By Emem Idio, Yenagoa The Governor of Bayelsa State Senator Douye Diri has been commended for his unquenchable love and commitment for sports development generally, and for endowing a tournament in his name with the hosting of the maiden edition of the Gov. Douye Diri National Scrabble Championship in Yenagoa. The 1st Gov. Douye Diri […]

Some people are born leaders, while others naturally follow in a pack. It isn’t easy to be a natural-born leader stuck in a follower’s position at work, but it’s something that happens all too often. It takes an immense amount of courage and perseverance for a corporate employee to give up a steady position to […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says the military has achieved commendable successes in its counter-insurgency operations due to he renewed and enhanced inter-agency collaboration between services and security agencies. Yahaya made this at the opening of an Inter-agency Seminar, organised by the Army War College Nigeria (AWCN) for its Course 5 participants, […]

By Timi Olubiyi The number of small businesses keeps growing in the formal and informal sectors of the Nigerian economy due to the role of small businesses as the live-wire of any economy and the backbone of  major  developed economies the world over. Though Nigeria rely majorly on oil and revenues derived from it, from […]

The Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan,  Professor Abdul Hafiz Oladosu, has identified moral rejuvenation as essential to reduce the act of corruption in the country

The unfriendly business environment foisted on Nigeria by insecurity has continued to take its toll on the country’s foreign trade. Insecurity and excessive bureaucratic bottleneck created by some government agencies and the activities of selfish local businesses have all resulted to lack of significant improvement in Nigeria’s foreign trade. In the oil and gas business […]