Interswitch Limited and Visa Inc. on Friday announced a strategic partnership that will further advance the digital payments ecosystem across Africa.As part of the agreement, Visa will acquire a significant minority equity stake in Interswitch. The investment makes Interswitch one of the most valuable African FinTech businesses with a valuation of US$1 billion.Visa will
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaThe West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Friday, released results for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Nigeria.The Examination body withheld the results of 9,457 candidates.WAEC’s Head of National Office in Nigeria, Olu Adenipekun, announced the release of the results on Friday at a media conference
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaSenator Mao Ohuabunwa of Abia North said he had handed over the court of appeal Judgment to God whois the final and only righteous judge.Ohuabunwa who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the February 23rd senatorial election made the assertion in
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RENOWNED writer Ngozi Chimamanda Adichie is to be honoured with the United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Award on November 20 in New York.A statement by the UN Foundation said she is being honoured for “her work using literature and storytelling to connect with people across generations and cultures.”The award will be presented at the
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THE United Nations Children’s Fund has said Nigeria has the second-largest number of child brides in the world, with 23 million girls and women married out as children in the country, thereby ending their educational strive.Mr Bhanu Pathak, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, stated this in Bauchi State on Saturday
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Vice President Yemi Osibanjo hinted yesterday that the newly inaugurated Railway Wagon assembly plant in Kajola, Ogun State, will create 5000 direct and indirect jobs.He said the plant which is a private investment to be undertaken by Messers CCECC is central in the production of rolling stock needed for the railway modernization programme being
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has departed the country for the Niger Republic.He will be attending an Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States to discuss the political crisis in Guinea Bissau.Osinbajo is to represent President Muhammadu Buhari, who is away in the UK on a private visit, at the Summit.By implication,
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Saudi Arabian authorities allegedly paid at least two insiders at Twitter to access crucial personal data of the country's dissident users, according to a federal complaint filed by the United States.The alleged spying had been going on since 2015 and some of those targeted, including media personalities, were informed at the time, but
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Cooperative societies across the country will now be able to access housing loans from the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.This is major fallout of the 8th National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban development.It is to enable workers own houses and live above the poverty line.Researchers identify shelter as next only
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The Federal Government has declared Monday as Public Holiday to mark the 2019 Eid-ul-Mawlud in commemoration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Interior, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.He said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, congratulated
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