Motivated by the rejection of a girl he fancied as a high school kid, the choir boy, Funbi began penning down emotional poems which later earned him the nickname Shakespeare. He received his basic vocal training during his childhood career as a member of the Chapel of the Light church choir, which spanned 7 years. Growing up, Funbi loved the…
Inspiration FM’s on-air-personality, Gbemileke Oyinsan, popularly known as Oscar, is a Chemical Engineering graduate from University of Lagos. Oscar started out with University of Lagos FM station in 2005. Later on, he became a presenter for the BBC World Service Trust sponsored youth radio programme ‘Flava’. In 2007, he made his debut in Television as a male voice jockey for…
Tokunbo Amosu is the chief executive officer of Reniques Designs, a company she formed in 2009. A Banking and Finance graduate from Ondo State University, Amosu also holds a Business certificate from Fate Foundation, a non-profit organisation and another certification from the African Growth Opportunity Act, an export based design school, both in Nigeria. She speaks to X2 about her…
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold $16.6 million in short-tenored foreign exchange forwards at its first such auction on Wednesday, at rates which indicated it expected the currency to remain stable or strengthen. The regulator began offering 1- 2- and 3-month forwards at its bi-weekly foreign exchange auctions on Wednesday as part of efforts to smooth dollar demand and help…
Profit taking activities by some investors have been attributed to the decline in market capitalisation, as witnessed yesterday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The NSE market capitalisation of the 194 First-Tier equities closed lower on Thursday at N8.009 trillion after opening the day at N8.077 trillion, reflecting 0.84 per cent decline or N68 billion losses. The market had gained…
I remember vividly when I was a manager in the strategy/account planning department of Centrespread FCB, an advertising agency. I had the onerous task of conducting consumer insights on lottery business operations for Lotto Nigeria. The agency developed some brand slogans ‘Levels fit change’ and ‘Level go change’. These slogans were tested across the key geographical regions in the country.…
23 March 2011 We will bring you live coverage of all the goals as they go in around the continent on both Saturday and Sunday! - Libya v Comoros, 27 March, Bamako (Mali, neutral venue) - Mozambique v Zambia, 27 March, Maputo Libyas senior national football team must try to shrug off the turmoil that has engulfed their home land…
24 March 2011 We will bring you live coverage of all the goals as they go in around the continent on both Saturday and Sunday! - Cote d'Ivoire v Benin, 26 March, Accra (Ghana, neutral venue) - Rwanda v Burundi, 26 March, Kigali Cote d'Ivoire will hope to maintain their 100 percent record in their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations…
President Goodluck Jonathan took his campaign for support in the April election to the Igbo living in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday. Mr Jonathan, who was represented by the Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Godsday Orubebe, at a ceremony in Rockview Hotel, Abuja, said their support will be vital to his victory at the poll.…
The acting national President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Bashir Olanrewaju, has challenged presidential candidates in the forthcoming elections to be practical in handling cases of electoral violence. Mr Olarewaju said this Tuesday in Ibadan, while shedding more light on the activities lined up for the union's national conference holding in the Oyo State capital. Commenting…
The Visionaries Academy, a Niger Delta-based not-for-profit organisation, says it has concluded plans to host the inaugural edition of the ‘Warri Makeover Project', a community service initiative designed to rebrand the city. According to the organisers, the project is aimed at changing the negative stereotype usually associated with the oil-rich city. "The motivation behind the Warri Makeover Project is towards…
23 March 2011 We will bring you live coverage of all the goals as they go in around the continent on both Saturday and Sunday! - Tanzania v Central African Republic, 27 March, Dar Es Salaam - Algeria v Morocco, 27 March, Annaba The North African derby between Algeria and Morocco in Annaba on Sunday is the highlight of Group…
24 March 2011 We will bring you live coverage of all the goals as they go in around the continent on both Saturday and Sunday! The top two will lock horns in Dakar on Saturday as Senegal host Cameroon, the winner of which will top Group E. - Senegal v Cameroon, 26th March, Dakar - DR Congo v Mauritius, 27th…
24 March 2011 We will bring you live coverage of all the goals as they go in around the continent on both Saturday and Sunday! - Burkina Faso v Namibia, 26th March, Ouagadougou When Burkina Faso and Namibia take the field to wage war, in only their second qualifying match of Group F, it will be their first ever international…
Traditional rulers in Cross River State are pushing for a law which will empower them to monitor government projects under construction in their domains to ensure that such projects are executed to specification. Apart from projects under execution, the envisaged law will also enable them to protect projects sited in their domains and also on regular basis keep government informed…