A visit on October 25, 2019, to his country home in Benin City was the climax of our tour and experience of Benin in connection with the 2019 National Festival of Arts & Culture, NAFEST. Otunba Segun Runsewe, the D.G of National Council for Arts & Culture which organizes the annual festival, had decided that our experience of the 2019 NAFEST titled “Our Royalty, Our Pride” would not be complete without visiting the then living Highlife music legend, Professor Sir Victor Uwaifo.

Nigeria may have lost about $188.29 billion, representing more than 92 percent of investment opportunities available to the country between 2017 and 2020.

In a clear demonstration of its resilience, Zenith Bank Plc has announced positive growth across key financial metrics in its audited results for the half-year ended 30 June 2021, H1’21, despite a challenging macroeconomic environment. According to the financial results presented to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), the Group recorded a growth in profit before tax of […]

By Cynthia Alo Sterling Bank Plc, is collaborating with Founder Institute (FI), the world largest pre-seed accelerator programme, to further connect early-stage startup resources for founders in Nigeria. Under the partnership, Sterling Bank will ensure that more organizations benefit from FI’s globally tested corporate innovation programme that will help them become more innovative and disruptive […]

By Obadiah Mailafia Nigeria was recently designated a failed state in a joint article in Foreign Affairs by political scientist Robert Rotberg and former American Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell. In their article, “The Giant of Africa is Failing”(May 31, 2021), they declare: “If a state’s first obligation to those it governs is to provide […]

AS state governments thrive to open up their business environment for ease of doing business with target to create jobs and increase internally generated revenue, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, SWEER Global Farms Limited, Dr Thaddaeus Thompson, Monday, expressed optimism that Bayelsa International Airport will soon boost agribusiness in the State and Niger Delta region.

Market research is both vital and critical to the success of any business endeavor. Without a proper understanding of the market, it is impossible to find the right mix for success. The market share must be identified and understood to achieve success. The market research process is broadly segmented into primary market research and secondary […]

The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF), on Saturday, called on former President Olusegun Obasanjo to urgently summon a meeting of those it called “Nigerian fathers” with a view to intervening in the country’s woes and proffering solutions.

Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu and his wife Mobolaji Abiodun Momodu will receive the chieftaincy titles of Aare Tayese and Yeye Aare Tayese of Iwoland respectively Vanguard has gathered. The titles which will be conferred on them by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba (Dr.) Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu 1, and his Council of Chiefs is reportedly one […]

Founder of the Lord of hosts Miracle Chapel, Prophetess Bright Ndibunwa has said that whoever holds the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), may win the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.

By Simon Ifeanyi Ezeh Since Jesus Christ spoke strictly in parables in which he always began by saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like …”, before he goes ahead to create a story that reveals the true nature and character of God and interactions in God’s kingdom, it means that everything we should know about […]

By Owei Lakemfa Adeola Soetan was a staff of the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Abeokuta when some young student leaders from the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife visited the station. Cladded in black, they came in connection with the annual commemoration of the June 7, 1981 massacre of six students in Ife by the police. […]

Lagos State Government has charged traditional rulers in the state on conflict resolution, fostering communal peaceful co-existence and economic development in their domains.

Prominent Nigerians, including President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Sunday, visited Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun over the death of his father, Pa Emmanuel Abiodun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, was also […]

A tripartite meeting of Benue State Traditional Council, State Executive Council, SEC, and Local Government Council Chairmen have approved the privatization and commercialization of the state-owned moribund industries.