs registration. This is because of their peculiarities when compared with orthodox drugs.
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What Is AU’s Role In Zimbabwe?
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Last time I wrote about the main opposition leader in Angola, Mr. Isaias Samakuva who accepted defeat immediately after the results of their presidential election was declared. |
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Time To Settle Down
Let me begin this article by once again congratulating the People’s Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole (mni) for his well deserved victory at the Court of Appeal that restored his stolen mandate 18 months after he was denied of victory by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the body saddled with the responsibility of conducting the Saturday April 14th, and April 21st 2007 General Elections for the country.
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Need To Upgrade Michael Imoudu College of Physical Education To Varsity Status
By UNUFEGAN PAUL FEMI
| Let me make my contribution known to the 8 man Sports Development committee recently set up by the administration of Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole. In the first place I want to commend him for the idea of sports development in Edo State and Nigeria in general. |
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Employment Generation
WE welcome the zeal with which the Comrade Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, is going about tackling unemployment in the state. We see it as his acknowledgement of the fact that Edo is a civil service state with very limited employment opportunities. In reality, the state almost completely lacks industries and companies that can provide employment for our teeming population.
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Police check points resurface on our roads -News
That na True!
Abi dat oga I.G. order, make dem dismantle all check-points dat time no dey again?
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