All posts by Ifreke Inyang
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AC Milan’s president, Silvio Berlusconi facing jail term for tax fraud
AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud at a court in Italy. Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy, confirmed on Thursday that he would not run in...
- Posted October 26, 2012
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Manchester United buy out £40m training kit deal
Manchester United have bought back the sponsorship rights to their training kit. When United announced they ahead done a deal with DHL in 2010 worth £40million over four years, most experts were astonished at the sum as...
- Posted October 26, 2012
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Third Mainland Bridge to be opened on November 6
Relief has finally come to motorists who ply Lagos Third Mainland Bridge. All sections of the bridge will be open to traffic from Tuesday, November 6 this year as scheduled by the contractor, Borini Prono. The bridge...
- Posted October 26, 2012
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Leaked Nuhu Ribadu report exposes rot in Nigeria’s oil sector
A total of $183m in signature bonuses paid by oil companies to the federation is missing, according to a confidential report seen by the Reuters news agency. Nigeria may also have lost $29billion in the last decade...
- Posted October 25, 2012
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“We will have the financial resources to compete in two years” – Excerpts from Arsenal’s AGM
Arsenal will be able to compete with the world’s biggest and best clubs as UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations become more rigorously enforced, chief executive Ivan Gazidis told shareholders at the Gunners’ annual general meeting on Thursday...
- Posted October 25, 2012
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic moves into €10,000-a-week home
Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has finally found a home in France after several months of searching, and will move to an address in Versailles. The Sweden international, on a salary of €14 million a year at...
- Posted October 25, 2012
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Visafone Nigeria introduces Blackberry Services on their CDMA network
The word on the street is that Visafone in Nigeria are introducing BlackBerry Services onto their CDMA network and they are kicking things off with three models – the BlackBerry Bold 9330, BlackBerry Curve 9310 and the...
- Posted October 25, 2012
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Floods reduced oil production by 500,000 bpd in third quarter – DPR
Department of Petroleum Resources yesterday (Tuesday) said that Nigeria’s daily crude oil production for the third quarter of 2012 dipped by 500,000 barrels as a result of production shut-down caused by the ravaging floods in some parts...
- Posted October 24, 2012
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We can buy who we want: Manchester United say debts will not hinder big transfers
What Fergie wants, Fergie gets – that’s the money-no-object claim being made by Manchester United vice-chairman Ed Woodward, despite the club’s £360million debt. Woodward said Sir Alex Ferguson has been supported in his pursuit of every player...
- Posted October 24, 2012
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MTN introduces new software for Microfinance Banks
As part of efforts to improve microfinance banking in Nigeria, MTN has introduced an innovative micro-bank software called MTN XaaS, for microfinance banks. The software, which is developed in partnership with Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), will be ...
- Posted October 24, 2012