Oil prices plunged by more than 8 percent after the OPEC+ meeting broke up with no deal. Saudi Arabia and Russia negotiated behind closed...
Saturday, March 7, 2020
NSE Commemorates 2020 IWD, Rings Bell for Gender Equality
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) joined the rest of the world on Friday, March 6, 2020, to commemorate the International Women’s Day (IW...
Olam Cocoa Introduces First Professionalised Child Labour Monitoring in Cameroon
Child labour monitoring and remediation are set to be rolled out across Cameroon in the first programme of its kind by a cocoa company. T...
SXSW Festival in Texas Cancelled Over Coronavirus Fears
The South by Southwest festival in Texas has been cancelled due to concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, organisers and the ...
Facebook Shuts London, Singapore Offices After Coronavirus Case
Facebook said Friday it was shutting its London office and part of its Singapore base for "deep cleaning" after an employee in ...
Coronavirus: WHO, ICAO Reaffirm Commitment to Protect Travellers
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have reaffirmed commitment to foster greater int...
Apple Asks Silicon Valley Employees to Work From Home as Coronavirus Spreads
Apple on Friday asked employees at its Silicon Valley headquarters to work from home if possible as a "precaution," a spokesman...
Boeing Hit With 61 Safety Fixes for Starliner Astronaut Capsule
Boeing faces 61 safety fixes following last year's botched test flight of its Starliner crew capsule, NASA said Friday. NASA has al...
Cousin of Liverpool Star Naby Keita Survives Deadly Bus Crash
The Professional Football League of Guinea had initially released a statement claiming Almamy Keita was one of nine footballers who tragi...
Grindr's Chinese Owner Says to Sell Dating App for $608 Million
Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech said on Friday that it has agreed to sell Grindr, a popular gay dating app it acquired in 2016...
Ecobank Drives Financial Inclusion, Unveils Xpress Save, Xpress Loan
Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled a new product offering, Xpress Save and Xpress Loan, enabling customers to conveniently & speedily open ...
Friday, March 6, 2020
Sindhorn Kempinski Hotel Bangkok Sets to Open in May
The much-anticipated Sindhorn Kempinski Hotel Bangkok is set to open its doors in May. Situated within the newly developed Sindhorn Vil...
Philippines Seeks to Mitigate Coronavirus Impact
Philippines minister of tourism, Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, has unveiled a series of measures to combat falling revenues in the sector in t...
COVID-19: Lufthansa to Cancel Thousands of European Flights
Following a decline in demand caused by the coronavirus, Lufthansa Group will reduce capacity by up to 25 per cent. The route cancellati...
Oppo Watch with 4G eSIM Support Unveiled, Price | Specification | Features
Alongside the Oppo Find X2 and Find X2 Pro, the company also announced its first smartphone dubbed Oppo Watch in its home country China. ...
African Capital Market Activity Declines Further In 2019
Overall, African equity capital market (ECM) activity in 2019 declined sharply both in volume and value from 2018, with 2019 posting the ...
Samsung to Shift Some Smartphone Production to Vietnam Due to Coronavirus
Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it would temporarily move some smartphone production to Vietnam from South Korea after another of...
Google Assistant to Bid Goodbye to John Legend's Voice
US-based tech giant Google has announced that it will discontinue John Legend voice for Assistant voice on March 23. "#HeyGoogle, ...
T-Mobile Hacked Again, for the Second Time in 6 Months
US telecommunications giant T-Mobile has disclosed that the personal data of its employees and customers has been hacked. This is the sec...
Facebook Removes Trump Ad Disguised as Census Message
Facebook has taken down an ad from President Donald Trump's campaign which critics said misled people into believing it was an offici...
Kantar Launches Entertainment On Demand Service
...Most Detailed View of US Streaming Service Consumption Kantar, the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company, today reve...
Nigeria Needs N1.6bn to Fight COVID-19 – NCDC
Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu. [Twitter/@Chikwe_I] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Co...
Nova Merchant Bank Declares N1.65bn PAT in Full Year 2019
Third Year of Continued Sustained Growth. NOVA Merchant Bank Limited has released its audited results for the financial year ended Decem...
Oando ecomes First Oil and Gas Company in Nigeria to be ISO 27001 Certified
Oando PLC (referred to as “Oando” or the “Group”), Nigeria’s leading indigenous energy group listed on both the Nigeria and Johannesburg ...
LASG Takes Hand Washing Advocacy to Primary Schools
...Restates Efforts to Contain COVID-19 The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment,...
Heineken Lagos Fashion Week Returns With 4th Season One Showcase
By Funmilola Olukomaiya Lagos Fashion Week returns for the fourth consecutive Season One showcase which provides the opportunity for a ...
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