World Bank, IMF Warn Central Bank Over New Naira
The Supreme Court restrained the Federal Government from implementing the Friday deadline for the currency swap. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank urged the CBN to extend the time lim...
10 Feb 20231min
World Powers Rush To Offer Turkey, Syria Aid Over Quake
International offers to help Turkey and Syria with rescue efforts poured in on Monday after a massive earthquake killed around 1,800 people and wreaked devastation. The European Union has mobilized se...
8 Feb 20231min
U.K Treasury Likely To Launch Digital Pound This Decade
The Treasury and the Bank of England say a state-backed digital pound is likely to be launched later this decade, Both institutions want to ensure the public has access to safe money that is easy to u...
8 Feb 202355s
Google Launches ChatGPT Rival Called Bard
Google is launching an Artificial Intelligence powered chatbot called Bard to rival ChatGPT. The firm says Bard will be used by a group of testers before being rolled out to the public in the coming w...
8 Feb 20231min
Meta Loses Bid To Block Kenya Court Case
Social media giant Meta, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has failed to stop a Kenyan court from hearing a case that alleges poor working conditions at the company. Meta wanted the case di...
8 Feb 20231min
Kenya Denies Tax Scrutiny On Ex-Presidents' Families
Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi, has refuted reports that the families of former presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi were being targeted for tax evasion. Mr. Mudavadi says Presid...
8 Feb 202354s
Poverty Main Reason Driving Terrorism In Africa
A new UN report has suggested the most common factor driving people to join extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa is not religion, but the need for work. The report by the UN Development Programme su...
8 Feb 202354s
Nigerian Central Bank Barred From Extending February 10 Deadline
Justice Eneojo Eneche of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, and 27 commercial banks from suspending or interfering with the c...
8 Feb 20231min
