18, Idowu Taylor Street on Victoria Island is home to Movida, a prestigious night club on the island, it is a hang-out for top celebrities, footballers, night-crawlers and what have you. Another side-attraction of this highly frequented night club is its gaming centers. That, however, is not the thrust of this story; the thrust of…
Despite all the campaigns and struggles towards actualizing gender equality in the country, it is disheartening to learn that someone who is expected to be well-informed on a very sensitive issue such as gender discrimination is found to be a protagonist of the act. And it is no other person but Mr. Tajudeen Adenekan, a…
It is said that when the end-time draws near, strange occurrences will manifest. Though this female Nigerian bishop who is also the first female televangelist in Nigeria may not be entirely new to scandal, recent events will definitely raise questions to the call of this woman of the “Agbara Olorun Kii Ba Ti” fame. Bishop…
Surely, sultry actress Foluke Daramola has not been finding life easy since her marriage collapsed some years back. The setback that the breakup caused her affected her career and her life to the extent that she is alleged not to have an apartment of her own. We gathered that a Good Samaritan offered her his…
It was on a Friday afternoon in the heat of the sun that he walked into the office of Global News magazine, sporting a pair of blue tracksuit trousers and a polo T shirt with a matching cap to disguise his look. Blinking from his right ear like a Yahoo boy that just came into…
The crimes that many foreign companies in Nigeria commit against Nigerians know no bounds. Many have in the past charged Nigerians for services they are not rendering while some sell goods that are sub-standard to the people. Recently Multichoice Nigeria Limited, the owners of the pay satellite television, DSTV, would have raked in million illegally…
Ini Edo This dark-skinned Akwa Ibom-born screen goddess has made her mark in the Nigerian movie industry and is among the foremost actresses who have become the nightmare of many married couples. Though she is now married, many women are still skeptical of her repentance, as they still see her as a threat. When she…
The controversy generated by the Minister of Petroleum Resources’ appointment of former EFCC boss and presidential candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria has come and gone. While many people are still at a loss as to why the former anti-corruption boss took up the offer from the Goodluck Jonathan-led administration, many suspect that Ribadu had…
Under the merger scheme, the shareholders approved that all the assets, liabilities and undertakings of defunct Oceanic Bank, including the real properties and intellectual property, be transferred to Ecobank Nigeria. It was also approved that the 1,600,000 issued ordinary shares of 50 kobo each of Oceanic Bank be dissolved without being wound up. In consideration…
Sequel to a story written sometime ago where Ali-Modu Sheriff, the former governor of Borno State and now a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was addressed as the founder of the Boko Haram sect, the former governor has through his aides contacted us to clear his name regarding his links to the dreaded…
