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Aurora Tech Awards unveils Top 100 female founders

19.12.2025
The Aurora Tech Award has unveiled its Top 100 founders to watch for 2026. In a statement made available to The PUNCH, the company noted that this year, a record 3,400 applications were submitted from 127 countries, reflecting unprecedented growth from last year’s 2,018 submissions across 116 nations. The Aurora Tech Award is a global...
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VIPs & hotels fuel electricity theft in Nigeria, says DisCo

19.12.2025
The Chief Executive Officer of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Rekhiat Momoh, has raised serious concerns over widespread electricity theft by high-income residents and hotels, describing the practice as one of the biggest contributors to the worsening financial and operational crisis in Nigeria’s power sector. Speaking at a PwC power roundtable in Lagos recently, the EKEDC...
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Investors Push for Lagos-Calabar Highway Concession

19.12.2025
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Wednesday said the Federal Government’s Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project has begun attracting strong interest from international investors, with at least four companies offering to refund the entire cost of Section One in exchange for operating and tolling the road. Umahi disclosed this while speaking at a press briefing...
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Nigeria Textile Imports Soar to N814bn Despite Promises

19.12.2025
Nigeria’s textile imports rose to N814.27bn in the first nine months of 2025, despite repeated claims by the Federal Government that it is reviving the sector. Stakeholders noted that the rising importation signalled a weaker local industry and a deepening dependence on foreign fabrics. Findings from the National Bureau of Statistics’ trade data showed that...
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TotalEnergies Launches New Mobility Card for Secure Payments

19.12.2025
TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc has launched the TotalEnergies Mobility Card Plus, positioning it as a technology-driven upgrade designed to deliver stronger security, real-time control and greater convenience for individual users and businesses across the country. Unveiling the card on Tuesday in Lagos, the company said TEMC+ sets a new standard for mobility and secure payments...
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Expert urges removal of Pan-African growth barriers

18.12.2025
Chairman of Cavista Holdings and the Corporate Council on Africa, Niyi Olajide, has called on African leaders to remove bureaucratic barriers to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive on the continent. Olajide said this when he spoke at the 10th Anniversary Chieftaincy Installation ceremony at the Ooni of Ife’s Palace, where he emphasised...
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PenCom Recovers N4.04bn in Unpaid Pensions for 2025

18.12.2025
The National Pension Commission has recovered over N4.04bn in unremitted pension contributions between January and November 2025, representing an increase of more than 180 per cent compared with the N1.44bn recovered in the entire 2024 financial year. The Director-General of PenCom, Ms Omolola Oloworaran, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while presenting her one-year scorecard...
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Simba TVS & partners empower 10,000 women in Nigeria

18.12.2025
Simba TVS, the pioneer of the Queen Riders Programme, Nigeria’s largest women-focused automobile empowerment initiative, has strengthened its partnership with the Consumer Credit Corporation of Nigeria and Gamma Mobility in support of the Federal Government-led Mobility Programme aimed at economically empowering 10,000 women nationwide. The collaboration was officially launched in the Federal Capital Territory, where...
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Informal Economy Fuels Human Trafficking in West Africa

18.12.2025
The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa has said that a largely informal economy in the West African regional bloc is driving the human trafficking market, said to be worth about $450bn annually. This was disclosed at the opening ceremony of the joint GIABA-ECOWAS Gender Development Centre Regional Forum on Women and...
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NDIC & NIBSS partner to improve depositor payouts in Nigeria

18.12.2025
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at ensuring a more efficient process of reimbursement for depositors in the event of bank failure. According to a statement from the NDIC on Wednesday, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the NDIC, Mr Thompson...
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