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Fabio Capello PHOTO:AFP Former England manager Fabio Capello branded feuding managers Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte as "totally out of their minds" for letting their public spat get out of control. Chelsea manager Conte and Manchester United’s Mourinho have been engaged in a … via The...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has set state-by-state target for the 21 commercial banks and 942 Micro finance banks in the country to ensure that every Nigerian adult has access to financial services. Elizabeth Agu, the CBN Branch Controller, Federal Capital Territory, made this known on …...

A couple of days ago, Sony went official with its brand-new phones — the upper-midrange Xperia XA2 and Xperia XA2 Ultra , and the budget Xperia L2 . They are pretty-cool looking handsets, aimed at the traditionalists that like their phone to have that stark, rectangular look that Sony’s …...

Yerry good The Colombian will wear the No24 shirt and is the second January signing by the Catalan club after the £145m deal for Philippe Coutinho 11th January 2018, 10:06 am Updated: 11th January 2018, 10:06 am BARCELONA have completed their second signing of January after snapping up Yerry...

Kremlin-linked hackers published stolen emails from the International Olympic Committee and World Anti-Doping Agency Wednesday in retaliation for Russia’s ban from next month’s Winter Olympics. The data dump by the Fancy Bears group also contained emails from the United States Olympic Committee...

Coca-Cola Co.’s South African bottling unit isn’t awarding business to McKinsey & Co. pending the outcome of probes into the U.S. consultancy’s work involving the politically connected Gupta family. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa hasn’t given a contract to McKinsey sine June 2017 and has no...

Alhaji Aliko Dangote of Nigeria has retained his title of Africa’s richest man based on a recent publication by Forbes magazine. This is the seventh time in a roll Dangote will be declared the richest Blackman. According to Forbes, Aliko remains at the top … via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

UEFA on Thursday announced its 2017 Team of the Year. A new voting record was set. A grand total of 8,779,639 million votes were cast by supporters around the world, an increase of over 1.6 million on the previous year’s tally of 7.15 million. Players from the Spanish league … via Daily Post...

Kenya Airways today marks a great milestone with the launch of a non-stop flight from Nairobi to New York. The national carrier starts selling today tickets for the inaugural flight which is scheduled for October 28th this year. Kenya Airways becomes the first airline to offer a non-stop flight...

Uber Eats is set to launch in Kenya and the firm is hiring a Marketplace Operations Manager to scale and develop its food delivery platform in the market. According to a job posting by Uber on Ringier’s BrighterMonday the firm is looking at someone strong enough to coordinate relations between...

Facebook launched a Messenger app just for kids this past December, but it was only available on iOS. Now the app is available on Amazon’s app store for Fire tablets as well. While it might not help counter the current worries over connected gadget addiction, the app has some built-in features …...

Huawei’s just announced intentions to bring the Mate 10 Pro to the U.S. Fast on its heels is the Mate 10 Porsche Design, set to be released in mid-February. The Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10 revs up specs a bit, while adding some class, and a whole lot of … via PhoneArena – News –...

The German is out of contract at the end of the season and can now sign a pre-agreement with a foreign club. However, Ozil is being linked with a team much closer to home in Manchester United. And his disappearance from the Arsenal squad through ‘injury’ has caused rumours that a … via...

As part of its strategy to provide excellent services and reposition the Company to greater heights, Premium Pension Limited has appointed Umar Sanda Mairami as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive officer. He succeeds Wilson Ideva who formally retired from the Company after serving out...

Worried by the continuous increasing influx of foreign retailers especially from Nigeria and China, Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has again called on its government to formulate stringent policies that will help promote local retailers’ businesses. The locals led by the Association...

The naira Wednesday depreciated to N360.73 per dollar for the first time this week in the Investor and Exporter window, prompted by a 16 percent decrease in dollar supply. Data from the Financial Market Dealers Quote (FMDQ) showed that indicative exchange rate for the window, known as Nigerian...

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have been talking over text message and Eddie Hearn is optimistic an all-British blockbuster between the two unbeaten heavyweights could take place later this year. Joshua is currently on the verge of a spring showdown with WBO champion Joseph Parker, with Hearn...

Shanghai Shenhua’s Carlos Tevez looking on during the 2017 Chinese Super League football match between Shanghai East Asia (SIPG) FC and Shanghai Shenhua in Shanghai.<br />/ AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA / China OUT Former Manchester United star Carlos Tevez is hoping to … via The Guardian...

Look out, women’s tennis. Serena Williams isn’t quite back on tour, but she says she wants more Grand Slam titles and may be an even better player after becoming a mother. In an interview with Vogue magazine published Wednesday, Williams also recounts the harrowing medical ordeal she went...

The Nigeria Football Federation and the England FA have confirmed that the Super Eagles will play the Three Lions in a friendly at the Wembley Stadium in London on June 2. The match will be only the third between both countries at senior level. It will serve … via Premium Times Nigeria –...