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Samsung Workers Stage First-ever Strike Over Pay Dispute In South Korea
Employees at Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest smartphone and high-end semiconductor manufacturers, have staged their first-ever strike. About 10 of these...
Nvidia Surpasses Apple to Become Second Most Valuable Public U.S. Company
Nvidia’s market value surged past $3 trillion on Wednesday, briefly overtaking Apple as the second most valuable publicly listed company globally. The technology...
Sweden, Finland Move To Ease Strict Restrictions On Alcohol Sales
Sweden’s government has announced plans to allow breweries, distilleries, and winemakers to sell alcoholic beverages directly to visitors, easing the country’s strict alcohol...
UK’s Standard Chartered Accused of Funding Sanctioned Terrorist Entities
Standard Chartered, one of the UK’s largest banks, has been accused of facilitating billions in transactions for sanctioned entities, including terrorist organisations, according...
CBN Denies Claims Of Plans To Revoke Licenses Of Unity, Polaris, And Keystone Banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has firmly denied allegations that it plans to revoke the licenses of Unity Bank, Polaris Bank, and...
Middle Eastern, Asia-Pacific Carriers Dominate Top 25 Airlines List For 2024
In the wake of recent aviation tragedies, such as the scary Japan Airlines crash in Tokyo and the tragic death of Access Holdings’...
Launch of Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Cancelled Again, Minutes Before Liftoff
Boeing’s first attempt to launch its Starliner spacecraft with astronauts on board was cancelled on Saturday just minutes before liftoff. An automated computer...
NNPC And ExxonMobil Settle Over $1.2bn Divestment Deal Involving Seplat Energy
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has finalised a settlement agreement with ExxonMobil, enabling the divestment of ExxonMobil’s entire stake in Mobil...
After Miscarriage, Court Remands Chioma Over Facebook Review Of Erisco Foods Product
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Chioma Okoli to be remanded at the Suleja Correctional Centre over Facebook comments she made...
Customs Seizes Tons Of Rice, 373,440 Litres of Smuggled Petrol Headed For Benin Republic
The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 373,440 litres of petrol headed for Benin Republic and 6,467 bags of...
Landmark Demands Compensation Over Demolition of Beachfront
Landmark, a multi-million dollar corporate resort entity, has demanded compensation from the Lagos State and Federal governments for demolishing its beachfront. This was...
Just In: Fire Erupts at NNPC Filling Station in Lagos
Fire has broken out at a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station near the Fadeyi bus stop in the Mushin area of...