The participants and judges at the first-ever African Freestyle Football Championship were yesterday thrilled by top Nigerian freestyle stars as the former Nigerian champion,Obanor Maccarthy was over throne by a new king, BLESSING Speaking at the event the chairman of Feet,n,Tricks,Valentine Ozigbo said that freestyle has potentials to become more popular than soccer in THE […]
Fashanu, Akanni, Siasia, Kate Henshaw and Tonto Dikeh appointed ambassadors for first African Freestyle Football Championship. Feet and Tricks International, organisers of the first ever African Football Freestyle Championship in Africa has named former professional English footballer, John Fashanu; Former Nigerian defender and former Head of Lagos State Football Association, Waidi Akanni; and former Super […]
By David Kappel With Neymar and Kylian Mbappe seemingly not available in this transfer window, Real Madrid could reportedly shift their focus to a new striker to replace the goals of the departed Cristiano Ronaldo, and are said to be weighing up four options. Los Blancos sold Ronaldo for €100 million (R1.54 billion) to Juventus, […]
A club president in Europe has jokingly stated that his club, who were recently beaten to a signing by FC Barcelona, are in talks with the Catalan club over the sale of superstar Lionel Messi. Simeone Clarifies His Messi-Ronaldo Comments Roma recently lost their chance to sign Brazilian starlet Malcom, who made a surprising U-turn […]
Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has entered the race to sign Croatian duo of Ivan Perisic and Ante Rebic. United have set out £92million for both players. The attacking pair starred for Croatia in their historic World Cup run that saw them finish as runners-up to France on Sunday. Perisic had rejected the chance to […]
Kurt Badenhausen , FORBES STAFF I cover sports business with rare dips into b-schools, local economies Forbes’ 2017 look at the world’s highest-paid athletes featured three of the biggest sports stars on the planet at the top in Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James and Lionel Messi. The trio banked a combined $259 million for long seasons […]
As part of its mission to improve the lives of the communities in which the United Bank for Africa operates, UBA Foundation continues to encourage African youths to adopt the culture of reading through its ‘Read Africa’ initiative. Read Africa aims to rekindle the reading culture amongst young Africans. Designed and introduced in 2011 by […]
The online lifestyle network powered by the United Bank for Africa, REDTV, held an exclusive screening for season 2 of the hit series, Inspector K , at Filmhouse Cinema in Lekki, Lagos. Inspector K is a crime comedy about a wacky inspector who through unconventional ways solves crimes in the city of Lagos. He is […]
The Managing Director of Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo has described the launch of Octopus digital programme by his bank “as a truly intelligent adventure that does everything differently.” According to him, Octopus is an intelligent digital experience that combines digital transactions and a community lifestyle that empowers customers with the power to build their world […]
With barely two weeks to this year’s Gidi Culture Festival, the organisers have added more names to the line-up of artistes. The diverse, heavy hitting line-up now includes DJ Spinall, Ric Hasani, Ghanaian songstress, Efya, Tay Iwar, and Odunsi while the duo of Spanky and Jess will host the show holding on March 30, Good […]
Big Brother Naija housemate Tobi Bakare who was known during the first month of the show for begging Cee.C is not a staff of Heritage Bank. According to speculations that made rounds during the beginning of the show, Tobi was a banker and a photographer. Recently In a conversation with his fellow housemate Rico, he […]
Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and the country’s top hotel chain, Pestana, will open a new hotel under the Pestana CR7 venture in Marrakesh next year and hope to double the brand in three to five years. Ronaldo is following other sports stars who have invested in hotels, including tennis player Andy Murray and soccer’s […]
Feet ‘n’ Tricks International Limited, organizer of the just concluded Nigeria National Freestyle Championship, in conjunction with its major sponsor, GAC Motors, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and VFD Group, have fulfilled their pledge as a brand new saloon car was handed to the 1st Prize Winner in the male category of the competition, McCarthy Obanor According to a release […]
Transcorp Hilton Abuja has reopened its Executive Floors and Lounge following the completion of the renovation of the floors. The reopening of the highly coveted floors marks a milestone in the on-going $100 million(N30bn) renovation project of the 5-star hotel. The Hotel in a release said its Executive Floor rooms and suites, redesigned by […]
Nigerian writer, Jowhor Ile, has been announced winner of the 2016 edition of Etisalat Prize for Literature, a prestigious literature prize for first-time fiction writers of African origin. For his novel” And After Many Days”, Ile was announced the winner at a prize presentation held Saturday night at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. He […]
REDTV Launches New Crime Series, Inspector K The online lifestyle network powered by the United Bank for Africa, REDTV, held an exclusive screening for the soon-to-be launched web series – Inspector K , at 355 lounge in Victoria Island, Lagos recently. The event was well attended by the GMD of UBA, Kennedy Uzoka, as […]
