Business
FG Launches ₦150,000 Grant for Jigawa Entrepreneurs As Protests Loom Nationwide
President Bola Tinubu has approved a ₦150,000 grant for each business owner in Jigawa State. Vice President Kashim Shettima announced this during the...
U.S. Fintech, Mercury Bank, Adds Nigeria To List Prohibited From Opening Accounts
Mercury Bank, a United States-based fintech popular among African tech founders, has recently added Nigeria to its list of prohibited countries. This move...
Microsoft IT Outage: CrowdStrike Says ‘Significant Number’ Of The 8.5 Million Affected Devices Are Now Working
CrowdStrike has reported that a significant number of the devices affected by Friday’s software update glitch are back online. The outage, which hit...
Dangote Refinery Not Yet Licensed, Still At 45% Pre-Commission Stage – NMDPRA
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has said the Dangote Refinery is not yet licenced and is still at the...
Star Garments Group Invests $15 Million in Togo, To Create 4,520 Jobs By 2030
Star Garments Group, a global leader in sustainable apparel manufacturing, recently announced it is investing $15 million in a new plant in Togo....
Economic Hardship: TotalEnergies To Sell Nigeria Onshore Assets To Chappal Energies For $860M
TotalEnergies has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its onshore oil assets in Nigeria to indigenous firm Chappal Energies for $860 million,...
Elon Musk To Move SpaceX And X Headquarters To Texas Over California’s Trans Student Privacy Law
Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) will relocate their headquarters from California to Texas. Musk cited California’s new student...
EU Accuses X Of ‘Misleading Users’ With Its Verification System, Others
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has been accused by the European Commission of violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). The commission...
Tatu City Accuses Kenyan Governor Of Attempting To Extort Foreign Investors
Tatu City, a 5000-acre real estate development in Kenya, accused Kiambu County Governor, Kimani Wamatangi and his aide, of trying to extort 4.3...
Elon Musk Wins $500M Lawsuit Against Former Twitter Employees
Elon Musk has defended against a lawsuit demanding $500 million in severance pay from former Twitter employees. A U.S. District Judge, Trina Thompson,...
Greece Justifies Its New Six-Day Workweek Policy Following Public Blacklash
The Greek government has defended its new six-day workweek policy, saying it does not alter the standard five-day, 40-hour workweek mandated by law....
Dyson to Slash 1,000 UK Jobs Due To Rising Global Competition
Dyson, the renowned vacuum cleaner manufacturer, is set to cut around 1,000 jobs in the United Kingdom, where it currently employs 3,500 people....