What is Bitcoin and Who created Bitcoin ?

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash. According to Wikipedia, it was invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto and started in 2009 when its implementation was released as open-source software. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin blockchain network without the need for intermediaries. It is powered through blockchain technology.

Is Bitcoin real money?

Bitcoin is not a money that the government declared to be a legal tender i.e. it is not fiat money and does not have ties to any government. It is a cryptocurrency and can be used as payment or for investing purposes. Many mainstream companies and even some governments accept Bitcoin as payment.

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The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per litre Punch reports,

The PPMC disclosed this in an internal memo with reference number PPMC/C/MK/003, dated November 11, 2020, and signed by Tijjani Ali.

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The memo, a copy of which was seen by our correspondent, said the new ex-depot price would take effect from Friday.

The ex-depot price is the price at which the product is sold by the PPMC to marketers at the depots.

In its PMS price proposal for November, the PPMC put the landing cost of petrol at N128.89 per litre, up from N119.77 per litre in September/October.

It said the estimated minimum pump price of the product would increase to N161.36 per litre from N153.86 per litre.

The National Operation Controller, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr Mike Osatuyi, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said the over N7 increase in ex-depot price would translate into an increase in pump prices.

He said, “The implication of the increase in the ex-depot price is that there is going to be an increase in the pump price. We are expecting the pump price to range from N168 to N170 per liter.

“Crude oil price is going up,” he said, noting that the Federal Government has fully deregulated petrol prices.

Following the deregulation of petrol prices in September, marketers across the country adjusted their pump prices to between N158 and N162 per litre to reflect the increase in global oil prices.

Petrol price band had also risen from N121.50–N123.50 per litre in June to N140.80-N143.80 in July and N148-N150 in August.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said in September that the government had stepped back in fixing the price of petrol, adding that market forces and crude oil price would continue to determine the cost of the product.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has made available modalities for those who are interested in benefitting from the proposed N75 billion Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released guidelines for its execution in a statement by its Development Finance Department. 

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The statement provided that the fund would be used effectively to respond to the challenge of youths employment in Nigeria. According to the statement, the major objective of the plan was to address fragmentation of youths initiatives that prevent assessment of impact. 

The banker’s bank said that the fund was dedicated to investing in the innovative ideas, skills and talents of Nigerian youths, adding that the funds are to be managed by NISRAL Microfinance Bank.

“The Federal Executive Council on July 22, approved N75 billion for the establishment of the NYIF from 2020 to 2023.“It will provide Nigeria youths with investment inputs required to build successful businesses that can become sustainable employers of labour and contributors to the country’s development.

“The plan targets young people between 18 and 35 years and details the needed actions required to support business establishment, expansion and consequent employment creation for youths in critical economic and social sectors,” it stated.”

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“Also, we will institutionally provide the youths with special window for accessing the funds, finances, business management skills and other inputs critical for sustainable enterprise development.“The fund aims to financially empower youths to generate at least 500,000 jobs between 2020 and 2023.“This will also generate much-needed employment opportunities to curtail youths restiveness, boost their managerial capacity and develop their potential to become the future large corporate organisations,’’ the statement read.