Access Bank Moves to Acquire South Africa’s Bidvest Bank
Access Holdings, through its banking subsidiary, Access Bank, is set to acquire a 100% stake in South Africa’s Bidvest Bank. News of this broke following disclosure in a filing with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Thursday. Read more about Business The deal, which will see Nigeria’s largest bank by assets take over equity in a […]
Nigeria Leading Mobile App Downloads In Africa
Internet penetration, as well as mobile phone penetration, is often derided as exaggerated in Nigeria. Read more about Tech But some recent figures indicating the contrary has shown that mobile app installation increase is as a result of a mix of smartphone adoption and internet penetration to communities where the internet didn’t exist previously […]
Golden Moments In Nigerian Sports: When Jay Jay Okocha Scored The 1000th AFCON Goal
Not too many African players have had the privilege of scoring milestone goals in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations (the biggest football competition on the African continent). Without a doubt, Nigeria’s Austin Jay Jay Okocha is one of the greatest to have played the round leather game at the global and […]
CAFCC: Orlando Pirates Will Be Tough – Fatai Osho
Ahead of Enyimba FC‘s CAF Confederations Cup clash against Orlando Pirates, chief coach of the Nigerian side, Fatai Osho, has stated that he expects a tough match and will be banking on his players to get the job done. Read more about Sports The match which is scheduled to hold by 5 pm (West […]
CAF Confederations Cup: Rivers United Wallop Bloemfontein Celtic
Nigeria Professional Football League table toppers, Rivers United, on Saturday, January 23, 2021, advanced into the next round of the CAF Confederations Cup after beating South African side, Bloemfontein Celtic 3-0 in their second-leg tie in Porto Novo, Benin Republic. Read more about Sports The match which was originally scheduled to hold in Port […]
CAFCC: Rivers United Vs Bloemfontein Celtics Rescheduled By CAF
Following the postponement of the CAF Confederations Cup last 32 second-leg tie between Rivers United and Bloemfontein of South Africa due to strict COVID-19 protocols which meant the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) could not obtain a waiver for the South African side, African football ruling body, CAF, has rescheduled the game to the weekend […]
Enyimba Falls In Sudan While Rivers United Takes Victory In South Africa
Nigeria Professional Football League giants, Enyimba FC, were beaten 3-0 by Sudanese side, Al Merreikh in their first CAF Champions League game at the Al-Hilal Stadium on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. A sixth-minute effort saw Saifeldin Maki dribble past Enyimba goalkeeper, Bassa Djeri, to gift the hosts the lead. The Peoples Elephant (Enyimba) would […]
Why Shoprite is Considering Pulling Out of Nigeria
South African retail giant, Shoprite, announced that it was seeking investors to take over its Nigerian subsidiary. It disclosed this in its Operational and Voluntary Trading Update, published on Monday. The group said that it would be selling its stake in the subsidiary, Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Plc, to interested buyers. There were already parties indicating […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Appointed World Health Organization’s Special Envoy
Nigerian development economist and financial expert, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has yet again bagged another appointment after she was named a Special Envoy into the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator by global health ruling body, the World Health Organization (WHO). The former Nigerian finance minister is to work in her new position alongside […]
Video Of The Week| My 7AM Morning Routine in South Africa!| By Tayo Aina
Establishing a consistent daily and weekly morning routine is more important than ever. It is a great way to achieve some level of certainty and feel like you are in control of some aspects of your life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about Covid- 19 Sometimes, to understand how something will benefit you, it […]
Cyril Ramaphosa Appoints Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Into South African Economic Council
In a bid to revive its ailing economy which has suffered two recessions in two years, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa expanded the Rainbow Nation’s Economic Advisory Council with the appointment of Nigeria’s Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as member of the country’s economic council. This information became public last weekend during the second meeting […]
Nigerians In Sports: Chiefs Coach Hails The Heroics Of Akpeyi
Head coach of South African league side, Kaizer Chiefs, Ernst Middendorp has hailed Super Eagles goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi for his heroics against Orlando Pirates during the Soweto derby. A number of great saves from the Nigerian shot-stopper helped the Amakhosi earn a vital win over the Pirates. Akpeyi was subject to many critics prior to […]
Publiseer Selected For South Africa’s TechTribe Accelerator 2020 Cohort
The digital content distribution company, Publiseer, has been selected for the TechTribe Accelerator (TTA) 2020 Cohort. TTA is a South African accelerator and virtual mentorship programme, for post-revenue tech and IP driven ventures across the SADC region, which includes online learning, virtual mentorship, access to investment opportunities, and a peer network.TTA is instrumental in exposing a wide range […]
How South Africa Carved A Favourable Deal Out Of Nigeria Despite Xenophobia
President Muhammadu Buhari returned from South Africa (SA) to Abuja on Friday, September 4, after a 3-day official visit to the Southern African nation. The deal which was signed at the 9th Bi-National Commission of South Africa and Nigeria, established in 1999 to enhance trade between the two countries, took place on the sidelines at […]
U-23 AFCON: Olympic Eagles gets South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire and Zambia in Wednesday’s Draw
Nigerian national U-23 team have been drawn alongside South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire and Zambia in the Group B of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup Of Nations scheduled to hold in Egypt from November 8 to 22nd November, 2019. Host nation, Egypt were drawn in the Group A along with Mali, Cameroon, and Ghana. The draw […]
Vox Populi: How Nigerian’s Anger on Xenophobia Forced South Africa’s Apology
The crowd sourced anger of Nigerians and the Nigerian government which was channeled towards South Africa must have produced some fruits afterall. That the South African government sent special envoys to apologise and have further talks with the Nigerian government at the seat of government in Abuja on Monday is a good augur to start […]