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  (Ozwald Boateng, 2012)   Due to popular demand, ARISE Fashion Week (AFW 2018) will return from March 30th to April 2nd at the Lagos Continental Hotel (formerly known as Intercontinental Hotel). It is destined to be an Easter extravaganza like no other. 11 years ago, Africa’s fashion industry...

ABUJA, Nigeria, March 6, 2018   The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and founder of the Institute of Governance and Economic Transformation, Professor Kingsley Moghalu (https://KingsleyCMoghalu.com) has declared his intention to run as a candidate in the Nigerian presidential elections in...

Very recently, I did have a discourse with an entrepreneur friend; we talked about issues bothering around the Nigerian socio-economic and political scene underscoring the role of the youth. In his words, “I want to be one of the BUILDERS of Africa”. Now, I have had similar engagements with young people like...

    …As Dangote, Ovia, Elumelu Urge Lagosians To Voluntarily Pay Taxes   Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said his administration is not oblivious of the hue and cry generated by the revised Land Use Charge Law, saying that the government is ready to dialogue to resolve...

A university for the deaf is to be established in Sagamu, Ogun State, soon. The institution, to be affiliated to the Gallaudet University, Washington DC, will be set up by the Wesley University, Ondo, and is expected to cater for  no fewer than 10 million deaf people in the country. Chairman, Board of Directors of...

…Reiterates Commitment To Promote Tourism All Year Round The Lagos State Government has released a calendar of over 70 state-sponsored and endorsed arts and culture programmes slated for Y2018 in its bid to garner visibility for tourism-oriented art programmes. The State’s Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and...

The drama, the controversy, the confusion, the double entendre, attended by seeming cowardice, that grew around a statement, perhaps the statements, purportedly issued by former military President Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday, February 4, is absolutely unnecessary, unfortunate and utterly avoidable. A statesman,...

  …He Was A Great Professional, Says LASG   Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his counterpart in Ogun, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo on Tuesday led thousands of friends, family members, colleagues and well wishers‎ to pay last...

GOVERNOR WIKE RECEIVES OONI, SULTAN, HAILS NIGERIAN TRADITIONAL RULERS FOR UNITY STRIVES Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has hailed the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria under the Co-chairmanship of Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji...