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Hostinger is now in Nigeria with Naira payments and AI tools. The hosting platform enters the Nigerian market to simplify website creation and automation for businesses and entrepreneurs who have online presences.

Infact their prices are competitive when compared to Nigerian providers. Read more: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/12/hostinger-is-now-in-nigeria-with-naira-payment.html

Break the Escort Ban? Expect to Be Reported. Nigerians have been given the privilege to report any VIP who still uses police officers as escorts. Read more: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/12/break-escort-ban-expect-to-be-reported.html

Detty December is near, and trust me, it's going to be amazing. But you cannot imagine the amount of data it's gonna cost you. Can you? I have compiled well-written guidelines that'll guide you through how you can maximize your data budget for this Detty December: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/maximizing-your-mobile-data-budget.html

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has proposed a five-years automatic ban for individuals who issued dishonored cheques on insufficient balance. The ban is “automatic and repeatable,” meaning persistent offenders could be barred indefinitely through repeated 5-year cycles. Here's everything you need to know about the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) proposed Dud Cheques Guidelines for offenders, banks, and credit bureaus: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/cbn-dud-cheque-guidelines-for-5-years.html

Paystack terminates co-founder Ezra Olubi's employment after completing an investigation on the alleged sexual misconduct controversy. Olubi says the decision is unfair and Paystack gives him no room to say his own side of the story.

Read more: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/paystack-terminates-co-founder-ezra-olubi-employment.html

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate removal of using police officers as escorts and protection for very important persons (VIPs) in the country. The president also ordered the recruitment of 30,000 new police officers in the Nigerian police stations.

The replacement of VIPs' protections, reasons why he stopped police officers as escorts, and why he decided to recruit more officers now, have been explained in his recent directive, issued by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/police-vips-withdrawals-and-recruitment-in-nigeria.html

The X's Handles Marketplace is now live, allowing users to claim their desirable usernames on X platform. Here’s How to Claim the Username You Want: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/how-to-claim-usernames-on-x-handles-marketplace.html

The Meta's content protection tool automatically monitors Facebook and Instagram for copied contents, giving original creators the options to take down their unauthorized reused contents.

Here's How To Take Down Your Stolen Reels On Facebook and Instagram 👉 https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/how-to-track-and-remove-stolen-reels-facebook-instagram.html

M-KOPA—the fintech company that provides pay-as-you-go loans—also offers Cash Loans but customers are complaining about low limits and disbursement amounts. In this article, we've explained everything you need to know about why your Cash Loan limit is low and what you can do to boost it with immediate effect.

Read 👉 https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/m-kopa-cash-loan-limit.html

TikTok Launches “Bulletin Board”: A New Way for Creators to Send Direct Updates to Fans’ Inboxes. The TikTok's Bulletin Board is the social media platform's version of Instagram’s broadcast channels. Here's everything you should know about it: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/tiktok-bulletin-board-feature-creators-send-updates-to-fans-inboxes.html

UAE Executes First Digital Dirham Transaction in Under Two Minutes. The sub-two-minute settlement marks beyond a technical feat to a faster, smoother and more transparent transaction than ever before.

Read more: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/uae-digital-dirham-first-transaction-under-two-minutes.html

Amazon Integrates Alexa Plus into Its Music App. The integration of Alexa+ into Amazon Music improved discovery by moving beyond basic commands (like “play pop music”) to handling a nuanced, context-rich queries (e.g., era, mood, moods to exclude).

Read more: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/11/alexa-plus-integrates-into-amazon-music.html

Nigeria Proposes a Bill to Create a Single Regulator for Fintechs. This regulatory system will ditch all the current regulators—including the CBN, NIBSS, SEC, NITDA, and NDIC—and impose a new legal and licensing framework.

Read more: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/10/nigeria-proposes-bill-to-create-single-regulator-for-fintech.html

Singapore is set to implement stricter immigration rules for its permanent residents (PRs) starting December 1, 2025, under a policy that gives PRs 180 days to renew their re-entry permits (REP) or risk losing their residency status entirely.

