As the 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD21) calls on people and organisations to #choosetochallenge for a better world for women, Guaranty Trust Bank plc (GTBank) has launched an initiative, tagged #GiveHerBetaHealth, to draw attention to the need for universal essential healthcare coverage, especially for women in the informal sector. Through …
Read More »FIRSTBANK UNVEILS FIRSTSME ACCOUNT, REITERATES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF SMES
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced its SME specific accounts designed to reinforce the Bank’s role in putting SME’s at an advantage whilst contributing to national growth and development. The SME accounts – which are in two variants – FirstSME Classic …
Read More »Transcorp Hotels Launches Aura, an Online Marketplace for Accommodation and Experiences
Nigeria’s largest hospitality brand launches a new platform for booking vacation homes, holiday lets, and experiences. Aura is a new platform that connects people to great accommodation, great food, and memorable experiences in different cities across Africa Aura to partner with homeowners, hoteliers, restaurateurs, tour operators, and locals to redefine …
Read More »Keystone Bank reopens revamped Ikotun, Lagos branch
Keystone Bank Limited, a leading financial services provider has announced the re-opening of its revamped Ikotun, Lagos branch for commercial operations. A statement by the lender said the strategic decision to reopen the branch located at 113 Ikotun Idimu Road, Ikotun, Lagos, is in line with the bank’s drive to …
Read More »The Organised Process of Goods Packaging in a Jumia Warehouse
Online shopping has redefined the way we make purchases with shopping and payment done through the internet. In most cases, the only time the customer has human interface is with the delivery agent when packages are delivered. However, a lot of manpower and activities go behind the scene to ensure …
Read More »Lee Engineering boss, Leemon Ikpea files for divorce over wife’s infidelity
Leemon Ikpea A Benin High Court presided over by Justice Joseph Acha has reaffirmed its stand in the ongoing divorce suit between an Edo born multi-billionaire oil magnate and industrialist, Chief Leemon Ikpea and his wife, Mrs. Agnes Ikpea in Benin City. Ikpea is the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Lee …
Read More »Jumia partners Samsung, Xiaomi, Intel, others to offer huge discounts on tech gadgets for 2021 Tech Week
The Jumia Tech Week, kicked off today March 1st through 7th, 2021. During the week long sales, Jumia will be providing customers the opportunity to get best deals of up to 70% off on latest tech items such as TV sets, cameras, mobile phones, computers, video games and others. Partnering …
Read More »BREAKING: INEC seeks National Assembly’s support to create additional polling units
The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, called on the National Assembly to support the commission in creating additional polling units in the country. Yakubu spoke when he made a “presentation on the state of voter access to polling units in Nigeria” …
Read More »Why NITDA is empowering people living with disabilities – DG, Abdullahi
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, has said that nurturing entrepreneurship skills and creating desired social and economic outcomes by facilitating innovative, technology-driven economic growth, through the use of ICT among people with special needs are on top of NITDA’s agenda. Abdullahi stated …
Read More »First batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Nigeria
Nigeria has received nearly four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF, and WHO. It was learnt that COVAX shipped 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, from Mumbai to Abuja. According to …
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