2015-09-16 Nigeria Health

Vanguard   

20m Nigerians infected with hepatitis virus — Expert   
Vanguard
Bauchi—No fewer than 20 million people are infected with Hepatitis virus in Nigeria, Bauchi-based Gastroenterologist of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Dr Mustapha Umar, has said. Statistics by experts show that by2040, Nigeria's ...

2015-09-16 Nigeria Science

NAIJ.COM   

NASA: Nuclear Bombs Could Save Earth From Killer Asteroids   
NAIJ.COM
NASA prepares for real-life Armageddon! Now the space agency and the National Nuclear Security Administration are working together on the possibility of destroying hazardous asteroids using nuclear weapons. According to scientists, there are around one ...

2015-09-16 Nigeria Sports

Vanguard   

D'Tigress overrun Gabon to advance to semi-finals   
Vanguard
Adaora Elonu scored 22 points and scooped eight rebounds to pivot the D'Tigress to a 73-65 defeat of Gabon on Tuesday in Brazzaville at the ongoing 11th African Games. The victory ensured the National female basketball team advanced into Thursday's ...

2015-09-16 Nigeria Entertainment

Bella Naija   

FASHION! Exclusive runway photos from the Aquafina Elite Model Look 2015   
Nigerian Entertainment Today
The models look fabulous on the runway. What do you thing? Photo: Ibrahim Tiamiyu for ID Africa. The 2015 Aquafina Elite Model Look competition held on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. If you missed it ...
Fab Photos From The Aquafina Elite Model Look 2015 Blue Carpet   360Nobs.com
Meet Nigerian male model who walks Milan, Paris runways   Vanguard
Meet The 1st Nigerian Male Model to Walk The Runways of Milan and Paris (Photos)   Nigerian Bulletin
Bella Naija   
Pulse Nigeria   
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The Star   

2face Idibia: I nearly died at 26   
The Star
ONE of Nigeria's greatest musicians, 2face Idibia, has revealed that he nearly died when he was 26. The singer-songwriter and record producer was in Kenya recently for the third season of TV music show Coke Studio. He has told NET that he was almost ...

2015-09-16 Nigeria Technology

Engadget   

Bank of America adds fingerprint logins to its Android and iOS apps   
Engadget
One of the most anticipated features arriving with Android's Marshmallow OS update is the new fingerprint reader capability. And while Marshmallow won't go live until the end of the year, a number of companies are already gearing up with fingerprint ...
BofA announces latest updates to online, mobile banking   Charlotte Observer (blog)
Fingerprint security is finally coming to Android apps   The Verge
Bank Of America Apps For Android And iOS Now Support Fingerprint Sign-In   Ubergizmo
ValueWalk   
MarketWatch   
LowCards.com   
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The Nation Newspaper   

Dstv...please stop disrespecting me in such times please.   
News24
"A person will remain the same until the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of change." This quote mocked me as I (with much less effort than I thought it would take) took the first step to connecting my Wii console to the internet! I ...
Hoolee hits the screen Dec 1   The Nation Newspaper

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Daily Times   

New headphone plays music through your skull   
Daily Times
The frustrations of having to unravel your headphones after they've been in a bag all day will soon be a thing of past. Designers have developed a headband that sits on the rear of the skull and uses bone conduction to play music directly into your ...
Batband headphones: an “ear-free” audio headband   SlashGear
Knot anymore! Futuristic 'Batband' headphones play music through the skull   RT
Forget Headphones, You Can Listen To Music Through Your Skull Now   UPROXX
Medical Daily   
Ultimate-Guitar.Com   
Pulse Nigeria   
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TIME   

Facebook Is Finally Making a 'Dislike' Button   
TIME
Brace yourselves: the Facebook “Dislike” button is coming. Despite telling the public for a long time that the social network wasn't planning to build a “dislike” button, a counter to its iconic “like” button, Facebook has apparently changed its mind ...
Digits   Wall Street Journal
Facebook testing beyond 'like' button, plans to launch it soon: Zuckerberg   The Indian Express
Facebook ready to test button that goes beyond 'like'   Financial Express
NDTV   
NEWS.com.au   
The Australian   
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Fox News   

Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche going on auction block   
Washington Post
CLEVELAND — Janis Joplin may have longed for a Mercedes-Benz, but she actually drove a Porsche that's now on its way to the auction block in New York. The singer's wildly painted 1965 Porsche 356C Cabriolet will be auctioned Dec. 10 by RM Sotheby's ...

2015-09-16 Nigeria Business

The Punch   

FG borrows N882bn to finance 2015 budget   
The Punch
Nigeria's economic crisis continues to become worse with the Federal Government borrowing N882.12bn so far to finance the 2015 budget deficit. The amount, sourced internally, included what was budgeted for internal and external borrowing for the fiscal ...

2015-09-16 Nigeria World

The Sun Daily   

Saudi king sanctions Binladin firm over pre-hajj tragedy   
The Sun Daily
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency on Sept 12, 2015 shows Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (2nd R) looking at pilgrims during a tour of the site where a crane fell inside the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy Muslim city of Mecca. AFP.
World Watch: News Digest   Wall Street Journal
The Mecca crane crash and 9/11   The Punch
Saudi king sanctions Binladin firm   Sky News Australia
NBCNews.com   
Arab News   
RT   
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TIME   

Zimbabwe's President Accidentally Delivers The Same Speech Twice In A Month   
TIME
At the opening of Zimbabwe's parliament on Tuesday, President Robert Mugabe spoke on the grim state of the national economy, expressing his hopes that Chinese investment would revitalize things in the struggling southeast African country. If it sounded ...

2015-09-16 Nigeria Africa

Firstpost   

Nobody interrupts Mugabe: Zimbabwe President reads wrong speech in Parliament   
Firstpost
Harare: Zimbabwe's 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament on Tuesday, an error which the main opposition quickly used to question whether Africa's oldest leader was still of a sound mind. Mugabe, the ...

2015-09-16 Nigeria Nigeria

Vanguard   

How Wada beat bookmakers to snatch victory   
Vanguard
Though the result of the Kogi PDP governorship primary may give it out as an easy victory for the incumbent governor, Idris Wada, people in the know are aware of the behind-the-curtains intrigues, which gave victory to the governor. Gov Wada. Shortly ...
Wada pledges to consolidate gains of democracy   National Mirror
Wada Declared Winner Of PDP Primary In Kogi State   CHANNELS TELEVISION
Wada and Audu go to war… again   TheCable
The Punch   
Naija247news   
TV360   
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The Punch   

Assembly set to re-order Lagos budget   
The Punch
The Lagos State House of Assembly has set up an ad hoc committee to look into a request for the re-ordering of N489.69bn 2015 appropriation budget by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, during a plenary of the House on ...