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Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 8:37pm On Nov 12, 2013
jamace: Yes o. I've already contacted mama Ejiro. Just be on stand by. grin


I dey mama Ejiro now o.. cheesy
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 8:36pm On Nov 12, 2013
Aks:
Jamace hardly talk on this forum but as the guy don make so much money, he voiced out ASAP smiley grin

Lol..thank God for transcorp o..or else Oga Jamace nearly go on self imposed exile for sometime..

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Religion / Re: Amazing Facts About The Pope, Roman Catholic Church And The Vatican by Born2beRich1(m): 2:08pm On Nov 11, 2013
Eze Promoe:
The keyword there is christianity.
The Romans enforced their own rules into the catholic doctrines because as at then, they were the world superpowers. But the other protestants who knew the truth refused to be part of the false doctrines spreaded by the Romans, so they broke away.

Is it possible for you to explain more about the protestants you mentioned..i just want to have some more ideas as this thread has opened my eyes to a lot of things.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 10:33pm On Nov 07, 2013
Elai147:

Na wa for all these brokers o... When will this stop in the NSE? Please kindly let us know the name of the stockbroking firm so that those who deal with the same broker can be vigilant and please follow the usual procedure of letting SEC know about this and fight them till the end. We are strongly behind you. Please keep the house posted.


IMO i will suggest the brokers compensate him big time or they should be ready to be suspended permenently/sanctioned by SEC like other defaulting stock brokers of recent..It has happened sometime to me along time ago when i no knw anything for stock market.. cry
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 10:31pm On Nov 07, 2013
Nigeria Stock Exchange:

1. Equity Market Sustains Uptrend on Low Optimism

2. CUSTODYINS records healthy patronage; hits 26-weeks high

3. Hotel Stocks: IKEJAHOTEL, CAPHOTEL & TOURIST records negative returns in 1 Year

4. UNILEVER records moderate revenue growth; DLM recommends SELL

5. NB records 5.3% Sales Increase on Volume Growth; DLM recommends HOLD

6. GTB issues $400m Eurobond at 6.125 percent yield

7. Forte Oil powers investors to 772 percent gain, biggest on NSE shocked

8. Stock Update:Access Bank Plc - Price declines trigger rating reassessment

9. NASCON grows PAT by 0.7% in Q3 '13 result

10. NESF grows profit by 170% in '13 Audited result

11. Twitter's 70 Million-Share IPO Priced at $26 Per Share


Source: @Proshare


Enjoy.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:13pm On Nov 07, 2013
9free:
Bros, you don hammer!!!!
Run sharp sharp go tell SEC. Claim that the stock your broker sold is one of your longest term stocks. That you intend to hold it for 15years or more and your targeted exit price is N100/share.
I say you don hammer!!!!!!


Sharp guy
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:11pm On Nov 07, 2013
petaling:

Sell everything you and put in OandO. This stock will be bullish at no distant time. My [b]girl friend working in stockbrooking firm[/b]told me to do exactly that. But me I dey fear small small.


It is always good to have a sweetheart that gives advise.. wink
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 12:46pm On Nov 06, 2013
9free:
LOL at the bolded.
What of the Tinubu's and OandO? Them too suppose make the Forbes list by year nah..... Why is Oando not at moving at FO speed? Dem too buy Eko Genco nah.....


Oando just dey fall my hand anyhow..see as FO, Conoil and even MRS don waka pass finish..meanwhile oando dey dance makosa for N11 junction.. angry
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 12:44pm On Nov 06, 2013
100ksales.com:
Hello Stockbull and Born2bRich you guys are the best.
Please i have a question.
Do you see courtville as a long term investment or short term?


Thanks sir...Well, IMO i see it as a medium/long term investment... in their Q3 result they were able to grow their PAT by 13.6 % which is close to the believability index forecasted by proshare..

However, please make sure you do your own analysis and visit these websites, www.stockmarketnigeria.com , www.proshareng.com and our very own forum here often..You can always contact ogas like stockbull, Elai, 9free, mercilicious, feelamong, manie, bigx, ihediorama, toluway, ucheson and co for assistance should you need clarifications on equiry research and analysis.

Enjoy.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:58pm On Nov 03, 2013
emmanuel ewumi:


It will show the rights you are entitled to, I edited my personal info on the one posted by me.


