NEW YORK: BlackBerry Ltd on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook Inc and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, […]
Nigeria News:CBN must contain rising banking sector risks, says IMF
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to contain rising banking risks in the […]
World Economy: IMF’s Lagarde says nobody wins in a trade war
Denis Balibouse | Reuters Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) attends a news conference on the […]
AccorHotels Launches A Digital Campaign To Portray A Bold and Trendy Africa
AccorHotels, a multinational hotel group based in Paris, and Air France launched a digital campaign, #MyChicAfrica, to offer African influencers […]
African News: Mastercard Acquires Oltio To Advance Digital Payments in MENA
Mastercard, a technology company in the global payments industry based in New York, announced the acquisition of South Africa’s Oltio, […]
Nigerian News: Lagos to become Africa’s model megacity by 2025 –Ambode
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has declared that the state would be Africa’s model megacity by 2025. Speaking to a […]
Nigerian Economy: NNPC Drives Down Cost of Producing Crude Oil per Barrel to $20
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has brought down the cost of producing a barrel of crude oil to $20, […]
African News: African Startup Launches Drones for Global Market
Talking fast and dreaming big, William Elong shows off the first “made in Cameroon” drone at his sixth-floor workshop in […]
Business: Smile Holdings Raises Concern over Sale of 9mobile, Calls for Review
The reserve bidder in the sale of 9mobile, Smile Telecoms Holdings, has raised concern over some perceived anomalies in the […]
Tax evasion: Nigerian government to target property owners in highbrow areas
Property owners in highbrow areas across the country are now targets of federal and state governments tax agencies determined to […]
CBN HAS WARNED INVESTORS ABOUT CRYPTOCURRENCIES, BUT COULD IT BE MISSING SOMETHING?
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has once again cautioned Nigerians to be wary of investments in cryptocurrencies, asserting that […]
Axa Plunges After Agreeing to Buy XL Group for $15.3 Billion
Axa SA agreed to buy XL Group Ltd. for $15.3 billion in cash in the biggest-ever European acquisition of a U.S. insurer. Shares […]
Africa’s Takeaway from the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum for 2018 may have come and gone, but the question that will linger remains what lessons […]
A GLOBAL VALIDATION OF NIGERIAN ART – BEN ENWONWU’S MASTERPIECE, “TUTU”, SELLS FOR $1.4 MILLION
The long-lost work of late Nigerian artist, Ben Enwonwu, was sold at the Bonhams auction house, London, for £1.2 million […]
African News: French NGO asks Canada to probe African leaders’ real estate purchases
Montreal- The French NGO Sherpa on Thursday called for an investigation into the purchases of Canadian real estate by […]
Nigeria’s Economy: Buhari Welcomes Increased Foreign Private Investments in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the rise in foreign private investments in the country owing to the success of his […]
World Economy: Here’s what the world is saying about Trump’s tariffs
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the United States will slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from around the world […]
Nigeria’s Economy: Report from NBS shows that year 2017 attracted $12.2bn investment
On Thursday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published the capital importation report for 2017 which totaled an investment inflow […]
Restructuring Nigeria’s Economy: Atiku Abubakar expresses his concern about how restructuring will be beneficial to the whole country
At a book launch in Lagos yesterday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, represented by Prof. Maxwell Gidado emphasized that: “Restructuring […]
Ghana’s Economy is Back on Track
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday January 17 said, the country’s economy is rebounding and the major commodity exporter is […]