NFF Announces N400m Sponsorship Deal With Premier Lotto

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The fitness campaign of a leading domestic payment cards and tokens brand, Verve, VerveLife, will get bigger this year as a leading global sportswear giant, adidas, has expressed its intention to be part of it. Six years ago, Verve started the initiative. It has grown to be one of the biggest fitness festivals on the African continent, attracting several participants. For VerveLife 6.0, adidas is coming to use the programme to grow its brand presence in Nigeria, according to the Commercial Director Africa at adidas, Mr Brett Burgess. “We are excited by our partnership with VerveLife as

An international exploration drilling company, Geodrill Limited, has won the 2023 Australia-Africa Minerals and Energy Group (AAMEG) Award for Established ESG Leader for a Resources Services company. The award was due to their commitment and funding to the LVOLUTION ACADEMY of Cote d’Ivoire and the running of its activities. The Ivorian mining community memorialized the prize at an industry event on October 13 in Abidjan. Geodrill and other sponsors, including Endeavour Mining, X&M Suppliers, Foraco, Koulou Gold Corp, Sotici, Energold, and IDC, have been proud supporters of LVOLUTION ACADEMY founded to promote education, training, and social integration of underprivileged youth,

By Bliss Okperan A 21-year-old Spanish international winger, Nico Williams, has extended his current deal with Athletic Bilbao, which expires in June 2024, by three seasons. He agreed to remain with the Spanish football outfit until 2027, the La Liga club confirmed this action on Friday. Nico Williams, whose elder brother, Inaki Williams, also plays for Athletic Bilbao, scored nine goals in 43 games in all competitions for the club last season. He represented Spain in the last World Cup in Qatar, while his brother played for their home country, Ghana. The younger Williams has reportedly been targeted by league

By Ahmed Rahma As Nigeria prepares to receive about 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, the COVID-19 Presidential Task  Force (PTF) has informed the general public that they can register for the jabs on National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) website from Monday, March 1, 2021. According to a statement released on Sunday, February 28 by NPHCDA, “the country is scheduled to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. “The delivery will mark the first arrival of COVID-19 vaccine in the country and make

By Investors Hub European stocks have moved mostly higher on Friday, with banks leading the surge after finance ministers from 19 nations finalized plans to get Greece out of its eight-year bailout program and a top lawmaker in Italy’s far-right League party reportedly said the government doesn’t want to exit the euro. Investors also cheered flash data from IHS Markit showing that the euro area private sector expanded at a faster pace in June. The composite output index unexpectedly rose to 54.8 from 54.1 in May. The index was forecast to fall to 53.9. While an improvement was reported from

By Investors Hub The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a higher opening on Friday following the mixed performance seen in the previous session. A continued drop by treasury yields may generate early buying interest on Wall Street, with the ten-year yield pulling back further off the four-year closing high set on Wednesday. Trading activity may be somewhat subdued, however, as a lack of major U.S. economic data is likely to keep some traders on the sidelines. Remarks by several Federal Reserve officials may impact trading amid lingering concerns about the outlook for interest rates. After seeing strength for

By Dipo Olowookere The desperate need for the Nigerian government to come up with policy and structural reforms to avert another economic recession in Nigeria has been emphasised by analysts at United Capital Research. In their daily market report on Tuesday, the financial and investment services power house said Nigeria and South Africa, the two biggest economies in Africa, must return to a sustainable long medium term growth. On Tuesday, data from South Africa’s statistical agency, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), showed that in addition to a steeper 2.6 percent q/q Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contraction recorded in Q1-18, the

By Dipo Olowookere The All-Share Index (ASI) of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed above 29,000 points on Wednesday after it appreciated by 1.58 per cent or 457.31 points to finish at 29,437.60 points as against Tuesday’s 28,980.29 points. Buying interest mainly in consumer goods, energy and banking stocks contributed to the growth achieved during the session as their respective indices went up by 5.66 per cent, 2.14 per cent and 1.18 per cent. These sectors were not the only gainers on Wednesday as the insurance sector appreciated by 1.52 per cent, while the industrial goods space rose by 1.12

By Dipo Olowookere A global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and solutions, AGCO, has announced the launch of the AGCO Agriculture Foundation. “The AGCO Agriculture Foundation is a testament to our commitment to support farmers feeding the world. Our objective is to support non-profit initiatives that contribute to global food security, support sustainable agriculture development and have an economic impact in developing countries,” said Martin Richenhagen, AGCO’s Chairman, President and CEO. The new philanthropic focus demonstrates AGCO’s strong commitment to specific Sustainable Development Goals developed by the United Nations that seek to end hunger and

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The rising cases of COVID-19 in India are becoming worrisome and this has made some countries and organisations offer assistance to the second most populous nation in the world. One notable company that has offered to help the South Asian country is Emirates, which has set up a humanitarian airbridge between Dubai and India to transport urgent medical and relief items. A statement from the airline operator disclosed that it would provide cargo capacity free of charge on an “as available” basis on all of its flights to nine cities in India, to help international NGOs deliver

By Dipo Olowookere The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the September 22, 2018 governorship election in Osun State “inconclusive.” INEC Returning Officer for the poll, Joseph Adeola, while announcing the results on Sunday afternoon, disclosed that the margin between the two major candidates at the election was too small to declare a clear winner. According to him, the number of cancelled votes was higher than the margin between Mr Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). However, he said the date for the run-off election would