Nigerians No Longer Interested In Watching Nollywood Movies Cinema As Foreign Movies Take Over Exclusive report by Pulse NG Despite spending a lot of money at the cinemas, only a small fraction went to local films. The figures released by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) for February 2019
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Foreign investors trade N1.22tr on equities
Foreign portfolio investors traded about N1.22 trillion on Nigerian equities last year, a marginal percentage point increase on about N1.21 trillion traded by foreign investors the previous year. A full-year Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) report obtained at the weekend from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) indicated that foreign portfolio investors overtook Nigerian investors as the […] …
Nigerian Men Treat Foreign Women, Wives Better In Marriage Than They Would Treat Fellow Nigerian Women
Nigerian Men Are More Romantic When They Marry Foreigners, They Treat Them Better Than They Would Treat Fellow Nigerian Women Here is an interesting input by a commentator on how Nigerian treat foreign wives better than their fellow Nigerian women. “When Nigerian men marry a foreigner (African American, Caucasian etc),
Optometrists call for establishment of eye test centre at FRSC units
THE Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA) on Monday called on the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to set up Eye Test Departments at all FRSC Command Units. The Chairman of NOA in Anambra, Dr Chigozie Umeh, gave […]
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Lawmaker loses $753,456, car, land in money-doubling scam
An unidentified Kenyan lawmaker has been revealed as one of the victims of a money-doubling scam, that was busted by police on Monday. According to Musa Yego, the head of the police team that arrested the money-doubling syndicate, the Member of Parliament was among eight Kenyans, who were duped hundreds of millions. The money-doubling syndicate was […] …
Teen killed as violence hits Sierra Leone bye-election
Violent clashes erupted during a local bye-election in Sierra Leone leaving a teenager dead and prompting the cancellation of the ballot, police and election officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday at a polling station in a school in the northern Kambia district, where a ballot box was destroyed, sparking an altercation between […] …
Cameroon imposes curfew in anglophone region ahead of ‘independence’ anniversary
Cameroon imposed a 48-hour curfew on its English-speaking regions a day ahead of the one-year anniversary of a symbolic “independence” declaration by anglophone separatists, officials said on Sunday. The anniversary on Monday will kick off a crucial week for the country which heads to the polls next Sunday to vote in an election that anglophone […] …
Mass burials to begin as Indonesia tsunami death toll reaches 832
The death toll from Indonesia’s quake and tsunami disaster nearly doubled to 832 on Sunday and was expected to rise further, prompting authorities to announce mass burials in a desperate attempt to stave off disease. As shattered survivors scoured make-shift morgues for loved ones, and authorities struggled to dig out the living or assess the […] …
Niger to reintroduce tax on international calls
Niger is to reintroduce a tax on international calls in 2019, accusing telecom companies of failing to honour commitments to improve services, a parliamentary source said, The tax, dropped earlier this year, has been resurrected in the provisional 2019 budget, a member of the parliament’s economic affairs committee told AFP. It will be set at 50 […] …
BREAKING: One dies as Morocco navy opens fire on migrant boat
Moroccan naval forces on Tuesday fired on a boat carrying migrants which refused to respond to its orders, leaving one person dead and three wounded, local officials said. The patrol was “forced” to open fire on a powerboat driven by a Spaniard who “refused to obey” orders in waters off the Moroccan locality of M’diq-Fnideq, […] …