Category Archives: News

150, 000 Nigerians to Benefit from Interswitch Empowerment Initiative

The economic and social development of a country is largely dependent on the productive employment of its working age population. Empowering our working age population will improve their lives as well as allow them to contribute meaningfully to Nigeria’s national development,” The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its latest report, stated that Nigeria’s employment […]

Why I won’t be leaving Snapchat for Instagram Stories. Or will I?

I am a Facebook fan. I love the platform and the thinking behind their business model. I understand the vision of the founders and believe companies like Facebook are a very important part of today’s and tomorrow’s world – in whatever way you look at it. The world will continue to get interconnected, as we all work […]

Interswitch Extols Firstbank For Sustaining 100 Million Monthly Transactions Milestone

…  FBN becomes first financial institution in Nigeria to achieve and sustain this feat Lagos, Nigeria, August 04 2016: Interswitch Group, Africa’s leading digital payments and commerce company today, formally recognized First Bank Nigeria Ltd. as the first financial institution in the country to achieve sustained transaction volumes of 100 million transactions, first in December 2015 and again in May […]

Beat FM, Classic FM And Naija FM Join Apple Music As A Featured Curator

Nigeria’s foremost radio broadcast platform, Megalectrics Ltd. (Owners of Beat FM, Classic FM & Naija FM), today, announced its joining Apple Music as a featured curator, embedding the strongest and best of African music culture uniformly on Apple Radio. Megalectrics will introduce, a curated collection of Nigerian and African music to Apple Music, designed to help […]

Interswitch Launches Empowerment Initiative

…Rolls-out Quickteller Paypoint to promote financial inclusion LAGOS | NIGERIA, July 29th 2016. Interswitch, Africa’s leading Digital Payments and Commerce Company has formally announced the rollout of its Agent Network Business ‘Quickteller Paypoint’. Interswitch Financial Inclusion Services (IFIS), trading as Quickteller Paypoint, has a mandate to build an extensive network of agents across Nigeria. The objective […]

Auditions For MTV Base VJ Search Opens In Abuja, Enugu & Lagos

MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) is going back on the road in Nigeria this August to audition thousands of potential new VJs to represent the youth and music channel.  The channel is on the hunt for a smooth-talking, quick-thinking, music-loving newcomer with swag and a big personality to become the stand-out new Nigerian VJ (TV […]

Ycee Joins Basketmouth On Debut Episode Of Ridiculousness Africa

MTV Base (DStv channel 322) will be heating up your screens this July with Ridiculousness Africa – a brand new video clip showing featuring bizarre video clips of crazy antics, shocking stunts and eccentric exploits from some of the internet’s craziest clowns. Embrace your own inner Ridiculousness as Nigerian comedian Basketmouth, is joined by South […]

Breaking: Controversial Episodes Of Nickelodeon’s Loud House Will Not Air In Africa.

Kiddies channel, Nickelodeon has confirmed that the episodes of Loud House featuringa same sex couple will not air on its channels in sub-Saharan Africa. As a global brand entertaining audiences around the world, Nickelodeon strives to ensure that content respects the varying traditions and the cultural sensitivity in each market. The Loud House is an animated series […]

Red Mist Nigeria Presents Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Others In New Movie, “The Duel”.

Red Mist Films, is set out to release into Nigerian cinemas another internationally acclaimed movie “The Duel” starring popular Hollywood actors Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Alice Braga, Emory, amongst others. THE DUEL features Liam Hemsworth as a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher played […]