Since its introduction into the Nigerian business scene, e-commerce has become a major driver of the country’s digital economy. It has not only brought about innovative business ideas but is redefining existing businesses for efficiency and growth. Thriving on increasing internet penetration and smartphone revolution, online sales and shopping is …
Read More »Global Money Week: Fidelity Bank to Empowers 4,000 Students In 36 Secondary Schools
Fidelity Bank Plc has tutored 4,000 students in 36 schools across Nigeria on the value of managing financial resources effectively in order to improve their economic well-being. This initiative, organized in collaboration with Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), is part of the activities celebrating the Central Bank’s (CBN) annual Global Money …
Read More »Technology is solving informal retail problems – Alerzo CEO
Digitization of informal retail markets is an emerging global business model and Nigeria’s economy is falling in line in this regard. Recently impacting the Nigerian business sector are business-to-business e-commerce brands reinventing the market with technology solutions. Estimated at over $100 billion, the Nigerian informal retail sector has a chain …
Read More »FCMB Manager, 2 Others Arraigned In Court Over Alleged N1.2Bn Fraud
The Ikeja GRA Branch Manager of First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Tope Munis, has been dragged before a Lagos State High Court for allegedly aiding N1.2billion fraud, property of Star Orient Nigeria Limited. Munis was arraigned on fifteen count amended charge alongside Dare Osamo and Ayoola Bisola who were …
Read More »INSECURITY: IGP ADOPTS TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN POLICING APPROACH, ACQUIRES FIVE ADDITIONAL HIGH-POWERED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs)
• As police pilots conclude specialized training on operations, deployment. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc(+), NPM, fdc, has acquired five (5) additional high-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to improve surveillance operations to checkmate criminal activities in the country in line with the IGP’s vision and …
Read More »I asked for N3bn to forestall train attacks, but they blocked it – Amaechi fumes
Amaechi Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, on Tuesday noted that he predicted the Monday attack on the Kaduna-bound train coming, lamenting that he had requested digital security apparatus to forestall such incident. The visibly angry Amaechi told reporters that the attack would have been foiled if the procurement of the …
Read More »‘The Audacity’- Atiku reacts as terrorists launch another train attack
Atiku Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice president, has expressed sadness over a reported second train attack by terrorists in Kaduna, after the Monday night’s horrendous attack that led to the death of at least nine people, with several others injured or missing. The terrorists were said to have planted …
Read More »36 states appeal high court judgement on $418m Paris Club refund
The 36 states of the federation, through their attorneys, have appealed a judgment that dismissed a suit seeking to restrain the federal government from effecting the planned deduction of $418 million from states’ funds to settle the Paris Club Fund debt. The plaintiffs in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1313/202 sought to …
Read More »Profiles of identified dead victims of Kaduna train attack
Here is a brief profile of the dead victims of Monday night’s horrendous attack on a Kaduna bound train by terrorists. Though about nine people have so far been confirmed dead, not all have been properly identified. Meanwhile many of the injured are currently receiving treatment at hospitals, even as …
Read More »Buhari Condemns Terrorist Attacks On Kaduna Train, Directs Security Chiefs To Hunt Down Terrorists
Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari meets with Service Chiefs President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned terrorist attacks on Abuja-Kaduna train which occured on Monday night. The attacks on the Kaduna-bound train led to the death of an unspecified number of passengers while scores were injured. The President directed the immediate conclusion of …
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