VAR Denies City Win Over Tottenham in 4-Goal Thriller at Etihad

By Adedapo Adesanya The Premier League has deducted 10 points from Everton after it found the club guilty of breaching Premier League financial fair play rules. The deduction is the biggest points deduction in the competition’s history and will see the Merseyside club drop 19th position, two points from safety. Everton, who had denied wrongdoing, believe a sporting punishment for an accountancy matter is disproportionate and inappropriate and have told the league they intend to appeal. Leeds, Leicester and Burnley have previously written to Everton’s prospective new owners, 777 Partners, warning they intended to sue for damages in the event

By Precious Olisa The era of Nigerian athletes being treated by beggars may soon be over if the assurance given by the federal government is to be taken seriously. Earlier this week, the Minister of Sports Development, Mr John Enoh, during an interactive session with the Presidents and Secretaries of National Sports Federations, said efforts are being made to prioritise the welfare of athletes in the country. For several years, those who represent the country in different sporting activities across the globe have been abandoned even before and after tournaments, resulting in some of them switching allegiance to another country

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It is no more news that 66% of small businesses in Nigeria fizzle out before their 10th year according to Small Business Association (SBA) statistics. This has been the trend as a result of so many factors affecting SMEs in Nigeria and if you’re not going to be part of these 66% businesses, then you need to understand the WHY and the solution to sustaining your business. Stay with me as I expose these to you. The main challenges confronting the operations of MSMEs in Nigeria as revealed by the survey are access to finance and poor infrastructure, inconsistency in

By Adedapo Adesanya The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has appealed to presidential candidates in the 2023 elections to urgently publish details of their assets and liabilities. An open letter to the candidates signed by SERAP deputy director, Mr Kolawole Oluwadare, also urged them to publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections. “While there is no constitutional requirement for presidential candidates to publish their assets and liabilities before elections, doing so would show that you can stand up for transparency in assets declaration by public officers if elected,” the organisation said in the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka At least 450 graduates have been engaged by the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) in a bid to boost the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Speaking during inauguration of the newly constructed Kogi Revenue House, Executive Chairman of KGIRS, Mr Yakubu Oseni, praised the Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello, for granting the agency full autonomy and also constructing a state-of-the-art revenue house to enhance productivity and efficient service delivery. Mr Oseni pointed out that KGIRS has automated revenue collection processes to block leakages and boost generation. He said further that the agency’s target is to generate enough

By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi The bitter truth is that presently, no nation best typifies a country in dire need of peace and social cohesion among its various socio-political groups than Nigeria. Over the years, myriads of socio-political contradictions have conspired directly and indirectly to give the unenviable tag of a country in constant search of social harmony, justice, equity, equality, and peace. In view of this fact, particularly as it is said that once the boundaries of the brain are adjusted by new knowledge, it will never regain its original shape, as we begin the year 2022, there are important

By Dipo Olowookere The first trading session on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited ended on a negative note on Tuesday with a 0.23 per cent loss. This was triggered by persistent selling pressure on financial stocks and others, as investors were not impressed with the nationwide broadcast of President Bola Tinubu on Monday night. Business Post observed that cautious trading was the order of the day as traders were weary of the proposed nationwide protests of the organised labour unions on Wednesday. As a result, the All-Share Index (ASI) depleted by 145.32 points to 64,192.20 points from

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Mali’s taxation practices applicable to gold exports have turned the country into West Africa’s illicit gold trading hub, Partnership Africa Canada said in a report published on Wednesday. The report, The West African El Dorado: Mapping the Illicit Trade of Gold in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso, investigates challenges in the governance of artisanal gold mining in the three countries—and the vulnerabilities posed by the illicit trade of gold on the region. The investigation finds that all countries have taken important steps towards encouraging legal trade of artisanal gold—a sector which employs an estimated three million

By Adedapo Adesanya The Naira depreciated against the United States Dollar at the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) segment of the foreign exchange market on Wednesday by N1 to close at N774/$1 compared with Tuesday’s rate of N773/$1, Business Post reports. However, in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window of the market, the Naira maintained stability against its US counterpart as it closed flat at N441.67/$1 amid a slight increase in the value of trades at the spot market. FMDQ Securities Exchange disclosed that at the midweek session, transactions valued at $81.04 million were executed by FX traders compared with the $79.41 million exchanged

By Adedapo Adesanya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted Gabsyn Microfinance Bank the final approval to operate as a microfinance bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State. With this approval, Gabsyn MFB joins over 876 licensed microfinance banks to operate in that space, to deliver the much-needed financial services to the unbanked, which according to EFInA (2020 survey) shows that about 38 million citizens (35.9 per cent of the adult population), do not have access to financial services in Nigeria. As a partner in the actualisation of the objectives of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS), Gabsyn MFB affirmed its