Some financial analysts have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure enhanced enlightenment campaign for the masses to embrace the eNaira digital currency to boost financial inclusion. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Oct. 25 […]
Elon Musk says no contract has been signed with Hertz after the rental car company announced a deal that led to Tesla’s market value surpassing $1 trillion. Last week, shares in Tesla jumped 12.6% after Hertz said it had ordered 100,000 vehicles by the end of 2022. However, Mr Musk tweeted: “I’d like to emphasize […]
A digital token inspired by the popular South Korean Netflix series Squid Game has lost almost all of its value as it was revealed to be an apparent scam. Squid, which marketed itself as a “play-to-earn cryptocurrency”, had seen its price soar in recent days – surging by thousands of per cent. However, as the […]
Hopes are already fading that the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will result in any new deal for a significant cut in global greenhouse gas emissions, after China and Russia declined to attend the conference and India’s pledges fell short of expectations. The summit got under way Monday as dozens of world leaders addressed the […]
An explosion rocked Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday apparently targeting civilians in front of a military hospital, a Taliban spokesman said. Taliban deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi told The Associated Press that the explosion in Kabul targeted civilians outside Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan military hospital. He said that still there is no information on casualties and he did […]
A high-rise building in Ikoyi, a highbrow part of Lagos, on Monday collapsed with many feared trapped under the rubble. The number of persons trapped is yet unconfirmed but workers and neighbours scrambled to dig people out of the rubble of the collapsed building, according to reports. Although rescue operations have not officially commenced, at […]
White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who dropped off President Joe Biden’s international trip shortly before he departed, has tested positive for coronavirus after members of her household did, she said in a statement Sunday. Psaki said she last saw Biden Tuesday outside while masked, before the President departed for Rome for the Group of […]
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley has stepped down following an investigation into how he described his links with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The UK financial watchdog and the Bank of England have been investigating Mr Staley’s links to the dead financier. Barclays said it had been made aware of the conclusions of that probe on […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has commissioned PE Energy Centre of Excellence in Port Harcourt, to provide services in automation, process and metering systems. The ultra-modern centre, which was commissioned by NCDMB Executive Secretary, Mr Simbi Wabote, would also provide services in systems integration, valve assembly, valve actuation, pump, as well as […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have again scuttled some desperate efforts by drug cartels to export different quantities of cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cannabis to London, the United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. Narcotic officers of the Agency had on Thursday 28th October during outward routine clearance […]