Real Madrid defender, Eder Militao has backed winger Vinicius Jr. to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or over midfielder Jude Bellingham. Militao spoke after Real Madrid defeated Alaves 5-0 in the La Liga at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday. Both Bellingham and Vinicius scored during the encounter. Militao was asked after the game to pick who […]
New Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George, faces a new injury challenge ahead of his debut game at the helm of the Nigerian national team. The former Real Betis forward, was unveiled by the Nigeria Football Federation as the successor to Jose Peseiro after an extensive six-week search for the ideal replacement. His first major test comes in […]
Manchester City will be affected by the nerves of going for a fourth consecutive Premier League title on Sunday, said Pep Guardiola despite his side’s experience. City moved to the top of the table, two points ahead of Arsenal, thanks to Erling Haaland’s second-half double to beat their bogey side Tottenham on Tuesday. It is the first […]
The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has said many manufacturers in the country spend more money to secure their assets than what they pay as taxes to the government coffers. Ajayi-Kadir stated this, yesterday, while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. According to him, the cost of […]
Ship owners have called on the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola to address encroachment on the function of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA by other government agencies. The ship owners made this call yesterday at a stakeholders’ engagement with the ministry in Lagos. Meanwhile the Minister assured the ship owners […]
The World Bank yesterday said Nigeria recorded 133 private sector investment commitments in three projects in 2023. The World Bank disclosed this in its Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) 2023 annual report. The report stated: “In 2023, Sub-Saharan Africa, SSA saw investments in 66 projects totaling $3.5 billion. “This marked a 24 percent decrease from the […]
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country have been advised to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to grow their businesses. Founder AI Nigeria, Ehia Erhabor, made this submission in his presentation titled “Using AI for business innovation” delivered at the Ecobank MySME Growth Series webinar. He emphasied that AI is a gamechanger particularly for small […]
The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that most of the projects constructed and Commissioned by his predecessor, Chief Nyesom Wike, were not fully paid for. Fubara, regretted that the state is indebted to many contractors, adding that the firms the former administration could not pay are hunting his government for their payment. The […]
BENIN CITY—THE Commissioner for Communication and Orientation in Edo State, Chris Nehikhare, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC of relying on propaganda to stoke the people against the palace of the Oba of Benin as a strategy to win the September 21 governorship election. Nehikhare stated this during a press briefing, where he displayed […]
The Coordinator of Tinubu Media Support Group (TSMG), Jesustega Onakpesa has assured Nigerians that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration will bring down Nigeria’s soaring inflation causing hardship to the citizens Onakpesa while briefing journalists in Abuja, however, blamed the rising inflation, especially food price hikes, on greed on the part of business owners. He said: […]
