Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200M+ to expand into the African continent
Stripe has announced that it has agreed to acquire Paystack, a Nigerian technology startup based in Lagos that makes it easy for organizations of all…
Gunmen assassinate market leader inside church in Delta state (Photo)
Suspected assassins have killed the chairman of Udu Harbour Market in Udu Local Government Area of Delta state, Comrade Freedom Odiete. Reports say the gunmen…
Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala cleared for final stage in WTO DG race
World Trade Organization members have selected two final candidates – Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee, to advance to the final round in…
Jubilation Trail as the First Set of Container Arrive in Onitsha Seaport After 40 Years
There has been outcry from many traders and businessmen who import goods to Nigeria from other countries especially among South Easterners that a seaport be…
Nigeria’s debt fast becoming unsustainable, may reach N34tn – LCCI
The Lagos Office of Business and Industry has said the developing degree of Nigeria ‘s debt is quick getting unreasonable in the light of waning…
Chevron operations shutdown by NUPENG, PENGASSAN over sack of 2000 Staff
Members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria in Chevron Nigeria Limited…
Trump’s coronavirus hits US stocks, oil prices
U.S. stock futures and oil prices fell on Friday after President Donald Trump said he and his wife had tested positive for the coronavirus, weeks…
First Bank staff Oreoluwa Adesakin jailed for stealing N49m
A busted staff of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Oreoluwa Adesakin, has been convicted for fraud and handed a total term of 98 years in…
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Nigerians lament how NIPOST, AliExpress shortchange them over online purchases
Many Nigerians have criticized the Nigerian Postal Service and Chinese e-commerce firm, AliExpress, for failing to deliver goods they had ordered and paid for online….
Fire razes Lokoja Electronics Mall overnight
An electronics mall in Lokoja, the Kogi capital, PeeLinks, was on Friday night, razed by an inferno. The multi-million mall located few metres away from…
Lagos Govt seals warehouse for repackaging expired products
The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has sealed Canvest Nigeria Limited warehouse, located at Plot 4, Cocoa Industrial Road, Ogba, Ikeja, for repackaging unwholesome…
FG approves $1.9bn Nigeria-Niger Republic rail project
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the release of $1.9billion for the construction of a rail line linking Nigeria with the Niger Republic. The Minister…
Buhari orders reduction of fertilizer price
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the reduction of NPK fertilizer price from N5,500 to N5,000. The Vice-Chairman of the National Food Security Council, Atiku Bagudu,…
Nigerian traders decry Ghanaian government’s refusal to open locked shops
The Nigeria Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG), on Monday decried Ghanaian authorities’ refusal to open shops owned by Nigerians, even after several meetings…
Buhari govt apologises to Nigerians over self-certification form
The Federal Government has apologised to Nigerians for what it termed a misleading information regarding ‘Self-certification’ forms. The government had earlier ordered all account holders…
Okonjo-Iweala makes World Trade Organization (WTO) final shortlist
Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has made the final shortlist of candidates for the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The body…
Angry reactions as FIRS announces mandatory bank self-certification
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said anyone who fail to register and submit their self-certification forms risk forfeiture of their bank accounts and…
UK court orders P&ID pay Nigeria £1.5million
Nigeria secured another victory against Process and Industrial Development(P&ID) in the UK court today as Sir Ross Cranston ordered it to make an interim payment…