The Professional Insurance Ladies Association (PILA) has instituted a social good initiative called the PILA Foundation and thereafter announced the award of an Education Grant worth one million naira to Faith Odunsi. Faith Odunsi is the 15-year-old girl who stunned the world when she made history by winning the Global Open Mathematics Competition beating contestants from Europe, Asia and the Read More
Two weeks of exciting and exhilarating youth football came to an end Saturday at Ikole township stadium, Ekiti state, with the organizers, sponsors, stakeholders and of course, players and officials expressing unbridled happiness and satisfaction on the success of the competition organized by Ekiti state football association. The Oyebode U15 football competition for boys and girls, which was sponsored by Read More
Ekiti state football community is agog and buzzing with untold excitements as top football administrators, scouts from notable football clubs and academies, as well as, renowned sports journalists are expected to witness the grand finale of the Professor Akin Oyebode U15 Football Competition for boys and girls. Expected to witness the finals are scouts from Seyi Olofinjana’s owned Imperial FC Read More
Exactly N3.4million will be up for grabs as price monies by would-be victorious athletes at the end of maiden Davnotch National Open Tennis Championship. The competition which officially serves off on Friday May 14 will climax on Saturday May 22, 2021 at the outdoor Tennis court, package B, Moshood Abiola National stadium Abuja. Chairman Caretaker Committee of the Nigeria Tennis Read More
Political parties are the major stakeholders in any democratic process, with usually one that is in power, being called the ruling party and an opposition party or parties, as case may be. Ever since the first republic, Nigeria has been a multi- party country, which gives room for competition among parties. Quite a good omen for the country’s democracy. The Read More
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has said he would not increase salaries of civil servants again. Umahi disclosed this during the end of a 7-day prayer and fasting for the security and wellbeing of the state and Nigeria at large. Gov Umahi stated that he would rather use the money to rehabilitate the youths living in the bush who Read More
Ahead of the first leg quarter final of the CAF Confederation Cup between Nigeria’s representative Enyimba international and FC Pyramids of Egypt, Africa soccer governing body have announced match officials for the crucial game. The Nigeria side qualified for the quarter final stage of the competition after having finished top of their group while Pyramids came second its own group. Read More
Teams will be allowed to select a 26-player squad instead of the usual 23 at this summer’s European Championship.The change has been implemented to lessen the load on players after a club season compressed because of the coronavirus pandemic. It will also help managers adapt if outbreaks occur during the tournament.The decision, taken by Uefa’s national teams committee in April, Read More
Enyimba winger Anayo Iwuala has celebrated the side’s hard-fought win against Orlando Pirates in the CAF Confederation Cup. The Peoples Elephant progressed into the quarter-final stage of the competition after a 1-0 win against the Bucaneers at the Enyimba Stadium on Wednesday night. Cyril Olisema scored a last-gasp winner to settle the keenly contested encounter and eased the pressure on Read More
The European Super League (ESL) is on “standby” despite nine of the 12 founding teams withdrawing, says Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. After a furious backlash against the proposed tournament that was announced on Sunday, all six Premier League clubs involved withdrew on Tuesday. Spanish club Atletico Madrid and Italian sides AC Milan and Inter Milan have also formally pulled out. Read More
The European Super League was created “to save football”, says Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.Real are one of the 12 European clubs who have signed up to the breakaway league and intend to establish a new midweek competition.Perez said the move had been made because young people are “no longer interested in football” because of “a lot of poor quality Read More
To celebrate this year’s Mother’s Day in May, Mouka has rolled out the ‘Mums in Business Challenge’to reward female entrepreneurs with cash grants for their ventures. The initiative is in line with the brand’s mission of adding comfort to life and falls under its CSR pillar of “skills for life”. In May of 2019, Mouka ran a similar online competition, Read More
Arsenal cruised past Slavia Prague 4-0 to book a Europa League semi-final spot on Thursday, with three quick-fire goals in seven first-half minutes to advance 5-1 on aggregate. Alexandre Lacazette struck twice, including a penalty, while Nicolas Pepe and Bukayo Saka also found the net in the quarter-final second leg to set up a last-four clash with Villarreal. Arsenal, who Read More
