GTBank Impressed Me

I was out of town and ran out of cash before I was done with my mission, so I needed some money to get back to Lagos. I opted to embark on my journey on Wednesday as against the Thursday... (Continue reading)

Do You Want the Koko (Mobile)?

Babatunde Adebola If truly one good turn deserves another, then one can’t wait to see the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a talking head ad where he (alone) is debating, oh sorry, engaging the... (Continue reading)

Conversation with the Professor

Rarzack Olaegbe Morning shows the day. If you are experiencing a bad day, obviously you must have had a terrible morning or encountered any of these occurrences: Your wife must have nagged you silly. You must have had a little... (Continue reading)

BSkyB Takeover, Phone Hacking and others: Murdoch Model or Murdoch Muddle?

Obinna Igwebuike A government secretary losing an influential part of his official mandate and public chiding from his boss, the Prime Minister; a possible spin-off that will see a business known for its cash constipation severed from its traditional home;... (Continue reading)

The Attention-driven Business (1)

Tony Ajah Every business is the same in some respects needing a steady supply of clients to thrive. Once businesses get customers, they still need to keep them for sustainable growth. Keeping the customers requires some form of drawing the... (Continue reading)

Crisis Management in Public Relations Practice: The Shell – Ogoni Experience (III)

PART 4: Crisis Management: The Shell/Ogoni Situation 1992 – 1995 By Bolaji Okusaga Background To protest against the pollution of their environment and perceived injustices by Shell and the Nigerian government, the Ogoni people founded the Movement for the Survival... (Continue reading)

Leading High Performance Teams – Performance Management

‘The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.’ – Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. In the second... (Continue reading)

Yinka Olaito I cherish the Nigerian and Nigeria brand’s ingenuity. Some Nigerians have great and strange urge to follow the path of no resistance, as well as commit fund into ‘money spinning businesses’. When something comes to the mainstream or... (Continue reading)

My Bitter-Sweet Experience with BRT

I closed early at work this fateful day and I took a motorbike to Ojota from Ikeja. For efficiency, I took a BRT bus instead of an ordinary commercial bus to Fadeyi. The bus was already filled before I boarded... (Continue reading)

My Bank PHB Experience

I am still struggling to come to terms with the meaning of e-banking or ‘new generation’ banking in Nigeria, going by my latest harrowing experience at Bank PHB, Toyin round-about branch, Ikeja, Lagos. On Tuesday April 5, 2011, someone paid... (Continue reading)