Despite increasing economic hardships, the latest wealth report has indicated that the number of millionaires in Nigeria has risen to 15,400, about 305 per cent from 5,000 recorded in year 2000, when the last study on wealthy was conducted. Their combined networth is about USD150 billion (about N30 trillion).Global Wealth reporters are calculated on legitimate and registered assets within the tax net.

TOTAL telecoms solutions provider, Globacom, will today launch a new Reality TV Show which it says will change the face of entertainment in the continent. The show, tagged Dance with Peter is a dance contest programmed to promote dance culture among West Africans and assist those who may want to go into the dance profession to discover their prodigious talents.

A commercial bus driver was shot dead yester-day around Whimpy junction, Obio Akpor local government area by a Policeman. Vanguard also gathered that one other person was hit by stray bullet. Eye witnesses told the Vanguard that the Policeman ordered the driver to park and the next thing they heard was a gunshot.

It is the strong belief among black Africans that not every death is natural, especially if the person dies at a young age or at the height of his prosperity. Naturally, the Itsekiris are also of this belief. But they go beyond suspicion to bife in order to determine if the person has actually died through acts of witchcraft, black magic or sorcery.

Ajegunle, the ghetto of talents will come alive next month with a talent hunt reality TV show tagged Ajegunle Invasion, courtesy of Portbizness Communications Company, producers of Portbizness on Radio One 103.5 FM, and Cheefmo Mix Studio.

AS the 63rd annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, reached crescendo on Thursday night, church members as well as first time worshippers at the spiritual fiesta were stunned to watch Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, regarded by millions of admirers as one of the meekest men around, turned combative.

THE Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mim-iko has been urged to ensure the continuation of his government’s Mother and Child Hospital initiative beyond his tenure even as he was lauded for his landmark achievements in the health sector.

Nigeria plans to double the value-added tax rate to 10 per cent this year to help shore up government revenue eroded by the declining price of oil, the country’s main export, the Federal Inland Revenue Service said.

The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian telecoms regulatory authority, the Communications Commission, NCC, Professor Umaru Danbatta, who has resumed duty in acting capacity pending confirmation by the Senate, has pledged to tackle quality of service issues in the industry head on.

Bharti Airtel, the world’s third largest telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, today announced a significant milestone in its African odyssey when it acquired its 30th million customer in Nigeria. In acquiring 30 million subscribers in Africa’s most populous nation, the company has hit another milestone of achieving a 20 percent market penetration in the country.