Biden Plans To Speed Up Asylum Processing And Deportations At The Border
The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it will speed up asylum claim processing for migrants at the…
Two dead, Several Injured In Acid Leak At LyondellBasell Plant In Texas
Two people were killed and several others injured following a leak of acetic acid at a LyondellBasell (LYB.N) …
United States White House Wants Broadband Funding In Infrastructure Bill
A bipartisan group of senators and the White House are debating extending a program started early in the COVID-19…
Nigeria Back To The Debt Trap!
“Our political leaders have suddenly developed not just a taste for, but a voracious appetite for debt. As usual,…
German Insurers Expect Up To $6.5 Billion In Storm Claims
German insurance industry association GDV estimates that there will be up to 5.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in…
Banks’ Credit To Economy Hit N24.23tn, Says CBN
The total credit from the banking sector to the economy rose to N24.23tn as of the end of May, the…
Naira Falls After CBN Stops Forex Sales To BDCs
The CBN says it will not sell dollars to BDCs because they had become a conduit for illicit forex flows and graft.…
North, South Korea In Talks Over Summit, Reopening Liaison Office
North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and hold a…
Microsoft Set To Report Earnings After The Bell
Microsoft will release its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report after market close Tuesday.
Here’s what…
Gold Subdued As Investors Await Cues From United State Federal Reserve Meeting
Gold prices lingered below the key $1,800 per-ounce level on Tuesday, as investors maintained a cautious stance…
Nigeria’s CBN Retains Key Policy Rate
The bank says increasing the rate will hinder the recovery of the economy, while an expansionary policy will make…
Kenyan Entrepreneur Turns Water Hyacinth Weed Into Cooking Fuel
A project in Kenya is using biogas technology to tackle two major pollution problems with one device: a machine…
Nigeria’s Revenue-To-GDP Ratio Lowest, Private Sector Choking – World Bank
Nigeria’s revenue-to-Gross Domestic Product ratio, which fell to between five and six per cent last year,…
Coffee Prices Surge As Unusual Cold Threatens Brazilian Production
Arabica coffee prices rose 10% more on Monday, after jumping nearly 20% last week, to their highest in…
‘They’ve Turned Into Money Laundering Agents’ — Central Bank Of Nigeria Bans Sale…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has stopped sale of foreign exchange (FX) to Bureau De Change (BDCs)…
Sterling Dips Against Dollar As Stocks Slide
LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling dipped against the dollar on Tuesday as global stock markets sank led by a heavy…
London Judges Agree To Reopen $7 Billion Brazil Dam Lawsuit Against Anglo Mining…
London's Court of Appeal agreed on Tuesday to reopen a major lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP, …
MPC Likely To Hold Rates
The monetary policy committee (MPC) meets today and tomorrow. At its last meeting held in May,…
One Dead, Four Missing After Explosion Rocks German Chemicals Site
One person is dead and four are missing after an explosion rocked an industrial park in the western German city of…
China Is Still Falling Short Of Meeting An Agreement To Reduce Its United State…
China’s purchases of U.S. goods are still falling short of trade agreement levels, even as overall Chinese imports…
Naira Stable At Official, Black Markets
The naira closed at N504.00 per $1 on Monday.
Naira maintained stability against the U.S dollar at…
External Reserves Gain $76.5 Billion In Seven Days
In a curious twist of fate last week, there was a breather for the falling foreign exchange reserves. The figures…
When Debt Service Consumes 98% Of Revenue
Oil price climbed down to $68 per barrel last week after sailing pretty close to $80 in the frenzy of…
Bitcoin Briefly Tops $40,000 For First Time Since June As Cryptocurrency Rallies…
Bitcoin surged above $40,000 for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday as sentiment turned bullish following…
Housing Boom Is Over In United State As New Home Sales Fall To Pandemic Low
Sales of newly built homes dropped in June to the lowest level since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in…
United State Manufacturers Take A Double Hit From Labor And Materials
Calder Brothers Corp is under pressure to raise wages after rivals lured away some of its workers. A few others…
Ransomware Key To unlock Customer Data From Attack
A computer key that can unlock the files of hundreds of companies which were hacked in a large-scale cyber-attack…
Expert Urges Data Security Against $6tr Loss
Chief Executive Officer, Youverify, Dr Gbenga Odegbami, has advised individuals and companies to take data security…
Huawei To Invest $150m In Africa’s Digital Talent Development
Huawei has said it plans to invest $150 million in digital talent development over the next five years, which will…
Federal Government Of Nigeria Extends NIN-SIM Verification Again To October 31
The Federal Government has once again approved the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number…