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Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja Political parties in the country on Tuesday accepted the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission on March 9, 2017, which fixed the next Presidential election  for February 16, 2019. The decision was taken during the quarterly meeting between INEC and the political parties which dwelt on “internal party democracy, mitigation of violence in elections, party finance, court judgments, the outstanding Anambra Senatorial election, continuous voters registration’ among others. It was stated in a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting which was signed by Deputy Chairman of the Inter Party Consultative Assembly, Dr. Breakforth…

{$inline_image} After having a successful first season, Gimlet Creative and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) have returned with season two of Open for Business — a show about building your business from the ground up.  The first season ranked number one among business podcasts on iTunes last June. Business owners can now expect another season full of business and entrepreneurship lessons, real-life stories and advice. You can also expect to explore essential topics from how to pivot when things don’t go as planned to financing to how to “kill it” at customer service. Open for Business Podcast Season Two Details In an official…

Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS Nigerian PC market will experience slow growth linked to oil prices as Africa’s PC market experienced a mild decline in Q4 2016 to total 3.2 million units, global tech research and consultancy, International Data Corporation (IDC), says. “With crude oil prices not showing any signs of strong growth in the near future, PC demand in […] The post Nigeria PC market to face ‘slow growth’, IDC says appeared first on Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS. Source: Technology

Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS The Nigerian Technology Impact Group (NITIG) has asked government to immortalise Engineer (Mrs) Florence Omatule Seriki, the departed Founder of Omatek Computers, for her “ground-breaking” contributions to the Nigerian technology industry. NITIG says it received with a rude shock the death of Engineer (Mrs) Seriki, who until her death was the CEO of Omatek Venture Plc, […] The post Florence Seriki | Group wants government to immortalise Omatek Founder appeared first on Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS. Source:…

Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS MasterCard is partnering with Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), a non-governmental organisation in Nigeria, to empower women in the country on financial literacy. MasterCard used the celebration of the International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of women’s contribution to the world’s social, economic, cultural and political progress to disclose the partnership which is aimed at supporting […] The post Financial Literacy | MasterCard, YTF to empower Nigerian women entrepreneurs appeared first on Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS. Source:…

Young men, ageing widows and local chiefs — even civil servants — have taken to the fields to work in rice paddies that stretch for miles around Tarasa, a village in Kebbi State. Two years ago, the land in one of the West African nation’s poorest and least developed regions lay fallow. But rice farming […] Rice Farmers Enjoy Growth amid Economic Downturn Source: Business

The steady rise of Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings and build-up of external reserves, which started about five months ago, is already under threat from exogenous shock arising from the recent fall in oil prices. Nigeria depends on oil sales for 90 per cent of its foreign exchange earnings and 70 per cent of total revenue. […] Falling oil prices threaten Nigeria’s earnings, reserves accretion Source: Business

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said the bank cannot allow  faceless and criminally minded people to destroy the currency under the guise of a free float as is being canvassed by some so-called experts. Emefiele made the remark shortly after Winning the Vanguard Newspaper man of the year award in […] We can’t allow naira to float freely – Emefiele Source: Business

Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) has  threatened to publish the names of customers involved in energy theft also publish their names in the national dailies  as part of the measures to stem the tide of the practice in the company. Besides,the power company offered to reward  anyone who reports cases of  energy theft by […] Eko Disco threatens to publish names of energy thieves Source: Business

                                An innovative new way for audiences to interact with BBC News is available to try with the African-designed pilot: “BBC Newschatta“. BBC Newschatta is a chatbot developed by Nigerian technology company Codulab. This chatbot is a service for mobile phones which generates news stories based on the users’ input, using keywords and topics to send relevant news stories to them via the WeChat Messenger app.   This pilot was developed following an open submission process by BBC Connected Studio and the BBC World Service at an event in Lagos in February 2016.  Similar events have previously taken place in…