-The deadline set by the pirates for the families to pay the ransom of Rs 22 lakh is set to expire on Monday. It is a race against time to save three youths from Kangra, who are being held hostage by Nigerian pirates. The deadline set by the pirates for the families to pay the […]
Month: March 2018
Nigeria recovers N143billion through Whistle-blowers
The Federal Government said it recovered more than N143. 89 billion from corrupt officials through the implementation of the Whistleblower policy. The Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) disclosed this in a report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The report showed that government had successfully recovered N7.8 […]
Benchmark crude oil futures surge almost 6%
Benchmark crude oil futures surged last week almost 6%, achieving in the meanwhile, the strongest weekly rise since last July and wiping out losses since late January. The basic argument for this surge is that oil market fundamentals are getting tighter, due to the fact that global inventories are already not lying far from the […]
Gold jumps as possible global trade war shakes markets
Gold prices surged to a one-month high on Friday as the threat of a global trade war sent investors scrambling for safe assets. US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understand that could impose tariffs on up to $60 billion worth of imports from China. The tariffs have a 30-day consultation period, leaving room for […]
The 24-year-old daughter of tech billionaire Michael Dell shares what ‘growing up Dell’ taught her about life and business
– Alexa Dell, 24, is the daughter of billionaire founder Michael Dell. – Growing up, she had a “front seat to the master class” on building world-changing technologies, led by her father, Dell told Business Insider. – Dell said her father taught her to explore lots of interests and find her passion, work […]
World’s Richest Lose $436 Billion As 2018’s Stock Rout Deepens
—-The combined net worth of the 500 wealthiest people on the planet fell $181 billion this week. It’s been an expensive two months for the 500 wealthiest people on the planet. Their combined net worth fell $181 billion this week as the S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered their steepest weekly drop […]
‘Black Panther’ Is About To Pass Two Huge Box Office Milestones
Black Panther will pass two major milestones this weekend. First, possibly as soon as tomorrow, it will top the $623 million domestic total of The Avengers by Sunday night. That will mean, unadjusted for inflation, that Ryan Coogler and John Robert Cole’s MCU superhero flick will be the highest-grossing comic book superhero movie ever in […]
Swiss Companies Create 10,000 Jobs In Nigeria – Minister
Visiting Swiss Confederation’s Minister of Economy, Education, and Research, Mr. Johann Schneider-Ammann, has said that Swiss companies had so far created about 10,000 job opportunities in Nigeria. He spoke at a reception organized by the Consulate General of Switzerland in Lagos for him and his Economic and Political delegation to Nigeria. The Minister said his […]
NDIC warns Nigerians against crypto transactions since they’re ‘Not Insured’
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) have warned Nigerians against the use of cryptocurrencies because the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not recognize them as legitimate currency, local news outlet Business Post Nigeria reported yesterday, March 23. Business Post Nigeria notes that this is not the first warning against cryptocurrencies, as “various government agencies in […]