Manchester United reached the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday after Edinson Cavani’s early strike and a Jesus Vallejo own goal secured a 2-0 home win over Granada. The win helped them to complete a 4-0 aggregate rout of the Spanish side. Manchester United will face AS Roma for a place in the May 26 final in Gdansk. This was after Read More
To mark this year’s United Nations world innovation and creativity day celebration, a group known as Pistis Finserve is organizing an essay competition to advocate the need to embrace sustainable model and system in Nigeria. The objective of this event, according to the organiser is to explore deeper thoughts and ideas on the top entries and their suitability to proffering Read More
An eight months pregnant athlete Aminat Idrees clinched a gold medal at the ongoing National Sports Festival, in Benin City, Edo state. Idrees won in the Mixed Poomsae category in Taekwondo, organizers said, describing her achievements as “inspiring.” The 26-year-old expectant mother, who could be seen in a footage shared on Twitter demonstrating different combat techniques, also picked up other medals in Read More
Marcos Alonso has played down the training ground bust-up between Chelsea teammates Antonio Rudiger and Kepa Arrizabalaga. As first reported by the Telegraph, the pair were separated after an altercation, with Thomas Tuchel sending Rudiger in from training five minutes before the end of the session to calm down. The spat stemmed from a small-sided game in which Kepa was Read More
Ado local football council U13 boys will slug it out with Ikole U13 boys in the final of the maiden edition of Oba Ademola Ajakaiye Memorial U-13 football competition slated to hold at Iyin Ekiti, on Wednesday 31st, March, 2021. The Coach Femi Kumuyi tutored boys played a 1-1 draw in the semi finals against fans favorite, Irepodun Ifelodun U-13 Read More
Leading African Financial and Human Resource Technology firm, SystemSpecs, has announced the call for participation in the 2021 edition of its Children’s Day Essay Competition. in furtherance of its commitment to the development of indigenous IT capacity for national prosperity. The provider of Remita, Paylink and HumanManager made this disclosure recently as it formally invited entries from children across Nigeria Read More
The President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) Engr. Musa Nimrod has expressed gratitude after Nigeria successfully hosted CAVB age group competition. Engr. Nimrod who spoke via a press statement on Wednesday in Abuja said, “The President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation Musa Nimrod wishes to express his profound gratitude to the entire Volleyball community in Africa and Nigeria in particular. “The Read More
The chairman of Blueprint Newspapers Media Conglomerate, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has advised media organisations to avoid ethnic and religious coloration in reporting security challenges in the country. He said journalists should shun stories that celebrate criminals in the reportage of prevailing insecurity in the country. Idris who is also the Kakakin Nupe stated this at the weekend in a lecture Read More
As the Northwest Zonal qualifiers of the Principal Cup kicks off, Sadique Abubakar Abdulsalam of Ansar-ud-Deen College and Ruth Ayo of Faith Academy qualified to represent Kaduna state. Sadique defeated Mustapha Mukhtar of Government Secondary School Doka, while Ruth Ayo defeated Danielle Ashilere also of Faith Academy in the Kaduna state table tennis final of the Principal’s Cup. Christ Comprehensive Read More
The Chairman of Ekiti State Football Association, Bayo Olanlege, has challenged the kids in Ekiti state to become the next Cristiano Ronaldo. Olanlege, in a special message to the young footballers participating in the inaugural edition of Oba Ademola Ajakaiye Memorial U-13 football competition, reminded them of the epic rise of the 5- time Balon D’or winner to stardom. “Did Read More
Master Edeani Izuchukwu, a student of Air Force Comprehensive School (AFCS) Agbani, Enugu state has won the “774 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award,” after he emerged winner of the just concluded National Science Competitive Examination . Director of Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet who stated this in a statement Tuesday, said Izuchukwu was also Read More
Nigerian young comedy star, Emanuella Samuel, has bagged an award in the Favourite African Social Media Star category at the just concluded Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice awards. The 10-year-old was nominated alongside Nigerian comedy group, Ikorodu Bois, South African Magician, Wian Van Den Berg; Ugandan Youth Dance Group, Ghetto Kids, Kenyan social media sensation, Elsa Majimbo, and South African media personality, Read More
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