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Business
Remittances to Nigeria reduced by 27.7% in 2020 – World Bank
The World Bank has disclosed that global remittances reached the sum of $540 billion in the year 2020, read more…
Bitcoin Tanks After Elon Musk Says Tesla Stops Accepting It Due To Carbon Energy Use
Elon Musk, who has become a volatile force in the cryptocurrency universe, said Tesla is no longer accepting Bitcoin as payment for purchases, read more…
Police suspend VIPs, lawmakers, others’ special protection in Imo, Rivers, others
The police authorities have suspended till further notice special protection for political office holders, read more…
Breaking: Crypto-bloodbath leaves over 340,000 investors losing all their capital
The Crypto market in the early hours of Thursday witnessed record pullbacks as investors increasingly reduced their holdings on higher U.S inflation coupled with bearish actions from Elon Musk, read more…
Family petitions Sanwo-Olu over herdsmen invasion of Epe farm
The Ali Moibi-Balogun family of Odo-Egiri town in the Eredo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State has petitioned the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, read more…
Naira depreciates at NAFEX window, diaspora remittances to hit $22 billion
Naira depreciated against the US dollar to close at N411.25 to a dollar on Tuesday, 11th May 2021, representing a 58 kobo drop when compared to N410.67/$1, read more…
Ohio Will Give Out $1 Million Randomly To Vaccinated Residents
As health officials struggle to persuade hesitant Americans to take Covid-19 vaccines, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) introduced a plush new incentive, read more…
Social
Nicki Minaj’s comeback picture crashes Crocs website
After four months of silence on social media, popular rapper, Nicki Minaj, made a return with internet-breaking photos. Read more…
Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart', 'No Longer At Ease' and 'Arrow of God' is officially in the works
The acclaimed trilogy will be adapted for global television audiences. Read more…
Aki and Paw Paw remake set to hit the cinemas
Popular Nigerian filmmaker, Charles Okpaleke, has hinted that a remake of the 2002 classic comedy film, Aki Na Ukwa, starring Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme, read more…
Iyabo Ojo sues Yomi Fabiyi, demands N100m for defamation
Popular Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has taken legal action against her colleague, Yomi Fabiyi, and has demanded N100m as payment for damages caused by his ‘defamatory publication’. Read more…
AGS Quote of the Day
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”
Helen Keller