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Top 10 countries with lowest fuel prices in 2024
Oil and Gas

Top 10 countries with lowest fuel prices in 2024

A report titled “Gasoline Prices” has examined petrol prices in various countries has revealed the top 10 countries with the lowest petrol prices in 2024. Globally, the average cost of a liter of gasoline is 1.30 USD. However, these costs vary significantly between countries. Petrol costs are critical to global economies, and prices vary significantly among […]

Amazon launches AI image generator for TVs
News Tech

Amazon launches AI image generator for TVs

Amazon on Wednesday launched the feature to create AI-generated images on Fire TV devices. Users who own a second-generation Fire TV Stick 4K Max or Fire TV Omni QLED Series device can use the functionality in the United States as of this Wednesday. Amazon’s Titan Image Generator, which it unveiled at its AWS re: Invent […]

Air cargo demand rises by 18.4% January - IATA
Aviation News

Demand for air travel rises by 22% – IATA

The African aviation sector had a 22.1% rise in Revenue Passenger kilometres for November 2023 compared to the same time the previous year, data from the International Air Transport Association stated. “During the month under review, African airlines had a 22.1 per cent rise in demand; however, capacity increased by 29.6 per cent causing a […]

Dangote Sugar exceeds N1tn market cap level 
Business

Dangote Sugar exceeds N1tn market cap level 

Dangote Sugar has become the second Aliko Dangote-owned company to reach the N1 trillion market valuation milestone. As of 1.30 p.m. on January 17, 2024, the company’s share price had increased by 1.23% to N82.40, bringing its market value above N1 trillion and placing it in the SWOOT category. Dangote Sugar is now the sixth business […]

Nestle, others cost equity market 51bn loss
Business

Investors gain N1.8tn as equity market sets new record

The Nigerian Exchange Limited set new records at the close of trade on Tuesday, as the benchmark index, the All-Share Index, increased by 3.93 per cent to a new high of 87,971.09 points. The PUNCH reported that similarly, the market capitalization increased by the same proportion to close at N48.139tn, marking another milestone and resulting […]

Nigerian Exchange ahead in Africa with 33.70% gain
Business

Naira falls to 1300/$ at parallel market

The naira fell to N1,300/$ on the parallel market on Tuesday. As confirmed with the Bureau de Change operators, this comes after it closed trading on the Peer-to-Peer cryptocurrency window at N1,315.3/$1 for the day. An Abuja Bureau de Change operator in Zone 4, Magaji Muhammed, reported the rate climbed to N1,300/$ on Tuesday. He replied, […]

OpenAI mulls $500bn valuation in employee share sale talks
News Tech

OpenAI focus on democratic processes for AI softwares

The artificial intelligence lab OpenAI said that it is assembling a new team to establish democratic methods to determine how its AI software should be controlled to address prejudice and other concerns. In a blog post on Tuesday, the company said the “Collective Alignment” team is carrying on the activities of a grant program that […]

Binance working with Nigeria govt to resolve exec's detention, CEO says
Crypto

Binance opens crypto trading in Thailand

Alex Omenye Binance said on Tuesday that it has made its bitcoin exchange available for trade in Thailand. According to a release, Gulf Binance is a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Innova of Thailand. It will function as an exchange and brokerage platform that lets customers buy and sell digital assets using local currency […]

UK expands work visa sponsors for Nigerians
News

UK expands work visa sponsors for Nigerians

The UK updated the list of organizations eligible to sponsor work visas for Nigerians in 2024 on January 12, 2024. These businesses are authorized to sponsor skilled worker relocations using the temporary worker immigration process. The amended list now includes 99,856 companies, an increase of 31,226 from the 68,630 certified in January 2023. Among the […]

Why naira-dollar can't be stable - Minister
Business

Nigeria needs $80bn investments for Agenda 2050 – Minister

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, stated that Nigeria needs at least $100 billion in investments to accomplish the Nigeria Agenda 2050, with the private sector likely to contribute more than 80%. According to Arise TV,  the minister made this revelation while discussing the 2024 budget. He emphasized the importance of private capital in propelling […]

Instagram cuts 60 jobs
News Tech

Instagram cuts 60 jobs

Instagram has laid off staff at the management level by cutting 60 technical program manager roles, The Information reported. The affected workers have two months to apply for other positions inside the organization. If they are unable to find another position inside the organization after the two months, their employment will end. A former employee […]

BlackRock to acquire Adebayo Ogunlesi’s GIP for $12.5b
News Tech

BlackRock to acquire Adebayo Ogunlesi’s GIP for $12.5b

BlackRock Inc. has disclosed its readiness to acquire Adebayo Ogunlesi’s Global Infrastructure Partners for around $12.5 billion. The acquisition is anticipated to finalize in the third quarter and BlackRock will pay $3 billion in cash and around 12 million shares, which would have been valued at nearly $9.5 billion at Thursday’s closing. Ogunlesi, the chairman […]