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- 4 Jun 2019
PIC, MTN’s Largest Shareholder Pushes for Board Changes
Public Investment Corp. (PIC), MTN’s largest shareholder, is reportedly pushing for the restructuring of the leadership of the mobile-phone company to avoid the regulatory, legal and political…
- 31 Oct 2025
Transforming Africa: NITDA DG Makes Urgent Call for Digital Investment
Kashifu Inuwa, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called for urgent and strategic investment in Africa’s digital public infrastructure, describing…
- 9 Sept 2017
Dangote Cement Eye Expansion to South Africa
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is among those considering counteroffers for PPC Group Ltd. that could signal a bidding contest for South Africa’s largest cement maker, according to people…
- 10 Feb 2025
Elon Musk's $97.4 Billion Bid for OpenAI Rebuffed by Sam Altman
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer, Sam Altman, on Monday rebuffed a reported bid by a group of investors led by world’s richest person, Elon Musk, to buy the non-profit organisation that controls the…
- 28 Jul 2017
Ogun Stater Tasks Corps Members on ICT
Mr Afolabi Afuape, Ogun State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, has called on youths to explore opportunities in Information and Communications Technology and agriculture to mitigate unemployment.…
- 22 Mar 2026
SEC, NYSC Partner to Combat Ponzi Schemes
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have formalised a strategic partnership aimed at embedding financial literacy and anti-Ponzi education into the…
- 18 Jul 2019
Fraudsters Clone NYSC, NSITF Websites- DSS
Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday said its attention has been drawn to activities of some individuals cloning official websites of some government agencies and using same to defraud…
- 22 Jan 2015
HarvestPlus Trains NYSC Members on Biofortified Staple Crops, Others
HarvestPlus Nigeria has intensified effort to reach out to as many Nigerians as possible by engaging young school leavers with a view to making them partners through sustainable agricultural…
- 30 Mar 2020
Teksight Edge emerges technical partner to Lagos State SDGs Volunteer Corps
The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment (Lagos Global), has concluded plans to launch the Lagos State Volunteer Corps, an initiative designed to…
- 16 Feb 2009
IBM Expands Nigerian Operations
International Business Machine (IBM) has announced that it is expanding its operations in Nigeria to capture growth in the West African region. By doing this, the company said it will increase its…
- 15 Oct 2025
Nigeria Suffers 4,388 Cyberattacks Weekly- AGF
Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, has revealed that Nigerian businesses experienced an average of 4,388 cyberattacks per week during the first quarter…
- 4 Apr 2019
PEBEC 2nd Annual Awards Recognizes MDAs, Public & private Sector Supporters for Improving Business Climate
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), the Council responsible for driving enabling business environment reforms across all arms of government to make Nigeria a progressively…
- 16 Mar 2017
InstinctWave’s Report Shows Government Agencies Unresponsive to Social Media
The campaign for government parastatals and other public institutions in Nigeria to embrace digitization is yet to be replicated in practical terms or fully implemented. The major aspect of…
- 27 Jun 2017
IBM Boss Says “New Collar” Jobs to Transform Skills Market
Africa has approximately 200 million people between the ages of 15 and 24. By 2040, the continent is expected to be home to the world's largest labor force, with an estimated working age population…
- 24 Dec 2023
Shell to Slash Expenditure by $3Bn
Shell Plc, oil giant is now more serious towards cutting expenditure and becoming more competitive through applying drastic job reduction measures. Shell has begun cutting jobs beyond previously…
- 22 Sept 2016
IBM Joins U.S. President's Advisory Council on 'Doing Business in Africa'
IBM on Wednesday announced that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has appointed Takreem El Tohamy, IBM’s General Manager for the Middle East and Africa, to the U.S. President's Advisory…
- 25 Mar 2016
#NIRA10: CommunicationsWeek, Googles, Others Shortlisted for .ng Awards
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), charged with the management of Nigeria’s country code Top Level Domain Name (ccTLD), dot ng (.ng) has shortlisted Nigeria…
- 2 Jan 2014
Dangote Made $9.2Bn in 2013, Bill Gates is World's Richest
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person and founder of Dangote Group, one of the continent’s largest conglomerates, added $9.2 billion during the year. He’s the 30th-richest person in the world. His…
- 23 Nov 2009
IBM Completes Five Projects in Cross River State
International Business Machine (IBM) has successfully completed a program of corporate citizenship activity aimed at helping Cross River State compete in a global marketplace. A first IBM Corporate…
- 25 May 2016
Microsoft Provides Grants to Accelerate Delivery of Affordable Internet Access
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced it has awarded Affordable Access Initiative grants to 12 entrepreneurial businesses, including Ekovolt in Nigeria to help scale their solutions and business…
- 1 Feb 2026
NSCDC Hands over Fake Crypto Currency Trader to EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the weekend received Bamu Gift Wandji, a suspected operator of Polyfarm, a fake crypto-currency investment platform. The suspect, Bamu Gift Wandji,…
- 18 Aug 2026
Standard Bank Targets Stake in OPay Ahead of IPO – Report
Africa’s largest bank by assets, Standard Bank Group is in negotiations with Nigerian fintech company OPay ahead of the latter’s planned initial public offering (IPO) in the United States.
- 20 Sept 2014
NYSC Member Donates N10, 000 for President Jonathan Re-Election
President Goodluck Jonathan was on Friday in Abuja excited by the N10, 000 donated toward his re-election by Ezemagu Nnamdi, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. Dr Reuben Abati, special…
- 9 Jun 2021
NCC Charges Nigerian Youths on Responsible Internet Usage
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged Nigerian youths to leverage Internet/broadband access to unleash their potentials for innovation and creativity, as well as their quest for job…
- 11 Aug 2013
Nigeria’s Unemployment Crisis
Rising youth unemployment in Nigeria is a significant contributor to the dramatic rise in social unrest; crimes; terror gangs like Boko Haram; and communal crises in many parts of the country.…
- 23 Feb 2009
Interra Networks Rolls Out First-Rate Outsourcing Services in Country
Apherion Outsourcing, established by Interra Networks to provide outsourced business and technology solutions to organizations in the public and private sectors, has positioned to take companies and…
- 15 Oct 2014
Gowon, UBA GMD, Akinwunmi, Others Receive Leadership Awards
General Yakubu Gowon, former military head of state; Phillips Oduoza, group managing director and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc; Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; minister of Agriculture, were among…
- 18 Jan 2017
2017: Employment, Business Start-Up Top Priority for Nigerians- Survey
Latest public opinion poll results released by NOIPolls have revealed some of the personal goals and aspirations that Nigerians have for 2017, such as the desire to secure employment or change…
- 23 Feb 2026
NITDA Urges Stronger State Partnerships as Key to Digital Economy Goals @ South-South Stakeholders Forum
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has underscored the importance of deeper collaboration with state governments, saying sub-national…
- 21 Dec 2016
Interswitch Delays IPO Plan Over Dollar Supply Concerns
Interswitch, which processes payments for banks and owns a brand of debit cards in Nigeria, suspended plans to raise as much as $1 billion in an initial public offering as investors fret over further…