In business, the role luck plays in success and personal achievement is rarely discussed. If luck is mentioned, it is done with slight condescension, and usually dismissed as a product of hard work, not deserving significant attention. While hard work is paramount – and I have written extensively about the importance of working hard –…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs. The Programme’s objective is to generate at least 1,000,000 new…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, Mudashiru Obasa, has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for peaceful and successful general elections in the country. The Lagos Assembly Speaker also saluted Nigerians for their resourcefulness, courage, prayers and support which have been vital…
As the 2019 elections draw closer, the National Association of Itsekiri Graduates (NAIG) has adopted the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Delta South Senatorial District, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, as its preferred choice to represent the district. The forum made the disclosure in its 2019 new year message signed by its National…
A popular Nigerian business news blog has been exposed while trying to blackmail one of the fastest growing banks recently. Information filtering in revealed that the business news blog and its publisher (names withheld) recently strategised their plots to blackmail Keystone Bank Limited and its managing director/CEO, Dr. Obeahon Ohiwerei. According to sources close to…
It was excitement galore as holiday and fun lovers trooped out in their numbers to celebrate the 5th Annual Happyness Party 2018. The summer pool party, which took place on December 21, showcased the best of hip-hop nightlife with over four thousand people in attendance at the popular Tickle Bay in the heart of Lekki-Lagos.…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council in Abuja has said that the re-election of President Buhari may lead to the disintegration of Nigeria. Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council in Abuja and former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife stated this when some members of Ohanaeze Elders Council, Abuja led by the Director General of…
Heritage Bank PLC and Prinsult Global Consulting Limited have joined forces to train women on how to balance the challenges posed by their health condition and efforts towards wealth creation. The duo, on Thursday, empowered no fewer than 150 women through a seminar held in Ikeja, which had as its theme: ‘Building Your Health and…
A leading social political group in Nigeria, The Progressive League has reacted to the PDP diatribes against Professor Yemi Osinbajo describing it as unwarranted, unfortunate and ridiculous. This is contained in a statement signed its Acting Publicity Secretary, Mr Wasiu Ibraheem, the group stated that the PDP Publicity Secretary is not only playing God and…
Leading capital management firm, Zedcrest Capital Group, has announced the immediate appointments of Babatunde Sanda and Stella Duru to its Board of Directors as part of its corporate governance strategy and business expansion drive. According to the company’s Group Managing Director, Adedayo Amzat, the organisation is charting a new growth strategy targeted primarily at the…