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Business
Elon Musk beats Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest man
Elon Musk, the South Africa-born American CEO of electric car company, Tesla, has become the world’s richest man. Musk overtook Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, on Thursday, following a 4.8 percent surge in Tesla’s share price. The 49-year-old had his net worth rise $188.5 billion at 10:15 a.m. in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017, according to Bloomberg Billionaire index. Read more
NIMC: Nigerians to pay N15,000 for date of birth modification
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says national identification number (NIN) holders will pay N15,000 to correct their date of births in the commission’s database. Funmi Opesanwo, the NIMC regional coordinator, announced this on Wednesday at the commission’s office in Alausa, Lagos. Read more
Covid-19: UK extends travel ban to international passengers from 11 African countries
The United Kingdom said on Thursday that it would extend a ban to international passengers from Southern African countries coming into the country, as part of the measures aimed at preventing the spread of a new strain of Covid-19 variant identified in South Africa. According to a report from Reuters, the UK government said that the restriction is expected to take effect on Saturday and will be in place for 2 weeks. Read more
Facebook suspends Donald Trump indefinitely
Facebook announced it will suspend Donald Trump’s account indefinitely, until the peaceful transition of power is complete. The suspension was announced by Mark Zuckerberg in a statement on Thursday, after the storming of the U.S Capitol by Trump supporters on Wednesday. Read more
Trump Finally—Two Months After Election Loss—Concedes Defeat
President Donald Trump effectively conceded the presidential election Thursday evening, calling for calm and condemning the storming of the Capitol Building by his supporters—a rampage many blame him for inciting, which led to at least four deaths and which sparked increasing bipartisan calls that he be removed from office. Read more
PZ Cussons proposes dividend payout of N397 million to the shareholders
The Board of Directors of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc has proposed the payment of N397.047 million to the shareholders of the company who currently hold the 3,970,477,045 fully paid ordinary shares of the company. This disclosure was made public by the company in a notification issued and signed by the Company Secretary, Jacqueline Ezeokwelume, on the 7 January 2021. Read more
Lagos State projects monthly IGR target of N60.31 billion for 2021 fiscal year
The Lagos State Government has projected a monthly target of N60.318 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the 2021 fiscal year. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the disclosure was made by the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube during a media briefing on the analysis of the 2021 budget at Alausa, Ikeja. Read more
Social
Davido Finally Joins Family Business – See His Position
The singer recently threatened to quit music after he and Burna Boy reportedly got into a fight at a club, Hype, in Ghana. Davido apart from being a singer, also manages his own record label; DMW Records and has now been appointed as one of the directors of Pacific Holding Limited. Confirming the development on Tuesday, Davido wrote on Twitter: “omo nah 2021 o I dun dey chook head small small,” alongside a picture of the company’s logo. Read more
DJ Cuppy Speaks Out On ‘Fight’ With Zlatan Ibile After ‘Gelato’ Collaboration
Nigerian female disc jockey, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, better known as DJ Cuppy has taken to her Twitter account to brief her followers on a ‘fight’ with Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, known as Zlatan Ibile. The billionaire daughter said she is still in wonder why Zlatan had chosen to block her from his social media accounts following their collaboration a music video ‘Gelato’. Read more
Comedienne Princess explains why her marriage lasted for only 2 weeks
Nigerian comedienne Oluwadamilola Adekoya popularly known as Princess says she takes the blame for her failed marriage. The celebrity made this known during an interview with TVC. She explained how her marriage to movie producer, Jeremiah Adeshola lasted for only two weeks. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
“Life circumstances sometimes have ways of overwhelming us to make anyone quit, but it is no excuse to give up on life when life has not given up on you.” - Christiana I. Chineme,
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