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The last day of 2021, thank you for an amazing year.

Herconomy Updates

Thank You for Going Strong With Us Through 2021, 2022 Will Be Phenomenal!

We started this year on a roll...

We had some amazing speakers to help us plan the year and our growth.

We were able to disburse over N3,000,000 in grants and gifts to members of our community.

We signed on some amazing businesses as Herconomy partners. Got into Startup Bootcamp Accelerator Program, which was an intense and quite fruitful journey.

Of course, we signed the biggest partnerships with Amazon and Qatar.

And then we transitioned fully to Herconomy, the start of our Fintech journey. Whew!

Then, our minds were blown when we raised $600k in hours!!! And mostly from our community.

And through it all...You were there with us.

Thank you for being with us through 2021.

We promise, 2022 is going to be phenomenal.

Local Stories

Panel summons Clerk as AG says National Assembly’s N9.4bn unaccounted for

The Office of the Auditor General for the Federation has issued audit queries against the National Assembly and the National Assembly Service Commission over expenditures amounting to N9.424bn in 2019 which have not been allegedly accounted for. Read more…

Buhari signs N17tn 2022 budget into law, laments ‘worrisome changes’

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Friday in Abuja signed into law the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. Read more…

At last, Super Eagles drop Osimhen, invite four new players for AFCON

Victor Osimhen is out of the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations, the Nigeria Football Federation confirmed on Friday. Read more…

Lagos to implement population control initiatives to drive human capital development

The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to include and drive optimal population management initiatives as part of its programmes and projects aimed at ensuring human capital growth and development in line with international best practices. Read more…

International Stories

WHO warns that Omicron could produce Covid-19 tsunami as daily cases hit record levels

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron and Delta variants could produce a tsunami of Covid-19 cases that will overwhelm the healthcare systems as cases surge to record level as it tops 1 million daily cases globally for the first time. Read more…

Notable deaths 2021

The man who served stoically behind the British crown and a trailblazing female singer from Motown’s biggest group. Read more…

Hundreds of Colorado homes lost and tens of thousands of residents told to evacuate due to fast-growing wildfires

Hundreds of homes have been lost after two wildfires started and grew quickly Thursday as high winds whipped through the Front Range in Colorado, forcing tens of thousands of residents from their homes, the Boulder County sheriff said. Read more…

Colorado governor reduces sentence of truck driver who was given 110 years in fatal crash

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the sentence of a truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for an interstate wreck that killed four people, he announced Thursday, calling the sentence "highly atypical and unjust." Read more…

UK bank mistakenly pays out $175 million on Christmas Day

UK bank Santander got into the Christmas spirit this year by paying out a total of £130 million ($175 million) to customers by mistake on December 25. Read more…

Business Matters

EU countries seize 82% of Nigeria’s agro products exported illegally – FG

About 80 per cent of agro-products from Nigeria that are intercepted and seized by the European Union member nations are exported illegally, the Federal Government has said. Read more…

Riders to pay more as Uber introduces 3% booking fee from January 2022

Uber, popular ride-hailing service, said on Thursday, December 30, 2021 that it would begin charging users in Nigeria an additional 3% booking fee on all trips. Read more…

Naira crashes to N435/$1 at official forex market despite 90% surge in turnover

The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar at the official Investors and Exporters (I&E) window closed at N435/$1, the highest rate on record. Read more…

Metro

Bartender hiding after stealing N600,000 stabbed to death by peacemaker

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 32-year-old female fashion designer, Omowumi Oyapitan, for allegedly killing a bartender, Muhammed Ahmed, 30. Read more…

Box office king AY's 'Christmas in Miami' hits N100.7 million in 1st week

The film's performance is the best opening of any Nollywood film this year. Read more…

Quote of the Day

“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.”
― Hal Borland