Walker001: This is the profile of Bashir Bayo Ojulari the new Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.
ENigeria News reports that he was named the CEO after President Tinubu had sacked the entire board of NNPC, including its Mele Kyari.
Bashir Bayo Ojulari, the new NNPC Limited Group CEO, hails from Kwara State.
Educational Background Ojulari is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Work Experience Until his new appointment, Ojulari was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Renaissance Africa Energy Company. His Renaissance Africa Energy Limited recently led a consortium of indigenous energy firms in the landmark acquisition of the entire equity holding in the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), worth $2.4 billion.
He worked for Elf Aquitaine as the first Nigerian process engineer to begin a stellar career in the oil sector. From Elf, he joined Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. in 1991 as an associate production technologist.
Apart from working in Nigeria, he worked in Europe and the Middle East in different capacities as a petroleum process and production engineer, strategic planner, field developer, and asset manager. In 2015, he became the managing director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO).
ENigeria News understands that during his career, he was chairman and a member of the board of trustees of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE Nigerian Council) and a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
Upon appointment, President Tinubu thanked the old board members for their dedicated service to NNPC Limited, particularly their efforts in rehabilitating the old Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, which enabled them to resume petroleum product production after prolonged shutdowns. He wished them well in their future endeavours. SOURCE: https://enigerianews.com/biography-of-bashir-bayo-ojulari-new-nnpc-ceo/
That's a stellar resume from the oil and gas technocrat, Bayo Ojulari who also worked at SPDC from way back in the early 1990s, with fantastic cross-posting experiences in Europe and the Middle East.
It's great that Ahmadu Musa Kida, the brilliant oil and gas technocrat from Borno State also got appointed to the board of NNPCL as originally predicted. I wish all of them the best as they turn things around for the folks over there in Nigeria. The Saudi Aramco business model is very important for NNPCL to adopt from here on out.
Agboriotejoye: Look at the rubbish this guy is writing. Stop inflaming and setting northerners against southerners Reno all because you want to be accepted as a voice by northerners. They don't know you neither do they care about you
First of all it's a wild fallacy borne of ignorance to claim that Hausas are better hunters than Southerners. There are towns in the South especially south west that are named after hunting activities. One is Ode omu in Osun state and another is Igbo ora in Oyo state. Both towns are made up of hunters. They are like exclusive hunting towns. So stop spilling ignorance as facts.
Southerners don't employ Northerners as maiguard just because of their hunting skills. This nonsense claim is like saying Southerners employ Eguns or Efiks as house maids because of their housekeeping skills. Such things are stereotypes borne out of ignorance. Those folks are employed as such because they are cheap labour and it is what they offer to do not because they have special skill in that regard. Are you saying there are a lot of mai shayi in the North because North have better expertise at frying eggs and cooking noodles than the Southerners? And when did Gaddafi's army become Malian?
Lastly, Hausa-Fulani is not a creation of Lagos-Ibadan media as you claim. It is a creation of the Fulani elite in a bid to create a monolithic north. The Hausa constabulary was not made up of Hausas alone. Fulani and other tribes were a part of it and it was named Hausa constabulary because Hausa was the predominant language and culture of the north. Also, the Northern region was the most subservient to the colonialists which is why it was easier to conscript them into an army with little or no fear of mutiny or rebellion
@Agboriotejoye
Your summations right ABOVE refuting some of Reno Omokri's post are LARGELY correct because his post indeed contains some historical errors.
First off, MOST Hausas as of today DON'T work as house guards (OR maiguards) in the South of Nigeria and elsewhere like Reno stated. Most of the people doing the house guard jobs (and water sellers OR mai ruwa) are NOT Nigerians BUT foreigners from Niger Republic, Mali, and Chad, and this has to be made VERY clear to all potential employers of these people for security reasons so as to prevent being robbed and killed by these guys as reported in the past, who then run back to their countries of origin.
Second, indeed, Reno is ABSOLUTELY right that there is NOTHING like "Hausa-Fulani." You are either a Hausa or Fulani paternally. I've personally known indigenous Hausas and Fulanis over the decades who do NOT like to being refered to as Hausa-Fulanis BUT strictly as Hausa OR Fulani because they are very distinct people linguistically and culturally. Even @Fulaman, the former Fulani moderator on NL from Adamawa State clearly stated on a thread convo back in the early 2010s that there's NOTHING like Hausa-Fulani."
