Fintech Touch and Pay Technologies announced that Lagos rail passengers can use Cowry contactless cards to access the newly launched Blue Rail line.
The partnership with the Lagos state government will allow people to use Kauri maps of the proposed 13-kilometer route for the project, according to the company.
Phase 1 of the Marina-Mile-2 line will serve 200,000 passengers per day, who can now…
Nigerian skills advocate and social enterprise iCreate Africa has announced that its annual Skills and Skills Competition, Conference and Exhibition SkillFest will be held from April 26 to 28 at the International Convention Center in Abuja.
SkillFest aims to promote skills…
Many call Mike Adenuga the silent billionaire. He had shown over the years that it was better to feel his presence than to see him.
Despite his great wealth and connections, he rarely appears in public.
One of Africa’s richest men, Adenuga heads several companies…
Nigeria’s second fifth generation (5G) technology services provider, Mafab Communications Limited, has said its long-term plan is to roll out services across the country starting with six cities.
The operator, which won the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum in 2021 alongside MTN Nigeria, rolled out services in Abuja and Lagos last week.
A spokesman for Adebayo Onigbanjo, a service provider that…
The government is planning a PoS agent for its 800 million money transfer program.
January 30, 2023
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government will deploy Point-of-Sales agents for cash transfers during the National Social Safety Net Programme Scale Up.
She said this while hosting the Executive Director…
Peace Mass Transit Limited: What it takes to get to the top - Samuel Onyishi
January 29, 2023
Founder, and Chairman of foremost road transport company, Peace Mass Transit Ltd., Dr. Samuel Maduka Onyishi, is known to be fiercely religious, even though not fanatical in the conventional sense.
But he is, however, probably one of the few successful men at his level who…
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payment technology company, has announced that it will team up with Multichoice Africa to bring back Africa’s biggest reality franchise with a special edition titled Big Brother Titans. This was announced at press conferences by the organizers of the exhibition in Lagos (Nigeria) and Johannesburg (South Africa).
Big Brother Titans is a combination of two of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has extended the deadline for exchanging old naira banknotes for new ones until February 10, 2023, CBN said in a statement on Sunday.
Apex Bank is adding “a 10-day extension from Jan 31, 2023 to Feb 10, 2023 to enable more collection of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has confirmed that the January 31 deadline for the old 200, 500 and 1,000 naira banknotes has not changed.
This is due to calls coming in from various parties asking and asking that Apex Bank change its reasoning and extend the deadline to give…
Mr. Wale Adenuga Productions (WAP) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Wale Adenuga was inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame on January 15, 2023 at the 2nd Annual Eko Hotels Humour Awards.
He was also recognized for his great contribution to the development of the Nigerian comedy industry at a prestigious event honoring other important figures in Nigerian comedy. including Nkem Ovoh (Osuofia)…