Founders of Nigeria’s digital content distribution platform Publiseer, Chidi Nwaogu and Chika Nwaogu, have been invited y Mastercard Foundation to participate in its Young Africa Works Summit, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa on October 17 and 18, 2019. Chidi Nwaogu, Publiseer’s CEO, took to his twitter page to announce this. This is following…
Fintech is an umbrella term that encompasses the innovative ways technology is used to deliver and transform financial services. From banking to payments to lending, fintech companies are increasingly attempting to compete with banks that have been around far longer and that arguably have far more money than they do. So in several ways, fintech…
A new plot has been hatched aimed at tarnishing the image of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo. The plot, which is already in its advanced stage, is orchestrated by individuals who have failed in their bids to force Dokubo to award contracts…
Prominent Urhobo leaders on Sunday spoke about the need for new leadership in the Delta State House of Assembly, describing the current Speaker, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, as a polarizing figure, a lame duck and weak communicator. “Let us do what is good for the collective interests of the Urhobo Nation.” At the presentation of Urhobo…
The importance of mobile phone in marketing is increasing every day as mobile phone penetration continues to increase. One way the mobile phone is helping marketing is the instant notifications also known as “push notification”. These notifications allow a company like Jumia, Nigeria’s no 1 shopping destinations, to send customers short messages with the help…
The fact is that the odds are stacked against new businesses. Half of them will shut down within five years because of challenges that they do not have control over. What about the ones they do have control over? How did they manage? These are important questions which do not really concern teething businesses and…
Akinniranye Babalola Soji, popularly known as Ijolabi is the talented musician and stage craft dancer behind the reputable musical live band called Harmony Rhythms. The sensational hybrid live band has featured in high profile events with a unique style that cuts across all genre of music around the world. The self-acclaimed “Crown Prince of New…
As part of its fight against smuggling activities around border areas of Ogun State, the state command of Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted over 1.8tons of cannabis sativa popularly known as Indian hemp. The Customs Area Controller, Michael Agbara made this known to newsmen on Tuesday at the command’s headquarters, Idiroko, Ogun State while reeling…
Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, former Director of Partnerships and Evaluation, Tony Elumelu Foundation has assumed her new role as the Foundation’s CEO on April 1. Ifeyinwa becomes the third CEO and the first African to become the Chief Executive Officer of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. In December 2018, the Foundation, the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has described the death of elder Statesman, Pa Hassan Adisa Fasinro as a loss not only to Lagos State but also to the country as a whole. “He was a national figure. The first Clerk of the oldest local government in Nigeria, the Lagos City…