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Nneka Ede Acquires Lusitano Ginásio Clube, Futebol, SAD

Nneka Ede has purchased Portuguese clubside Lusitano Ginásio Clube, Futebol, SAD.

Starting in June 2020, Mrs. Nneka Ede has become the new owner of the 108-year-old club, which competes in the Campeonato de Portugal, the third division of Portugal’s football pyramid.

Mrs. Nneka Ede emerges as the first African woman to own a football club in Europe following her acquisition of Lusitano Ginásio Clube, Futebol, SAD and the second Nigerian to purchase a Portuguese club after businessman Kunle Soname bought Clube Desportivo Feirense in 2015.

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Vincent Kolo Wins African Union & Afrochampions Inaugural Africa Integration Day Creative Challenge [Grand Prize]

Vincent Kolo, has won the $50,000 Nefertiti grand prize for creativity during a virtual festival as part of the African Union & Afrochampions inaugural Africa Integration Day Creative Challenge celebration.

Vincent Kolo won the visual art category with his artwork ‘The Cords of Yesterday’.

Sponsored by Afreximbank and Commercial International Bank, the Grand Prize was awarded for work that passionately highlights the contemporary quest for Africa to learn from its past, take charge of its present and build its own unique vision of a united, prosperous, future. Its thematic essence is: the Africa we Want, the AU’s Agenda 2063 grand slogan.

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Winners Of Global Banking And Finance Awards 2020 [Nigeria]

Winners have emerged at the Global Banking and Finance awards 2020 [Nigeria].

This was announced by Global Banking and Finance magazine in the 18th edition of its annual awards for deserving financial institutions in seven regions and more than 80 countries.

Global Banking & Finance Review® is a leading financial portal and Print Magazine offering News, Analysis, Opinion, Reviews, Interviews & Videos from the world of Banking, Finance, Business, Trading, Technology, Investing, Brokerage, Foreign Exchange, Tax & Legal, Islamic Finance, Asset & Wealth Management.

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PositiveNaija Bi-Annual Newsletter: January – June 2020

Welcome to the PositiveNaija Bi-Annual Newsletter: January – June 2020.

This newsletter reliably provides a comprehensive first half-year report for the year 2020 on the positive progress of Nigeria and Nigerians globally.

PDF download: PositiveNaija Bi-Annual Newsletter July 2020 TMO

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FBN Holdings Plc Wins 2019 World Finance Award For Best Corporate Governance In Nigeria

FBN Holdings Plc has won the 2019 World Finance award for best corporate governance in Nigeria.

The award was organised by World Finance, a quarterly print and online magazine that provides coverage and analysis of the financial industry, international business and the global economy.

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Dr. Samson Arigbamu Invents Stethoscope With Sound Recognition Capacity

Dr. Samson Arigbamu has invented a stethoscope with sound recognition capacity after being issued a patent (number: 10,667,783) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The stethoscope is equipped with components capable of identifying adventitious lung such as COVID-19 infected lungs immediately.

Dr. Samson Arigbamu disclosed that the stethoscope is in production at prototype and optimisation stage, which the final product would commence by December [2020].

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