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Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google

Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google

By Juliet Umeh Nigerian retailers preparing for Black Friday may lose ready-to-buy customers if their Google listings carry outdated opening hours, unanswered phone numbers or old product photographs. Google’s Director for East and West Africa, Olumide Balogun, gave the warning as Nigeria prepare for Black Friday and December festive shopping season. Black Friday falls on […]
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How Fintech fuels Nigeria’s gaming boom

How Fintech fuels Nigeria’s gaming boom

For regulators, fintech integration may also solve one of the industry’s oldest headaches: transparency. Real-time transaction monitoring, automated reporting systems

Vitel Wireless, OPay, Moniepoint move to solve airtime, data access gaps nationwide

Vitel Wireless, OPay, Moniepoint move to solve airtime, data access gaps nationwide

By Juliet Umeh In a move aimed at addressing persistent challenges around access to mobile connectivity and digital services in Nigeria, Vitel Wireless has partnered with leading fintech platforms, Opay and Moniepoint, to simplify how millions of Nigerians purchase airtime and data directly from their bank accounts or mobile walletsThis collaboration, according to Vitel Wireless’ […]

Nigeria ranks 8th in global spam call chart

Nigeria ranks 8th in global spam call chart

Nigeria’s increasing exposure to spam and fraudulent calls is reflecting a deeper trust crisis in mobile communication, as users struggle to distinguish between legitimate calls and potential scams, a new report has shown. According to Truecaller’s 2025 Spam and Fraud Insights report released in early 2026, Nigeria recorded the highest level of spam calls in […]

BMONI, Mastercard team up to unlock instant card access for consumers in Nigeria

BMONI, Mastercard team up to unlock instant card access for consumers in Nigeria

…Introduces Naira, US Dollar virtual, physical cards for seamless cross-border transactions Mastercard and BMONI, an AI-powered financial platform focused on simplifying access to money, have announced a collaboration to introduce a new generation of virtual and physical payment cards designed to enable seamless local and global transactions for consumers in Nigeria. Powered by Mastercard’s global […]