Nigeria @ 61: For A People’s Independence
1st October 2021
Naturally, today is a public holiday in Nigeria. States and the Federal Government traditionally line up activities to celebrate and mark the day Nigeria became free of British rule on October 1, 1960. Read more about Politics In the past, we do also see independent bodies organise street parades – with people donned in … Continue reading Nigeria @ 61: For A People’s Independence
The Politics Of VAT And Stamp Duty
17th September 2021
The ongoing drama between the Federal Government and some States on the VAT Court Order in Rivers State Federal High Court has generated both good and bad ripples within a very short timeframe. Read more about Politics There are so many inconsistencies that have been going on in the administration of VAT for years. … Continue reading The Politics Of VAT And Stamp Duty
Bloc By TechAdvance Will Help FinTechs Build Applications Faster
16th September 2021
There are many FinTech companies in Nigeria currently offering innovative services to millions of Nigerians, but not many of them have set up platforms to allow other innovators to build needed solutions. Read more about FinTech TechAdvance is looking to solve that problem of providing a means for solutions wasting away in sandboxes to … Continue reading Bloc By TechAdvance Will Help FinTechs Build Applications Faster
ThrowBack Thursday: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa – Pioneer Prime Minister Of Nigeria (1)
9th September 2021
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born to Yakubu Dan Zala of Gere ethnicity and Fatima Inna of Gere and Fulani descent in Bauchi (Northern Nigeria Protectorate) in December 1912. Read more about Throwback Thursday Balewa began to study at a Koranic School in Bauchi from where he proceeded to Bauchi Provincial School. Balewa furthered his … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa – Pioneer Prime Minister Of Nigeria (1)
How VAT Court Order Favouring States May Enforce Restructuring
8th September 2021
A lot has been said about the need for State governments to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) in their domains, but no concrete action was taken until Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State challenged the unfair practice in court. Read more about Finance After Wike’s audacious suit challenging the FIRS and the Attorney General … Continue reading How VAT Court Order Favouring States May Enforce Restructuring
How To Cancel Your Subscription On Apple Music
4th September 2021
Apple Music launched in June 2015 and it has grown into a popular music-streaming service for Apple aficionados and also non-users. Read more about Tech On Apple Music, there are more than 70 million songs that users can stream or listen to. From playlists created by music experts to a 24/7 Apple Music radio … Continue reading How To Cancel Your Subscription On Apple Music
LoftyInc Capital Looks To Boost African Startups With $10M
A pan-African VC firm of Nigerian origin, LoftyInc Capital, has announced the launch of a third fund named LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 3 to boost African startups. Read more about Tech LoftyInc secured the $10 million for tech startups in Africa funding syndicates such as FBNQuest Funds, The Green Investment Club, High Networth Individuals Andela … Continue reading LoftyInc Capital Looks To Boost African Startups With $10M
An Open Grazing Ban Via The Back Door In The North-East
Consistency of government policy is one thing tiers of government across the world find difficult to achieve. But the experience with Nigeria is different as the government at the Federal level is often found to be walking a path separate from that at the State and Local government levels. Read more about Politics The … Continue reading An Open Grazing Ban Via The Back Door In The North-East
How To Reduce Your Video Size Using Handbrake
3rd September 2021
Uploading videos has become a basic staple for content creators across the new media space. For creators using social media such as YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook to generate income, their content will have to be uploaded in a good format before they can expect income from such postings. Read more about Tech Videos are … Continue reading How To Reduce Your Video Size Using Handbrake
Terrorists, Not Bandits: Calling Them Their Rightful Names
31st August 2021
One of the handfuls of Elder Statesmen left in the nation, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has faulted the subsisting trend whereby terrorists are being called bandits. Read more about Politics While speaking at the 10th edition of the Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance, the former ex Secretary-General of Commonwealth of Nations has hit … Continue reading Terrorists, Not Bandits: Calling Them Their Rightful Names
Where Were You When Nigeria Had Census In 1991?
