Metro-Digital Limited To Acquire Some Multichoice Channels

BusinessFilm & TVNewsMetro-Digital Limited To Acquire Some Multichoice Channels

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 10, 2022

An end to years of monopoly in the digital broadcasting industry, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed Multichoice to sublicense some of its channels to an indigenous digital broadcasting firm, Metro-Digital Limited. In a letter dated October 25, 2022, signed by the Commission’s Head of Legal, George Obi on behalf of the NBC Director-General said the directive was based on the provisions of the NBC Code as amended. The NBC letter, addressed to the...

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Real Reason Soludo Moved Trade Component, from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

BusinessEconomySpecial ReportReal Reason Soludo Moved Trade Component, from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 10, 2022

More facts have emerged as to why the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has moved a segment of what was before now known as the Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry, to his office. The Ministry which was renamed on Monday during the State Executive meeting at the Exco Chambers in Anambra State Government House, transformed into the Ministry of Industry. Although it retained the commerce component, the trade component was moved to...

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Verified Twitter Users Express Willingness to Lose ‘Blue Tick’ as Elon Musk Announces $8 Monthly Charge for Verified Accounts

BusinessNewsVerified Twitter Users Express Willingness to Lose ‘Blue Tick’ as Elon Musk Announces $8 Monthly Charge for Verified Accounts

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 2, 2022

Multiple Twitter users with verified accounts have said they would be happy to lose their ‘blue ticks’ after Twitter’s new boss, Elon Musk, announced an $8 monthly charge for verified accounts. This is coming days after Musk’s plans to charge for Twitter verification had leaked, with Daily Mail reporting that it would cost $20 per month. “Twitter’s current lords and peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue...

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Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), A Subsidiary of Amazon, Has Opened its First Office in Nigeria

BusinessInvestingAmazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), A Subsidiary of Amazon, Has Opened its First Office in Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 1, 2022

According to the firm’s regional manager of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ms. Amrote Abdella, who spoke on Tuesday, the new office was launched in Lagos State. Abdella said the company chose Lagos because it “offers a highly skilled and creative talent pool, and the area is home to many fast-growing startups and notable Nigerian enterprises leading the way in digital innovation.” She said the move was part of AWS’s support for the growing number of customers and...

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Twitter to Charge $20 Per Month for Verified Accounts

BusinessNewsTwitter to Charge $20 Per Month for Verified Accounts

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 31, 2022

Twitter has announced plans to charge $240 (N192,000) yearly for verification (blue tick). This is coming a few days after Elon Musk sealed the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal and took over the ownership of the company. According to Daily Mail, Musk wants to launch a pay-for-play verification system in which verified users are charged $20 per month. It was gathered that Musk had communicated the project to employees of the micro-blogging platform on 30 October....

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Elon Musk Fires Twitter CEO, CFO As He Takes Over Company

BusinessWorld NewsElon Musk Fires Twitter CEO, CFO As He Takes Over Company

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 28, 2022

Elon Musk has closed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter and fired four top executives, including the chief executive and chief financial officer. The acquisition deal between the management of the micro-blogging platform and the billionaire was first announced in late April. But the following months witnessed disagreements that threatened the deal. Musk announced his intention to halt the acquisition and the management of Twitter filed a lawsuit to compel the Tesla CEO to follow through with the acquisition agreement. Musk eventually completed...

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Ayade Introduces Made-in-Calabar Noodles

BusinessFoodNewsAyade Introduces Made-in-Calabar Noodles

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 21, 20221

The production of made-in-Calabar noodles, Kisimie noodles, has commenced. This was made known by the governor of Cross River State, Professor Benedict Ayade, via a Facebook post on Thursday. The governor shared a video of his visit to the noodles factory to witness the pre-production works of the concessionaire. Speaking on the product, he said it “is not the type of noodles that you find in the Nigerian market”. He said it is “noodles of...

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You Must Pay 100,000 To Paste Burial Posters Soludo Tells Bereaved Families

BusinessNewsYou Must Pay 100,000 To Paste Burial Posters Soludo Tells Bereaved Families

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   AWKA — Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has announced payments by families burying their loved ones before they can paste posters of the deceased. A letter by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, Mr. Tony Odili Ujubuon͂u, communicating this to community leaders. The letter stated a tax of N100,000 for the display of burial banners across the state, and varying amounts...

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Glo Unveils Tobi Amusan As Brand Ambassador

BusinessTelecommunicationGlo Unveils Tobi Amusan As Brand Ambassador

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 30, 2022

LAGOS — Nigerian multinational telecommunications company, Globacom Limited, has unveiled Tobi Amusan as its newest brand ambassador. The event took place at the Mike Adenuga Towers on Thursday in Lagos. Amusan is the current world, commonwealth, and African champion in the 100m hurdles. Speaking at the unveiling, Amusan expressed delight at joining the likes of Anthony Joshua and Mikel Obi, among others as a global ambassador of the telecommunications giant, promising to be a worthy...

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Soludo Suspends Tricycle Union In Anambra, Orders Operators To Pay Taxes

BusinessNewsTaxationSoludo Suspends Tricycle Union In Anambra, Orders Operators To Pay Taxes

PilotnewsSeptember 30, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   AWKA — The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo has suspended tricycle and shuttle bus union operators in the state for six months. In a statement by the Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Paul Nwosu, operators of the tricycle and shuttle bus unions are responsible for the breakdown of law and order in the state. He said, there are conflicts arising from various persons and entities claiming to...

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