Nigeria and Morocco are still seeking funding for a huge pipeline project that will carry Nigeria’s gas to North Africa and onto European markets, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said. Africa’s gas supplies are increasingly in the spotlight as the European Union looks to wean itself off Russia’s …
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Twitter: Elon Musk Announced One Of The First Changes & People Love It
Elon Musk Announces One Of The First Changes To Twitter & People Love It He is promising End to End Encryption just like Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp. Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like Signal, so no one can spy on or hack your messages
Read More »Subsidy Hits N1.35tn In Four Months, NNPC To Deduct N672bn
THE subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, between January and March 2022 has risen to N675.93bn, the latest data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Wednesday showed. Also, the NNPC has informed the Federation Account Allocation Committee that it will deduct or recover N671.88bn from …
Read More »Central African Republic Becomes 1st African Country To Adopt Bitcoin As Legal Tender
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Read More »Ukraine War: Poland Says It Will Manage Without Russian Gas
Poland has said it “will manage” after what it says are Russian threats to cut gas supplies to the country. Poland and Bulgaria said Russian energy firm Gazprom told them it would stop supplying gas to “unfriendly” countries that refuse to pay in roubles. Data from the European Union network …
Read More »Russia To Cut Off Gas Supply To Poland & Bulgaria
Russia’s Gazprom to halt gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria. Russian energy firm Gazprom has told Poland and Bulgaria it will stop sending gas to the two countries from Wednesday. Polish state gas company PGNiG said it had been told all gas deliveries would be halted from 08:00 CET (06:00 GMT). …
Read More »Former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, Hails Elon Musk’s Acquisition Of Twitter
The former boss and co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has hailed Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform, IGBERETV reports. Reacting to the $44 billion deal, Dorsey tweeted, “In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not …
Read More »Twitter In Last Minute Negotiations With Elon Musk Over Sale
BREAKING: Elon Musk will officially acquire Twitter for $44 billion, sources say the deal will be announced by the end of today. Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the CEO of Tesla has called his “best …
Read More »Debt Servicing: Nigeria Paid $598.59m To World Bank, China In 2021
Nigeria spent $598.59m on servicing the debts owed to the World Bank and the Exim Bank of China in 2021, according to an analysis of data on actual external debt service payments from the Debt Management Office. The country paid the World Bank a total of $390.92m, which included $384.28m …
Read More »The Nigerian Bank Appointment That Questions CBN’s Regulatory Judgement
The confirmation of the new head of FBN Holdings fails to conform with the provisions of CBN’s Code of Corporate Governance for Banks and Discount Houses in Nigeria 2014. Nigeria’s watchdogs are failing the credibility test, and no recent case makes this clearer than the appointment months ago of the …
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