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AGS Community News
Congratulations to Bisoye Adedayo on her Pop-Up Shop in John Lewis
To our UK members, go check out AGS Tribe member Bisoye Adedayo’s pop-up shop and get some spa day goodies for yourself and your loved ones.
You can also check out the store on Instagram @tlcbyanike.
Enjoy the weekend with some TLC products.
Local Stories
N16.39tn budget funding: Sell refineries, moribund assets, reduce deficit, economists, NASS tell Buhari
Experts on Thursday advised the Federal Government to consider selling refineries and other assets being used to siphon public resources in order to realise resources required to finance part of its budget deficit of N6.3tn. Read more…
Abductor shoots colleague dead as Ondo Amotekun closes in
A suspected kidnapper has been killed by a member of his gang during a shootout with the operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps. Read more…
IPOB: Outrage as Nollywood Actor Chiwetalu Agu spends first night in military custody
Fans and lovers of Nollywood Actor, Chiwetalu Agu, are presently outraged as the celebrity spends his first night in the custody of the Nigerian Army following his arrest on Thursday. Read more…
Reps propose compensation for airport neighbours over noise, emission
The House of Representatives has approved a bill seeking to create a special welfare package for people living around airports across Nigeria due to the environmental impact of the flights on their lives. Read more…
Fully vaccinated Nigerians can travel to UK without pre-departure tests – UK Government
The UK government announced that fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria can travel to England without needing a pre-departure covid test from the 11th of October. Read more…
FG to raise $219 million from sales of power firms
The Federal Government has revealed that it has concluded plans to generate the sum of N90 billion ($219 million) from the sales of mostly government-owned power assets under its National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs), read more…
Shift from fossil fuels threatening Nigeria, others – World Bank
The World Bank has said that the wealth value of Nigeria and some countries with abundant nonrenewable energy or recent oil and gas discoveries will be at risk due to a shift from oil, gas and coal. Read more…
International Stories
Texas abortions resume after court ruling despite legal fears
Some Texas abortion clinics have reopened amid fears that a legal ruling which halted the state's near-total abortion ban may be short-lived. Read more…
Hope for Sickle Cell Disease sufferers as treatment drug is approved
A drug named Crizanlizumab, produced by Novartis has been approved for Sickle Cell treatment in England by the National Health Service (NHS). Read more…
UK travel red list cut to just seven countries
South Africa, Brazil and Mexico come off the red list, which requires travellers to quarantine in an approved hotel at their cost for 10 full days. Read more…
Damaged US Navy sub was operating in one of world's most difficult undersea environments, analysts say
The US Navy submarine that struck an underwater object in the South China Sea last weekend was operating in one of the world's most difficult undersea environments, read more…
'Squid Game' director Hwang Dong-hyuk: 'This is a story about losers'
If you've watched the breakout hit Netflix series "Squid Game," innocent children's games like tug of war and red light, green light may take on a whole new meaning for you. Read more…
Tech Issues
Nabsolute wants to give independent artistes affordable exposure with SpinHeard
Getting attention from music promoters can be pretty tricky for emerging artists, even with the Internet. Ex-music journalist Victor Okpala wants to eliminate this difficulty with the launch of SpinHeard. Read more…
Aggregators are enabling independent voices in Kenya’s controlled news circuit
Kenya is all about the news. No, literally, “Habari”, a common greeting in Swahili, means “Any news?” in English. Read more…
Business Issues
Exchange rate gains marginally as foreign reserve hits highest level in 21 months
The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N414.67/$1, at the Investors and Exporters window, where forex is traded officially. Read more…
JPMorgan says institutions are buying bitcoin rather than gold
According to a JPMorgan note discussing the factors that contributed to Bitcoin’s rally back to being a trillion-dollar asset class, the American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company gave three reasons, read more…
Coca-Cola invests $1 billion in Nigeria in the last 10 years, to inject another $1 billion in 5 years
Coca Cola has invested over $1 billion in Nigeria in the last 10 years and plans to inject another $1 billion in the next five years. Read more…
Tether hits back after damning Bloomberg report
After a Bloomberg report that accused Tether of not having enough reserves to back its stablecoin issuance and accusing Tether’s Chief Financial Officer, read more…
Youth empowerment: Tizeti CEO Kendall Ananyi awards scholarships to UNIBEN Electrical Engineering graduating class, gives automatic jobs to 20 best students
The Chief Executive Officer of Tizeti, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet and voice service provider, Kendall Ananyi has awarded a grant to the Class of 2021 of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering class at the University of Benin. Read more…
40 percent of Nigerians working in the informal sector are being owed wages – SBM
A report revealed that 40% of Nigerians say in the unregulated informal sector, they are being owed wages. Read more…
Metro
Someone sent intimate video of my current date and I to blackmail me -Tiwa Savage
Iconic Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, says that she is currently being blackmailed over a sex video. Read more…
Grandma weeps as Oyo policemen snatched N150,000 house rent from grandson
A woman, Taiwo Ogunade, has lamented how some men suspected to be policemen attached to the Oyo State Police Command snatched money and phone from her grandson. Read more…
You helped my ministry succeed, Bamiloye hails wife on 33rd wedding anniversary
Veteran Christian film-maker, Evangelist Mike Bamiloye, has hailed his wife, Gloria, for helping his ministry succeed as the duo clocked 33 years in marriage. Read more…
AGS Quote of the Day
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” –
Franklin D. Roosevelt