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By Adedapo Adesanya  A Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Olabode Oladimenji, popularly known as Oladips, has died at the age of 28. According to a statement posted on his Instagram page, he passed away at exactly 10:14 pm on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. In the late hours of yesterday, videos made the rounds on social media of the Lalakukulala crooner seeming to have collapsed as his friends surrounded him. Before the video started to circulate, Oladips had taken to his Instagram stories to cry out for help as he mentioned one of his friends, @onlyonelifetime, and asked where he was. The rapper complained

By Adedapo Adesanya Comedy and crime-based American TV show, Only Murders in The Building, has been ranked as the most anticipated TV show of the Fall of 2023, according to a new study shared with Business Post. Experts at ARKA conducted extensive research to uncover the most anticipated TV shows of Fall 2023. Google Keyword Planner was used to analyze search data, providing valuable insights into the level of interest in the upcoming TV series. The research also offers information on the genre, reasons behind their popularity, and their streaming platform. Only Murders in The Building, which features Steve Martin,

By Ncebakazi Manzi The rise of Afrobeats over the past decade or so has been nothing short of remarkable. From the streets of Nigeria and Ghana, it has become a global phenomenon, with some of the world’s biggest artists collaborating with Afrobeats icons and emerging artists alike. In a sign of how rapid the ascent of Afrobeats has been, Spotify recently held events in Nigeria celebrating 13 billion streams of the genre. The growth of Afrobeats is unlikely to slow down anytime soon either, especially as streaming continues to grow across Africa. According to research firm Statista, the continent’s streaming

By Dipo Olowookere President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Mr Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers across the continent new technologies with the potential to transform agricultural production. Mr Adesina said the technology transfer was needed immediately and that evidence from countries like Nigeria demonstrated that technology plus strong government backing was already yielding positive results. ”Technologies to achieve Africa’s green revolution exist, but are mostly just sitting on the shelves. The challenge is a lack of supportive policies to ensure that they are scaled up to reach millions of farmers,” Mr Adesina said

By Adedapo Adesanya The oil market slid more than one per cent to a two-week low on Thursday on increased worries the US Federal Reserve may go too far with its interest rate hikes to control inflation. Brent futures fell $1.07 or 1.3 per cent to settle at $81.59 a barrel, as the US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures dropped 94 cents or 1.2 per cent to settle at $75.72 per barrel. In a short but impactful speech, the US central bank chief, Mr Jerome Powell, set out a new paradigm for how the Fed views its policy path, one

By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Each passing day brings to mind the fact that Nigeria is still visibly afflicted with perennial ‘leadership haemorrhage’. But the most serious aspect of this all-out assault is the belief by Nigerians that the nation’s leadership crisis was aggregated by a successive deficiency in leadership vision and in some cases made worse by public official’s understanding and interpretation of problems with clarity but lacking in political will to see or implement solutions. Out of many of such comments, this piece will talk about two that are relevant to the present intervention. The first and very basic

BitMEX, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform under HDR Global Trading Limited, conducts daily trades worth over $3 billion. It’s reputed as one of the biggest digital asset exchanges globally, headquartered in Seychelles and operating worldwide. In a BitMEX exchange review, the XBTUSD Perpetual Contract stands out as its principal product, commanding the highest industry trading volume. BitMEX aims to broaden its portfolio with additional perpetual contracts, conventional futures, and innovative quantum futures. Pros and cons of BitMEX Traders Union delves into the advantages and drawbacks of using the BitMEX trading platform. Pros: Remarkable trading volume and liquidity. Streamlined sign-up process.

By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke The Nigerian financial sector has significantly grown in leaps and bounds; thanks largely to technology. Currently, banks’ services have been automated. Customers are no longer required to visit their brick and mortar branches to perform any transaction. With their smartphones, they can process local and international transactions. These are exciting times for the Nigerian banking sector as the long hours spent at the bank have been greatly reduced. This laudable effort means that fintech has a key role to play in boosting financial inclusion in Nigeria. As a result of technology, a fintech platform like Jumia Pay and others

The Facility Management Industry in Nigeria is set to witness a major turnaround as two leading organizations, International Facility Management Association, Nigeria Chapter and another Nigerian firm, Applied Engineering Technology Institute, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding at IFMA’s secretariat in Lagos. The partnership aims to deepen capacity building, sustainability initiative and mentorship development for the practitioners in built environment in Nigeria. The International Facility Management Association, Nigeria chapter is committed to continuous learning and development through strategic collaboration with other professional bodies and reputable organisations in order to ensure the entrenchment of best global practices in the practice of

By Dipo Olowookere The All-Share Index (ASI) of equities on the trading platform of Africa’s largest economy depreciated to its lowest level in 5 weeks on Monday after closing below the 28,000 psychological mark. Business Post reports that the benchmark indicator went down yesterday by 294.90 points to settle at 27,772.19 points in contrast to the previous session’s 28,067.09 points. The last time the ASI was in the 27,000 region was on January 7, 2020, when it ended at 27,586.93 points and moved to 28,562.48 points the next day after growing by 3.54 percent. It was observed that the market

By Dipo Olowookere The Economic Commission for Africa, through the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is holding a meeting in collaboration with the Walvis Bay Corridor Group and other Corridor management Institutions (CMIs) to establish the African Corridor Management Alliance. The Alliance is expected to coordinate the sharing of best practices and other strategies in support of the development and management of economic corridors on the Continent. Held against the backdrop of promoting corridors as vehicles for economic transformation and boosting intra-African trade, the inaugural meeting in Walvis Bay, Namibia will also map out a strategy for the new organization.