Nigeria’s most celebrated woman athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been provisionally suspended from the ongoing Tokyo Olympics competition for failing doping test. Okagbare’s suspension was announced by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) a few hours she was billed to participate in today’s semi-finals of the women’s 100 metres at the Olympics. The AIU stated that the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed over N2.46 trillion to beneficiaries of its sundry intervention programmes in the past few years, with agricultural, manufacturing and health sectors accounting for the largest chunk of the funding supports. For instance, while the apex bank has disbursed a total of N756.51bn to over 3.7 million farmers […]
Ibadan Golf Club has commended Heritage Bank Plc for its continued support for Nigeria sports’ sector, especially by backing the Club’s 30th anniversary event. In a speech during the grand finale of the 30th anniversary of the club, the Captain of the Ibadan Golf Club, Mr. Oladiran Ibironke, commended one of Nigeria’s most vibrant financial […]
A new music project tagged OELA Project Evergreen to deliberately focus the narrative of Nigerian music on positive virtues such as integrity, courage, hard work, patriotism, leadership, service to humanity among others for national reorientation and cultural refinement will be flagged off in Lagos this month. World Stage Limited (WorldStage), a leading media group and […]
Manchester United (ManU), one of the one of the most popular and successful football teams globally, and Startimes, a leading digital TV operator in Africa, on Thursday announced a new strategic partnership that will enable millions of the football team’s fans in Africa gain access to MUTV. MUTV is the world’s leading football club TV […]
Despite the ravaging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the global economies, the global market for Music Production Software has been projected to reach $12.1 billion by 2027, from the estimated $3.2 billion value in 2020. The projection is contained in the report “Global Music Production Software Industry announced by “Reportlinker.com today. According to the […]
Star actress and filmmaker, Ms. Stephanie Linus, is furthering her cause as an environmental activist with her focus now on wildlife conservation and efforts to reduce climate change negative impacts. To fulfil this cherished dream, Stephanie has joined an unrivaled portfolio of celebrity ambassadors at WildAid, to help raise public awareness of the impacts of […]
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its lead sponsorship of the TV reality musical talent show, The Voice Nigeria, Season 3. The talent show, which is organised by UN1TY Nigeria, is created to discover, nurture and bring to the fore musical talents amongst the next generation of Nigerian youth. The Voice Nigeria will be […]
A Luxembourg-based General Court on Tuesday annulled an earlier European Union (EU) state-aid ruling which required FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and two other Spanish football clubs to pay back taxes. The latest ruling of the court is the second time the regulators, which are seeking to tackle tax avoidance, are suffering a setback. A news […]
The Director, Scotch Bonnet Restaurant, Moti Cakes, has said that a lot of businesses are folding up due to the current state of the economy, adding however that his management has leveraged on its skills and customer-centric timely delivery of services to sustain the growth trajectory of the eatery. The restaurant business owner explained that […]