‘Marketplace: FinTechNGR targets accelerated startup growth - ITREALMS

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The FinTech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR) has launched the 'Start-Up Marketplace' reports ITREALMS.

The start-up market place, ITREALMS gathered is an innovative platform designed to provide start-ups playing in the fintech ecosystem with access to free and heavily discounted services in funding, legal, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data privacy, business development, and a variety of other areas, to accelerate their growth.

Money rituals: FG to launch campaign against growing scourge - ITREALMS

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The Federal Government will soon launch a national sensitization campaign against the growing scourge of money rituals, which has already claimed many lives, especially of women and girls, in the country.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this in Abuja on Monday when he paid a working visit to the corporate headquarters of the Media Trust Limited, owners of Daily Trust group of newspapers and Trust Television.

Government can make difference in SME industry says 'Magic Finger' - ITREALMS

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Abubakar Nurudeen is a multi-talented Artist, Visual storyteller, Cake decorator and sculptor with a distinct touch is also known as 'Magic Finger.' He shared with ITREALMS' GBEMI OMOTOSO the difference between Nigeria and UAE in cake industry.

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Magic Finger cake artist, Abubakar

How did you come about the name "Magic Finger"?

Waoh! I got the unique name when I was still working with "Cake by Tosan" as an artist and sculptor.

There was a lady that came to learn then, anytime I work, she will call me Magic Finger, that's how I got my name (smiles).

Embracing embedded financing by Nigerian telecom consumers – ITREALMS

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Having lost his two phones and a HP laptop to ‘break and enter’ thieves recently, Femi, a resident of Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, headed to the Computer Village, Ikeja. REMMY NWEKE writes on Femi’s encounter and embrace of the embedded financing package to replace his lost devices with ease.

Devastated penultimate morning, Femi walked into one of the mobile phone shops, SLOT, at the Ikeja Computer Village, Lagos, to replace his stolen mobile phones and HP laptop, upon realizing they got missing from his window at his residence in Ipaja, a suburb of the commercial city.

*Some embedded finance service providers

Considering Femi just finished paying the school fees of his two children in a nearby private school and now faced with replacement of his work tool mobile devices as a content creator in upcoming firm, he was at first confused when approached by a sales girl, Nkiru, with an offer that he can actually pick a mobile phone or two and pay later.

Official: MTN, Mafab paid for full licences - ITREALMS

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Duo of the provisional winners of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence, the MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), reports ITREALMS.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has officially confirmed the payment status, Thursday, February 24, 2022, just as the deadline set for the two winners of the spectrum auction elapsed.

Writing Challenge: OnePipe dangles N3m for top 3 - ITREALMS

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Foremost fintech Application Programming Interface (API) company, the OnePipe, has launched a press writing challenge to recognize finance-focused journalism and reward press reportage, ITREALMS reports.

 The prized challenge, ITREALMS gathered, is part of the company’s efforts to promote and inspire more educational reporting and writing with particular emphasis on enhancing the awareness and understanding of embedded finance.

PMB swears-in 6 national commissioners - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian President, General Mohammadu Buhari has sworn-in some seven national commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), reports ITREALMS.

Prof. Yakubu, INEC chairman

Disclosing this on Wednesday, INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said at the event held in the Commission’s Conference Room, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, that President had sworn-in six National Commissioners, even as a new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has also been sworn-in.

Pantami to startups: Take ownership of policies for ecosystem consolidation - ITR

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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy (MoCDE), Dr. Isa Pantami,  has urged innovative startups in the Nigeria ecosystem to take ownership of existing policies to further consolidate and enhance the success of the ecosystem, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking at a meeting with indigenous innovators in Lagos, Pantami charged them to explore avenues of developing the ecosystem to further drive the digital economy agenda.

Police after MTN executive over attempted murder - ITREALMS

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The Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has commenced hunt for a top executive of MTN Nigeria in fulfillment of a court order, arising from a failed marriage suit, reports ITREALMS.

Lynda Amobi 

The telecom chieftain and former Lynda Saint-Nwafor (Ms Lynda Amobi) is a board member and Chief Enterprise Business Officer,
 MTN Nigeria Plc.

Troop recovers 'hidden' armoured vehicle, bombs in North east - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian troops have recorded another success against Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists operating in the North-east, reports ITREALMS.

The latest against the terrorists was the recovery of an armoured fighting vehicles suspected to have been hidden under trees.