Tyler Perry, who was once homeless, is officially Hollywood’s latest billionaire, according to Forbes’, the magazine known for keeping track of celebrities’ net worth. The media publication announced on Tuesday that the long-time filmmaker Tyler Perry is officially a billionaire, joining the elite club which boasts of Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. He…
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2020 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. The half year result reflects GTBank’s leading position as one of the best managed financial institutions in Africa. The Bank’s loan book grew by 8.1% from ₦1.502trillion recorded as at…
The Nigeria Football Federation and its global brand kit-sponsor, NIKE, have taken a further step forward in the plan to unveil another set of kits for the Nigeria National Teams in October. The Super Eagles would launch the new wears during the FIFA window for international friendlies next month. This was made known at a…
Africa’s leading financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2020, showing commendable growth across key performance indices as well as increased contribution from its African subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the challenging business and economic environment occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic, the pan African…
The Kano State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samuel Adeyemo, has called on philanthropic organisations and governments at all levels in the country to intensify efforts towards providing cheap and practical solutions to the continued inability of poor and vulnerable grassroots dwellers to access basic healthcare to meet common health challenges.…
Nigeria should not start celebrating a recent consistent decline in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country, the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has said, attributing the decline to the low number of samples collected from states. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force…
Top English Premier League club, Donny Van De Beek , are set to make Donny van de Beek their first signing of the summer transfer window. The club are closing in on the Ajax midfielder after the two clubs agreed a fee in the region of £40 million. The fee is reportedly £35.7 million (€40…
The latest survey on health of States in Nigeria is out, and Rivers State has joined the few States that have the highest rate of unemployment. Worried by this report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said it has paid about N2.28 billion which is over $5.9 million as tuition and stipends owed stranded scholarship student in United Kingdom. In a statement released on Monday, the Director Corporate Affairs, Charles Obi Odili, disclosed that the commission has disbursed this payment to 197 beneficiaries of its…
After expressing his desire to leave Barcelona during the summer transfer window, Messi was said to have informed club officials that he would not be taking part in coronavirus tests ahead of Ronald Koeman’s first session. This left the new manager to take charge of his first training session without the super star Lionel Messi,…