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Daily Archives: April 11, 2017

Jobs Weekly: Check out some interesting tech job openings this week

It is yet another week filled with tech job opportunities and we have put together a list of some of these vacancies for you. Check them out and apply if you are interested. Data Analytics Consultant at Deloitte Location:  Lagos, [...]

April 11, 2017 Technology Business & StartUps

How Nigerian banks are stifling entrepreneurship

We all need banks, but not everyone understands the role they play in the economy. Banks are meant to keep people’s monies safe, conduct transactions such as transfers and issue out loans. In recent years, with the advancement of technology, [...]

April 11, 2017 Technology Business & StartUps

4 things bound to happen if the Nigerian internet gets shutdown like Cameroon

In January, the Cameroonian government shut down internet in the Northwest and Southwest provinces of the country. These parts are largely anglophone regions. The action was a reprisal of sorts by the Francophone government for the people’s protest against its [...]

April 11, 2017 Technology Business & StartUps
Kayode Fayemi

Ekiti Assembly imposes N1m fine on Buhari’s Minister, Kayode Fayemi

The Ekiti State House of Assembly has imposed a N1m fine on a former governor of the State and Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi. The State House of Assembly slammed the Minister with the fine over his [...]

April 11, 2017 Government and politics
David Mark

David Mark Breaks Silence, Releases Statement On His Immediate Defection From PDP

Former President of the Senate, David Mark, has reiterated his commitment and loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying he would not abandon the party. Speaking in Makurdi, on Monday, during a Stakeholders’ meeting, Senator Mark said he joined [...]

April 11, 2017 Government and politics
Rochas Okorocha

Okorocha: I Will Be The First Igbo Nigerian President!!! Buhari Has Promised To Hand Over To Me In Peace

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has allegedly sealed a deal with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to become Nigeria’s President in 2023. Speaking in Owerri, the Imo State capital, Okorocha told Journalists that as much as he has [...]

April 11, 2017 Government and politics

Why your Facebook friends may do you more harm than good

An 18-year-old Victor Ibeh and Tony Ezelioha (19) who were arraigned before the Ikeja Magistrate court have been released yesterday after posting a bail of ₦450 000 each. On March 27, at Fadaro street, Ayobo, Lagos, the teenage boys allegedly gang-rape a 19-year-old teenager. [...]

April 11, 2017 Technology Business & StartUps

Startup Lessons: Mr Eazi’s journey from tech to music success

One lesson from Tosin Ajibade’s (aka Mr Eazi) success in music after his brief stint as a tech founder is that skills of building a startup are transferable The post Startup Lessons: Mr Eazi’s journey from tech to music success [...]

April 11, 2017 Technology Business & StartUps
Emails show senior executives at world’s fifth largest company knowingly took part in a vast bribery scheme that robbed the Nigerian people of $1.1billion.

Emails show senior executives at world’s fifth largest company knowingly took part in a vast bribery scheme that robbed the Nigerian people of $1.1billion.

It’s one of the biggest corruption scandals in the history of the oil sector – and this is the biggest development so far. Damning new evidence shows oil giant Shell took part in a vast bribery scheme that robbed the [...]

April 11, 2017 Government and politics

Startup Profile: Resolve — get on-demand customer service, issues resolved promptly

As a new company launched on the 13th of March 2017, Resolve is a service company focused on providing On Demand Customer services to clients. The post Startup Profile: Resolve — get on-demand customer service, issues resolved promptly appeared first [...]

April 11, 2017 Technology Business & StartUps
Ronke Ademiluyi

Designer Frowns At Indecent Dressing

Ronke Ademiluyi, a fashion designer, says indecent dressing is not in tandem with African moral values and ethics. Ademiluyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Nigerian fashion designers no longer create their wears to reflect African [...]

April 11, 2017 Societal issues
El- Rufai Publishes Salary, Security Vote

El- Rufai Publishes Salary, Security Vote

Governor Nasir El- Rufai of Kaduna State has published his monthly salary which reflects a gross pay of N555,926.74 and take home pay of N470,521.74 The governor also published his security vote and budgets of both the state and local governments. [...]

April 11, 2017 Government and politics
Whistleblower Leads EFCC To Another Cash Haul

Whistleblower Leads EFCC To Another Cash Haul

A whistleblower today led operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to intercept another cash haul in various currencies at the popular Balogun Market in Lagos. The monies include €547,730 and £21,090 as well as N5,648,500. The total [...]

April 11, 2017 Government and politics
Stakeholder Wants Kaduna Airport Named After PMB

Stakeholder Wants Kaduna Airport Named After PMB

Stakeholder Wants Kaduna Airport Named After PMB – If the federal government heeds the advice of President of Barbedos Group Limited and Skyjet Aviation Services Limited, Alhaji Kashim Bukar Shettima, then the Kaduna International Airport which is currently serving as [...]

April 11, 2017 Government and politics
Trump To Sell 12 Fighter Aircraft To Nigeria

Insurgency: Trump To Sell 12 Fighter Aircraft To Nigeria

Trump To Sell 12 Fighter Aircraft To Nigeria – The United States government has concluded plans to sell 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft, with sophisticated targeting gear to Nigeria to aid its fight against Boko Haram terrorist group. This [...]

April 11, 2017 International