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You Can Retire Comfortably If...
By AMADASUN ESE
For many, retirement is not a word to think of until they are a few years or months to retirement. For quite a number too, they never really get to think about it since retirement is slammed on them by the employer, even before they have considered putting it in their scheme of things.
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Pays Tribute
To Late Zambian President
LUSAKA- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has paid a glowing tribute to the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, his arch-critic, for his “courage” and “frankness,” state radio reported on Wednesday.
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Somali Insurgents Vow More Attacks During Ramadan
MOGADISHU - Mortar shells slammed into Somalia’s capital yesterday as insurgents vowed to intensify attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Tsvangarai Says New Talks Unlikely Soon
HARARE - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said power-sharing negotiations have broken down and are unlikely to resume soon, South Africa’s Talk Radio 702 reported yesterday.
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Venezuelan President Leaves S/Africa After Energy Deal
JOHANNESBURG - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has left South Africa after inking a raft of energy agreements with Pretoria, a senior government spokesman said yesterday.
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Bush Backs McCain For President
ST. PAUL-President George W Bush has praised John McCain’s service and leadership in a speech to the Republican convention. .
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Lieberman Calls Obama Young, Untested
ST. PAUL - Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick eight years ago, on Tuesday criticized his former party’s nominee as an untested candidate unwilling to challenge powerful interest groups as both Republican John McCain and one-time Democratic President Clinton have done.
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Bursary: Edo govt spends N196m
BENIN CITY- Edo State Government has said that a total sum of N196 million is involved in the payment of bursary to final year students of the state in tertiary institutions of learning and for the enrolment of secondary students for external examinations..
Forest revenue agents disbanded in Edo
BENIN CITY- Edo State Government has disbanded all forest revenue collecting agents other than the Task Force on Forestry or staff of Forestry Department in the Ministry of Environment and Transport.
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Eliminate quackery, HOS enjoins doctors
BENIN CITY- The Head of Service, Edo State, Dr. Simon Imuekemhe has advised members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to rise up to the challenge of eliminating quacks and quackery from the medical profession.
V-P presides over FEC second time
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PRESENTATION: Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Imasuen presenting cash to a student of Western Boys High School, Master Ozonn Pascal being payment for examination enrolment for secondary school students in Edo South Senatorial District, held at Imaguero College, Benin City on Tuesday. Photo: JAMES OMOREBOKHAI.
Imasuen Commends outgoing Corps members
BENIN CITY – Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Imasuen, has commended the 2007/2008 outgoing Batch B Corps members who served in Government House for their intelligence and hard work during the service year.
Ebo Community condemns action of Football Club
By ROLAND OSAKUE
BENIN CITY - The inhabitants of Ebo Community, Iyekogba, Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State are now ready for a showdown with members of the Christen Football Club over the alleged destruction of their property worth thousands of naira in the area.
Lagos - In anticipation of the return to duty of the suspended Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Wema Bank, Mr. Adebisi Omoyeni, workers of the bank embarked on a peaceful protest, on Monday vowing not to allow him access into the premises. The acting chief executive, Mr. John Aboh, has been formally sent off after completing his job which was to stabilise the ailing bank.
Gov’s Wife Harps On Women Eco Empowerment
IBADAN- Mrs. Kemi Alao-Akala, Wife of Governor. Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State, has called for women empowerment for self-realisation and the benefit of the society.
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Ministers Tackle
Energy Crisis
LAGOS- The Ministers of Energy in ECOWAS member countries have adopted measures to address the energy crisis in the West African sub-region.
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Unionist Advocates strict Penalty For Labour Laws Flouters
LAGOS- A union leader, Mr. Martin Akinyanju, has urged the Federal Government to close any company flouting the country’s labour laws. Akinyanju, General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers spoke to newsmen in Lagos on the problem posed by ‘casualisation’.
He said that government should come up with policies to check engagement of casual workers.
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Rice Importers Aid Smuggling
KATSINA- Following the suspension of duty on imported rice, smugglers in Katsina State now hide under the policy to smuggle in other goods.
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Ijebu-East Woos
Investors
ABUJA - Ijebu-East Local Government of Ogun is willing to allocate up to 50 hectares free of charge as an incentive to investors willing to invest in the area.
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Nigeria: Helping Innovative Small And Medium Entreprenuers To Grow
By MICHAEL A. ODIGBE
Since 1992 when the Federal Government decided to introduce the Technology Incubation Centre initiative in Nigeria, small and medium scale innovative entrepreneurs have been heaving a sigh of relief. A year later, borrowing from the experiences of China, India, Taiwan, Japan and Britain, the Federal Government established three experimental Technology Incubation Centres at Lagos, Aba and Kano in the country to harness the vast untapped potentials of this category of innovative entrepreneurs.
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Benin Bronze Works
By ENOLOUIS ENOBAKHARE
“The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going”, Bronze is a copper — tin alloy with or without addition to lesser amount of other elements, one of which may be zinc. Bronze could also be a copper base alloy containing one of several metals other than tin or zinc as major alloying elements.
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Bakassi Resettlement Programme:
A Re-Appraisal
AFTER all the pangs of emotions, pains and passion associated with the ceding of Bakassi and the final handover of the Peninsula to Cameroon on August 14, 2008, the dust and storm gradually settles and what remains are the shrapnes of the loss of a territory.
HOWEVER, the problem at home is that of relocating the displaced people of Bakassi who are yet to be fully resettled and this is the biggest task yet ever to be faced by a Nigerian government since the civil war when all efforts were only geared towards internal resettling, rehabilitating and rebuilding homes of victims of the war but not that of relocating or dispersing the people.
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KADUNA SACKS 250 TEACHERS
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My God!
How them say make these people come dey survive now wey food don dear well-well?
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