By Nonso Okpala “You have less than 100 years to make a mark.” Three years ago, I started searching for a table based on two basic considerations. First, I wanted a functional table to get work done. One that wasn’t too high or too low but would lend support to my posture and allow me…
Claims in some quarters that the former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi had nothing to do with the recent plan by the Federal Government to pay back funds expended on federal projects within the States, have been debunked by former Lagos Governor and Nigeria’s Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Raji Fashola. Fashola made the…
Seun Kuti, the son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti has revealed that the Nigeria Police is threatening to close the African Shrine, Ikeja, for intending to host a programme to analyse the lessons and tasks arising from the recent #EndSARS protest. The singer had sent out flyers announcing a mass meeting tagged; #EndSARS Movement:…
Emirates which just resumed its daily flights to Lagos, has been rated the safest airline in the world in its response to the COVID-19 Pandemic according to the Safe Travel Barometer. The airline, which has set industry-leading safety standards since the resumption of its operations back in May, has topped the ranks with a ‘Safe…
The Kingdom of Belgium has conferred the honorary distinction of Officer in the Order of Leopold, the country’s oldest and most important National Honour, on Africa’s leading investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, CON, in recognition of his commitment to poverty eradication and the economic empowerment of young Africans. The Ambassador of Belgium to Nigeria,…