A boxing bigwig just got a fancy belt for his efforts. Dr. Rafiu Ladipo, the President of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, received a special honorary belt from the World Boxing Bureau. The presentation happened in Lagos by Miyen Akiri of Prize Fighting.tv Promotions. The CEO of the WBB, Al-Rahim Burke, personally customized the award for Ladipo. He is the first Nigerian to get this recognition from the sanctioning body for his work in professional boxing.
Ladipo thanked the WBB president for the honor. He dedicated the belt to every member of his own board, working to elevate the sport in Nigeria. He called for more investors and promoters to join what he termed an exciting new era for professional boxing there. Ladipo stressed...
A kid from Igbobi College is getting a free ride from a football charity. The Seyi Akinwunmi Foundation will award a scholarship at its annual SACF event, focusing on mentoring students in both sports and schoolwork. The foundation has handed out these awards for eleven years since it started. Organizers do not care about the total count of past recipients. They just want to help more young people each year.
The head of the event's technical team, Dotun Coker, confirmed the Igbobi student will be a beneficiary. He said the goal is to let participants have fun while shaping their perspective on balancing education and athletics. Six teams are set to compete in this edition. The women's sides are Golden Eko Ballers Women Team and Asisat...
Lagos just threw a huge sports party for its youth. The state government partnered with First Bank to host Sporty Lagos 3.0 at Rowe Park Sports Complex in Yaba. The event, run by the Governor's Office on Grassroots Sports Development, featured competitions across football, basketball, volleyball, and even games like chess and ayo-olopon. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's initiative aims to engage young people across all fifty-seven local government areas.
The Senior Special Assistant, Adebanji Adeoye Atewogboye, said the program creates a platform for athletes, coaches, and fans. He thanked First Bank for donating five million naira in cash prizes. Atewogboye promised future editions would be bigger, emphasizing the state's goal of...
The football world lost a true artist of the beautiful game. John Robertson, the legendary Scottish winger for Nottingham Forest and Derby County, passed away at seventy-two. His former manager Brian Clough once called him a scruffy waste of time before transforming him into a Picasso on the pitch. Robertson was the hero in Forest's back-to-back European Cup triumphs. He scored the solo goal to beat Hamburg in 1980. He also provided the famous cross for Trevor Francis's winner against Malmö the year before.
Beyond his club success, Robertson made his mark for Scotland. He earned twenty-eight caps, scoring a winning goal against England in 1981. He also found the net at the 1982 World Cup finals against New Zealand. After his playing...
Boat drivers just got a crash course so they stop crashing. The National Inland Waterways Authority, together with the Lufredha Maritime Academy, finished a three-day safety workshop for operators. The Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy funded the training held at the NIWA premises in Warri. Attendees came from Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom States. The first two days covered theory, while the last day involved practical drills like firefighting, sea trials, and rope tying. Participants who passed got official certificates.
The Managing Director of the academy, Engineer Rosemary Tonlagha, said retraining operators is the main fix for reducing accidents on waterways. She thanked the Ministry and NIWA for...
Some policy guy says Nigeria needs to pump way more oil, and fast. Dr. Muda Yusuf, the head of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, laid out a plan following new appointments to the country's petroleum agencies. He stated the goal of two million barrels per day requires a focus on production growth, better security, and attracting investment. Yusuf called for urgent action to boost crude and gas output before global energy shifts reduce demand. He also pushed for strict compliance with crude supply rules for local refineries.
Yusuf commended President Bola Tinubu's recent reset of the regulatory leadership. He argued this is a chance to refocus on energy security and self-reliance. He told the new bosses at the upstream...
Executives are weirdly optimistic heading into next year. A new McKinsey survey shows global business leaders feeling better about the economy and their own company performance. Their main worry shifted from trade policy to geopolitical instability. Despite that, leaders are focusing more on customer engagement and tech investments. Profit expectations are up, even though fewer people predict rising demand than at any point since 2020.
In Africa, the story is about tough resilience. The African Development Bank projects continent-wide growth at three point nine percent for the year, with twenty-one economies expanding over five percent. Their report calls for a major paradigm shift, stating that Africa must invest in itself and govern...
Customs might finally stop ripping open shipping containers at the port. The Nigeria Customs Service is getting ready to fully deploy a big cargo scanner called the FS6000 at APM Terminals in Lagos's Apapa Port. Deputy Comptroller-General Oluyomi Adebakin recently visited the site to check on pre-operational readiness. The scanner can handle about two hundred containers every hour. It has finished all its test runs and simulations. The service says this move is part of a push for paperless, non-intrusive inspections.
Officials claim the scanner is about eighty percent ready for full operation. Adebakin stated the deployment is a joint effort between Customs, APM Terminals, and the Trade Modernisation Project team. She promised the...
An ISP is trying really hard to make you forget last year's outages. Legend Internet Plc wrapped up the year pushing a story of resilience and big upgrades. Their Chief Marketing Officer, Shakirah Alaga, talked up several milestones aimed at restoring customer trust. She specifically mentioned launching a product called Legend Omni FTTR for whole-home fiber, claiming it as an industry first in Nigeria. The company also signed a major partnership deal with Huawei to boost its network tech.
On the customer service side, Legend introduced an AI assistant named Nina on WhatsApp and its app. They also started using AI for internal operations to improve efficiency. Financially, the company pointed to a fully subscribed Commercial Paper...
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