Commendations and congratulatory messages have not stopped pouring in for YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine at 3. Here are some of them…
What do I say? I’m a first timer at this event, so what do I say? I don’t always read soft sell, but honestly, if you have been growing for three years, that means you are beginning to solve the teething problems and you must by now have made a good followership; clientele must have increased by now. More people would have been captured by the content of what you publish. And so, surviving for three years as a magazine is something commendable. So, whatever you are doing right, keep on doing it right. Whenever you have challenges, which are bound to happen; sit down, reflect and see where you can turn things around. I don’t know how much publicity you do because it is soft sell and I believe you have an audience; a cut-out audience, but what I’m going to do now is to make sure I get it to read or tell my office to get me one anytime it is published. Me too, I will become one of your ardent readers. I say congratulations and keep the good job going.
Sir Steve Omajafor, Chairman, STB MacCann
This is a sign of achievement through hard work. I give kudos to the YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine team for such dedication. I like the fact that it’s been consistent and growing. I wish YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine more rewarding years ahead.
Mrs. Dorothy Udeme-Ufot, SAN, Legal luminary
It’s been a sweet story of greatness all the while. I wish YES INTERNATIONAL! more happy and fulfilling years ahead.
Apostle Anselm Madubuko, General Overseer, Revival Assembly Church
Unbiased reporting has always been the hallmark of YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine and that is why I’m identifying with them. This is just the beginning of more good things to come.
Dr. Muiz Banire, National Legal Adviser, APC
I want to give kudos to the team of YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine and my brother, Azuh Arinze. Because I know that in Nigeria, the landscape of business in journalism and particularly in the soft sell, is a bit not strong. So, to have survived three years is worth celebrating. I can imagine the kind of hard work, commitment and passion that would have gone into this. In my growing up, I have seen a lot of magazines that have come and gone. So, for the past three years, I think we should give God the glory first and then to the people behind the magazine because it involves a lot of hard work.
Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, Ogun SSG
YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine has done well for itself in the past three years and it’s still striving well in this harsh environment, most especially for soft sells. It is highly commendable. I wish them more fruitful years ahead.
Femi Adesina, MD, The Sun Newspapers
YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine is interesting. Azuh has done well for himself and for having this quality crowd speaks volumes of the importance of what he is doing.
Ali Baba, Nigeria’s numero uno comedian
YES INTERNATIONAL! @ 3! Beautiful, and it is going higher and higher. I hope that in another one to two years, it’s going to be better than this.
Prince Bisi Olatilo, Veteran broadcaster
This is pure evidence of consistency and professionalism coupled with the fact that he is doing what people like every year. He organizes a lecture and a party so to speak and people come. This is because they believe in what he is doing, so I commend him and I think this is a magazine that would out-live him. It is not a weekly but a bi-weekly magazine with very credible, fresh news, beautiful stories, nice interviews and the fact that he does it every year shows that this is not just a magazine, it’s an enterprise and I appreciate that.
Zeb Ejiro, Renowned film maker
I’m very happy. I will say congratulations because it is not easy in this part of the world. You work so hard to sustain a magazine for three years and you still have the quality and the followership. So, I say congratulations and I hope that they keep it up;same standard so that we the readers can keep getting good stories.
Chico Ejiro, Movie director
YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine is a great magazine and it is a magazine for the future. Because for them to have made such an impact in three years, it means the sky is not the limit for YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine. You have heard of other soft sell magazines that have stayed up to 10 years and the impact that YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine has made cannot be over emphasized. I think Azuh Arinze is a great man. He is a man that sees tomorrow and I wish him all the best.
Dayo Adeneye, Renowned broadcaster
Quality magazine it is, because it’s not like any other out there. Azuh is very hard working and that is why he is where he is today. I say congratulations.
Saint Obi, Star actor
They have done very well. I see the magazine on several news stands. The quality of the publication is very nice and this is a good testimony of a focused entrepreneur.
Tunde Obe, Respected musician
I’m here today because I’ve seen the good thing that is happening here at YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine. His level of friendship is a testimony of a magazine that will stand a test of time.
Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, MD, Nordica Fertility Centre
He’s been successful. Azuh knows his onions and he is moving up nicely and it’s standing well at the same time. I can see that in the next two years, like I said on the podium, he is going to be very, very good because the magazine is going places. I read it every time.
