Determined to encourage the movie goers and entertainment lovers, indigenous smart phone maker, Anabel Mobile has slashed all brands of its mobile phones including PS200, PS185Y, PS100, effizzy, Ice and MP3 players by 10%.

At the just concluded World Information Technology Alliance, WISTA Global Public Policy Summit held in Hamilton, Bermuda, with the full support of Kenya, South Africa and Egypt, the regional headquarters of World Information Technology Alliance, WISTA, will now be hosted in Nigeria, even as the President of the Nigerian Information Technology Association of Nigeria, ITAN, Dr Jimson Olufuye has elected into the Board of WISTA.

AS the 14th edition of COMBIT Africa conference and exhibition wound up in Lagos last week, different stakeholders in the information and communication industry who attended the event, agreed that a take home point after all deliberations was the need for the government to use the comparative advantage of the nation’s growing ICT industry to pursue the realization of the nation’s seven point agenda in year 2020.

MOTHER luck smiled on an Abuja based roadside electrician Mr Ibrahim Abukar, at the weekend as he became N30 million richer, emerging the grand prize winner of Globacom’s customer reward promo tagged Text4millions.

By Nnamdi Ojiego Insurance is set to shake hands with technology later this month as Private Media Mart (PMM) limited, a media and event management firm has concluded arrangements to hold this year’s Insurance Technology (InTech) expo. The expo is targeted at enhancing the ability of corporate entities, especially in the ICT sector, to gain […]

TWO winners, Joan Isemede, a student, and Ifeyinwa Umeh, a working class lady, emerged winners in Lagos at Technology Distributions Laptomania promo to mark the company’s 10th Anniversary celebrations.

The former national president of the defunct National Association of Microfinance Banks of Nigeria (NAMFBIN), Olatunde Olowu, has blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the low rendition of returns by microfinance banks (MFBs).

U.S. credit card defaults fell more than expected in October, but delinquencies rose in a sign that consumers remain under stress and the sector can expect more pain ahead, credit card companies reported on Monday.

The chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade has expressed concern over the shabby treatment of retirees by NICON Insurance, one of the pension fund managers of the agency.

Calls by the CBN governor, Mr Lamido Sanusi for a unified financial services regulatory authority is seen as a threat to the stability of the sector going by the failure of the model in the UK. There is much debate to unbundle the FSA as it had proved to be cumbersome, says analysts in the UK.

Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc has concluded arrangements to raise N2 billion from the capital market through its two new fixed income funds — the Stanbic IBTC Money Market Fund (SIMM) and the Stanbic IBTC Bond Fund (SIBOND).

Preparatory to the listing of its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) after a successful private placement, Geo Fluids Plc has recorded a shareholders’ funds of N6.354 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2008.

Findings from recent researches carried out by Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, said Innovation is a top priority for companies seeking to grow in aftermath of the economic downturn, but flaws in managing innovation may hinder their progress”.

The sachet milk category witnessed a new entrant as Friesland Campina Wamco Nigeria Plc introduced a 35 gram evaporated sachet to the market.

Spring bank in collaboration with Mega plaza has launched an online shopping solution. The online shopping at Mega Plaza enables customers of the superstore to log on to a site select desired items, pay for them via an Interswitch or e_transact payment card and have their d goods delivered to their doorsteps, anywhere in the country, within 72 hours.