Bra emma, wetin do your other nairaland handle? Why create this new one? Anyways i hail u o.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:58pm On Nov 03, 2013
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Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:58pm On Nov 03, 2013
emmanuel ewumi:


It will show the rights you are entitled to, I edited my personal info on the one posted by me.


Bra emma, wetin do your other nairaland handle? Why create this new one? Anyways i hail u o.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:54pm On Nov 03, 2013
9free: E be like say na only me no get UBA CAP for here and SMN.
See money everywhere for their Q3 reports. Why I no discover this company since?
Even @ N2.00 am buying this one. Make money enter my hands first.
Oga Elias and others, unable do me ojoro here ooooo....
We go see for mama Ejiro Bukka.


Bros me too no buy ub cap stock...the time wen i wan buy am something else came up...once i get cash na to join this bus but for now i just dey look ubcap shareholders for here like zoombie.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 10:15pm On Nov 01, 2013
mercylicious: Una see conoil result? Very fantastic. It seems some guys were privy to the info hence the steady increase in price b4 the results were published.


Yep, the result was good.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 10:05pm On Nov 01, 2013
Elai147: Na wa for this Report o... See eps and profit decline... straight to car park


Everything dey negative zone for the report sef..this one is going to meet his brother Japaul for agbero car park.. smiley
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 10:03pm On Nov 01, 2013
Aks: Good morning guys,

This Oando shares is dragging feet, what is the problem? My calculation is that it would be selling @ N13+ by now but keeps going up and down each day


I guess it is picking people up into the bus...Before Nov ending something good suppose to come out of this stock
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:45pm On Nov 01, 2013
Krisuba: D ogas in d houz i hail. Ma hous is on fire! Got almost al d lower bank shares n they keep fallin below cost.is it advisable 2 cut d loss now?


Please let the house know the name of the stocks for proper advise.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:33pm On Nov 01, 2013
mercylicious: Guys, eterna result is out. Plz sumone should help me with the pbt, eps and any info for d result.
I no fit view am now for my fone.


Sorry i saw this late:

Eterna- PBT dropped by -20.8%, PAT dropped by -8.9%..eps dropped by -20.2% while their revenue increased by 128.6%..No bonus or dividend declared.

The way i see this stock, nothing spectacular, however, lets wait for q1,2 and q3 result.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 12:17pm On Oct 30, 2013
Nigeria STock Exchange:

1. Nigeria not broke, but has cash flow problems — FG

2. World Bank ranks Nigeria 122nd best place for business

3. NSE ASI inches up by +0.63% to halt two-day losing streak

4. Skye Bank Plc: Bearish volume surges as Q3’13 bottom-line dips by 12%

5. REDSTAREX declares N214.8m PAT in Q2 '13 result

6. PORTPAINT declares N87.8m PAT in Q3 '13

7. FIDSON declares N381.5m PAT in Q3 '13 result

8. UBCAP declares N1.7b PAT in Q3 '13 result

9. CHAMS declares N614.6m loss in Q3 '13 result

10. IBTC declares N16.1b PAT in Q3 '13 result

11. SKYEBANK declares N11.7b PAT in Q3 '13 result

12. DIAMONDBNK declares N20.1b PAT in Q3 '13 result

13. ACCESS declares N27.6b PAT in Q3 '13 result

14. JBERGER declares N3.8b PAT in Q3 '13 result

15. FIDELITYBK declares N11.1b PAT in Q3 '13 result

16. ALEX declares N91.9m PAT in Q3 '13 result

17. Stanbic's 9M-13 EPS beats market expectations on strong non-interest income

18. ARM retains BUY ratings for Zenith Bank Plc as flat revenues match expectations

19. SKYEBANK Annualised EPS still ahead of expectations despite a weak Q3-13


Source: @proshare


Enjoy.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 6:03pm On Oct 24, 2013
phemmie06: www.nse.com.ng/Financial_NewsDocs/4440_AIICO_INS_PLC_Q1_RESULTS_MARCH2013_FINANCIAL_STATEMENTS_OCTOBER_2013.pdf

AIICO result and NEM result were both delayed but AIICO result was out and also the first quarter result is also out. With this I think something is wrong with NEM result



AIICO Q1 result isnt good..PAT dropped by -38.9%, PBT -33.2% EPS dropped by -38.9%..

