Tag: Bloomberg

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | CBN Retains Interest Rate at 27.5%

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Tinubu Claims Not He Is Not After Nigerians’ Money

Tinubu claims not he's not after Nigerians' money Naira ranked amongst the ten worst-performing currencies worldwide Police apprehend armed political thugs ahead of Edo State Gubernatorial election Minister of State…

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Aliko Dangote Retains Position as Africa’s Richest Man Despite Currency Volatility, Bloomberg Reports

Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group, has retained his position as Africa's wealthiest individual, despite the Nigerian currency's fluctuation against the dollar, as reported by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.…

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Seyi Tinubu under scrutiny for $10.8m London mansion purchase linked to fraud case

Seyi Tinubu, son of Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been linked to the purchase of a London mansion which is under fraud investigation by the federal government. According to…

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The Big 5: Aliko Dangote now 64th richest man in the world; INEC declares Ekwunife winner of Anambra Central Senatorial election | Other top stories

Here are the stories you should be monitoring today: UK congratulates Buhari, urges probe of of alleged irregularities The United Kingdom has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari on his electoral…

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Dangote named in Bloomberg’s 50 most influential people

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote has been honoured as one of the 50 most influential persons contributing to humanity by Bloomberg. Dangote was honored for his contribution to increasing local…

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“There are businessmen who are interested in politics. I’m not one of them” | 10 things we learnt from Dangote’s interview with Bloomberg

Nigerian businessman, Aliko Dangote owns Dangote Group and is worth $13 billion according to Forbes. He sat with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua to discuss his business conglomerate, his undying support for…

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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 29th of December

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‘This candid editorial on the President’s economic leadership should be placed before him’

Sadly, it's no longer news that Nigeria is in a state of economic distress. The butterfly effect of the recession that was confirmed after several months of denial by the…

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Good news for Hilary Clinton as billionaire media mogul, Bloomberg endorsement looms

Hilary Clinton, presidential candidate for the Democrats in the upcoming United States election would gladly welcome any endorsement whatsoever she gets with the recent developments in the build up to…

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Dangote loses $3.7bn as naira’s value drops

On Monday, the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote suffered a gigantic financial hit. As a result of the new foreign exchange policy initiated by the federal government, Dangote lost $3.7 billion.…

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Same sex marriage: ‘Every Nigerian deserves to be treated equally, without discrimination’ – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, disclosed that he signed the same sex marriage prohibition bill into law because he respected the will of Nigerians and the rule of law.…

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Aliko Dangote lost N141 billion on ‘Black Monday’

While other world billionaires lost tons of money last week, Aliko Dangote gained $79.2m (N15.6bn) from Thursday to Friday. But his turn was yet to come, and the hit was harder…

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#BabaGoSlow is trending on Twitter | These are the top 10 reactions

We blame Bloomberg for the avalanche of shades thrown and swipes taken at President Buhari, today, July 1. The business news platform wrote an article titled; Buhari Goes From Nigeria’s…

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Like a boss: Dangote rakes in $1.7 billion in 3 months

by Kolapo Olapoju According to research carried out on Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, business magnate who owns the Dangote Group reportedly made some $1.7 billion in the first…

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Money rules: Meet the top 5 richest members of Pres. Obama’s cabinet

by Kolapo Olapoju Now we know its not only in Nigeria where we have billionaires in positions of power! America's President Obama has some extremely rich people in his cabinet,…

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The world’s richest 200: Aliko Dangote makes Bloomberg list

by Rachel Ogbu Aliko Dangote has been named as one of the World’s 200 Richest People by Bloomberg. The Nigerian billionaire and business mogul was listed on the 62nd position with…

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