The emergence of GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited into Nigeria football ecosystem, using The Nigeria Football Fund (TNFF) investment vehicle, has turned to be the real game changer that is propelling the development of the elite league and Nigeria’s football economy. In simple terms, TNFF has helped to restructure and reposition Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) for greatness following …

President Bola Tinubu is set to travel to Nairobi, Kenya, to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. A statement by Dele Alake on Friday, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, said Tinubu would …

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has hinted that the suspension of Max Air domestic operations will not disrupt the ongoing Hajj airlift operation in Saudi Arabia. In a statement on Thursday, NAHCON’s Information and Publications Division Deputy Director, Mousa Ubandawaki said: “Consequent upon the indefinite suspension of Max Air domestic operations by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), it …

With the yet-to-be-verified list of ministerial nominees, the media is awash with the potential appointment of some former governors as Ministers in the coming cabinet of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Some of those prominently touted as possible ministerial nominees include but not limited to ex-governors Bello Matawalle, Abdullahi Ganduje and Atiku Bagudu, who were immediate past governors of Zamfara, Kano …

A sea of humanity bid Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun, founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), farewell last week in Ijebu-Ode. It was grand, the kind of occasion that befitted his sense of grandeur and his love of drama. The high priests of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) were there in large numbers for Balogun was an influential and …

Non-initiates marvel at the peculiarity of the rapprochement which subsists between media practitioners, even when they differ in opinions and political disposition. My very good friend and brother Segun Ayobolu served as Media Adviser to Bola Tinubu (now President) when the latter was governor of Lagos State. In that period, I was engaged in the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, handling various …

You may have seen it. The list, of course. Those who think that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not moving fast enough to appoint ministers have offered to help. They have composed their own ministerial list for him and shared it on social media. It’s trending now. Just one look at it, however, and you would know that it’s an …

Readers of my columns will recall that I was strident in my criticism of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in their recent eight-month strike, not because the strike action was not justified but because of what I considered as their hare-brained approach to a very important issue that could make or mar not just ASUU and their students …

Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Tope Alabi has reacted to the controversy trailing her viral video where she was heard singing in Yoruba language using the word ‘Aboru Aboye’, a form of greeting among Ifa initiates. In the viral video, Alabi referred to herself as ‘ebo’ literally meaning sacrifice, while also singing the words, “Abiye ni mi, Oruko mi ni yen. …

There is need for clarification on the originality of the headline for this conversation before we proceed. It was taken from a recent thought-provoking piece by Evangelist Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko, the Deputy Secretary, Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT). The piece came the same time Dr. Uche Nworah, adjunct Professor and former Managing Director and CEO of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), wrote …