Veteran actor Sadiq Daba, who became a household in Nigeria for his role as Bitrus in the NTA drama series Cock Crow at Dawn, has died. It was learned he died on Wednesday evening after falling critical ill at his Marwa Garden residence in Alausa, Lagos State. “Yes, he is dead. May his soul rest in peace,” an...
Black billionaires make up fewer than 1% of all billionaires worldwide. Who are the select few who made it into the ranks of the world’s richest people?In this graphic, we used the Forbes real-time billionaire list to highlight the most financially successful Black people, and the source(s) of their wealth.Black Billionaires, RankedThe data is...
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (left) with Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during a courtesy visit at Lagos House, Alausa, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Lagos State Government and the leadership of Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) have recorded a major progress in an effort to proffer lasting solution to the...
We live and work in emotional times. It’s not just that we’re feeling unfamiliar emotions, or feeling them more intensely; those emotions are also playing a bigger role in how we try to make sense of a suddenly confusing world. They’re as present in our professional lives as in our personal ones. That’s something...
A new era has dawned at the World Trade Organization, as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes up the mantle of leadership as Director-General of the WTO, becoming the first woman and the first African to lead the global trade body. We applaud her ruggedness, deep-negotiation skills, and international experience in building virile Global economies.https://ab6534c63859f84b3361a3df5d0a79d3.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html As she...
The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has admonished Nigerians to be ready to bear the pains of increased petrol pump price as crude oil price climbs above $60 per barrel. Speaking at the official launch of Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimisation Program on Tuesday, Sylva said with no provision of...
A True life story My name is Oladimeji and I am 32 years old. This is the story of my Àpá. Àpá means scar I finished my NYSC in 2016 and immediately, I got a job with one of the banks in Nigeria and my branch is in Ogba, Lagos State. I was barely 9 months...
Minister of Health, Osagie Enahire, has confirmed that Nigeria has recorded a second case of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Dr Ehanire confirmed this on Monday at a press conference in Benin, Edo State capital. The victim, he said, had contact with the Italian who was the first index case of coronavirus in Nigeria during his visit...
Without any warning, you left the music scene for construction business even before you became old, why? I don’t know if the question is correct for I have always done something alongside music. Years ago I had my music centre at Fadeyi, along Ikorodu Road in Lagos. While I was doing music, I had my...
Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obafemi Awolowo (March 06, 1909 - May 09, 1987)111 years ago yesterday, God gave us a gift from little known Ikenne. A committed family man. A blunt and unpretentious man who failed to meet the mark as a witty, pretentious, double-sided, smooth-talking and deceptive politician, and so never got to rule Nigeria. Ofcourse...
