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World Bank says 7 out of world’s 10 most unequal countries are in Africa, urges social inclusion as panacea
The World Bank in a brief on social inclusion in Africa weekend indicated that seven out of world’s 10 most...
Read moreDetailsNigerian stocks trade lower with benchmark index paring 0.34% w-o-w as global equities advance despite Catalan declaration
Nigerian equities Friday depreciated 0.15 percent to close benchmark index at 36,462.26 points as against 36,587.31 points recorded last week,...
Read moreDetailsWorld Bank releases new benchmarks for poverty, sets $3.2 a day as threshold for Nigerians
The World Bank has released new poverty lines as it defines "extreme poverty" as living on less than $1.90 a...
Read moreDetailsAmazon’s Q3 earnings report ignites cloud computing war as it set to best Microsoft, Google
When Amazon, Microsoft and Google, the three major players in the cloud computing market, released their quarterly earnings on Thursday,...
Read moreDetailsNigerian equities trade lower on profit taking, benchmark index down 0.29%
The positive trend in the equities market reversed Thursday as the all-share index declined 0.29 percent to close at 36,517.48...
Read moreDetailsWorld economies seen losing more than $6 trillion annually to cybercrime by 2021
The global community may lose up to $6 trillion annually to cybercrime by 2021, according to F. John Bray, consul...
Read moreDetailsSaudi Arabia backs OPEC cuts extension beyond March 2018 for market stability
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabian backed the extension of OPEC production cuts beyond March 2018, making it...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s gas flare rate worsens in August to 12% despite clean development projects by NNPC
Gas flare rate in Nigeria’s petroleum industry worsened in August to stand at 12 percent, up 1.97 basis points from...
Read moreDetailsAirlines to start asking passengers security questions before boarding U.S-bound flights
As part of new security measures being put in place by the United States, airlines would soon start asking passengers...
Read moreDetailsGains in UBA, Seplat, Zenith buoy Nigerian equities market as index expands 0.25%
Nigerian stocks benchmark index expanded 0.25 percent Wednesday to settle at 36,622.85 points, chiefly buoyed by gains in UBA (+3.3%),...
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