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The Management of Zenith bank Yola branch, had left Commissioner of Finance, Mahmoud Yunusa, stranded at the bank premises when he stormed the bank to inquire over non payment of April and May salaries of Adamawa state civil servants. The commissioner collected a letter by Gov … Read...

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) is partnering with the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) to disburse N25billion funding to entrepreneurs in Nigeria’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector. The funding, which id the single largest disbursement by the DBN … Read more via The...

Capital market shareholders have identified low patronage, unfavourable operating environment, lack of incentives, fewer product offerings and inconsistent government policies as factors inhibiting the growth of the nation’s capital market and consequent contributions to the economy. The...

Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic of Ireland since the European Union’s new data protection regulation came into force … Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2WrXpnO Get more World News

Massive news just dropped for Hong Kong’s capital markets. Alibaba, one of the world’s largest tech companies, is considering raising $20 billion through a second listing in Hong Kong, Bloomberg reported on Monday citing sources. TechCrunch has reached out to Alibaba for comment and will...

HONG KONG — An all-white, albino panda has appeared in a natural reserve in China, the first of its kind to be documented, an expert said this week. The panda was photographed in April with an infrared camera at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in the … Read more via The New York Times –...

BARCELONA — In what might be seen as a Memorial Day gift to President Donald Trump, residents of a mountain range outside of El Paso today woke up to a new vista—a mile-long wall of metal slats constructed … Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News & Headlines – https://yhoo.it/2JDx8Ne Get...

Discussions for a £33bn merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Renault have been officially confirmed by FCA in a statement. The deal would see Fiat and Renault each own 50% of the new car manufacturer and would bring efficiency savings in excess of 5bn euros in addition to …...

Ugandan veterinarian and primate expert, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has been shortlisted for the prestigious Tusk Conservation in Africa 2019 awards. The Tusk Awards for Conservation in Africa organised by conservation charity Tusk Trust in association with Investec Asset Management is...

It is the rampant privilege of the heterosexual class to assume that everyone wants to get married, when in actuality, marriage, even for heterosexuals, is not always a goal. In fact, when one is fighting for the right to be … Read more via Daily Nation | Home – http://bit.ly/2VPqxBa Get...

Toronto Police have launched an investigation into a prominent pain specialist accused of sexually abusing multiple patients. The Toronto Police *Service* … Read more via “sexual health” – Google News – https://tgam.ca/2Quw0w7 Get more World News

Some time in April this year, T. Pardhasaradhi, a native of Kurnool and a resident of Kukatpally in Hyderabad, approached the MR Peta Police Station in Visakhapatnam seeking to lodge a complaint stating that he was allegedly .... Read more via The Hindu – Health – http://bit.ly/2VStzo2 Get...

A Japanese man has died on a flight from Mexico City after ingesting 246 bags of cocaine. The flight, bound for Japan’s Narita International Airport, had to make an emergency landing in Mexico’s Sonora state after he began to have seizures. Authorities said the man, identified as … Read...

Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fundraise of $5.3 million. Led by Rise Capital with participation from Adventure Capital, First MidWest Group, IC Global Partners and several local investors, Gokada will deploy its investment to expand its driver...

In 2012, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) started the Cash-less Nigeria Project which commenced with a pilot phase in Lagos State followed by 5 other states in 2013. A year later, the project was implemented on a national scale. A policy was designed for the project, which aimed to reduce the...

Sectoral distribution of Value Added Tax data for the first quarter of 2019 reflected that the sum of N289.04bn was generated as VAT in Q1 2019 as against N298.01bn generated in Q4 2018 and N269.79bn generated in Q1 2018 representing 3.01 per cent decrease … Read more via “nigeria” – Google...