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- 2 Dec 2021
Five Things we Enjoyed About the MTN mPulse Spelling Bee Grand Finale
Spelling bees are undeniably some of the most entertaining and exciting academic competitions. We all enjoy seeing young intelligent students breeze their way through difficult words. The MTN mPulse…
- 12 Oct 2019
IFINCA Sets to Honour Firms Pushing CBN’s Financial Inclusion Services
As the financial inclusion project of the Central Bank of Nigeria continued to gather steam in Nigeria and across the globe among firms, policy-makers and the media, the project is having a positive…
- 2 Sept 2019
Experts Okay Deposit Forfeiture for Loan Defaulters
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) new policy regime mandating banks to go after customers who default on the repayment of their loans by seizing their deposits in other accounts is backed by law,…
- 15 Dec 2013
“God-fatherism” Killing Local Content-NIG
Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) has called on the federal government to ensure standards in local content development to encourage patronage of indigenous products. Adebayo Banjo, president, NIG, who…
- 24 Oct 2021
Nigeria-USA Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) Hosts its 1ST International Virtual Trade & Investment Summit
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) says that an estimated 931 million tons of food, or 17 percent of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into waste, that is, at the retail and…
- 20 Sept 2020
Heritage Bank’s MD Calls for More Impactful Role in Banking to Aid Speedy Economic Recovery
In the quest to aid speedy economic recovery and impactful service delivery to stakeholders caused by macro-economic headwinds and Covid-19, banking sector’s players have been charged to maximize the…
- 24 Oct 2025
NCC, WorldsView Forge Partnership to Ensure Compliance on Legal Use of Autodesk Software, Copyright Works
Dr. John Asein, director general, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has assured the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WorldsView, Mr. Simon Tomilsson and his team, of the NCC’s commitment in…
- 16 Dec 2016
NDIC, CBN Mull Digital Currency to Battle MMM
Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, Managing Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission (NDIC), yesterday said the commission and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had set up a committee to look into the trending…
- 27 Dec 2021
Inflation: World Bank Warns Nigeria against Hiking Electricity Tariffs
The World bank has warned Nigeria and other emerging economies against raising electricity tariffs, arguing that s such steps will push inflation in 2022. In its latest Commodity Markets Outlook…
- 16 Jan 2017
Efritin Shuts Nigerian Office, Blames Bad Economy
Efritin (pronounced ‘Everything’) has stopped further investments in Nigeria and has wound down operations, just 16 months after its official launch. Investigation showed that high cost of data and…
- 19 Nov 2015
Travelbeta.com Raises $2m Seed Fund 6 Weeks after Launch
Travelbeta.com, Nigeria’s newest online travel agency has raised a $2 million seed fund barely six weeks after its website went live on October 1. Travelbeta & Tours Limited, the controlling…
- 16 Nov 2019
Soyinka Writes Long Letter to NASS over Death Penalty for Hate Speech
Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has written to the National Assembly, warning of the consequence of passing a bill which stipulates death penalty for hate speech. The bill, which is…
- 11 Oct 2021
Why EFCC is Pressing ahead with Directive to Bankers on Asset Declaration– Bawa
Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that the anti-graft agency’s directive to bankers to declare their assets was not to witch-hunt them but to save…
- 24 May 2010
Nweke Wins Deutsche Welle, FOSS Award
Remmy Nweke of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) desk at Champion Newspapers has bagged the first-ever African Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Reporter award. The award which was…
- 16 Sept 2016
CyberXchange Confab ’16 Rings Collabo to Strengthen W/Africa’s Cyber Security
The number one topic for CEOs this year is cyber security and keeping company as well as client ecosystems safe. Security issues are even more pronounced with the slump in oil prices causing economic…
- 22 Apr 2020
NEPAD, Ecobank Group Set to Establish Framework to Support African MSMEs
Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, AUDA-NEPAD and Mr Ade Ayeyemi, Ecobank Group Chief Executive Officer have agreed to collaborate on a continental initiative to support African…
- 26 Nov 2014
ACTV, Home Grown Pay Tv Goes Live December 1
African Cable Television, (ACTV) pronounced ACTIVE, ‎a Nigerian -owned multi-media company that offers direct-to-home (DTH) pay-TV services, will be launched on December 1,according to the…
- 19 Jun 2017
ATCON Backs Call for Telecoms Industry Infrastructure Bank
Mr. Ogungboye Muyiwa, managing director and chief executive officer, eStream Networks has called for the establishment of a Telecommunication Infrastructural (Development) Bank to offer players…
- 7 Jul 2008
IBM Makes ICT, CSR Change Drivers
The IBM Global CEO Study, largest study of chief executives ever conducted has revealed a dramatic increase in the number of global business leaders who see important changes ahead. The study, based…
- 23 Mar 2009
NCC, Stakeholders Agree on Copyright Law Enforcement
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), in a bid to address the issue of piracy in the creative industry recently organized a one-day workshop for the chief executive officers and operating managers…
- 22 Jan 2018
Danbatta Canvasses for Time on Appropriate Broadband Pricing Study
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Office (EVC/CEO) Nigerian Communications Commission has asked for patience to enable the consultants contracted to ensure…
- 29 Jan 2020
Livestock Farming can Change Nigeria’s Agricultural Ecosystem for Good – Muyiwa
Folorunso Muyiwa. is the Chief Executive Officer Of Divergent Enterprise, with an objective to create wealth for its financial partners through pig farming. He recently shared his views on livestock…
- 10 Nov 2015
YES Mobile Partners AXAMansard on Free Insurance on Phones & Computers
Yes Mobile; an innovative mobile phone retain chain in partnership with AXAMansard Insurance Plc, has launched an insurance scheme on all phones and computers bought by its customers. Speaking during…
- 3 Sept 2021
FG Advocates Smart Technology for Efficient Housing
Senator Gbenga Ashafa, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Federal Housing Authority, FHA, has called on stakeholders in the housing sector to embrace smart technology for efficient housing…
- 8 Dec 2009
Starcomms Bags 3 Awards @ NiTTA 2009
Starcomms Plc, Nigeria’s leading CDMA operator confirmed its industry supremacy at the weekend at the 8th Nigerian Information Technology and Telecom Awards (NIITA) as the company was…
- 16 Dec 2017
Ekeh, Zinox Boss Declares Access Bank Ready for Digital Disruption
Leo Stan Ekeh, serial digital entrepreneur and chairman, Zinox Group, has declared that foremost financial institution, Access Bank Plc. is eminently equipped to take advantage of the impending…
- 28 Sept 2020
Heritage Bank, PWC, Deloitte Canvass Use of Tech to Tackle Fraud & Rescind Effects of Covid-19
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service provider has called on internal auditors of banks to adopt the various digital technologies to prevent fraud and annul the adverse impact…
- 28 Sept 2020
Deloitte, Heritage Bank, PWC Urge Internal Auditors to Embrace IT to Tackle Fraud
Deloite, Heritage Bank Plc and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PWC’s) have urged internal auditors of banks to adopt the various digital technologies to prevent fraud and annul the adverse impact of…
- 26 Jun 2017
IPv6: Firms Seek Concessions on Equipment Type Approval
To speed up migration of networks to the Internet Protocol Version six (IPv6), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) should be considerate on equipment type approval charges, said information and…
- 8 Apr 2013
Labour to Down Tools Tomorrow over N1Bn Pension
Organized labour made up of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union Congress (TUC) and civil society groups has declared tomorrow (Wednesday) work-free day for the mass protests in Lagos and Abuja…