Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The biggest piece of happy-ending news in Nigeria in the month of February 2021 is the endorsement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the United States. The South Korean candidate … Read the rest
The Voice of Reason Lecture Series are dedicated to the memory of the late Goke Omisore, businessman and scion of one of the greatest aristocratic families from Ile-Ife. Arole Olagoke Omisore was born on February 19, 1949. He passed away … Read the rest
Jay Z
Jay-Z announced on Monday that he had sold half of his high-end Champagne brand, Armand de Brignac, to Moët Hennessy.
The wine and spirits division of French luxury giant LVMH said it’s buying 50 percent of the music mogul’s Champagne … Read the rest
Bobby Shmurda
Bobby Shmurda is set to be released from prison as early as tomorrow (Feb. 23). According to TMZ, the 26-year-old rapper is looking forward to spending quality time with his family and getting back into the studio after spending the … Read the rest
Alex Otti
Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, former bank CEO and acclaimed philanthropist, has attained yet another milestone in his already eventful days on earth. Yesterday, February 18, 2021, he marked his 56th birthday, and there were a million and one reasons … Read the rest
On Sunday, February 14, the Nigerian Presidency in a statement signed by spokesman Garba Shehu reportedly affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to ensure the protection of all religious and ethnic groups in the country, whether majority or minority, … Read the rest
At the height of its first incarnation, about July last year when the coronavirus was ravaging the whole world with deaths and its stringent protocols, I had remarked, in one of my columns, that it was highly risky to take
Hajiya Gambo Sawaba
Stories from the life of Hajiya Gambo Sawaba, one of northern Nigeria’s most important female political activists, who was born on this day in 1933, have become the stuff of folklore.
According to one, her fighting spirit was evident when, … Read the rest
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday to head the leading international trade body as it seeks to to resolve disagreements over how it decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs.
Okonjo-Iweala, 66, was appointed director-general of the … Read the rest
Donald Trump
The Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump in a 57-43 vote in his second impeachment trial.
The vote came on the fifth day of trial after the House impeached Trump last month on a charge of incitement of … Read the rest
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