Tag: Nigeria

Boeing takes responsibility for aircraft mid-flight door blowout
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Boeing takes responsibility for aircraft mid-flight door blowout

The Chief Executive Officer of Boeing has taken responsibility for an aircraft manufacture fault following a door blow-out on one of its planes shortly after takeoff in the United States. Fortunately, no one was hurt when the main cabin door of an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon, broke loose on Friday. Since the incident, […]

OpenAI is facing ongoing capacity challenges following the launch of its viral image generation feature last week, as a result, the company has temporarily disabled
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Apple removes Binance, crypto apps from India App store

Alex Omenye Apple have removed at least nine cryptocurrency exchanges’ applications, including those from Binance and Kraken from the Indian App Store. This comes less than two weeks after the majority of these international companies were accused of conducting business in the country “illegally.” Nine cryptocurrency companies received show-cause notifications from the Financial Intelligence Unit, […]

Amazon's Twitch to lay off 500 employees
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Amazon’s Twitch to lay off 500 employees

Amazon.com Inc.’s live streaming network, Twitch, is apparently planning a large personnel reduction, with around 35% of its workers, or approximately 500 employees, estimated to be affected. The announcement of these losses came today, Wednesday, kicking off a sequence of job cuts within the company. According to sources, this decision followed concerns over Twitch’s financial losses and […]

Seedstars Africa raises $30m to fund African startups
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Seedstars Africa raises $30m to fund African startups

The European Investment Bank’s subsidiary, EIB Global, has committed $30 million in finance to Seedstars Africa Ventures. Following a $8 million investment, French private equity firm LBO France, the fund’s anchor investor, has made a fresh commitment. With a goal of raising between $80 million and $100 million, the fund will help seed and Series […]

Nigerian Exchange ahead in Africa with 33.70% gain
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Naira falls at black market despite CBN’s FX backlog clearance

The value of the naira declined considerably on Tuesday on the P2P and physical black markets, notwithstanding the infusion of foreign exchange liquidity at the official market and the considerable clearing of foreign exchange backlogs by Nigeria’s top bank. The naira traded at around N1230/$ in the early hours of Tuesday on the P2P market, […]

Seven currencies greater than the US dollar
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Seven currencies greater than the US dollar

One of the most valued currencies in the world, the US dollar is the preferred lender for many nations looking to purchase US bonds denominated in dollars. Even though the USD is seen as a trustworthy currency, there are other currencies that perform better. This implies that the foreign currency has a value higher than […]

Cameroonian city ranked most expensive in Africa
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Cameroonian city ranked most expensive in Africa

Living in African cities can be a genuine financial burden these days, owing to the recent increase in inflation. Everything is getting more expensive, from housing to groceries. According to one of the world’s leading data and research platforms, Numbeo, food and utilities, for example, have seen price increases. Numbeo reports that Douala, Cameroon is […]

Foreign flights fully booked despite naira scarcity
Aviation

Foreign flights fully booked despite naira scarcity

In a surprising turn of events, foreign flights from Nigeria are experiencing unprecedented demand and are reportedly fully booked, despite the prevailing scarcity of the naira and economic challenges facing the country. Most airlines serving the Lagos-London, Lagos-USA, and Lagos-Paris routes were fully booked for the festive season despite the high cost of tickets which keeps increasing. […]

Kenya overtakes Nigeria in start-up funding ranking
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Kenya overtakes Nigeria in start-up funding ranking

Alex Omenye Nigeria lost the top position for the most funded startups in Africa to Kenya. This development was contained in an analysis of the African startup funding in 2023 by a research outfit, ‘Africa: The Big Deal.’ The report stated that startups in the East African country attracted the largest amount of funding in […]

South Korea passes law to ban dog meat trade
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South Korea passes law to ban dog meat trade

South Korea has passed a new law that calls for the abolition of dog meat slaughter and sale by 2027. According to BBC, the legislation intends to put an end to the centuries-old habit of eating dog flesh. The legislation prohibits raising or slaughtering dogs for human food, as well as distributing or selling dog […]

JAPA: Overstay your visa, face permanent ban, US warns Nigerians
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Nigeria to start non-physical passport application March 8

Alex Omenye The Federal Government has announced its finalized arrangements to commence full non-physical passport applications and their subsequent delivery to applicants using courier services. “Starting March 8, Nigerians will no longer have to come to our offices for their biometric,” the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed on Monday’s Channels Politics Today. “They can […]

Dangote refinery investors gain N1.2tn in two days
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Dangote to begin production as crude supply hits 6 million barrels

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery stated on Monday that it is ready to begin producing refined petroleum products after receiving the 6th batch of one million barrels of crude oil needed for the plant’s starting operations. According to The PUNCH, “Dangote refinery appears set to commence production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of the […]