The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin in the hope of doubling their money. Joe Biden, US democratic presidential aspirant; Kanye West, US rapper; Apple; and Uber, are among the victims of suspected bitcoin […]
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Co–chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, has appreciated the success stories emanating from Kano state, in terms of improvement in coverage across Primary Health Care indicators. “Kano’s coverage for Penta 3 has improved from 19% in 2013 to 46% in the year 2018 but more needs to be done in terms […]
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The Second richest man in the world and co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, says the execution process of the economic and recovery growth plan (ERGP) of President Muhammadu Buhari does not reflect the needs of Nigerians. The ERGP is a medium-term document launched in 2017 to restore the nation’s economic status […]
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Bukola Saraki, Senate President, on Thursday, met with Microsoft Founder, Bill Gates and African Business Mogul, Aliko Dangote to proffer solutions to financing healthcare in Nigeria. Saraki who was accompanied by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, had the breakfast with the business magnates and philanthropists at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. […]
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The Forbes magazine has named the Amazon founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, as the world’s richest man with 112bn dollar fortune. Bezos replaced the Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, who fell back into second place with $90bn. Forbes calculated that Bezos’s fortune, which is mostly held in Amazon shares, increased by 39.2bn dollars over the past year. The […]
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Nigeria has authorised Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to start the repayment of $76 million polio eradication loan to Japan. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when she received a delegation of Japanese House of Councillors Parliamentarians. She said that the delegates were in Nigeria to assess […]
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A now report from Oxfam International , has shown that eight men now control as much wealth as the world’s poorest 3.6 billion people. The men, identified as: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Amancio Ortega, Larry Ellison and Michael Bloomberg — are collectively worth $426 billion, the anti-poverty group said […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at the Le Club de l’Economie in Paris France on Monday, Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of UBA Plc and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, made a call to the French business community, global stakeholders and influential Africans in the development world to embrace ‘structured philanthropy’ in support of rising entrepreneurs with great potential, as a means to achieving sustainable development in Africa. […]
Continue ReadingThe world’s richest man, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, have lost $3.4 billion to the decision of the UK voters to leave the European Union. According to Bloomberg Billionaires ranking, both men were the worst-hit billionaires in the United States, losing $1.8 billion and $1.6 billion respectively. In context, the amount lost […]
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