Nigeria news today headlines update Thursday 23rd May 2019
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target=_blank>Indonesia Curbs Social Media, Blaming Hoaxes For Inflaming Unrest
Indonesia has introduced curbs on social media in a bid to prevent the spread of hoaxes, some calling for violent post-election attacks, and quell two days of protests in the capital. Fact-checkers say hoaxes and calls for violence on social media networks have spiked since Tuesday when an official election count confirmed President Joko Widodo
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target=_blank>Duterte Tightens Grip On Power In Philippine Polls
Allies of President Rodrigo Duterte stormed to a landslide victory in midterm polls, final results showed Wednesday, dissolving a last check on his controversial rule. Loyalists won both houses of the legislature, shutting out all opposition candidates in the Senate, which had served as a buffer against Duterte’s most contentious plans. The results open a
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target=_blank>China’s Big Three Airlines Seek 737 MAX Payouts From Boeing: Reports
China’s three biggest airlines have filed claims seeking compensation from Boeing over the grounding and delayed delivery of 737 MAX 8 aircraft following two deadly crashes, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. The reports in various state-run media that China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and Air China would seek payouts from the American aerospace
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target=_blank>FG To Drive Innovation With Fintech-Enabled Policies
As technology is driving pivotal roles in economic diversification and growth, social inclusion, job creation, with resultant efficiency and transparency of process across sectors, the Federal Government has said it will create an enable environment and policies to drive innovation and dynamism in the financial technology space in Nigeria. Representative of the Federal Government at
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target=_blank>Smile Telecoms Appoints New Group Chief Executive Officer
Smile Telecoms, a Pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has announced the appointments of Mr. Ahmad Farroukh as Group Chief Executive Officer and Ms. Irene Charnley as Deputy Chairman, respectively, effective June 1, 2019. Ahmad Farroukh, who currently serves as Smile’s Group Executive Director Operations,
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target=_blank>Gambia Applauds SystemSpecs On TSA
A key member of the Gambian delegation and Accountant General of the country, Momodou Lamin Bah has applauded the successful deployment of payment gateway technology, Treasury Single Account (TSA) in Nigeria. Lamin Bah stated this recently during a session with key players in Nigeria’s FinTech sector at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office in Lagos.
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target=_blank>ALTON, SystemSpecs, IXPN Back 2019 DigitalSENSE Forum
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the leading financial technology solutions provider, SystemSpecs have thrown their weight behind the 2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, slated for Thursday, June 20, at the Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos. This is
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target=_blank>Only Disruptive Entrepreneurs Can Save Nigerian Economy – Ekeh
The serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has declared that the only way the Nigerian economy can realise the desired impetus to survive is for the Federal and State Governments to support disruptive entrepreneurs who are now the corporate miracles of every progressive economy. He cited America as an example which
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target=_blank>Millions Of Instagram Influencers’ Private Contact Data Exposed
A massive database containing contact information of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been found online. The database, hosted by Amazon Web Services, was left exposed and without a password allowing anyone to look inside. At the time of writing, the database had over 49 million records — but was growing by
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Stakeholders Push For Technology- Driven Agency Banking Approach
Stakeholders in the Information and Communications Technology sector stakeholders have urged central bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make technology the centre piece of agency banking in its financial inclusion programme in order to achieve its mandate. The call was made recently at the second quarter of POS Innovation Summit, organised by Global Accelerex in Lagos. […]
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