On Tuesday, African payments technology powerhouse Flutterwave revealed that online merchants in Nigeria can now receive payments from American Express. Consumers, businesses, and American Express corporate cardholders can pay e-commerce businesses in Nigeria directly. This feature will also extend to Flutterwave merchants in nearby countries such as Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Uganda soon. Merchants using Flutterwave

Senegal has successfully launched its first satellite into orbit, a milestone hailed by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye as a significant step towards the country’s “technological sovereignty”. The GAINDESAT-1A satellite was launched at 18:56 GMT on Friday from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to a post from President Faye on X (formerly Twitter). “The result

Share Senegal Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko announced that the government has established a team of specialists to “rebalance” oil and gas contracts, in line with a promise made during the election campaign to renegotiate hydrocarbon agreements. The West African nation recently became an oil producer in June and is scheduled to commence natural gas production by the

Given the delay in enacting the new minimum wage, Organised Labour has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with their federal and state governments. This occurred concurrently with the Federal Government being cleared of any misconduct by the workers’ union, which stated that it would be unjust to infer that a purposeful effort was made to

The PFA Premier League Team of the Year honours the finest of the best from the 2023–24 Premier League season, which featured a wide range of exceptional talent. The starting lineup for this season combines attacking ability, creative midfield play, and strong defence. This was revealed on Tuesday on the Professional Footballers Association X account,

The Federal Government’s committee which was set up to ensure the implementation of crude oil sales to local refineries in naira has reached an agreement with the Dangote Petroleum Refinery for the rollout of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in September this year. The Federal Government also disclosed that the sale of crude oil

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has granted permits to Golden Penny Power Limited, MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Havenhill Synergy, and others to generate mini-grid electricity. In the first quarter of 2024, the NERC issued nine new off-grid generation licences with a gross capacity of 109.69 megawatts, as well as three new trade licences. According to

The Kwara State Police Command announced on Friday that it has rescued 20 victims who had been kidnapped on the Osi/Obbo-Aiyegunle route in the state’s Ekiti Local Government Area. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, the rescue operation was carried out in coordination with local

Mojisola Awesu, a 21-year-old female student at Kwara State College of Health Technology, was found dead at a refuse dump in the Aleniboro area of Ilorin, Kwara State’s capital, after being contracted by a friend to act as a girlfriend for another private varsity student at a party for N15,000. DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, the Kwara