Golfers Warm up for Forthcoming Ikeja Golf Club Championship

Another round of league matches will take place in the Premier League, Serie A, and Laliga this weekend. The biggest match of the lot will be in the Premier League, where treble winners, Manchester City will face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. All the weekend action will be available to customers on DStv Compact and GOtv Supa+. Arsenal are yet to defeat Manchester City in a league match since Pep Guardiola came to England seven seasons ago. The gunners ran out of steam to finish second behind City last season, having topped the table for the majority of the campaign.

Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea will face Manchester United at Old Trafford on Thursday, aiming to secure their first victory over the Red Devils since November 2017, when a solitary goal by Alvaro Morata, secured a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. The Blues have since gone 11 Premier League games without a win against Manchester United, drawing seven games in the process. The corresponding fixture last season ended in a 4-1 defeat for the Blues. Tune in to SuperSport Premier League (GOtv ch 66) to watch the action live at 9:15 pm on Wednesday. Chelsea have won seven points from their last

By Adedapo Adesanya South African football club, Mamelodi Sundowns, have emerged as the first-ever champions of the African Football League (AFL) title, defeating top Moroccan side, Wydad Athletic Club, 2-0 in Pretoria on Sunday. Sundowns trailed 2-1 from the first leg played in Casablanca last weekend, and they ensured they won by a margin of two goals with a clean sheet to engrave their names in the books of history. The South African Premier Soccer League side sealed a 3-2 aggregate win to claim the top prize. Sundowns striker, Peter Shalulile, returning to the team after weeks out with injury,

By Dipo Olowookere One of the leading beer makers in the country, Guinness Nigeria Plc, has rubbished reports in the media that it plans to offload some of its assets in preparation for an alleged relocation. In a statement on Friday, the brewer said the reports are not only false and malicious but also misleading because they are “not in tandem with our well-publicised investment and expansion drive.” Guinness Nigeria said in late 2021, it reaffirmed its long-term strategic expansion plans in Nigeria with the acquisition of an additional 25-acre commercial property in the Ogba industrial area of Lagos and

By Dipo Olowookere The local bourse kicked off trading on Monday on a negative note as bears maintain firm grip on the stock market. It was observed that the release of first quarter earnings by some companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has still refused to push investors to add more shares into their portfolios. At the close of transactions today, the Lagos stock exchange went down by 0.13 percent as the year-to-date return dipped to 6.59 percent. The market capitalisation depreciated by N18.4 billion to settle at N14.725 trillion, while the All-Share Index (ASI) went down by

By Adedapo Adesanya The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 160 and above as cut off mark for 2020/2021 admissions into universities across the country. Registrar of the board, Mr Is-haq Oloyede, made this disclosure during a presentation of the policy considerations at the 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held virtually on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Oloyede said that 160 and above have been approved as cut off mark into Polytechnics and 100 and above for both Colleges of Education and Innovation Enterprise Institutions. He explained that the decision was taken after each of the

By Dipo Olowookere Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday inaugurated a 12-member Economic Advisory Committee. During the ceremony held at the Lagos House in Ikeja, the Governor charged the team to ensure they remain honest with their assessments and suggestions. He further tasked the team to work diligently and focus on the priorities of his administrations, which are aimed at creating a better and conducive Lagos. Mr Ambode inaugurated renowned economist and founder of Agusto & Co, Mr Olabode Agusto as Chairman of the Committee, while Mrs Yetunde Akinloye as the Secretary. Members of the committee are Commissioners

A recent report from TU experts offers deep insights into Nigeria’s Forex trading scene, with a special focus on the importance of the New York session Forex time. In the first quarter of 2023, the US Forex Market witnessed a surge in daily volume, reaching $966.7 billion. The growth is an impressive 27% jump from past years, further solidifying the global Forex market’s role as a bustling currency trading center. With the FX market in operation 24 hours a day, transactions worth billions of dollars are made. Building on this global trend, Nigeria, with its robust economy boasting an annual

The Federal Government is set to begin the full implementation of the National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACTEST) as part of measures to enhance its onslaught on insurgency. This was disclosed recently by the Deputy Director, Counter Terrorism Centre in the Office of the National Security Adviser ONSA, Ahmad Mohammed Gusau, at a stakeholder’s workshop on the implementation of NACTEST in Abuja. While the strategy is coordinated by ONSA, several Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, now have clear-cut roles to play in its implementation. Each of the MDAs would now have a NACTEST desk, based on their core mandates to forestall

By Adedapo Adesanya Unlisted securities trading on the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange pulled a 0.01 per cent growth on Tuesday driven by the positive price movement in the shares of Niger Delta Exploration and Production (NDEP) Plc. The equity price of the company gained 35 kobo or 0.11 per cent to close the session at N310.12 per share in contrast to N309.77 per share it traded at the previous session. The appreciation in the value of the oil investment company’s stock led to an upward movement in the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI). The benchmark index increased during the

By Aduragbemi Omiyale Stock investors have been advised to prioritise market data as it would make them to achieve success in the capital market, especially at a period the financial market is volatile. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Absa Securities, Mr Akinkunmi Majaro, “Market data is a valuable recourse for portfolio investors during a challenging cycle. “Hence, capital market data is designed to provide market participants with in-depth knowledge of market conditions.” “Considering the various challenges besetting the global economy, these investors need accurate data to make informed investment decisions to avoid unfavourable market moves,” he added.