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Politics

OPay Takes Two Awards at Nigeria's 2026 CVA ceremony

The Lagos-based fintech won Most Trusted Brand and Most Consumer Friendly/Innovative FinTech Brand at the 5th Consumers Value Awards, signalling sustained retail loyalty in Nigeria's crowded digital payments market.

1 Oct · 3 min read
01
Super Eagles Fly to Guinea-Bissau on Back of Madagascar Comeback
29 Sept
02
Ogun State and DP World Sign $7bn Deep Seaport and SEZ Deal
29 Sept
03
OPay at Eight: How a Fintech Rewired Everyday Commerce Across Nigeria
29 Sept
04
Dangote's $660m Pipeline Bets on Ethiopia's Fuel Future
25 Sept
05
NCAA Orders Air Peace to Compensate Stranded Lagos-Enugu Passengers
25 Sept
06
Reckitt Names Ujunwa Chukwumah GM for West Africa
25 Sept
07
CBN Slashes Rates by 350bps to 23% in Surprise Policy Reset
24 Sept
08
OPay Turns 8 in Nigeria: What the Fintech Giant Has Built
23 Sept
09
GCR Lifts Fidelity Bank to A+ After ₦227bn Capital Injection
23 Sept
10
Flamingos Go 2-for-2 at WAFU-B U17 Girls Cup
23 Sept
11
Osimhen Out of AFCON Qualifiers; Awoniyi Called Up
21 Sept
12
Nigeria's Falconets Reach U-20 WWC Quarter-Finals After England Win
20 Sept
13
Ogun State Formalises Education Funding With New Trust Fund Law
20 Sept
14
Access Bank, Sterling Bank Refresh Boards in Parallel Moves
20 Sept
15
PAPSS to Link Africa With China and India by Early 2027
18 Sept
16
DHL Express Enters Nigeria's Domestic Parcel Market with New Service
18 Sept
17
Nigeria's health financing debate lands in Abuja as officials call for tax-led fix
15 Sept
18
SanlamAllianz Pays First Dividend After Pan-African Merger
15 Sept
19
Dangote Refinery opens $1.6bn IPO book, Africa's largest ever
15 Sept
20
Dangote Refinery IPO Opens Monday at ₦525/Share for 4.1bn Shares
15 Sept
21
After Uber's Africa Retreat, Bolt, inDrive and Yango Fight for the Gap
13 Sept
22
Peter Obi backs naira float, plots grassroots vote defence for 2027
13 Sept
23
Aboyeji Exits Learn Africa Board After Brief Tenure
11 Sept
24
Falconets Fall to Spain in U-20 WWC Opener, Face China Next
8 Sept
25
OPay Commits ₦1.2bn Over 10 Years to Nigerian Students
8 Sept
26
MT4 vs MT5 in 2026: What African Traders Actually Need to Know
8 Sept
27
Dangote Refinery launches ₦2.15trn IPO targeting 10m retail investors
8 Sept
28
Nigeria Rejoins FTSE Frontier Index After Three-Year Absence
4 Sept
29
Yoco's $16m Bet: Payments as a Door, Not a Destination
4 Sept
30
Shoprite's $15bn sales year: what the numbers reveal
2 Sept
31
AfCFTA's Broken Promise: Why Africa Still Trades More With the World Than Itself
1 Sept
32
SIAT Group's 'SIAT Forward' Event Marks Decades of African Agro-Industry
31 Aug
33
Niger's Tiani Survives Mutiny at Niamey Airport Base
31 Aug
34
US Strikes Iran's Larak Island; Tehran Hits Back at US Bases in Jordan, UAE
31 Aug
35
Ex-FIRS Chair Nami Named PDP's Niger Gov Candidate as 10 APC Lawmakers Eye Exit
31 Aug
36
Tinubu Redirects NDDC to Fix Warri-Sapele-Benin Road
31 Aug
37
Nigerian Police Detain Officer in Fatal Motorist Shooting
31 Aug
38
UK Court Confirms Five Sexual Offence Charges Against Poco Lee
27 Aug
39
COP17's $1.3bn Land Fund Means Little If Africa Can't Act on Its Own Science
26 Aug
40
Sendwave vs TapTapSend: The Apps Reshaping Africa's Remittance Corridors
25 Aug
41
APC Loyalists Predict 2027 Landslide, but Osun Loss Looms Large
25 Aug
42
MTN Pulls R13.9bn From Ops as Ghana Leads Cash Flow
24 Aug
43
UBA Graduates 374 Professionals in 21st GMAP Cohort
24 Aug
44
Lagos Preps Facilities for Nigeria's First National Intermediate Games
24 Aug
45
Veteran Nigerian Actor Taiwo Hassan 'Ogogo' Dies
24 Aug
46
Tinubu Launches APC 2027 War Machine as Kwankwaso Fires Back
24 Aug
47
Kidal Falls: How Alghabass Ag Intalla Rebuilt Power Through a Rebel-Jihadist Pact
24 Aug
48
Calabar SPAR Mall Burns, Five Arrested for Looting
24 Aug
49
Nigerian Police Assault on Abuja Journalist Draws Coalition Probe Demand
24 Aug
50
