Bitcoin hits record high above $43,000

Bitcoin hits record high above $43,000

Bitoin hit a record-high above $43,000 on Monday after electric carmaker Tesla invested $1.5 billion in the digital currency. Bitcoin hit $43,725.51 around 1300 GMT, before cooling slightly to $42,352. The cryptocurrency is up around 50 percent since the start of the year. Vanguard News Nigeria
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EU chief’s statements after Moscow visit shocks Russia

EU chief’s statements after Moscow visit shocks Russia

The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was surprised by the statements made by Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, following his return from Moscow. The statements, according to the ministry, are a contradiction to his remarks at the press conference back in Moscow during his visit to Russia. Borrell visited Moscow between […]

REPORT: AEDC recreating ‘Animal Farm’ in Kogi

REPORT: AEDC recreating ‘Animal Farm’ in Kogi

By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”. The above quote from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” seems to have been recreated by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, in Kogi. The electricity company has created a class status in their distribution of electricity to consumers in the […]

Somali opposition leaders ‘no longer recognise president’

Somali opposition leaders ‘no longer recognise president’

Somalia’s opposition leaders have announced that they no longer recognise President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, after his term expired without a political agreement on a path toward elections to replace him. The Horn of Africa nation was supposed to hold indirect elections before February 8 but the deadline was missed as the central government and federal […]

U.S. Senate set for speedy Trump impeachment trial

U.S. Senate set for speedy Trump impeachment trial

As a second historic impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump draws near, Senators are looking forward to get it over within one week, media reports said. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are still trying to get a deal on the organisation of the trial, which is scheduled to start […]

Covid-19: South Africa suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Covid-19: South Africa suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

By Sola Ogundipe Efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa suffered a setback on Sunday as the country suspended the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine  after evidence emerged that the vaccine did not protect clinical-trial participants from mild or moderate illness caused by the more contagious COVID-19 virus variant ( B.1.351) that […]

South Africa suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

South Africa suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa suffered a setback on Sunday as the country suspended the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine after evidence emerged that the vaccine did not protect clinical-trial participants from mild or moderate illness caused by the more contagious COVID-19 virus variant ( B.1.351) that was first seen […]

Neimeth declares first dividend in 10 years

Neimeth declares first dividend in 10 years

By Peter Egwuatu    Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc is set to declare its first dividend in 10 years following the   20 percent growth in revenue recorded in its financial year ended   September 30, 2020. The audited report and accounts of Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals for the year ended September 30, 2020 showed that revenue […]