Experts Blame High Unemployment, Inflation as GDP falls to 4.03%
Nigeria’s recovery from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic slowed sharply in the third quarter of this year, with economists…
Year: 2021
Nigeria Leads Africa With $18bn As Global Remittances Hit 7.3%
Nigeria again led the rest of Africa as remittances to low- and middle-income countries are projected to register a 7.3…
Obasanjo Advocates Made-in-Africa Brand
A former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for a special ‘Made-in-Africa’ brand to promote intra-African trade and…
Fuel Marketers Predict N170/litre, Claim Supply Drop, NNPC Disagrees
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may rise from the current N162-N165/litre to N170/litre, while its…
Nigeria’s GDP Growth Fell To 4.03% In Q3 -NBS
The nation’s economy grew more slowly in the third quarter of the year than it did in the second quarter,…
Turkish Lira Hits All-Time Low Before Country’s Central Bank Meeting
The Turkish lira on Thursday continued its slide ahead of the country’s central bank meeting. The currency fell to a…
Ford Partners With GlobalFoundries To Increase Chip Supplies
Ford Motor plans to increase its short- and long-term supply of semiconductor chips through a new partnership with GlobalFoundries. The…
NCS To Boost Innovation Among Tech Startups With N50 Million
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), the umbrella body for all Information Technology (IT) practitioners in Nigeria, is set to spur…
FG Raises Power Tariff December, Begins Free Meters Purchase
Power consumers nationwide may start to pay more for electricity, following plans by the Federal Government to carry out a…
South Africa’s MTN, IHS In $410m Towers Deal
MTN Group Ltd. and IHS Holdings Ltd. agreed to a 6.4-billion-rand ($410 million) tower-deal in South Africa, according to a…
Bitcoin Needs To Drop 80% Before Marathon Loses Money On Mining
Bitcoin has a long way to drop before mining the digital token becomes unprofitable for North America’s largest crypto mining…
Text-Checking Software Maker Grammarly Is Worth $13 Billion In Latest Funding Round
Grammarly, a start-up whose software highlights issues as people write in its web app and other programs, said Wednesday that…
Alibaba Misses Expectations As Earnings Plunge 38% In The September Quarter
Alibaba on Thursday missed revenue and earnings expectations for the September quarter, as slowing economic growth in China and the country’s…
Germany’s $9 Billion Digital Bank N26 To Withdraw From The U.S.
German digital bank N26 is shutting down its U.S. operations, less than two-and-a-half years after it launched in the country.…
Emirates Could Return To Nigeria Under New Testing Agreement
The end of a travel ban between The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria could happen if both countries are…
EU Lawmakers Agree On Rules To Target Big Tech- FT
European Union lawmakers have reached a deal on how to target big tech companies, as part of a move to…
China’s WeRide To Launch Robotaxis On GAC’s Ontime Ride-Hailing App
WeRide, a China-based autonomous driving startup, said on Thursday it plans to make its robotaxis available for booking by the…
Google Signs 5-Year Deal To Pay For News From AFP
Alphabet Inc’s Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse for its news content as part of broad five-year partnership announced Wednesday…
Nigeria To Exploit $10.5bn Potential In Shipping Industry
With its long coastline, unique location, large oil and gas deposit, large and growing population, among others, the Nigerian shipping industry…
US Removes Nigeria From Religious Violators’ List
The United States has removed Nigeria from its list of religious violators, even as it blacklisted Russia, China and eight…
Fuel Scarcity Looms Across Nigeria As Abuja Groans
Scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) worsened in Abuja, yesterday, amid signs the trend could spread across the country. Motorists…
U.S. FTC Says Court Should Allow Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook To Proceed
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday that a federal court should allow an antitrust lawsuit it filed against…
CBN Signs Up 488,000 ENaira Wallets, 78,000 Merchants Globally
Transactions cross N60m as experts express reservation over economic impacts Apex Bank explains its intervention programme to editors The Central…
Oil Exploration: NNPC Gets $1.04 Billion Facility From Afreximbank
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, has signed a $1.04 billion dollar facility with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to…
Bitmama Launches Programme For Youths Interested In Blockchain Technology
Bitmama, a Nigerian fintech startup, has launched a programme to help young people transition into the blockchain ecosystem. Tagged, ‘Bitmama…
Ardova Issues N25.3bn Bonds, Completes Enyo’s Acquisition
Ardova Plc has issued N25.3 billion fixed-rate bonds to fund its expansion project in the downstream petroleum sector of the…
Nigeria’s Remittance Inflow Rebounds, Hits $17.6bn, Says W’Bank
Nigeria’s remittance inflow is set to hit $17.6bn and push inflows to Sub-Saharan Africa to $45bn in 2021, a new…
Inflation May Push 91 Million Nigerians Below Poverty Line – W’Bank
The World Bank says the general increase in food prices which occurred between June 2020 and June 2021 may have…
ENaira Will Reduce Tax Evasion, Says CITN
The President, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Mr Adesina Adedayo, has said the introduction of eNaira into the Nigerian…