Germany shutters major crypto exchange, seizes €34 million in assets

FRANKFURT – German police on Friday said they had shut down a major online platform for cryptocurrency exchanges, seizing €34 million ($38 million) in assets. The eXch platform was taken down in late April, according to a statement from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office. Authorities confiscated €34 million in cryptocurrencies…

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FG to phase out electricity subsidies, says Minister Adelabu

ABUJA — The Federal Government has announced plans to gradually eliminate electricity subsidies, citing the unsustainable financial burden on the nation’s economy. Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu made this known during a strategic meeting with chairmen of Nigeria’s power generation companies (Gencos) held in Abuja. Adelabu warned that the Nigerian economy can no longer sustain…

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NNPC Boss sacks MDs of Warri, Port Harcourt, Kaduna refineries

ABUJA – In a decisive effort to arrest long-standing inefficiencies in Nigeria’s refining operations, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has removed the managing directors of the company’s three major refineries located in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri. According to Peoples Gazette, the leadership shake-up, which…

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