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VINTAGE AT 40: I didn’t just become successful, it was intentional

VINTAGE AT 40: I didn’t just become successful, it was intentional

By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor At 40, many people would consider the journey of businessman and entrepreneur, Chief Francis Nwaogwugwu, aka Vintage, a remarkable story of resilience, enterprise and calculated risk. From starting out as a young trader to building a business empire with interests spanning interior decoration, construction, real estate and manufacturing, Vintage has […]
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Digital switchover will boost viewership experience — Zhang, StarTimes CEO

Digital switchover will boost viewership experience — Zhang, StarTimes CEO

StarTimes has already shown their worth in the past seven years, changing a lot in the pay-television market. For example I can still remember in 2010 when StarTimes just launched in Nigeria, if you want to buy a competitor’s decoder you have to pay N27,000. During this period the exchange rate was just about N120 to one dollar. Today, 2017, seven years later, the exchange rate has gone up to N360.

Mohammed Uba Garba:  A requiem for smugglers

Mohammed Uba Garba: A requiem for smugglers

A cursory examination of our society today will show some damning malfeances such as drug use and abuse, prostitution, human trafficking and smuggling. To curtail these challenges, government had set up agencies to deal with them but still they continue to fester.

You engage in double speak on Biafra, Ambassador tells  Igbo

You engage in double speak on Biafra, Ambassador tells Igbo

Ambassador Soni Abang is one-time Chairman of the Peoples  Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State and former Nigeria  Ambassador to Mali. In this interview, Abang speaks on the agitations for Biafra and restructuring among other issues of national importance. 

Python Dance will not help Nigeria if key issues are not resolved – HRM Ararile, retired AVM

Python Dance will not help Nigeria if key issues are not resolved – HRM Ararile, retired AVM

The Ovie of Umighwa – Abraka Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Lucky Ochuko Ararile, Avwaeke 1, says it is as if Nigeria is fighting a war that is undeclared because we have the same issues with Somalia, Congo Democratic Republic and Afghanistan, all of which are at war. The retired air vice marshal in the Nigerian Air Force also says Nigeria’s unity is negotiable.

How we were frustrated in Nigeria, by Stanley, General Counsel from US

How we were frustrated in Nigeria, by Stanley, General Counsel from US

In this interview with attorney Jerome Stanley, General Counsel to LOUMOS Group, Houston, Texas, he speaks of   the frustrations he encountered in Nigeria when he visited; but he, nonetheless, suggests how best the nation can recover the  funds that accrued from sale of stolen crude oil from Nigeria.

My sex life is okay, I don’t need pornography to spice it up  —Uche Iwuanyanwu

My sex life is okay, I don’t need pornography to spice it up —Uche Iwuanyanwu

Beautiful mother of two, Uche Iwuanyanwu Nnannah is set for a great comeback to Nollywood after taking two years off to raise a family. Uche, who has taken up some raunchy roles in the past, is now a mother and a wife. In this interview she talks about her plans for Nollywood and what has changed or not changed about her.

How we’re boosting economy through local production —Puri

How we’re boosting economy through local production —Puri

Director of Global Sterling Products, Rishabh Puri, who  was born in India and raised in Nigeria, speaks on how his company  is boosting the Made in Nigeria campaign and how best to make Nigeria’s economy self-sufficient.