With 34% Holding, Nigeria's Fintech Sector Dominated In Africa In 2021, More Growth Expected In 2022
As COVID-19 has raged over the last two years, one sector that has seen increased patronage due to the global crisis is fintech (financial technology)...
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With 34% Holding, Nigeria's Fintech Sector Dominated In Africa In 2021, More Growth Expected In 2022
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Expected Impact Of NAFDAC's Ban On Alcohol Registration In Sachet, Other Categories
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In Cross River, Kids Fight Plastic Pollution Using Staplers, Pins To Make Reusable Products
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Bird: The Story Agency Aiming To Correct Harmful Narrative About Africa
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This NGO's Strategy Helps Ex-convicts Avoid Repeating Crime
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How Nigerian Children With Usual Holes In Their Mouths Get Free Surgeries
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Lagos Says Covid-19 4th Wave Over, As WHO Reports Cases Decline In Africa
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has disclosed that the state's 4th wave Omicr...
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He Almost Died From Hypertension; Now He Helps Others Live Free Of The Disease
Benjamin Olorunfemi had strong headaches and felt body weakness amid racing heartbeats. When self-me...
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Slow But Steady Progress: Inside Nigeria’s Effort To End Open Defecation
Obanliku is a local government area (LGA) in Cross River State. In December 2016, representatives fr...
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Relief For Older Citizens In Enugu As Mobile Clinic Delivers Free Healthcare Service
UGWUAJI, ENUGU: On May 16 this year, at the premises of Community Primary School in Ugwuaji communit...
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Sexually Abused Women Are Running To This 'Secret Safe House' For Healing
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U.S., Nigeria Sign Pact To Preserve Cultural Sites, Museum Collections
Concerned by the sponsored looting and illicit trafficking of ancient Nigerian arts, the United Stat...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN Secretary-General Expresses Optimism Over Obasanjo's Led AU Peace Efforts
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed optimism over the peace efforts led by Nig...
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As Human Traffickers Shift Online, NAPTIP Plans New Strategies, Partners NCMEC
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This NGO's Strategy Helps Ex-convicts Avoid Repeating Crime
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Donkey Skin Trade Remains Banned, Nigeria Clarifies As Donkey Sanctuary Praises Effort
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With 34% Holding, Nigeria's Fintech Sector Dominated In Africa In 2021, More Growth Expected In 2022
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NBS' Consumer Index Report Shows Inflation Declined Year-On-Year, But Increased Month-On-Month
In its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for December 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)...
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The Positive GDP Nobody Wants
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Scaling The Entrepreneurial Culture That Sustains Nigeria's Southeast Region (PART II)
This is the last article in a two-part series exploring the Igbo apprenticeship system. Read the Par...
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The Lagos Group Taking Children Off The Slums And Streets Back To Classrooms
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Tales Of Rejection, Love And Hope From Nigeria's Street Kids
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‘Every Child Needs Shelter’: First Lagos-Approved Orphanage Where Abandoned Children Find Hope
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Not The ‘Devil’s Work’: Reversing Club Foot Deformities In Children
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Expected Impact Of NAFDAC's Ban On Alcohol Registration In Sachet, Other Categories
In September 2018, the World Health Organization reported that the harmful use of alcohol kills over...
CBN Says Anchor Borrowers' Programme Paying Off, As President Buhari Unveils Rice Paddy Pyramids
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Medical Research Is Deficient In Nigeria: Here Is What Experts Say Is The Solution
It is common knowledge that pain-staking, effective, and sustained medical research is a must for an...
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For most Nigerians, when they consider what to eat as lunch, their first consideration is either the...
The Feeling Of Freedom After Prolonged "Awaiting Trial" In A Nigerian Prison
IKOYI, LAGOS: The time was 7 am one Wednesday in November 2018. Raphael Jinias received a call from...
Animation Films, Storybooks Spark Anti-corruption Interests Among Nigerian Children
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Cultism In Nigeria: A Theatre Of Blood And The Way Forward
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For This Nonprofit, Ending Female Genital Mutilation Is A Mission
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Bird: The Story Agency Aiming To Correct Harmful Narrative About Africa
One-third of all the news stories used by the media in Africa come from foreign news services, and 6...
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Prime Progress Story Wins Maiden Cleft Awareness Media Award
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Obi Emekekwue, Ex-AfreximBank, United Nations Comms Executive To Deliver Jacksonites Lecture Series
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Nigeria: Understanding The Formula For 4 Gold Olympic Medals
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