•Donkeys Almost six million donkeys are slaughtered annually for Chinese medicine, with severe knock-on effects for African villagers who rely on the animals, a UK-based charity said today. It is driven by an increase in China’s production of ejiao – a product marketed as a health supplement that uses collagen from donkey skins – which [&helli...
Only two Tier 1 banks, Zenith Bank and Access Holdings Plc, have surpassed the N500 billion share capital and share premium threshold set by the Central Bank of Nigeria for banks with international licences, Proshare report has revealed. The report, titled ‘Tier 1 Banks Report: Getting Bigger, Braver, and Dominant – The Class of 2025’, [&helli...
•Mike Maignan Chelsea Football Club has reportedly pulled out of negotiations to sign AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, with the deal collapsing over a valuation dispute, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. The Premier League side today were unwilling to meet Milan’s asking price, which reportedly included a premium tied to the upcom...
•Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) The Southeast region lost more than ₦7.6 trillion to its sit-at-home protests in the first two years of the crisis. A new report by SBM Intelligence titled ‘Four Years of Disruption: Unmasking the Impact of IPOB’s Sit-at-Home Order in Southeast Nigeria’, released today, the amount represented about 50-70 per...
Subscribers may have continued to ration data usage as evidenced in the new statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). April subscription statistics by the NCC showed that from attaining the 1,000,930.60 terabytes of data consumption as of the beginning of the year, it dropped to 893,054.80 terabytes in February, went...
•Late Herbert Wigwe, wife and son The United States National Transportation Safety Board has attributed the helicopter crash that killed former Access Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, son, and three others to pilot error caused by spatial disorientation. The NTSB report, released today, further indicted the helicopter company, accusing i...
•Shell Plc Shell Plc is working with advisers to evaluate a potential acquisition of rival BP Plc. The international oil major is waiting for further stock and oil price declines before deciding whether to pursue a bid, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter, reports Bloomberg News. The oil major has been more […]
•Power transformer Not less than 112 Nigerians died from electricity-related accidents in 2024, a quarterly report released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed. The report indicated that the deaths were recorded from 228 accidents that occurred in the sector from which 108 were injured, reports Daily Trust. A ...
•Nigerian Debt Nigeria’s external debt service has been projected to rise to $5.2 billion this year, Fitch Ratings has said. The credit rating agency disclosed this in its latest rating action commentary published on Friday, reports Channels TV. The agency also cited a minor delay in the payment of a Eurobond coupon due on March […]
•TikTok app on a smartphone screen in front of the TikTok logo Amazon has made a last-minute bid to buy TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner. The offer arrived in a letter to officials involved in talks regarding the sale of TikTok to appease US national security […]
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