Didi Bars Employees From Selling Shares Indefinitely
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global has barred current and former employees from
Employees will not be able to…
Christmas Week Trades Add $77.89bn To Bitcoin Market Cap
The market capitalisation of Bitcoin increased by $77.89bn during the week leading up to Christmas.
On December…
1.3 Million Bitcoin Left Circulating On Crypto Exchanges
In glad tidings for an orange Christmas, Bitcoin (BTC) supply is drying up to lows not seen for years. In a recent…
Japan’s Shionogi Starts Phase III Clinical Trial In Vietnam For Covid-19…
Japan's Shionogi & Co. Ltd announced on Monday that phase III of its clinical trial for a new COVID-19…
MTN Nigeria Launches RCS Business Messaging With Google, Dotgo
MTN Nigeria is all set to launch RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo. Dotgo…
TikTok Surpasses Google To Become The Most Visited Site In 2021
According to Cloudflare’s 2021 Year in Review internet traffic statistics, popular video-sharing app TikTok has…
Mobile Gaming Company, i3 Interactive Inc, Records Growth Of 45,000% In A Trading…
Canadian mobile gaming company, i3 Interactive Inc, recorded over 45,000% growth in share price after yesterday’s…
Nigeria To Replace Identity-Slips With Digital Tokens
The Nigerian Government has announced that it would replace its National Identification Number (NIN) with a suite…
Britain Announces £1 Billion Aid To Omicron Hit Businesses
Britain announced on Tuesday 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) of extra support for businesses hit hardest by the…
Chinese Province Summons Five E-Commerce Firms Over Livestreaming
A consumer protection organisation in China's Zhejiang Province on Thursday summoned five online platforms.
The…
Russia Fines Twitter For Not Deleting Banned Content, Says Court
A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Twitter 3million roubles for failing to delete content Russia deems…
Petrol Subsidy Rises, Hits N1.16tn In 11 Months
The amount spent on subsidising Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, rose to N1.16tn between January and…
Intel Apologises In China Over Xinjiang Supplier Statement
U.S. chip maker Intel apologised on Thursday to Chinese customers, partners and the public after a letter telling…
More Than 4.6 Mln Got Health Insurance Through ACA in 2021 -Biden
More than 4.6 million people gained health coverage in the United States in 2021 through the Affordable Care Act…
One Million Nigerians, Under 24, Died Over Healthcare, Socioeconomic Problems 2020…
About one million Nigerians under the age of 24 died in 2020 due to healthcare challenges in the country. Estimates…
FG Rakes In N2.56tn From Petrol, Kerosene, Diesel Sales In 13 Months
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Wednesday announced that it earned N2.56tn revenue from the sale…
US Treasury Official Beckons New Stablecoin Regulations
The United States Treasury made further hints at new laws for stablecoins on Dec. 17. Nellie Liang, the Under…
Chinese Companies Embark On A Metaverse Trademark Race
In spite of the metaverse and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) warning issued by People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) in…
World Bank Loans Nigeria $700m For Water Supply, FG Blames States
The Federal Government has secured a $700m loan from the World Bank for specific water projects in the country, the…
Foreign Investors Withdraw N173.32bn From Stock Market
Foreign investors pulled out a total of N173.32bn from the Nigerian stock market from January to October, official…
Nigeria Loses N499.32bn As Twitter Ban Hits 200 Days
Nigeria’s economy has lost N499.32bn to the shutdown of Twitter since it came into effect on June 4, 2021.
The…
Investors Record N260bn Weekly Gain As 32 Stocks Rise
Investors in the Nigerian stock market gained N260bn as 32 firms saw their share prices rise at the end of trading…
Online Learning Platform Raises $3.5m Pre-Seed Funding
Edukoya, an online learning platform, says it has raised $3.5m in pre-seed round to enable its live launch in 2022.…
Google Announces Investment In Tech Startup
Google has announced its first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in SafeBoda, a tech firm that operates in…
Foreign Telcos To Pay $0.045 To Terminate Calls In Nigeria
Foreign telecommunications companies, telcos who wish to terminate calls to their counterparts in Nigeria, will now…
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Jumps 2% As Investors Assess Omicron Risks
Shares in Asia-Pacific rose in Tuesday trade as investors continued to monitor the situation surrounding the…
China Mobile To Raise Up To $8.8 Bln In Shanghai Listing
China Mobile the world's largest mobile network operator by total subscribers, said on Tuesday it aims to raise up…
Social Media App Parler Plans To Expand Into NFTs
Social media platform Parler said on Monday it will expand its business into non-fungible tokens (NFT), in a move…
Moderna Says Covid Booster Appears To Protect Against Omicron
Moderna announced Monday that a third dose of its mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 appears to provide significant…
Oracle To Enter Into It’s Biggest Acquisition Ever
Enterprise software giant Oracle will buy electronic medical records company Cerner in an all-cash deal for $95 per…