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Senate rules out the use of unclaimed dividends to fund 2021 Budget
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Win an All Expense Paid Holiday to Dubai when you register for the Launch of Herconomy!
Finally!!! 6th of December! Herconomy is coming!!!! We are launching a Mystery Product!!!!! Wow, it’s taken a whole year or more for this to come to life!!!! Can you guess what it is??? Register here to attend the launch where we’d be announcing this amazing product! Once you register, you can participate in a competition to win an all expense paid trip to Dubai this Christmas! Whoopsss! To participate in the competition, please follow the steps below.
Step 1: Register to attend the launch of Herconomy at https://www.agstribe.org/herconomy/
Step 2: Once you register, you’d receive an email. Follow the steps in the email to receive your personalized flier for you to post on your page.
Step 3: Upload poster created from the above link on your Instagram page and use the hashtag #Herconomy and #AGSTribe so we can track your post.
Step 3: Tell us under the Instagram post one way you’ve have been able to contribute to the Economy and why you deserve a holiday.
Step 4: Tag 3 of your friends on the post
You must be following @agstribe and @dndtravelsandtours to participate. Make it fun!!! We look forward to reading from you! 2020 has been hard enough, we all deserve some fun! Terms and Condition apply.
Business
FG threatens to sanction DisCos selling prepaid meters
Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday, Zakari said the prepaid meters are meant to be provided to customers at no cost. He added that there is an order that mandates DisCos to reimburse customers who purchase meters through the Meter Asset Providers (MAP) scheme. Read more
Naira reverses loss, trades at N470/$ after new CBN policy
The naira, which had previously exchanged at N500/$, strengthened after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) relaxed the rules on foreign remittances and domiciliary accounts. In a November 30 circular, the apex bank directed that beneficiaries of diaspora remittances and foreign exchange transfers into domiciliary account should be allowed to receive such inflows in foreign currency. Read more
National Assembly does not have power to replace constitution – Omo-Agege
The Deputy President of Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has stated that the National Assembly does not have the power to replace the constitution. The Senator disclosed this at a meeting with the Alliance of Nigerian Patriots led by Amb. Umunna Orjiako on Wednesday. He was represented by his media aide, Mr. Yomi Odunuga. Read more
Senate rules out the use of unclaimed dividends to fund 2021 Budget
The Nigerian Senate has ruled out the use of unclaimed dividends to fund the 2021 Budget. The objection was raised by Senator Suleiman Kwari, the lawmaker representing Kaduna North District Zone I, at today’s senate plenary in Abuja. Read more
FG says vehicle owners to pay N250,000 to convert from petrol to autogas
The Federal Government has revealed that vehicle owners in the country will have to pay N250,000 to have their cars converted to autogas from petrol. This disclosure was made on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, by the Technical Adviser on Gas Business and Policy Implementation to Minister of State for Petroleum, Justice Derefaka, while on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, which was monitored by Nairametrics. Read more
Banker’s Awards: Zenith Bank is Bank of The Year
Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as Bank of the Year in Nigeria in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020. The bank has also won the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria and the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital, also by The Banker. The award, which was announced yesterday by The Banker Magazine, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom during the virtual awards ceremony, was based on individual banks’ ability to deliver returns, gain strategic advantage and serve their markets. Read more
Everyone has an opinion on the $27.7B Slack acquisition
When the Salesforce-Slack deal was officially announced on Tuesday afternoon, and the number appeared, it was kind of hard to believe. Salesforce had shelled out more than $27 billion to buy Slack and bring it into the Salesforce family of products. The company sees a key missing piece in Slack, and that could explain why it was willing to spend such an astonishing amount of money to get it. Read more
Social
Selena Gomez Accuses Facebook and Instagram of "Tolerating This Hate" Seen on Social Media
Selena Gomez remains fed up with some of the content she's been seeing recently on social media. The star shared her concerns on Twitter on Wednesday, Dec. 2 by retweeting a post from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a London-based nonprofit focused on lobbying tech firms to eliminate users who disseminate content that it perceives as harmful. Read more
Actress Ruth Kadiri speaks on the secrecy in relationships, questions partners who hide phones from each other
Nollywood actress Ruth Kadiri has questioned the secrecy a lot of couples have in their relationships. The movie star made this known via her Instagram page on Wednesday, November 2, 2020. Read more
Omah Lay's 'Bad Influence' tops list of Nigerian songs on Shazam
On December 3, 2020, Apple Music released its year-end lists and chart highlights. The list also includes top Shazam songs, for the music search application which Apple acquired some months ago. Earlier this year, Shazam launched a Naija Risers Playliston Apple Music and also surpassed 200 million global users in 2020. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
“The ability to conceive a dream, believe in that dream, and finally achieve that dream is the power of greatness.” - Barry Gallagher
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