Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

FG pledges digital empowerment for women in business By Adeniyi Ifetayo The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to prioritise, promote and empower Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, particularly women-owned ones in the country. The Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment, Mariam Katagum, said this on the commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day celebration organised by the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises on Thursday. The minister said the theme of the event, ‘DigitAll: Innovation and technology for gender equality’ was most appropriate considering the current global realities, adding that technology had enhanced lives from better…

Nigeria Loses Future Goalkeeper Hopeful To England U20 By Adeniyi Ifetayo Nigeria’s Super Eagles hope to solve its goalkeeping department with the promising 19 years old England based kid sensation, Owen Olamidayo Goodman, now on the brink as he has been invited to the England U20 team ahead of the U20 World Cup. The goalkeeper who is born in United Kingdom to a Nigerian Mother and British Father, is one of the two goalkeepers invited in the 22 member team by John McDermott, Technical Director. The kid sensation who recently pen a new deal with his U21 Crystal Palace club,…

Olu of Warri, World Leaders Commemorate 2023 Commonwealth Day In London. By Adeniyi Ifetayo The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III has expressed strong optimism that the core values that bind the commonwealth nations will continue to flourish among all the nations. The revered Warri King who joins world leaders from commonwealth nations in London was part of the activities commemorating the 2023 Service of Celebration of the Commonwealth Day. The celebration is focus on highlighting the active commitment of the family of nations to support the promotion of peace, prosperity and sustainability, especially through climate action, to secure a…

UCL: Osimhen Double Fire Napoli into Historic Q’final Elegbede Abiodun with Megastar Magazine Nigerian international, Victor Osimhen, scored twice as Napoli cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time with a 3-0 (5-0 aggregate) comfortable win over German Bundesliga ‘s Eintracht Frankfurt. The two goals pushed Osimhen’s goal haul to 23 from 28 games for Napoli this season. With Luciano Spalletti’s side two goals up from the first leg, the Super Eagles striker’s thumping header in first-half stoppage time dispelled any lingering nerves at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Osimhen doubled the Italians’ lead on the night with…

See Video As Regina Daniels Reveals Why She Always Change Her Mind About Leaving Her Husband Ned Nwoko. Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, has made an interesting revelation about her marriage, on what made her stay in her marriage after fighting with her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko. She revealed in a video she shared online that beyond the romantic moments, their marriage also has its share of brawls. The mother of two claimed that there were instances when they fought, and it became so heated that she thought about leaving her husband, but they got through that period and are still…

Manchester City join Osimhen race. Source: Punch newspaper Despite having one of the best strikers in the world in their ranks, English Premier League giants, Manchester City are eyeing a move for Nigeria international Victor Osimhen. Osimhen is enjoying one of the best moments of his career with Napoli this season as he currently tops the Italian Serie A scorers chart with 19 goals, five more than Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez, who is in second position with 14 goals. The former Lille man’s fantastic form in front of goal is one of the reasons Luciano Spalleti’s side are league leaders,…

How I Became Bank CEO At 34 -Tony Elumelu Shares Success Story. Business mogul and billionaire, Tony Elumelu, has said that his age was no barrier to him becoming the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Trust Bank and one of the youngest bank CEOs in Nigeria at the age of 34. He shared this via his Facebook account on Wednesday alongside a throwback photo of himself aged 34. Elumelu linked his accelerated success to hard work and luck adding that his successes and failures have always been his driving force. He said, “This is me – aged 34! I had…

“Why I  signed Fireboy, Asake and others,” Olamide. Olamide founded the YBNL record label in 2012. Olamide Baddo has given an explanation of his reasoning behind signing artists like Fireboy DML, Asake, and others to his record company. The YBNL boss claimed that when he discovered he had accumulated so much wealth that he didn’t know what to do with it, he made the decision to sign fresh musicians. The rapper claimed it was his way of giving back to the community by deciding to support up-and-coming musicians in realising their aspirations of becoming household names. Baddo said, “I just…

FIFA confirms 2026 World Cup to feature 48 teams The expanded 2026 men’s World Cup in North America will start with 12 groups of four teams in a change from the original planned format of 16 groups of three, football’s world governing body FIFA announced on Tuesday. The next World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico will be the first to feature 48 teams, a sharp increase from the 32 sides at last year’s tournament in Qatar. “The revised format mitigates the risk of collusion and ensures that all the teams play a minimum of three matches, while…

US mission congratulates Nigerian professor for receiving $300,000 prize The United States Mission in Nigeria has congratulated a history professor, Saheed Aderinto, for becoming the first Nigerian to receive the $300,000 Dan David Prize. The Mission made this known on its Facebook page late Monday.The post read, “Congratulations to Nigerian-American Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University, Saheed Aderinto, on becoming the first Nigerian to receive the $300,000 Dan David Prize—the largest financial reward for excellence in the historical discipline in the world. “Professor Aderinto is the Founding President of the Lagos Studies Association.”…