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African football leader, Issa Hayatou has been named to take charge of FIFA after former president, Blatter was suspended and “stripped of all duties.” African football leader Issa Hayatou on Thursday took temporary charge of FIFA after Sepp Blatter was “relieved of his duties” because of his 90-day suspension, the world...

FIFA President Sepp Blatter   FIFA’s ethics committee provisionally suspended organization president Sepp Blatter for 90 days. Blatter, who has headed FIFA since 1998, is accused of signing a contract “unfavorable” to FIFA and making a “disloyal payment” to UEFA president Michel Platini that was harmful to soccer’s governing body....

...UBA Shines at CFO Awards L-R: Publisher, Instinct Business /Organiser of the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Award, Mr. Akin Naphtal ; Group Chief Finance Officer, UBA Plc and recipient of CFO of the year, 2015 Banking category, Mr. Ugo Nwaghodoh; and Group Editor, Instinct Business, Mrs. Kehinde Olesin, at the...

... Plans To Shoot Next Video in Tokyo and Jamaica. Lagos| Nigeria: With just a few weeks to the release of his sophomore album, "Baddest", multiple award winning popstar, Davido is set to premiere five fresh videos off his first album, OBO Genesis on Africa's biggest music channel, MTV Base....

A dipstick survey carried out by Nigeria’s number one online classifieds site, OLX has uncovered what Nigerians look out for when buying used cars. According to OLX Country Manager, Lola Masha, the research was carried out to identify what is most important to our users when buying used cars. “This...

He’s feted like royalty. He has businesses ranging from cement to sugar to energy in a dozen sub-Saharan countries. He’s a fixture at elite gatherings such as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. No 
African has ridden the continent’s halting march out of poverty toward potential prosperity as spectacularly...

Jack Dorsey is Twitter's new CEO -- permanently. Investors had been calling on the company's board to appoint co-founder Dorsey as permanent CEO since July 1, when he was named interim chief after Dick Costolo stepped down. Twitter made it official Monday morning. Dorsey will also remain CEO of Square,...

Facebook is one step closer to finally beaming Internet down from space. The social network is teaming up with the French satellite company Eutelsat to launch a satellite that will provide internet access to people in sub-Saharan Africa. The satellite will launch next year and service will start in the...

Now you can view Twitter through an editor's eyes. A new feature on the social media platform called Moments lets users follow editor-curated events from start to finish. Twitter app users will find a lightning bolt icon next to their notifications and messages beginning Tuesday. Tapping on the lightning bolt...

“When we built it, we built it for photo-nerd hipsters in San Francisco, like myself and my co-founder, who listen to Modest Mouse and wear plaid.” It is time to send the happiest of fifth-birthday wishes to Instagram, the ubiquitous app that’s spurred the rise of the duck-face selfie, #nofilter,...