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TECNO powers AFCON watch parties with AI in Nigeria

TECNO has brought artificial intelligence into the heart of football fandom, hosting a series of AFCON watch parties in Nigeria that blended live match viewing with interactive, AI-powered experiences. The events, organised around Nigeria’s fixtures against Tanzania and Mozambique, turned traditional match nights into immersive fan gatherings that combined technology, lifestyle and youth culture. The...
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Huawei & Tetracore to build $400m Nigeria data centre

Tetracore Energy Group has announced a strategic partnership with global technology giant Huawei and Inspirive Technologies to develop a $400m Tier III data centre. The project, slated for the Tetracore Energy Park in Ogun State, represents a pioneering “energy-to-digital” model designed to solve the perennial challenge of power instability in Nigeria’s tech sector. In a...
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CBN Allows 100% Forex Repatriation for Oil Companies

The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the full repatriation of export proceeds by International Oil Companies, allowing them to access 100 per cent of their foreign exchange earnings through authorised dealer banks. The directive was contained in a circular issued by the apex bank’s Trade and Exchange Department and published on its website on...
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FCCPC Flags Rising Circulation of Substandard Goods in Niger

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has expressed concern over the increasing prevalence of unsafe and substandard products in Nigerian markets, warning that this trend is eroding consumer trust and undermining the country’s economic integrity. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the FCCPC, Tunji Bello, raised the alarm on Wednesday in...
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NUPRC Boosts Offshore Exploration Nigeria with Seismic Licen

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has signed a Petroleum Exploration Licence No. 5 agreement with SeaSeis Geophysical Limited, authorising the company, in partnership with the commission and TGS, to undertake the acquisition and processing of new 3D seismic and gravity data. The three-year deal, signed at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, is...
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NERC Inaugurates Forum to Align Electricity Regulations

The Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Musiliu Oseni, says electricity regulators would collaborate to prevent regulatory arbitrage in the power sector. Oseni stated this on Wednesday at the inauguration of the Forum of Nigerian Electricity Regulators in Lagos. He said the forum was created to deepen coordination between federal and state electricity regulators...
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Maritime workers decry rising Lagos port attacks

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has raised an alarm over what it described as a rise in attacks on vessels while at berth, as contained in a statement on Wednesday obtained by The PUNCH. This comes as the union accused port security agencies of neglecting their responsibilities. The statement noted that MWUN President-General, Francis...
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Nigeria’s National Single Window: Customs Warns Traders

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has warned traders to avoid circumventing the National Single Window platform ahead of the planned deployment of the platform on Friday. Adeniyi gave the warning on Tuesday in Lagos during the official go-live ceremony of the NSW platform. Adeniyi, who was represented at the event by...
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Delay in Port Concession Renewals Risks Nigerian Economy

The Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria has expressed deep concern over the continued delay in renewing port concession agreements in Nigeria, warning that the situation poses significant risks to the nation’s maritime sector and overall economic stability. In a statement issued over the weekend, Moses Ebosele, President of SCAN, described the delay as “a dangerous,...
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Nigeria Offers N750bn in FGN March Bonds for Subscription

The Federal Government, through the Debt Management Office, has opened subscriptions for N750bn worth of Federal Government of Nigeria bonds for March 2026. Details from the March 2026 bond offer circular published on the DMO’s website on Wednesday showed that the offer comprises three re-opened instruments: N250bn for the 17.945 per cent FGN August 2030...
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