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So, we decided to extend deadlines for Enterprise Challenge, you're welcome😊, oh, and Jack Dorsey announced that he is stepping down as Twitter CEO

Herconomy Updates

More Time to Apply!

The Herconomy Enterprise Challenge deadline has now been shifted till the 17th of December to allow even more female-owned businesses to apply for the grant.

So it’s time, give your pitch your very best shot, go all out and come Wow the team and judges during the finale.

We Are Waiting!

Local Stories

Blackout hits Soludo, Obi, Uba’s communities, 30 others in Anambra

The community of the Anambra State governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, and that of a former governor of the state, Peter Obi, will suffer power outage. Read more…

Constitution review: N’Assembly considers 64 bills, to dismiss ‘controversial’ memos

The committees for the review of the constitution at the National Assembly have compiled 64 bills proposing various amendments to the 1999 Constitution, The PUNCH has learnt. Read more…

Omicron variant: Travel bans loom as Canada detects Nigeria-linked cases

Medical experts on Monday warned that Nigeria risked travel bans with Canada’s detection of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in two travellers from Nigeria. Read more…

Electoral Act Amendments: Buhari writes INEC, seeks advice on direct primaries, others

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written a letter to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, seeking comments from INEC over the Electoral Act amendment bill which was passed by the National Assembly on November 9, 2021. Read more…

We’re not against restructuring, our demand is Biafra, referendum – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said it is not against restructuring of Nigeria.

The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, said this on Monday in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State. Read more…

Omicron Covid-19 variant: FG says it’s monitoring the situation, to deal with travel violators

The Federal Government through the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on Covid-19 says it is currently monitoring the global situation of the newly mutated Covid-19 variant known as Omicron. Read more…

Osinbajo lauds Okowa, inaugurates Delta IPP

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday inaugurated a multi-billion naira Delta State Secretariat Complex and the state’s 8.5 megawatts Independent Power Project. Read more…

International Stories

Barbados becomes a republic and parts ways with the Queen

Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world's newest republic. Read more…

Ballon d’Or 2021: Lionel Messi beats Lewandowski, others to win seventh Ballon d’Or

Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or title for a record seventh time. Read more…

Covid: Omicron lockdown not needed for now, Biden says

US President Joe Biden has called the Omicron Covid-19 variant a "cause for concern, not a cause for panic" a day after it was detected in North America. Read more…

Barbados: Rihanna made national hero as island becomes republic

Popstar Rihanna was honoured by Prime Minister Mia Mottley at an event marking Barbados new status as a republic.

The artist and businesswoman, also known by her full name Robyn Rihanna Fenty, was previously named ambassador to Barbados in 2018. Read more…

Tech Updates

About Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s new boss, and NFTs simplified

This week definitely started with a surprise. Jack Dorsey is no longer Twitter CEO, a company he co-founded in 2006 and has held a role in for 15 years. He is now replaced by the CTO, Parag Agrawal (pictured in featured image).  Read more…

Business Matters

Jack Dorsey resigns as Twitter chief executive

Parag Agrawal, social network’s chief technology officer, will replace co-founder as CEO. Read more…

Dangote Refinery to become highest employer of chemical engineers in Nigeria

The National President of Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers (NSCh) has revealed that Dangote Oil Refining Company will be the highest employer of chemical engineers in the country when the refinery comes on stream. Read more…

Omicron variant: BioNTech announces development of new vaccine

German Biotechnology Company, BioNTech, which manufactures vaccines has started the development of a new Covid-19 vaccine that aims to combat the Omicron variant. Read more…

Leaf Investment acquires 15% shares in Oando Plc

Leaf Investment & Realtors Limited has acquired15.83% shares in Oando Plc. Read more…

Bi-Courtney refutes safety issues at MMA2 parking lot

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Muritala Muhammed Airport 2, has refuted claims that there are cracks on some pillars at the parking lot of the MMA 2 terminal. Read more…

South Korea’s financial regulators to impose tax on NFTs

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) earlier announced that nonfungible tokens (NFTs), will be taxed starting from next year. Read more…

AfDB postpones 2021 Africa Investment Forum over Omicron outbreak

The Africa Development Bank has postponed the 2021 Africa Investment Forum due to the recent outbreak of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. Read more…

NCC to conduct 5G trial Thursday

The Nigerian Communications Commission says it is set for the second trial of 5G in Nigeria. Read more…

AGen report indicts NPA, NSPM, others over N138.8bn irregular payments, unexecuted projects

The  Office of the Auditor General of the Federation has indicted the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc, the Nigeria Ports Authority, and others for irregularities in payments/expenditures and unexecuted projects worth about N138.8bn. Read more…

FG’s capital market debt servicing gulps N2.18tn in 10 months – Reports

Servicing of debts acquired through instruments issued by the Federal Government in the Nigeria capital market totaled N2.18tn as of October 30, an analysis of data by our correspondent has shown. Read more…

Metro

Tiger Woods says his days of being a full-time golfer are over: 'Never full time, ever again'

In an exclusive interview with Golf Digest, Tiger Woods spoke publicly about his golfing future for the first time since his car crash earlier this year. Read more…

Quote of the Day

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” 

Steve Jobs