Dr. Quincy Ayodele, MD, Quincy Herbal Slimmers
I’m happy for Azuh Arinze because he has done very well. I was there when he did the first anniversary, second year and this is the third year. I pray that by the time he would be doing his 30th anniversary, we would be here together because Azuh is a very nice guy and a very hardworking man.
Alhaja Tai Elemosho-Okesanjo, MD, Montai
Azuh is humble and he has a plan, so there is no way anything that comes from such a person would not be okay. The way the pictures, interviews and everything inside YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine are packaged is very good. There is no fortnight I don’t buy up to ten copies of the magazine.
Mrs. Victoria Oginni, MD, Blessed Water
It is a great thing and Azuh Arinze and his team are doing well.
Fred Amata, Star actor
This is beautiful. This is 97% of the people in the industry and that is what matters because when you do something that has to do with entertainment or you have your anniversary without people from your industry; that means you are not doing well. But when you see the who is who, the original people in the industry, of course , you are doing fine and that is the truth. So, I’m so happy about this and I pray that God continues to sustain you. YES INTERNATIONAL! is yes!
Adewale Ayuba, Foremost Fuji musician
I see a magazine that is going very, very far. That will do great and mighty and fantastic things because if they can achieve this in three years, I believe the best is yet to come. Whenever I hear the word yes!, all I think about is positivity. So, YES INTERNATIONAL! is positivity always.
Sammie Okposo, Top gospel musician
This is a pure evidence of consistency, professionalism and the fact that Azuh is doing what people like is commendable. Every year, he organizes a lecture and invites a great one to speak and people have come to appreciate what he is doing. So, I commend him for this because the magazine is not even a monthly publication, but a bi-weekly and it has remained credible with fresh news, beautiful stories, nice interviews and the fact that he does this shows that it is not just a magazine, it is an enterprise and I appreciate that.
Matthew Ibadin, MD, Mattson Photograpy
We are here to celebrate a milestone. You know Azuh Arinze has come a long way from the first, second and now the third year? That means we are expecting so many years ahead of him. So, I wish them all the best.
Chidi Mokeme, Star actor
I was here at the first anniversary, I wasn’t here at the second, but I’m here now at the third. It’s always a nice thing to encourage young men who have entrepreneurial spirit and I think Azuh Arinze and his team have an entrepreneurial spirit to furnish people with information and stories that have human interests and I think they have been doing this consistently for the past three years. So, kudos to YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine at three.
Kanayo .O. Kanayo, Star actor
Well, what can I say? Like Azuh himself, YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine is an incredible product. I mean, within three years, he has made his mark already and he can only grow stronger and be more focused. Keep on believing, and do more entertaining products for Nigerians. I’m proud of the magazine, I’m proud of the publisher and I’m happy to be associated with this.
Emeka Okpara, Director, Airtel
I got to know the magazine some months ago because Azuh and I are members of Rotary Club of Ikeja South and each time I read the magazine, I find it very interesting, content-filled and since then I have been an ardent reader of the magazine. I do enjoy it a lot. It is educative and it helps you in so many areas. Now, having said this, three years is a big step and I must congratulate Azuh and his team because to have done this in this harsh environment with some level of decency is highly commendable. So, I must say congratulations to them and that is why I am here.
Chief (Mrs.) Joy Agbo, Businesswoman
YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine @ 3 for me represents that same Azuh that is dodged and hardworking and has an economic sense. We are going to see YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine @ 30 because Azuh is a very, very hardworking man and you can see that from his publication. He does not want to be paid before he writes and publishes. He is not a commercially inclined content provider who has nothing to give unless from a paid agent. This is journalism at its best, at its excellence and that is what YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine symbolizes for me.
Cally Ikpe, TV presenter
I think this is something that needs to be seriously commended because it’s a child of vision, it’s a child of idea, a child of dream and as you can see, dreams when seriously worked on do come through. I’m happy for Azuh Arinze. I have known him for quite a while and have known him to be a dodged and determined fighter. I’m not surprised that YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine is three. My wish for him is that this would out-live all of us and be one of those magazines that would truly make it to the international level. Congratulations and the sky, like they say, is the stepping stone.
Gbenga Adeyinka, Top comedian
YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine @ 3 is historic. It is likened to a child of three years old that is walking like a teenager. YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine is three years old, but they are behaving like teenagers and that is very good and very commendable.
