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Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Effective January 2018, male employees of Access Bank Plc can now take advantage of an enhanced parental leave policy that extends paid benefits to all mothers and fathers. The new policy offers paid leave to all new parents at the Bank...

Juliet Anammah, Chief Executive Officer, Jumia E commerce giant Jumia, has rolled out new standards vendors on its platform are expected to adhere to. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Juliet Annumah made the disclosure at an event held to reward them. Vendors are businesses that...

Walter Wagbatsoma, chairman, Ontario Oil & Gas Limited who was sentenced to 10 years following his prosecution by EFCC for N754million oil subsidy fraud, has been convicted by Leicester Crown Court in UK for money laundering. Following a trial at Leicester Crown Court a thirteenth defendant has...

Jonathan Eze Determined to bring back the glorious days of cocoa which used to be one of the major foreign exchange earner for Nigeria, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), International Standards Organisation (ISO) and relevant stakeholders in the cocoa industry have drafted series of...

Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru (left); Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside; at a meeting on change in trade terms from...

When two giants combine efforts, the result is usually enormous. Such is the case for the African Economic Revolution Fund (AERF) and renowned Nigerian conglomerate, Honeywell Group. Both have partnered to invest in African startups through the creation of Itanna. Olivier Frendo, the co-founder...

L-R Ladi Sanni, CEO, Viathan Engineering Limited, Chinua Azubike, CEO, InfraCredit, Bukola Badejo-Okusanya, CEO, Gasco Marine Limited at the signing of Nigeria’s first infrastructure Bonds Issuance recently Viathan Group, a provider of captive and embedded power solutions, issued Nigeria’s first...

The publisher of Daily Times Newspaper, Fidelis Anosike, has been ordered to be remanded in prison custody by a chief magistrate court in Abuja. Also remanded in prison is the managing director of the company Noel Anosike. Both men were arrested on Monday by the police following a complaint of...

So, when we hear startup founders, the male folks comes to mind right? ,Yes they dominate the startup ecosystems but we have a good number of females who have turn ideas into successful start-ups. And today we will take a look at eight of them with fantastic projects Bilikiss Adebiyi, founder …...

Google headquarters in Mountain View, California Stephen Shankland/CNET Want people with phones to find your website? Better make sure it loads fast, because otherwise Google will punish you in its search results. Google long has given fast-loading web pages preferential placement in search...

Google has announced its new “Google IT Support Professional Certificate” program through Coursera, offering anyone the chance to get certified for an entry-level job in the field. The course doesn’t require any previous experience and takes between 8 and 12 months to complete, according to...

It has not gotten exactly what it wanted in US tax reform, particularly in repatriation costs. But it will go on ahead with plans to break ground and infuse money into domestic manufacturing. The post Apple plots repatriation, investment in US after tax reform appeared first on Pocketnow...

Amazon has added a new $10 and Under section to its app and website, featuring, as one could infer, items that are priced $10 or cheaper. All items have free shipping, regardless of whether a user has Prime membership. The feature, first spotted by TechCrunch, looks to compete with budget …...

Nigeria’s World Cup training camp will officially open on May 22, in Abuja and the country’s special kits for the Mundial in Russia will be presented to the public on February 7, in London. This, officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have made known on Wednesday in Lagos. …...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday signed a two–year contract extension with Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr. NFF 1st Vice President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, explained that Rohr, initially taken on board in July 2016, deserved the extension after qualifying the...

Turkish Airlines has maximized the wealth of its owners as the number of passengers increased by 9.3 percent and the flag carrier carried 68.6 million passengers. This compared to the previous year when the load factor reached 79.1 percent as it was up 4.7 points. … via BusinessDay : News...

By Perpetua Egesimba The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday organised Stakeholders ‘Forum on the study for the determination of cost based pricing for retail broadband and data services in Nigeria. The study which would be targeted to all the stakeholders, including the...

As emerging frontiers, especially digital ledger system also called blockchain become a more globally recognised solution, experts have called for frameworks that will enable Nigeria’s oil and gas sector to benefit from the innovation. With a new $2.5million funding … via The Guardian...