No wonder NEM never release result...Hope aiico Q2 will be better.
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 2:37pm On Oct 24, 2013
janykute:
Na dis same Seun get SMN too?


Yep smiley
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 2:23pm On Oct 24, 2013
SMN is still down.. angry

abi seun never pay web admin
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 2:21pm On Oct 24, 2013
joel lala: pls sirs and madam...all d gurus in d house. aiico has just release their q1 result. is it gud or bad.


Negative Q1...Market is already reacting negatively to it..

http://www.nse.com.ng/Financial_NewsDocs/4440_AIICO_INS_PLC_Q1_RESULTS_MARCH2013_FINANCIAL_STATEMENTS_OCTOBER_2013.pdf
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 11:41am On Oct 24, 2013
feelamong:

On Oando.. i will keep wishing my friends good luck!

dont have liver to swim with the sharks! undecided


cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 11:18am On Oct 24, 2013
9free:
Waiting for more people to board the train....


Abeg make dem wait...i dey expect small change to throw into the stock..
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 11:09am On Oct 24, 2013
Na wa o...MRS don join the oil train by currently gaining about 8%..Oando still dey fall persin hand.. sad
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 10:50am On Oct 24, 2013
9free:
Na NEM and Oando bashers cause am........ grin grin grin grin grin grin


Mostly NEM..since two days now dem don dey bash the stock cheesy
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 10:49am On Oct 24, 2013
anyanwu58: Whatsup with SMN today?


Yes SMN is down..i hope seun is aware of this.
Education / ASUU ‘demands N1.5tr’ To End Strike by Born2beRich1(m): 9:20am On Oct 24, 2013
University teachers are asking for N1.5 trillion to return to the classrooms, a senator claimed yesterday.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike for about four months.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, mentioned the figure in his contribution to a motion urging the lecturers to call off their strike.

The motion, sponsored by the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (Cross River Central) and 106 others is titled “Appeal to Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off the strike and return to work”.

Chukwumerije, who read the controversial 2009 agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU, said part of the component of the agreement on funding stipulated that “all regular Federal universities shall require N1.5 trillion for the period 2009 to 2011.

He said ASUU was insisting that the agreement be implemented to the letter.

He said that the agreement also said “this money is to be paid in three installments, 2009 almost N500 billion; 2010 almost N500 billion; 2011 almost N506 billion”.

Besides the N1.5 trillion, the agreement also stipulated that “each state university shall require N3.6 million” while “a minimum of 26 per cent of the annual budget should be allocated to education”.

According to him, the agreement also said that “Education should be put on First Line Charge” and the Education Tax Act should be amended to its original concept as High Education Fund.”

He noted that the agreement said that “Governing Council of Universities should access and effectively utilise the Education Tax Fund for research, training and development of academic staff”.

Other components of the agreement include Salary Structure and earned allowances.

The earned academic staff allowances include: “Post graduate supervision allowances; Teaching practice and industrial allowances; honorarium for external moderation of undergraduate and postgraduate examination system, postgraduate study grants; external assessment of readers or professors, Call duty and clinical duty and hazard allowance and excess workload allowance.”

Other demands include “non salary condition of service, which includes clinical load, car refurbishing, housing loan, research leave, sabbatical leave, sick leave, maternity leave, injury pension, provision of office accommodation and facilities.”

Pension of university academic staff and compulsory retirement age, National Health Insurance Scheme, transfer of landed property, patronage of university services, funds from alumni associations, private sector contributions, cost saving measures, duty free importation of education materials by universities and setting up research development units by companies operating in Nigeria, were also part of the agreement.

Also setting up of budget monitoring committee, University post doctoral fellowship, which says that each university governing council should introduce post doctoral fellowship leave with pay outside Nigeria, Provision for teaching and research, national research funds, University autonomy and academic freedom, membership of governing councils, review of laws that impend university autonomy, academic freedom in terms of accountability and transparency and No Sole Administrators for universities, were included in the agreement..

Chukwumerije said there were in the agreement ambiguities that should have been avoided.

Ndoma-Egba noted that on July 1, ASUU began a strike to protest the failure of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement signed with the union for the proper funding of the universities.

He said for upwards of four months, the strike has paralysed work in universities and rendered students redundant.

