Nigeria news today headlines update Thursday 24th October 2019
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Botswana Votes In Democratic Shake-Up
Botswana voted on Wednesday in a general election that is expected to provide the first genuine challenge to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in its five decades of dominance over southern Africa’s wealthiest and most stable nation. Whichever party wins will have to move swiftly to transform the economy, which since independence from Britain
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Boeing Removes Airliner Chief
The company named veteran Boeing executive Stan Deal to succeed McAllister effective immediately as president and chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA). Deal had led Boeing’s recently formed Global Services division. The world’s largest plane maker faces a growing crisis over the eight-month safety ban on its best-selling single-aisle jet prompted by crashes in
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Ryan Giggs Reflects On Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs has paid tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo’s time at the club saying he went from diver to being the most important player on the team. Ronaldo, the former Real Madrid star now with Juventus, burst onto the scene at Old Trafford back in 2003 after being signed from Sporting Lisbon. And Giggs,
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Lucas Digne Says Marco Silva Is Poised To Become One Of The Best Managers In The World
Everton defender Lucas Digne has backed his manager Marco Silva to come through a sticky period, according to TBR football via the Liverpool Echo. It’s clear that the Frenchman is a big fan of his boss at Goodison Park and has said he has everything in his skillset to become one of the best manager’s in
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Failure To Embrace Digital Age Doom For Insurance Industry –FG
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has charged insurance operators on the need to embrace the 21st century technological revolution warning that failure for the industry to do so will spell doom for the sector. According to the insurance industry regulatory authority, the evolution of technology has taken over the entire business spectrum globally and insurance
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Much Ado About 5G, As Experts Raise Major Security Concerns
As 5G networks begin to roll out in cities around the world, with Nigeria and others planning to make a historical entry into the revolutionary space, there is no doubt that the new technology would change the global digital space. As at today, Nigeria is still struggling to perfect the 3G and 4G technologies which
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NCC, Galaxy Backbone Strengthen Ties On Digital Connectivity
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently visited the headquarters of Galaxy Backbone Limited in Abuja to strengthen inter-agency synergy and collaboration towards deepening connectivity for businesses and public institutions in the country. Led by its Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Garba Danbatta, the NCC team, compromising senior management staff of the Commission, also embarked on
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Anchor Insurance Posts N3.4bn GWP, Declares Dividend For 2018
Despite the unfavourable economic weather facing Nigeria’s insurance sector, Anchor Insurance Company Limited has braced the odds to record a gross written premium of N3.4billion at the close of business in 2018. This represents 54.38 per cent growth over the performance of N2.2billion in 2017 and the first of its kind, since the company was
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Facebook Researchers Use Maths For Better Translations
Designers of machine translation tools still mostly rely on dictionaries to make a foreign language understandable. But now there is a new way: numbers. Facebook researchers say rendering words into figures and exploiting mathematical similarities between languages is a promising avenue—even if a universal communicator ala Star Trek remains a distant dream. Powerful automatic translation
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FBN Holdings Unveils Nine Months 2019 Results With N60bn Increase In PBT
FBN Holdings Plc has unveiled its 9-month financial result where it posted 15.33% increase in profit. As conveyed in the Report, the bank recorded a Profit Before Tax (PBT) that increased from N51.3 billion in September 2018 to N60 billion, up 16.9% year on year (y-o-y). The Scorecard highlighted in the Report cut across Gross […]
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