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9Mobile unveils website, www.9mobile.com.ng, says life begins @9

Formerly Etisalat Nigeria, now 9Moblie today, Tuesday, July 18, 2017 unveiled its new website, www.9moblie.com.ng. In a telephone interview with a senior official of the telecoms industry regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the staff who pleaded anonymity said “NCC was…

Venn Spectranet boss
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First Nigerian Airline to provide internet on board’ll hit gold, but… —Spectranet MD

The managing director of Spectranet 4G LTE, leading 4G LTE services provider in Nigeria, Mr. David Venn has said that the introduction of cutting edge technologies and global flight innovations like provision of surfing facilities in-flight is now trending on…

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Yudala lists conditions for parents to give their kids tech device

Emerging indigenous leaders in technology research and development, Yudala, Nigeria’s fastest growing e-commerce company, has come up with five critical safety issues to be considered by parents and guardians before they will mull the idea of giving their wards an…

Coscharis M S App
ICT

Coscharis Technologies raises education with new Mobile School Tab

Emerging indigenous leaders in innovative development applications, Coscharis Technologies has introduced a device, Coscharis Mobile School (CMS), tailored to serve as indispensable digital companion for pupils in Primary 1 to 6, and for students in JSS 1 to 3 and…

How Dozie is driving internal reforms with tailored mission on retail banking

The Group Chief Executive of Diamond Bank Plc, Mr. Uzoma Dozie has opened up on how his emergence as the managing director if the bank has changed the narrative in the bank and the industry in general. In an interview,…

CBN mulls finance studies in schools’ to drive literacy, knowledge economy

Considering the observed weak penetration of knowledge economy, financial inclusion and literacy, the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) is proposing stand-alone Financial Education Curriculum (FEC) and its guide, effective 2017/2018 curricular. This was revealed by the Director, Consumer Protection Department,…

Senate mandates NPA to provide statistics on 282 vessels from 2010 to 2016

The Senator Hope Uzodinma led Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, on Monday raised serious issues bordering on the missing statistics on the over 280 vessels that berthed at terminals across the country between 2010 and 2016 and mandated…

NSE switches on Nasdaq SMARTS Market Surveillance Technology

Nasdaq and Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has launched a new market surveillance platform powered by SMARTS, Nasdaq’s flagship surveillance solution. In a statement issued on Monday and emailed to Business Hilights, the Exchange said “The technology will, amongst other things,…

Nigerians worried on whereabouts of EU’s €700m to develop sustainable energy

Whereas the European Union (EU) has revealed that it has so far committed over €700m for the development of sustainable energy in Nigeria and other ECOWAS countries from 2014 to 2020, energy experts have expressed anxiety on the true impacts…

Ex-NNPC GED, Yusuf, now AUN Prof, Dean of Business School

The American University of Nigeria (AUN) has appointed a new Dean of the School of Business & Entrepreneurship (SBE). A former Group Executive Director with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Attahir Yusuf, now heads one of AUN’s five…