Ripple is now worth $10 billion, making it the fourth-largest financial technology (FinTech) firm in the world. Out of the 66 FinTech firms that were assessed, the San Francisco-based Ripple was among the top five, coming behind Stripe, Shanghai-based Lufax, and India-based Paytm One97. In the rating, Stripe is valued at $36 billion, Lufax is worth $39.4 … Read more
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen to $35.63 billion, should investors be worried? The latest from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown Nigeria’s FX has declined, indicating the lowest level since August 2020. Nigeria’s reserves have not been impressive since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. In October 28, it declined to $35.69bn from $35.74bn … Read more
PayPal announcement today that its U.S residents can buy cryptocurrencies directly within the payment platform sends a big signal to the crypto world about the acceleration of adoption of the digital coin. The latest announcement gives PayPal customers who are US-based to buy, hold and sell only four cryptocurrencies at the moment, the firm says … Read more
WhatsApp payment is finally here, making it possible to send and receive money on the messaging app with ease. This is going to be a huge win for online business owners. Some time ago, Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to incorporate Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on WhatsApp in order to facilitate money transfer. You can … Read more
On November 10, 2020, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced his intention to abolish the payment of jumbo pensions to former governors and deputies of the state. Bola Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola, Akinwumi Ambode, and the incumbent Sanwo-Olu would be affected by the plan if the Payment of Pension Law 2007 in Lagos is … Read more
Six Nigerians have been sentenced by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for funding Boko Haram in Nigeria They were found guilty of funding an Islamic terror group, whose activities have killed thousands of Nigerians and displaced millions of others in the North-Eastern states. In another revelation, UAE cabinet in … Read more
Whenever the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) releases the results of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the most important figure that gets students worried is withheld results. Background The examination body released the results of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination on August 9, 2022, saying that 365,564 results of candidates … Read more
For me, staying without data in an hour is like being lifeless. And that’s applicable to millions of Nigerians whose source of livelihood depends largely on surfing online. In this post, I’ll share with you how much some users spend surfing the net, we’ll also share with how to manage your data subscription by limiting … Read more
The 2023/2024 academic session of Lagos State University LASU begins on Monday, January 15, 2024, while the session will come to close on Monday, September 30, 2024, according to the institution’s Senate at its 305th Statutory Meeting. After deliberating on the proposal of the Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors (COPDD), it stated that the first … Read more
If you are a drug trafficker, your application may be rejected. Even in a situation whereby you found your way out of Nigeria
In Nigeria where religious and ethnic bigotry prevails over any other things, you would hardly believe that a core Hausa-Muslim woman could leave in another core Igbo land for more than two decades and speak their language fluently. Igbo language is the dominant language of the South-East States of Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, and Abia. … Read more
Did you write the just concluded Senior School Certificate Examination? This guide will show you how to easily check West African Examination Council (WAEC) results right on your phone in the comfort of your home. Two means of checking your SSCE result: Remember, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has made checking of results handy … Read more
Did you know that with the new digital certificate platform by the West African Examination Council, you can retrieve your damaged or lost WAEC certificate? The platform allows you to recover your candidate number and share your certificate with a third party like an institution. “@waecnigeria I wrote my waec 2005 and now the certificate is lost … Read more
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, said Nigeria’s political atmosphere favours criminality. He bemoaned a situation whereby the system rejects certain persons and likened it to “cashing a dud cheque.” Kukah said Nigeria will continue to experience bad governance if the status quo remains the same, “Our atmosphere favours criminality and … Read more
A 32-year-old Florida-based Nursing mother Julie Dennis reportedly made close to $20,000 from selling her breast milk online to strangers. She made more than seven million in Nigerian Naira from selling breast milk, As bizarre as it sounds, it is real, reported dailymail.co.uk. She was quoted as saying, “I spend hours a day hooked up … Read more