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As Ukraine Pushes Oil Over $100, Nigerians See Mixed Blessings

adminMarch 4, 2022

by adminMarch 4, 20220149

A motorist fill his tank with fuel bought with a jerrycan to avoid long queues formed during a fuel shortage in Lagos and neighbouring Ogun State, on March 3, 2022. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP Weaving in between the Lagos traffic, hawkers selling plantain snacks and water more recently offer......

Business

Nigeria’s Economic Growth: Removal Of Subsidy, 17 Other Critical Findings Of IMF

adminNovember 21, 2021

by adminNovember 21, 20210180

In this file photo an exterior view of the building of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the IMG logo, is seen on March 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. Olivier DOULIERY / AFP The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently visited Nigeria for a mission that is part of regular consultations......

Health + Wellness

High-Profile Breakthrough Cases Trigger Vaccine Misinformation

adminNovember 7, 2021

by adminNovember 7, 20210312

File photo: A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a community vaccination event in a predominately Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, on August 11, 2021. The number of people testing positive for the disease has surged in recent weeks, with the highly infectious Delta variant......

Technology

From Nigeria To India, Gen Z Taps Apps To Invest

adminNovember 5, 2021

by adminNovember 5, 20210290

This photo taken on October 5, 2021 shows 20-year-old college student Ishan Srivastava checking stocks online on his computer, while actively trading on apps on his smart phone, at his residence in Ghaziabad. Prakash SINGH / AFP There’s a new generation of investors in town. They’re young, they get their......

Business

E-Naira: Top Six Things You Should Know About CBN’s Digital Currency

adminOctober 25, 2021

by adminOctober 25, 20210251

President Muhammadu Buhari and CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, pose for a picture at the launch of the eNaira at the State House in Abuja on October 25, 2021. Sunday Agaheze/State House President Muhammadu Buhari launched Nigeria’s digital currency at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday. The digital currency was billed......

Health + Wellness

Migrant-Dependent UK Healthcare Battles Staffing Crisis

adminOctober 8, 2021

by adminOctober 8, 20210247

File photo: A member of the ambulance services assists in moving a patient from an ambulance to St Thomas’ Hospital in London on March 31, 2020, as the country is under lockdown due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Tolga AKMEN / AFP. Britain’s National Health Service, which provides free......

Business

Nigeria Looks To Revive Ailing Palm Oil Sector

adminOctober 3, 2021

by adminOctober 3, 20210302

A file photo used to illustrate this story Standing beside the piles of dark red palm fruits ready for crushing for their essence, Nigerian farmer Micah Ojo hopes to cash in on the government’s drive to revive the country’s once thriving palm oil business. His farm is one of the......

Health + Wellness

Twin Towns At Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Border Clamour For Reopening

adminOctober 1, 2021

by adminOctober 1, 20210307

Street vendors in Noe, a border town between Ivory Coast and Ghana where residents have not been able to cross due to the COVID-19 pandemic on September 22, 2021. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) “Noe looks like a ghost town,” says Eloukou Yapo, a youth leader in the Ivorian......

Business

Thirteen Days To Launch Of E-Naira, Here Are Six Things You Should Know

adminSeptember 17, 2021

by adminSeptember 17, 20210432

A screen grab of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. In June 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced plans to launch a digital currency dubbed the ‘e-Naira’ by October 2021, joining 81 countries strongly considering digital currencies. The CBN’s decision followed two years of contemplation on digital currency technology.......

Business

Bitcoin In El Salvador: How Will It Work?

adminSeptember 9, 2021

by adminSeptember 9, 20210240

In this file photo taken on February 06, 2018 A picture taken on February 6, 2018 shows a visual representation of the digital crypto-currency Bitcoin, at the “Bitcoin Change” shop in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) El Salvador on Tuesday became the first......