Where I further totally DIFFER from Reno is him laying the blame for that silly "Hausa-Fulani" coinage on the Lagos-Ibadan media, meanwhile the term has been used by nearly all the media in Southern States of Nigeria at different times in history and even a few Middle Belt-based media that I've read. It further escalated with the advent of the Internet and social media where people simply post random opinions without fact-checks or verification. The ONLY media publications and outfits that NEVER used that historically FALSE "Hausa-Fulani" term are the far Northern Nigeria print and electronic media such as the TV stations, the popular Norther Nigeria English language "New Nigerian" newspaper and "Triumph" newspaper of the 1970s right into the 1990s all of which I had the cause to read decades back.
I appreciate your insights on the ethnic compositions of the "Hausa Constabulary" as well because some folks could easily assume that they are ONLY of Hausa ethnic origin. Then off course, Col. Gaddafi indeed employed people from Niger Republic and Mali (especially the Tuaregs) in his elite fighting force. It's these same Tuaregs (who returned from Libya after Col. Gaddafi got removed from power, who are originally from the Northern Mali region) that are currently fighting the central government in Mali for their own independent country and have even aligned with al-Qaeda as affiliates.
Reno isn't always right because of some gaps in his memory base (due to brain fatigue OR his inability to recall events offhand) which those of use who are well-read in terms of advanced historical knowledge for decades now can easily spot, BUT when Reno gets his FACTS right when he's in his right elements, he does a good job in adding more flesh to facts. Without a shadow of doubt, ONE thing I like about Reno is that (unlike some narcissistic creeps), if he's wrong about something he has put out in the public domain, he'll apologize. I expect him to do a corrigendum of his original post here.
NGsultan: Hausas Have Traditionally Been Hunters For Centuries
I lived in Sokoto and Kebbi. The claim circulating on social media that Hausas and other Northerners do not hunt is false. It is borne out of ignorance. Fulbe people, also known as Fula or Fulani, generally do not hunt. However, Hausas and many other Northern ethnicities hunt, and they hunt more than Southerners.
Because of their skill at hunting, they were employed in large numbers as houseguards in Southern Nigeria. When you see a mai guard with a bow and arrow, that is what he and his ancestors employed to hunt game in the past and till today.
In Kebbi, they used to hunt and bring game for my late father, Justice Jean Omokri.
Pius Utomi, a photographer from Okpanam, Delta State, took this photo almost a decade ago. These fellows are local Hausa hunters. Look at their guns. Is it not similar to that of the Uromi sixteen?
Before Independence, the British found Hausas helpful for their colonial police force due to their hunting and warrior skills. That is why the first police force in Nigeria was the Hausa Constabulary, formed in 1879 with 1200 Hausas.
The Hausa Constabulary evolved into the Royal West African Frontier Force and then the Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment, which eventually became the Nigerian Army.
There is nothing like Hausa-Fulani. That is a coinage of the Lagos-Ibadan media. You are either Hausa or Fulani.
Now, many of the bandits who abduct, kidnap, kill and maim are not even Nigerians. They are rarely ever of Hausa origin. Some may be foreign Fulani. However, many are former members of Muammar Gaddafi's mercenary army, with a lot of them being of Malian origin.
The reason that insecurity spiked in Nigeria in 2011 is because after Gaddafi was killed on Jumu'ah, October 20, 2011, his Black mercenary army fled Libya Southward. Today, they are disturbing the peace of West African countries, not just Nigeria.
Sadly, the same President Obama who caused this did not lift a finger to help us in West Africa. We are still suffering the consequences of his disastrous foreign policy in Libya.
In conclusion, there are over 250 ethnic nationalities in Northern Nigeria. Not every Northerner is a Hausa or Fulani.
Please stop lynching and mobbing people out of ignorance.
Most Hausas as of today DON'T work as house guards OR maiguards in the South of Nigeria and elsewhere. Most of the people doing the house guard jobs (and water sellers) are NOT Nigerians BUT foreigners from Niger Republic, Mali, and Chad, and this has to be made VERY clear to all potential employers of these people for security reasons so as to prevent being robbed and killed by these guys who then run back to their countries of origin.
