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About 66 shop owners at the Karu Lorry Park, Abuja, are demanding N227. 2 million compensation for the demolition of their shops by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). John Olateru, one of the shop owners located at No. 16 F, who was led in evidence by … Via Premium Times Nigeria –...

Former Manchester United great Ryan Giggs said Monday he was “itching” to get back into football after being unveiled as the new Wales boss – his first permanent managerial post. Newly appointed manager of Wales, Ryan Giggs attends a press conference organised by the Football Association of...

Liverpool legend, Ian Rush fears that Spanish giants, Real Madrid could come after forward, Mohamed Salah with a massive bid of £200 million. Real Madrid are willing to offer striker, Bale to the Reds to get the Egyptian International. Rush, who said he rates Salah ahead of Messi and … via...

Manchester United appeared to be closing in on Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez on Monday, leading the chase to sign the Chile international ahead of long-time suitors and local rivals Manchester City. If the transfer goes ahead it would be the second blockbuster move of the January transfer...

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Monday said a total of 198 new companies have sprung up in Kaduna since the implementation of the Ease-of-Doing Business policy of the Federal Government in 2017. The SON Coordinator in Kaduna State, Datti Danlami made the disclosure in an …...

KKK recruitment fliers targeting Martin Luther King Jr. have been distributed in a Virginia neighborhood ahead of Monday’s public holiday honoring the civil rights leader’s legacy. Local police and the FBI have launched an investigation after the leaflets were found in a neighborhood in...

Tunisia’s national coach said Monday he will fear England’s Raheem Sterling more than Harry Kane, when the two countries play against each other in the World Cup finals this year. Nabil Maaloul was speaking in Doha, where the Tunisian national team are preparing for Russia with a 14-day winter...

StarTimes have upgraded their classic bouquet with the addition of 5 new and exciting channels at no extra cost for all subscribers. Now you can enjoy Fox, ST Movie Plus, St Kung Fu, and all the latest telenovela on ST Novella Plus and Bollywood movies and series on Star … via Daily Post...

KFC’s Canadian wing has started selling chicken for Bitcoin. The artery-clogging Bitcoin Bucket “Includes 10 Original Recipe Tenders, Waffle Fries, Med Side, Med Gravy and 2 Dips,” at a cost of however many Bitcoin equates to CA$20. KFC Canada’s page for the promotion helpfully includes live...

At this point, everything even remotely related to the upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9+ gets scrutinized and carefully inspected by the blogosphere and Samsung’s devoted fans especially, giving us an excellent overall understanding what the first major flagship of 2018 will be like. Even the smallest...

Rappler, a high-profile new media news organization in the Philippines, is facing closure after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoked its registration for an alleged breach of the country’s constitution. Rappler was started in 2012 by Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and it is a...

PHOTO: TWITTER/LEON BALOGUN Mainz’s Nigeria international Leon Balogun said he and another Nigerian footballer Anthony Ujah were victims of racist abuse in Saturday’s 3-2 defeat at Hanover 96. Visitors Mainz threw away a two-goal lead as Hanover striker Niclas Fuellkrug scored a hat-trick …...

Bitcoin was posting modest gains on Monday, holding above the $13,000 level, while Ripple prices were coming under pressure. The bitcoin spot price BTCUSD, +2.46% … via MarketWatch.com – Top Stories – http://ift.tt/2mESlJz Get more: Nigeria Business News

Every year, a lot of events are held in Nigeria, Africa too. These events range from political to entertainment, religious and corporate. These events need one very important thing, publicity. Now, this is where DoingSoon comes in. We had a chat with a founder of DoingSoon, Shina Charles Memud...

Hackers steal $400 000 from online cryptocurrency wallets. On Saturday 13 January 2018, an unknown hacker (or hackers) managed to take over the DNS server for BlackWallet.co, a web-based wallet application used for the Stellar Lumen cryptocurrency (XLM), and stole $400,000 from users’ accounts...

By Favour Nnabugwu NIGERIAN insurance companies with offices in francophone countries are seeking approval to access markets in the Inter-African Insurance Markets Conference (CIMA) area. One of the companies, Continental Re’s, through its regional office in Côte d’Ivoire, has received the...

The price of brent crude oil rose to 70 dollars a barrel on Monday, supported by ongoing output cuts led by OPEC and Russia, and ignoring a rise in U.S. and Canadian drilling activity that points to higher future output in North America. Oil pipeline Brent sweet crude futures, the … via...

The original timeline for appraising the performance of the Nigerian power sector after the privatization of the state generation and distribution assets in 2013 falls due this year. However, it is not unlikely that any fundamental assessment of the sector could be pushed to sometime later. The...

Olajide Olutuyi, Founding Partner, Greentouch Consulting Inc., Canada Follow Olajide Olutuyi View Profile Subjects of Interest Frontier and Emerging Markets Private Sector Development Sustainable Development Calling on Buhari to implement bold fiscal reforms 15 Dec 2017 On November 7, 2017...

“Time heals all wounds.” In Q3 2014, the prices of crude oil started a downward spiral. Policy missteps by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari later combined with the tumbling oil prices, resulting in the contraction of the Nigerian economy throughout 2016. However, that price cycle...