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Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, is set to hold the maiden edition of the GTCrea8 Convention for Undergraduates, on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the University of Lagos, Akoka. The one day convention, which is free to attend, will bring together undergraduates from universities across Nigeria who are passionate about technology, digital media, fashion, and more to …

In a bid to reignite the interest in reading across Nigeria and beyond, a 40 year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, , read aloud for 122 hours at a Read Aloud Marathon Session organized by the YouREAD Initiative, a CSR initiative of Guaranty Trust Bank. The Read Aloud Marathon, which had renowned Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer as the official timekeeper, …

Finally it is here! The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour touched down Nigeria to a grand welcome. The FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour got to Naija today with Dignitaries going on board for the first view of the FIFA World Cup and also the President Buhari was pictured with the first look in Nigeria. This is the first look at …

Director General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC and his wife, Aisha Rimi, are at the center of a major scandal involving the diversion of a huge sum of N3 Billion from a Lagos state government account. The fund, EFCC told the court on Monday, was diverted from the account of Lagos State Government Number Plate Production Authority when Coker …

President Buhari will on Monday depart Nigeria for Accra, Ghana to attend the country’s 61st independence anniversary scheduled for Tuesday, March 6th. According to a statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President is the only foreign leader invited to the event holding at the Independence Square ….. See Post:

40 year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, is bidding for a Guinness World Record after reading aloud for 122 hours at a Read Aloud Marathon Session organized by the YouREAD Initiative, a CSR initiative of Guaranty Trust Bank which seeks to reignite the interest in reading across Nigeria and beyond. Olubayode read aloud 23 published books from 1;30pm on Monday …

Italy international defender Davide Astori died in his hotel room during the night of Saturday to Sunday, his club Fiorentina said on Sunday. “Fiorentina are profoundly shocked to have to announce the death of captain Davide Astori after a sudden illness,” the Serie A club said on Twitter. The 31-year-old, who leaves behind a two-year-old daughter, was in Udine to …

The Brazilian soccer confederation has confirmed that PSG football star, Neymar has successfully undergone surgery on his injured right foot on Saturday… The 26-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward was injured Feb. 25 in a French league game against Marseille. The operation was to repair a cracked fifth metatarsal in his right foot. Confederation spokesman Vinicius Rodrigues said the surgery …

Ojota used to be a military settlement in the late 18th century and soldiers practised their shooting there. The area had several gun firing spots and became known as “Oju Ota” in Yoruba which means “Bullet spots”. It later metamorphosed into Ojota which it is called now.

As part of her initiative to rekindle the interest in reading, You read Initiative one of CSR programmes of GTBank launched in 2017 has given her support to a 40-year old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi who is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the Longest Marathon Read Aloud from various schools in the environ. Since 2008, Deepak Sharma …