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By Modupe Gbadeyanka As part of efforts to meet the target of equipping one million technical talents with the requisite knowledge to excel in the industry, Moniepoint has sponsored the training of the pioneer cohort of the HatchDev programme. The HatchDev initiative is the brainchild of Nithub University of Lagos, designed to produce hundreds of market-ready software engineers every year. The scheme, which runs for nine months and started in October 2022, aspires to shape 300 junior software engineers, 100 intelligent systems developers, and 100 IoT/embedded systems engineers. The first beneficiaries have been trained to be readily absorbed into a

By Adedapo Adesanya Social messaging platform, WhatsApp, has introduced a feature that lets users create groups on the instant messaging app without needing to name them. This is a new option open to users, a change from the norm as users are required to name the groups they create on the messaging app. The announcement was made by Meta’s chief executive officer (CEO), Mr Mark Zuckerberg, on his Facebook page and Meta’s Instagram channel on Wednesday. According to him, the feature will help users now be able to create a group, even if they have not decided on a topic

By Adedapo Adesanya WhatsApp has announced that its latest update will allow users to share Higher Definition (HD) photos through the messaging app. According to an announcement shared by Meta CEO, Mr Mark Zuckerberg, on his Instagram broadcast channel and via a Facebook post on Friday, the HD photos feature is rolling out to global users over the next few weeks, followed by support for HD videos. The feature, which allows users to preserve the high-def resolution of the photos they share with friends and family, was previously in beta testing with select users. To access the new feature, users

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has kicked against the tax holiday given to 22 oil companies by the Federal Government. The FG had given the sector a Pioneer Status of N1.1 trillion. According to a latest report from NEITI, it described the waiver as a loss of revenue to the FG, pointing out that this would hamper development projects in the economy. A copy of the report obtained by The Guardian stated that granting pioneer status to oil and gas companies has greatly undermined the optimal collection of revenue due from Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT).

By Dipo Olowookere Lagos State Government has commenced the ember month’s campaign with a charge to drivers, commuters and other stakeholders in the transportation sector to be safety conscious and drive defensively in order to ensure that the State does not record any loss of lives and property this season. The Chief Executive Officer of Lagos State Drivers’ Institute, Mr Philips Ogunlade, gave the charge on Wednesday at the Multi Park Drivers’ Enlightenment Campaign Programme organised for drivers at Ogolonto, Agric, and Sabo Motor Parks in Ikorodu Local Government Area while the Institute also provided free eye tests for drivers.

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigerian agri-tech startup, AgroEknor, has disclosed that it was working on transforming the value chain of superfoods with scalable digital infrastructure through backward integration. Through this value chain, investments and solutions are provided for agro products which have created higher income opportunities for smallholder farmers and also reduced wastage in the agricultural value chain. The startup came about after the team spent around 12 months researching which products were most viable for trade. “We were able to identify the opportunity with superfoods. We then joined a few industry groups and began to engage potential partners and stakeholders

By Adedapo Adesanya The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange returned to the positive zone on Friday, December 2, as it appreciated by 1.11 per cent at the close of business. This was driven by a gain in the stock price of FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria Plc. The company appreciated by N5.29 price to close at N66.63 per share versus the previous day’s price of N61.34 per share. This outweighed the 1 Kobo loss recorded by UBN Property Plc during the session as the price of the property investment company went down to 91 Kobo per unit from the preceding session’s 92

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria will get the long-awaited oil and gas reform bill aimed at boosting output and attracting foreign investment in the coming days, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has been in the works for 20 years and its need has become more urgent this year as low oil prices and a shift towards renewable energy have made the competition tougher to attract investment from oil majors. According to the report, fiscal uncertainty has delayed a decision on a multi-billion-dollar expansion by Royal Dutch Shell and its partners, while Chevron, Total and ExxonMobil are selling

By Adedapo Adesanya The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to direct commercial banks to urgently overhaul their online and electronic banking platforms. At Thursday’s plenary, the green chamber said this would ease the electronic banking operations that the banks were implementing in line with the cashless/Naira redesign policy of the apex bank and reduce the pains of Nigerians. The resolution came off a motion on notice moved by a lawmaker from Edo State, Mr Sergius Ose-Ogun, in the lower house. “The House notes that Section 88 (1) and (2) of the Constitution of the

By Adedapo Adesanya The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange finished in the bullish zone on Wednesday, August 17 as a positive price movement from a company lifted the bourse by 0.04 per cent. Nipco Plc was the sole gainer and price mover and it closed the session higher by N2 to settle at N60.00 per share compared with the previous day’s value of N58.00 per share. This increased the market capitalisation of the bourse by N370 million to wrap the day at N996.72 billion in contrast to Tuesday’s value of N996.35 billion. Following the same trend, the session ended with

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The management of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) says plans have been concluded to hold the 4th edition of its annual NSE Corporate Challenge tagged ‘eRace Cancer 2.0’ on Saturday, July 1, 2017, at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos. This initiative was established in 2014 as a response to the staggering statistics on cancer. Annually, over 100,000 Nigerians are diagnosed with cancer, and about 80,000 die (approximately 10 deaths every hour) with a dismal survival rate of 1:5. Survival is even lower for other types of cancer such as blood cancers. The NSE Corporate Challenge is an annual,