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By Omolabake Fasogbon Marketing communications firm, SBI Media Group has marked its 13th anniversary with a community health outreach in Kosofe Local Government Area, Lagos.  The organisation distributed free presbyopia-medicated glasses to thousands of residents facing age-related near-vision impairment. The gesture aligns with the group’s .strategy of pairing business growth with direct corporate social responsibility (CSR) interventions in host communities. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, SBI Media Group, Rotimi Bankole said the anniversary provided an opportunity for the agency to reflect on its achievements and consider how to create value beyond its business. “This anniversary allows us to reflect on our…

On a rainy Monday night during a town hall event led by Greenpeace Australia Pacific at the Lane Cove library, locals say they were never consulted on their area becoming a data centre hub. One of the proposed centres from the cluster is 16m from the nearest home and 160m from a local primary school.In addition, Flood says if the four data centres get approved in the industrial park, 50% of the current businesses will have to move – taking their jobs with them.Felipe Tanaka, 40, is a manager of a business in the industrial park who has been told…

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has challenged Nigerians to scrutinise his background and publicly identify any wrongdoing he may have committed. Obi issued the challenge on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during a town hall meeting with voters tagged “Obi Talks Nigeria”, where he fielded questions on the 2027 general election. The former Anambra State governor said he and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, had made their personal and educational backgrounds available for public scrutiny. “I want to give every Nigerian the opportunity to know who I am,” Obi said. “Both of us have…

World celebrated country music icon, the late Dolly Parton. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official X handle of Dolly Parton]It was in late spring of 1964, just a day after graduating from high school, that a diminutive farm girl packed her belongings and bade farewell to the life she had known in the Smoky Mountains of rural Tennessee. Her destination? Nashville, the undisputed Mecca of country music. She left behind the two-bedroom cottage where she had lived with her parents and eleven siblings, carrying little more than a dream and the audacious belief that she could make something of herself. Like most people…

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Fans had travelled from across the UK and the world to see the rapper, including Prince Dean Sithole, who hailed Jay-Z as one of his role models.”I think he’s very impacting, especially for us black people because we don’t get a lot of recognition,” the 19-year-old from Leeds told BBC Newsbeat.”Seeing him today shows that dreams are possible and you can be that person that you want to be.”Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, broke through with his 1996 debut album, but it was his third record, Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, in 1998 which landed him the top spot in…

Eaten straight from the tin, without seasoning, lemon, olive oil or mayonnaise, canned tuna is pretty gruelling stuff, not least because it’s pungent, mealy and hard to swallow. Testing tuna in this way demonstrates the overall poor quality of the product and why certain brands and species are revered for their superior texture and flavour. That said, a tuna mayo sandwich is one of my go-to lunches, so long as the fish is sustainably sourced (so as not to leave a bad taste in the mouth) and there’s enough pepper to balance out its flavour.Skipjack is a fast-growing species with…

Betting on the experienceInvestors, however, are more bullish on the eatertainment model than they are on traditional restaurants, Camillo says.“A padel [another racket sport rising in popularity] court or a bowling lane is a much more durable, less trend-driven revenue stream than a dining room seat, and it comes with better real estate economics. It’s not competing purely on per-seat turns. F&B just juices the model on top of that.”Private equity isn’t just investing in dine-in pickleball concepts because the sport is popular among Americans. Landlords are eager to lease to pickleball concepts for multiple reasons. Large indoor pickleball facilities…

Key eventsProtester may come forward after police appeal, says activist groupActivist group Climate Resistance claimed responsibility for the protest during Nigel Farage’s speech yesterday, PA reports.In a comment, the group said it was “horrified at the violence” from Reform conference audience members (see post at 12:08).The group also said the protester is considering whether to come forward to police.ShareReform UK’s London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham, who defected from the Conservatives last year, said she left the party because “loyalty to a party can never, ever come before loyalty to the public. And that’s why I joined Reform”.She repeated she is…

BRONX, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 21: Yankees principal owner Hal Steinbrenner speaks during a press conference at Yankee Stadium on December 21, 2022 in Bronx, New York. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe New York Yankees have spent decades establishing themselves as Major League Baseball’s most valuable franchise, but the latest record-setting sale of an MLB team has provided another reminder of just how much baseball’s biggest brands are worth.That sale came from an unexpected source and caught plenty of fans off guard, given the long history under its standing owner. Stan Kroenke, who already owns the Los Angeles Rams,…