2015-09-28 Nigeria Health

Leadership Newspapers   

PMB Urges World Leaders To Intensify Fight Against HIV/AIDS   
Leadership Newspapers
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged world leaders to intensify the fights of the governments against HIV/AIDS, saying that this would help the world to eradicate the deadly disease. Addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit ...

2015-09-28 Nigeria Science

The Eagle Online   

Lagos, Abuja, other cities set to witness lunar eclipse on Monday, + time   
The Eagle Online
Lagos, Abuja and several other cities in the country are set to witness lunar eclipse beginning in the wee hours of September 28. According to available information, the lunar eclipse will start at 2:07am. This will be with a partial eclipse. The ...
Nigeria: Watch out for Lunar eclipse early Monday   The News
5-hour lunar eclipse in Nigeria starts on Monday – NASRDA   Naija247news

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Bloomberg   

Pope Scolds World Leaders on Global Economy, Climate Change   
Bloomberg
A humble yet forceful Pope Francis denounced a global economy "guided only by ambition for wealth and power," which harms the weak and the planet, calling upon an array of world leaders to set aside partisan and ideological interests in the name of "a ...

2015-09-28 Nigeria Sports

Vanguard   

Afrobasket Women Championship: D'Tigress blow out Guinea 100 – 47   
Vanguard
Nigeria didn't really break a sweat blowing out lowly Guinea in Sunday's only game of AfroBasket Women 2015 in Yaounde, Cameroon. ON TARGET: D'Tigress foward, Adaora Elonu shoots during the match against Guinea yesterday. Although coach Scott ...

2015-09-28 Nigeria Entertainment

Information Nigeria   

Don Jazzy Ignores D'banj On Stage   
Information Nigeria
D'banj as a singer and Don Jazzy the producer used to be the perfect team as the honchos of Mo'hits Records. But like a bolt from the blue, their hitherto smooth relationship collapsed in 2012 like a pack of badly arranged cards.
Mavins Boss, Don Jazzy, Ignores D'banj On Stage   Trends
Photos: D'banj, Wizkid, Burna Boy enjoy Star Radler at 2Face #Fortyfied Concert   Vanguard
D'Banj bounces back with Frosh video featuring Akon   The Nation Newspaper
Daily Times Nigeria   
ynaija   
Leadership Newspapers   
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Vanguard   

'AMAA': Iyabo Ojo, Odunade Adekola, Kunle Afolayan, others arrive in South ...   
Pulse Nigeria
Africa Movie Awards Academy is the platform that projects African movies to Africans and the world at large. It celebrates outstanding artistry performances annually. Published: 26.09.2015; Amaka Inyese. Print; eMail. search. Image ...

2015-09-28 Nigeria Technology

ABC Online   

Volkswagen picks company veteran to tackle emissions crisis   
Daily Times
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen named company veteran Matthias Mueller as its chief executive on Friday as the German carmaker struggles to get to grips with a crisis over rigged diesel emission tests that its chairman called "a moral and political disaster.".
VW's Pitch to Americans Relied on Fun and Fantasy   New York Times
Volkswagen Staff, Supplier Warned of Emissions Test Cheating Years Ago: Reports   NDTV
Volkswagen 'was warned about pollution-cheating software eight years ago'   Irish Independent
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
Irish Examiner   
The Guardian   
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AskMen   

Apple could be in trouble in Russia for its same-sex emojis   
Digital Trends
Police officials in a region of Russia are investigating Apple on charges that the company is promoting “homosexual propaganda” with its emojis depicting same-sex couples and parents on iOS. Local police in Russia's Kirov region opened their inquiry ...
Russian Police Investigate Apple Over Gay Emojis   treeangle.co.id (subscription)
Russian police investigating Apple's same-sex couple emojis   TG Daily (blog)
Russia Investigating Apple For Same-Sex Emojis   iDigitalTimes.com
AskMen   
Gay Times Magazine   
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Brilliant! RePhone lets you turn anything into a phone   
Pulse Nigeria
There's also a version that includes a little case and all the modules. It's just like getting a tiny unlocked phone for under $50. Published: 27.09.2015; Folarin Okunola. Print; eMail · The RePhone Kit play. The RePhone Kit. (techcrunch). RePhone kit ...
Rephone lets you hack a cellular radio into anything   OS News

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Digital Trends   

Uber: Tech giant launches new prepaid service called UberEVENTS   
Pulse Nigeria
Uber is launching the service first in New York so that all the event hosts can purchase rides in the form of guest passes, ahead of time for attendees. Published: 27.09.2015; Folarin Okunola. Print; eMail · UberEVENTS will let event organisers order ...
UberEVENTS Provides An Excellent Opportunity for Bitcoin and Blockchain ...   Bitcoinist.net
UberEvents lets you give your guests a free ride to the party   Digital Trends
UberEVENTS now allows hassle free commute for guests attending an event   Gizbot
Tech Cocktail   
Engadget   
Jewish Business News   
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The Indian Express   

PM Modi meets Sundar Pichai, Larry Page; Google to provide WiFi at 500 railway ...   
The Indian Express
Pichai also announced that Google will launch an Android next month enabling users to type in 11 Indian languages, including Modi's mother tongue Gujarati. Google +. Comments. By: PTI | San Jose | Updated: September 28, 2015 8:46 am. narendra modi ...

2015-09-28 Nigeria Business

Vanguard   

NNPC not broke, despite huge debts – Kachikwu   
Vanguard
LAGOS—The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said, weekend, that despite losing N230billion annually from marketing and refining operations, the Corporation was not broke. It also disclosed that it owes over $6billion in cash call arrears.
PPMC accounts for 200bn loss in NNPC operations yearly – Kachikwu   National Mirror
Open letter to Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachukwu, Group MD, NNPC   Daily Sun
NNPC loses N250bn yearly through PPMC –GMD   The Punch
Leadership Newspapers   
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)   
WorldStage   
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Vanguard   

Nigerian economy heading for recession   
Vanguard
On August 31, 2015 in this column, we warned the nation that in the absence of a fiscal policy, the economy is heading toward recession. Last Tuesday, the CBN Monetary Policy Committee warned also that the economy is sliding toward recession.
Appointment of turnaround managers, revival plans seen as antidotes to recession   BusinessDay
Economy already in recession, TUC tells CBN governor   The Punch
The economy, the economy   The Nation Newspaper
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)   
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Vanguard   

Ahead of October 31 deadline: 32m account holders yet to register for BVN   
Vanguard
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that 32 million active bank accounts have yet to be enrolled on the Biometric Verification Number (BVN). In a statement in Abuja weekend, Alhaji Mu'azu Ibrahim, CBN Director, Corporate Communications, said ...

2015-09-28 Nigeria World

NBCNews.com   

Catalonian Secessionists Win Landmark Victory in Spain   
NBCNews.com
Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain's northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation won a landmark vote Sunday by capturing a regional parliamentary majority, setting up a possible showdown over independence ...

2015-09-28 Nigeria Africa

Vanguard   

Ambode vows to improve on Fashola's urban renewal   
Vanguard
Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, weekend assured Lagosians that he would fulfil his electoral promises, especially in the area of infrastructural renewal. The governor, who spoke at the 2015 Ojude Oba Epe Festival held at the Epe ...

2015-09-28 Nigeria Nigeria

Vanguard   

Buhari still paying lip service to anti-graft war — Braithwaite   
Vanguard
SECOND Republic Politician, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite is not happy over the deep rot in the polity occasioned by mindless graft especially among the leadership class. This was the reason he made eradication of corruption (clearing rats, mosquitoes and ...