My dear daughter, A friend of mine asked me to read an email he was sending to his daughter as he battled for his life in a hospital bed. I told him I would like to share his thoughts with my own daughter since I found the mail quite instructive. “Adaobi my dear, I was about your age when I had my first cigarette. Most of my friends at school were smoking, and I thought it was cool to join them. It also made me feel grown up. I hated the taste of my first cigarette but I couldn’t let…
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General Electric Co has pledged to invest $2 billion in Africa by 2018 to boost infrastructure, worker skills and access to energy, an announcement timed to coincide with a United States f America summit meeting of nearly 50 African leaders which ends today. U.S. companies still have opportunities to catch up to China, Europe and Japan, who have made bigger strides in investing in the fast-growing continent, Jeffrey Immelt, GE Chief Executive Officer said. Immelt said Africa’s rich natural resources and potential swell in local demand for electricity primed the region for investment. But the CEO said the rewards outweigh…
By Alex C A two-decade surge in growth in Africa suggests the poorest continent is starting to come to grips with its challenges and has raised the prospect of the “African lions” emulating the “Asian tiger” economies in the 21st century. Africa’s advantages include vast untapped resources, a youthful population and an expanding middle-class. Offsetting these are rampant poverty and inequality, a rise in Islamist militant violence and appalling infrastructure. Data collated by the African Development Bank support the premise of an Africa on the rise: Average life expectancy rose to 58 in 2011, from 37 in 1950, and primary…
By Alex C FBN Holdings Plc, the investment arm of First Bank of Nigeria, has reported gross earnings of N212 billion ($1.3 billion) for the first half year ended June 30, 2014, 7.9 percent higher than the N196.4 ($1.22 billion) of the corresponding period of 2013. FBN holdings had in April announced an 8.8 percent rise in profit for the fiscal year 2013, from N70.6 billion ($430 million) in 2012 to 76.8 billion ($480 million). The company’s total assets has since grown to N4 trillion ($2.48 billion), 3.4 percent higher than the N3.9 trillion ($2.48 billion) it recorded in December…
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Sunday 3rd of August had us out with Genevieve magazine and house of Tara at the house of Tara international office, Centro mall. The event was the Pink Ball Lip Stain Launch, the dress code – chic. The PinkBall Foundation is a breast cancer awareness initiative of Genevieve Magazine; and as the first of many awareness events leading to the Big PinkBall this year, House of Tara partnered with Genevieve magazine to help create and launch the PinkBall lip stain whose sales proceeds goes to the Foundation. Other lined up events for the awareness campaign by the PinkBall foundation is…
A 28-year-old English school teacher, Hapiness Ayomide, who said she resigned her appointment to be contest in the television game show, Star The Winner Is, has made it to the semi-final stage of the show. The show offers a grand prize of N10million and a brand new car, and Ayomide, for her spectacular performance in episode 3, has joined previous winners, Philip and Brenda to compete for the prize at the semi-final stage. The teacher, during her session on the game show, gave a vocally outstanding performance of ‘At Last’ by Etta James, which gave her the edge in the…
By Bolarinwa Akande Dubai-based aircraft carrier, Emirates Airline, has introduced an Audio Description on movies for visually impaired customers on its in-flight entertainment system, information, communication and entertainment (ICE) Digital Widescreen. This is the first time in the history of air travels, that such innovation is being introduced. The feat, further confirms the airline as global brand, with Emirates’ ICE, recently awarded the ‘World’s Best Airline In-flight Entertainment’ award at the SKYTRAX World Airline Awards for the 10th consecutive year. The airline now offers Audio Description soundtracks on 16 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures films, including Frozen, Saving Mr. Banks,…
A Nigerian soft-sell, Icon Weekly, has apologised to popular singer, Tuface Idibia, over a publication linking the artiste with adultery. In its March edition, the weekly magazine had reported that one Teniola, a Lagos-based banker and graduate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, was pregnant for the award-winning music superstar. Consequently, 960 Music Group, Tuface Idibia’s management released a statement refuting the report, and slamming a N100 million suit on the news outfit. The Magazine, not only apologised to the singer, but has retracted the story. The letter reads in parts: “On behalf of the Management of Tegs Icon Ventures,…