Aura for Aura

ICYMI, catch the last edition here

Remote Job Openings

1. Entangle is hiring remotely for a Senior UI & Communications Designer

2. Exodus is hiring remotely for a Senior Software Engineer

3. Paystack is hiring in Lagos, Nigeria for a Finance and Strategy Specialist

4. Flutterwave is hiring in Nigeria for a Senior Backend Engineer (NodeJS)

5. Luban is hiring remotely for a Data Engineer

To Today’s Gist

1.. Happy holidays my fans

2.. Actually, we can explain, the law.

Omoo, being a Nigerian is not easy, and being a freshly graduate or a student in Nigeria is 10x worse

2/2

I mean, wdym I should learn solidity? As per?

3.. That is where Web 3 + comes in

4.. ICYMI

2/2

5.. When you tweet your wins, but FBI-level investigators decide to fact-check your life.

They said, 'Congrats, but let’s verify that win real quick.'

6.. International shade activated—Aura for aura, steeze for steeze. Who gon' checkmate who?

Context

Aura for Aura

7.. They said I should tell you o

8.. Lmao, it looks like one

9.. Omoo

10.. They should be at home by now sha

Well, with God, everything is possible

Not surprised

We can all go home now, Dr Ola don speak

Official News of the Week

1. GTBank gets court order to recover ₦1.9 billion erroneously credited to customer accounts in October 2024

2. Lyft will credit NYC riders for congestion fee, throughout January. This fee is imposed on drivers who enter certain areas or zones, typically in urban centers, during peak hours

3. The Nigerian government unveils plans to establish the National Credit Guarantee Company (NCGC), to help more people and businesses get loans. This company will share the risk with banks and other lenders, making it easier for them to give loans to those who might not have qualified before.

4. Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion during its 2025 fiscal year to expand data center infrastructure, focusing on supporting artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

5. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi resigns from self-driving truck startup Aurora’s board

Winners for the laptops last week (Twitter Handle)

Some weeks ago, we announced a giveaway for laptops, and today we are thrilled to share the results. We received over 300+ requests, and we are grateful for your enthusiasm and dedication.

After careful review, we are delighted to announce our THREE LUCKY WINNERS!

1. aishathegreat_

2. Jay (zyx_ds)

3. CosmasAshib

To our winners:

Please ensure your Twitter DMs are open, as we will be reaching out to you directly.

For this week, we are shifting our focus to supporting those in need of financial assistance to repair their laptop for educational or work purposes. So here’s the process.

1. Go to the comment section ( You should see that option at the end of this your email, or go to the substack URL www.ntbts.substack.com and locate this newsletter ( It’ll be the first one)

2. Go to the comment section, and state what you need, complete your current one, or funds to repair your laptop.

3. Be descriptive as to what you do and why this will help you, and be sure to add any evidence you think will explain your case.

4. Add your Twitter handle to your comments also. Example “Twitter handle = @hacksultan - I need to repair my laptop screen, ……..”

5. It’ll take a while but we will go through the comments and by the next newsletter issue, we will announce the 5 winners who will be getting their laptops repaired.

For this week, we will focus more on people who want to repair their laptops

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