Day: October 22, 2019

At 60, Mouka Restates Commitment To Quality Brands, Market Share Leadership

Mouka, the nation’s leading mattress and other bedding products manufacturer signalled off activities marking its 60th anniversary in Nigeria on Monday, restating its commitment to quality products in order to maintain its market share leadership. Mr Raymond Murphy. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the company explained to journalists in Lagos that “the last 60…

Ambrose Alli Varsity Honours Gambian President, Ecobank Chair, Others

Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, at the weekend awarded the President of The Gambia, His Excellency, Adama Barrow and Chairman of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), Emmanuel Ikazoboh, with honorary Doctorate Degree of Business Administration on the occasion of its 22nd convocation ceremony. At a colourful ceremony witnessed by Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote,…

Nigeria/Russia Relations: The Missing Link, By Hussaini Monguno

On November 15, 1884, 14 mainly European countries gathered in Berlin for a meeting which lasted to February 26, 1885. The aim of that conference was to split the continent of Africa and share it to the Europeans who were scrambling over it. The countries represented were; Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy,…

Entrepreneurship Journey Entails Hard work, Discipline, Sacrifice–Elumelu Tells Cape Verdean Entrepreneurs

Speaking at the Youth Konnekt Forum in Cape Verde yesterday, African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), charged entrepreneurs to embrace hard work, discipline and sacrifice on their entrepreneurial journey to success. He addressed over young Cape Verdean entrepreneurs in a…

UBA Honours Kola Jamodu after 12 Years of Service; Assures of Solid Governance Processes

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured investors and shareholders of her continuous adherence to solid corporate governance processes as the bank honoured its ex-director, Chief Kola Jamodu. In a glitzy cocktail event and dinner in his honour at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, on Thursday, Jamodu was celebrated for…

Soyinka Salutes Keith Richards’ Courage For ‘Never Quite The Insider’

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has commended the candour, courage and confidence displayed by Chief Keith Richards in his latest book, Never Quite the Insider: a Nigerian Memoir”. Soyinka who reviewed the book at its public presentation at the Terra Kulture Arena, in Lagos on Thursday, described the book as a “Memoir of a Ghetto…