The Nigerian Stock Exchange reopened trading on Tuesday after the holidays to mark Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations with the All-Share Index crossing 39,000 mark. Specifically, the All-Share Index which opened at 38,800.01 inched higher by 310.16 points or 0.80 per cent to close at 39,110.17. Also, the market capitalisation rose by N167 billion to Read More…
Ratings for Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel topped all news and basic cable channels for a fifth straight year in 2020, according to Nielsen data released on Tuesday. The network averaged 1.9 million viewers per day and 3.6 million in primetime – record levels for cable news channels – during a news-heavy year marked by Read More…
French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses, and his fortune by being the first to exploit that name as a brand for selling everything from cars to perfume, died on Tuesday aged 98. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Cardin drew scorn and admiration from Read More…
Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo made the cut Lionel Messi almost never speaks to the media. Even after Barcelona matches, he often shies away from the TV cameras, leaving it up to the less experienced members of the squad to front up after what seems to be a weekly humiliation at the moment. But the world’s greatest Read More…
The US papers reported, “More than a year and a half after expressing his desire to be paid in Bitcoin, Carolina Panthers offensive lineman Russell Okung is getting his wish.” Okung posted the news Monday on Twitter, while quote-tweeting his prior tweet from May 14, 2019. However, an NFL spokesperson is reported as saying that Read More…
The management of the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL) has re-assured the residents of the state of its mandate of providing smart and sustainable bus transportation solutions that will meet their needs in 2021. Mr Idowu Oguntona, the Managing Director of LBSL, gave the assurance during an End-Of-The-Year stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos on Monday. Oguntona, Read More…
Nigeria stands as the number one country in Africa in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2020 World Economic Outlook’s ratings of countries. Using countries’ GDPs, IMF ranked Nigeria among the first 26 countries in the world in the same position with an average 442,976 million U.S. dollars. Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from Read More…
The management of the National Theatre, Lagos, have explained that its planned programmes for the 2020 Xmas and New year festivities were hindered by the Lagos State Government’s ban on carnival, concerts and street parties. Steph Ogundele, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Theatre, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday, Read More…
Pep Guardiola’s side saw Monday’s clash with the Toffees called off after a number of players and staff tested positive for the coronavirus Just four hours before kick-off at Goodison Park, Manchester City were forced to postpone their Premier League encounter with Everton due to a number of positive Covid-19 tests among the club’s playing Read More…
Chelsea, overhauled by coach Frank Lampard after a weekend loss to Arsenal, drew 1-1 at home to Aston Villa on Monday. This was after Oliver Giroud’s first-half header was cancelled out shortly after the break by Anwar El Ghazi. Lampard made six changes to the team that began Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to their London neighbours Read More…