29th August 2021
Census has remained an essential element of activities that a nation uses to determine resource control and allocation, governance and statistical estimations for fulfilling the people’s wishes. Read more about Politics The 1952/1953 census is reputed to be the first near-scientific census conducted in the nation despite allegedly undercounting the population. It was therefore … Continue reading Where Were You When Nigeria Had Census In 1991?
A Look At Government Clamp-Down On FinTech Companies
27th August 2021
Nigerian businesses have had it tough for decades. Braving away the storm in the middle of over-regulation policies has been the norm for businesses that must survive against all odds. Read more about FinTech Wherever infrastructure such as good access roads, stable power supply, etc are inadequate, businesses and enterprises are known to resolve … Continue reading A Look At Government Clamp-Down On FinTech Companies
ThrowBack Thursday: Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna Of Sokoto & Premier Of Northern Region
26th August 2021
Ahmadu Bello’s name rings a bell not only in the Northern part of Nigeria but equally across the country. Read more about ThrowBack Thursday Often in history books, he is referred to as one of the political figures murdered in the 1966 coup bloodbath, but the man has other layers to his legacy. Born … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna Of Sokoto & Premier Of Northern Region
Innovation: Omnibiz To Digitise Informal B2B Supply Chain
24th August 2021
Someone once remarked that there are 30 million ‘mom and pop stores’ in Nigeria with the potential of being digitised. Read more about Tech Research also indicates that about 90% of commerce in Africa’s major economies are executed via informal channels such as traditional markets, kiosks and so on. Not much has been done … Continue reading Innovation: Omnibiz To Digitise Informal B2B Supply Chain
Can PDP’s e-Registration Encourage Youth Participation In Partisan Politics?
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) kicked off the pilot scheme of the much-touted e-Registration on Monday, August 9 starting with Anambra, Osun, Ekiti, Edo, Adamawa and Sokoto States, among others. Read more about Politics The first of its kind by any political party of National importance. It comes at a time the National Assembly … Continue reading Can PDP’s e-Registration Encourage Youth Participation In Partisan Politics?
How To Livestream On YouTube With Mobile Devices
23rd August 2021
YouTube is fast becoming a money-spinning haven for content creators. However, the dynamics for earning income either as a side hustle or a full-time engagement depends on whether a creator actively livestreams or uploads video content. Read more about How-To There are thousands of social gamers across the world who Livestream themselves playing exciting … Continue reading How To Livestream On YouTube With Mobile Devices
What 2023 Elections May Look Like
The ruling party at the national level, the All Progressives Congress (APC) began to show signs of internal scuffles this year when they embarked on their party member registration at the ward level. Inconclusive registration, accusations, counter-accusations, violence among party bigwigs and their loyalists became the order of the day. Read more about Politics … Continue reading What 2023 Elections May Look Like
Access Bank Partners Udacity For Scholarship Programs In IT
20th August 2021
The online educational institution, Udacity, is collaborating with a commercial bank, Access Bank, to offer upskill training to Africans. Read more about Opportunities Scholarships will be handed out to qualifying participants in Nanodegree programs comprising Business Analytics, Intro to Programming, Product Manager, Digital Marketing, and Programming for Data Science with Python have been allocated … Continue reading Access Bank Partners Udacity For Scholarship Programs In IT
Continuous Voter Registration Positive As Registration Hits 1.6 Million
About 84 million people registered to vote in 2019; with a total of 26.45 million people voting at the elections. As the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has begun afresh about 7 weeks ago, positive numbers are being recorded with the online version of the CVR nationwide drive. Read more about … Continue reading Continuous Voter Registration Positive As Registration Hits 1.6 Million
How To Protect Your Devices From Overheating
17th August 2021
Smartphone owners are more likely to have experienced their device overheating at least once in its lifetime. What is more concerning is that most times, smartphone users do not have an idea of what to do to curtail the overheating or how to prevent it from happening again. Aside from those who experience their … Continue reading How To Protect Your Devices From Overheating
