Dangote says “Sometimes it is just a matter of communication”
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber asked Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote in a live interview at the FT Africa Summit about his relationship with Tanzanian president John Magufuli
That Our Women May Be Free Indeed
By Betty Abah I was blessed to be a part of a compelling session on women’s safety online at the 2017 Forum on Internet Freedom (FIFAfrica17) which held in Johannesburg, South Africa between September 27 and 29 this year. And I was the…
Jumia set to make 2017 Black Friday the biggest Nigeria has ever seen
Jumia Nigeria has announced the dates and partners for its biggest sales event of the year, Jumia Black Friday 2017! This year’s event is billed as the Jumia Black Friday Festival and will run for 31 days from November 13th to…
Unity Bank Appoints Alhaji Aminu Babangida New Board Chair
Chairman of Board of Directors of Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Thomas Etuh has retired from the Bank’s Board with effect from October 4th, 2017 while the Board has also approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Babangida (the erstwhile Vice Chairman…
NCC summons telco CEOs to Abuja
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has summoned chief executive officers (CEOs) of major telecommunications companies in the country to its headquarters in Abuja. TheCable learnt that the commission took this step as a result of several complaints about pre-registered and…
IKEDC commences customer data capture exercise
Ikeja Electric Plc, IKEDC, has commenced a data capture exercise of customers across its network. The exercise, which entails capturing the phone numbers, contact details and e-mails of customers within her network, seeks to ensure that customers begin to receive…
World Bank launches N10bn ‘botton-up’ project to empower grass-root business in Nigeria
World Bank has taken a bold step in promoting the Nigerian economy through the banking sector as it seeks to empower grass-root businesses through model microfinance banking system. The project which is called “bottom-up” Project will involve the release of…
CBN pumps $285.7m into Forex to meet requests in four sectors
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, injected a total of $285,759,449.10 into the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market to meet requests in four sectors of the economy. According to records obtained from the CBN, agricultural, airlines, petroleum and raw materials were…
FG to increase power generation by 20,000mw in next 4 years – Minister
The Federal Government said on Friday that its plan to generate 20, 000 megawatts of electricity over the next four years was on course. The Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mustapha Shehuri, gave the assurance in Funtua, Katsina State…
TSTV vs DSTV: StarTimes pay per day, coincidence or strategy?
When StarTimes took to its official Twitter handle @Startimes_Ng to announce that it was commencing Pay Per Day service in a series of tweets, most DigitalTV subscribers knew they haven’t seen the end of the announcement just yet. No surprises…