He observed that while the Federal Government may have released N100billion for infrastructure development in the universities and N30billion for accumulated allowances of lecturers, the lecturers have rejected the gesture as being grossly inadequate.

The Senate Leader observed that despite several negotiations between the striking lecturers and representatives of the Federal Government coupled with the intervention of prominent Nigerians for the parties to reach a compromise, the strike has persisted.

Ndoma-Egba is worried that “this is one strike too many and the entire education is grinding to a halt, considering that not only is ASUU, the Academic Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) is on strike and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) recently embarked on a seven days warning strike, all separately pressing for demands not unconnected with funding.”

He added that he is disturbed further that “after about four months of fruitless negotiations between the ASUU and the Federal Government over the strike, there are strong indications that the Federal Government may have commenced the implementation of the ‘No Work, No Pay’ rule, a development that may further compound amicable resolution of the dispute.”

He urged the Senate to resolve to appeal to the striking lecturers to suspend the strike and return to work to prevent further devaluation of Nigeria’s educational fortunes.

He prayed the upper chamber to mandate the Committee on Education to continue to liaise with the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, ASUU and all other stakeholders to proffer a lasting solution to strikes in the sector.

He urged the Senate to mandate the Senate President, David Mark to engage President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of ASUU to resolve the crisis.

The three prayers were unanimously adopted.

Mark who summed up senators’ contributions, said: “The essence of this motion is to find a solution and a way forward. I have listened to all those that have spoken so far.

“There are immediate problems that we need to tackle yesterday and some that we need to plead with all the parties involved to give time so that they can sort it out.

“My personal appeal on behalf of the Senate to all the parties involved will be that they try to understand.

“Let us shift ground in our understanding of the problem and find a solution because if all the parties involved just dig in and they say they won’t shift ground, then there will be no solution to it and Nigeria will be worse off for it.

“Whether it is the executive, the legislature or the judiciary or ASUU, not shifting ground is not going to help to find a lasting solution to the problem.

“I want to appeal to ASUU and in fact let me even use the words, I want to beg ASUU on behalf of the Senate that they resume and come back to work.

“They have made a strong case. Their position is obvious now. We can now see the consequences of their action and I think if they extend it beyond this then they will begin to lose public sympathy.

“I will personally beg them if that is the way that they think will help them to get back to work.

“There is no winner, there is no loser in this exercise. As long as the strike continues, nobody will win and everybody will lose.

“So if we look at it from the perspective of saying yes, ASUU will win and the executive will win then we are missing the point completely.

“It is not a question of a winner or a loser, all of us will lose. ASUU will lose, the country will lose and we will lose and we don’t want to find ourselves in that type of situation.

“All of you have spoken very well. It is not a matter of PDP, APC or any other political party. We are all Nigerians and if we don’t build a solid foundation in our education system, we are going to lose at the end of the day.

Mark spoke of research as the pillar of national development, which, in his view, “must be hinged purely on education not on oil, not even on the amount of money that we get.

“Listening to the agreement that was signed by the Federal Government as Comrade Uche Chukwumerije read out, I was really wondering whether this was signed or it was just a proposal.

“But when he concluded, he said it was signed. It only shows the level of people the Executive sent to go and negotiate on their behalf because ab initio, people must be told the truth, what can be accomplished and what cannot be accomplished.

“If a leader says I am going to accomplish this, he is morally bound to honour it. But, even if you decided immediately after that you cannot accomplish it, I think it is only proper for you to go back and start renegotiating.

“But if you prolong it on the basis that you are still going to honour it and you don’t honour it, then it doesn’t portray us in good light.

“This is where the Federal Government ought to call those who were party to this agreement,” the Senate President said.

To him, “ASUU simply took advantage of the ignorance of those who were sent and simply just allowed this agreement to go on because it is obvious that this is going to be very difficult piece of paper to implement”.

Mark added: “They found that those who were sent there simply didn’t know their right from their left and they just went ahead.

“I think that also is not fair because ASUU is an organisation in Nigeria and we are not going to go to another country to implement this piece of paper.

“It was obvious to me as soon as Chukwumerije concluded that this was a difficult thing for them to implement.

“I think in all seriousness we will make this passionate appeal to all the parties involved.”


Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/ASUU-demands-n1-5tr-end-strike/
Investment / Re: Nigerian Stock Exchange Market Pick Alerts by Born2beRich1(m): 9:17am On Oct 24, 2013
Nigeria Stock Exchange:

1. House Summons Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi on Naira Depreciation

2. Stock Market maintains positive posture amid weak breadth

3. Argentina records +98.38% 2013 YTD gains to lead Global Exchanges; NSE ASI makes top three

4. Weak beer volume by Nigeria Breweries remains a drag on EPS growth

5. CONOIL leads peer, tops 1wk performance with an upper breakout

6. CCNN EPS growth tracks ahead of FY-13E expectation

7. UAC-PROP declares N1.9b PAT in Q3 '13

8. Cement Co. of Northern Nigeria Plc declares N1.1 billion PAT in Q3 2013 result

9. CAPOIL declares N36.4m PAT in '12 Audited result.. shocked

10. Nigeria Breweries declares N26.8billion PAT in Q3 '13 result

11. Fitch Affirms 'B-' Rating for ETI Plc; Outlook Stable

12. Sugar producers change strategy following 55% tafiff hike

13. ASUU ‘demands N1.5tr’ to end strike... shocked


Source: @Proshare


Enjoy.
Events / Re: "Aso Ebi" For Patience Jonathan's Mother's Funeral by Born2beRich1(m): 9:04am On Oct 24, 2013
babe_online: Damn Desola you really really dealt with people today! YOU ARE QUEEN!!! kiss

#keepitup#


To be honest, i am really disappointed with what desola posted...Why should you insult a whole tribe because of your sheer hatred to the precidency? I am highly disappointed in the likes of you and anyother person here that supports desola's ill ranting...Desola and co has sproven to me that the yoruba tribe is highly tribalistic...I thought it was a fallacy but i can see things clearly...If the Igbos were the ones doing this sort of ranting, the MODS would have banned all of them by now, but here we still have her own post of bigotry visible to all..No wonder the western world makes a mokery of this great country when we still have people like this that has hatred for her fellow citizens..

Blaming GEJ for nigeria's problem is not only backwards but also senseless...Was GEJ in power when Nigeria was hitting the rocks? What did the past presidents of Nigeria with the Likes of IBB, OBJ, Abubakar, ABacha etc do to move this country forward?

We should learn to show our fellow brothers/sisters love instead of this headless tribalism..As for desola, you said that the ijaws are useless, but can the yoruba tribe there live without them? There are so many yoruba, igbos and even hausas that are benefitting from the oil in that region and you call them useless...Can the yoruba tribe stand alone without Hausas, Igbos, and the Niger deltans??

To be honest anybody that will take you as a wife should be ready for war because you have displayed total insubordination and lack of respect for others.

Lets stop this senseless tribalism and think of how we can become one and move this country forward.

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Events / Re: "Aso Ebi" For Patience Jonathan's Mother's Funeral by Born2beRich1(m): 8:48am On Oct 24, 2013
babe_online: Damn Desola you really really dealt with people today! YOU ARE QUEEN!!! kiss

#keepitup#


To be honest, i am really disappointed with what desola posted...Why should you insult a whole tribe because of your sheer hatred to the precidency? I am highly disappointed in the likes of you and anyother person here that supports desola's ill ranting...Desola and co has sproven to me that the yoruba tribe is highly tribalistic...I thought it was a fallacy but i can see things clearly...If the Igbos were the ones doing this sort of ranting, the MODS would have banned all of them by now, but here we still have her own post of bigotry visible to all..No wonder the western world makes a mokery of this great country when we still have people like this that has hatred for her fellow citizens..

Blaming GEJ for nigeria's problem is not only backwards but also senseless...Was GEJ in power when Nigeria was hitting the rocks? What did the past presidents of Nigeria with the Likes of IBB, OBJ, Abubakar, ABacha etc do to move this country forward?

We should learn to show our fellow brothers/sisters love instead of this headless tribalism..As for desola, you said that the ijaws are useless, but can the yoruba tribe there live without them? There are so many yoruba, igbos and even hausas that are benefitting from the oil in that region and you call them useless...Can the yoruba tribe stand alone without Hausas, Igbos, and the Niger deltans??

To be honest anybody that will take you as a wife should be ready for war because you have displayed total insubordination and lack of respect for others.

Lets stop this senseless tribalism and think of how we can become one and move this country forward.

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