The e-commerce ecosystem can only be successfully built on Trust and Safety; these two components allow for a seamless exchange of goods, services and most importantly payments. Nigeria’s Largest Online Mall – Konga.com – has just announced the successful development of a novel online payment solution called KongaPay, which is set to foster trust and safety for online shoppers in Nigeria. KongaPay is a payment solution that allows users to perform one-click payments on the Konga marketplace. Every time a customer triggers a transaction, the bank sends a secure authorization code to the customer’s registered mobile number. Anyone with a…
Author: Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine is a seasoned freelance journalist and the chief editor of Primetime Reporters.
Anambra State appears set for effective governance in the second year administration of the State government as the Governor, Chief Willie Obiano inaugurated the sixth State House of Assembly with Rita Maduagwuna representing Nnewi South II emerging as the Speaker and Harold Oseke, Awka South II winning the post of the Deputy Speaker. Speaking after inaugurating the State House of Assembly, Governor Obiano described the day as “very important day in Anambra State. In all known democratic history, the inauguration of the Legislative Assembly is a symbolic tradition that reminds us of the significance of representation in purposeful governance. So,…
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero recently undertook his first familiarization tour of the Lagos Ports Complex (LPC), Apapa during which he commended the foresight of successive managements of the authority for embarking on projects that are of tremendous value to the operation of NPA. The Managing Director who was on a guided tour of the port specifically explained that the completion of the 1.6km access road has made accessibility within the Port less stressful and had tremendously made vehicle movement much easier. Alhaji Sanusi Bayero, who was accompanied on the tour by top…
The years of anguish of the people of Nanka in search of portable water may have come to a happy end with the commissioning of the first ever functional borehole project executed by the government of Anambra State in conjunction with the community at Agbiligba Nanka in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Speaking at the event, Governor Obiano expressed happiness that clean portable water was eventually struck at a depth of 2000 feet, and described the borehole as an important project carried out to assuage the thirst for clean portable water in the community after several trials…
Nigeria on Thursday, June 11, 2015, called for one of its commanders to be put in charge of a new regional fighting force until Boko Haram was crushed, as coalition partners met to discuss military strategy. Heads of state and government from Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin jetted in to Abuja, after two days of preparatory talks involving military top brass and defence ministers. But Buhari left no doubt about his desire to control the counter-insurgency, suggesting a six-month rotational command structure between the five nations could harm the fight-back. “Such a process will undermine, even if it is…
There has been some disquiet in many quarters over the non-participation of Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, at different security meetings held by President Muhammadu Buhari since assumption of office. Recall that on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, Buhari met with the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman O. Jibrin; Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Adesola Amosu; Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase. The meeting was held at the Defence House in Abuja. Miffed by the…
The meeting scheduled between the Minister of Transport and the leadership of the five freight forwarding associations operating in the country has ended in Abuja with an appeal to the freight associations to maintain calm. The Minister of Transport who was represented at the meeting by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport, Mohammed Bashar, having listened to the contending parties on the issue in contention, disclosed that the Ministry would review the said Practitioners Operating Fees(POF) with the aim of making the fees more acceptable and friendly. Speaking on the outcome of the meeting, the Public Relations Officer of…
In a bid to ensure that Anambra State achieves sustainable development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and becomes the hub for MSME empowerment in the country, the Governor of the State, Chief Willie Obiano has inaugurated the Anambra State Small Business Agency (ASBA) to serve as the catalyst for growth in the MSME sector in the state. Inaugurating the Agency at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia on Wednesday, Governor Obiano announced that the state had secured the sum of N2 billion for on-lending through ASBA to eligible beneficiaries in partnership with participating financing institutions that met specific selection criteria in the State.…
Evangelist David Chuks Kanikwu is the Secretary, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Tincan Island Ports Chapter, Lagos. In this interview with our correspondent, he bares his mind on the Practitioners’ Operating Fees, the first election into the Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) as well as the crisis rocking the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents amongst other salient issues bothering in the nation’s maritime industry. Excerpts: The Practitioners’ Operating Fees has been an issue that refused to be gotten over with by the freight forwarding association…
The reconstructed 28.2 kilometer Nkpor-Amawbia Road has been set as the minimum standard for all road constructions in Anambra State under the administration of Chief Willie Obiano. The governor made the declaration whilst commissioning the completed road at the Nkpor Round-About end. Also in the same vein, governor Obiano commissioned the 1.2 Kilometer PHCN Road at AWADA Layout, Obosi. The commissioning ceremonies took place in idemmili North Local Government Area. Speaking at the Nkpor Roundabout, Governor Obiano stated that the Nkpor-Amawbia Road was a quality construction work undertaken in line with the best standards in road construction around the world;…