Local Nigerian Protests: A Once-In-A-Generation Moment For Change Nov 11, 2020 0 Last month, the protests that gripped Nigeria for weeks reached a bloody peak. On October 20, security forces…
Business CBN Accuses #EndSARS ‘Promoters’ Of Terrorism Financing Nov 11, 2020 0 The newspaper quotes a written address in support of a motion ex parte filed by the CBN saying the funds in the…
World U.S. Prepares For Worst Four Months Of The Pandemic As It Stares Down The… Nov 11, 2020 0 Ohio has had an “unprecedented spike” in Covid-19 hospital admissions. ICU beds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are full. North…
Business What You Need To Know About BioNTech — The European Company Behind Pfizer’s… Nov 11, 2020 0 LONDON — Before 2020, Germany’s BioNTech was a relatively little-known biotechnology company. That all changed when…
World Georgia Will Recount Presidential Election Ballots By Hand As Biden’s Lead Over… Nov 11, 2020 0 Georgia will conduct a statewide recount of ballots cast in the election between President Donald Trump and…
Business Bernard Arnault Is World’s Second Richest Person, Adding Billions As Market… Nov 11, 2020 0 Luxury king Bernard Arnault has retaken the title of world’s second richest person, with a net worth of more than…
Business Pound Hits Two-Month Highs Versus Euro As Vaccine Seen As UK Lifeline Nov 11, 2020 0 Sterling hit its highest level in more than two months versus the euro on Wednesday as investors were optimistic…
Business Dollar Gains Back Strength As Vaccine Optimism Wanes Nov 11, 2020 0 The U.S. dollar rose on Wednesday as optimism about a potential coronavirus vaccine was offset by worries about…
Business Benefits Of CBN’s Rice Intervention Nov 11, 2020 0 The thrust of the agricultural policy of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele,…
Business Fed’s Rosengren Says Next 6 Months Will Be ‘Pretty Choppy’ Despite Vaccine News Nov 11, 2020 0 LONDON — The next six months will remain turbulent as the global economy keeps grappling with the effects of the…
Business Russia Says Its Coronavirus Vaccine Is 92% Effective, As Battle To Beat Western… Nov 11, 2020 0 Russia said Wednesday its coronavirus vaccine is 92% effective at preventing people from getting Covid-19, based on…
Technology China’s Tech Giants Have Lost More Than $280 Billion In Market Value As Regulatory… Nov 11, 2020 0 SINGAPORE — Shares of China’s top technology giants were battered on Wednesday as regulatory concerns continue to…
World Coronavirus Live Updates: EU Agrees To Buy 300 Million Pfizer-BioNTech Doses;… Nov 11, 2020 0 The Covid vaccine-powered stock market rally looks to be entering its third day, with the Dow Jones Industrial…
Business Chipotle To Open Its First Digital-Only Restaurant As Online Orders Soar Nov 11, 2020 0 Chipotle Mexican Grill will open the doors to its first digital-only restaurant on Saturday. Unlike a…
Business Stocks Making The Biggest Moves Premarket: Alibaba, Lyft, Aurora Cannabis, FuboTV,… Nov 11, 2020 0 Alibaba (BABA) – Alibaba shares are under pressure, amid concerns about tighter regulation of big tech firms by the…
Business Covid Vaccine Won’t Be An ‘Instant Stimulus’ To The U.S. Economy, Warns Economist Nov 11, 2020 0 A Covid-19 vaccine will not result in an “instant stimulus” to the U.S. economy, which still needs greater fiscal…
Business Naira Trades Flat Despite 173.1% Jump In Dollar Demand Nov 11, 2020 0 There was a sharp rise in the demand for the United States Dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) segment…
Business ‘Loan Defaults Worsened In Third Quarter’ Nov 11, 2020 0 Defaults in unsecured loans to household and small businesses during the third quarter worsened and this is…
Business Don’t Relocate, FG Tells Nigerian Traders In Ghana Nov 11, 2020 0 The federal government has asked Nigerian traders in Ghana not to relocate but exercise more patience adding that…
Local Nigerians In Canada Flay FG For Freezing #EndSARS Protesters’ Account Nov 11, 2020 0 A group christened the Coalition of Nigerians in Canada (CONIC) has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to…
Business CBN To Bear 50 Per Cent Risk Of Agric Loans Nov 11, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has agreed to bear 50 per cent credit risk participants of the Accelerated…
Business Rising Hunger, Food Inflation: Need For FG, CBN To Rejig Strategy Nov 11, 2020 0 In their avowed determination to make Nigeria a self-sufficient entity in food production as a way of increasing…
Africa This $1 Made-In-Africa Covid-19 Test Kit Could Revolutionize Testing On The… Nov 11, 2020 0 (CNN)For the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak began, Africa may be poised to reshape rapid testing for the…
Business NNPC Remits N1.8 Trillion Into FAAC In 13 Months Nov 11, 2020 0 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it remitted N1.8 trillion into the Federation Account…
Business ‘National Carrier Outdated, Signifies Waste Of Resources’ Nov 11, 2020 0 The Federal Government, through the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has again reawakened the hitherto…
Business For FX Contrarians, Much Of Dollar Weakness Has Been Priced In Nov 11, 2020 0 The dollar’s resilience after falling to a two-year low is surprising forecasters who had predicted that a…
Business Oil Hits Two-Month High With Vaccine Hope Offsetting Demand Fear Nov 11, 2020 0 Oil rose to its highest in more than two months in London on optimism that a potential coronavirus vaccine will…
Business Nigeria’s Diaspora Remittance Inflow To Drop By $2bn In 2020 – World Bank Nov 11, 2020 0 IN the just concluded week, the World Bank stated that it expects inflow of diaspora remittance to Nigeria to drop…
Business Weak Dollar, Growing Risk Appetite Vault Some Of Year’s Lagging Emerging… Nov 11, 2020 0 The weak dollar and booming risk appetite in the wake of the U.S. presidential election is adding a tailwind for…
Business CBN To Bear 50% Risk Of Agric Loan Nov 10, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has agreed to bear 50% of the credit risk participants of the Accelerated…