Monta pampers self with brand new Rolls Royce
The pleasure one gets from receiving presents cannot compare with the joy and ecstasy of buying things for oneself. Those who doubt this need only to look at popular society lady, Alhaja Tai-Elemosho...
View ArticleSoldiers on rampage in Ekiti, stab policeman on duty
Seventeen soldiers of Ekiti State origin who have just completed their training went on the rampage in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday,attacking some policemen. They allegedly stabbed a policeman, Corporal...
View ArticleNew lease of life for Chika Mbonu
The traveller who finds a rock in his way has the choice of making it a stumbling stone blocking his progress or a stepping stone onto a higher plane. For a while, it seemed that former MD/CEO of...
View ArticleYinka Afolabi observes special day
For quiet and unassuming billionaire, Dr Taiwo Olayinka Afolabi of the Sifax Geoup fame, it was party time a few days ago as his first son, Yinka, and his bride-to-be had their wedding introduction in...
View Article‘I can no longer cope with him’
In the last nine years, Sunday Oji’s life has known no peace. Reason: a caesarian section on his wife , Rosemary, for the delivery of their second child on July 15, 2008 ended on a sad note at the...
View ArticleGROUPS THAT DOMINATED THE YEAR
Indigenous People of Biafra It is not a rosy year for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a militant organization conceived and established for the realization of the birth of the Republic of...
View ArticleEVENTS THAT SHAPED THE YEAR
Buhari’s medical trip to the UK Between March and August, the entire landscape was gripped in anxiety over President Muhammadu Buhari’s health, following his medical vacation in the United Kingdom for...
View ArticleNaira’s long road to recovery
The last one year has been a tough one for the naira which started the year on a shaky ground. But several policy initiations by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have curbed foreign exchange (forex)...
View ArticleVintage Osinbajo at Lagos filling stations
While some so-called leaders continue to feed fat in the comfort of their high-walled mansions, oblivious of the sufferings of the common man, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is not cut from such ignoble...
View ArticleHow Amaechi warned me not to dare to vie for Rivers governorship in 2019 —...
The Senator representing Rivers Southeast Senatorial District, Magnus Ngei Abe, an indigene of Bera-Ogoni in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, was Secretary to the Rivers State Government...
View ArticleEmerging from disaster: being fully alive on the road to happiness and...
We conclude our series on emergency preparedness by considering a topic that is important as one begins a new year with hope for the best – being fully alive. Before the recent holidays, I commented to...
View ArticleHow BoI intervention funds are helping female entrepreneurs
Iyalode Alaba Lawson is the first female president of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and also the leader of the women’s group known as NACCIMA...
View ArticleHow my husband DIED TWICE
Elder Adekunle Oshingbesan, a retired Sales and Marketing Director, Berger Paints Plc, died November 5, last year. He was buried in his Agege, Lagos residence December 22, after a funeral service at...
View ArticleI SEE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IN NIGERIANS
South African-born Edward Stevenson grew up loving to fly planes. At 23, he had already gone way ahead to achieve that dream. He had acquired a licence to fly small planes, and was at the verge of...
View ArticleI developed the grit to survive from my extremely polygamous background
Few Nigerians are as energetic as Chief Olabintan Famutimi is at 70. Besides having to sit at different board meetings, he runs a hectic schedule shuttling between his office on the Lagos Mainland and...
View ArticleTourism 2018: Stakeholders hope for better year
2018 is here. It is important to take stock of tourism last year and then have an idea of the expectations from the industry this year. The ultimate aim of industry practitioners is for the country to...
View ArticleMan stripped naked for allegedly stealing car’s headlamp
A suspected thief was beaten up and stripped naked by a mob after he was caught while attempting to steal a car’s headlamp in the Owode area of Ketu-Agboyi Local Council Development Area of Lagos. The...
View ArticleKillings: My worries about Nigeria—Emeka Anyaoku
Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, bares his mind on the state of the nation, in this interview with PAUL UKPABIO and BIODUN ADEYEWA. He also speaks about his...
View ArticleCarnival Calabar: Local flavour mixed with foreign hue
For lovers of fun, music and dance, Calabar has become an every year’s place-to-go for almost 15 years. The carnival, initiated by the former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, is a legacy...
View ArticleAmachree urges Nigerians in Diaspora to attract more tourists to the country
Nigerians in this Diaspora have been urged to attract more tourists to the country to boost foreign exchange earnings to the country. Nigeria’s Father of Tourism and President of the Centre for...
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