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BellaAfricana: Promoting The Beauty of Africa

April 19, 2022

Bellafricana launches new platform to help creative business owners bounce back faster from the crisis. Trailing the blows from the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on creative businesses in Nigeria, Bellafricana has created a platform that would serve as a resource tool and a growth-driver for creative business owners. It is no news that creative business owners … Continue reading BellaAfricana: Promoting The Beauty of Africa

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Tourism Travel

Tips for Post-COVID Travels

April 19, 2022

With the federal government’s directive to ease economic hardships by relaxing the lockdown brought on by the coronavirus, the excitement about travelling is rising. There are daydreams of running to a faraway place for a proper vacation after this all-day indoor, forced holiday.  Read more about Coronavirus However, we wonder what travelling would be like … Continue reading Tips for Post-COVID Travels

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BUSINESS

The CBN has Prohibited Banks from Laying-Off their Workers

April 19, 2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers’ Committee have agreed to halt the retrenchment of bank staff in the country. The decision applies to both part-time and full-time workers. This was disclosed in a press release issued by Isaac Okoroafor, the CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, on Sunday.  Read more about Coronavirus According to … Continue reading The CBN has Prohibited Banks from Laying-Off their Workers

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Children Creative Industry TECH

Anthill Studios Makes Cartoon To Explain Coronavirus To Kids

April 19, 2022

Children can be very inquisitive and that curiosity is one of the reasons they ask questions many times over until they understand. As adults, you can attest that trying to explain complex details to children can be a big task that requires some thinking and questions to yourself. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading Anthill Studios Makes Cartoon To Explain Coronavirus To Kids

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Social Media

Lifebank Launches Coronavirus Drive-Through Mobile Test Centres In Nigeria

April 19, 2022

Healthcare and logistics company, Lifebank has launched two mobile drive-through test centres to boost coronavirus testing in Nigeria.  The test centres, designed like restaurant drive-throughs, and are located in Lagos, Nigeria’s epicentre for commerce and Oyo, in the Southwest of the country. Lifebank says it launched the free-testing centres in partnerships with the Institute of … Continue reading Lifebank Launches Coronavirus Drive-Through Mobile Test Centres In Nigeria

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Politics

Relaxing the National Lockdown: A Government Between The Rock And A Hard Place

April 19, 2022

On Monday, April 27th, President Muhammad Buhari addressed the nation a third time since the coronavirus became pandemic in Nigeria.  In his speech, the president announced that the lockdown and restriction of movement imposed on Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), will be relaxed with conditions by Monday, May 4. Cumulatively, the lockdown … Continue reading Relaxing the National Lockdown: A Government Between The Rock And A Hard Place

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Finance

How to Pay Your Electricity Bills Online and Via USSD

April 19, 2022

How do you pay your electricity bills if you’re unable to do so at a bank? That’s a pertinent question for people who have been caught up in a lockdown (like the one announced in response to the coronavirus pandemic), or who are unable to cover the distance between where they are and their local … Continue reading How to Pay Your Electricity Bills Online and Via USSD

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Nigeria Personality

Nigerians In History: Kofoworola Ademola

April 19, 2022

Oloori Kofoworola “Kofo” Aina Ademola, Lady Ademola MBE, MFR, OFR (née Moore) was a Nigerian educationist. She was born May 21st, 1913. She was of Yoruba extraction. She was the first president of the National Council of Women Societies in Nigeria, she was head of the women’s organization from 1958 to 1964. She was the … Continue reading Nigerians In History: Kofoworola Ademola

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BUSINESS

Fintech Startup Okra Gets $1 Million Investment from TLcom

April 19, 2022

Okra, a relatively young fintech startup based in Lagos, Nigeria, has gotten backing worth $1 million from venture capital group TLcom. Founded in 2019, the startup has gained traction for its API product, which connects users’ bank accounts to digital apps that may require them for financial transactions. The founding team speaks of it as … Continue reading Fintech Startup Okra Gets $1 Million Investment from TLcom

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Politics

Tables Turn When The Government Begs For Help

April 19, 2022

It goes without saying that there is nothing a desperate government won’t do to jeopardize the good fortune of its people. The path currently being toed by states and the federal government (FG) is one heading in the wrong direction. Word out is that come this June, states might not have the usual monthly remittance … Continue reading Tables Turn When The Government Begs For Help

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E-Commerce

COVID-19 Lockdown: How E-commerce company is sustaining jobs and powering social life

April 19, 2022

One of the major fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic is the massive restriction of human and vehicular movements in the most affected countries of the world. Governments, in their bid to curtail the spread of the disease, have enacted various laws that affect, not only movements, but also most economic activities in their areas of … Continue reading COVID-19 Lockdown: How E-commerce company is sustaining jobs and powering social life

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Tourism Travel

Places To Visit After The Lockdown: Kano

April 19, 2022

As at today, 22 out of 36 states in Nigeria have confirmed cases of corona virus. With community spread slowly making its way into the nation, government advises everyone to stay at home and only come out for essential duties. We know every state in Nigeria has amazing tourism sites that people would love to visit … Continue reading Places To Visit After The Lockdown: Kano

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Health

Chimamanda Adichie Speaks On How She Is Coping With Her Fears Amidst The Coronavirus Pandemic

April 19, 2022

Award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie, has opened up about her fears during the coronavirus pandemic and how she is coping.  Read more about Corona Virus Adichie, who is based in the United States with her family, said she is worried for her husband who is a medical doctor and has to leave home every day to … Continue reading Chimamanda Adichie Speaks On How She Is Coping With Her Fears Amidst The Coronavirus Pandemic

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BUSINESS E-Commerce

Logistics in Nigeria: Keeping the soul of e-Commerce operational during COVID-19 pandemic

April 19, 2022

Amidst the evolving strategies and initiatives to halt the spread of coronavirus pandemic around the globe, shifting consumer behaviour to online trade channels and digital platforms can provide the needed incentive to keep people safe and by extension promote the growth of Nigeria’s e-commerce industry. Keeping safe and staying alive is everyone’s most cherished watchword … Continue reading Logistics in Nigeria: Keeping the soul of e-Commerce operational during COVID-19 pandemic

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Politics Society

Controversy Lingers Over Federal Government’s Palliatives Disbursements

April 19, 2022

As Nigerians are beginning to look forward to the much-expected government relief for the Coronavirus pandemic shutdown, the new parameters stipulated by the Federal Government (FG) for palliatives distribution has continued to generate an outcry by the public. Initially, when the Social Investment Programme (SIP) was criticized by the National Assembly last week, the Office … Continue reading Controversy Lingers Over Federal Government’s Palliatives Disbursements

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