Nigeria Tops 169 Countries In Global Internet Poverty Index   Nigeria has the largest number of Internet poor people in the world, according to the Internet Poverty Index by the World Data Lab. According to the index, 47.39 per cent (103.02 million...

Joseph Makoju, Former Dangote Cement MD Dies At 73   Former Managing Director, Dangote Cement Company Limited, Mr Joseph Makoju, is dead. Makoju reportedly died at an Abuja Hospital on Monday. He was aged 73. Commenting on the incident, Governor Yahaya Bello of...

Oil Prices Drop Below $100 A Barrel Amid Lockdowns In China   Oil prices, on Monday, plunged 4 per cent amid concerns that the pandemic will cut demand in China. Brent crude futures fell 4 5 per cent to $98.16 a barrel...

Nigeria on the Verge of COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   Two years after the global outbreak of Coronavirus, popularly known as COVID-19, Nigeria’s food and drug regulatory agency, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)...

E-payments Processed N55trn In Two Months   About N54.98tn was processed through Nigeria’s electronic channels in the first two months of 2022, according to data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System portal. This is a 45.49 per cent increase from the...

In One Week, Stock Investors Lose N114bn   Stock Investors lost N114bn at the end of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited last week. The NGX All-Share Index and market capitalisation of equities listed on the NGX depreciated...