Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa, through its UBA Foundation has been spreading joy across Africa for many years as they continue to give back to the underprivileged in the communities in which they operate. At the UBA Foundation gardens in Lagos where the bank is head quartered, a lights up ceremony was held…
The Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), has said that it will continue to strengthen its partnership with Chinese mobile technologies giant, Huawei, to provide a digital platform for seamless and effective migration management across national borders for internal security. Speaking at an interactive session between the NIS and Huawei on immigration digital transformation, Acting Comptroller-General, (CG),…
For the first time in the history of the entertainment industry, a purely Hausa speaking movie streaming platform called Kallo.ng has taken off,. Managing Director and Chief Executive of Kallo.ng, Maijidda Modibbo, said the streaming platform, will connect lovers of Hausa entertainment and culture from the comfort of their homes and make them further value…
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has said that Nigeria and other members of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCTA), stand to gain immensely from the agreement in the area of employment, wealth generation, food security and poverty alleviation. Abiodun stated this at the 36th Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 25, 2021 arraigned a former Managing Director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank, (NEXIM BANK), Roberts Orya before Justice F.E Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo Abuja, on a 49-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, impersonation, misappropriation, official corruption, fraud and abuse…
Lagos State records another progress in its plan to cut down the use of dirty fuels responsible for carbon emission and air pollution. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, commissioned a 40 metric tons Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Refill Plant in Ikorodu division. The Governor, in company of his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, opened the gas…
Mouka, Nigeria’s leading brand of mattresses, pillows and other bedding products has continued to blaze the trail in Nigeria’s bedding industry. This is in addition to dominating the media space with its new thematic campaign, “Get The Mouka For You”, featuring A list Nollywood Superstar Sola Sobowale and viral comedy duo Emmanuella and Mark Angel.…
The Global Chief Public Services Industry Scientist, Enterprise Business Group of Huawei Technologies Co Limited, Mr Hong-Eng Koh, has said that the idea of eGovernance was to satisfy the unwilling customers. Koh made the submission at the Nigeria eGovernment Summit 2021 in Lagos themed ‘eGovernment Adoption in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges’. “Basically, eGovernment is to…
A bill seeking to prohibit the importation of fake goods into Nigeria on Wednesday scaled second reading in the Senate. Such fake goods targeted by the bill are unauthorized or illegally manufactured, reproduced, altered or distributed products associated with abuse of recognized intellectual property right, such as trademark, patents, design or copyright in goods. Among…
The fight to tackle Africa’s energy poverty is receiving support through the provision of digital enablers that will boost sufficiency. Currently energy poverty is a serious problem in sub-Saharan Africa with statistics from International Energy Agency (IEA) indicating that over 580 million people in the region lacked access to electricity in 2019. In Nigeria for…