Nigeria Rugby Sevens Names Squad for Olympic Qualifiers

By Bliss Okperan Nigerian goal-poacher, who plies his football trade in Italy, Victor Osimhen, has expressed his frustration over the way his club, Napoli, treated his penalty miss over the weekend. The Italian club won a penalty in a match with Bologna on Sunday, but the striker could not put the ball in the back of the net, leaving his team with a goalless draw. On Tuesday, Napoli posted a video on its verified TikTok page. It was believed that the post was to mock the miss, sparking outrage from some fans, especially from Nigeria, the footballer’s home country. On

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.

A new study by betting comparison site punters.pub has revealed the Premier League teams who received the most yellow and red cards over the last five seasons. The research ranked the 12 teams that have been ever-present in the Premier League since the start of the 2018/19 season, allocating them an average disciplinary score per game. The scoring system here dictates that a yellow card equates to one point, and a red card to two, therefore the teams with the highest score per game have committed the most cardable offences in the past five seasons. Manchester United are the club

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By Modupe Gbadeyanka Popular American author and businessman, Mr Stephen Richards Covey, once said, “Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” Also, the late American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers, Walmart and Sam’s Club, Mr Samuel Moore Walton, once said, “Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.” With these key words in mind, Chain Reactions Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s leading Public Relations/Reputation Management and Integrated Communications Consulting

By Adedapo Adesanya FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc overpowered three price gainers at the NASD Over-the-Counter OTC Securities Exchange on Monday to leave the unlisted securities market bloodied by 0.43 per cent. The loss recorded by the milk maker ensured that the NASD unlisted security index (NSI) further depleted by 3.26 points yesterday to 749.04 points from 752.30 points recorded at the previous session. It also caused the market capitalisation of the exchange to reduce by N2.27 billion to N532.43 billion from N534.70 billion it closed last Friday. Business Post reports that Friesland lost 2.7 per cent or N3.23 during the

By Dipo Olowookere If the Yoruba saying that a fruitful Saturday is known from Friday is to be applied here, then the 2021 financial year of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc will be exciting. This is because the lender, in its financial performance for the first quarter of this year, started the year on an impressive note with double-digit growth in its net profit. In the results briefly analysed by Business Post, the post-tax profit increased by 26.9 per cent to 38.2 billion from N30.1 billion recorded in the first quarter of 2020. The firm said its pre-tax profit

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Despite recording shortfall in its financial statements for the full year 2017, the board of Total Nigeria Plc has announced the payment of dividend to its shareholders. The oil giant, in its earnings details released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) last week, disclosed that it would pay a total of N4.75 billion to its shareholders, representing N14 per 50 kobo ordinary share subject to appropriate withholding tax. The board of Total Nigeria further said the approval of the dividend would be paid to shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members as at the close

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian stock market opened the week on a bearish note on Monday following losses posted by four of the five major sub-sectors of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The equity market depreciated yesterday by 0.22 percent as investors’ appetite for local stocks continue to wane, expanding the year-to-date loss to 16.04 percent at the close of business. Apart from the energy sector, which closed flat on Monday, others ended in the negative territory, with the insurance sector leading the pack after a 1.44 percent decline. The banking sector followed with a 0.45 percent loss, the industrial

Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who was recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has promised to continue the implementation of good policies embarked upon by his predecessor, Professor Dibu Ojerinde. Speaking during the official handing over ceremony and his resumption in office at the headquarters of JAMB in Abuja, Prof Oloyede said he is not coming to change some policies, but rather look into them and see how to make them better where necessary. He thanked Prof Ojerinde for the wonderful experience of working with him and promised to keep

By Ashemiriogwa Emmanuel  The police command in Kwara State has put in place a series of security arrangements across the length and breadth of the state for a safe Independence Day celebration. A statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, on Thursday, disclosed that 1,500 policemen and women have been deployed to provide security today. According to the statement, “The Commissioner of Police Kwara State Command, CP Tuesday Assayomo, has also directed Area Commanders of the Eight Area Commands, DPOs and all Tactical teams in the state to embark on aggressive patrols