Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s largest retail bank, has urged its customers to be on the lookout for fraudsters who are using new scam methods to rip people off by preying on the distress that comes with the nation-wide lockdown. Access Bank said fraudsters contact their potential victim either via mail, phone call or text to request for their bank details with the promise of crediting their account, after which they proceed to withdraw the money in the victim’s bank account. “They often come under the guise of government officials, social advocates and false NGOs allocated to share the relief fund…
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Airtel TV, Nigeria’s leading Video on Demand and live TV streaming platform has added popular channels, African Movie Channel (AMC Movies), AMC Series and Nolly Africa to its robust catalogue. With this latest development, lovers of Nollywood and other African movies can now enjoy unlimited access to premium content on the platform. Fans looking to consume movie content from both within and outside the Nollywood spectrum on Airtel TV can enjoy AMC Movies, a deluxe African movies channel, offering a wide variety of rich content to viewers, consisting primarily of Nollywood movies, and also movies from other flourishing movie industries…
Findings from a recent HP survey in EMEA found that over 97% of customers see HP’s Customer Delivery Inspections (CDIs) as a valuable service for their business, and 96% feel they protect them from falling victim to fraudsters. Customer Delivery Inspections, which are a free and effective feature of HP’s Anti-Counterfeit and Fraud (ACF) programme, offer customers a reliable way to confirm the authenticity of their stock. They involve on-site checks of suspicious large or mid-sized cartridge deliveries in response to reports initiated by HP customers. “If dubious deliveries are found, the HP ACF team are proactively alerted and can follow up with appropriate…
By Hashim SULEIMAN Let me refer to my September 16, 2019 article tagged ‘Pantami, Kashifu and the beauty of vision,” where I had identified Kashifu Inuwa as an individual who had understood clearly the vision of Dr Isa Ali Pantami and had equally chosen to fly with it to fruition. It is also a practical knowledge that people could actually be good carriers of vision and supportive but may not make good leaders, however, Mr Kashifu has today proven to be good in both fronts having stayed a year in office as the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development…
In what looks like an affirmation of the saying that “a goldfish has no hiding place,” more laurels have continued to come the way of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. The latest came from the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), who Wednesday, August 19, 2020, honoured him with a Distinguished Award. The Award was presented to the EVC in his office in Abuja by ATCON President, Olusola Teniola in the company of the association’s Executive Secretary, Ajibola Olude. Making the presentation, Teniola said the award was in appreciation of…
Zedvance Finance Limited, a leading consumer and SME finance company, has revealed plans to empower small and medium-sized businesses with interest-free credit to catalyze their growth against the backdrop of the global economic downturn occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. A statement by the company said that driven by a need to create a support system for SMEs at this uncertain time, it will be running a 3-week virtual campaign with the theme: “Keeping SMEs Alive”. Acting Chief Executive Officer, Zedvance Finance, Ever Obi said the objective of the initiative is to help SMEs stay afloat at this crucial time and to promote economic enterprise in line…
A former National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) acting Director-General (DG), Mr. Bayo Atoyebi, has declared that the National Broadcasting Code has contained provisions on exclusivity since 2003. Atoyebi, a member of the NBC Board, stated this in Abuja last week while responding to questions at a press conference held by the Board. The press conference was addressed by the Board Chairman, Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, who declared the revision of the code as illegality carried out by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture. While responding to a question on the claim of acting NBC DG, Armstrong Idachaba, that the proposed…
In a bid to give people new ways to express themselves online, Facebook Monday launched Avatars in Africa. Avatars are digital personas that enable people to engage across Facebook and Messenger in a more personal and dynamic way. “You can use your personalised avatar to share a range of emotions and expressions via a digital persona that is unique to you,” Facebook said in a statement. Facebook noted that there are many ways people can use their avatar including in comments, Stories, Messenger and soon, text posts with backgrounds too. “With so many emotions and expressions to choose from, avatars…
The Kaduna Service Centre of MTN Nigeria has been closed temporarily following the confirmation that one of its staff at the Centre tested positive to Coronavirus on August 14, 2020. Following this development, all staff of the Centre has been placed on self-quarantine and the premises disinfected by the Kaduna State COVID-19 response team on August 16, 2020. “As guided by the authorities, we suggest that any customer or guest who used the facility within the last 2 weeks, beginning July 31 2020, should contact the Kaduna State Emergency numbers on 08035871662, 08025088304, 08032401473, 08037808191 OR NCDC on 08097000010 (toll-free)…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has described a report on a passenger’s missing N78m found in an account of a top management staff’s son as the most unfortunate misrepresentation of reality. FAAN said it was considerably irked by the reckless reportage from one news medium (names withheld) willfully providing wrong information and unprofessionally attaching it to comments to further another cause. In a statement by Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, its General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN wondered how the news medium attached a questionnaire directed at FAAN and somehow linked it to a travelling passenger in addition to the said…