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…
The board of ntel, Nigeria’s first 4G/LTE-Advanced network, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ernest Akinlola, as its substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. Ernest is a senior executive with 20+ years extensive experience in Telecoms Media & Technology. He joined the fledgling One 2 One telecoms operator in the UK and was instrumental…
Dope TV, a digital urban youth and family entertainment multi TV platform with free, unlimited access for Nigerians to watch favourite media contents like movies, drama series, soap opera, comedy shows, lifestyle and magazine shows, news, reality TV shows, family dramas and children and teen programmes, has launched. From the stable of Digital Interactive Media,…
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the call for entries for the 2017 edition of its annual UBA Foundation National Essay Competition in Nigeria. The essay competition which is put together for senior secondary school students is organized as part of UBA Foundation’s…
The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi is under spiritual attack and needs prayers from his followers and well wishers to scale through as the Association of Progressive Political Party (APPPS), an association of three progressive political parties in Oyo State has made it known to that members of their organization fasted for 15 days…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has incurred the wrath of James Onaefe Ibori, the controversial former governor of the state. The fight between the two top political players in the oil rich state is getting messier by the day, and may go out of hands if prompt efforts are not made for reconciliation. Ibori,…
