In an effort at deepening the contribution of the digital economy to economic growth of the nation, the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has called for formation of strong synergy between the Agency and Information Technology stakeholders in the…
United Bank for Africa (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services institution, on Monday, announced the appointment of Mrs Caroline Anyanwu to its Board of Directors, effective May 19, 2021. Caroline Anyanwu holds a First-Class degree in Statistics from the University…
The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu commended the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), for the revolutionary work being done to develop Nigeria’s digital economy. The Governor made this commendation when the Director General of NITDA and…
Analysts on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to improve the security situation in the country to ensure further drop in inflation figure. They made the call in separate interviews in Lagos against the backdrop of April inflation data released…
The Senate on Wednesday, advised the Federal Government to delay its planned rollout of 5G network technology in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of the report of its Joint Committee on Science and Technology, ICT, Cyber Crime, and Primary Health…
The Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) has screened Agvest Ltd. for listing of its N5 billion cashew nut contracts by diversified financial instruments. The financial instruments would be offered to the investing public through Commercial Papers (CP) and short…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Federal Government on Tuesday reiterated the need to develop Geospatial technology for operational efficiency and good governance. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu made the call at the opening ceremony of a three-days stakeholders workshop…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said headline inflation dropped to 18.12 per cent, 0.05 per cent lower than 18.17 per cent recorded in March 2021. NBS in its Consumer Price Index, (CPI) on Monday said, “on month-on-month basis,…
Traditional rulers and concerned community leaders have commended the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta for his role in boosting security and supporting other initiatives aimed at developing Danbatta…
The nation’s foreign reserves droped by $111.56million to $34.61billion as at Friday, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The drop makes it the fourth consecutive week decline of the nation’s foreign exchange buffer. However, the naira depreciated by…
