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- 13 Jan 2016
Unions Say Powerful, Fraudulent Cabal Manipulate Aero Contractors
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), and the Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) ‎have sent out a distress cry to the management of the…
- 17 Aug 2020
Reps Fume as Foreign Partners Pocket N72Bn NIS Revenue
House of Representatives Committee on Finance has asked Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to explain how some N72billion of over N80billion generated from the issuance of international passports and…
- 28 Jul 2008
Nollywood Partners AFI on Project 2020
Honourable Henry Moran, executive director of U.S. President Bush’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities has inspired the audience of Nigerian filmmakers, financiers, government officials…
- 11 Jan 2021
Global Stocks Retreat from Record Highs; Dollar Extends Gains
By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Equity markets kicked off 2021 on a solid footing. Investors clearly shrugged off the global surge in coronavirus cases and the US Capitol…
- 11 Dec 2012
WaveTek, Carlson Wireless Partners on BroadBand Delivery
WaveTek Nigeria has signed a partnership agreement with Carlson Wireless Technologies US, to develop the adoption of TV White Spaces to meet the growing demand for broadband coverage in Africa. This…
- 27 Apr 2016
ITU to Chart Roadmap for Future Digital Financial Services
The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Focus Group on Digital Financial Services (FG DFS) is set to meet in Washington DC, 27-29 April to discuss key elements of a global roadmap it is…
- 15 Dec 2022
Visa Pledges $1bn Towards Africa’s Digital Acceleration
Global tech payments firm Visa has pledged to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years. The company made the announcement at the ongoing US-Africa Business Forum, alongside the US-Africa…
- 13 Feb 2018
Google to Debut emails that Automatically Update
Google plans to demonstrate a software programming system that would enable emails to feature continuously updating information and greater interactivity. Users could see automatically updated flight…
- 2 Jul 2019
Global Financial Markets Need Another Bretton Woods – says Luno
July 1 st marked the 75 th anniversary of the start of the Bretton Woods conference, held at Mount Washington Hotel in the United States (1st to 22nd July 1944). The conference created the financial…
- 1 Jan 2020
Huawei Makes Survival its Priority in 2020
Huawei, world’s biggest maker of telecom network equipment and the second-largest smartphone maker was banned by Washington earlier this year from doing business with US companies, preventing its…
- 15 Dec 2016
Accenture Teams with Code.org to Advance Coding Literacy Via ‘Hour of Code’
Accenture is teaming with Code.org to support global participation in Hour of Code, one of the world’s largest educational events, designed to prove anyone can learn the basics of coding, have fun…
- 14 Jul 2020
GSMA Launches Mobile Money Interoperability Test Platform
Interoperability can help the mobile money industry shift to a higher gear, where customers can pay merchants and transfer money without having to consider which mobile money provider they are using.…
- 21 Oct 2019
SEC Thinkers with Crowdfunding Regulation
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is working on a framework to regulate the use of crowdfunding by small businesses to raise capital, according to Ms. Mary Uduk, acting director-general of…
- 15 Feb 2017
Boutique African Data Collection Agency ‘Bamba’ Raises $1.1m in 1st Seed Round
African data collection startup Bamba has announced today that it has closed its first seed investment round after raising US$1.1 million in investment funds, making it one of the largest and most…
- 23 Oct 2024
NIBSS Plans BVN Platform Launch for Nigerians in Diaspora- CBN
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that a bank verification number (BVN) platform will be launched by December for Nigerians in the diaspora. Olayemi Cardoso, governor, CBN, stated this during a…
- 19 Dec 2014
Road Injuries, Heart Disease Kill More Nigerians
In Nigeria, average life expectancy for men increased to 59.8 years. Women's average life expectancy increased to 60.5 years in 2013. Today, fewer people are dying from measles and diarrheal diseases…
- 17 Jul 2014
Microsoft to Cut 18,000 Jobs this Year
Microsoft Corp said it will slash up to 18,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce, this year as it trims its newly acquired Nokia phone business and tries to transform into a cloud-computing and…
- 20 Sept 2013
Growing Demand for Aviation Connectivity Is At Risk-IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has continued to advice governments on empowering aviation to deliver more value, noting that growing demand for aviation connectivity is at risk.…
- 17 May 2024
Nigeria's Omoniyi Ibietan, elected Secretary-General of APRA
Omoniyi Ibietan, Head Media Relations at the Nigerian Communications Commission, fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and African Public Relations Association (APRA), has just…
- 5 Feb 2016
NBS Sees Growth, Increased Spending This Year
Nigeria’s economic growth is forecast to accelerate by 3.8 percent this year driven by the proposed higher expenditure in this year’s budget, according to Bloomberg. The growth according to National…