Manchester City Clinch First UEFA Champions League Title

Explore the societal and economic effects of gambling, along with proposed solutions to address associated challenges effectively. Gambling’s social and economic implications have long been a source of discussion. Many people see this as a means to relax and unwind, while others are harshly critical of this activity because of the potential for addiction. There is, however, no objective way to evaluate the social and economic effects of gambling because all judgments are subjective. Depending on whether you approach this examination from a global or personal perspective, the results may be different. Although some people find gambling to be a

Find out essential signs of a reliable casino to play The most overriding step to check in an online casino is the license. It’s simple if the casino does not have one then the gaming framework is not legal, it also ensures that the casino is subject to strict regulations to protect players. But then how to find this license? It’s simple, go to the casino site and go to the “frequently asked questions” section. Many users first turn to the licenses granted to these platforms. While this is obviously a parameter that should not be overlooked, we will see

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria emerged as the overall champion of the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Para Championships, which ended on Saturday, September 23, 2023, in Giza, Egypt. The country went away with 12 gold medals to dethrone Egypt as the new para table tennis champion in Africa. The three-day tournament had hosts – Egypt – Algeria, Nigeria, Mauritius, Cameroon, South Africa, Kenya, and Cote d’Ivoire competing in the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events. However, Nigeria dominated as the continent’s champions by leading the singles event to pick up most of the tickets to the Paris 2024

Female cruiserweight boxers, Celina Agwu ‘Pretty Assassin’ and Bolatito ‘Black Tito’ Oluwole, have threatened fire and brimstone ahead of the title clash scheduled for GOtv Boxing Night 29 on 24 September. The bout is one of the six scheduled for the boxing showpiece, billed to hold at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, on September 24. In an interview at her training base in Lagos, Pretty Assassin, a Police officer, said Black Tito will experience the wrath of an assassin. “There is a reason I’m called Assassin. I will show her why.  She is about

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria may incur the wrath of the Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) after President Muhammadu Buhari withdrew the country’s national basketball teams from international competition for the next two years over factional disputes. The decision carried out to help ensure sanity directly violates the non-interference statutes set out by FIBA. Act 9.7 of the FIBA states, “National member federations shall manage their affairs independently and with no influence from third parties. In particular, they must ensure that their officials are either elected or appointed under a democratic process for a term of office of four (4)

By Nelson T. Ajulo, PhD The narrative of Africa is nothing but positive. From time immemorial, Africa has been battling with all sorts of labels. These include lack of infrastructure, inequality, lack of opportunities, high crime rate, overpopulation, bad governance, corruption, and poverty. Many on the continent are already used to the over-flogged statement that Africans live on less than a dollar a day and that it is the world’s poverty capital. The international poverty line the World Bank says is $1.90 per day using purchasing power parity. In all of the labels mentioned above, one of the most challenging

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Manufacturer of confectionery and food drinks, Cadbury Nigeria Plc, has released its unaudited financial statements for the first half of this year, recording a loss of N423.8 million during the period against the N766.4 million loss it posted in the same period of last year. In the company’s financial scorecard released today, Cadbury Nigeria however reported a growth in its revenue, which went up by 8 percent to N17.6 billion from N16.3 billion in H1 2017. Also, the finance income appreciated by 10.7 percent to N73.1 million from N66 million, while the firm recorded a 33.8 percent

By Dipo Olowookere One of the largest investment managers in the United States, Federated Investors, and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has announced an agreement to launch a sovereign energy trade-finance portfolio. The ITFC Sovereign Energy Fund (ISEF) will be sponsored and managed by ITFC with strategic input from Federated Investors (UK) LLP. The portfolio will be a private offering available to ITFC’s qualified investors across the Member Countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and ITFC’s global partners. It will invest primarily in energy-related trade finance, structured

By Modupe Gbadeyanka In the just concluded week, the treasury bills market closed on a bearish note, with average yield expanding by 87 bps to 18.23 percent, from last week’s 17.37 percent, analysts at Cordros disclosed. In its weekly report, the investment firm said the yield expansion was largely driven by the increased pressure on system liquidity during the week (as discussed above). It further noted that yields at the short (+194 bps), mid (+44 bps) and long (+29 bps) ends of the curve increased, following selloffs of 48DTM (+388 bps), 174DTM (+109 bps), and 202DTM (+81 bps) bills, respectively.

By Investors Hub Asian stocks fell across the board on Friday as the escalation in tensions surrounding North Korea continued to push investors towards safe-haven assets such as the Japanese yen, the Swiss franc and gold. The Japanese market was closed in observance of the Mountain Day holiday. The U.S. dollar set an eight-week low against the yen after U.S. President Donald Trump further ratcheted up the rhetoric, suggesting that his “fire and fury” comments may not have been tough enough. The president said “things will happen to them they never thought possible” should Pyongyang attack the U.S. or its

By Dipo Olowookere The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that its 268th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting will take place next Monday. A notice released by the apex bank said the meeting will hold on Monday, July 22 and Tuesday, July 23, 2019. It further said members of the committee will gathered for the important monetary policy meeting at the MPC Meeting Room, 11th Floor, Wing C, CBN Corporate Headquarters, Abuja. During the meeting, members of the committee will deliberate on the macroeconomic figures and see if they should remain at the previous levels, be raised or lowered.

By Adedapo Adesanya Wema Bank has unveiled the 2020 edition of the Wema Hackathon tagged ‘Hackaholics 2.0’, which will mark the second edition of the innovative programme of the institution. The event will be hosting participants virtually in a two-day pitch competition from October 30 -31 to exhibit innovative solutions with excellent market potential, capable of solving essential, everyday business problems. This year’s edition will seek to provide innovative solutions under five major verticals – Agritech, Healthtech, Edutech, Fintech, and Gaming and startups can win up to $40,000 in prizes. The successful startups will proceed to a 4-week Accelerator Bootcamp