Liverpool go into 2019 seven points clear at the top of the Premier League, having conceded just eight league goals this season, while playing some of the best soccer in Europe. It is quite understandable to see why they have usurped Thursday’s opponents, Manchester City, as the favorites to win the league. But, ahead of […]
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Nigeria Economy 1.95% growth unacceptable — NACCIMA
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has said the economic growth rate of 1.9 per cent was too low to make any appreciable impact. Its president, Iyalode Alaba Lawson, said recent reports from the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 1.81 […]
NLC’s insistence on N30, 000 minimum wage unpatriotic – Govs
Governors on Monday described as unpatriotic the insistence of the Nigeria Labour Congress that N30,000 was the least it would accept as the national minimum wage. They added that it was an attempt to hold President Muhammadu Buhari and the nation to ransom. The governors, however, said they would have loved to pay the N30,000 […]
OPEC will cut output further if oil prices fail to recover: Energy minister
Algeria’s energy minister said he was confident oil prices will return to between $65 and $70 a barrel by April, but stressed that the OPEC alliance would cut production further if the market had not responded by then. “If the situation requires a further reduction, we will do it,” Algerian energy minister Mustapha Guitouni said […]
Blockchain Set For Breakthrough in 2019
After all the hype, blockchain is due for a breakthrough in 2019. Banks and companies are gradually applying versions of the distributed-ledger technology associated with bitcoin to tasks like settlement. Demonstrating blockchain’s utility, though, will say little about the value of cryptocurrencies themselves. The technology’s potential for recording and sharing data instantly and securely has […]
Marvel just confirmed a wild fan theory about a character that died in ‘Infinity War’
We’re now less than four months away from the Avengers: Endgame premiere, which will finally bring us the closure we’ve been waiting for. Endgame will restore order to the universe, and many of the characters who perished after Thanos snapped his fingers during that epic Infinity War finale will be brought back to life. The […]
Brent crude rises but set for first yearly drop since 2015
Oil prices rose more than 2 percent on the final day of the year, mirroring gains in stock markets, but were on track for their first annual decline in three years as concerns of a persistent supply glut lingered.Hints of progress on a possible U.S.-China trade deal, with U.S. President Donald Trump saying he had […]
Labour dispute: Aviation workers to begin strike Jan 2
The National Union of Air Transport Employees and the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have threatened to down tools by January 2, if the demand for promotion of their members in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority is not met. The unions, on Sunday, said the NCAA had been taking them for granted […]
Minimum wage: NLC wants govs who diverted bailouts probed
The General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Peter Ozo-Eson, said governors who claimed to lack the financial capacity to pay the N30,000 minimum wage should not be taken seriously because some of them diverted the bailouts paid to them by the Federal Governments instead of paying backlog of workers’ salaries. Ozo-Eson also said in […]