Business

SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, (THEWILL) -Former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker Michael Owen is launching a cryptocurrency in his own name, joining other famous sportsmen including Manny Pacquiao in a new venture to connect with fans. The retired England...

Facebook Inc said Tuesday it faced questions from the lead U.S. consumer regulator about how its users’ personal data was mined by a political consultancy hired by Donald Trump’s campaign. U.S. and European lawmakers have demanded an explanation of how...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected the sum of $210m into the inter-bank foreign exchange market. The lender said the forex sale was aimed at sustaining liquidity in the forex market, and making...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, (THEWILL) - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has predicted that Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow at 2.0 per cent year-on-year in 2018, propelled by oil production increase and government spending. The multinational professional services firm made the...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 12, (THEWILL) - Oil markets climbed on Monday on the back of a drop in the number of United States rigs drilling for more production and as the U.S. economy continued to create jobs, which industry hopes...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s foreign reserves hit $46bn on Friday, March 9th, according to a Sunday tweet by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Ag. Director of Communications, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, solidifying the nation's solid international...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 08, (THEWILL) - The U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that African countries should be careful not to forfeit their sovereignty when they accept loans from China, the continent’s biggest trading partner. Tillerson is...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 06, (THEWILL) - Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday, described Lagos as the most convenient and peaceful state for doing business. He made this known in a terse remark at the Lagos Means Business forum which...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 02, (THEWILL) - The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh says Thailand has accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 01, (THEWILL) - United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a pan-African banking group and China Development Bank (CDB), the world’s largest development finance institution, on February 27, 2018 announced the signing of a letter of intent for...