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European Commission President elect Jean-Claude
Juncker gestures as he addresses the media on the attribution of portfolios to
the Commissioners-designate at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels
on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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1. AMCON SHORTLISTS SEVEN
POTENTIAL BUYERS FOR MAINSTREET BANK
The advisers of the
Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria have reduced the 23 investors lining
up to buy Mainstreet Bank to just seven, with the bad assets manager hoping to
name the successful buyer on October 31.
The successful buyer of
Enterprise Bank, one of the three nationalized banks created after the 2009
banking crisis from the defunct Afribank, Bank PHB and Spring Bank, will also
emerge next week after a year-long rigorous sale process.
The three nationalized
banks created from the failed banks are Enterprise Bank, Mainstreet Bank and
Keystone Bank.
The Managing Director,
AMCON, Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, told our correspondent during an exclusive
interview in Lagos on Tuesday, “The process always starts with a lot of
prospective buyers and AMCON-appointed advisers always do some interactions
with them and we narrow it down based on a number of objective criteria.
2. JAMB BEGINS SALE OF
2015 UTME FORMS SEPT 15
The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the commencement of the sale of 2015
application forms from 15th September and it is expected to usher in the
implementation of full-blown Computer Based Test (CBT) in the 2015 Universal
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
A press release signed by
the registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde said candidates are expected to
start purchasing their forms from Monday, September 15 to Thursday, January 15,
2015.
Professor Ojerinde, who assured
candidates that the board has fine-tuned arrangements with computer based test
(CBT) centres to register prospective UTME candidates, prayed for a
registration error and stress free exercise for candidates.
The JAMB boss recalled
the discovery by the board of cases of impersonation and other malpractices
usually recorded during the registration process by cyber cafes and assured
that the agency has decided to regulate the registration centres to ensure that
the system is malpractice free.
Candidates are to obtain
their application forms at designated banks after which they are to proceed to
any approved CBT centres and register for the examination at a regulated fee.
There are about 300 centres all over the country and staff of the centres have
been trained for this purpose.
3.
APPLE ARE ENGAGING IN MODERN-DAY 'SLAVERY' SAY EXPERTS, AS
HOOKED USERS CLAMOUR FOR £789 iPHONE 6 PLUS 'BECAUSE OF NECESSITY, NOT DESIRE'
An
expert claims Apple’s strategy of rolling out handsets that are slightly better
than the last, is a type of ‘modern day slavery,’ designed to keep iPhone users
hooked - despite the increasing handset costs. Prices for the iPhone 6 handset
start at £539 in the UK, and US$199 on a two-year contract in the US. The
comments come as a US network operator announced an ‘iPhone for Life’ plan that
will offer customers a guaranteed iPhone upgrade every two years - and could be
a much more cost-effective option.
James Hart, Strategy
Director at global media agency Carat, claims Apple’s strategy of rolling out
handsets that are slightly better than the last, is a type of ‘modern day
slavery,’ designed to keep iPhone users hooked - despite the increasing handset
costs. He claims their desire for devices now comes out of 'habit and
necessity'
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