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Join us at AFRICANXT!!!
In 2020, Herconomy (as AGS Tribe) held a powerful panel with brilliant minds such as Odunayo Eweniyi, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, Thelma Ekiyor, and Emem Essien Lore spoke on the title WOMEN, INNOVATION AND FUNDING FOR BUSINESS.
The Herconomy AFRICANXT Session for 2022 is titled EMPOWERMENT+INCLUSION: THE ROLE OF WOMEN AS STAKEHOLDERS IN A POST COVID ECONOMY. We have Tomi Balogun, Oluwatosin Olaseinde, Dr. Noimot Abisola Balogun on our panel this year.
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Local Stories
BREAKING: Federal Ministry of Finance building reportedly on fire
The building housing the Federal Ministry of Finance is currently on fire. Read more…
March 26 convention: APC factions fault party, Buhari, govs opt for consensus, zoning
The All Progressives Congress state factions have warned the party against going ahead with the March 12 zonal congresses and March 26 national convention without resolving crises in its state chapters. Read more…
Cops angry as sergeant dies while opening gate for ex-gov Daniel’s driver
Police sources, who spoke to our correspondent, expressed outrage at the death, saying the state command was plotting to sweep the incident under the carpet. Read more…
Ngige, ASUU trade blame, strike national embarrassment, say Reps
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, at a closed-door meeting with leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja on Tuesday faulted the union’s claim that the government refused to implement agreement reached with it. Read more…
NLC, IGP disagree over police exemption from N13.42tn pension scheme
Pension operators and the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday, opposed the Nigeria Police Force’s request for exemption from the Contributory Pension Scheme. Read more…
Five abducted kids: Parent accuses police of demanding N200, 000 to track suspect
The whereabouts of five children abducted by a woman who disguised as a home lesson teacher in the Rukpakulusi axis of Eliozu in Rivers State is still unknown 11 days after the incident. Read more…
International Stories
Ukrainian MP: We'll do whatever it takes to keep Ukraine standing
As we told you earlier, Ukraine has told its citizens in Russia to leave. Read more…
Fire that left cargo ship full of luxury cars stranded in the Atlantic may finally be going out
The fire on board the large car-carrying cargo ship Felicity Ace could soon be extinguished because there might not be anything left to burn. Read more…
Tech Updates
Metaverse app allows kids into virtual strip clubs
Some apps in the virtual-reality metaverse are "dangerous by design", the NSPCC has warned in response to a BBC News investigation. Read more…
African fintech, The Green Exchange targets $5 billion green bond issuance in Nigeria, others
The Green Exchange is targeting $5 billion in green bond sales within five years in Nigeria, Kenya and others to fund green bonds projects. Read more…
Business Matters
Forex turnover at the official market drops marginally to $138.95 million
The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N416/$1 at the official Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Read more…
Oil prices retreat as traders digest the extent of sanctions against Russia
Oil prices are down at the start of the London session today, as it became clear the first wave of U.S. and European sanctions on Russia. Read more…
E-valuation policy: Reps clash over warrant of arrest on Emefiele
Members of the House of Representatives’ Joint Committees on Customs & Excise; and Banking & Currency on Tuesday clashed over the move to issue a warrant of arrest on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Read more…
Port congestion looms as 8,000 vehicles arrive Monday amid strike
Following the withdrawal of services by freight forwarders and clearing agents at both the Ports & Terminal Multipurpose Limited, and the Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos, the terminals may become congested as more ships berth in the coming days. Read more…
Stocks plunge, oil prices surge amid Russia-Ukraine tensions
The stock market fell in volatile trading on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, read more…
Metro
Wizkid hypes Asa's upcoming fifth album
In 2015, Wizkid had spoken it into existence when he wrote that, "Yo Asa has to be the only one I want to work with so bad. Love love her..." Read more…
FG to enforce new law to ban money rituals in Nollywood movies
The film censors board also recently announced the move to ban smoking in movies. Read more…
Toddler crawls out of mother’s PoS shop, crushed to death
A yet-to-be-identified motorist has been arrested by the police for crushing a 15-month-old child to death along the DLA Road, Asaba, Delta State. Read more…
Ebuka Njoku unveils official trailer for 'Yahoo+'
The crime fiction recently bagged the Best Narrative Feature award at the Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival. Read more…
Quote of the Day
"I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me."
—Lady Gaga