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eNaira Finally Goes Active Today

The central bank digital currency of Nigeria, the eNaira, is set to become active today. While the talks of central bank digital currencies have been on the table for a few years now, few countries actually took the steps to issue one. Nigeria, in turn, following extensive research and development, is finally ready to unveil […]

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Finally Windows 11 runs Android apps, but there are limits

One of the most surprising Windows 11 features is its support for Android. But when you realize that Microsoft makes its own Android phone and that Windows 10 already established a link between the PC and your phone, it all makes sense. Why shouldn’t you be able to run the Android apps you love on Windows 11? The problem […]

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CBN introduces N500m grant for graduates, undergraduates

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it will support youths in tertiary institutions with grants to promote entrepreneurship and reduce unemployment. The apex bank announced this in a report titled ‘Guidelines for the implementation of tertiary institutions entrepreneurship scheme,’ which was released on Wednesday. According to the bank, “Five top Nigerian polytechnics and universities […]

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Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name

Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant […]

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Tensions high in Lagos over first year remembrance of #EndSARS

Expectations are heightened today, October 20, for the memorial of #EndSARS, the one single event that reverberated across the world last year, besides COVID-19 and #BlackLivesMatter in protest of George Floyd’s police killing in the United States. At 11:49 a.m., on this day, the Lagos State government had announced the imposition of a 24-hour curfew in […]

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FG scraps DPR, PPPRA, PEF, sacks CEOs; inaugurates new regulatory agencies

The Federal Government on Monday effectively put an end to the existence of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) with the inauguration of new regulatory bodies for the oil industry. The government, however said that staff of the scrapped agencies are protected […]

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