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Female cruiserweight boxer, Bolatito ‘Black Tito’ Oluwole, has declared that her ultimate aim at GOtv Boxing Night 29 is to be the first female winner of the best boxer prize. The overall best boxer on the night will take home the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy and N1m cash prize. Black Tito will face Celina ‘Pretty Assassin’ Agwu, in a national cruiserweight title challenge bout at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of  Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos on September 24. The bout is one of the six lined up for the night. “My ultimate aim on the night is to make

Data analytics is transforming football predictions as tools and techniques are consistently being designed to enhance accuracy and precision in football betting. In this article, we uncover the huge impact of data analytics in football betting. The Power of Data in Football Predictions In football betting, data analytics is used to collect, analyse, and interpret data to make informed predictions. This includes several metrics, such as player stats, team performance, head-to-head results, and external factors like injuries, fatigue, and weather conditions. Data analytics in football predictions is useful in the following ways:  Transforming Raw Data to Useful Piece of Information

Premier boxing show, GOtv Boxing Night,  will make a return on Sunday, September 24, 2023, the organisers have announced. In a statement released on Thursday, Flykite Productions disclosed that the 29th edition of the Boxing show, licensed by the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), will be held at the Molade Okoya-Thomas of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos and feature six fights, including a national female cruiserweight title bout between Celina “Pretty Assasin” Agwu and Bolatito “Black Tito” Oluwole. The welterweight division will see a national challenge bout between the very tough Taiwo “Gentle Boy” Olowu and

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 Modupe Gbadeyanka In the month of January 2020, top 10 stockbrokers licenced to operate in the Nigerian capital market were responsible for 49.15 percent (8.3 billion units) of the total volume of shares transacted in the month and 58.83 percent of the total value (N138.1 billion). By volume, Mainstreet Bank Securities Limited contributed the highest with 8.38 percent, trading 1.4 billion units of stocks, while Cardinalstone Securities followed with 6.16 percent after transacting 1.0 billion units. Coronation Securities traded 852.0 million shares (5.05 percent), CSL Stokebrokers transacted 794.5 million shares (4.71 percent), Morgan Capital Securities 792.3 million stocks (4.69

By Adedapo Adesanya The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange continued its presence in the positive territory with a 0.16 per cent growth in the 26th week of trading of 2023 in a week of short trading due to a two-day break. The valuation of investors’ portfolio rose by N1.67 billion, leaving the market capitalisation of the NASD OTC bourse at N1.040 trillion from the N1.038 trillion it closed in the preceding week, while the NASD Unlisted Securities Index (NSI) gained 1.75 points to wrap the week at 752.03 points compared with 750.28 points recorded at the previous week. There were

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The trading suspension earlier placed on the shares of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has now been lifted, Business Post has learnt. The lifting of the suspension was confirmed on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 through a statement issued by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (SEC). In the statement signed by Mr Godstime Iwenekhai, the Acting Head in charge of Listings Regulation Department at the NSE, the stock market regulator explained that it removed the embargo after the insurance firm “submitted its audited accounts for the period ended 31 December 2016 on July 5, 2017.” Mr Iwenekhai said, “In view

By Dipo Olowookere The decision of investors to take profit on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday left the market bleeding at the close of the trading session. The selloffs witnessed in the one of the most active sectors of the market, banking, pushed the market down by 0.83 percent, halting the gains printed in the past sessions. This also reduced the year-to-date return to 9.76 percent. Business Post reports that the All-Share Index (ASI) closed 247.80 points lower yesterday to 29,462.76 points from 29,710.56 points. Similarly, the market capitalisation reduced by N128 billion to N15.176

By Dipo Olowookere The board of Access Bank Plc has announced the release of the financial statements of the company for the period ended March 31, 2019. The financial scorecard of the lender was released on Tuesday and a brief analysis of it showed an improvement from what was recorded in the corresponding period on last year. Access Bank, which merged with Diamond Bank at the end of last month and officially began running the new enlarged entity on April 1, 2019, grew its post-tax profit by 86.1 percent to N41.148 billion from N22.116 billion, while its pre-tax profit went

By Dipo Olowookere The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has admitted failing to reduce the number of unbanked people in the country as it had projected, but emphasised that it would continue to deepen financial inclusion in rural areas, which mainly don’t have access to banking services. The apex bank, which is in the forefront of financial inclusion in the country, said much more is needed to be done to achieve the 2020 target of reducing the number of unbanked Nigerians to 20 percent. The Director of Banking & Payment Systems at the CBN, Mr Dipo Fatokun, said at the

A pre-validation service that will allow customers to detect and resolve errors that delay payment messages before they are dispatched and enable banks to give upfront fee transparency to their end customers has been launched by SWIFT. A statement issued by the South African firm disclosed that more than 50 percent of SWIFT gpi payments are credited to the beneficiary in less than 30 minutes and many arrive in just a few seconds. A significant part of the remaining messages are delayed due to errors in the payment data such as incorrect or missing beneficiary information, and insufficient regulatory data.

By Dipo Olowookere Mobile network, MTN’s two new package deals have been measured and found wanting by a company that helps people reduce their cellphone bills. After assessing MTN’s new deals packages, MTN Sky and My MTNChoice + Talk, Traffic said that the operator’s efforts fell short of beating what is already on offer. MTN’s new offerings follow hot on the heels of those by other players in the market. Cell C recently launched Pinnacle and a cash-back campaign. Vodacom’s Plus packages and Telkom’s FreeMe are also relatively new arrivals. “It is clear that while Telkom is pushing the envelope