African e-commerce giant Jumia listed on New York Stock Exchange on Friday, opening at $18.95 (NYSE: $JMIA), according to NYSE on Twitter. With the public offering, Jumia becomes the first African startup to list on a major global exchange. And @Jumia_Group is officially trading on the NYSE, opening at
The Lagos state police command has arrested one Mrs. Josephine, for allegedly dousing her neighbor, Mrs. Blessing Christopher, with hot water for greeting her husband. According to the victim, she was in the kitchen making dinner when she responded to her neighbor’s husband’s greetings, only for
Nigerian music legend, 2Baba was on Wednesday selected as a Fellow of the School of Music by the Department of Music, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. The singer becomes the first ever recipient of the award which was presented to him at the department’s 1st public lecture
On Saturday, March 9th, 2019, during the Gubernatorial and State houses of Assembly elections, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tweeted a picture of a drone it had utilized to monitor election activity in Benin, Edo state. #Polls EFCC drone on surveillance in Benin, Edo
Mr Babalele Abdullahi, son-in-law to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was released along with Atiku’s finance director whom the commission arrested on Saturday. Reports have it
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment over the postponement of the 2019 general elections which was supposed to commence today. The president made this known in a statement posted on his official Facebook page just before noon today. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had shifted the date
Barely hours to the commencement of the 2019 polls, Anambra state has recorded cases of election related violence. A member of House of Representatives, Mr. Gabriel Onyenweife, who defected from All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after failing to secure
Senator Dino Melaye has been moved from the Police Clinic, Abuja to the DSS Medical Facility, still in the city, the Police said in a statement on Friday. The statement, signed by Force PRO DSP Jimoh Moshood, debunked media reports that masked men “whisked” the senator away from
Jos is one of the most popular northern states in Nigeria. It’s no news that this wonderful state is filled with great talents, livestock, etc. When it comes to getting goods and services at affordable prices, you don’t dare to mention Jos. Even though some
The national assembly has increased the size of the 2018 budget to N9.120 trillion from N8.612 trillion. The details of the budget were listed on the order paper available at the senate. The budget was laid before the senate by Danjuma Goje, chairman of the senate appropriation committee.
For organisations and companies to be competitive in a globalised market, they need effective transportation to move their products and services around the globe so as to meet customer demands and needs. Nigeria is rapidly advancing and scale of real growth stands second only to
Families have a pretty bad reputation when it comes to aeroplane etiquette. In a survey of 1,019 American holidaymakers, 59 per cent said that inattentive parents were the most infuriating to travel with, coming second only to rear seat kickers (61 per cent). Just over half
In Nigeria, the final word of the year is “Fuel” and it is commonly associated with its best friends, scarcity and theft. But, Oluwatobi, an imaginative Nigerian is working on two innovative solutions. Oluwatobi Oyinlola is an Embedded Systems Engineer, Inventor, IoT Evangelist, Tech Speaker
The main question, where is the money? A five-year old complaint filed by an anti-corruption coalition over a billion-dollar oil deal in Nigeria has resulted in the “biggest corporate bribery trial” of all time. (QZ.COM) Shell says it is “disappointed” by the decision to indict
It seems that in 2017 every brand and every business has its own app. Even local coffee shops have apps to order a Cappuccino at your doorstep . Every IT-entrepreneur making a fortune from a hit app once in a while. So we’ve decided to dissect the