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Abuja are you ready?? It's 2 days to our very first Herconomy open house in Abuja and we are so excited!!
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Herconomy is coming to Abuja with a bang!!!
Abuja are you ready??
We are so excited!
It’s 2 days to our very first Herconomy Open House in Abuja!
The amazing members of our community in Abuja will be getting the full Open House Experience with amazing food, games and safe, wholesome networking.
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Conference Report
Did you miss out on our Herconomy Conference and Gala night??
Check out some of the event highlights from the link below.
Local Stories
CIS elects Fiona Ahimie as the first female principal officer
Mrs Fiona Ahimie has emerged as the first female Principal Officer of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS). Read more…
ASUU strike: FG to spend N34 billion as minimum wage arrears for lecturers
The Federal Government has announced a bold step toward ending the tertiary education strike, stating that it will spend N34 billion as arrears of Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustments in the education sector effective from 2019. Read more…
APC gov ticket: Aggrieved aspirants seek direct primary, allege hijack
Some All Progressives Congress governorship and state Houses of Assembly aspirants in Ogun, Rivers, Sokoto, Lagos and Osun states have called for the adoption of a direct primary to elect the party’s candidates in the 2023 elections. Read more…
FIRS advocates tax compliance as a prerequisite for clearing political aspirants
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has insisted on tax compliance as a recommended prerequisite for clearing aspirants to contest for elective positions. Read more…
Women protest gender imbalance in reconstituted transport, maritime sector boards
Maritime stakeholders and players have decried alleged gender imbalance in the reconstituted boards of parastatals in the transport and maritime industry. Read more…
FG to deploy surveillance cameras for security at Nigerian borders
The Federal Government says it has commenced the process of deploying technology to enhance security at the country’s borders. Read more…
‘Okada’ ban remains on June 1 – Gov. Sanwo-Olu
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said there is no going back on the June 1 proposed ban of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okada’ on highways. Read more…
International Stories
Texas shooting: 19 children among dead in primary school attack
Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in south Texas. Read more…
Ukraine war: Russia's jailed Navalny attacks invasion as judge rejects appeal
Russia's prominent jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny has lost an appeal against a nine-year prison term, but not before launching a scathing attack on the war in Ukraine. Read more…
Monkeypox: Cases detected in three more countries for the first time
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the first Gulf state to record a case of monkeypox. Read more…
North Korea tests presumed ICBM and two other missiles, South Korea says
North Korea tested a presumed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in one of three missile tests on Wednesday, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff. Read more…
Declassified US intelligence shows Russian blockade of Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has effectively halted all maritime trade at Ukrainian ports, according to newly declassified US intelligence, cutting off a critical export commodity for Ukraine and risking a global food crisis. Read more…
Business Matters
Inflationary pressure forces reversal in CBN’s interest rate policy
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 13 per cent, from 11.5 per cent, citing aggressive inflationary trends in the country and across the globe. Read more…
Naira falls to N608/$1 at the P2P exchange market as CBN raises interest rates
The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N419/$1 at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window, where forex is traded officially. Read more…
ICT firms’ borrowing from banks rises to N982.87bn
The loans obtained by the information, communication and technology firms from banks rose from N952.06bn in January 2022 to N982.87bn in March 2022, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Read more…
62% of mobile sector to cut emissions, says GSMA
A new report by the GSM Association, GSMA, has revealed that 49 mobile telecom operators representing 62 per cent of the industry by revenue have now committed to rapidly cutting emissions over the next decade. Read more…
Elon Musk: World’s richest billionaire’s net worth drops below $200 billion
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Tesla’s CEO, lost over $11 billion in a single day because of selling pressure seen on the stock of the world’s most valuable car company. Read more…
Tech Updates
Samsung plans to create 80,000 new jobs with a $356 billion investment
Samsung on Tuesday outlined a plan to pour more than $350 billion into its businesses and create tens of thousands of new jobs over the next five years. Read more…
Metro
Suspected Internet fraudster remanded for killing Ekiti inspector
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ado Ekiti District, has ordered the remand of a 24-year-old man, Opeyemi Ayeni, in a custodial centre for allegedly killing a police officer. Read more…
Ogun policemen, cultists clash, seven suspects arrested
Some suspected cultists on Tuesday engaged men of the Ogun State Police Command in Abeokuta during a supremacy battle between two rival cults. Read more…
2022 Headies: Angelique Kidjo receives Hall of Fame recognition
Grammy-winning Beninese singer, Angelique Kidjo, is the recipient of the Headies Hall of Fame in its 2022 edition. Read more…
Quote of the Day
"Failures are made only by those who fail to dare, not by those who dare to fail."
—Lester B. Pearson