If there is any man that is currently regretting his support for President Muhammadu Buhari, it is no other person than the minister for transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. During the 2015 election campaigns, and after Buhari emerged winner, Amaechi was unarguably the most vocal member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), most times throwing jibes at…
3RD ANNUAL TEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 13-14 IN LAGOS 1,300 AFRICAN SMEs, POLICYMAKERS, INCUBATORS FROM 54 COUNTRIES IN ATTENDANCE The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, concluded its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum on 14th of October 2017 in Lagos. The Forum hosted more than 1,300 participants from 54 African countries. The…
There is a looming titanic war in Kaduna State, no thanks to the green light given to Governor Nasir El-Rufai to run for second term in office by the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC). But Shehu Sani, a senator representing Kaduna central district, has told his allies that the battle line has just been drawn….
Twenty-seven year-old Miss Ihezue Ugochi Mitchel of Kebbi State has emerged winner of the 2017 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) pageant, beating 35 other beautiful contestants to the coveted crown. What made her triumph more spectacular is the fact that it was the special 30th edition of the prestigious pageant organised by the Silverbird Group….
Following the controversial collapse of his marriage to Olori Wuraola Zynab, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has been under intense pressure to remarry. The pressure, a palace source told this magazine, is mostly coming from Palace chiefs and other custodians of Ile-Ife’s tradition, who are insisting that it is a taboo for a…
On CNN’s ‘Marketplace Africa’, host Zain Asher sits down with the founder and CEO of Zenith Bank to discuss the secrets of his success and the impact Nigeria’s recession had on business. Founder and CEO of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia describes the bank’s successes over the last 27 years: “I started Zenith Bank in 1990…
A top chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former senator representing Imo West at the National Assembly, Senator Osita Izunaso is currently enmeshed in a battle of wits to grab an apartment in the Apo Legislative Quarters and evict its rightful owner. Claiming to be executing the judgment of the court in his…
The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.’ This Bible verse perfectly describes the marriage of star actress, Mercy Johnson and her husband, Prince Odianosen Okojie –a union many people didn’t expect to stand the test of time. Like many crashed celebrity marriages, Mercy Johnson’s home was expected to fall…
The students of Lumen Christi International High School, Arue-Uromi, Edo State won this year’s SEPLAT Pearls Quiz competition. The annual competition is organised by SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company PLC, operators of the NPDC/SEPLAT JV assets, OML 4, 38 & 41. The winning school, represented by Kingsley Okafor, Cletus Ifedhor and Clinton Opara emerged after a keenly contested finale on…
