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Elon Musk sues law firm over Twitter buyout charges
News

BREAKING: Musk announces new restrictions, limits to Twitter accounts

Twitter owner, Elon Musk, has announced new restrictions for users on the social media platform after thousands noticed their personal feeds were not refreshing.   Many logging on were met with a message that read “Rate limit exceeded”.   While some have specilated that the platform was experiencing a technical glitch, the Twitter boss has […]

Marketers predict more fuel queues due to pipeline vandalism
News

Petrol price crashes at private depots due to low demand

Private depots have reportedly crashed the price of Premium Motor Spirit, aka. petrol, to between N495 and N496 per litre from N502 to N503/litre.   The development came amid rumour that the prices of petrol may soar in July owing to the recently devalued exchange rate and cost of importation by private depots, although, the […]

Apple explores using 3D printers to create smartwatches
Business

Apple’s market value hits $3tn

A $3 trillion market value was achieved by the US-based global technology corporation Apple on Friday. According to CBS, shares of the 47-year-old technology company ended the day up 2.3% at $193.97, bringing its total market worth to $3.04 trillion. Apple is the only company in recent times to accomplish that achievement even though Apple […]

IPMAN threatens strike over Soludo's taxation
Oil and Gas

IPMAN debunks plan to raise petrol price to N700/litre

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has refuted the association’s purported proposal to raise the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, better known as petrol, to N700 per litre nationwide. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, this was disclosed by the Chairman of IPMAN Southwest Zone, Alhaji Dele Tajudeen in an interview with the News […]

Focus on agriculture in fight against poverty - Agric expert tells Tinubu
Agribusiness

Focus on agriculture in fight against poverty – Agric expert tells Tinubu

A specialist in animal breeding and genetics as well as agricultural business, Dr. Olaiwola Ogunpaimo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritize agriculture, particularly crop and livestock production, fisheries, and forestry in order to lower the unemployment and poverty rates in Nigeria. According to Vanguard, Ogunpaimo emphasized the need for significant investments in the agriculture sector […]

Google's first West Africa Director, Juliet Ehimuan, resigns
News

Google’s first West Africa Director, Juliet Ehimuan, resigns

Google’s first director for West Africa, Dr. Juliet Ehimuan, has announced her retirement from the firm. She made this announcement on LinkedIn on Friday, where she also stated her desire to pursue a wider position within the local IT scene. Dr. Ehimuan previously held the position of Country Director for Nigeria at Google before being appointed to the position […]

Opinion

Palliative won’t solve fuel price hike – Truck drivers

The National President of the Heavy-Duty Truck Drivers Association, Uche Nebuwa, has said there will be no remedy to the hike in the pump price of fuel caused by subsidy removal unless old refineries are repaired.   Nebuwa also condemned the proposed palliatives by President Bola Tinubu to lessen the suffering of the masses.   […]

Reps reject 178bn NPA bad debt petition
Ports and Airports

NPA to sell abandoned containers, relieve port congestion

The Nigerian Ports Authority has declared its plan to put containers that have stayed longer than necessary at the ports up for auction in an effort to reduce congestion and free up valuable space at Nigeria’s ports. According to Nairametrics, General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mrs. Josephine Moltok, Nigerian Ports Authority, Lagos, said this in […]

World Health Organisation
News

Sweetener used in Diet Coke, yoghurt, gum ‘possibly causes cancer’ — WHO

World Health Organisation set to announce that an artificial sweetener used in Diet Coke could “possibly” cause cancer.   Aspartame, which is used in thousands of products including yoghurt and chewing gum, will be listed next month as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the […]

EFFC Dangote raid crashes Nigeria dollar bond one week - Bloomberg
News

Bloomberg rates Dangote richest man in Africa

Juliet Buna President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has maintained his position as Africa’s richest man. Bloomberg in its daily top billionaire lists, released on Tues­day, revealed that Dangote with a wealth of $15.6 billion topped other Africans in the Index. Dangote, who remains the rich­est man in Africa for the 12th year running, was […]

Pakistan, IMF reach $3bn loan agreement
News

Pakistan, IMF reach $3bn loan agreement

Pakistan, which has been experiencing an economic crisis has partnered with the International Monetary Fund for over $3 billion (£2.4 billion). According to BBC, the agreement was finally reached after an eight-month wait though the board of the global lender is yet to accept it. Since gaining independence from Britain in 1947, Pakistan, a South Asian country has […]

Lekki Deep Seaport berths largest container ship on Nigerian waters
Business

First transshipment vessel arrives at Lekki port

The first transshipment vessel to call at the deep seaport’s container terminal, the Rimbaud, has arrived, according to Lekki Deep Seaport management. The CMA CGM shipping company’s vessel, according to a port statement, landed at the terminal on Thursday. According to the statement, the ship carried goods from CMA CGM and Maersk, two of the biggest […]