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🚨MAJOR BREAKING: The Pentagon confirms that at least THREE Chinese spy balloons flew over the US during Trump’s presidency and he HID THEM from the public and never shot them down.
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Saw my favourite tech bro complaining about not using his naira cards to make online global payments. And I remember when he said he was going to solve this problem. Lol
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An Italian Mafia hitman known for dissolving his victims in acid was finally caught after 16 years at a French restaurant making pizza.
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Community is everything and you can build it in stealth. Yesterday, was such a beautiful event and we five beauty founders stayed way over closing to talk shop, share advice/tricks and made plans to collaborate. I love to see women flourish‼️#BigBossyEnergy
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#Nigeria’s “demonetisation” of its cash-based economy could be as economically disruptive and contentious as India’s…
— however, it may be a window of opportunity for FinTech #startup (chart)… #Naira
* there’s scant evidence of #FinTech’s developmental impact…
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BREAKING:
Elon Musk is not liable in securities fraud case over go-private $TSLA, Tesla, tweet
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nothing will ever top this
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quote with the funniest red carpet moment you’ve watched
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I have a new norm on that I hope to adopt. I will no longer engage with anonymous accounts. If you have a security or economic reason for tweeting at me not under your own name, DM me and I won't block or mute you. To the rest, so long!
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Yo!!! What happened to cashless policy??
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Unrest. Anger. Business closures. Fraud. Naira gaining against the Naira: Nigeria’s push for its redesigned currency notes is not going as planned. I tried to unpack all of that here: apnews.com/article/79af9e
Not really
There are always indicators or certain markers.
Case in point the Demonetization policy in India. Very similar to what's happening in Nigeria
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One thing I have learnt in my short study on economic policies is that there’s no extremely bad or extremely good policy.
There are policies fitting for a particular population at a particular time T. ie because it’s been done in country A doesn’t mean it will work in B.
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Burns said intel showed Xi instructed the PLA to be prepared for a successful military invasion of Taiwan by 2027.
"That does not mean that he's decided to invade in 2027, but it's a reminder of his focus and his ambition."
Indeed. Are we as focused?
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OFAC today sanctioned 8 executives of Paravar Pars, an Iranian drone manufacturer. The company makes drones for the IRGC--for which it was previously sanctioned--as well as UAVs given to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine.
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Chart of the Day 📈
USA Yield Curves (bps)
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$AAPL shares moving up this afternoon after reporting a rare earnings miss Thursday after the bell. The stock is up 3.72% so far. yhoo.it/3YkNRan
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Commuters baffled as London bus driver 'gets off bus to buy plantain in the middle of the day' - MyLondon
“Whose Uncle decided to do this in south?” 😭😭😭😭😭
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Watched this smiling ☺️.
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this 55yr old is responding to a tik tok that asked older women what it’s like being child-free by choice - she is literally glowing
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this 55yr old is responding to a tik tok that asked older women what it’s like being child-free by choice - she is literally glowing
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Who probes these investments? stears.co/premium/articl
spending $1.5bn for 143km rail compared to the opp cost of a $3bn rehabilitation of 1433 km rail is insane.
Death threats, secret bank accounts & narco links.
Our story on the wild political ascent of ex-Mexican soccer legend Cuauhtemoc Blanco. 🧵
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Q: Do you take any blame for inflation?
Biden: No
Q: Why not?
Biden: Because it was already here when I got here, man
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she delivers every single time
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There’s nothing better than when an actor takes a nothing line and makes it hilarious based on the delivery alone. Some people truly could make the phone book funny.
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I am aware of the cash shortages and hardship being faced by people and businesses, on account of the Naira redesign. I want to assure that we are doing everything to resolve these issues. Nigerians should expect significant improvements between now and the February 10 deadline.
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First thought: How's the person who found her?
Woman mistakenly pronounced dead was found alive in body bag, report says news.yahoo.com/woman-mistaken via
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Scoop: The Biden administration has decided to postpone Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming trip to Beijing after detecting a Chinese surveillance balloon that was lingering at high altitude over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana, according two officials.
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“We don’t see a challenge in our demand today,” CFO Rachel Ruggeri says on inflationary impacts on consumers. “And in fact, what we’re encouraged by is our reinvention plan allowing us to unlock even further demand.”
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The last time we had 3.4% unemployment was 1969
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JUST IN: The US economy gained an astonishing 517,000 jobs in January – much better than expected.
Unemployment rate: 3.4% --> Lowest in decades.
Wages: +4.4% for past year (up 0.3% in January)
Bottom line: This is NOT an economy in recession
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Black Uneployment was 9.2% January 2021..... It's 5.4% tied for a record low.
The American Recovery act was worth it.
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BREAKING: FTX is believed to have more than a million creditors, the top 50 of whom are collectively owed more than $3 billion.
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I can't stop loving Rufai on Arise TV
Zenith Mc Oluomo Ebonyi Vote Peter Obi Kebbi #ObiDattiInKebbi #ObiDattiInAbia #ObiDatti2023 #PeterObiForPresident2023 Afenifere
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I have advised African leaders to vigorously reject the learned and smooth talking men in expensive suits who have been recently traveling the continent to convince African leaders to support risky solar geoengineering projects as a tool to advance climate justice for Africa!!
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The economy is not slowing down anytime soon. 😅. The US economy is one complex problem
Why did it take orders from above to the work of a governor?
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Lagos is about to be taken from Tinubu! Lagos is about to be free!
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