Rare 2p Coins Revealed – Pretty Penny
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Marvel TV Show Set In Wakanda Coming To Disney+ As Part Of 5-Year Deal With ‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler
Disney is adding another TV show to its already stacked slate of Marvel content in development for Disney+. On Monday, the…
WBA, IBF, WBO, WBC Unification Fight: Joshua Either Stops Fury Early Or Is Knocked Out— Oboh
Former British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight boxing champion, Peter Oboh, has said it will be difficult to predict the winner in…
UEFA Insists European Championship To Hold In 12 Cities As Planned
UEFA President, Aleksander Ceferin, yesterday reiterated the ruling body’s commitment to holding the rescheduled European Championship this year in 12…
U.S. Economy Likely Logged Its Weakest Performance In 74 Years In 2020
The U.S. economy likely contracted at its sharpest pace since World War Two in 2020 as COVID-19 ravaged services businesses…
New Normal: Coronavirus Spurred Changes to Global Workforce To Be Permanent
Sweeping changes to the global labour market caused by the coronavirus pandemic will likely be permanent, policy makers said on…
Fuel subsidy: Let’s Shift To Autogas, Nigeria’s Federal Govt. tells its Oil Marketers
As an immediate response to the rising price of petrol, and by extension, the return of fuel subsidy, the Federal…
Post Privatisation: Nigeria’s Stranded Power Rises 263% To 3,742MW
Contrary to expectations, there are indications that Nigeria’s electricity sector has recorded huge set back since the private sector take-over…
To Honor Slave Trade Victims, A Memorial In The Depths Of The Atlantic
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tributes to victims of the transatlantic slave trade can be found in…
George Clooney Speaks On Why He Gave 14 Of His Closest Friends $1m Each Via Suitcases Full Of Cash
Hollywood actor, George Clooney has confirmed a longstanding rumor that he was able to give 14 of his closest friends…
Worries Over $2b Forex Demand Backlog – Nigeria
Fitch Ratings has expressed concerns about the state of the naira and rising forex demand backlog estimated at $2 billion.…
Gana… A Bully Who Became His Community’s Protector And Then Gangster
He was a terror, but his killing on a day he was to embrace peace has raised eyebrows. The late…
Dwayne Johnson Crowned Forbes Highest Paid Actor Of 2020
Dwayne Johnson, an American-Canadian movie star better known by his ring name The Rock, has topped Forbes’ annual list of…
U.S. To Expel International Students If…
International students who are pursuing degrees in the United States will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to…
Italy Prosecutor Says Eni, Shell Aware Of Bribes In Nigeria Case
Oil majors Eni and Royal Dutch Shell were aware that most of the money they spent to buy a Nigerian…
Stamp Duty As New Black Gold in Nigeria
This matter of making the Stamp Duty (and by implication tax revenue) the next black gold has occupied my mind…
‘In Nigeria Race Wasn’t A Thing. Kildare Was A Shocker’
When Tobi Omoteso moved to Kildare with his family he felt different for the first time in his life. The Nigerian schoolboy…
Boxer Trafficked As A Child Wins Right To Stay In The UK After 16 Years
A former England boxer who was trafficked from Nigeria as a child and forced into domestic servitude has won the…
Over 3,000 Nigerians Deported From U.S. In 15 Years For Crime
With a streak of stepped-up enforcement policy on immigration reduction for 15 years, the United States has deported about 3,019…
172 Nigerians Evacuated From Uganda, Kenya Arrive In Abuja
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says 172 Nigerian evacuated from Uganda and Kenya arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
Saudi Prince Calls OPEC, Laggard and Nigeria Amid Push For Oil Cuts
Prince Mohammed and Nigerian president spoke on Monday: SPA Nigeria submitted plan to fully implement OPEC deal last week Saudi…
Wealthy Africans Shopping For Foreign Passports
A Nigerian passport, says Karo Agono, a Nigerian businessman, raises all sorts of “red flags”. For 15 years international deals…
Why Time Seems To Be Going Faster While We Are In Lockdown
As parts of the world begin to ease their lockdowns, some people are looking back and finding the time in…
How Would Negative Interest Rates Affect Mortgages?
The Federal Reserve hasn’t left itself much room to keep using interest rates to battle the coronavirus, which Fed Chairman…
Market Wrap
Risk assets had been hit amid earnings, geopolitical worries. Japan, China, South Korean markets are closed on Tuesday
Covid-19 Global Virus update
U.S. President Donald Trump said some states “aren’t going fast enough” to reopen, even as he acknowledged that the nation’s death count would likely be higher than he had predicted. Globally, deaths topped 250,000. Trump accused Beijing of attempting a cover-up and promised a conclusive report on the pandemic’s origins.
Scientists created a monoclonal antibody that can defeat the new coronavirus in the lab, an early but promising step. U.S. researchers will track thousands of children to determine how they’re affected by the pathogen.
The worst-hit countries in Europe moved to ease curbs as cases slowed. Italy began to reopen its economy after two months, but the premier was criticized for being too cautious, and Spain started to relax its lockdown regime after weeks of confinement.
Why There’s a Looming Debt Crisis In Emerging Markets
Solvency concerns in the developing world are nothing new. But as governments stare down the humanitarian and economic shocks…
The VIX Just Revealed An Optimistic Signal For U.S. Stocks
Market turbulence has calmed down since the mid-March extremes, but a couple of recent moves may bode particularly well for stocks.
Market Wrap
S&P 500 contracts turn higher alongside shares in Europe, Asia. Crude deepens losses after Monday plunge; Treasuries steady. It’s harder to buy equities from a valuation perspective, says Marvin Loh, senior global market strategist at State Street.
Kanye West Is Now Officially A Billionaire
After months of requests, the hip-hop superstar shared financial records, revealing details about his wildly popular Yeezy sneaker empire — and his fixation on outside validation.