When a child leaves the nest, how does it affect younger…
It’s five years since my eldest child left home, but now it’s that time of year again, the shops filled with…
Stopping, arresting anything and everything in sight!
My fellow indulgees, for a very long time now I have been meaning to bring this matter before this our august…
…a new fruity taste for consumers
In order to set itself above the fray in a fiercely competitive market, a brand must consistently deliver what the…
Teenagers and social networking – it might actually be…
I ask a teenage girl, how often do you text? “250 times a day, or something,” she tells me. Shocking! The digital…
Local construction firms and growth challenges
In spite of Nigeria’s 7 percent annual GDP growth, making it the fastest growing economy in Sub-Saharan Africa,…
For Kofi Awoonor
I was devastated as I watched the breaking news on CNN. It was the news on the attack on Westgate Mall in Nairobi,…
Is loyalty in the workplace dead?
Just last month, Lynda Gratton, a workplace expert, proclaimed... in The Financial Times, that it had been “killed…
Are Nigerian consumers ready for good cooking oil?
Bisi Farinre, a 37-year-old woman who lives in Olodi Apapa in Lagos with her four children is a hairdresser with a…
Warning of future power shortages in UK
There is a growing risk of power shortages in the UK over the next few years, according to a report commissioned…
Rusal cuts output by 8% amid weak aluminium prices
Russia's United Company Rusal , the world's biggest aluminium producer, said its drive to cut output had helped it…
Niger partners agencies to boost rice production
The Niger government says that it is collaborating with Japan International Development Corporation Agency (JICA)…
Liberty looking to work with insurance companies in…
Insurer, Liberty Holdings, said it is in talks with two insurance businesses in Nigeria, and it wanted a suitable…