Costa Rica on Wednesday in San Jose showed they were set for the World Cup after beating Nigeria’s Super Eagles 2-0 in a tune-up game for the Qatar tournament. Due to begin their trip to the 2022 tournament in Qatar later on Thursday, Oscar Duarte opened the scoring for...
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The African Development Bank (AfDB), says its interventions have contributed to creation of more than 440,000 jobs in Nigeria, with women and youths accounting for 60 per cent. Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the president of AfDB said this at the African Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) Immersion Fund Roundtable in...
Hajiya Halima Aliko-Dangote, Executive Director, Commercial Operations, Dangote Group, on Wednesday restated the company’s commitment to creating value for all stakeholders across its subsidiaries via its focused investment decisions. Aliko-Dangote, represented by Mr Rabiu Umar, Chief Commercial Officer, Dangote Group, said this at the 36th Lagos International Trade Fair...
The Association of Bureaux Des Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) says Naira has continued to firm against the Dollar at the parallel market as date for CBN new currency introduction draws closer. Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President, (ABCON), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The World Bank Group says it has designed an innovative initiative to accelerate electrification in Africa to achieve universal access by 2030. This is contained in a statement obtained from the World Bank website on Wednesday in Abuja by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to the bank,...
Access Bank says it is investing a billion dollars to boost 10 million Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa over the next five years. Mr Seyi Kumapayi, the Executive Director in charge of African subsidiaries said this on the sidelines of a two-day SMEs Immersion Round table in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The MTN Foundation in partnership with the Bank of Industry and the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) has officially launched the first phase of the Y’ellopreneur programme for female entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The announcement was made on Tuesday at a media event hosted by the...
Facebook parent company Meta announced on Wednesday that it is cutting 11,000 jobs. The job cuts amount to about 13 per cent of its workforce, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg said. It is the biggest round of job cuts in the history of the firm, which also owns photo messaging...
Nigeria’s public debt stock increased from N35.46 trillion (86.57 billion dollars) in the second quarter of 2021 to N42.84 trillion (103.31 billion dollars) in the corresponding period in 2002. Public debt stock includes external and domestic debts. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made the declaration in its Nigerian...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday urged the Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Abuja not to accept an appellate’s witness as expert in tax transaction. At the resumed hearing, FIRS through its counsel, Mr Daniel Onukun, submitted that the appellant’s witness, Mr Martin’s Aroke was just an...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Following the constant introduction of malicious apps into Google Play Store, the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has advised against the installation of apps from the offending publisher, the ‘Mobile Apps Group’, whose products were discovered to contain Trojans and...
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Jumia Technologies Co-CEOs Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec have resigned from the company. Taking over as the Acting CEO, is Francis Dufay, who has been with the company since 2014 and held multiple senior leadership roles, including CEO of Ivory Coast and recently EVP Africa. Meanhile, Maillet-Mezeray previously Group...
The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika says Nigeria will soon get a national carrier. Sirika said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation for 2023 budget defence in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister said that President Muhammadu Buhari was also expected to commission...
Google on Tuesday said that it has gone live with the inauguration of its Interview Warmup, a tool that enables job seekers to practice answering interview questions. Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, Head, Brand and Reputation, Google, Africa said in a statement that the launch of the tool is to help job...
Zimbabwe state-run Herald newspaper on Tuesday reported that Zimbabwe first satellite, ZimSat-1, has been successfully launched into space. ZimSat-1, a nanosatellite, was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday. It was successfully launched from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Launch Facility in Virginia...
Mr Kim Young-Chae, the Ambassador of Republic of Korea to Nigeria says, the bilateral trade between the two countries is expected to reach more than two billion dollars this year. Young-Chae said this at the South Korea National Day Reception held on Monday night in Abuja. According to him,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Evelyn Ngige, has stated that all African countries who are signatories to the Continent’s Free Trade Area Agreement desire that Nigeria becomes a dumping ground for their goods. She stated this in her opening...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – MTN, Airtel, as well as money deposit banks in Nigeria have been appointed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to withhold Value Added Tax (VAT) charged on all taxable supplies made to them, and remit to the Service. This is contained in a...
The 13-year-old Nigerian-born Emmanuella Mayaki, has set a new record as one of the youngest persons to be accepted into a University in the U.S. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mayaki was accepted into the Programme for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) at the Mary Baldwin University,...