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...

LAGOS — SmartCash Payment Service Bank Ltd., (SmartCash PSB) will revolutionise the financial services landscape as it becomes operational in the country, says Airtel Africa. Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa made this known in a statement made available to Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) on Thursday in Lagos. Ogunsanya said that the services would initially be available at selected retail touch-points, while the operations would be expanded gradually across the country...

ABUJA — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved 1,843 phone brands for the Nigerian market. The new approvals represent a total increase of 351, from the 1,492 phones approved in 2020 by the regulator. The telecommunications regulator disclosed this in its ‘Type Approval’ regulation published on Tuesday. “The mobile handsets approved have been tested and found to meet the applicable Type Approval standards required to allow them to be sold to consumers and operated...