Nigeria’s customer-focused telecom company, 9mobile has introduced a special data offer, “Data with Love” to make Valentine’s season special, enjoyable, and memorable. The “Data with Love” offer will enable 9mobile existing and customers potential customers enjoy, share, and relive their special moments throughout the month of love.  The unique data offer is affordable and can be used on social media …

Rights activist Mr Femi Falana has lambasted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for flouting the interim injunction of the Supreme Court suspending the implementation of the 10 February deadline on the use of the old banknotes. Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court restrained the Federal Government, the CBN and commercial banks from implementing the currency swap policy, which made N1,000, …

Geometric Power Limited, Nigeria’s foremost integrated power firm, has just scored a bull’s eye by going out of its way to reconcile two groups of residents in a housing estate in Aba, the Abia State’s economic nerve centre, where it is based. The crisis in the Silent Spring Estate, comprising at least 52 houses of various sizes, has recorded some …

Residents of Idjerhe Kingdom, an oil-bearing community in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, have called on the newly-constituted Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to revisit all the abandoned projects sponsored by the commission in the community without further delay. The community maintained that it could only pass vote of confidence in the new Board …

The management team of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has scheduled a meeting for Monday to review the Naira swap crisis that has virtually crippled financial transactions over the weeks. The meeting is expected to discuss last Friday’s advice of the National Council of State that the regulatory bank should print more redesigned N1,000, N500 and N200 notes or …

Nigerians will have to wait for more time for the  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to meet the high demand for the new N200, N500, and N1000 notes, according to reports. This is because the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc (The Mint), which is saddled with the task of printing the money, lacks the immediate capacity to meet expectations. …

Two Nigerian start-ups have won $300,000 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after participating in the second edition of the LEAP Technology Exhibition. The two start-ups are RiceAfrika Technologies and Wicrypt Technologies. They emerged winners in different categories at the Rocket Fuel Pitch Competition, which was attended by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami. According to a statement …

Cash-strapped Nigerians will undoubtedly find it more difficult now that more banks are closing their doors. The banks hinged their actions on lack of cash and safety. Zenith, Sterling and Fidelity banks have had some of their branches in Lagos, Ibadan, Abeokuta and Benin shut for three days after being stormed by angry customers. Two tier-1 banks in Lagos left …

Egbin Power Plc has inducted 27 young engineers after successfully completing the company’s Graduate Engineering Programme. This is in line with its commitment to sustainably drive human capital development in the power sector. The 2022 graduates are the third batch of the trainee programme. The 12-month comprehensive developmental programme, run in collaboration with Energy Training Centre (ETC), is an immersive …

The Federal Government has accused the rising cost of petrol on the rush by petroleum marketers to make illicit profits from the hardship of Nigerians. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who stated this to State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, also lamented the hardship the situation had …