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Article Amaka Ene Igwe, MFR (1963-2014)- A brief Elegy. Born 2nd January 1963, Amaka Igwe (nee Isaac Ene) may be the singularly most important WOMAN in the creation & evolution of Nollywood. Starting as a young lecturer assistant/librarian at the then Anambra State University of Technology. Amaka Isaac Ene dedicated her young adult life to the creation of CHECKMATE (a soap opera that leveraged on the previous success of Lola Fani-Kayode’s MIRROR in THE SUN.) Her star actors were the first stars of Nollywood. Her RATTLESNAKE movie trilogy though came out a few weeks after LIVING IN BONDAGE, was the 1st artistic…

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Article Amaka, Thank you for the memories, for the joy, for the grace evident in you, the passion for God, for the truth, for life, for doing right, for loving, for creating, for giving, for caring, for family, for making memories and you did make memories, for me, for our children, for family, for the nation, for the world. I am thankful or the times we had together and for the gift you were to me and to this world. I am grateful to God for sharing in this world with you. I do know you have peace now, free…

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Article “What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty’s glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, We…

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Article My daughter, you have grown into such a beauty. No, sweetheart, I am not flattering you because you are daddy’s girl. It’s the truth; you really area beautiful young person. But, I want to caution you on a few things in this regard: Since you are good looking, don’t let it go to your head such that you become vain and obsessed with your looks. That said, I want you to also bear in mind this Igbo proverb: “Elewa mma ariri ya aruo.” Translated literally means “If you go on insulting your beauty you go ugly” The lesson from…

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ArticleBy Alex C Following projections by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that pharmaceutical imports into the country will reach $700 million in 2018, investors have expressed interest in tapping into huge opportunities through the establishment of manufacturing plants locally and/or ending medical tourism through offering treatment to Nigerian patients in-country. Gumel Farouk, partner, PwC, a multinational professional services firm, disclosed that imports of drugs and their ancillaries into the country, which stood at $400 million in 2012, were expected to increase by 75 percent to $700 million in 2018. Farouk stated that the situation could not even end medical tourism whose annual…

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ArticleBy Alex C Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc plans to invest about N8 billion over the next four years for business expansion. This development comes as the company’s shareholders last week voted close to N1 billion in dividends for the 2013 financial year. The dividend translates to N1 for every 50 kobo share held and comes in a year the company posted ‘not very impressive results’ even though the management said it worked exceptionally to keep consolidated cost of sales well in check. Gbenga Oyebode, Chairman, Okomu Oil, said the company would plant least 10,000 hectares of oil palm…

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ArticleBy Alex C First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings is set to acquire a merchant banking license through their Investment Banking and Management subsidiary. Making this known in Lagos at the company’s ‘Facts Behind the Figures’ held at Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Bello Maccido, Group Chief Executive Officer of FBN Holdings Plc, said that the anticipated banking diversification would enable the company enhance its project finance potential. Maccido noted that the initiative will strengthen the company’s funding base and boost the dividend accruable to the shareholders. On FBN Holdings 2014 to 2016 strategic plans, Maccido disclosed that it would…

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  “Do not leave things lying around.” A short sentence but there is gold in it. When you leave things lying around, you run the risk of them no longer being yours. They get acquired. It has happened before and it will happen again. Some experiences are painful, others less so. It’s always worse when you don’t like the person and further still when you don’t know the person, either way you have to let them do it. You don’t have a choice. Hence the golden rule. If you forget the golden rule, you end up hearing something along the…

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