Why The Netherlands Pay Its Disabled Citizens To Have Sex With Prostitutes!
The Dutch government hands out money for school, housing, medical needs, even hookers! That’s right….government-funded booty calls….up to 12 times a…
Day: March 5, 2021
Crude Oil Hits $68 As Goldman Sachs Projects Prices May Rise To $80 By Q3
The price of Brent crude, against which Nigeria’s crude oil is priced, has risen to $68.03 per barrel following the…
FTSE Russell To Drop Xiaomi, Luokung From Indexes On U.S. Order; Scraps AMEC Inclusion
Global index publisher FTSE Russell will drop Xiaomi and another high-tech firm from global and Chinese indexes, it said on…
Petrol Queues Abate As More Stations Resume Operations
The queues for petrol in Abuja and neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger reduced on Thursday as more retail outlets dispensed the…
JAMB Plans N6bn Head Office In Abuja
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board plans to build a new headquarters in the Central Area of the Federal Capital…
Manufacturing Firms Borrowed N570bn From Banks In 2020 – CBN
Manufacturing firms borrowed a total of N570bn from Nigerian banks last year amid the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
How Cryptocurrency Trading Keeps Nigerians Engaged
Nigerians have continued to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its directive to banks to stop the provision of…
Oil Soars Above $67, Nigeria Earns Additional N318bn/Month
Nigeria may have earned over N318bn additionally in February as a result of the increase in crude oil price in…
US Companies Plan $2.37Bn Investments In Nigeria
United States companies in Nigeria plan to invest over $2.37bn in Nigeria in the next three years, according to a…
A New Era Of Volatility Begins, But Tech Inflows Continue: BofA
Investors poured billions of dollars into high-flying stocks even as the ongoing bond market rout led to sharp losses on…
China Outlines Push To Develop Domestic Engine For C919 Jet In Five-Year Plan
China will push forward with the development of CJ1000, a turbofan jet engine designed to power the homemade C919 narrowbody…
China Tells Banks To Scale Back Lending To Contain Financial Bubble Risks: Sources
China’s regulators are telling banks to trim their loan books this year to guard against risks emerging from bubbles in…
Only 9.9% Nigeria Businesses Have Crisis Management Plan — CMC
The global health crisis occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic has thrown up the need for Nigerian businesses to embrace crisis…
Texas Grid Operator Made $16 Billion Price Error During Winter Storm, Watchdog Says
Texas’ power grid operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) made a $16 billion pricing error in the week of…
More German Companies See Worsening International Business In 2021: DIHK
More German companies expect global business conditions to worsen this year than expect improvement, Germany’s DIHK Chambers of Industry and…
Federal Inland Revenue Services Targets N5.9tr Revenue This Year
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has proposed a revenue collection of N5.9 trillion in the 2021 fiscal year. FIRS…
Stock Market Extends Loss By 0.40%
The nation’s bourse extended a negative trend for the third consecutive trading session following sell pressure on Nigerian Breweries, Dangote…
Wealth Managers Frustrated Over Bitcoin, Anxious For Piece Of The Action
Yet Paulsen, chief investment officer for Leuthold Group, which manages $1 billion, cannot own bitcoin in client portfolios due to…
Hours-Long Reading Of Legislation Delays Debate On Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Bill
The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to take up President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, but put off…
China Says Will Deter Taiwan Independence But Seek Peaceful Ties
China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwan’s independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations…
Jay Z’s D’USSÉ 1969 Anniversaire Limited Edition Grande Champagne Cognac To Be Auctioned At Sotheby
The 1969 Anniversaire Edition was launched in 2019 by D’USSÉ and Mr. Carter. The liquid comes from one of the oldest and most storied Cognac houses in France, the prestigious Château de Cognac, under the supervision of one of the world’s greatest authorities on Cognac, Cellar Master Michel Casavecchia.
Credit Suisse Winding Down Greensill-Linked Funds
Credit Suisse is winding down its supply chain finance funds which held most of their roughly $10 billion in notes…
Jay-Z Sells Majority Stake In Tidal To Jack Dorsey’s Square
Both parties confirmed the acquisition in a statement via their respective Twitter handles on Thursday. As part of the deal,…