First Bank, JAN Partner to Cultivate Junior Entrepreneurs in Nigeria

 The 2021 edition of the National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition held today, Saturday, via Zoom meetings. The event brought together outstanding ‘student business teams’ across Nigeria to compete for prizes and an opportunity to represent the country at the African Company of the Year Competition (ACOY). For 11 years, Nigeria’s premier and leading…

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NCC Identifies SIM Swaps, USSD e-Payment As Biggest Cyber Fraud Threats

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has listed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) swaps and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) e-payment frauds as some of the biggest cyber threats confronting the telecom industry. According to the Commission, attackers target telecom networks with the intent of getting access to consumers’ information in the databank of service providers. Director, Consumer…

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Nigeria, Senegal, Pakistan Sign Pharmaceutical Trade Agreements

Nigeria and Pakistan on Thursday signed trade agreements on affordable cardiovascular pharmaceuticals and other antibiotics at the ongoing trade exhibition by Pakistani companies in Lagos.  The agreements were signed on the last day of the 2nd Pakistan-Africa Trade Development Conference and Single Country Exhibition.  The Deputy Managing Director, Assene Laborex Eurapharma, Mr Renaud Beauchamp, after…

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