The EFInA Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2020 Kaduna State Deep Dive Survey indicates significant market opportunity to drive financial inclusion in Kaduna State, including among excluded groups such as women, rural adults, micro-entrepreneurs and farmers. High ownership of mobile phones and interest in digital financial services present favourable conditions for reversing the financial […]

Battery Smartphone Of The Year’ award at the Beacon of ICT Awards 2021 event held on July 24th in Lagos, Nigeria.

By Dapo Akinrefon The Federal government has said its projected income from the lottery Industry is N100 billion. Executive Secretary of National Lottery Trust Fund, NLTF, Bello Maigari, spoke Thursday in Abuja, during the presentation of sporting kits to staff of the agency. According to him, the industry is worth almost two trillion naira. The […]

By Folasade Opaleye – CEO Apeiron Global As we all know and have experienced, COVID-19 has been a huge disruption generally this year and the travel industry has been hit so badly. There are several impacts of COVID-19 on Nigerian Travelers and Folasade Opaleye the CEO of Apeiron Global, a leading travel consulting agency in […]

By Olu Fasan THE Nigerian media is under siege. Draconian laws are being enacted to shackle its freedom. Recently, in a protest against the proposed introduction of such laws, Nigerian newspapers jointly published the same front page, with a bold headline: “Information Blackout”. To drive the message home, most of the newspapers also published front-page […]

By Musa Na Annabi Sokoto The Nigerian Customs Service Zone B strike force has seized contraband goods worth 234.4 million naira in the second quarter of this year 2021. The deputy controller of customs and coordinator of the strike force exercise Mr Oseni Aliyu Olarukoba disclosed this to journalists shortly after inspecting the assorted contrabands […]

When panelists were asked to mention one word that represents their perspective of how African Governments can harness the science of education to drive learning gains at a webinar recently, “Collaboration” was the word that Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner of Education, Lagos State chose.

Zimbabwean music star,  Rockford Josphats better known by his stage name, Roki, has collaborated with other African stars Koffi Olomide and Rayvannny for the release of his long awaited song titled, “Patati Patata”. Roki, after a long break from the music scene was recently signed under Passion Java records, a deal that revolt and breathed […]

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday officially received his APC membership card at his polling unit 001 of Maradun South Ward, Maradun Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor’s registration mark the continuation of the APC membership registration/revalidation exercise in the state. He was registered […]

By Eme Essien Lore THE COVID-19 crisis is hitting Nigeria hard, slowing economic development and sending more Nigerians into poverty. Having just recovered from an earlier recession, Nigeria entered the crisis much weaker than its peers, making growth prospects below what is necessary in increase per capita GDP. Though the economy witnessed a 0.11 percent […]