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    Business We climbed into the new Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen –

    With the 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class, everything new is made to look old. It’s not that Mercedes went out of its way to make a brand new, $100,000-plus SUV feel 40 years old, rather that they insisted on keeping classic touches that keep the character of the old alive. As I … via The Verge –...
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    Business Bitcoin’s main technology opens up opportunities to profit from these 14 stocks, HSBC says...

    Spencer Platt/Getty It’s quite easy to buy bitcoin. But it’s not as straightforward to directly profit from blockchain, the technology that drives the cryptocurrency. Analysts at HSBC have identified a handful of stocks mostly in the US, Japan, and China that let investors do just that...
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    Business USADF, All On opens 2018 offgrid $100,000 energy challenge –

    The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and All On have officially opened the application period for the 2018 Nigeria Off-Grid Energy Challenge, which will provide $100,000 per enterprise for successful applications, following the announcement last month of a $3 million public-private...
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    Sports Ronaldo wants Man U return –

    •unhappy with 21m euros annual salary •fifth best paid in the world •Messi is top earner with 50m euro pay cheque Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Real Madrid with the player feeling betrayed by unfulfilled promises by Florentino Perez to renew his deal at the LaLiga club. His priority is …...
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    Sports Pele backs Brazil to win sixth World Cup –

    Footballing legend Pele said on Monday that Brazil are favourites to win the World Cup in Russia, four years on from their humiliation on home soil. Pele Five-time winners Brazil were thrashed 7-1 in the 2014 semi-finals by eventual champions Germany at the Maracana, but Pele, considered one of...
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    Business Nigerian Stock Exchange promotes Tinuade Awe to Executive Director, Regulation.

    Tinuade Awe, Executive Director, Nigerian Stock Exchange The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“Exchange” or “NSE”) announced today the promotion of Ms Tinuade Awe to Executive Director, Regulation with effect from 1 January, 2018. Her appointment has received regulatory approval. As Executive Director...
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    Business Nigerian airlines should patronise Aero MRO facility -AMCON –

    R-L: Executive Director Operations, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Aminu Ismail; Commissioner/CEO, Accident Investigation Bureau, Mr. Akin Olateru; Aero Chief Executive Officer, Capt. Ado Sanusi and Dr. Harold Olusegun Demuren at the formal roll out ceremony of the first...
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    Business CBN injects $210 million into foreign exchange market –

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected another 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to meet customers’ requests in various segments. Giving a breakdown of the intervention, the bank’s acting Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, on Monday in Abuja...
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    Business 9mobile may still be sold as NCC declines comment on court order –

    By Prince Osuagwu (Hi-Tech Editor) The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC says it is committed to a legitimate process in the attempt to sale 9mobile to a preferred bidder tomorrow. 9Mobile The Commission however declined comment on whether the nullification of the telco’s interim board by...
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    Business Edo Inland Container Dry Port will soon commence exports activities –

    Port The Edo Inland Container Dry Port (EDO-ICD) will soon commence export activities from operational base, an official of the port has said. Mr Charles Akhigbe, the Chief Executive Officer of Atlanque Marine Engineering Service (AMES), promoter of the Edo-ICD, announced this on Monday at a...
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    Business All-new 2019 Toyota Avalon debuts in Detroit –

    Toyota has rolled out its all-new flagship sedan in Detroit in the form of the completely new 2019 Avalon. The car rolls on the Toyota New Global Architecture platform and uses a 3.5L V6 or Toyota Hybrid System powertrain. The car has standard Apple CarPlay, Dynamic Auxiliary Turn Signals, and...
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    Business Google appoints Chief Marketing Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa –

    Mzamo Masito, newly appointed Google Chief Marketing Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa. Google announced on Monday, 15 January 2018 that it has appointed Mzamo Masito as its Chief Marketing Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa. Masito joins Google from Vodacom, where he held a senior position, he has an...
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    Business Importance of Credible Bidders for 9mobile.

    PERSPECTIVE Osebumere Odia writes that bidders capable of initiating green field operations and who have demonstrated the capacity to attract foreign capital to Nigeria should be considered in the sale of 9mobile There were days when the telecom sector was hailed as a pre-eminent driver of...
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    Business Court awards $10 million damages against Shoprite for contract breach.

    Shoprite After seven years of legal battle, a Lagos High Court, Igbosere has awarded the sum of $10 million against South African retail giant, Shoprite Checkers (PTY) Limited and its business partner, Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited for a breach of contract entered with … via The...
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    Business The million dollar sock entrepreneur with Down’s syndrome –

    Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSocks ‘let me be me’, says John Cronin "Pull up your socks" isn’t just a phrase to John Cronin. It’s been the key to his entrepreneurial success. Back in 2016, the 21-year-old told his dad, Mark, that he wanted them to start … via...
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    Business Sweden could be the first economy to introduce its own cryptocurrency, called the e-krona –...

    Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch Sweden’s central bank, the Riksbank, could become the first to introduce its own cryptocurrency. Cash usage in the Scandinavian nation is dropping rapidly, making Sweden a prime candidate for an "official" cryptocurrency. The introduction of the e-krona could come within...
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