Aliko Dangote (GCON), is the richest man in Africa and the 67th richest man in the world, according to Forbes. The Dangote Group was established as a small trading firm in 1977. Today, it is a multi-trillion naira conglomerate with many of its operations in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. Dangote has expanded to cover food processing, cement manufacturing, and freight. The…
Hello Monday! As much as LOVE celebrating women, we believe in equality, so each Monday, as per usual, we share with you our Man Crush Monday. Today, we are crushing on David Lanre Messan (DLM) is the Chief Executive of TroggeUrban Limited and curator for the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Lagos Hub. Why are we crushing on Lanre, well…
Cheta Nwanze is a Computer Engineer with a keen interest in history and current affairs. Currently head of research at SBM Intelligence, Cheta is easily one of Nigeria’s most prolific writers and commentators on politics, Nigerian issues, history and football. Cheta is well known in the media world following his pivotal role in 234Next.com, Managing Editor of Ynaija and his…
This Monday we are super crushing on Darey Art Alade and his amazing team for pulling of the 3rd edition of-Love Like a Movie- featuring American super star Ciara!Love Like a Movie (LLAM) delivered as promised! Vibrant, electric and ovation worthy dance and musical performances combined with symphonic lights and off course the amazing Ciara herself- LLAM definitely created a…
Let’s put it this way, if I had a dollar for every woman who has asked this question, I’d be listed in Forbes magazine. You meet a guy, you guys hit it off, he takes your number and 3 weeks later, NOTHING. Not a call, text or flash! You keep asking, what did i do wrong? Did I laugh too…
A few months ago, Julius Agwu talked openly about his health and life saving surgery. However on Sunday, I saw a different dimension to his story as I read his interview with the TPH Review. Here are some excerpts from the interview About discovering his diagnosis It was heartbreaking. …I still have two of them as I speak, but they…
By Wana Udobang A year ago at a time best known by the gender activism community as sixteen days of activism, I choose to flip the script a little. Sixteen days is set out towards creating awareness on sexual and gender based violence. So rather than my typical radio programmes dedicated to battered women, I thought it was time we…
From shooting hoops with the NBA Stars to winning the Entrepreneur of the year award at the recently concluded 2015 All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) the only way to describe Obinna Ekezie’s journey is epic! Retiring from professional basketball in 2007, after playing for five different NBA teams ( and three different international teams, Obinna moved home to Nigeria to pursue…
This week we are crushing on serial entrepreneur and business tycoon Sim Shagaya Aka CEO of online retail giant konga.com. In 3 years, under Sim’s direction Konga has grown to become one of the top online shopping sites in Nigeria. But we aren’t only crushing on Mr. Shagaya’s successes, which are obviously laudable, we are also crushing on his failures.…
There’s plenty to crush on when it comes to Gbubemi Fregene AKA Chef Fregz! First off, the man can cook…and we arent just talking about jellof rice type of cooking, we mean the honey roast lamb, melt of the bone chicken kind of cooking. The kind of cooking that makes you speak foreign languages and unbuckle your belt without…
