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NBC suspends Human Rights Radio over ‘Ordinary President’s’ unethical conduct
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the licence of Abuja-based Human Rights Radio 101.1FM owned by Ahmed…
Ikorodu Bois, Emmanuella: meet the top 5 Nigerian kid influencers on social media
Happy Children’s Day! Being popular has absolutely nothing to do with gender or age. Over the last few…
Anambra-based Escrowlock to consolidate its services with funding from Facebook’s $100m grant
Nigeria’s escrow fintech company, Escrowlock, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Facebook. Escrowlock is one of…
Carry1st partners CrazyLab to launch Africa’s first accelerator for mobile game developers
Video game development is one industry that isn’t noticed enough in Africa. Its growth has been tedious, significantly…
5 interesting facts you may not know about Andy Jassy who replaces Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO
Amazon has announced that Andy Jassy will officially take over from Jeff Bezos as new CEO on July…
Covid-19 Update: Nigerian scammer arrested in India, vaccine not compulsory for NYSC members
The number of new Covid-19 cases reported in Nigeria for the week is still below the 300-cases benchmark.…
Opera’s Opay reportedly looking to raise $400m for expansion, eyes unicorn status
OPay, a rapidly growing Mobile Payment Start-up founded by Opera is reportedly in talks with investors to raise as much…
European Investment Bank and Austria’s OeEB launch €100m fund for African businesses
As Africa slowly finds its way back to economic recovery, the European Investment Bank and the Oesterreichische Entwicklungs…
Nigeria’s Wellahealth emerges runner-up of the $700k Swiss Re 2021 Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award
Nigerian healthtech startup, Wellahealth has emerged as runner-up of the Swiss Re 2021 Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award. Tied…
Your chats would no longer be safe if WhatsApp losses end-to-end encryption battle in India
WhatsApp troubles in its biggest market continue to mount up as the Indian government is announcing a new…
