I shaved my long beard to avoid being recognised by those who know me as a...
A 50-year-old suspect, Ramoni Adeleke, arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Police Command for allegedly duping many people has said that he shaved his long...
View ArticleSplash on the beach
All roads lead to Eleko Beach in Lagos at Chaka Beach Resorts on Sunday 21st December, 2014 Music Africa Beach Splash where the cream of the best music stars are performing in delight of their teeming...
View ArticleUNWTO, UNESCO to organise world conference on tourism, culture
The First World Conference on Tourism and Culture will bring together, for the first time, Ministers of Tourism and Ministers of Culture from around the world, experts and stakeholders from both...
View ArticleGoodly Heritage takes children on excursion
As part of its vision to expose children to mind developing programmes through out-of school education, and also inculcate in their young minds the need to engage in leisure, relaxation and...
View ArticleSouthern Sun to indulge guests
In celebrating this season of yuletide, Southern Sun Ikoyi Hotel said it is offering guests most memorable experience with its “Cracking Festive Season Offer”. The offers include specail offers for...
View ArticleTerror reigns still in Kokori
The hopes of residents of Kokori and environs that the capture of suspected kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah, in September 2013 would bring peace to the troubled town are waning by the day due to...
View ArticleAgodi Garden returns in style
After about 18 months of remodelling and upgrading of facilities, Agodi Resort and Conference Centre (formerly Agodi Gardens) was opened by Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Sunday. It was a day...
View ArticleBanking in a digital world
For banking, it is no longer business as usual. Banks are to either innovate or die. Why? New competitors from adjacent industries and financial technology startups are flooding the market with...
View ArticleQatar Airways partners Aspire Academy
Qatar Airways has announced its partnership with Aspire Academy to support this year’s edition of the Aspire Football Dreams project by forming “Qatar Airways and Aspire Academy Football Dreams...
View ArticleWoodin opens first flagship store in Nigeria
FOLLOWING its growing popularity in West and Central Africa, Pan African fast fashion brand Woodin recently opened its first store in Nigeria . With 26 stores in African countries (Ghana, Ivory Coast,...
View ArticleLa Campagne boss honoured in Cote d’Ivoire
The proprietor of La Campagne Tropicana Resort, Ikegun, Lagos, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye, was recently honoured in Cote d’Ivoire with a chieftaincy title, which comes with responsibility of...
View Article2014: Difficult year for Nigerian tourism
THIS year is supposed to be an epoch year for Nigeria being 60 years since Nigeria, through the Nigerian Tourism Association (NTA), joined the United Nations World Tourism Organization in 1964. Many...
View ArticlePlaces you can’t resist this season
WE are in the holiday season, and preparation for the New Year is very much on. This is the period that parents have time for their wards, and it’s also a period that families, friends and lovers...
View ArticleIssues that dominated the year:
Like the previous years, the outgoing year was shaped by a mixed bag of good, bad and ugly issues. It was characterised by a high number of avoidable deaths, particularly those that were caused by the...
View ArticleAnguish and death
RIDO VILLAGE. For those who have never visited this sleepy community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the village by reputation should be a paradise where the inhabitants live their...
View ArticleOBESITY
ONCE, it was considered a sign of beauty, wealth as well as fecundity. Looking plump, well-rounded with rolls of fat evenly spread all over the body was a much coveted look loved by women of old in...
View ArticleCalabar Carnival: Ten years of street party in Paradise City
THE attendants at the restaurant of the Tinapa Lakeside Hotel were finding it difficult coping with tens of people that kept on trooping to the dinner table to have their breakfast. It was going to be...
View ArticleHow I resisted marriage offers after my husband died —Nollywood star Lanre...
Popular actress, Lanre Hassan, is a veteran of the Yoruba genre of Nollywood. She ranks among the few of the older generation who are still vibrant in an industry that is fast being taken over by...
View ArticleFirst Wedding Industry Conference to hold at Eko Marquee
COME 2015, an epoch-making Wedding Industry Conference will be the cynosure of all eyes as all stakeholders meet in Lagos to deliberate on advancing the industry for optimum dividend to both partakers...
View ArticleFashion designers to watch in 2015
WE can’t start the New Year without mentioning some of the fashion designers who will set the pace in 2015. The fact remains that the story of the fast-growing fashion industry is not complete without...
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