The proliferation of illegal lottery houses in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, and environs has become a great concern to the Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS). Adam Bababe, the Executive Secretary of the BOGIS in a statement said there was a noticeable increase in people leasing out their lands in residential and commercial areas for lottery or game houses. He explained that Section 13, sub-section 2 of the Borno State Land Use Regulation 2022, mandates...

International Association of Deposit Insurers, African Regional Committee (IADI-ARC) has appointed the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr. Bello Hassan its Vice Chairperson. The appointment was made at the IADI-ARC Annual General Meeting (AGM) held recently in Dakar, Senegal. In a press statement on Tuesday, Bashir Alhassan Nuhu, Director, Communication and Public Affairs, stated that the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) was formed in May 2002 as the global...

An Information Technology (IT) company, Gomova technologies has introduced a moving and delivery App for truck drivers, bike dispatch riders in Nigeria. Tagged the future of dispatch and moving services, the innovative App is offering massive opportunities to local truck drivers and van drivers, bike dispatch riders and more. A press statement by the company explained that independent drivers such as tow van drivers that have never thought it possible a time would come when...

A group of Nigerians in the United States have launched an App aimed at bringing together online users to a single market place experience. The newly debuted app was launched in Los Angeles, the United States, and the app is expense free, free-to-use e-commerce platform, iChota app, would ensure maximum profitability and cost savings for sellers and buyers. A statement by iChota LLC representative, Brendan Oluoha, said that the platform provides buyers and sellers with...

GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, has made known its plan to cease operations in Nigeria. A statement by GSK Consumer Nigeria Plc, the Nigerian subsidiary of the company, on Thursday, said that the company’s pharmaceutical products will be distributed by third-party agents across the country. “In our published Q2 results we disclosed that the GSK UK Group has informed GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria PLC of its strategic intent to cease commercialization of...