Airlines Demand Open Borders As Flights Begin
All appears set for the partial opening of the international airspace to commercial flight services tomorrow after…
Yearly Archives
2020
Only 4 International Flights Allowed Daily In Nigeria
The federal government has said that it will allow only four international flights into the country a day, that is…
African Countries Aim To Procure 220m COVID-19 Vaccine
All 54 countries on the continent have expressed interest in COVAX, a global initiative which is co-led by the…
Fuel, Electricity Price Hike: Get Set for Nigeria’s Break Up — Primate Ayodele
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has reacted to the recent increment in…
Pentagon Says It Will Stick With Microsoft For $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract
The Pentagon said Friday it will stick with Microsoft for a major cloud contract that has been disputed in court…
Tesla Falls After S&P 500 Adds Etsy And Two Others, Bypassing Carmaker
Shares of Tesla dropped more than 7% after hours on Friday after the S&P 500 Index Committee decided to move…
Sanusi: Naira Devaluation Will Continue Unless Nigeria’s Imports Reduces
Muhammed Sanusi, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the devaluation of the naira will…
Coronavirus Updates: NY Keeps Infection Rate Below 1%; Labor Day Weekend Sets…
With Labor Day weekend approaching, top U.S. health officials are pleading with the American public to maintain…
Tech Giants Are The ‘Winners’ Of The Coronavirus Crisis And Should Pay More Tax
Big Tech has to pay a “fair amount” of taxes in Europe, especially as they are the “real winners” of the…
NAFDAC Warns Against Using Covifor Remidesivir Injection
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the general public not to use…
Softbank Identified As The ‘Nasdaq Whale’ That Bought Billions In Stock Options,…
Japan’s SoftBank was reportedly the “Nasdaq whale,” that bought billions of dollars in individual stock options in…
Key Coronavirus Forecast Predicts Over 410,000 Total U.S. Deaths By Jan. 1: ‘The…
The U.S. will top more than 410,000 Covid-19 deaths by the end of the year as the country heads into the fall and…
Pence Says White House, Congress Have Reached Agreement To Avoid Shutdown Without…
The Trump administration and Congress have agreed to pass a bill to avoid a government shutdown without tying…
UK Court Gives Nigeria More Time To Appeal In $10 Billion Disput
A London court on Friday gave Nigeria more time to appeal in a $10 billion arbitration case, although the…
Second $1,200 Stimulus Checks Are Still On The Table Despite Stalemate. Here’s…
Millions of Americans who are eagerly waiting for a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks may be relieved to know…
Nigeria Sells Dollars To Ease Backlog Trapping Foreign Funds
The Nigerian central bank has started to sell dollars to clear a backlog of demand for the greenback that has kept…
UK Transport And Warehouse Chiefs Warn Of ‘Severe’ Brexit Border…
Britain’s freight and logistics chiefs are demanding “urgent” talks with the UK government over Brexit border…
Virgin Atlantic Expands Network
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it would be adding five additional services from September 1, 2020 onwards.…
FX Turnover Spikes 140% At NAFEX Market As CBN Moves To Clear Backlog Of Demand
FX Turnover at the NAFEX market rose 140% to $92.1 million on Thursday as liquidity poured into the official…
Sterling To Weaken By End-Year Before Regaining Lost Ground
Sterling will lose some of its recent gains against a weaker dollar as year-end approaches, hurt by Brexit…
Customs Rates Border Closure Successful
One year after the nation’s borders with her neighbours were shut under the aegis of a joint military and…
CBN Forex Policy: Why Manufacturers Are Protesting
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has removed third parties or middlemen from its Secondary Market Intervention…
Forex: CBN Sold $500m, Speculators Set To Count Losses
Central Bank of Nigeria CBN sold about $500 million to foreign investors on the spot and forward market to gauge…
Nigeria: Ogun, Lagos Seek To Take Over Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Road From FG
The Ogun State Government has approached the Federal Government to request for authorisation to rehabilitate,…
Stock Market Sell-Off: Four Market Analysts Explain The Move
Stocks ended sharply lower Thursday with momentum tech shares including Apple leading the sell-off.
Four market…
Twitter Slaps Warning Labels On Trump Tweets That Suggest Voting Twice
Twitter on Thursday slapped warning labels on several of President Donald Trump’s posts, suggesting the messages…
France Unleashes 100 Bln Euro Stimulus To Revive Economy
The French government detailed on Thursday its 100 billion euro ($118.3 billion) stimulus plan to erase the…
Taco Bell Removes Mexican Pizza And Other Items As It Finishes Menu Streamlining
Taco Bell announced a second wave of menu cuts after it concluded a review of its food and beverage offerings.…
Nationwide Curfew Now Midnight To 4 Am
The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF) has relaxed the nationwide curfew to run from midnight (12 am) to 4am.…
Judge Orders Trump Organization To Court For Fight Over NY Attorney General…
A New York judge has ordered lawyers for President Donald Trump’s company and his son Eric to court later in…