Nigerians are about to have a real-time experience with Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO as he prepares for his trip to Nigeria. Jack who announced this on Twitter, one of Nigeria’s favourite social media platform, also stated some countries he would…
IrokoTV CEO Jason Njoku commits N10 million to CCHUB CEO Bosun Tijani’s call to action to end SARS harassment of Nigerian Software Developers
On Saturday, September 28th, 2019, a Software Engineer located in Lagos, Nigeria, narrated on Twitter his encounter with Police while heading home He claimed to have been stopped while using a ride-sharing motorbike on his way home, accused of being…
Efienamokwu emerges CEO, Universal McCann Nigeria
Universal McCann Lagos says it has appointed Austin Efienamokwu as chief executive Officer . The firm noted in a statement that Efienamokwu, formerly Media Director and Business Head at Vizeum Nigeria, a subsidiary arm of Media Fuse Dentsu Aegis Network,…
Xenophobia: Why Air Peace Is Evacuating Nigerians For Free – CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Airline, Mr Allen Onyema, has explained why the company is offering free service in the evacuation of Nigerians in the wake of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Onyema told Channels Television in an interview on…
INVESTIGATION: How Nigerian Breweries protected its Dutch CEO suspected of corruption
Heineken suddenly transferred the Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries, Nico Vervelde, to Singapore shortly after Nigerian police interrogated him for alleged corruption. This case would have been buried if journalists Olivier van Beemen and Femke van Zeijl had not picked it…
In Independence, the year-old Nigerian restaurant My Village Grill is a welcome home away from home
Here’s the thing: I’m not an expert on Nigerian food. This confession shouldn’t come as a surprise. I grew up in rural Iowa and have the skin tone of someone who spent the last 30 years locked in a windowless…
FirstBank’s Adesola Adeduntan Bags ‘Best Chief Executive Officer’ Award
The Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank), Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has been adjudged the ‘Best Chief Executive Officer’ of the year at the Digital Innovation and Excellence awards, held recently in Accra, Ghana. The awards,…
Fraudsters deepfake CEO’s voice to trick manager into transferring $243,000
It’s already getting tough to discern real text from fake, genuine video from deepfake. Now, it appears that use of fake voice tech is on the rise too. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported a voice-fraud crime that cost a company…
Nigerian CEOs are optimistic about the growth of businesses and the economy – but cybercrime remains No.1 threat
Majority of Nigerian CEOs are confident about the growth prospects of the economy over the next three years. Cybersecurity risk is now the number one threat to growth identified by CEOs. KPMG Nigeria says CEOs need to join the era…
Gokada temporarily shuts down after CEO booked a ride and noticed operational issues
Gokada partially shuts down operations to restrategize on App navigation Gokada CEO and Co-founder, Fahim Saleh, mentioned this in a medium post. It was confirmed the app is undergoing maintenance work. Gokada, a motorbike hailing service, has partially shut down operations…