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BII Invests $7.5M in Babban Gona for Nigerian Farmers

British International Investment, the United Kingdom’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a $7.5 m debt investment in Nigerian agri-tech platform Babban Gona to enhance food security and strengthen climate resilience for smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria. Announcing the commitment in Lagos during a media parley on Tuesday, BII said the funding is...
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T2 Mobile Partners Knot Solutions for Telecom System Revamp

T2 Mobile, formerly 9mobile, has reached an agreement with India’s Knot Solutions to revamp its core business and operations systems in a bid to reassert itself in Nigeria’s fiercely competitive telecoms market. The multi-million-dollar partnership deal, announced Wednesday at the Gitex Nigeria conference in Lagos, is central to T2’s four-stage revival plan: stabilisation, modernisation, transformation,...
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Nigeria’s $200 Billion Energy Gap: A Massive Investment Oppo

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd’s Managing Director and Chairman of Shell’s off-grid impact investment firm, All On, Ronald Adams, has said Nigeria’s huge energy shortfall should be seen as a $200bn investment opportunity for both local and international investors. He said Nigeria needs bold investments to address the energy deficit that affects millions...
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CBN Tightens POS Regulations to Combat Fraud

The Central Bank of Nigeria is clamping down on PoS fraud with geo-tagging and global payment standards, aiming to make every digital transaction traceable and trustworthy, JUSTICE OKAMGBA reports Digital payments are reshaping commerce across Nigeria, from Lagos, Onitsha, and Abuja’s busy streets to the country’s growing online marketplaces. Cash is slowly losing ground to...
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OGTAN to Honor NCDMB, TotalEnergies at Awards Ceremony

The Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria says it has concluded plans to confer recognitions and honours on the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, TotalEnergies, and other outstanding energy titans in the country. In a statement, the association declared that the event would be held in Lagos on September 12. In the list...
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FirstBank Digital Banking Channels Down: Services Disrupted

FirstBank has suffered a temporary disruption to its major digital banking channels, which will prevent some customers from completing transactions. In a notice issued on Thursday, the bank said the downtime is affecting services on FirstMobile, FirstOnline, and its *894# USSD platforms. “Please be informed that we are currently experiencing some downtime affecting transactions to...
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Minister Unveils Vitapur’s Eco-Friendly Innovation Hub in La

The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas, on Tuesday inaugurated an optimised system house for the production of ozone-friendly polyurethane at Vitapur Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Vitafoam Nigeria Plc, in Lagos. In a statement on Wednesday, Abbas highlighted that the project was executed under Stage I of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbon Phase-Out Management Plan in collaboration with...
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WIMBIZ Urges Women to Groom Next-Gen Leaders

Women in Management, Business and Public Service have called on women to own their path while nurturing the next generation of leaders, as it unveiled the theme for its 24th annual conference. In a statement on Wednesday, the non-profit organisation announced the theme for its 24th Annual Conference: ‘O.W.N – Own. Walk. Nurture.’ WIMBIZ is...
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Injured Passengers Rise to 20

The Nigerian Railway Corporation has revised its initial report on the Abuja-Kaduna train derailment, which occurred last Tuesday between Kubwa and Asham stations. Contrary to its earlier claim of seven injuries, the NRC now confirms that 20 passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries in the incident. However, NRC’s Managing Director, Dr Kayode Opeifa, stated that...
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