April Anjou was born into a wealthy Lagos Island family but soon after her birth, her parents’ marriage broke down, forcing her into a life of struggle, hardship, and trials. In this book, she chronicles how by her determined efforts, ambition, doggedness and faith in God, she was able to overcome the seemingly insurmountable challenges of her father’s rejection, getting a good education, a failed marriage, a challenging banking career to finally triumph to become an established international businesswoman and a happy mother of two children.

Morayo Afolabi-Brown joined TVC Communications as Deputy Director of Programs in 2014 and pioneered a new women-centered and women-focused talk show. She has since then hosted this current affair daily show for nine years and presided over two thousand three hundred episodes making her the Nigerian queen of talk.

From time to time, we all experience tragedy and other life circumstances that devastate and distraught us. This affects our enthusiasm, productivity, relationships, our spirits and eventually our bodies. I know this because I have been there, like a lotus surrounded by grime and mud. In the midst of it all, we have to find a way to recover, rebuild and reset.

The Nigerian maritime industry is the nation’s economic centre of gravity, and this book discusses its potentials, opportunities, and recommendations for the future. It contains a collection of papers delivered at maritime conferences and seminars over the years on pertinent issues such as the shipbuilding and repair sector, the process of ship acquisition and operations and the realities of the local shipowner. It discusses other relevant topics, such as:

From 1999 to date our unique type of democracy has continuously evolved, albeit surreptitiously with the emerging generation of politicians unexperienced in the philosophies and technicalities of political discipline and practice. These politicians often have no formal political education and do not adhere to any code of conduct, with insufficient exposé to the rituals and kernels of our national constitution and ideal. Consequently, they have adopted approaches to political participation that have introduced aggressive rivalries, with an avid desperation to win elections at all cost. Thuggery, snatching ballot boxes and result sheets, and other such phenomena have become a common characteristic of elections all across the country.

"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”   - John 14:2

 This encouragement is meant to stir up hope for the living that there is a beautiful place, far better than anywhere in this present world, a heavenly city made especially for all believers in Christ. Today, God is still revealing secrets and mysteries about heaven to men, so that people can live with faith and lively hope. 

"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”   - John 14:2

 This encouragement is meant to stir up hope for the living that there is a beautiful place, far better than anywhere in this present world, a heavenly city made especially for all believers in Christ. Today, God is still revealing secrets and mysteries about heaven to men, so that people can live with faith and lively hope. 

This book commemorates 100 years of Port Harcourt and documents the city’s growth and development. Contributors include renowned academics, politicians, and statesmen who have written on the city’s history, politics, economics, geography, and culture with a glimpse into the plans for the future with the Greater Port Harcourt project.