Apple Will Finally Sell Apple Watches To People Without iPhones, Offering A New…
In the five years since the Apple Watch first went on sale, it’s always been an iPhone accessory. But on Tuesday,…
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2020
Peloton Thinks It Can Grow To 100 Million Subscribers. Here’s How
Peloton just had a breakout quarter, as sales of its high-tech bikes skyrocketed, and its subscriber base surged at…
The Coronavirus Has Killed At Least 121 Young People In The U.S., Mostly…
Covid-19 has killed at least 121 people under 21 years old across the U.S., nearly two-thirds of whom were Black…
At Least 24 Million Students Could Drop Out Of School Due To The Coronavirus…
The disruption to schools caused by the coronavirus pandemic constitutes a “global education emergency” that…
Peloton CEO On Apple Launching A Workout Service: ‘It’s Quite A Legitimization Of…
Peloton CEO John Foley said Tuesday that Apple launching a fitness platform is a “legitimization” of this type of…
Kraft Heinz Looks To Revamp Oscar Mayer Brand, Cut 20% Of Products, As It Rethinks…
As Kraft Heinz tries to make its new customers stick around after the coronavirus pandemic, the company is…
Backup driver in fatal Arizona Uber self-driving car crash charged with negligent…
Approval of Oracle’s deal to become a “trusted technology provider” for ByteDance’s TikTok will be announced on…
CBN Allows Banks To Pay Winnings, Salaries For 7 Banned Betting & Gaming…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has given some commercial banks instructions to allow betting and gaming companies…
Snowflake Prices IPO Above Increased Range, Implying Initial Market Cap Of $33.3…
Snowflake, a provider of cloud-based data storage and analysis software, priced its IPO above its increased range…
There May Not Be Enough Coronavirus Vaccine Doses To Quickly Supply The World,…
While the world can likely expect an approved Covid-19 vaccine by early next year, it’s not clear whether the…
Forex Strapped Nigeria Designates Crypto Assets As Securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria has designated crypto assets as securities as the…
Nigeria Spends N1.1trn To Service Foreign Debt In Q2’20
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said Nigeria spent $287 million, about N1.1 trillion, to service…
Buhari Expresses Optimism on Quick Economic Recovery
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism on the capacity of the Nigerian economy to rebound strongly in…
FG To Repatriate Nigerian Refugees In Niger Republic
The Federal Government has assured Nigerian refugees in Diffa in the Republic of Niger that arrangements are…
Uber, Bolt Drivers Protest Management’s ‘Poor Attitude To Welfare’
Emeka Emerole, chairman of the Abuja chapter of the National Union of e-hailing Drivers Association, said the…
Osinbajo Attends ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit In Ghana
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Accra, Ghana, to attend an Extraordinary Summit of…
CBN Unveils Family Homes Financing Initiative Implementation Framework
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, unveiled a framework for implementation of family homes financing…
Bandits Target Nigeria’s Farmers And Threaten Food Security
Just before the start of crop planting in May, Abdullahi Hassan Wagini visited a neighbor’s farm in northern…
Nigerian Banks Seen Adding Fuel To Kenya’s Deal-Making Frenzy
Nigerian banks seeking to escape the malaise gripping Africa’s biggest economy could find refuge by expanding in…
Pound Traders See Opportunity In U.K.-EU Brexit Dispute
Pound traders betting the U.K. and European Union are bluffing in their latest Brexit dispute are set for a…
Conversion Of Cars To Gas Fuelling Begins In October, Says Sylva
BY next month, the Federal Government will commence the conversion of cars and generating plants for gas fuelling.…
OPay And WorldRemit Partner To Offer International Mobile Money Transfer Service
Nigerian financial service technology company, OPay has announced a partnership with leading global digital…
Nigeria’s SEC Recognises Cryptocurrencies As Securities
Crypto assets have been defined as securities “unless proven otherwise”
Nigeria takes another step forward in…
Nigeria Must Lift Bank Loans To Agricultural Sector To 10% Of Total In 4 Years…
Nigeria needs to more than double the proportion of bank loans it makes to the agricultural sector to 10% within…
Moody’s Changes Global Oil Exploration, Production Outlook To Stable
The outlook for the global exploration & production (E&P) sector has been changed to stable from negative,…
UPDATE 2-IEA Says Oil Demand Recovery Set To Slow For Rest Of 2020
The International Energy Agency (IEA) trimmed its 2020 oil demand forecast on Tuesday, citing caution about the…
Nigeria’s Inflation For August Highest In 28 Months
Nigeria's inflation rate rose further to 13.22 per cent in August, the highest in 28 months, as a result of the…
Some Airlines Are Introducing ‘Flights To Nowhere’ — And People Are Paying To Take…
Singapore Airlines is said to be considering a new route next month — what media reports are calling a “flight to…
COVID-19 Has Set Global Health Progress Back Decades: Gates Foundation
The knock-on effects of the coronavirus pandemic have halted and reversed global health progress, setting it back…
General Motors To Unveil Hummer EV Pickup With ‘Crab Mode’ In October
General Motors will reveal the GMC Hummer EV – its first all-electric pickup – in October, roughly a year ahead of…