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- 24 Jun 2021
Italian Court Acquits Nigerian, Italian in Nigeria Oil Graft Case
An Italian appeals court on Thursday overturned jail sentences handed down to Emeka Obi, Nigerian and Gianluca Di Nardo, Italian for their part in a graft case involving Eni (ENI.MI) and Shell…
- 5 Dec 2024
AfDB, Italian Insurance Group Sign $6bn Deal to Foster Investment in Africa
In a bid to provide credit protection to foster investment in Africa under the “Mattei Plan”, SACE, an Italian insurance-financial group and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have signed a…
- 10 Jan 2017
Jonathan, Ex-President Fingered in $1.3Bn Italian Bribery Scandal
Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria former president, has been fingered in a bribery scandal totalling about $1.3 billion. According to AFP, Italian prosecutors alleged that Jonathan and ex-petroleum…
- 9 Jul 2015
Dickson, Bayelsa Governor Pays N100m to Italians to Hack Phones in Nigeria
Bayelsa state government paid close to one hundred million naira to Hacking Team, an Italian firm, to hack computers and phones in Nigeria, according to Premium Times . Premium Times pointing at new…
- 1 Sept 2008
Huawei’s HSDPA Solution Lands Italian Job
Telecom Italia, the country’s leading mobile operator, which offers services under the TIM brand, has chosen Chinese vendor Huawei to expand and upgrade its existing HSPA network in the south…
- 6 Dec 2016
Financial Markets Gripped by Monday Jitters
Risk aversion intensified during early trading on Monday following reports of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi experiencing a crushing defeat in the referendum on constitutional reforms which…
- 24 Oct 2013
GE Attracts Foreign Investors to Nigeria
General Electric (GE), global infrastructure giants has attracted 3 Italian based investor-companies to Nigeria to explore partnership opportunities with indigenous Nigerian Engineering companies.…
- 12 Sept 2012
Payair Rolls Out Mobile Payment Solutions in Southern Europe
Payair, leading provider of mobile payments in Sweden, has signed a partner agreement with an experienced Swiss-Italian payment service industry team. Payair South Europe will serve as the branded…
- 23 Mar 2009
Delta Partners Enel Group on Power Generation
Delta State government is partnering with an Italian electricity power giant, Enel to build, on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement a 250 megawatts of electricity in the state. At a…
- 26 Jun 2014
Etihad Buys 49% Stake in Alitalia
Alitalia and Etihad Airways have agreed the terms of a stake purchase giving the Middle Eastern airline 49 percent of the unprofitable Italian carrier and access to one of Europe’s biggest travel…
- 24 Oct 2019
Google celebrates Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti’s 119th Birthday with a Doodle
Google is celebrating the 119th birthday of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. Today’s Doodle, illustrated by Diana Ejaita, Nigerian-Italian guest artist, celebrates a formidable leader who founded what many…
- 16 Jan 2024
De Lorenzo SpA Donates 1000 E-Learning Solutions to NITDA as Support to Digital Skills Development
De Lorenzo SpA, Italian company specialised in the design, development and production of technical and vocational training didactic equipment in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics,…
- 30 Jun 2022
Binance Taps Khaby Lame, of TikTok Fame, as Brand Ambassador
Binance has partnered with Khaby Lame, the Italian Senegalese creator who grew to fame through his viral TikTok videos, to join as a global brand ambassador. As the blockchain ecosystem behind the…
- 3 May 2018
Italy's StreetLib, Publiseer to Distribute More African Literature to Global Bookstores
Publiseer, a Nigerian digital book publishing platform, and StreetLib, an Italian ebook aggregator, has concluded a partnership that will see more African literature and non-fiction books published…
- 29 Jul 2018
Why Nigerians, Others Pay More for Pay-TV
By Justus E. Fashedemi Who do you think pays the eye-watering salaries earned by players in England’s Premier League, the Spanish LaLiga or Italian Serie A? It is not the clubs, but fans in those…
- 16 Feb 2009
SuperSports Lauds Anazodo, Amokachi
SuperSport, the leading sport broadcaster and content provider on the African continent has passed a vote of confidence on the duo of Charles Anazodo and Daniel Amokachi for the high-level…
- 7 Dec 2016
FXTM Analysis: Markets Resilient Against Negative Shocks
Monday’s miraculous stock market rebound continues to highlight how financial markets have become increasingly resilient against unexpected negative shocks with bulls exploiting the instances of…
- 15 Jan 2015
Google Turns Smartphones into Real-time Translators
Google began turning smartphones into real-time language translators of both written and spoken content. Google is hoping that, along with making it easier for people to understand one another on…
- 3 Jun 2025
Report Shows AI Curiosity Among Children more than Doubled in 2025
Kaspersky has released its annual report on children’s digital interests, with the analysis covering the period from May 2024 to April 2025. It reveals a growing fascination with artificial…
- 30 Nov 2015
Microsoft, Shoemakers Partner to Empower Youths through Employability Portal
Toward continuing its commitment to empower individuals and organisations to achieve more, technology giant, Microsoft through its Citizenship Program has struck a strategic partnership with leading…
- 22 Mar 2020
Expert Urges Govts to Leverage Konga for Coronavirus Response
Dr. Chris Uwaje, a renowned technology leader and former president of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), has called on the Federal and State Governments to partner with…
- 9 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Stakeholders commend Konga for high-level preventive measures
Konga, Nigeria’s foremost e-commerce giant, has once again won the admiration of stakeholders in the e-commerce sector with its high-level emergency readiness, which came to the fore with the spread…
- 23 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Konga to Support 10,000 Customers with N10m in #SoloSafe
Konga, Nigeria’s foremost e-commerce giant, has revealed that a minimum of 10,000 shoppers will benefit from its N10m fund set up to cushion the effects of the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19). Konga…
- 22 Oct 2018
Higher US Interest Rates Burn through Nigeria’s Reserves
By Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst at FXTM Defending the Nigerian Naira against the mighty Dollar has come at a steep price to the central bank of Nigeria in the form of falling reserves.…
- 15 Nov 2018
StarTimes Secures 3-year Exclusive Media Rights for Coppa Italia
Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes and Lega Serie A reached a 3 years deal for the exclusive all media rights to Coppa Italia & Supercoppa Italiana in the region of Sub-Saharan…
- 19 Nov 2014
FG Silent as the World Probes Illegal Sale of OPL 245
Nigerian government has curiously refused to revisit the now tainted sale of one of the country’s largest offshore oil concessions known as OPL 245 to subsidiaries of oil multinationals, Royal Dutch…
- 29 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Konga Reassures Nigerians of Delivery of Critical Supplies
Konga, Nigeria’s foremost composite e-commerce giant, has once again assured Nigerians of its utmost commitment to ensuring that essential deliveries reach them, irrespective of their locations,…
- 29 Nov 2017
Nigerian Diplomats, Politicians Involved in Organ Sales- French Police
Reports by international bodies made available to Nigeria’s security agencies now suggest that top Nigerian politicians and diplomats have been major players in the illicit businesses of human…
- 16 Feb 2017
Panic as Another Toxic Waste Scare Hits Koko
Fresh toxic waste scare has hit Koko town in Warri North Local Government of Delta State, 30 years after 8,000 drums of toxic wastes were dumped in the ancient Itsekiri community by some unscrupulous…
- 6 Dec 2017
Firm Seeks Criminal Case against Shell, CEO over Nigeria Deal
A Dutch law firm has asked the public prosecutor in the Netherlands to file a case against Royal Dutch Shell, its CEO and former executives of over what it says were criminal actions relating to a…