Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Celebrating Nigeria’s para powerlifting team’s triumph with Peak Milk’s sponsorship Nigerian para-powerlifters in the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games Mark and Oluwafemiayo won gold medals in the 61kg and 86kg categories, respectively, while Nworgu and Omolayo won silver medals in the 41kg and 79kg categories, respectively. Nigeria’s leading milk brand, Peak, has rewarded the nation’s para powerlifting athletes who participated in the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games held in France. The athletes — Onyinyechi Mark, Folashade Oluwafemiayo, Esther Nworgu and Bose Omolayo, bagged four of the seven medals won by Team Nigeria. Nigerian para-powerlifters in the Paris 2024 Paralympics…

Unveiling PalmPay’s USSD service Palmpay PalmPay, a leading fintech platform, has introduced a USSD code (*861#) to provide Nigerians with enhanced financial access and account security, even without internet connectivity. The service allows customers to perform various banking transactions, including money transfers, bill payments, and credit services. This launch aligns with PalmPay’s mission to bridge the digital access gap and promote financial inclusion. Chika Nwosu, Nigeria Managing Director, emphasized, “Our USSD service ensures seamless connectivity for our users, and its security feature allows customers to remotely freeze their accounts in case of loss or theft.” PalmPay has achieved significant milestones…

Lagos International Theatre Festival Maiden Edition Comes To Public In November Bolanle Austen-Peters “The creative industry is at the heart of every nation that thrives, and Nigeria is especially blessed with imaginative creativity and abundant talents. This is what God has blessed us with—the only infinite resource.” The Lagos International Theatre Festival (LITF) will debut in November 2024. It will offer a unique platform that brings together a remarkable array of creative talents, including actors, directors, playwrights, and filmmakers from around the world. Organised by Bolanle Austen-Peters in partnership with Lagos State, the maiden edition of LITF aims to build…

Access Holdings Expands Loan Book on Strength Of N36.5trn Assets Growth in H1 2024 It recorded a whopping balance sheet of N36.5 trillion from N26.6 trillion as of December 31, 2023, constituting a 37.2 percent increase. Access Holdings Plc is expanding its loan book apparently to support the $1 trillion economy ambition of the Nigerian government through facilities to the real sector as its balance sheet soars. According to its audited earnings report for the half year (H1 2024) ended June 30, issued on Saturday, the Group maintained the lead as Nigeria’s largest financial institution by assets. It recorded a…

Joshua fights on, dismisses retirement Anthony Joshua He has made it clear that it was not yet time to coward in when he still has a lot of lands to conquer. Anthony Joshua has declared his boxing career is not over following his recent defeat to Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium. The 34-year-old British boxer suffered a knockout loss in the fifth round of their IBF world heavyweight title fight on Saturday. The match, which drew a record crowd of over 98,000 spectators, saw Joshua floored four times by Dubois. This led to widespread speculation about Joshua’s future in the…

Gov Sani, Kaduna receives encomium for free education, student feeding Governor Uba Sani received the prestigious 100 Most Notable Peace Icons Africa 2024 plaque and certificate. [Facebook] “He runs free education from primary to secondary school. Additionally, the state government also operates a free feeding program for students to encourage their pursuit of education.” Amafibe said. All should be encouraged to follow suit as this will go a long way to affect the citizenry and youths healthy upbringing which will invariably have positive outcome on the state. Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has received high praise for his administration’s…

TFAA prize for Acting: Genoveva Umeh, Uche Montana, Others nominated TFAA unveils nominees for its 18th edition [Instagram/@thefutureawardsafrica] ‘Celebrating the Great and Daring,’ the nominees’ list spans 23 categories. Nollywood’s Genoveva Umeh and Uche Montana have been nominated alongside others for the 18th edition of The Future Awards Africa Prize for acting. Umeh is a British–Nigerian Actress who gained popularity for her role in Nigeria’s first Netflix original crime thriller series Blood Sisters. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2024 AMVCA for her role in the Prime Video Original, Breath of Life. Montana is a seasoned actress…

Olusegun Obasanjo: Nigeria will begin importing milk and coffee from Uganda soon Olusegun Obasanjo checking the products During his courtesy call on President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Obasanjo toured Pearl Dairy Farms Limited in Mbarara City and met farmers from Kiruhura and Kazo districts. Former Nigerian President, His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, revealed during his visit to Uganda that Nigeria will soon begin importing milk and coffee from the country. During his courtesy call on President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Obasanjo toured Pearl Dairy Farms Limited in Mbarara City and met farmers from Kiruhura and Kazo districts. Impressed by Uganda’s ability to produce…

Here Are Things You Should Know About Monday Okpebholo Monday Okpebholo Here Are Things You Should Know About Monday Okpebholo, The New Governor Elect of Edo The candidate of the All Progressive Congress(APC),  Monday Okpebholo, has been pronounced the winner of the Edo state gubernatorial election by INEC. This outcome was announced on Sunday by the Returning Officer for the election, Prof Faruq Adamu Kuta, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology(FUT) Minna at the INEC collation centre in Benin City. According to the votes collated Okpebholo secured a total of 291,667 votes winning 11 out of 18 Local…

FirstBank Sponsors Maiden Edition Of Nigerian Fintech Festival Event In Lagos The inaugural edition of the Nigerian Fintech Festival, the biggest fintech festival in Nigeria, sponsored by FirstBank, West Africa premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider is set to take place in Lagos on September 26, 2024. The Nigerian Fintech Festival 2024 will host over 1000 industry stakeholders within the fintech and financial service sector, with the aim to foster collaboration and partnership required to deepen digital payments and unlock value to drive sustainable growth for the business ecosystem in Nigeria. The event, scheduled to take place at…