This is the story of Fola Ogunlesi, a Lagos mega-big boy who is also the chairman of Fantasyland, the popular event arena on Kingsway Road Ikoyi Lagos, the eldest of the Ogunlesi family and elder brother of Lanre Ogunlesi of Sophisticat Fashions. Fola was originally married to Idowu Ogunlesi the CEO of Amazing Grace Fabrics…
The world of Senator Florence Ita-Giwa is a testimony to the fact we all know: “the end justifies the means”. Prior to her 1999 swearing-in ceremony as ANPP senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mama Bakassi was just like any other average female politician. Give it to her: she was tutored in the…
Chief Ebenezer Obey once sang: “For somebody to be bestowed a title in the community, the person must be of good character”. Global News is finding it difficult to confirm if the words of this song would ever fit into the case this civil servant who is one of those currently holding sway in the…
Nigeria is a land of opportunities; people are struggling day in day out to make a living. While some choose to only walk in the path of righteousness, some others employ crooked ways to go about it. Among those who are getting money through crooked means is the multinational soft drink company Coca-Cola, which recently…
John I. Nnorom, a former executive director for Finance at Air Nigeria, has warned Nigerians to stop flying the airline until they are sure that its planes are being properly maintained. In a blistering public petition, Mr. Nnorom, who resigned his appointment with the airline on April 1, 2012, blamed the situation on big businessman…
Years after the scourge of economic meltdown that affected businesses and some countries’ economy globally, it is sad that some companies are bound for extinction as they do not have machineries in place to withstand such situation. Yet, many companies have since regained their grounds and some are just picking up, but one company that…
The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of Nigeria, Pastor E. A. Adeboye, has reacted sharply to a shocking revelation by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Believers Love World, a.k.a. Christ Embassy, that masturbation was not a sin but a habit, which has reverberated on the internet including Youtube, with many people believing that…
Prominent billionaire, Oba Otudeko, chairman of the Honeywell Group, Airtel Limited and Radisson Hotel, has just acquired a plot of land formerly owned by the demoted erstwhile managing director of the defunct Oceanic Bank International Plc, Cecilia Ibru for his hotel car park. The business mogul took over the said undeveloped land situated at No….
There seems not to be an end in sight to the crisis rocking the family of Chief Emmanuel Okusanya Okunnowo, about 25 years after his death. Recent information reaching Global News revealed that despite entreaties made to Chief Funlola Chris Okunnowo (Bobasuwa of Ijebu Land), Remi Okunnowo, Kemi Shonibare and Bukky, four of the children…
In 1998 when they were arrested for interrogation by the Special Investigative Panel, SPI, hardly did anybody realize that that was the beginning of an end of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha. The former chief security officer, CSO, to the late head of state, General Sani Abacha was one of the many people invited for interrogation over…