Aminu Kano’s Talakawa Philosophy
Aminu Kano was born in Kano on August 9, 1920, to the family of an Islamic scholar, Mallam Yusufu, a lineage known for producing judicial scholars, and Rakiya, a Fulata Borno family of Mamman Zara. Despite his near upper-class background, Mallam Aminu Kano lived an exemplary stoic life which toed the line of his … Continue reading Aminu Kano’s Talakawa Philosophy
Decagon & Sterling Bank Wants Train Software Engineers With Pay-After-Learning Model
For the promise that Nigeria’s growing youth population offers, more companies are joining the ranks of Andela to cater to the training and development of software and tech talent in general. And since Andela changed course, in providing outsourced tech talent to foreign software companies, Decagon is trying again to reinvent an area Andela … Continue reading Decagon & Sterling Bank Wants Train Software Engineers With Pay-After-Learning Model
ThrowBack Thursday: Tafa Balogun: The Ex-IGP That Went to Jail
12th August 2021
When ‘super cops’ are named as a subsection of historical happenings in Nigeria, the name Tafa Balogun comes to mind even before the embattled Abba Kyari is mentioned. The current travails of Abba Kyari being instantly changed from leading the Inspector General of Police (IGP)’s crack Intelligent Response Team (IRT) unit to being hunted by … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Tafa Balogun: The Ex-IGP That Went to Jail
Effort in Top Gear to Pass Nigeria’s Startup Bill into Law
11th August 2021
For the first time, a law that will give ample opportunity to startups in Nigeria to grow in nearing top gear between Executive, Legislature and the Nigerian Startup ecosystem. The Nigeria Startup Bill project began as a joint initiative by the private sector, Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem and the Presidency to improve the fortunes of … Continue reading Effort in Top Gear to Pass Nigeria’s Startup Bill into Law
How Assistive Technology Can Enhance Education for Nigerian Dyslexics
9th August 2021
Technology has grown to become one of the tools needed to solve human problems. As EdTech (Educational Technology) is rising in its own right, individual tools that may help to enhance disabilities in learning are also springing up. While EdTech startups such as uLesson are working on delivering proper curriculum to willing learners beyond the … Continue reading How Assistive Technology Can Enhance Education for Nigerian Dyslexics
Buhari’s Medical Tourism and the Doctor’s Strike
7th August 2021
Almost two weeks since Nigerian doctors resumed strike action, there has not been much progress on how to resolve the recurring issues bedevilling Nigeria’s health sector. The strike action by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) lingers on without any respite in sight. Following a Memorandum of Action (MOA) signed in April by the … Continue reading Buhari’s Medical Tourism and the Doctor’s Strike
How To Disable Pop-Up Ads On Your Android Device
5th August 2021
Pop-up ads are growing to be common with most mobile devices nowadays. This has become one of the reasons some smartphone users may never own an Android device just because of the pop-up ads embedded into the phone. Pop-up Ads really disrupts the ideal user experience in phone handling. And this is why smartphones such … Continue reading How To Disable Pop-Up Ads On Your Android Device
ThrowBack Thursday: Revisiting The Oputa Panel (2)
The report of the Oputa Panel was never officially published by the Federal Government. However, the report became publicly accessible in some media as far back as 2005 when a Washington-based NGO, Nigerian Democratic Movement(NDM) & Nigeria-based Civil Society Forum(CSF), unofficially published a copy of the Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission online – two … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Revisiting The Oputa Panel (2)
Abba Kyari: From Hero To Villain
2nd August 2021
Abba Kyari was shot to fame in 2017 when the kidnap kingpin, Evans, was busted. He was that super cop who led the trailing of Evans to his affluent Magodo stowaway where he was finally arrested. Read more about Governance As the OC SARS in Lagos back then, he was reportedly dreaded in criminal … Continue reading Abba Kyari: From Hero To Villain
Ecobank And Microsoft Collaborate To Help Convert African SMEs To Digital Businesses
The realities of the pandemic and extended lockdown are already making business owners redraw their business strategies. Many are now considering approaching the market via online channels and solutions providers are helping these businesses achieve their aim with the assistance of tech. Read more about Tech The extended lockdowns particularly disrupted supply chains, shrunk … Continue reading Ecobank And Microsoft Collaborate To Help Convert African SMEs To Digital Businesses