Thinking of starting your own business? Before you venture off into the great big world of business ownership, you’ll want to know the facts so you can ensure you are mentally and emotionally prepared to handle life as an entrepreneur. About 25 percent of startups fail during their first year, and that percentage increases each year in the business’s lifespan until by the tenth year, 71 percent of startups would have failed. Success is highly dependent on both the type of industry and founder’s experience level.

Mr Joseph Mbu, the Assistant Inspector General, AIG of Police in charge of Zone 2 comprising Lagos and Ogun States, has denied ordering his men to kill 20 civilians in place of a policeman that may be killed during the forthcoming elections.

AHEAD of today’s visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to Delta State for the groundbreaking of the $16 billion Export Processing Zone, EPZ, the Nigerian Navy has intensified security along the state’s coastal line.

Osun State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has threatened that it would direct its members in the employ of the state government to embark on strike should the state government fail to pay the five months salaries it owe them.

As campaigns for Saturday’s presidential elections end today, Igbo lawyers have been urged to cast their ballots for re-election bid of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

ASABA—Ughievwen Political Assembly, UPA, a political pressure group, in Delta State, has promised to deliver bloc vote of Ughievwen Kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State for President Goodluck Jonathan and all other candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming polls.

Less than two weeks to the March 28 Prsediential and national assembly elections, seven branches of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA in Anambra state, including Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi, Aguata, Ihiala, Idemili and Anaocha have advocated for a credible and violence-free elections.

Less than three days to the general elections, hundreds of protesters from three local government areas in Ogun State, yesterday, stormed the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abeokuta, over their failure to get their Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs.

Nigeria and Ghana, two long time rivals will slug it out in the same qualification group for the 2016 African Nations Championship. Confederation of African Football will unfold the draws on Sunday April 5.

All land and sea borders were closed last night while international flights to and from Nigeria will be suspended by midnight today as Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday to elect the President and members of the National Assembly.

Skye Bank Plc has concluded arrangement to float N100 billion commercial paper (short term monetary instrument) in order to boost its liquidity. The commercial paper would be traded on the secondary market under the platform of FMDQ Over the Counter OTC.

Students of Kwara State University, KWASU, have been charged by the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, to shun violent acts before, during and after the elections.

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, against the ruling delivered by Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged N50 billion debt owed by Bi-Courtney Group.

On Saturday, Nigerians will once again troop out in their numbers to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed rights to elect their President and members of the national parliament. (Senate and House of Representatives).
 

National Chairman, Niger Delta Forum for Good Governance, Chief Satchie Etoromi, has carpeted those kicking against pipeline surveillance contracts awarded to ex-militants by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, imploring them not to play politics with it.