By Chinyere Joel- Nwokeoma For many years, until the early 1980s, the Nigerian textile industry was the highest employer of labour, after the public
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Global transactions get easier with FirstBank’s card offerings
By EHIME ALEX As in many developing countries, cash has been the most prevalent mode of payment in Nigeria until 2012 when the Central
MTN board appointments: Time to stop these shenanigans
By Olubayo Abiodun Even in the palpable season of glum and gloom of Nigeria’s economic dire strait, a whiff of good news should provide
BVN linked with banks now 38m as CBN targets 100m in 5 years
About 38 million accounts are now linked with the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) even as the
FirstBank demystifying financial inclusion with XploreFirst
Worried by the increasing rate of the unbanked population, the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), kicked off a campaign in
FirstBank hits N1 trillion transactions with Firstmonie
Nigeria’s premier financial services provider and bank of first choice, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its Firstmonie network has processed a
Nigerians worry over slow progress in implementing data harmonisation
Nigerians have expressed worries over slow progress made in implementing the data harmonisation policy by government; and they want government to accelerate the data
Mobile money on the rise in Nigeria as users exceed 8.5m
Mobile money customers are on the rise in the country as a new finding by New Telegraph newspapers shows that population of users have
Can Nigeria truly be cashless economy?
It is over a decade since Nigeria opted to go cashless but the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has not
Tax dispute: MTN pays $53m for out of court settlement in Nigeria
Nigerian authorities have revealed that telecom giant MTN Nigeria Communications Limited (MTN Nigeria) has paid $53 million for an out of court settlement over