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Senate votes against same-sex marriage by DonColz1(m): 12:05am On Dec 18, 2013
The senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a harmonised Conference Committee report banning same-sex marriage in Nigeria.
Senate President David Mark has therefore called on President Goodluck Jonathan to quickly sign the Bill into law.
Mark said, “We have been under series of attack from different quarters. I think we believe in this Bill. The earlier we sign it into law, the better. We (Nigeria) have many shortcomings, we don’t want to add this one (same-sex marriage) to it”
The Same Sex Bill, 2011 was passed by the Senate on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 and the House of Representatives passed it on Tuesday, July 2, 2013.
However, some differences were noticed in the two versions of the Bill as passed by the two chambers.
This necessitated the setting up of a conference committee in the Senate to reconcile the areas of differences, which appeared essentially in five clauses of the Bill.
Specifically, the Bill passed by the Senate provides for, among others, that a marriage contract or civil union entered into between persons of same sex by virtue of a certificate issued by a foreign country shall be void in Nigeria.
It also says that a marriage or civil union entered into between persons of same sex shall not be solemnized in any place of worship, either Church or Mosque or any other place whatsoever called in Nigeria but that only a marriage contracted between a man and a woman, either under Islamic Law, Customary Law or the Marriage Act, is recognised as valid in Nigeria.
The Bill also provides that persons that entered into a same-sex marriage or civil union contract committed an offence and will be jointly liable on conviction to a term of 14 years imprisonment each.
http://www.punchng.com/news/senate-votes-against-same-sex-marriage-2/

Re: Senate votes against same-sex marriage by investnow2013: 1:25am On Dec 18, 2013
DonColz1: Union Dicon Salt Plc, International Breweries Plc, Lafarge WAPCO Plc, University Press Plc, Cadbury Nig. Plc and N.E.M Insurance Co. (Nig.) Plc were among the stocks that garnered enough investors’ patronage last week to emerge on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE’s top gainers. The rest were Associated Bus Company Plc, ABC, Custodian and Allied Insurance Plc, Airline Services & Logistics Plc, ASL, and Mansard Insurance Plc.
Union Dicon Salt, UDS, led the top performers with 40.12 percent or N2.74 price appreciation to close the week at N9.57 from N6.88. Since the news of take-over of majority interest by CBO Capital Partners in the company hit the market a month ago, it has remained the investors’ toast, featuring consistently on the top gainers list.
By the take-over, CBO Capital, one of the leading investment and project development firms based in Lagos, has been saddled with the responsibility of turning the company’s fortune around. The turnaround programme, according to UDS’s management, is being finalised, while the implementation is due to commence in the first quarter of 2014.
The company is currently concluding a variety of strategic options, for a 2014 capital expenditure, Capex, requirement of N4 billion that will soon be announced. Year-to-date, the share price has risen by 126.78 percent from N4.22 at the beginning of the year to the present market price.
International Breweries Plc’s share price rose by 12.56 percent or N3.00 from N23.88 at the beginning of the week to N26.88. Only about two weeks ago, the Osun State government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the company in order to increase its production chain.
As part of the agreement, the company will invest $40 million to build another factory that would increase the production of the breweries. According to the MoU, the state government will be responsible for the acquisition of land and payment of compensations to the original owners.
Though International Breweries has for a long time been bogged down by streak of losses in its finances, the six months financial statement for September, 2013 indicated that it may have started to breathe fresh air. The company, though, still has to deal with rising cost. The revenue for the period rose by 39.49 percent to N8.628 billion from the previous N6.185 billion.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/top-10-performing-stocks-20/
Re: Senate votes against same-sex marriage by israel007: 7:34am On Dec 18, 2013
Ok good. Some of the senators too would go under the knife should this be implemented. We dey watch!
Re: Senate votes against same-sex marriage by otokx(m): 7:49am On Dec 18, 2013
Proudly Nigerian
Re: Senate votes against same-sex marriage by jmoore(m): 8:03am On Dec 18, 2013
At least sanity is some areas.
Re: Senate votes against same-sex marriage by donphilopus: 9:16am On Dec 18, 2013
invest-now2013:

You just quoted everything, without posting a word Smh

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