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According to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Daniel Adeyileka (pictured above) is the youngest pilot in Nigeria. He was born in 1995 in Newcastle, England and had his primary and secondary education in Scotland then came back to Nigeria to do his A-levels. At 17, he proceeded to Delta Flight school in Texas, USA, where he obtained his Private Pilot License (PPL) and his International General Certificate of Secondary Education. He is currently a First Officer. #Beinspired . You're never too young to pursue your dreams. Read more about Daniel after the cut..

Frank Lampard  has swapped the bright lights of London for the Big Apple in a summer transfer.The England international has joined New York City FC after 13 years of success at Chelsea, the Major League Soccer club confirmed via  Twitter . He will now take his place in the burgeoning MLS in the United States.The 36-year-old will be joined at the Manchester City-owned franchise by former Atletico Madrid and Barcelona forward David Villa.Lampard will find some familiar faces waiting for him in North America. By  Ian Rodgers ,

Real Madrid have so far sold approximately £20million worth of 'James' replica shirts since the Colmbian forward Real Madrid   are well on their way to recouping the reported £71million paid to Monaco for the signature of Colombia phenomenon James Rodriguez. Spanish paper  Sport  have reported that, according to the company Euromericas Sport Marketing, Real Madrid have so far sold approximately 345,000 'James' replica shirts in the 48 hours since the forward was unveiled at the Bernebeu in front of 44,000 fans. That’s roughly 7,188 shirts sold per hour worldwide and at £60 each equates to about £20.7 million in sales. Gerardo Molina, Professor Emeritus in Sports Marketing said today in Sport : "The expection is that the player (James) will sell product at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo who has sold over one million shirts since arriving at Real Madrid".  was unveiled at the Bernabeu

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari has been impeached. Maigari was impeached by eight votes to five of the 13-man Executive Committee as members reconvened to review Nigeria’s participation at the just concluded World Cup in Brazil. Last night (Wednesday), the embattled NFF President made spirited effort to shift the Executive meeting that he scheduled, citing ministerial directive. But, the Special Adviser to the Minister, Justice Joffa, had dismissed Miagari’s words when contacted by  Prompt News . A communiqué issued by the Chairman of the Communiqué Drafting Committee, Muazu Suleyman reads in full, “ The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation met at the NFF Secretariat, Abuja on Thursday, 24th July, 2014 to review situation after the vacation of Court Injunction as well as the resultant lifting of suspension by FIFA, and resolved as follows: 1)      The Committee expressed deep and very sincere appreciation to President Goodluc

    Not making enough sales? Do you ever wonder how you can increase your cash flow to your business? There are 3 basic sales strategies to increase YOUR sales through strategic planning and customer service. Whether you are selling homes or hamburgers there are opportunities to increase sales and gain a loyal customer base by using these strategies in your business plan.   1) Increase Your Cash Flow By Increasing Your Number of Individual Sales The first way to increase your cash flow is to increase the number of individual sales. Companies that sell products or services that are only needed every few years or once in a lifetime, like a new home, car, or wedding ring have to concentrate all their business activities on increasing the number of sales, because once a person has purchased one of these items, he or she is not going to be a customer in that market again for a long time. If doubling your profitability requires that you double the number of sales of your

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Point of Sales (POS) transactions value had increased from N38 million per month in 2012 to N24 billion monthly in June, 2014This is contained in a report on e-payment transactions released by the apex bank in Abuja on Monday.According to the report, mobile money transaction values up to N819 million monthly.“The POS transaction increased in volume from less than 2000 in January 2012 to 1.6 million per month as at June 2014.“Over 150,000 POS terminal is presently across the country and 22 mobile money operators has been licensed,’’ it added.It added that licensed Payment Terminal Service providers increased from five to 10 to increase POS terminal penetration across the country.It noted that Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) instant Transfer had increased in volume from 87,000 transactions a month in January 2012 to 3.1 million transactions a month as at June 2014.

    One of the myths of entrepreneurship is that entrepreneurs are risk takers. However, this is not true at all. Successful entrepreneurs actually avoid risk. Successful entrepreneurs are focused on earning a profit from their activities and avoid risks that may cause them to lose money. If you want to have a successful start-up you must learn to avoid risk. Successful entrepreneurs do everything possible to minimize the risks involved in earning that profit to the degree to which they create successful start-ups and succeed in their ventures. As an entrepreneur, profit seeking must be your central focus as well. How to Avoid Risk in Your Business Venture 1) Decide. Decide you want to enjoy the rewards of entrepreneurial success and that you really want to start a successful start-up. 2) Explore every detail . Once you have decided that you want to enjoy the rewards of entrepreneurial success in particular, the next step is for you to explore every detail o

In an interview with Punch , the question is thrown at Seyi Shay, asking if there is any rivalry between her and Tiwa Savage . She says; “I think people can see the difference between us now. The reason I don’t see Tiwa as a rival is because I know who I am. I know that I’m very much a fun-loving person. I’m still the woman of the world that many people know. I really don’t care about the things that are not going to affect me in a positive way. If it’s not going to affect me in a positive way, I don’t focus on it or think about it. The difference is that I am deeper into the ragga stuff than she is. She portrays herself as somebody that is a cautious RnB artist, which she is. But I see myself as a commercial and carefree spirit. I don’t know her to that extent, so I can’t really speak about her. But I feel that Murda is my vibe and her vibe is her vibe.” On her trending track Murda featuring Patoranking and Shaydee: “Initially I didn’t like the song because it was

I n 2013, BN brought you the news of an 8-year-old South African school boy who married a 61 year old South African woman to “make ancestors happy”. He later spoke about his new life with the woman. The boy – now 9 years old – Saneie Masilela is the world’s youngest groom for the second time after remarrying the 62-year-old woman he married last year. Although other villagers and onlookers describe the nuptials as “sickening”, the young groom dressed in a silver tuxedo says he did it again to make the marriage “official”. No minding the 53-year-age gap, they repeated their vows a year later in front of 100 guests. His bride Helen Shabangu is a mother of 5, with children aged between 28 and 38 years old. The ceremony took place in front of Helen’s long-term husband Alfred Shabangu . He said “My kids and I are happy because we don’t have a problem with her marrying the boy – and I don’t care what other people say.