COLUMN-Central Banks Left Flat-Footed By Flexible Fed: Mike Dolan
This time it is probably different – or at least for monetary policymakers and markets trying to track them. Fuzzier…
Day: March 24, 2021
Tesla Now Accepts Bitcoin As Payment For Cars, Musk Says
Having stunned the market with its audacious bet on Bitcoin earlier this year, Tesla Inc. will now start accepting the world’s largest electronic currency…
Insecurity Worsens Nigeria’s Inflation – CBN Boss, Emefiele
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said that the country’s rising inflation was due to…
NDLEA Lagos Airport Command Seizes 979.667kg Drugs In Three Months, Convicts 12
Between January 2021 and March 2021, the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Murtala Muhammed Airport Command said it…
Cash Is King For Emerging Nations Facing Spike In Funding Costs
Cash is king may well be the mantra for emerging markets this year. With the relentless increase in Treasury yields…
NPA Suspends Export Receipts At Lagos Ports, Clamps Down Illegal Jetty Operators
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced two weeks suspension of export receipts at Lagos seaports and all satellite truck parks, with…
Warnings As Crypto, Digital Yuan Fraudsters Run Wild In China
Chinese media outlets are reporting a sharp rise in bogus crypto, blockchain and digital yuan-related schemes in the country, as bitcoin (BTC) prices…
Oil Resumes Advance Alongside Broader Market Rally
Oil resumed gains alongside a broader market rally and after a weekly U.S. inventory report showed signs of an uptick…
Tugs Work To Free Giant Container Ship Stranded In Suez Canal
The shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia remained blocked on Wednesday as eight tug boats struggled to free one…
Sterling Dips As UK Vaccination Drive Faces Bump In The Road
Sterling fell on Wednesday after the European Union raised the prospect of blocking COVID-19 vaccine shipments to countries, such as…
Yuan Going Global: China Tests Its Digital Currency On E-Commerce Platforms
As part of a push to internationalize the yuan, China has been testing its digital currency on trading platforms around…
Bank Of Canada Sees More Investor Activity, Flipping In Housing -Deputy Governor
The Bank of Canada is seeing evidence of investor activity and “a lot more flipping” in some Canadian housing markets…
Nigeria Will Receive 84 Million Doses Of AstraZeneca Vaccine This Year –Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said Nigeria would receive 84 million doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine this year. Nigeria had…
Naira 4 Dollar: Nigerians In Diaspora Remit $40 Million In One Week
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Naira4Dollar scheme may have attracted about $40 million in foreign remittances in one week, according…
Nigeria Obtains $1 Billion Loan To Support MSMEs— Minister
The facility has a long-term tenor, alongside moratorium benefits. The Bank of Industry (BoI), under the supervision of the Ministry of…
Massachusetts Court Reverses Order Requiring Facebook To Disclose App Records In Privacy Probe
The top court in Massachusetts on Wednesday reversed an order requiring Facebook Inc to turn over to state Attorney General…
Financials lift S&P 500, Dow; Powell, Yellen On Deck
The S&P 500 and the Dow rose on Wednesday as economy-linked financial and energy stocks gained amid another day of…
Court Orders Extension Of The Nigerian Identification Number (NIN) Registration By Two Months
Justice Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the extension of the deadline for National…
Suez Canal Blocked By Traffic Jam After Massive Container Ship Runs Aground
A large container ship remains stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking other vessels from moving in both directions and sparking…
US Stocks Set For A Rebound
There has been a surge in air travel with this year’s spring break, but a recovery in flights by business travelers…
China May Just Have Doomed Its Trade Deal With Europe
China and the European Union rang in the new year by striking a major investment deal intended to strengthen their…
Futures Rise Ahead Of March Business Surveys; Intel Shines
U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as Intel’s shares surged on plans to expand advanced chip making capacity, while…
Google Signs News Content Deals With Italian Publishers
Alphabet Inc’s Google has sealed its first licence agreements in Italy with several publishers to offer access to some of…
Taiwan To Ration Water For 1million People, Tech Hub Unaffected
Taiwan will from next month ration water for more than one million people in the centre of the island because…
Dangote Cement To Pay Over N97billion In Corporate Tax For 2020
Africa’s largest cement producer, Dangote Cement Plc has remained a major contributor to the economy with a tax charge of…
Nigeria: Federal Housing Authority Begins Payment Of 200 Contractors
The Federal Housing Authority on Tuesday said it had commenced the payment of contractors who had completed their jobs. Last…
We Disburse $80m Weekly For School Fees, BTAs – Emefiele
In view of the lingering foreign exchange scarcity in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria has urged Nigerians not…
Airlines Must Pay All Charges Except Duty, VAT -NCS
The Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said airlines operating across the country including Air Peace must pay all other appropriate…
BUA Chairman Rabiu Launches $100m Annual Africa Fund
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative has launched a $100m Annual Africa Fund for social development and renewal; $50m to Nigeria…
Federal Government Certifies 269 Soil Doctors, Agriculture Extension Workers
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it had issued certificates to 269 soil doctors and agriculture extension workers and…