Fano's Zemene Kassie: No talks while Abiy Ahmed leads Ethiopia
22 Aug
51
Dangote Refinery's $5bn IPO: Africa's Biggest Listing Yet
22 Aug
52
Zenith Bank's 10th Trade Seminar Targets Nigeria's Non-Oil Export Gap
19 Aug
53
Oluremi Tinubu Launches South-West Food Bank in Ogun State
19 Aug
54
South Africa's Record Harvest Meets Southern Africa's Hunger Crisis
19 Aug
55
Adeleke wins Osun re-election; Tinubu calls, rivals follow
16 Aug
56
Tinubu's $50bn Deep Offshore Order: What It Changes
14 Aug
57
Africa's Corporate Giants Are Buying Growth, Not Building It
13 Aug
58
Katsina's ADC coalition fractures as two ex-aspirants split for APC and APM
11 Aug
59
Africa Claims 67% of China's Belt and Road Funds in H1 2026
11 Aug
60
Coronation Insurance Closes Recapitalisation as Stock Draws Analyst Eyes
11 Aug
61
AI Is Closing Africa's Cybercrime Skills Gap
11 Aug
62
Heirs Life Adds Pastor Jerry Eze to Board as Non-Executive Director
11 Aug
63
Cleric's remarks reopen Nigeria's Muslim-Muslim fault line ahead of 2027
11 Aug
64
AfCFTA's Film Protocols Could Unlock a $10bn Opportunity
11 Aug
65
Burkina Faso Stuns Nigeria 3-0 to Claim WAFU B U-20 Title
11 Aug
66
OPay Launches 7 Savings Festival Backed by OWealth Platform
11 Aug
67
Two Nigerian Governors Collect Leadership Awards Abroad
11 Aug
68
Madugu under fire but defiant as Super Falcons face Cameroon WAFCON eliminator
11 Aug
69
Nigeria's Federalism Fails Productivity—Here's the Fix
9 Aug
70
Romanian Firm Eyes Niger's 1,000-Tonne Uranium Stockpile
8 Aug
71
Noella Foundation Brings 500 Lagos Students to 2026 Life After School Summit
8 Aug
72
Women Hold Operational Power in South Africa's Economy
7 Aug
73
Super Falcons Rout Egypt 6-2 to Set Up Cameroon Quarter-Final
7 Aug
74
Flying Eagles Beat Côte d'Ivoire on Penalties to Reach WAFU B U20 Final
7 Aug
75
Sunbeth Global Concepts wins dual investment-grade ratings
4 Aug
76
Super Falcons Recover at WAFCON 2026 With Win Over Zambia
3 Aug
77
Flutterwave Eyes East African Bank Acquisition as IPO Stalls
1 Aug
78
Nigerians Killed in South Africa as Xenophobia Crisis Deepens
1 Aug
79
Seplat's 430% profit surge leads Nigeria's H1 earnings season
30 Jul
80
Nigeria's Ajayi and Adeshina Win Athletics Bronze at Glasgow 2026
29 Jul
81
Nigeria sits fifth globally at Glasgow 2026 with 12 medals
29 Jul
82
Zimbabwe's CAB 3 Tests Mnangagwa's Nine-Year 'Open for Business' Pitch
29 Jul
83
CIBN and ACAMB Set New Mandates for Nigerian Banks on Financial Inclusion
29 Jul
84
Nigeria wins 7 medals at African Archery Championships, its best ever
28 Jul
85
South Africa's R3.6trn PIC Under Fire as Treasury Steps In
28 Jul
86
DRC Plans First Stock Exchange as Copper Hits $13,900/t
28 Jul
87
Asake's M$NEY Concert Film Lands on Spotify Exclusively
28 Jul
88
Houthis Hit Two Saudi Oil Tankers as US Weighs Escalation Risk
28 Jul
89
NIPR Under Fire: Nigeria's PR Body Questioned Over NIPSS Credentials
26 Jul
90
ICPC Probes Nigerian Perm Sec Who Froze Presidential Fund Releases
26 Jul
91
Aero Contractors flight returns to Lagos after mid-air technical fault
25 Jul
92
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana Push Unified Cocoa Front via CIGCI
25 Jul
93
APC Chieftain Backs Tinubu for Ondo 2027 Despite Party Cracks
24 Jul
94
AI-Powered Scam Ads Are Slipping Through TikTok's Defenses in Nigeria
24 Jul
95
Nigeria's Social Media Office Bill Splits Lawyers and Tech Voices
24 Jul
96
Afreximbank lends Shoreline $200m for Algerian oilfield work
24 Jul
97
Trevor Manuel Takes Aim at Africa's Rigged Debt System
24 Jul
98
Kenya's M&A Boom Is Sparking a C-Suite Talent War
24 Jul
99
France-South Africa Business Council Stalls Over Membership Dispute
24 Jul
100
Enugu Air Flight 4264 Skids Off Benin Runway; 68 Aboard Safe
24 Jul
101
Enugu Government Denies Land-Grabbing Claims, Cites SPV Structure
23 Jul
102
Nigeria's 'Final Year Brethren' Tradition Grows Into a Costly Ritual
23 Jul
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