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Alhaji Kabiru Rabiu, the Executive Director, Bua Group, business conglomerate, has urged Nigerians to embrace technology to ease monetary transaction and increase financial inclusion for individuals and businesses in the country. Rabiu made the call at the launch of `Hollaport’, a payment and messaging mobile application on Monday in Lagos. He said that financial inclusion was a major issue in the country, with half of the adult population being “unbanked” and only a fraction of the “banked” using technology in their processes. According to a 2018 survey by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA), about 40.1 million or 41.6 per cent of Nigerian adults are financially excluded, and 48.6 per cent are financially included. The survey also said that 58.4 per cent of Nigerians were financially served. According to Rabiu, this survey shows the large amount of people without access to financial services in the country. “Access to financial services by indivi...

  A total of 24 Deputy Controller of Prisons  passed out from prison Academy in Ijebu-Igbo in furtherance of their career progression. Speaking at the passing out ceremony, the Controller General of Nigerian Prisons Service . (NPS) (CG) Alhaji Ja,afaru Ahmed said that human capacity development remains one of the utmost priorities in the prison reform programmes for effective service delivery as a correctional centre. According to him, his administration has identified training, and retraining of personnel as bedrock of good penal practise in the country. "I am delighted to be here this morning to witness the graduation ceremony which marks the end of your course as your service progresses. "Let me quickly remind renind you that this administration identifies training and retatraining as bedrock of good  penal practise. "More than 12,000 staff have gone on various, retatraining and refresher courses within the last three (3) years of my tenure in office,...