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- 2 Nov 2020
Ventures Platform Foundation Launches Applications for Start Up North East
Ventures Platform Foundation, the social impact arm of Ventures Platform Hub, has announced a call for applications from Nigerian startups for Start Up North East, an incubation programme for…
- 23 Dec 2025
Amazon Blocks 1,800 North Koreans From Job Applications
US tech giant, Amazon has disclosed that it blocked more than 1,800 North Koreans from applying for jobs, amid growing concerns that Pyongyang is deploying large numbers of IT workers overseas to…
- 20 Dec 2013
Prolexic Opens North Pole DDoS Scrubbing Center
Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has announced that it has opened a new office and scrubbing center in the North Pole. “We have a…
- 29 Dec 2015
Bonga North West Project Wins Global Industry Awards
The Bonga North West deep-water development has won prestigious awards in the United States and Qatar. It was named Engineering Project of the Year 2015 at the Platts Global Energy Awards in New…
- 31 Aug 2021
FCMB Partners Mercy Corps to Uplift 500,000 Farmers, Vulnerable in North East
First City Monument Bank’s (FCMB) and Mercy Corps, have announced a partnership that will ensure that about 500,000 farmers and vulnerable people in Nigeria’s North-East zone can now access farming…
- Telecom10 Sept 2026
Nigerian Tech Leader Onyeka Akumah Leads ByteX-Cenne Merger to Connect North America, India and Africa
Canadian Fintechs, ByteX and Cenne merge to build the financial infrastructure connecting North America, India and Africa targeting the corridors global fintech left unbuilt.
- 13 May 2022
Two Nigerian Startups Emerge Winners @ GITEX 2022 North Star Pitch Competition
Two Nigerian technology start-ups, Pricepally.com and Paddy Cover, have emerged winners at the Lagos leg of the North Star and GITEX Global pitch tournament held on Thursday at the Eko Innovation…
- 16 Dec 2024
Shell Approves FID On $5Bn Bonga North Deepwater Project
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has officially announced a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Bonga North deepwater project, marking…
- 9 May 2016
Etisalat, Abuja Global Shapers Partner to Boost School Enrolment in the North
Efforts towards rebuilding the North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have received further boost, courtesy of a partnership between Etisalat Nigeria and Abuja Global Shapers Community, an…
- 21 Aug 2026
NITDA, North West University Move to Deepen Digital Transformation
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and North West University have commenced discussions aimed at strengthening digital capacity, research, innovation and technology-driven education in the institution.
- 9 Feb 2021
UN Fingers North Korea in $281m Digital Currency Heist
A preliminary United Nations inquiry into the theft of $281 million worth of assets from a cryptocurrency exchange last September “strongly suggests” links to North Korea. According to industry…
- 16 Nov 2022
NITDA, JICA Commence Techprenuership Training Startups in North East Region
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in collaboration with Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) has commenced North-East Startups Training Programme (NEST), where…
- 24 Oct 2016
Courier Operators Scaling Up Operations in North East- Obabori
As things are returning to normalcy in the North East part of Nigeria, courier operators have started reopening their offices which were shut down about four years ago. Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 22 Apr 2022
Binance Recovers $5.8m from Lazarus Group, North Korean Cryptocurrency Hackers
Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, on Friday, said the cryptocurrency exchange had recovered some funds stolen by the Lazarus Group, North Korean hackers. Zhao revealed that the DPRK Group used…
- 24 Dec 2018
SPDC Announces FID on Assa North Gas Project
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Assa North Gas Development Project in Imo State, a major momentum to the…
- 19 Feb 2023
Kano North Renaissance Felicitates with Danbatta on Winning Regulator of the Year Award
A group, Kano North Renaissance (KNR), has congratulated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, over his recent emergence as the…
- 28 Feb 2020
Terrorists Bomb 282 Base Stations in North East
Airtel Nigeria, has said that 282 of its base stations in the North-East region have been bombed by insurgents, resulting in huge revenue loss and poor quality of telecoms service in the region. Dr.…
- 17 Jul 2025
Festive Seasons Trigger 400% Spike in Livestock Prices Across Nigeria’s North East — Moniepoint Study
A new study by Moniepoint Inc., Africa’s leading financial technology company, has revealed that livestock prices in Nigeria’s North East markets surge by up to 400% during festive seasons, driven by…
- 17 Nov 2017
Yola Hosts USPF North East Zonal Stakeholder Workshop on ICT Utilisation and Sustainability
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) secretariat, recently held the North East Zonal stakeholder engagement workshop in Yola Universal Service Provision Fund a department of NCC…
- 23 Mar 2018
Group to Train 5,000 North East Youths on ICT
Arewa Young Leaders Initiative, a group of youths from the 19 northern states and Federal Capital Territory campaigning for a drug-free north, says it plans to train 5,000 youths on ICT in the…
- Telecom10 Sept 2026
ByteX, Cenne Merge to Build Financial Infrastructure for North America, India and Africa Trade
ByteX Financial and Cenne Financial have announced a strategic merger that brings the two companies together under the ByteX brand, combining Cenne’s AI-native business finance platform with ByteX’s regulated cross-border payment infrastructure.
- 13 Sept 2021
Shell Trains 40 Imo Youth for Assa North-Ohaji South Gas Project
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC),leading energy company, has commenced a one-year professional and vocational training for 40 youths from the SPDC Joint Venture host…
- 2 Feb 2022
FG Seeks $600m W’Bank Facility to Rebuild North
Federal Government has disclosed plans to borrow $600 million from the World Bank to address environmental degradation in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ayuba Yalaks,…
- 26 May 2025
FG to Deploy 80 Percent of 7000 Telecom Towers to North
Federal government has unveiled an ambitious plan to deploy 7,000 telecommunications towers across the country, with 80 per cent allocated to Northern Nigeria to address the region’s acute…
- 19 Oct 2009
Shell Pens Bonga North-West Flowline, Installation Contract
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has signed a contract with Saipem Contracting Nigeria Limited for the provision of crude oil flowlines and installation of other…
- 8 Feb 2018
NCC Board Approves Two New Infraco Licences for South East & North East
The Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently approved two additional Infrastructure Company (Infraco) Licences, in order to deepen broadband penetration in the Country …
- 4 Dec 2013
NPA Takes Developmental Agenda to North with KACCIMA Partnership
Nigerian Ports Authority has promised to continued partnership with the Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KACCIMA) organisers of the famous “Kano International Trade Fair”,…
- 18 May 2022
Autochek Acquires Morocco’s KIFAL Auto to Drive North Africa Expansion
Autochek, the automotive technology company making car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the acquisition of KIFAL Auto, Morocco’s leading automotive technology…
- 13 Oct 2016
NITDA Gears Up for ICT Infrastructure Redeployment in North East
Dr. Isa Pantami, director general of National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has stated that the Agency would be carrying out the presidential directive on the redeployment of…
- 14 Dec 2012
Courier Operators Flee North Over Boko Haram Attacks
Courier operators in northern parts of the country are fleeing the region in droves as insecurity occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram, the Islamic militants take its toll on their operations.…