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Nigerians without NIN will not benefit from seized food distribution- Customs
By Yunusa Umar The Nigeria Customs Service has declared that Nigerians without a National Identification Number (NIN), would not benefit from the distribution of food items seized across the country....
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Legal roundup for the startup ecosystem 2023 and outlook for 2024 by Akpor...
2023 wasn’t a great year for tech startups in Africa. This was very much pronounced in Nigeria where a series of mishaps led to a significant downturn in the startup ecosystem. Prominent among them is...
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FG orders Binance to reveal its top 100 users in Nigeria amid FX crackdown
The Nigerian Federal Government has continued to mount pressure on the crypto exchange, Binance. In a new development, the government has reportedly ordered the exchange to reveal its top 100 users in...
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Lagos government begins impounding Uber/Moove vehicles over failure to...
The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has reportedly started impounding vehicles belonging to e-hailing drivers operating on the Uber app. According to people close to the matter, the latest...
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Naira Speculation: Are Bybit, KuCoin toeing the Binance path? How to avoid...
It’s no longer news that the Nigerian Naira has had a difficult start to 2024. Between January and February, the local currency hit its lowest point (in history) against the United States dollar. The...
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Strong human technology: how LAPO survives Nigeria’s crunching digital...
Nigeria’s digital lending space has come a long way. Not only is that way long, but it is also very hard as players in the space continue to deal with a myriad of problems from every side. Borrowers,...
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Finance Bill Protest: Kenyan authorities will not shutdown internet as police...
Amid the youth-led finance bill protest against a proposed financial legislation that has rocked Kenya over the past week, authorities in the country have pledged not to shut down the internet in the...
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Prolonged face-off with Binance will scare investors and founders – Nigerian...
An umbrella body of blockchain organizations in Nigeria, the Blockchain Industry Coordinating Committee of Nigeria (BICCoN), has reacted to the series of upheavals in the Nigerian blockchain industry....
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Rivers state prescribes virtual work for its 3 million LGA workers, but it’s...
In the wake of the LGA crisis rocking Rivers State in south-southern Nigeria, the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara has directed local government workers in its 23 councils to start working virtually....
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Data for N100: Head of IT says NIMC not compromised, blames breach...
As Nigerians continue to react to a report by Paradigm Initiative that a possible data breach has made the sensitive data of Nigerians like their NIN obtainable online for just 100 naira, the Director...
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New SEC framework mandates Nigerian crypto companies to have physical offices...
A circular released in June by the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has listed establishing an office in Nigeria as part of the eligibility requirements for companies categorised as...
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“Nigerians have been eating GMO foods for decades, it did not kill anyone”–...
As the debate surrounding the acceptability of GMO foods (genetically modified organisms) continues to take centre stage, prominent social farmer, Olanrewaju Akintobi popularly called Naija Farmer has...
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Nigerians react as Bola Tinubu commissions the Nigeria Police National...
Nigerians have continued to react to the news surrounding the commissioning of the upgraded Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre with many considering it a rather unnecessary project amid the many...
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A detailed review of the newly unveiled 2024 National Digital Economy and...
The National Digital Economy and E-Governance Act, 2024, (Draft), is a comprehensive legal framework designed to facilitate the digital transformation of economic and governance processes. The...
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Flutterwave hack: Court rejects IGP’s request to reverse billions allegedly...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has denied a motion by Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) seeking to compel 12 banks and financial institutions to reverse billions of naira that were...
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‘We witness all-time high Bitcoin trading whenever govt tries to suppress...
As the Nigerian government continues to wield a long stick against crypto companies and users in Nigeria, a crypto leader in the space has revealed that Bitcoin usage and holding always rises...
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Strong human technology: how LAPO survives Nigeria’s crunching digital...
Nigeria’s digital lending space has come a long way. Not only is that way long, but it is also very hard as players in the space continue to deal with a myriad of problems from every side. Borrowers,...
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2024 Budget: NITDA is handling 6 questionable projects worth ₦216.5M
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) was established on April 18, 2001, to spearhead Nigeria’s IT revolution, driving digital transformation through policies, regulations, and...
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“I learned about Eyowo’s license revocation from the news, no formal notice...
Co-founder and Co-CEO of Eyowo, Yomi Adedeji said he was not formally notified of the digital bank’s license revocation by the CBN. The CEO disclosed this at a fireside session titled: Failing Forward;...
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How the UN’s new global framework could affect you and Nigeria’s...
At the United Nations Summit of the Future held in New York from September 20-23, world leaders reached a significant milestone by agreeing on the final text of the Global Digital Compact (GDC). The...
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