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By Modupe Gbadeyanka Winner of Nigerian Idol Season 8 Winner, Victory Gbakara, and the runner-up, Precious Mac, were recently at the Lagos office of Bigi, one of the sponsors of the music talent show, which brought them to limelight. During the visit, the duo expressed gratitude to Bigi, a brand from the stables of Rite Foods, commending them also for quenching the thirsts of their consumers. “I have experienced them and tasted most of their products and they are 100 per cent,” Precious Mac said. On July 16, 2023, Victory Gbakara defeated Precious Mac to become the Season 8 winner

Music is a universal language that people should be able to access at their fingertips without the hindrance of data costs or monthly subscriptions. That’s why Spotify has the Free tier, which offers the same quality listening experience that the platform is known for, but without the monthly subscription fee. Personalisation is at the heart of what we do at Spotify, curating music based on every user’s listening habits, so the more you listen, the more you are setting the tone. With playlists made just for you, whether you are on Spotify Premium or the Free Tier, here are some

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Twenty talents have been shortlisted to battle for the grand prizes of the second edition of the Headies Mic Check competition sponsored by Airtel Nigeria. The almost two dozen music acts picked by the organisers were from the over 2,000 entries received from across the country. Several aspiring Nigerian musical talents were in Lagos from different states across the country, singing songs that suited the texture of their voice, written either by them or their favourite artists. However, only 20 persons were selected, and they will now have to impress the judges through the live show stage

By Dipo Olowookere The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday conducted a primary market auction (PMA) for the sale of treasury bills to investors, with the rates tampered with. At the exercise, the central bank offered for sale N90.94 billion worth of the debt instruments across three different maturities. Business Post reports that N1.80 billion worth of 91-day bill, N4.50 billion worth of 182-day bill and N84.64 billion worth of the 364-day bill were auctioned at the PMA. However, the bills were oversubscribed by about 195 percent, reflecting the confidence market participants have in the government’s debt instrument and

By Adedapo Adesanya The Naira closed the last trading day of the week on a weaker note in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window of the foreign exchange market on Friday, June 30, the first session since Tuesday after the Sallah holiday break. With the return of the market, there was a slight rush for the greenback as the Naira lost 0.82 per cent or N6.25 to close at N769.25/$1 versus last Tuesday’s value of N763/$1. Data obtained by Business Post from FMDQ Securities Exchange showed that the local was under FX demand pressure as the turnover for the day remained

By Dipo Olowookere Newly listed Airtel Africa Plc suffered its first loss on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) 24 hours after its admittance into the nation’s stock market. The telco topped the losers’ chart on Wednesday, which had 16 others, after going down by N39.90k or 9.99 percent to settle N359.40k per share. The firm had listed its shares on the NSE via cross border secondary listing on Tuesday at N363 per unit. Others on the log were Forte Oil, which lost N2.30k to finish at N20.70k per share, Conoil, which fell by N2.20k to close at

By Adedapo Adesanya The World Bank, in its latest food security update, says food price inflation in Nigeria and other parts of the world remains high, despite cooling global prices of food. “Information from the latest month between December 2022 and March 2023 for which food price inflation data are available shows high inflation in almost all low and middle-income countries. “Inflation levels are greater than 5 per cent in 70.6 per cent of low-income countries and in 90.9 per cent of lower-middle-income countries. “Inflation rate is also above 5 per cent in 87 per cent of upper-middle-income countries, some

By Adedapo Adesanya The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow foreign loans to the tune of $22.798 billion. According to the government, the loan is part of the 2016–2018 Federal Government External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan laid before the House on March 5, 2020, before the President’s fresh loan request of $5.5 billion on May 28, 2020. The Senate had approved the loan on March 6, but the lower chamber of the National Assembly suspended its consideration of the request indefinitely. Almost two months later, Speaker of the House, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, at Tuesday’s plenary, explained

Since time immemorial, travelling has been an essential part of human existence. We journey miles to see loved ones, engage in business transactions, or most times, to see the world around us through our own lenses. Modern day technology has also done more good than harm in making every stage of the journey easier and more convenient. For instance, now you can reduce a 6-hour journey to just about 45 minutes with the help of an airplane. Air tickets can also be procured from just anywhere with the help of the internet. The stress of having to comb different locations

Stanbic IBTC Trustees Limited, through the Stanbic IBTC Education Trust (SET), has made assisting Nigerian parents and guardians to secure their children and ward’s academic future one of her top priorities. SET is a flexible and easy investment plan with long-term benefits that support parents and guardians striving to provide quality education for their children and wards. With SET, parents and guardians can ensure the payment of their children and wards’ school fees as education-related expenses are directly effected by the institutions of learning, be it elementary to tertiary levels. This action ensures that unforeseeable events do not cause a

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited recorded its first loss under the administration of President Bola Tinubu on Monday, June 2023, a week after he assumed office. On the first trading session of his government, the local stock market jumped by 5.22 per cent as investors embraced his policy direction, especially with the promise of unifying the exchange rates and subsidy removal. However, the latter seems to be his first real test as the labour unions in the country are preparing for a showdown with him from Wednesday unless he reverts the pump price to N185 per litre