Etisalat Nigeria Partners NIBSS to Roll Out BVN Query Service

(L-R) ED, Technology & Operation, NIBSS, Niyi Ajao; 

CMO, Etisalat Nigeria, Francesco Angelone and 

MD, NIBSS, Ade Shonubi during the press conference

Etisalat Nigeria has scored another first in its quest to drive transformational services that touch customer’s lives through its collaboration with Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) to roll out Bank Verification Number (BVN) Query Service.

The service, which was unveiled at the NIBSS headquarters on Thursday, is designed to help the banking Nigerian public Query their BVN on-the-go via their mobile phones. This is coming on the heels of the extended deadline for the Bank Verification Number registration which ends on October 31 nationwide.

The BVN registration was a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to all Deposit Money Banks (commercial banks) in the country to register all their customers biometrically in furtherance of the Know Your Customer policy.

Francesco Angelone, Chief Marketing Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, said the partnership with NIBSS on USSD BVN Notification Service was in line with the telco’s commitment to continue to create

Lenovo’s PHAB Plus Hits Nigeria's Mobile Market

(L-R) Bolade Oyekanmi, Marketing Manager, 

Nkechi Okolo, Service Manager, and Graham Braum, GM,  

all of Lenovo Tech, West Africa; at the media briefing 

Lenovo has unveiled in Nigeria, Lenovo’s PHAB Plus, the latest innovation in the mobile telephone device. 

Graham Braum, the General Manager of Lenovo Technology Africa, described Lenovo PHAB Plus as a beautifully designed premium phablet, optimized for single –hand use.

Targeted at today’s diverse needs of consumers in the mobile market, Braum said the Lenovo PHAB Plus will help to eliminate the dilemma of choosing between costly smartphones with big screens and underwhelming small tablets by offering a single-spot 6.8-innch device with best-in-class entertainment, speedy internet, and all-day battery life.

According to him, “With today’s tech-savvy millennial generation in mind, Lenovo is addressing the popularity of larger-screen personal devices, while acknowledging the portability struggles