Recent study indicates that majority of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria become moribund after few years of operations, while fewer than 10% of all start-ups in the country thrive and grow to maturity.

Globally, an estimated one in three women worldwide has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. According to the World Health Organization, at least 35 percent of women worldwide have experienced such violence at the hands of an intimate partner.

As controversy continues to trail Nigeria’s economy following the devaluation of the Naira by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), from the official exchange rate of N155 to N168 per dollar, entrepreneurs and investors doing business in the country have been advised to focus more on exploring new investment windows to boost economic growth, rather than causing panic in the system.

In its battle to curb the rising level of commercial piracy of Pay TV channels, the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) in pursuant to a complaint from MultiChoice, Nigeria’s leading provider of premium pay entertainment, embarked on an audit of the copyright compliance level of 10 commercial viewing centers in Surulere, Lagos State.

As the festive period approaches, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Idiroko Command has rejiged its operations to prevent smuggling of arms and ammunition into the country through the border region. The Command introduced 24 hours border patrol with officers on alert to ensure that offensive items are not smuggled into Nigeria either through the forest or any unapproved route to the detriment of local industries.

I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”

FEW days after the Lord’s Chapel, an area under the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Lagos Province 23, donated a street light to the Gbadaga community, the Province has donated a series of life-saving medical equipment to the neighboring General Hospital, Lagos as part of the church corporate social responsibility.

Erstwhile Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has dragged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before a Federal High Court in Abuja over the controversial Lagos State governorship primary which saw Mr. Jimi Agbaje emerging winner.

The inaugural edition of the Ikoyi Club 1938 senior tennis Masters tournament serves off December 16 to December 20 at the club’s ground in Ikoyi.

Disclosing this durng the week, the chairman of the club’s tennis section, Ede Osemwengie told journalists that it was the first time a a proper tennis tournament based on the cumulative performance of players on the Nigerian tennis circuit will be holding in the country, adding that the Nigeria Tennis Federation has given its backing to the event and has made available its current players’ ranking as at December 8 to serve as the basis for the invitation of the players.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun State Command impounded 65 trailer-loads of 600 bags of rice each from smugglers between January and November. The comptroller in charge of the state command, Haruna Mamudu, said this at the Idiroko border station of the NCS while briefing journalists about its activities during the period. Mamudu explained that the 65 trailers carried 39,000 bags of rice when they were impounded from the smugglers. He, however, said that 51 of 65 trailers had been condemned by court while the remaining 14 would meet the same fate. The command also said it recorded 1,482 seizures between December 2013 and November 2014, with duty paid value payable of N1.6

The Burutu Youth Leaders Forum has congratulated Hon. Julius Pondi on his emergence as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Burutu Federal constituency.

PRESIDING Bishop of Zion City Revival Ministries with headquarters in Lekki, Lagos, Bishop Mike Johncleanton, has cautioned Nigerians especially politicians, to desist from making derogatory remarks about President Goodluck Jonathan.

IT is almost a century since she Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848-13 January 1915), a Scottish missionary to Nigeria died but her work and strong personality allowed her to be trusted and accepted by the locals while spreading Christianity, protecting native children and promoting women’s for the abolition of killing of twins and other social work she did during the 38 years she worked and lived around Efik, Ibibio and some Igbo communities.

History beckons as the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club of Lagos battle Colombia tomorrow in the final of the Church World Cup in Goa, India.

The Nigeria representatives are tipped to become the first church to lift the cup as they had defeated the South Americans 3-0 in the group stage. Match is 4 pm Nigerian time.

It was another milestone last week when Class Hospitality Limited expanded its scope with the opening of Max Royal Hotel and Suites to further cement its pedigree in the hospitality industry in Nigeria. The very colourful edifice located in the commercial area of Muritala Muhammed Airport Road, Lagos has a distinct structure which standout among other structures in the axis.