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By Modupe Gbadeyanka Momentum is already gathering for the forthcoming 2023 Ikeja Golf Club Championship taking place between November 20 and November 26. No fewer than 200 golfers are expected to take part in the prestigious event, which brings together players from across the country. Speaking during a press conference ahead of the event, the club captain, Mr Sina Akinyemi, said this year’s edition coincides with the organisation’s 55th anniversary. “The Ikeja Golf Club is at the heart of the city of Lagos. We are set to host our annual pinnacle event, the Golf Club Championship, between November 20 and

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

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,

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

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The 20,000 metric tonnes Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage terminal being constructed in Ijora, Lagos, by AP LPG terminal, a fully owned subsidiary of Ardova Plc, is being financed by the Stanbic IBTC Infrastructure Fund, Business Post has learned. In August 2021, Stanbic IBTC closed the first tranche of its N100 billion Stanbic IBTC Infrastructure Fund aimed to support the funding of critical projects in the country with competitive return profiles, sustainable environmental practices, and the potential to positively impact the economy. Ardova, one of the leading players in the energy sector in Nigeria, keyed into the

By Sodeinde Temidayo David The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Mr Suleiman Bogoro, has blamed low financing for the poor quality of education in Nigeria. Speaking at the 13th thematic meeting of the TETFund Research and Development Standing Committee (RDSC), Mr Bogoro said this problem, if not adequately tackled, could lead to a big crisis in the education sector. He noted that the crisis in the sector cuts across all levels from primary through secondary and tertiary levels of learning, stating that the inadequate fund has made it difficult to improve teaching and learning. But he said

The Kwara State Personnel Database Development Committee on Friday refuted claims that the state government had contracted the payment of workers’ salaries and pensioners’ allowance to a private consultant. The Committee in a statement issued by one of its members, Dr Muyideen Akorede, said that the government has no intention to contract the payment of salaries of any category of workers and pensions to any private consultancy firm. It clarified that the Personnel Database Development Committee headed by the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed only engaged a consultant to conduct the staff verification exercise in the State. The consultant, he

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Nigeria plans to give the central bank more power to control capital flows and prevent foreign-exchange being taken out the country, including jail times and fines for offenders as authorities battle against a shortage of dollars. Authorities should be able to jail for as long as two years anybody holding dollars in cash for more than 30 days, or fine them 20 percent of the amount, according to a draft amendment to Nigeria’s Foreign-Exchange Act. The proposals were published on the website of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, which reviews legislation, this week. Regulators should also be

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Nigerian stock market slumped marginally by 0.06 percent at the end of Monday’s trading activities, extending the loss at the market to three consecutive days. The all-share index (ASI) fell by 14.98 points or 0.06 percent to close at 25,318.41 points, while the market capitalisation went down N5.2 billion to close N8.7 trillion. Mobil recorded the highest price gain of N10.44k to close at N219.41k per share, while GTBank went up by 38k to finish at N21.89k per share. ETI appreciated by 30k to end at N9.80k per share, NASCON improved by 16k to finish at

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Eterna Plc has now been fixed for Thursday, December 8, 2016, Business Post has learnt. The AGM, according to a statement signed by the company’ Secretary/Legal Adviser, Ms Bunmi Agagu, was earlier unable to hold “due to the need to restructure the Board.” She, however, disclosed that, “We are pleased to inform you that new Directors have now been appointed to fill existing vacancies on the Board and the Directors will be presented to the shareholders at the impending AGM.” It was disclosed in the statement made available to the Nigerian

By Nneka Okumazie While there’s a lot of attention to biological evolution, probably the most important evolution to human progress is contemporaneous anthropological evolution. How is it that some communities are inclined to certain ways? How did they get there – looking through their history? How are some people in similar societies adapted differently, then others just nearby? What priority did their ancestors have, that was passed on, and morphed into some of the things that are visible today? For example, some people are generally adventurous and courageous. They are known to try new things, risk delicate stuff, for a

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Federal Government says henceforth, mortgages below N5 million will no longer attract the initial payment of 10 percent equity from off-takers. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mr Mustapha Baba Shehuri, while commissioning a 125-unit housing estate being financed by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and developed by a private developer, Messrs LCK Projects (Nigeria) Limited, in Enugu, Enugu State, recently. Mr Shehuri explained that this move was taken by the FG as a demonstration of its resolute commitment to the provision of affordable housing to Nigerians, especially