By OBI DAVIES MICROFINANCE and digital banking platform Kolomoni has launched two new personal banking features — ‘Snap and Pay’ and ‘Schedule Payment’ — aimed at enhancing convenience and accuracy for users. According to Mrs. Simbiat Kazeem, Head of Personal Banking, the ‘Snap and Pay’ feature uses optical character recognition (OCR) to extract account details […]
By STELLA JOHNSON OGBOVOVEH ON a humid morning in Suleja, 72-year-old Abu (not his real name) counts a few coins beside a pot of watery garri. A former civil servant who gave 35 years to public service, he now survives on an irregular ₦25,000 pension. His story is neither rare nor unique — it reflects […]
By OBIOMA TORI THE 2025 edition of the Women in Business (WIB) Trade Fair is set to be the biggest yet, with Amstel Malta, MTN, Nigerian Breweries, and FIBI joining as partners, while First Bank emerges as the headline sponsor. Scheduled for 31 October to 2 November 2025, at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, the event aims […]
By MELVIN KOFFA NIGERIA stands at a pivotal moment in its democratic journey, with a proposed constitutional amendment aiming to reserve seats for women in the National and State Houses of Assembly. Experts, policymakers, and gender advocates argue that this legislation could finally challenge decades of systemic exclusion and ensure women have a meaningful voice […]
By ESTHER McWILLIS-IKHIDE DANGOTE Industries Limited has dismissed reports of petrol scarcity, price hikes, and disputes with PENGASSAN. Vice President Devakumar Edwin said the refinery currently holds 312 million litres of PMS ready for loading and can meet Nigeria’s fuel demand. He noted that the refinery also exports about 50% of its products to countries […]
By TAYO TAIWO (T.T.) OLUWOLE SEATTLE Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike’s bid to represent Nigeria has ended after FIBA rejected her application for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics—her third consecutive denial. Ogwumike, 34, first sought to switch from Team USA before the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, but FIBA ruled the request came too late. Subsequent […]
By TOSI ORE INTERSWITCH has stressed that Africa’s digital transformation depends on trust, collaboration, and scalable infrastructure, not just innovation and funding. Speaking at Moonshot by TechCabal 2025 in Lagos, Akeem Lawal, Managing Director of Interswitch Purepay, said Africa’s growth will thrive on “infrastructure that endures, partnerships that unite, and trust that turns innovation into […]
By OBI DAVIES MICRO, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) contribute about 50% of Nigeria’s GDP and account for over 84% of jobs, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Jumoke Oduwole said in Abuja on Friday. Speaking at the launch of Moniepoint’s 2025 Nigerian Informal Economy Report, Oduwole noted that Nigeria hosts more than 39 million […]
By TIMOTHY HAGGERTY-NWOKOLO ACROSS Nigeria’s political landscape, a familiar storm is raging again — the gale of defections. Governors and political heavyweights are leaping from one party to another, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerging as the new sanctuary for many. Their reasons, as always, are cloaked in lofty rhetoric: “national interest,” “unity,” “support […]
By ANDERSON (ANDY) CLIFF ONCE hailed as Africa’s economic giant, Nigeria is again absent from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest ranking of the continent’s fastest-growing economies — a symbolic and sobering reminder of how far the nation has drifted from its promise of economic leadership. In its recently released Regional Economic Outlook, the IMF […]