Nigeria’s Overnight Lending Rate Closes at 21% on Monday
By Dipo Olowookere The Overnight (OVN) lending rate in Nigeria depreciated by 2.50 percent on Monday to 21.00 percent from…
Tuesday 07 July, 2020
Banking
Access Bank to Reward Over 1,000 Customers July 15
By Dipo Olowookere Not less than 1,000 DiamondXtra customers will be rewarded on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, by Access Bank…
Stanbic IBTC Upgrades Mobile App for Seamless Transactions
By Modupe Gbadeyanka New exciting features to enable seamless transactions for its customers have been added to the mobile app…
COVID-19: Heritage Bank Disinfects Ikeja Branch
An Experience Centre (EC) branch of Heritage Bank at Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos has been shut down by the management.…
Ecobank Nigeria Reaffirms Support for Agric, SMEs
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Stakeholders in the agriculture and the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sectors of the economy have been…
Technology
Comviva Introduces Mobile Recharge App for Telcos
An innovative mobile recharge app to allow operators in the telecommunications sector to increase their distribution network during COVID-19 pandemic…
India Bans TikTok, 58 Other Chinese Apps
By Adedapo Adesanya The Indian government on Monday announced the ban of 59 apps developed by Chinese firms in retaliation…
Smartphone Importation Drops 13.6% in Q1 2020
By Adedapo Adesanya The importation of smartphones into Nigeria declined by 13.6 percent between January and March, following an early…
Auto
FG May Close Third Mainland Bridge for Repairs
By Adedapo Adesanya The federal government has revealed plans to shut the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos for six months…
OPay Suspends Transportation, Logistic Services
By Adedapo Adesanya OPay has announced suspending some of its business units in order to focus only on financial technology…
Showbiz
Apple Music Promotes Budding Artistes with Africa Rising
By Adedapo Adesanya Apple Music has launched…
Kayode Alfred to Unveil ‘2020 Green With Envy Collections’
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Celebrity journalist, Mr Kayode…
Nigerian Student Adjwoa Awe Receives Princess Diana Award
By Modupe Gbadeyanka A 15-year old student…
Education
Organisers Postpone 2020 InterswitchSPAK
By Dipo Olowookere The 2020/2021 edition of InterswitchSPAK National Science competition organised by the Interswitch Group has been postponed. A…
Health
Neimeth Gives FRSC COVID-19 Enlightenment Kiosks
By Adedapo Adesanya Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals has kicked off a public enlightenment campaign to create awareness against the rampaging coronavirus…
Kano Governor Praises Capital Market Community for Ambulance Donation
By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Kano State Governor, Mr Abdullahi Ganduje, has commended the capital market community supporting his administration in…
Capital Market Committee Donates Ambulance to FCTA
By Dipo Olowookere An ambulance and other medical essentials have been donated to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) by…
Travel/Tourism
Arik Air to Resume Domestic Flights Wednesday
By Adedapo Adesanya The management of Arik Air has announced plans for the resumption of domestic flights following the green…
WHO Warns Nigeria, Others on Flight Resumption
By Adedapo Adesanya Ahead of the reopening of airports for the resumption of flights, the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
Nigeria to Resume Domestic Flights July 8
By Adedapo Adesanya The federal government has announced that domestic flights will resume in the country from Wednesday, July 8,…
Jobs/Appointments
Tanzanian Heads UN Convention on Biological Diversity
By Kester Kenn Klomegah Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, a national of the United Republic of Tanzania in East Africa, has been…
Brands/Products
Crown Flour Disrupts Pasta Market With New Product
By Modupe Gbadeyanka The pasta business in Nigeria will not remain the same again following the introduction of a new…
Feature
Christianity, Psychology, Space Science & Calm against World’s Problems
By Nneka Okumazie Another way to describe the world’s problem is a lack of calm. There are many extended problems…
Sports
Nigerian Rugby Players, Coaches Discuss COVID-19 Challenges
By Adedapo Adesanya With the ongoing pandemic affecting Rugby across the globe, the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) organized a…
World
Scale up Agriculture Spending in 2020 Mid-year Budget—Farmers
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) and SEND GHANA have called on the government to scale up agriculture spending…