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Get ready for an entertaining weekend as we bring you a lineup of captivating must-watch dramas. From the suspenseful moments of revelation in Forever to the challenges of unravelling family secrets in Gaslight, tune in to Africa Magic Urban, Starlife, Zee World, and ROK 2 this weekend on GOtv for a diverse range of drama for your viewing pleasure. Forgiveness: Chiamanda is haunted by a single mistake and grapples with years of regret. As the weight of her secret becomes too heavy to hide, she faces the challenge of revealing the truth to her nine-year-old son. Starring Linda Osifo and

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 Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian and African music ecosystem will continue to receive the massive support of Spotify, Ms Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, the Sub-Saharan African Managing Director of the audio streaming platform, which has recorded about 15 billion streams, has assured. Ms Muhutu-Remy gave this assurance at the event organised by the company last Thursday and Friday in Lagos to celebrate Afrobeats, a genre of music from Africa currently gaining global attention. Spotify held #SpotifyPodcastsLagos on Thursday and #SpotifyAfrobeats on Friday at La Madison Place in Lekki, Lagos, to showcase and celebrate the rich culture of Afrobeats and the remarkable achievements

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Mr Roosevelt Michael Ogbonna has been announced as the new Group Deputy Managing Director of Access Bank Plc. This followed the recent resignation of Mr Obinna Nwosu to pursue other personal endeavours. A statement issued by the top Nigerian lender on Wednesday disclosed that Mr Ogbonna is a consummate banking professional with over 1 9 years’ working experience cutting across Treasury, Commercial and Corporate Banking. He has been the Group Executive Director in charge of Commercial Banking Division since October 2013. He joined Access Bank in 2002 from Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. The new Group Deputy Managing

This year, Madrid “Real” triumphed in the Champions League for this third time in a row. Achievements of “Barcelona” in La Liga seem more modest, so the next season of the Champions League will be an obvious priority for the Catalan management. Now, the Catalans have everything for the good playing on the international arena. Lionel Messi is still in phenomenal shape and setting new records. His partners are keeping pace with him. Ter Stegen has achieved a significant progress and become one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Pique, Suarez, Rakitic, Umtiti – there’s a really long list

By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi There are clear thinkers, muddled thinkers and people that fall in between. Clear thinkers are the ones that can cull everything down into the right points and they are very hard to find. But if you get yourself a team of clear thinkers, the possibilities are endless. These are men who see tomorrow, trailblazers and high-level executives, but most often misunderstood by some fellow countrymen still stuck in the old normal of yesterday. Without any shadow of the doubt, Samuel Ioraer Ortom, the incumbent Governor of Benue State and the only PDP Governor in the North

By Adedapo Adesanya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has created a new category of Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs) known as BVN Lite, saying this would help to capture financially excluded people in the country. Governor of CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made this disclosure on the sidelines of the of the 11th annual Bankers Committee retreat held in Ogere, Ogun State last week. According to Mr Emefiele, the requirements for the registration of this new BVN would be lesser than the previous one carried out some years ago in the banking industry. He said those captured under the BVN Lite

By Ashemiriogwa Emmanuel A Spanish quick-commerce start-up, Glovo, as part of its market expansion strategy and investment in Africa, has launched its operations in Nigeria. The company commenced its business in Nigeria with the introduction of a multi-category delivery app. This is coming after the start-up raised €450 million at the close of its Series F funding round. Nigeria is the start-up’s third market in West Africa and sixth in Africa. The on-demand courier service provider already operates in Morocco, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and over 20 other countries across the world. The Glovo app, which has six unique

By Investors Hub Asian stocks ended mixed on Wednesday even as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s upbeat economic view bolstered investor confidence in the world’s largest economy. In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell on Tuesday offered a positive outlook for the U.S. economy and reiterated that gradually raising interest rates is “the best way forward.” He also downplayed the potential negative fallout from the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute. China’s Shanghai Composite Index fluctuated before closing down 9.69 points or 0.4 percent at 2,788.44. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index eased 64.26 points or 0.2 percent to close at 28,117.42.

By Adedapo Adesanya Oil prices opened the week stronger as investors continued to bet on tight supply and rising vaccination rates and overlooking surging COVID-19 cases worldwide. Brent crude gained 39 cents or 0.52 per cent on Monday to settle at $74.89, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude moved up by 28 cents or 0.39 per cent to $72.19 per barrel. Investors continue to show support for the black gold as strong US demand and expectations of tight supplies prevail despite the surrounding factors. These factors helped both contracts to recover from a 7 per cent slump last week

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Talks are ongoing on the sale of the car assembly plant of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) Ltd to billionaire businessman, Mr Aliko Dangote, and two states. The sale of the car assembly firm is being carried out by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), an agency set up by the Federal Government in 2010 to acquire companies in Nigeria undergoing financial crisis before reselling them. On Friday, the Chief Executive Officer of AMCOM, Mr Ahmed Kuru, informed Reuters that, “We have concluded all processes on the bids since about two months ago, all we are waiting