Business Purchasing Managers’ Index Contracts In September Sep 24, 2020 0 The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 46.9 index points in September, indicating contraction…
Business Nigeria, Others’ Production Cuts’ll Rebalance Oil Markets Sep 24, 2020 0 The production cuts by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies are expected to result…
Business Turkey Stuns With First Rate Hike Since 2018 Currency Crisis Sep 24, 2020 0 Turkey’s central bank raised interest rates for the first time since a currency crisis in late 2018, surprising…
Local Nigeria To End Fertilizer Importation By 2023 Sep 24, 2020 0 Citing the over 33 fertiliser blending plants across the country, currently producing about five million metric…
Business European Stocks Close Higher With Euro Zone Data In Focus; Adidas And Puma Shares… Sep 24, 2020 0 European stocks closed higher Wednesday as investors reacted to key data releases from the euro zone and weighed up…
Technology Facebook To Reject Political Ads That Prematurely Claim Election Victory Sep 24, 2020 0 Facebook said Wednesday it would not allow people to run ads on its services that declare victory in the November…
World Should Front-Line Medical Workers Get The Coronavirus Vaccine First? Not… Sep 24, 2020 0 Health workers treating patients with the coronavirus may be at the top of the line to get a vaccine once one is…
World Grand Jury Indicts Former Louisville Cop Brett Hankison In Breonna Taylor Raid,… Sep 24, 2020 0 A grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Louisville, Kentucky, cop, Sgt. Brett Hankison, on wanton endangerment…
Technology Amazon Says It Didn’t Build The ‘Prime Bike’ And Tells Echelon To Stop Selling It Sep 24, 2020 0 Amazon is distancing itself from the $500 “EX-Prime” bike launched by exercise equipment maker Echelon Fitness,…
Business No-Deal Brexit To Hit UK Economy ‘Three Times As Hard’ As COVID-19 Sep 23, 2020 0 The economic damage of a no-deal Brexit would be “two to three times” greater than COVID-19 over the long run, a…
Local Exclusive: Nigeria’s Buhari To Send Long-Awaited Oil Reform Bill To Senate Sep 23, 2020 0 Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a long-awaited oil-reform bill and it will be formally presented in…
Business Fed Govt Eyes Forex From Methylformate Sep 23, 2020 0 DEVELOPMENT of domestic capacity in methylformate-based innovations and production will boost the country’s foreign…
Business Wrong Economic Decisions Affect Nigerians, Says Sanusi Sep 23, 2020 0 A former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has lamented the effects of wrong economic decisions on Nigerians.…
Business CBN’s Directive On Destination Payment For All Form M, Letter Of Credit And… Sep 23, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a Circular Ref. No. TED/FEM/FPC/GEN/ 01/005 of 24 August 2020 to the…
Local CBN Prepares For Recession, Reduces Benchmark Lending Rate To 11.5% Sep 23, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday reduced the Monetary Policy Rate by 100 basis points from 12.5 per cent to…
Business The Upward Creeping Foreign Exchange Rates: Blame The CBN Sep 23, 2020 0 In recent times, any adjustment of FX rate by the CBN in an attempt to reduce the gap between the official rate and…
Business Low Remittance: FG To Deploy Revenue Directors To NPA, NIMASA, Others Sep 23, 2020 0 Challenged by dwindling revenue and crippling debt amid the COVID-19 pestilence, the Office of the…
Local British Lawmaker Expresses Concern Over Growing Violence In Nigeria Sep 23, 2020 0 A member of the British House of Lords, Upper House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (UK), Baroness Anne…
Business Fresh Concern Over Contract Secrecy In Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Sector Sep 23, 2020 0 The secrecy shrouding terms and conditions of contracts in Nigeria’s extractive sector has, once again raised…
Business UPDATE 2-Nigeria’s Central Bank Cuts Benchmark Rate To 11.5% In Unexpected… Sep 23, 2020 0 Nigeria’s central bank cut its benchmark lending rate on Tuesday by 100 basis points to 11.5% in a surprise move…
Business Dollar Rises On Coronavirus Unease, Aussie And Kiwi Hurt By Rate Outlook Sep 23, 2020 0 The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies on Wednesday, supported by positive U.S. economic data and concerns…
Business Ex-CBN Director Lauds CBN On Benchmark Interest Rate Reduction Sep 23, 2020 0 Dr Titus Okunrounmu, a former director, Budgetary Department of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has commended the…
Business Pound Hovers Near Two-Month Low As UK Unveils Coronavirus Second Wave Fears Sep 23, 2020 0 GBPUSD=X) in the early hours of trading on Wednesday, following UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s address to the…
Banking Coronavirus Accelerates Nigeria’s Digital Banking Push Sep 23, 2020 0 Civil servant Amos Dam is frustrated after waiting two hours to enter a bank in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. He is one…
Business Oil Edges Up To $42, Eyeing Libya And U.S. Inventories Sep 23, 2020 0 Oil edged up to around $42 a barrel on Wednesday supported by rising investor risk appetite and a report that U.S.…
Business Euro Falls To Two-Months Low As COVID-19 Angst Boosts Dollar Sep 23, 2020 0 The euro fell to a two-month low on Wednesday as positive U.S. economic data and concern about a second wave of…
Business Import Duty Rises 6% As Customs Begins Application Of New Exchange Rate Sep 23, 2020 0 IMPORTERS and their agents have said that a 5.0 per cent increase is now effected in duty payable on all imports…
Business CBN To Share In Farmers’ Losses Sep 23, 2020 0 The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday said going forward, it would be sharing the losses incurred by farmers on…
Business Sterling Extends Losses After New COVID-19 Restrictions Sep 23, 2020 0 Sterling is having its worst month in four years and extended its fall against the dollar and euro on Wednesday…
Technology Here’s The Email Elon Musk Sent Tesla Employees With 10 Days Left In Q3 Sep 23, 2020 0 On Sunday evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to all employees at the electric vehicle maker saying the…