The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) is perfecting plans to ensure that identities of owners of Nigeria’s oil, gas and mining assets will be documented and made public under the beneficial ownership policy implementation programme.

Zenith and Access Bank are among the list of financial institutions from Africa and the Middle East to indicate interest in the acquisition of Union Bank and other African assets of Atlas Mara Group, a Pan-African banking group.

Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika says private investors are expected to raise $250 million to begin a new national carrier. 

The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN has extended the deadline for its Naira 4 Dollar Scheme indefinitely.

The financial result of Jaiz Bank Plc for the first quarter ended 31 March 2021 has been released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

The Federal Government is perfecting plans to commence the deployment of 5G technology. 

Facebook Oversight Board has upheld the platform’s decision to ban Donald Trump for posts related to the attack on the US Capitol in January by his supporters.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has urged Nigerians to disregard the publications on social media saying the administration had been printing money since 2015.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has lifted the suspension placed on Azman Air operations over safety issues.

MTN has reduced the cost of data in South Africa as 10 GB (including another 10GB for use at certain times of the night) sells for R149.

The ban on the sale and registration of new Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards has created a huge black market for the sale of pre-registered SIM cards with prices ranging as high as N15,000 for a card, The Nation reports. 

Jaiz Bank Plc, the premier Non-Interest Bank in Nigeria has deployed the newly introduced Quick Response Code (NQR) to leading Abuja hospitality brand, Fraser Suites, as part of the Bank’s efforts to drive contactless payment solutions in the country.