Weekend Beats

A LEADER needs to be careful about the quality of the information he chooses to consume. News is like fast food, it is addictive and damages your mental and emotional well-being. Rolf Donelli, in his book: Towards a Healthy News Diet, said, ‘‘The fortunate among us have recognized the hazards of living with an over…

Prince Emmanuel Okeson, a Nigerian entrepreneur who sets the pace in the lighting sector in Ghana, is setting up the first ever Nigerian-owned private university in Ghana. He speaks about his life and why he is diversifying into the education sector. ONE of the shining Nigerian entreprenuers in Ghana, Prince Emmanuel Okeson has always strived…

You can do it. I know you can. And I know you can because I did it without much experience. Just a whole lot of work ethic and a vision for the type of events that I wanted to do. If you’re considering starting your events business, you aren’t alone. Our industry is full of…

I WOULD like to end this series with a list of quotations I have found very inspiring. There are some quotes that one finds witty, amusing but are not necessarily true. They might be real in a person’s experience but not necessarily true. This is why we ought to be careful and diligent students of…

“IF some other woman ever steals your man, there’s no better revenge than letting her have him, because real men can’t be stolen.” This is a very popular quote among women, old and young. I see many buy completely into this very mindset. I know that some men can be stolen by anything. I know…

FOR those who reside in Kaduna and its environs, this is your chance to have a good time with nature. The Matsirga Waterfalls is the place to be. The waterfall takes its source from springs on the Kagoro Hills cascading from four different natural funnels off the sheer rock cliff from about 25 metres to…

Bountiful Taiwo Adelanwa is the founder of Bountiful Foundation, a non-profit, non-political organisation which she started in 2007 to realise her passion for poverty reduction and creation of a better Nigeria. She spoke with DEBO OLADIMEJI on her career and interest in human development. BOUNTIFUL Taiwo Adelanwa was motivated to set up Bountiful Foundation, a…

LITTLE details make a difference in the designing and décor of a room. Merely putting up a good fabric to dress up your window is not enough. Rather add a style statement to your interior designing and decor by dressing up the curtains with strong, well-designed curtain rods. A popular choice these days is steel…

Actress-turned-director Angelina Jolie is to make a film about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime seen through the eyes of a war-scarred child for Netflix, the streaming giant said Thursday. The Oscar-winning Hollywood A-lister will adapt "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers," a harrowing memoir by Cambodian human rights activist Loung Ung about…

Rapper 50 Cent was ordered Friday to pay another $2 million to a woman over a sex tape, despite his pleas that he was short of cash. A jury announced that it was imposing the amount in punitive damages against 50 Cent, bringing to $7 million the total amount he has to pay over the…

Grammy winner Chris Brown partied in Macau with a gold-toothed grin, as officials said Saturday he had left his promoter in a Philippine jail facing a legal dispute with a powerful religious sect. The 26-year-old American hip-hop star left Manila airport on board a Gulf Stream jet late Friday as immigration police arrested his promoter,…

IN line with its brand promise of making available cutting-edge products that meets the needs of mobile phone users, LG Electronics, a global leader in Mobile Communications and Consumer Electronics has introduced its eagerly anticipated new flagship smartphone, the G4 into the Nigerian market.