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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Armed Policemen, on Tuesday morning, aborted a rally, when it barricaded Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, Lagos State, venue of the planned pro Amotekun protest, preventing protesters from converging on the ground. The rally was in support of the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security outfit, codenamed, “Operation Amotekun” which has remained a…
…targets business transformation By Juliet Umeh CYBERCLOUD Platform, the first indigenous VMware Cloud Service Provider in Sub-Saharan Africa recently got extra accolades, following the addition of the blue VMware Cloud Verified now added to its partnership. VMware Cloud Provider Program Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, Dave Funnell, who announced this new feat explained that “it means when…
By Juliet Umeh Akinwale Awosokanre is an Information Technology, IT, expert with over two decades of experience. His wealth of experience spans around Business Development and Sales in the Telecommunications, Manufacturing and IT industries. His excellent managerial dexterity, in 2018, earned him a prestigious position as Regional Managing Director, West Africa of a multinational company…
By Juliet Umeh In the space of one week, online payment provider, VoguePay, has won the coveted award of African Fintech Company of the Year at the British Award for African Development. The award recognises individuals and companies for their outstanding achievements in the African communities in the United Kingdom, UK, or for their involvements…
By Juliet Umeh In three months and halfway through their programme, startups participating in the second season of the Facebook Accelerator Programme have raised over $500,000 from investments and grants. Within the same period, they have also sealed key partnerships and made progress towards creating unique products with world-class business processes. These results were recently…
By Juliet Umeh Telecommunication Network, MTN Nigeria, recently, launched a thematic campaign for 2020, tagged: ‘Turn it Up’ for Nigerians to take advantage of the varied opportunities around. The network service provider said the campaign was inspired by the company’s commitment to facilitating transformation, progress, and success in the new decade. It said the campaign…
Police barricade rally venue in LagosOutfit begins operations this week; uniforms, logistics readySelf defence is int’l human rights, guaranteed by Article 51 of the UN Charter —AtikuFasanmi, Afenifere advocate amicable dispute resolution, laud initiative By Dayo Johnson, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Rotimi Ojomoyela & James Ogunnaike AKURE—HUNDREDS of diverse Yoruba interest groups, yesterday, in Akure, Ondo State;…
By Juliet Umeh Identification verification and KYC Technology Company, VerifyMe Nigeria, said it has secured a Series A financing from Consonance Investment Managers to expand services. It said the funds will be used for strategic partnerships and also bring new digital identification verification products to market. The company Co-founder/CEO, Mr. Esigie Aguele, said the company…
The immediate past speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, said on Monday he is set to release a three-hour documentary, “exposing the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole’s dark waters.’’ But the Oshiomhole camp said the former Edo governor has done no wrong. Speaking in an…
…We’ve not seen the letter ―Makinde Abubakar Malami (L) and Seyi Makinde (R) Ola Ajayi – Ibadan The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) has directed the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde to reverse himself over the dissolution of local government administration in the State. The directive was…