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First Asset Launches Bold Drive to Raise 100 Million Investment-Savvy Nigerians
First Asset Management, a leading Nigerian investment firm and subsidiary of FirstHoldCo Plc, has unveiled the “100 Million Smart Investors” initiative — a bold national campaign aimed at transforming millions of Nigerians into informed, confident participants in the investment ecosystem. Despite Nigeria’s vast market potential, less than 5% of adults [more ...]
South Korea To End Private Adoptions After Allegations Of Abuse
South Korea is set to overhaul its adoption system on Saturday by ending the decades-old practice of outsourcing adoptions to private agencies, which has led to widespread allegations of abuse. South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy and a global cultural powerhouse, sent more than 140,000 children overseas between 1955 and 1999. [more ...]
US Congress Approves $9bn In Trump Cuts To Foreign Aid
US Republicans early Friday approved President Donald Trump’s plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget. The cuts achieve only a tiny fraction of the $1 trillion in annual [more ...]
Iraq Shopping Mall Fire Kills More Than 60 Persons
A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, authorities said Thursday as grief-stricken families buried their loved ones. Officials said many people suffocated in bathrooms, while one person told AFP his five relatives died in an [more ...]
First Asset Launches Bold Drive to Raise 100 Million Investment-Savvy Nigerians
First Asset Management, a leading Nigerian investment firm and subsidiary of FirstHoldCo Plc, has unveiled the “100 Million Smart Investors” initiative — a bold national campaign aimed at transforming millions of Nigerians into informed, confident participants in the investment ecosystem. Despite Nigeria’s vast market potential, less than 5% of adults...
Wema Bank’s ALAT Wins Best Digital Bank in Nigeria — Euromoney Awards 2025
In recognition of its pioneering role in Africa’s digital banking space, ALAT Africa’s first fully digital bank and an innovation of Nigeria’s oldest indigenous bank, Wema Bank has been named Nigeria’s Best Digital Bank at the 2025 Euromoney Awards. Euromoney is a leading provider of competitive intelligence and...
Nigeria Achieves OPEC Quota of 1.5 Mb/d in Oil Output
In June, Nigeria’s crude oil output surpassed 1.5 million barrels per day, aligning with the production target set by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Data sourced from OPEC’s latest Monthly Market Oil Report (MOMR) for June noted that the country’s oil production hit 1.505mb/d...
Dangote Reduces Ex-Depot Petrol Price to ₦840 Per Litre
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of petrol, bringing it down from ₦880 to ₦840 per litre, in a move aimed at easing distribution costs and supporting market stability. The downward review of the price of the premium commodity was confirmed in an...
President Tinubu Enacts Four Tax Reform Bills
President Bola Tinubu has assented to the four tax reform bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The short ceremony which took place at the Presidential Villa on Thursday was attended by the leadership of the National Assembly and some legislators, governors, ministers, and aides of the President. The four...
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First Asset Launches Bold Drive to Raise 100 Million Investment-Savvy Nigerians
First Asset Management, a leading Nigerian investment firm and subsidiary of FirstHoldCo Plc, has unveiled the “100 Million Smart Investors” initiative — a bold national [more…]
South Korea To End Private Adoptions After Allegations Of Abuse
South Korea is set to overhaul its adoption system on Saturday by ending the decades-old practice of outsourcing adoptions to private agencies, which has led [more…]
US Congress Approves $9bn In Trump Cuts To Foreign Aid
US Republicans early Friday approved President Donald Trump’s plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just [more…]
Iraq Shopping Mall Fire Kills More Than 60 Persons
A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, authorities said Thursday [more…]
Trump Diagnosed With Vein Issue After Leg Swelling, Hand Bruising
US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a long-term but benign vein condition, the White House said Thursday, following speculation about his heavily bruised [more…]