Here's how to renew your residential permit before the 180-Days deadline even if you're not currently in the country: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/10/how-to-renew-rep-in-singapore.html

MiniPay launches virtual USD and EUR bank accounts, allowing freelancers, contents creators, online sellers, remote workers and agencies to get paid from—clients, platforms like Upwork and Fiverr, social platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram—a US or EU bank from anywhere in the world.

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https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/10/minipay-virtual-usd-eur-account.html

LemFi Launches AI-powered “Send Now, Pay Later” Service, Combining Credit and Remittances for UK Immigrants. LemFi uses AI within its robust credit service to enable ‘send now, pay later’ remittance, so people can ensure their families are supported when they need it most.

Read more: https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/10/lemfi-send-now-pay-later-uk.html

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has tightened regulation on agent banking in Nigeria. The Apex bank has set a minimum penalty of N5 million, with an additional N300,000 per day for agent that keeps violating the rules.

Full details
https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/10/cbn-sets-5-million-minimum-fine-for-pos-agents.html

In a bold step toward global expansion, Nigerian fintech heavyweights OPay and Moniepoint have reportedly filed for a U.S. banking licence.

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https://www.finng.com.ng/2025/10/opay-and-moniepoint-reportedly-file-for.html

If you're still getting unanswered questions about the OPAY Card, here's a general FAQs that give answers to all questions related to OPAY Card in Nigeria.

https://read.zazzetti.com.ng/2025/09/faqs-about-opay-cards-in-nigeria.html

The Federal Government has scrapped the 5% excise duty earlier imposed on telecommunications services, a policy reversal that is expected to ease cost pressures for millions of Nigerian subscribers.

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https://www.zazzetti.com.ng/2025/09/fg-lifts-5-levy-on-voice-and-data.html

At least, as baba don comot tax now, make data and airtime price reduce small.

Chinese researchers have developed 6G Chip, a system measuring 11 mm × 1.7 mm, achieves mobile data speeds over 100 Gbps and operates across 0.5–115 GHz, covering frequencies from microwaves to terahertz.

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https://www.budgetrend.com/2025/09/6g-chip.html

The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has announced that Nigerians sending parcels to the United States will now pay $80 (or its Naira equivalent) in prepaid customs duty, effective August 29, 2025.

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https://www.zazzetti.com.ng/2025/08/nipost-sets-80-dollars-prepaid-customs-duty-on-parcel-to-us.html

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced an increment in the cost of acquiring the Nigerian international passport from N50,000 to N100,000 for a 32-page passport with 5-year validity.

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https://www.zazzetti.com.ng/2025/08/nigeria-immigration-service-hikes-international-passport-prices.html

The dispute revolves around an alleged ₦21.5 billion in fraudulent duplicate payments made through Providus Bank’s POS terminals—payments that ten POS merchants reportedly exploited. Fintech firm Moniepoint has successfully moved to join the case as a co-respondent, assisting the court in deciphering the facts.

On August 12, 2025, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja—in a recovery bid case involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the 10 POS merchants—granted Moniepoint’s application, agreeing that the court cannot render fair judgments without its involvement. The originating documents must now be amended to reflect Moniepoint as a party.

If you can recall, Moniepoint initially petitioned the Inspector General of Police on February 14, 2025 regarding the alleged fraudulent “illegal double payments.” The petition triggered investigations revealing alleged money laundering and fraud linked to POS merchants' exploitations.

Court documents indicate that the merchants admitted to receiving and using proceeds from the fraud—claiming to have invested in properties with the illegal proceeds. The POS merchants involved includes Messrs Ishola Maruf Ademola and Ilesanmi Saheed Adeniyi of Al-Maruf Communication Concept and Seadurf Telecommunications.

The entry of Moniepoint into the case—which is still ongoing in court—highlights how technical glitches in financial systems can quickly escalate into high-stakes litigation. It's a wake-up call for fintech platforms and POS operators on the critical need for rigorous controls and compliance.

Nigeria’s point-of-sale (PoS) network is about to get a GPS reality check. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all payment terminals to be geo-tagged, or risk being shut down.

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https://www.zazzetti.com.ng/2025/08/cbn-geo-tagging-for-pos-nigeria.html