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Business
A week for the history books
Words fail to describe the astonishing events over the past few days which have undoubtedly left a mark in the manuals of financial market trading history. Investors were already juggling with a busy week jampacked with key events and economic data from major economies. However, the extraordinary developments revolving around GameStop and the eye-popping movements in the company’s stock fueled by a Wall Street retail-trading mania have been utterly surreal. Read more
CBN to restructure Nigeria Commodity Exchange in 90 days
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is committing N50 billion to reposition the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) within the next 90 days. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, was speaking on Thursday at an inaugural meeting of the steering committee for the repositioning of the NCX. Emefiele said the apex bank also plans to revalidate its 59.7 percent majority shareholding in the exchange, to enable it to implement far-reaching measures, including the reconstitution of its board and committees. Read more
Zenith Bank approves 2020 financial results, final dividend
The board of directors of Zenith Bank Plc has approved the group audited consolidated and separate financial statements for 2020. This was announced in a notice signed by Micheal Osilama Otu, company secretary, and filed at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Otu said the board considered and approved the results at its meeting on Thursday. Read more
FG considers lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, others over surge in Covid-19 cases
The Federal Government has said that it is considering a targeted lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and some other major cities across the country. This follows the record increase in the number of coronavirus infections in the country as a result of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
Telegram now lets you import your Whatsapp chats
Telegram is introducing the ability to import your chat history from other apps including WhatsApp. This means that you won’t lose past conversations from your Whatsapp. Over 100 million users have joined Telegram in January since Whatsapp made an update to its privacy policy. Read more
Dutch court orders Shell Nigeria to pay compensation for oil spill
A Dutch court has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to pay compensation over oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This recent ruling could rise to many more cases against the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell over its operations in the country. Read more
UK imposes travel ban on UAE, others over surge in Covid-19 infections
The UK in an update has announced the extension of an outright travel ban on non-citizens arriving from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Rwanda and Burundi over surge in Covid-19 infections. This also includes severe quarantine measures for any British or Irish citizens and third-country nationals with residence rights coming from these countries and will be required to isolate at home or in a hotel for 10 days. Read more
Julius Berger diversifies into agric as profit tumbles by 85%
Construction giant Julius Berger Nigeria Plc said its after-tax profit for full-year 2020 fell to N1.357 billion, an 84.5 per cent fall from the figure posted in the same period of 1999, as the pandemic outbreak upset operations and shrank earnings, setting in motion its weakest profit in four years. Revenue was down by 9 per cent, sliding from N264.557 billion to N242.458 billion, its unaudited earnings report published by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday showed. Read more
Social
Why Zlatan Ibile Blocked DJ Cuppy On Social Media Finally Revealed
The cause of the rift between singer, Zlatan Ibile and fellow singer and Disc Jockey, DJ Cuppy has been made public by another player in the industry, Afeare Israel. Naija News understands Israel is Davido’s logistics manager and based on what he revealed, he was privy to what transpired between Zlatan and DJ Cuppy. Read more
Here is 'Lizard,' Nigeria's only submission for 2021 Sundance film festival
Nigerian filmmaker, Akinola Davies Jr. recently unveiled his short film, 'Lizard' at the ongoing Sundance film festival. The short film which had its world premiere at the festival is Nigeria's only submission this year. Read more
Davido tattoos the faces of his kids on his body
Nigerian singer David Adeleke also known as Davido has tattooed the faces of his three children on his body. The music star took to his Instagram Stories on Friday, January 29, 2021, where he shared a video of his new artwork. Read more
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