Essence, Singer
YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine has improved tremendously. I can see perfect improvements because I was here last year and what that means is that when YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine is four, we would be celebrating more achievements.
Ebele The Flutist, Singer
It is steadily growing because the gentleman who is at the helm of affairs of this publication is level headed; he is in touch with what is going on and years of experience in this business is really working well for him. I can see him going higher and I want him to keep it up.
Ifeanyi Dike, Actor and TV presenter
Whao! Just like yesterday. Well, Arinze has been someone that is known for something spectacular, unique and factual, so I’m not surprised with what he has achieved so far and for the journey so far. It’s been good. Anytime I go through the magazine, I see something unique about it because it is coming from someone who has always been good; even when he was working with Encomium magazine and I see him as someone who wants to distinguish himself from other people. So, YES INTERNATIONAL! @ 3, congratulations and I wish the team great things to come as the year goes by.
Grace Amah, Star actress
Wonderful! Wonderful!! Very interesting. Very encouraging. He is a brother. I appreciate him and that is why I’m here.
Evans Akere, MD, Vans Kere
Great! Great!! Wonderful! It’s a great event. We are looking forward to YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine at four, at five, six, ten and upward; onward.
Somi Uranta, MD, Somi Group
YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine has come a long way. I mean, you guys are doing so well, and we can only give thanks to God for how everything is playing out so well. Not many people are able to keep it strong like this. Some people started like this and even before the end of the first year, they had gone under, but YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine is growing from strength to strength and we thank God for it and for everything because it is not just by luck, but by all the hard work he has put into it because you can see even the content of the magazine and everything. So, it is always worth every purchase and I’m not surprised.
Wunmi Obe, Musician
I think God has been faithful. It can only be God. He is the only one that can do this. It is not what any man can do except for God. So, I just give God praise and I thank God because it has happened. Three years signifies God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. And when a child is three; that means he/she is about to run and YES MAGAZINE! has started running and it would run to its destination. So, I give God the glory for all this.
Arinze Okonkwo, Actor, model and businessman
I would say it’s getting better and better. The dedication to human productivity is highly commendable and I really admire it because consistently, he has celebrated successful Nigerians in all human endeavours and then bring people to know about their success stories in this same environment that looks very un-encouraging for businesses to survive. Some are in it and they are doing well. So, it clearly tells us that there is no excuse for you to fail or be pessimistic as a Nigerian. In any field of endeavour you find yourself, you must know that some people are making it. So, for YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine to bring all these people together here every year and not wasting energies on vain things as other magazines do, like showing you that somebody just bought a car, this person just bought a Limousine and keep celebrating them. YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine has kept on celebrating things that would add and make for human development, how you can wake up your brain that is sleeping, where you can wake up from your slumber, I say kudos to the YES INTERNATIONAL! team for the ability to do this in three years consecutively and consistently and I see everything going further from here.
Kenny Saint Best, Top gospel artiste
It is a brilliant magazine and the publisher is a good friend of mine and I like what he is doing because for the few times I have read the magazine, I have noticed that it is direct, its stories are authentic and there is what we call the elements of investigative journalism present in it. He is not bringing stories out of rumour; its stories are always authentic and well founded. The colour combination of the magazine is beautiful and the quality is very beautiful too; quality stories. It’s a good magazine generally.
Mrs. Kenny Aiyeola, Businesswoman
It is a great thing to have come this far. I congratulate Azuh Arinze and his team.
Alariwo, Musician and compere
YES INTERNATIONAL! is just becoming a great brand. You can imagine what they have been able to achieve in just three years. The uniqueness of the magazine clearly makes it stand out.
Steve Ayorinde, Top journalist
A great stride at three. It’s been a worthwhile journey for YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine. The content is interesting, educative as well as entertaining.
Otunba Sesan Rufai, MD, Goldmyne Entertainment
Azuh has been in the industry for long and you can see that he has been able to succeed where others struggle. I wish YES INTERNATIONAL! magazine more years ahead.
Zik Okafor, President, Association of Movie Producers
We give glory to God. We were together during the first year anniversary where we prayed for more years. So, we just want to thank God for making us see the third and we hope to see more years, if God tarries.
Evang. Myke Ikoku, Chairman, All Seasons Hotel