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AFRICA FINTECH FOUNDRY TO BOOST INNOVATION, ‘TECHPRENEURS’ WITH 2021 ‘ACCELERATOR’ PROGRAMME
Africa’s foremost innovation hub, the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF), has opened up its registration portal for the 2021 Accelerator program. The initiative, which is being executed in…
Biden sworn in as 46th US President
Joe Biden was today sworn in as the 46th president of the United States America. With a vow for a “new day” for the United States, Biden,…
Niger Insurance Settles N1.7bn Claims in 2019
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-----Niger Insurance Plc. said it has settled claims and benefits worth in the 2019 financial year after paying in 2018. This is contained in…
FIRSTBANK DEEPENS FINANCIAL INCLUSION WITH LARGEST AGENT BANKING NETWORK, EMPOWERS SMES
Adesola Adeduntan At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to…
NG Clearing Ltd Acquires Clearing, Settlement Technology
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---- Following the receipt of an approval in principle from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in September 2020, to clear and settle exchange traded derivatives instruments, Nigeria’s…
US will not lift travel bans, despite Trump statement ― Biden team
US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that a Covid-19 ban on travellers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil would be lifted, underlining the fractious…
GTB Employee Bags 7 Years Jail Term Over N50m Fraud
A former Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) employee, Onyekachi Nwosu has been convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Enugu over N50 million fraud. Presiding…
Akeredolu orders herdsmen to vacate Ondo forest reserves
Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday ordered herdsmen to vacate all forest reserves in the state within the next seven days. The governor, who made the proclamation via Twitter,…
COVID-19: Public Schools Don’t Have Capacity To Observe Laid Down Protocols
A Member of the House Committee On Basic Education, Hon Awaji-Inombek Abiante has said that public schools don’t have the capacity to observe the COVID-19 protocols laid down by the…
COVID-19 Second Wave: Governors To Meet Over School Re-Open
By Ngozi Onyeakusi----- The Nigerian Governors Forum on Monday said it will meet on Wednesday to chart a way out of the second wave of the pandemic as schools reopen…
