August 1, 2020

Apple Becomes World’s Most Valuable Company

August 1, 2020 5:57 am

American tech company, Apple has become the most valuable company in the world on Friday after posting blockbuster quarterly earnings that sent shares of the technology company up as much as 7%.

Shares of Apple reached $412 at Friday’s intraday high, putting the company’s market value at $1.762 trillion, dethroning the oil giant Saudi Aramco as the most valuable company in the world with market value, worth $1.759 trillion at Friday’s intraday high.

According to Bloomberg, it’s the first time the company’s valuation has surpassed that of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco. Before that, Apple had vied with Microsoft Corp. for the …

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Naming Of Rail Stations: Amaechi Sends Message To Obasanjo

August 1, 2020 5:54 am

Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi may have calmed down Nigerians asking for the naming of rail stations after former Nigerian leader, Olusegun Obasanjo and others.

In a statement Friday night, Amaechi said more prominent Nigerians will still benefit from the Federal Government’s naming of railway stations across the country.

He was specifically reacting to the demand by rail workers union, that the late Alhaji Waziri Mohammed, chairman of the board, be honoured with a big railway station.

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The Nigerian Union of Railway Workers (NUR) actually wanted Amaechi to cancel the naming …

Nigeria Now Has Over 43,000 Confirmed Cases

August 1, 2020 4:11 am

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night, confirmed 462 new cases of COVID-19.

It brings the current tally in the country to 43,151.

NCDC’s tweet read: “462 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

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FCT-93
Lagos-78
Plateau-64
Kaduna-54
Oyo-47
Ondo-32
Adamawa-23
Bauchi-19
Rivers-9
Ogun-9
Delta-9
Edo-7
Kano-6
Enugu-6
Nasarawa-5
Osun-1

43,151 confirmed
19,565 discharged
879 deaths.”

Lagos State has the highest number of cases in Nigeria with 15,121. FCT Abuja, Oyo and Edo have 3,803, 2,760 and 2,292 respectively.

Kogi has the lowest number with five …

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Why Nigeria Signed Sovereignty Clause In Loan Agreement With China

August 1, 2020 4:08 am

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has insisted the country has not signed away its sovereignty to China.

He explained what the clauses implied.

Speaking during an interview on AIT on Friday, Amaechi explained that the clause was only to guarantee the repayment of the loan and not for Nigeria to lose its sovereignty.

According to him, the federal government approached China for loans, because of their low interest rates, the payback period and moratorium.

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Amaechi claimed the loans were “given for 20 years at 2.8 per …

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Boko Haram: Nigerians Know We’ve Done Our Best – Buhari

August 1, 2020 4:06 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration has done its best in ending Boko Haram in the North-East and militancy in the South-South.

The President, however, acknowledged that security agencies “could do much better” in curbing insecurity in the North-East and North-Central.

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He made the comments to reporters after attending a Sallah service in Abuja.

“I wish Nigerians the best of luck,” he said in respect of the Eid-al-Adha marked nationwide on Friday. “We want security, prosperity, and the wellbeing of all Nigerians.

“I want Nigerians

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