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- 8 Jun 2022
Experts to Brainstorm on Nigeria's Financial Inclusion Initiative at Oriental News Nigeria Confab
Key stakeholders in Nigeria's financial sector would engage in a robust round table discussion on governments key policy which centers around inclusive financial system that will cover all strata of…
- 11 Sept 2016
NAN Unveils New Portal for Subscribers
Nigeria’s main news provider, the News Agency of Nigeria has launched a new portal for its legion of subscribers. The new portal www.newsroom.nan.ng marks a major departure from the old site,…
- 25 Aug 2016
NAN Plans to Set up Video, Photo Portal
Bayo Onanuga, managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the Agency plan to set up a video portal, to enhance its multimedia services to clients. Onanuga, who disclosed this during a…
- 27 Mar 2019
FG Approves N1.3Bn Contracts for Broadcasting Stations
Federal Government on Wednesday approved N1.3 billion contracts to strengthen and reposition its media outfits for effective information dissemination. The media organisations to benefit from…
- 3 Sept 2013
Microsoft Promises More Local Content with MSN Nigeria
Microsoft Nigeria has promised to satisfy Nigerians with locally relevant content via the Microsoft Network (MSN Nigeria) portal, her brand new Company’s portal, offering news, sports, money, games,…
- 10 May 2024
NAN, SLTV to Partner on Local TV Content Promotion
Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has assured that the agency will work to promote SLTV, indigenous satellite television, in the country. Ali gave the…
- 30 Dec 2016
NSPM Shuns Printing of Small Naira Denominations
Nigeria Security Printing and Minting plc (NSPM) has not printed the small naira denominations for about a year, causing the scarcity of the notes in the economy, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
- 24 Dec 2022
NAN Committed to Workers’ Welfare, to Set up Joint C’ttee- MD
Mr Buki Ponle, Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), says the management of the Agency is conscious of the reality of the prevailing times and is ever determined to give succour to…
- 17 Oct 2019
NTA, Others Constrained by Lack of Funds- Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and National Orientation has said that government-owned media were operating under lots of constraints due to lack of proper funding. Mohammed made this…
- 15 May 2023
CBN unveils “SabiMONI” platform to promote financial literacy, inclusion
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday unveiled an e-learning platform, SabiMONI, to promote financial literacy and to deepen financial inclusion, according to a report by News Agency of Nigeria.…
- 13 Nov 2008
NIPOST to Partner with NAN
Mallam Ibrahim Mori Baba , the post master-general of the federation, has said in Abuja that Nigerian Postal Service( Nipost) would partner with the News Agency of Nigeria (Nan) in…
- 4 Jul 2019
Nigerian Develops Software to Curb Online Fraud
Emmanuel Okoye, a software engineer has developed a software application called ‘The Middle’ to help eliminate online fraud. Okoye, also known as ‘Gentzycode’, told the News Agency of Nigeria, that…
- 4 Sept 2018
Abia Radio, TV Workers Shut Station over Unpaid Salary, Deductions
Workers of Abia Broadcasting Corporation have shut down the station to protest against the state government’s failure to pay their outstanding April 2015 salary. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
- 16 Nov 2025
FG’s Fresh Loans: Experts Raise Alarm over Growing Debt
Many Nigerians have continued to raise concerns over the Federal Government’s borrowing spree in spite of claims that revenue generation has increased. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that…
- 13 Jul 2020
Unclaimed Dividends Hit N158.44Bn in 2019
The total unclaimed dividend figure in the Nigerian capital market stood at N158.44 billion as of December 2019, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Data obtained exclusively by NAN from the…
- 31 May 2019
StarTimes Launches Africa’s First Online Film Festival
Star Times, leading Pay TV brand, is launching the first online film festival in Africa to encourage African local content creators. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the festival, tagged…
- 5 Mar 2021
NAN MD Tasks Online Publishers on Professionalism
Buki Ponle, managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has urged the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers to ensure professionalism while discharging its duties in the society. Ponle made…
- 22 Jun 2015
Customers Besiege Banks for BVN Exercise Few Days to Deadline
Many bank customers in Makurdi on Monday besieged their banks to collect their Bank Verification Number (BVN) a week to the deadline of the exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that…
- 10 May 2019
Ajudua, NAN ICT Director is Dead
Management of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday announced the death of Mr Mathias Ajudua, director and head of Technical Services and ICT Department. A statement in Abuja by Mr Bayo…
- 15 Jul 2016
Fire Guts Popular GSM Market In Kano
Fire has razed down no fewer than 44 shops at the popular Farm Centre GSM market in Kano metropolis on Friday. Eyewitness and one of the shop owners told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on…
- 15 May 2022
MTN Foundation Donates Medical Equipment to Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe
MTN Foundation has donated medical equipment to Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe for the benefit of Gombe residents. Odunayo Sanya, Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation The News Agency of Nigeria…
- 30 Aug 2013
Microsoft to Officially Launch MSN Portal in Nigeria
Microsoft Nigeria is on top of plans to officially launch its flagship MSN portal for Nigeria, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can report. The portal, although already live is scheduled to be commissioned…
- 22 May 2014
FG Begins Automation of Aeronautical Information Service
Supo Atobatele, general manager, Public Affairs, Nigeria Aviation Management Agency (NAMA) said Nigeria had commenced automation of its Aeronautical Information Service to bring it to…
- 19 Oct 2023
President Tinubu Sacks NBC DG, NAN CEO, Others
President Bola Tinubu has sacked the heads of some government agencies under the Ministry of Information. Ajuri Ngelali, Special Adviser to the President on Media Publicity, announced this in a…
- 22 Mar 2026
CCC Flags Rising Fake News, Insecurity and Political Distrust Shaping Nigeria’s Pre-Election Climate
Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) has raised fresh concerns over a dangerous convergence of insecurity, political distrust, and disinformation across Nigeria’s information ecosystem, warning that…
- 11 May 2025
Bank customers to ditch SMS alerts for email amid rising charges
Some bank users in Abuja have declared they will opt for electronic mail alerts from their banks to cut costs and reduce charges on their accounts. Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of…
- 30 Aug 2016
Youths Protest @ NITDA over Withdrawn Appointments
Some youths on Tuesday in Abuja protested over the termination of their appointments by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The youths, who spoke to the News Agency of…
- 30 May 2023
Meet the 2023 MTN Media Innovation Fellows
School of Media and Communications, Pan-Atlantic University, has announced the 2023 fellows for the second edition of the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP). The 20 successful fellows emerged from…
- 17 Feb 2016
Mba, Sacked NBC DG, Others were PDP Saboteurs- FG
Chief John Odigie- Oyegun, national chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday said the sacked heads of government agencies and parastatals were saboteurs. The APC chairman, who led some…
- 15 Feb 2016
FG Sacks Mba, NBC DG, 5 Others
Federal government today sacked the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture, directing them to hand over to the most senior officials in their…