Second, indeed, Reno is ABSOLUTELY right that there is NOTHING like "Hausa-Fulani." You are either a Hausa or Fulani paternally. I've known indigenous Hausas and Fulanis over the decades who do NOT like to being refered to as Hausa-Fulanis BUT strictly as Hausa OR Fulani because they are very distinct people linguistically and culturally.
Where I totally DIFFER with Reno is him laying the blame for that silly "Hausa-Fulani" coinage on the Lagos-Ibadan media, meanwhile the term was used by nearly all the Southern media at different times in history and even a few Middle Belt-based media that I've read. It further escalated with the advent of the Internet and social media where people just posted random opinions. The ONLY media publications and outfits that NEVER used that historically FALSE "Hausa-Fulani" term are the far Northern Nigeria print and electronic media such as the TV stations, the popular English language "New Nigerian" newspaper and "Triumph" newspaper of the 1970s right into the 1990s all of which I had course to read decades back.
He's ALSO largely right to state that "many of the bandits who abduct, kidnap, kill and maim are not even Nigerians. They are rarely ever of Hausa origin. Some may be foreign Fulani. However, many are former members of Muammar Gaddafi's mercenary army, with a lot of them being of Malian origin."
There were also vicious killer Chadian bandits known as "Kwanta Kwanta" who terrorised Northern Nigeria roads and expressways back in the early 1990s right into the 2000s before Muammar Gaddafi's government fell.
In all these commentaries, it's time for Nigerian governments to put an absolute stop to the movement of foreign West Africans from the Sahel such as the foreign Fulani herdsmen all in the name of an ECOWAS protocol which guarantees so-called free movement of cattle. It's time for more meat processing factories and dairy farms to be set up to deliver these products to the end users in Nigeria and worldwide. Cargo trains can ALSO be used to move cattle around from Niger Republic via Northern Nigeria to the South. Even Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, and Osun States, etc, can establish more dairy farms with imported cattle from the Netherlands and Argentina to cut off the Fulani breeds which do NOT offer optimum milk yields and meat. Period.
Thinkfree: some of you here are smart and intelligent in all honesty but the hatred for Northerners will not allow you say the right things.
The Fulani herdsmen don't have villages they travel to every Sallah like the hausas do. The Fulani herdsmen don't travel for election like the hausas do.
The hausa will never claim any state or local government that he/she is not from,unlike the Fulanis that believe the whole of west african forest belong to them.
Most the Fulani herdsmen roaming the bushes of northcentral and southern Nigeria don't have interest in your government unlike the hausas that are very interested in the activities of the government of the day...
Hunting is not a practice of the fulanis,it is a cultural practice of the hausas... In my experience and opinion I think Hausas are far less violent than the Fulanis Remember urhobo and Ijaw,ikwere and Efik are not the same even though they are from southern Nigeria.
God bless you
@Thinkfree
Absolutely brilliant summations.
Your post captures the reality here. Many of those typing and making wild claims online and offline have NEVER traveled widely or gone to educational institutions outside their geographical zones of origin, or even bothered to use the Internet for basic and advanced research, so they make these highly ignorant comments. More re-education is key here starting with the conventional media led by Editors and journalists who CLEARLY are responsible for creating and institutionalizing this very silly concept of an imaginary "Hausa-Fulani" appellation which in reality doesn't exist in the far North of Nigeria. In what used to be the defunct Old Northern Region now divided into 19 Northern states, you are either a Hausa, Kanuri, Gwari (Gbagyi), Kataf, Angas, Berom, Anaguta, Jukun, Tarok, Ebira, Yoruba, Igala, Tiv, Igede, Idoma, Bachama, OR a Fulani, etc. Period.
Proudlyngwa: Oga most people know Hausa are not Fulani, but should an Hausa man be killed in Ibadan, Igbo shops will be burnt in Kano and Sokoto.
You guys should stop your selective Hypocrisy
I wanted to ignore your post but on second thoughts, had to respond to your highly unnecessary innuendoes.
