E-Business
Reputation, Clients Hurt Nigerian Web Designers

Nigeria’s reputation for all sorts of things; some earned, some contrived has conspired with a number of challenges to hobble the web design business in the country, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can report.
Web design or web development is the process of planning and creating a website and is considered a very lucrative business which powers over 25 per cent developed countries economy.
In Nigeria however, the bad after taste of cybercrime and the seemingly un-seriousness of the country’s to address the monster has continued to haunt the country both economically and social-politically as local businesses outsource their web design to companies abroad.
Major beneficiaries are companies in India, UK and USA while local firms groan under Nigeria’s notoriously unreliable power supply and reluctance of clients to pay for good designs.
Mr. Tobi Asehinde, chief executive officer, Vibe Web Solutions Limited, told Nigeria CommunicationsWeek that the difficulty in getting clients to pay for their services, has led some web designers to compromise quality.
“ A company may approach you that they want to design an e-commerce website, all they know is that they will make money from the site. They do not understand other metrics that will spur the success; when they start and along the line it fails, they come back to you thinking that you deceived them. Web developers in Nigeria have very bad reputation. The bad reputation is as a result of the client not having basic knowledge of what they want” he added
Nodding in agreement, Stephen Akintayo, chief executive officer, GileadBalm Group, said that the problems are of three folds -technology, developers and the clients.
“The internet in your office can go off for days or hours and most a times, you have to start afresh. So, you may not be able to execute at the agreed time. Government needs to improve on the infrastructure on ground. Remember, no body thinkers on giving the web developers assistant in terms of soft loan or equipment support.
On his part, Mr. Kanu Iroegbu, digital marketing consultant, Net Media Reach, admonished the clients to always ask questions before adopting patterns or giving out contracts for web building.
“If you’re planning on launching or redeveloping your website in the near future, don’t be fooled. There is a lot more to consider than simply the layout and price. It is important to know that a website is not a product, it is a service. The woes of Web development stem from this … and the fact that it is a fairly new industry with very little standards does not help either.
E-Business
Transcorp Hotels Delivers Stellar H1 Results, Declares Over ₦1Bn Dividend

Transcorp Hotels Plc has delivered a stellar performance in the first half of 2025, recording a 60% year-on-year surge in revenue to ₦47.57 billion, up from ₦29.72 billion in H1 2024. Gross profit climbed 71% to ₦36.21 billion, maintaining a strong 76% margin despite inflation and operational headwinds.
The hospitality giant, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, also announced an interim dividend payout of ₦1.024 billion — offering ₦0.10 per 50 kobo ordinary share to shareholders.
In a bold move, the company unveiled Nigeria’s largest corporate venue — the 5,000-seat Transcorp Centre — staking its claim as the new leader in event hospitality. Chairman Emmanuel Nnorom described the results as proof of Transcorp Hotels’ transformative strategies and unwavering investor commitment. MD/CEO Uzo Oshogwe attributed the success to relentless execution and a resilient business model.
Transcorp Hotels, renowned for iconic assets like Transcorp Hilton Abuja and its digital platform Aura, says it isn’t just leading Nigeria’s hospitality sector — it’s redefining excellence across Africa.
E-Business
Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

Chinese “threat actors” have hacked Microsoft’s SharePoint document software servers and targeted the data of the businesses using it, the firm has said.
China state-backed Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as well as China-based Storm-2603 were said to have “exploited vulnerabilities” in on-premises SharePoint servers, the kind used by firms, but not in its cloud-based service.
The US tech giant has released security updates in response and has advised all on-premises SharePoint server customers to install them.
“Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are still ongoing,” Microsoft said in a statement.
The firm said it had “high confidence” the hackers would continue to target systems which have not installed its security updates.
It added that it would update its website blog with more information as its investigation continues.
Microsoft said it had observed attacks in which hackers had sent a request to a SharePoint server “enabling the theft of the key material by threat actors”.
Charles Carmakal, chief technology officer at Mandiant Consulting firm, a division of Google Cloud, told reporter, it was “aware of several victims in several different sectors across a number of global geographies”.
Carmakal said it appeared that governments and businesses that use SharePoint on their sites were the primary target.
A number of adversaries who stole material encoded by cryptography were then able to regain ongoing access to the victims’ SharePoint data, he said.
“This was exploited in a very broad way, very opportunistically before a patch was made available. That’s why this is significant,” Carmakal said.
Carmakal said the “China-nexus actor” was deploying techniques similar to previous campaigns associated with Beijing.
Microsoft said Linen Typhoon had “focused on stealing intellectual property, primarily targeting organizations related to government, defence, strategic planning, and human rights” for 13 years.
It added that Violet Typhoon had been “dedicated to espionage”, primarily targeting former government and military staff, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, higher education, the media, the financial sector and the health sector in the US, Europe, and East Asia.
Meanwhile, Storm-2603 was “assessed with medium confidence to be a China-based threat actor”.
E-Business
NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake NIN Website

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued a public warning that it is not associated with NINcard.com.
According to the commission, the website has been circulating online to offer services for Nigerians seeking National Identification Number (NIN) services.
NIMC, in a post on its official X account on Wednesday, said, “NINcard.com is not in anyway affiliated to NIMC. Stay vigilant!”
The warning was accompanied by screenshots of fake payment receipts and OTP request pages from the website, both of which were boldly stamped “FAKE” by NIMC to alert the public.
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