Local Nigeria: DMO Lifts Suspension On FGN Savings Bond Offer Aug 7, 2020 0 Four months after it suspended the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN Savings Bond) offer, the Debt Management…
World U.S. Govt Advises Citizens Against Travelling To Nigeria Aug 7, 2020 0 Amidst the worsening security situation across Nigeria, the U.S. government has advised its citizens not to travel…
Business Travelex Poised For Reboot As Debt Restructuring Is Completed Aug 7, 2020 0 The transaction is being arranged through a pre-packaged administration sale of certain UK Travelex entities. …
World How Travelers Are Beating Tough Flight Restrictions Aug 7, 2020 0 Travel curbs and border restrictions are upending lives around the globe, with some people resorting to chartering…
Local White Customers, Black Fabrics Aug 7, 2020 0 The recent outpouring of support for Black-owned businesses has brought attention to fashion labels that work with…
Business Nigerian Crypto Activity Has Been On The Rise Since April Aug 7, 2020 0 Nigeria outperformed the rest of the world by the level of interest in Bitcoin over recent months. Nigeria, the …
Business Bad Weather Hurts Efforts To Stop Oil Spill Off Mauritius Aug 7, 2020 0 Bad weather hindered efforts to contain an oil spill from a bulk carrier off the southeastern coast of Mauritius…
World $3.121b Loans: China Won’t Take Over Nigeria Aug 7, 2020 0 The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria on Thursday said its country’s loans were not designed to take over Nigeria or any…
World Last call: Governors Roll Back Hours Instead Of Reopenings As Bars Take Blame For… Aug 7, 2020 0 Desy’s is one of the last bars left standing in Morrisville, North Carolina. Owner Desislava Nikolova made her…
World Virgin Atlantic Files For Bankruptcy Protection Aug 7, 2020 0 Virgin Atlantic Airways has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in New York, the United States, as the…
Local Buhari Orders Compulsory Use Of Face Masks Nationwide Aug 7, 2020 0 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to enforce the…
Business Saudi Investor Sues Med-View Over Sale Of Asset Aug 7, 2020 0 Saudi Arabian investor, Abdulmohsen Al-Thunnayan, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court Lagos, challenging the…
Local Oil Slips To $45 On Demand Concerns, Set For Weekly Rise Aug 7, 2020 0 Oil dipped to around $45 a barrel on Friday on worries that a demand recovery would slow due to a resurgence of…
Local DMO Clarifies China’s Loans To Nigeria; Economic Viability And Revenue… Aug 7, 2020 0 The attention of the Debt Management Office (DMO), has been drawn to statements and reports credited to several…
Local Nigeria’s Cocoa Output To Be Tapered By The Spread Of The Fungal Black Pod… Aug 7, 2020 0 Approximately 40% of Nigeria's cocoa output may be at risk from the spread of the fungal black pod disease which is…
Business South Korea Leads Gains In Mixed Trading Day For Asia Pacific Stocks Aug 6, 2020 0 Stocks in Asia Pacific were mixed on Thursday as investors continued to monitor tensions between the U.S. and…
Africa Africa Waits As Virus Sets Back ‘Game-Changer’ Trade Pact Aug 6, 2020 0 Even before the coronavirus pandemic, intra-African trade was set back by border bureaucracy, long delays at…
Local Nigerian Govt Extends COVID-19 Lockdown By 4 Weeks Aug 6, 2020 0 The Nigerian government, on Thursday, extended the second phase of the COVID-19 eased lockdown by another four…
World UK Puts Belgium, Andorra And Bahamas On Quarantine List Aug 6, 2020 0 The announcement comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned there are "signs of a second wave" of COVID-19…
Local FG Asks Airlines To Get Ready For Resumption Of International Flights Aug 6, 2020 0 The federal government had banned international flights in March as parts of measures to check the spread of…
Banking Global Investment Banks To Be Exempted From Turkey’s Lira Limits Aug 6, 2020 0 Turkish authorities are working on a plan to exempt global investment banks from some restrictions on swapping…
Business Bezos sells more than $3 billion in Amazon shares Aug 6, 2020 0 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week has sold more than $3.1 billion worth of shares in his company, according to…
World UK Advises Britons In Nigeria Against Travelling To Kaduna, Other States Aug 6, 2020 0 THE United Kingdom (UK) has issued a travel advisory to its citizens in Nigeria against travelling to Kaduna and…
Business Pound At Five-Month High As Central Bank Strikes A Less Gloomy Note Aug 6, 2020 0 Sterling strengthened to a new five-month high against the dollar and headed for the $1.32 mark after the Bank of…
World ISIS, Al Qaeda Penetrating Northwest, Aiming To Expand Into South, US Warns… Aug 6, 2020 0 United States has warned that ISIS and al-Qaida are penetrating Northwest and looking to expand further south into…
Africa Africa’s Skies Are Badly Polluted Aug 6, 2020 0 GORéE ISLAND, a former slave-trading hub, is so close to Dakar, Senegal’s capital, that hundreds of amateurs swim…
Business OPEC Braces For Dwindling Demand Aug 6, 2020 0 The coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds…
Business Gold Barrels Past $2,000 With Stage Set To Rally Further Aug 6, 2020 0 Gold advanced to a fresh record beyond $2,000 an ounce as investors assessed increased geopolitical risks and the…
World U.S. SEC fines World Acceptance Corp $21.7 million for Mexican bribes Aug 6, 2020 0 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it had fined World Acceptance Corp, a consumer…
World Trump’s Lender Deutsche Bank Subpoenaed By NYC Prosecutors, Hands Over Documents Aug 6, 2020 0 Prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s financial records from his longtime lender…