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- 19 Apr 2026
Tech Shake-Up: Snap Cuts Hundreds as AI Drives Efficiency Push
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, has announced the layoff of about 1,000 employees as part of efforts to improve efficiency through artificial intelligence. Evan Spiegel, chief executive…
- 21 Oct 2015
Yahoo Snaps Up ad Pact with Google
Yahoo said it had signed a search advertising deal with Google, providing a potential boost to Marissa Mayer's efforts to turn around the company, which also reported revenue and profit that…
- 18 Feb 2026
GigaLayer Snaps Up Registeram in Domain Services Consolidation
GigaLayer, a prominent player in Africa’s cloud infrastructure and domain services sector, has announced the acquisition of Registeram, a Nigerian domain registration and hosting firm. GigaLayer This…
- 31 Jul 2022
Snapchat Extends Service to Web
Popular Messaging and photo app, Snap has extended its services to the Web, thus allowing users to send messages and make video calls to their contacts from their computers. The company had initially…
- 4 Jan 2017
Top 3 Tips for Brand Building, Business Marketing with Snapchat
With over 100 million active users and 400 million snaps per day, the social media platform is one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world, and even though it caters mainly to a younger…
- 15 Aug 2019
Asien, DG NCC Initiates Staff Neighbourhood Anti-piracy Surveillance
Mr. John Ohi Asein, Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has initiated a new operational strategy for the Commission, named Staff Neighbourhood Anti-piracy Surveillance (SNAPS).…
- 1 Jan 2014
NOIPolls Commences Journey to 2015 Elections with Bi-Monthly Polls
NOIPolls Opinion Polling Center; NOPC said that it is adding an exciting aura to the country’s journey to 2015 Elections with a bi-monthly polls on the Nigerian voting public, “our snap polls…
- 3 Oct 2022
African Marketers Simply Cannot Afford to Ignore Snapchat: Here’s Why
By Alistair Errington, Snap Partner Director at Ad Dynamo by Aleph Over the years, Snapchat has consistently defied its most ardent critics. The platform has grown from strength to strength rather…
- 30 Jul 2014
Survey Shows Political Interest, Unemployment Fuel Terrorism in Nigeria
A security snap poll results released by NOIPolls Limited on Tuesday have revealed that Nigerians consider “Political interest (election issues) (26%)" and "Unemployment” (21%) as major cause…
- 29 Jul 2015
Study Reveals Nigerians View on Law Enforcement Agencies PR Image
A recent snap poll conducted by NOIPolls to gauge the perception of Abuja residents on law enforcement agencies operating in the city of Abuja has revealed that ‘improvement in public relations’ (18…
- 27 May 2020
Chatbot Uptake to Remain Robust as Firms Seek Competitive Edge in Nigeria
By Olajide Osho-Thomas Nigerian firms that offer extensive customer support on their platforms are eagerly snapping up chatbot solutions to improve Customer Experience (CX) and drive down costs. This…
- 25 Feb 2016
How Social Media Change the World: The Good & Bad
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snap chat, Periscope and Google+ to mention but a few social media are changing the way the world is perceived either for good or bad. These different social media have…
- 1 Jul 2016
5 Exciting Ways to Use Snapchat on Your Wedding Day
Snapchat is fast becoming one of the most used multimedia mobile application in the world. According to statistics, users of the application sent over 2 billion videos daily as at May 2015. With…
- 26 Apr 2010
Nokia Photo Stars Emerge
Winners of the Nokia Photo Stars competition have emerged. The competition which began with the launch of the Nokia 6700, Nokia 6303 and Nokia 2700 saw a total of 4 persons emerge from within the…
- 20 Apr 2017
Investors Dump Risky Assets in Favour of Treasuries, Pound on the Radar
FXTM Chief Market Strategist Hussein Sayed comments on the after-effects of U.K. PM’s election announcement on the Pound. Asian equity markets fell across the board on Wednesday, following a…
- 2 Jun 2026
Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and Google Reach Multi-Million Dollar Deal in School Lawsuit
Several leading social media companies have agreed to pay approximately 27 million dollars to settle a lawsuit filed by a school district in the United States over claims that their platforms…
- 9 Jan 2018
Apple Says iPhones Addiction Profitable
Apple Inc investors on Tuesday shrugged off concerns raised by two shareholders about kids getting hooked on iPhones, saying that for now a little addiction might not be a bad thing for profits.…
- 10 Jun 2017
FXTM Analysis: UK Election Results in Further Questions Than Answers
FXTM Vice President of Market Research, Jameel Ahmad comments on the UK election result and what this means for global markets. The eyes of the world are on the United Kingdom once again following…
- 4 Dec 2013
President's Job Approval, Power Supply Rating Decline
Governance poll results released by NOIPolls Limited for the month of November has revealed that 50% of the Nigerian adult population (43.7m) approve of President Goodluck Jonathan’s performance in…
- 14 Dec 2012
Osun Bond Raises N45.1 Billion @ NSE
The Nigerian Capital Market during the week recorded an unprecedented feat as the N22 billion State of Osun offer was over-subscribed by more than 100 per cent. Governor Rauf Aregbesola, said in…
- 18 Sept 2013
Survey Shows Nigerians Back NIMC on New ID Card
About 8 in 10 Nigerians have expressed support for the introduction of the new national identification (ID) card scheme, confirming that it is a priority for Nigeria as revealed in the latest weekly…
- 16 May 2014
Kaymu Harps on Mobile Advertising for Online Marketplaces
Kaymu, leading online marketplace, has identified how online marketplaces can monetize mobile marketing, highlighting the functions mobile marketplace apps should possess at the Mobile West Africa…
- 7 May 2014
Again, President Jonathan's Approval Rating Slips
Latest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of April 2014 revealed that less than half of the adult Nigerian population (49%) approve of the job performance of President…
- 27 Aug 2013
Some 139m Nigerians without Insurance Cover-NOI Polls
A disturbing figure emerged on Tuesday suggesting that most Nigerians are without insurance cover, a situation blamed on poor enlightenment of the importance of the scheme. This was contained in the…
- 6 Jun 2014
President Jonathan Maintains Average Ranking on Social Amenities
In spite the atest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of May 2014 revealed that 58% of adult Nigerians approve of the job performance of the President over the past month;…
- 21 Jun 2014
The Need for Speed
Data boom pressures operators to speed up deployment of new data centres – increased focus on turnkey prefabricated solutions The seemingly insatiable demand by users for more data has taken many…
- 21 Jul 2014
TCP Alert: Surulere, Others to Experience Power Cut
As an update to the earlier reports of looming nationwide power cut, the management of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Lagos region, has identified some towns likely to be more affected in…
- 22 Jul 2014
Ovum Cautions Nigeria, Others over Fund for Digital Switch
Ovum research has found that most sub-Saharan countries – notably Nigeria and South Africa – will not achieve the ITU-mandated 2015 deadline to switch off their analog terrestrial TV signals due to:…
- 20 Nov 2012
Total Sells Stake in Nigerian Oil Field to Sinopec for $2.5Bn
Total has said that it is selling a 20 percent stake in a Nigerian offshore oil field to China's Sinopec in a $2.5 billion deal which will help the French oil group fund its ambitious exploration…
- 24 May 2010
CBN Issues Fresh Guidelines on ATM Operations
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued new guideline and standard for operations of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) services in the country. The apex bank said in a circular that the purpose of…