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Nigeria Elections 2015: Goodluck Jonathan Denies Spending Over $10 Billion To Win Votes
April 21, 2015 | konknaijaboyNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has denied spending two trillion Nigerian naira (more than $10 billion) to win votes for his ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the recent general elections after a Nigerian newspaper accused the outgoing president of doling … Read More
Nokia just bought Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 billion
April 16, 2015 | konknaijaboyNokia could soon be the largest maker of mobile phone network equipment in the world ahead of Ericsson and Huawei. It just acquired French telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent for 15.6 billion euros ($16.6 billion), or more than double the $7 … Read More
Emerging Nigerian Fashion Designers To Lookout for in 2015
April 15, 2015 | konknaijaboyBlackNBold Fashion House presents some 15 Emerging Nigerian … Read More
Dangote, Saipem announce Joint Venture in Central and West Africa
April 3, 2015 | konknaijaboySource: Per Sec News
Africa’s leading indigenous conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited has announced a multi-million dollar Joint Venture agreement with Saipem, the Italian engineering and construction giants.
The agreement has given … Read More
Apple may have ‘totally oversold’ a key feature on the Apple Watch
March 16, 2015 | konknaijaboyAt Apple’s first event for the Apple Watch in September, the company made a big deal of the “digital crown” on the watch. The digital crown is the dial on the side of the watch.
On stage, CEO Tim Cook said, ”As … Read More
Jay Z’s Bid for Music Streaming Company Accepted [He now owns the Swedish company Aspiro]
March 13, 2015 | konknaijaboyBack in January, Jay Z bid $56 million on Aspiro, a Swedish company behind two high-fidelity music streaming services, WiMP and Tidal. At the beginning of March, Billboard reported that minority shareholders controlling 10% of Aspiro’s shares were considering blocking the bid. Now, it appears that the … Read More