Optiva Capital to attract $500m investments to hospitality sector

Optiva Capital to attract $500m investments to hospitality sector

By Jimoh Babatunde The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Optiva Capital Partners, Dr. Jane Kimemia, has revealed plans to attract $500 million investments into the hospitality sector in Nigeria in collaboration with Loft & Keys Properties. Optiva Capital is Africa’s leading wealth managers helping individuals manage their assets and secure their future.   While Loft & Keys […]
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Good governance is not rocket science

Good governance is not rocket science

By AYO BAJE “In these hard times,“let me be your sailor ‘s sweet song above the scream of the storm;“the sonorous symphony in the teeth of agony” -Ayo Oyoze Baje ( Prelude poem as excerpt from ‘Petals and Thorns, 1994) That Nigeria, our dear nation is not ranked amongst the top ten fastest developing economies in […]

7 injured in Rivers building collapse

7 injured in Rivers building collapse

Port Harcourt—Seven persons, weekend, escaped death with injuries in a collapsed three-story building that occurred in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Evans Bipi, who confirmed the incident in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr Emeka Idika, said no death was […]

Benue resumes recruitment of 9,000 teachers

Benue resumes recruitment of 9,000 teachers

By Peter Duru Makurdi—Benue State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, has resumed the process of recruiting over 9,000 teachers in its employ, following the nod given to the exercise by the Benue State House of Assembly. Recall that the State Assembly had, mid-December, halted the recruitment process to allow the Cephas Dyako-led Ad-Hoc Committee to […]

Widow battles co-wife over late husband’s estate

Widow battles co-wife over late husband’s estate

By Henry Ojelu Jennifer Ovuede, one of the wives of the late Senior Executive of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Monday Ovuede, has challenged a court action to declare her marriage illegitimate. Following the death of Mr. Ovuede intestate in 2023 at a London hospital, Jennifer’s co-wife, Henrietta Ovuede, who claimed to have married Ovuede in 2006, […]

Sanwo-Olu urges residents to give thanks

Sanwo-Olu urges residents to give thanks

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged residents to continue giving thanks to God for their individual growth and the state’s collective development. The governor made this statement at the 25th Annual Lagos State Thanksgiving Service, themed ‘Harvest of Thanksgiving’, held at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, on Sunday. Sanwo-Olu noted that 2024 saw significant […]

Tinubu prepared, committed to Nigeria’s progress – Felix, ex-APC presidential aspirant

Tinubu prepared, committed to Nigeria’s progress – Felix, ex-APC presidential aspirant

The youngest presidential aspirant in the history of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Nicolas Felix has commended President Bola Tinubu, describing him as a leader who is fully prepared and deeply committed to Nigeria’s progress. Speaking after a meeting with the President at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos, Dr Felix expressed his admiration for […]

She Came, She Saw, She Conquered: Lapo-Ekun pays tribute to ‘Cash Madam’

She Came, She Saw, She Conquered: Lapo-Ekun pays tribute to ‘Cash Madam’

The Lapo Ekun of Ijebu Ode, Chief Tunde Odulaja, has mourned the passing of Chief Mrs. Kuburat Adebisi Edonseri (popularly known as Cash Madam), who passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2024, at the age of 89. As the late socialite was being laid to rest on Monday, Lapoekun, in a heartfelt tribute personally signed […]