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Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda passes on at 70
The Austrian – a three-time world champion and the only man to have won the drivers’ title for both Ferrari and McLaren pass away less than a year after undergoing a lung transplant.
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Dangote Industries targets $30 billion revenue by 2021
The President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, yesterday said the company would increase its revenue base from $4 billion to $30 billion by 2021.
Flour Mills earmarks N34 billion in Niger
Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) has unveiled plans to spend about N34 billion over the next 10 years to develop Sunti Community in Niger State, hosting of one of its sugar plants – Sunti Golden Sugar Estates (SGSE).
World Bank: Development partners pool $53 billion to fight poverty in Africa
A coalition of global development partners has announced $82 billion commitment for the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s fund for the poorest, to maintain momentum in the fight against extreme poverty.
Central bank targets forex earnings from artificial intelligence, software development
Briefing the media Saturday in Ogere, Ogun State, after the Bankers’ Committee Retreat, the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said the initiatives are in consonance with theme of the event, ‘Delivering increasing Growth through Digital Finance for the Nigerian Economy.’
Afreximbank president speaks at 4th South East economic summit
President of Afreximbank, Professor Benedict Oramah, will deliver the keynote address on the theme: “Financing South East economic development and improving the Ease of Doing Business in the South East”, on Friday at the 4th South East Economic Summit (SEES) holding in Enugu.
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Usman Kamaru retains UFC welterweight title
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman successfully defended his crown for the first time in spectacular fashion, breaking open a razor-close fight with Colby Covington with a fifth-round stoppage that may not have put an end to their rivalry, but that certainly cemented Usman’s place as the top 170-pounder in the world.
Former Ondo governor loses mum, hours after he was honoured
88 year old Madam Muinat Mosekola Mimiko, the mother of the immediate past governor of Ondo state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has passed on.
Elliot Uko warns activists against hypocrisy
The Secretary-General of Eastern Consultative Assembly, Evangelist Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko, has warned Nigerian activists and elders against responding to government’s misuse of power only when it affects one of their own or a particular section of the country.
FMC Yenagoa marks 20th anniversary with free medical outreach
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yenagoa on Tuesday organised a free medical outreach for the people of Yenaka, its host community, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
Winners emerge in Wole Soyinka Investigative Journalism awards
Ibanga Isine, a journalist with the Next Edition newspaper, has won the 2019 Nigerian Investigative Journalist of the Year Award given by the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ).