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Japan with a population of 126,847,639 now has the highest national debt per citizen. Data gathered and calculated by LearnBonds.com shows that each Japanese national owes $89,525.51 of the $11.4 trillion national debt.

Visa Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Plaid, a network that makes it easy for people to securely connect their financial accounts to the apps they use to manage their financial lives. Visa will pay total purchase consideration of $5.3 billion to acquire Plaid.

Named Most Influential Person in PR in the 20th Century Harold Burson, once a 14-cents-per-column-inch stringer for a Memphis newspaper, who reported the Nuremberg Trial for the Army radio network in Europe and whose one-man consultancy became by 1983 the world’s largest public relations firm, died on January 10, 2020. He was 98.

A Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger jet has crashed in Iran due to ‘technical problems’ A Ukrainian International Airlines aircraft carrying 180 passengers and crew has crashed after takeoff from Iran’s Imam Khomeini Airport.

The incumbent Minister of Power, Sale Mamman has said Nigerians should query the immediate past leadership of the ministry for the current poor state of the power sector despite President Muhammadu Buhari administration “concerted efforts.”

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has directed that the suspension of Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi from her role as Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, be reversed.

Professor Enosakhare Samuel Akpata, a renowned dentist and academic has written a book on the genealogy of the Akpata family of Benin Kingdom. The book details the origin and accomplishments of the Akpata descendants, while also touching briefly on the history of Benin Kingdom.

A passenger plane has crashed in Kazakhstan, killing at least 15 people.

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on Tuesday stopped the additional N50 charge currently being imposed on transactions conducted through Point of Sales Terminal.

MEMBERS of the Otu-Odelevbo Oresio, an Oba of Benin’s Chief Advocacy Group has called for the inauguration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with the members of the board to be headed by the former Deputy Governor of Edo state Dr Pius Odubu have been screened and confirmed by the Senate.