WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala Hits Aso Rock For Buhari
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State…
Day: March 15, 2021
Buyers Return But Dubai Real Estate Faces Long Road To Recovery
Fancy working from home in a poolside villa, bathed in year-round sun? Prime Dubai properties have been snapped up in…
Microsoft Could Reap More Than $150 Million In New U.S. Cyber Spending, Upsetting Some Lawmakers
Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for U.S. cybersecurity defenders, sources told Reuters, angering…
Tesla Names Musk ‘Technoking’ In Cryptic Regulatory Filing
Tesla Inc added “Technoking of Tesla” to billionaire Chief Executive Elon Musk’s list of official titles on Monday in a…
Investors Ignoring Geopolitical Risks To Target Undervalued Russian Equities
Russian companies are cashing in on a global equity boom, leveraging growth potential and low valuations as investors largely ignore…
British Airways Calls For Vaccinated People To Travel Without Restrictions
British Airways’s new boss said vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people with a negative…
USSD Disconnection: Emefiele, Pantami, Danbatta Meet Banks, Telcos Today
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Pantami, and the Executive Vice Chairman of…
USA: Bitcoin ATMs Are Coming To A Gas Station Near You
A new feature has appeared at smoke shops in Montana, gas stations in the Carolinas and delis in far-flung corners…
House Of Reps Wants 18-Year-Old Nigerians, Others To Carry Arms
The House of Representatives may soon pass a Bill for Act to permit Nigerians from the age of eighteen to…
Nigeria’s NNPC, Accounting For Unremitted N4 Trillion Funds
A storm of controversy is raging again over the unremitted funds by the revenue-generating public agencies. At a recent…
Nigeria Records 120 New COVID-19 Cases, No Death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said with 120 confirmed new cases of COVID-9, the number of active cases…
Federal Government Of Nigeria Assures Labour No Increase In Fuel Price
The Federal Government has assured the tripartite labour community of the organised labour, organised private sector and indeed all Nigerians that…
Why Federal Government Is Constructing Narrow Gauge On Eastern Rail —Minister
The Federal Government on Sunday explained why it was constructing a narrow gauge railway on the Eastern rail line as…
Equities Suffer Sixth Weekly Loss As Index Slumps Further By 1.74%
Although the stock market closed positive twice, last week, the gains were not enough to push the indices as the…
FIRS N1.4bn Refreshment Budget Reckless, Insensitive –TI, Others
Civil society organisations have condemned the N1.4bn budget for meals and refreshments by the Federal Inland Revenue Service in the…
The Nigerian Insurers Association: Vehicles With Fake Insurance Certificates Hit 9.04 Million
The number of vehicles with fake certificates on Nigerian roads rose to 9.04 million according to latest figures obtained by…
Only Restructuring Will Restore Sanity To Nigeria –Group
A civil society organisation, the Advocates for Freedom and Democracy, has said Nigeria won’t regain its sanity until the restructuring…
Petrol Subsidy To Gulp N102.96bn In March
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation may spend N102.96bn on petrol subsidy this month, going by the recent pricing template for…
Buhari Dragged To Court Over Plans To Borrow N895billion From Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to court over the plans of his government to borrow an estimated N895billion from…
Stockbrokers Want FG To Leverage Capital Market
The Federal Government (FG) has been urged to focus on raising bonds from the capital market to finance revenue-generating projects…
Ex-GTBank MD, Adaramodu Joins Ekiti Guber Race
The former Deputy Managing Director of the Guarantee Trust Bank, Mr. Kayode Adaramodu, has declared intention to contest the Ekiti…
After US Sanctions, Huawei Turns To New Businesses To Boost Sales
Six months after the Trump administration dealt a crushing blow to Huawei Technologies Co.’s smartphone business, the Chinese telecommunications giant…
Sandstorm Sends Pollution In Beijing To Maximum Level
Beijing was shrouded in thick brown dust that sent pollution levels soaring on Monday morning, as heavy winds brought in…
Xiaomi Wins Temporary Reprieve From US Ban On American Investment
Xiaomi has won at least a temporary reprieve from a US ban on Americans investing in the Chinese smartphone maker.…
UK PM Pledges 3 Billion Pounds For England’s Bus Network
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will invest 3 billion pounds ($4.17 billion) in England’s bus network, aiming to provide more…
Taiwan Central Bank Seen Holding Fire Again With Economy Strong
Taiwan’s central bank is expected to keep its policy rate steady at a record low this week as the economy…
H&M Sales Recover In March As Stores Reopen After Lockdown
Sales at fashion group H&M fell slightly less than expected in the three months through February and rose in the…
Dollar Gains Further As Treasury Yields Resume Climb
The dollar gained for a second consecutive session on Monday as rising U.S. Treasury yields forced traders to cut their…
Take Five: Week Of The Central Banks
After a stunning selloff in U.S. Treasuries took benchmark 10-year yields above 1.6%, the highest in a year, the March…
Philippine President’s Spokesman Tests Positive For COVID-19
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque confirmed on Monday he had tested positive for COVID-19, but said he had…