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Jumia Travel has again cemented its position as the leading hotel booking portal in Nigeria after winning the Hotel Booking Portal of the Year Award at the Nigeria Technology Awards held last weekend at the City Mall, Onikan Lagos. Other nominees for the category included Hotels.ng and Hotel NowNow. The...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Tuesday said it’s set to begin exportation of rice by 2017, based on its Anchor Borrowers Programme for the promotion of Agriculture According to CBN, the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the CBN and the Presidential Committee on Rice Production, launched in July...

By ABDUL OLALEKAN Insurance agents are calling on the insurance operators and stakeholders to include them in the proposed insurance rebranding project, expected to commence next year. The rebranding project has been estimated to be a multi-million Naira project, expected to increase insurance sensitisation and education, in a bid to...

As the Federal Government strengthens its revenue generation in non oil & Gas sector, investigation by Busness247 News Online has revealed that 11 banks have paid N99.27 billion in tax at the end f third quarter of 2016. The considered banks had paid N90.16 billion in prior nine months of...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, has supported Ebonyi State Government over the ban on the sale of foreign rice. Adamu disclosed this during the Nigeria’s Zero Hunger Initiative meeting in Abuja on Monday. The chairman was reacting to the ban by Governor David Umahi of the...

South Africa's telecom group MTN has met with Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss a possible Initial Public Offering (IPO) and how it wanted to structure the share sale; the head of Nigeria's SEC told Reuters. According to Reuters’ report monitored by Business247 News Online, SEC Director General,...

By Nkem Ndem Gone are the days when most Nigerians relied on cables for internet access. With the introduction of Wi-Fi, internet access is seemingly easier, faster and much more convenient. Although the almighty Wi-Fi is one of the most useful and important aspects of using a computer, it can...

Niyi Jacobs Traders in Lagos have been lamenting over the drastic low patronage of items and products at their stores even as Christmas season is fast approaching. Investigation by Business247 News Online shows that there has been a sharp decline in trading activities in Lagos Island,  Ikeja and Iyana Ipaja...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday disclosed that 224 companies have submitted bids to be contracted for the lifting and sale of the corporation’s crude oil for the next one year. According to the corporation, the list dropped from 278 that applied for the job in 2015, saying...

By Olukayode Kolawole Thinking of your next holiday destination this year? Here are four reasons Calabar International Carnival should be on your priority list. Come December 2016, Calabar will bubble once again, as it does every last quarter of the year, with its signature event, “The Calabar International Street Carnival.”...