High-class polo would be on center stage for ten days as the prestigious Lagos Polo International Tournament which has GTBank as main sponsor gallops off Wednesday at Polo Club Road, Ikoyi. The Silver Cup, the traditional event opener, would set hostilities rolling with three matches on the card as teams from Lagos, Kano and Ibadan…
Day: March 13, 2019
GTBank Masters Cup Season 8 Enters Quarter Finals Stage
Sixteen teams across the Male and female categories are set to compete in the quarter-finals stage of the GTBank Masters Cup. The tournament, which is now in its8th season, will take place on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th March 2019. Kicking off the matches at the Campos Mini Stadium on Tuesday will be the female…
Schools Embrace Online Registration As 2019 Cowbellpedia Hits Record Entry
Participating schools have fully embraced the online registration format leading to a record enrolment as a total of 56,073 students took part in Stage One of the 2019 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show, sponsored by Cowbell milk, the flagship brand from Promasidor Nigeria Limited. This is a 34 percent increase over the 41,730…
Access Bank Denies Any Wrongdoing In Sale Of Customer’s Goods
Access Bank Plc has vehemently denied any wrongdoing in the alleged sale of a customer’s goods worth N2.5 billion. The Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos had charged Access Bank Plc, its managing director and chief executive officer, Herbert Wigwe, and others with 21 counts of conspiracy, fraudulent disposal of trust property, fraudulent conversion, stealing…
Sunny Ade, Osayomore Joseph To Thrill Guests At Iyayi Efianayi’s Burial
Veteran music maestros, King Sunny Ade and Ambassador Osayomore Joseph will serenade guests at the burial ceremony of business mogul and renowned philanthropist Dr. Iyayi Efianayi. The burial ceremony slated to take place from Thursday, March 21, 2019 to Sunday, March 24, 2019 is expected to attract the crème de la crème of every sector…
Chuks Nwanne Wins Travel Reporter of the Year
A journalist with The Guardian Newspapers, Chuks Nwanne, has emerged the ‘Travel Reporter of the Year’ at the just-concluded Nigeria Travel Awards in Lagos. The ceremony, which was organised by Jumia Travel, Nigeria’s leading online travel agency, was held at the prestigious Four Points by Sheraton. Other winners were The Wells Carlton Hotels & Apartments,…
Building Collapses In Lagos, Kills Pupils, Headmaster
A three-storey building housing a private school, warehouses and residential apartments collapsed on Wednesday morning, leading to the death of a dozen persons mostly pupils of the school. The unfortunate incident happened on Massey Street in the Ita-Faaji area of Lagos State at about 10:25 am today. However, more than two scores of persons mostly…