Where France Caved In, U.K. Sticks With The Digital Tax
As the great and the good gathered for the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland there was much interest in a potential clash on the sidelines between the U.S. and France. The French, in July 2019 had outlined a digital services tax on U.S. big technology players, i.e. Alphabet (Google), Apple, […]
NBC Seeks National Assembly’s Support On Funding
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has appealed to the National Assembly to help strengthened the commission’s Act to give it the impetus to achieve results and measure up the digital standard expected of a regulator of broadcasting in the digital era. NBC Board Chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Bilbis, and the Director General, Alhaji Modibbo Kawu, made the […]
Baxi Box Firm To Deepen Financial Inclusion
BaxiBox, one of Nigeria’s agent banking platforms, which is the financial platform arm of Capricorn Digital Limited, is set to further deepen financial inclusion in the country and help attain the country’s set target of hitting the 500,000 agency network by the end of 2020.The company will be doing this through a new campaign that […]
Technology Driving Innovation In Financial Market
The Founder, ReQuid Technologies, Felix Imafidon, in this interview speaks on the impact of technology on the financial market. Ugo Aliogo brings the excerpts: ReQuid Technologies emerged runner up at the Zenith Tech Hackathon event. What does this award mean to your organisation? For us, this is a great validation of our product, and the value that […]
9mobile Launches AI Personal Digital Customer Assistant
9mobile has reaffirmed its commitment to a superior experience for its customers with the launch of ‘Enin’, a personal digital customer assistant on the 9mobile network. ‘Enin’, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbot solution, is the first-of-its-kind by any Nigerian telco which provides virtual assistance to customers and interacts with them as a human would. According […]
Abia State Is My Home, I’m Not Scared Of Returning – Kanu
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has lashed out at those who claim he can’t return home for his parent’s burial in February due to his Government imposed status as a wanted political refugee. Kanu, who was on bail while facing an alleged treasonable offense, disappeared from the country in […]
Amotekun May Bring Another Nigerian Civil War – Junaid
In this interview, Second Republic lawmaker and elder statesman, Junaid Muhammed, said Amotekun is politically motivated and a ploy for secession by the Southwest Recently, governors of Southwest states came together to set up a security outfit called Amotekun to check insecurity in their region. This comes as the national security architecture seems overwhelmed, but the […]
Rape trial Told Weinstein A ‘Seasoned’ Predator
Harvey Weinstein was a “seasoned” sexual predator and rapist who abused his power as a movie-producing titan to prey on vulnerable aspiring actresses, prosecutors said Wednesday as his trial heard from its first witness. Weinstein, wearing a dark suit, shook his head as New York Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast painted a picture of a […]
Harry, Meghan, Their New Neighbors And The Paparazzi
In explaining his decision to give up his work as a senior member of Britain’s royal family, Prince Harry laid part of the blame at the feet of the media, which he called a “powerful force.” Indeed, in a 2017 BBC documentary, Harry decried the paparazzi who hounded his mother Diana as a “pack of […]
For Pennsylvania Workers, A Changing Economy And Politics
White plumes of smoke billow into the frigid air above the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, as scorching ovens bake the coal that rolls in by the trainload along the Monongahela River. Built more than a century ago, Clairton is the largest plant in the United States to manufacture coke, a key component in steel […]
‘Shut up’ – Yastremska Coach Hits Back In Wozniacki Feud
Dayana Yastremska’s coach Sascha Bajin blasted her critics Thursday, saying he wanted to “shut some people up” after former world number one Caroline Wozniacki accused the Ukrainian of faking an injury. The 19-year-old was one game away from defeat against the former world number one at the Australian Open on Wednesday when she called for […]
‘Embarrassing’ Manchester United Suffer Fresh Woe
Manchester United were labelled an “embarrassment” as pressure mounted on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following Burnley’s shock 2-0 victory, while Tottenham boosted their top four prospects with a 2-1 win over Norwich on Wednesday. Solskjaer’s side suffered a third defeat in their last four Premier League games to put the United boss’s job security back under […]