LASEPA shuts Ikorodu Steel Manufacturing Firms
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has issued issued a ‘stop-work’ order to two steel and iron manufacturing companies in…
Estate Firm Increases Access To Short-Let Apartments In Lagos
In line with its ambitions to increase access to short let rentals, Shortlethomes, a leading real estate firm, has launched…
Stakeholders Laud NBC Over Waste Management Initiatives
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s manufacturing and waste management sectors have commended the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited for its initiatives geared towards…
European Markets Head For Mixed Open After U.S. Jobs Miss
European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory on Monday as investors digest jobs data from the U.S. Friday…
SPACs Offer Hope For Reviving Singapore’s Flagging IPO Market
Singapore’s stock exchange this month launched new rules allowing SPACs to list, a move it hopes will draw more firms…
Payrolls And The Stock Market: Wall Street Usually Shrugs Off Jobs Report
Markets always look to the Labor Department’s monthly employment report with great anticipation. But whether the data disappoints or surprises…
Didi Denies Reports That Beijing City Is Coordinating Companies To Invest In It
China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) said on Saturday that media reports that the Beijing city government is coordinating companies…
Wall St Week Ahead Investors Grow Wary As Stocks Hit New Highs
Investors are girding their portfolios for potential stock market volatility, even as equities hover near fresh highs after logging seven…
Italy Says Bids For National Cloud Hub Expected This Month
Italy expects to receive bids by the end of September from companies interested in building a national cloud hub, a…
After Criticism, Apple Says It Will Delay Child Safety Updates
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Friday it would take more time to collect feedback and improve proposed child safety features after the…
Flipkart Co-Founder Challenges Indian Enforcement Agency Probe
The future looked promising for Tinashe Mapuranga, an intern at a leading bank in Zimbabwe who appeared set to get…
Loud And Proud: Shake Shack’s Recipe For An Inclusive Workplace
If there is a key mantra for companies right now, it has to be “diversity and inclusion.” With issues of…
Exclusive Amazon To Proactively Remove More Content That Violates Rules From Cloud Service -Sources
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such…
Tech Giants Seek Meeting With New Malaysian PM On Foreign Ship Cable Waiver
Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon are seeking to meet Malaysia’s prime minister to ask that foreign vessels be allowed to…
China Set To Sell 1.7 Million NEVs Between Jan-Aug, Nearly Tripling On-Year
China, the world’s biggest vehicle market, is expected to sell 1.7 million new energy vehicles (NEV) in the first eight…
Victim Of Tesla Crash In Texas Had Alcohol Level Exceeding Legal Limit
One of the two victims of a fatal crash involving a Tesla car in Texas had a blood-alcohol level that…
UK Food Supplies Set To Worsen As More Brexit Red Tape Is Introduced Within Weeks, Businesses Warn
Business owners fear food safety checks set to be introduced from 1 October will make some shipments unviable, but government…
Stocks End Week On a Downbeat Note After disappointing Jobs Report — Five Experts On What’s Next
Stocks looked to enter the long weekend on a dour note after a disappointing August jobs report. Nonfarm payrolls rose…
Include Revenue Sources In Budget Proposals, FG Tells MDAs
The Federal Government has directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government to include revenue sources, and not just expenditures,…
NNPC Earned N4.61tn, Spent N4.52tn in 2020 — BudgIT
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation earned revenue of N4.61tn and spent N4.52tn in 2020, according to a report released on…
Match Shares Soar On News It Will Join S&P 500
Shares of Match Group rose more than 8% after hours, following news that the company is joining the S&P 500.…
CBN Gets Eight New Directors
Nwanisobi had been in acting capacity since last October, when his predecessor, Isaac Okorafor retired. A statement from the CBN…
Africa’s Cross-Border Trade is Worth $93b – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has estimated the value of informal trade in the African Continent to be in…
Reserves Hit Two-Month High, Naira Plunges Further
Nigeria’s foreign reserves have hit a two-month high, data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have shown. Sadly,…
Oil Set For Second Weekly Gain As Stockpiles Drop, Dollar Eases
Oil headed for a back-to-back weekly gain, supported by signs that the global crude market is tightening and a weaker…
Canada FX Debt-Canadian Dollar Climbs To 2-Week High As Oil Rallies
The Canadian dollar rose to its highest level in more than two weeks against its broadly weaker U.S. counterpart on…
Yuan Retreats After Touching Month High, Weak Services Activity Dampens
China’s yuan briefly touched a one-month high against a softer dollar before giving up all the gains by midday on…
Emirates Extends Suspension Of Nigerian Flights To September 19
Travel to and from Nigeria remains suspended as there is no testing facility available at Lagos airport Emirates has extended…
Sylva To Launch $50m Oil Industry Research, Development Fund Protocol
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, will next week launch the oil and gas Research and…
Ogun Unveils Business Registration Portal, Waives Backlog
As part of efforts to address challenges in business premises registration and improve the ease of doing business, the Ogun…