What silly "selective hypocrisy" are you talking about here? I think you should give yourself that advice. Read properly before quoting others and desist from making impulsive comments. Based off of the several posts on this thread, it's VERY obvious that a lot of posters are NOT well-traveled and DON'T know the differences between Hausas and Fulanis who they see as an imaginary monolithic Hausa-Fulani group which doesn't exist! A former Fulani NL moderator on this same Website @Fulaman from Adamawa State also CLEARLY stated in a thread convo years ago (back in the 2010s) that there is NOTHING like Hausa-Fulani. He said you are either a Fulani OR a Hausa. Many Fulanis don't like being refered to as Hausa-Fulanis, SAME with the Hausa folks that I've interacted with in my decades of existence on Earth. Matter of fact pure Fulanis see themselves as being superior to mixed Fulanis who are called "Fulanen gida" in Hausa language (OR Town Fulanis) who do NOT engage in the traditional cattle rearing traditions. That very strange "Hausa-Fulani" appellation is an insidious media creation of journalists who aren't well informed about geopolitical dynamics.
Your "contradictory" post absolutely does NOT relate to what I originally posted. If you had read my post properly you wouldn't have even quoted me to start talking about some imaginary Ibo shops being burned in Kano and Sokoto or wherever over your hypothetical Ibadan killings. Your analogies make absolutely NO sense to me and certainly won't make sense to any rational person. CLARITY of thought is very important. Period.
zero8zero: Valencia forward and Super Eagles striker, Sadiq Umar, has condemned the mob killing of 16 Hausa travellers in Edo State, Soccernet.ng reports.
The Real Sociedad loanee lashed out at people’s ignorance following the tragic death of over a dozen northern travellers who were mistaken for kidnappers and lynched in Edo State.
Reports confirmed that 16 Hausa hunters, travelling from Port Harcourt to Kano for the Sallah festivities, were brutally attacked and burned alive by a mob after being falsely labelled Fulani herdsmen and kidnappers while passing through a community in Edo.
Why did Umar react to Fulani/Hausa mix-up?
According to witnesses and emerging reports, the victims were part of a Dangote cement truck heading back to the North when locals in a Udune Efandion community within Edo State allegedly blocked their route, searched their truck, accused them of being part of criminal herder gangs, and delivered mob justice on the spot.
The brutal and unjust killing of 16 innocent Hausa travelers in Edo State is a horrifying tragedy that demands an immediate and resolute response.
The fact that such a heinous act could unfold so viciously, based solely on false accusations, exposes the deep-rooted dangers of mob.
Eyewitnesses claim the men were burned in tyres, which left no chance for explanation or due process. Another, per Punch, claimed that on searching their truck, Dane guns were reportedly discovered, and the mobs were triggered.
Sadiq Umar Speaks Out
Reacting to the horrifying news, Sadiq Umar took to his social media platforms to school Nigerians on the difference between the Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups.
The Super Eagles attacker, born in Kaduna, believes there has been a distinction often overlooked or misrepresented in southern narratives.
“Only the ignorant don’t know the difference between Hausa and Fulani,” Sadiq posted. “Hausa is a tribe from the North on its own, with both Muslims and Christians in it, and with good and bad people like any other tribe.
Indeed, there are NON-Muslim Hausas even in a location such as Southern Kano and Hausa folks in the Northern States of Nigeria (Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, etc) have been victims of kidnappings, killings and more from foreign Fulani herdsmen and bandits due to climate change, terrorism and wars in the Sahelian West African countries right from the early 2000s, LONG before the horrendous menace got to the South of Nigeria where Fulani herders and bandits attack farmers and communities.
Hausa language is completely distinct from Fulani language and there are different dialects of Fulani as well. I find the responses of nearly 80 percent of posters right from page 1 of this thread who are sarcastically lumping the Hausas and Fulanis as one ethnicity while justifying the killings of those 16 men to be completely irresponsible! The level of ignorance and unguarded comments here from some notorious, well-known monikers is completely asinine which shows that these creeps just don't care to seek for knowledge, but like to make inciting online posts to destabilize the polity and fuel regional tensions!
dominique: When neighbouring Akure airport does not have 24 hours activity, it's dry Ekiti that wants to have. He must have seen how much Umahi was able to embezzle while building the airport in Ebonyi, he decided to do his own white elephant project.
@dominique
This is the problem I have with a lot of folks who do not see the larger picture or end product in their imaginations. You have to be a "disruptor" if you want to succeed economically, financially, and socially in life.
Just for more clarity, Singapore and Singaporeans were laughed at back in the 1950s and 1960s until Lee Kuan Yew and his dynamic economic team began to change the face of that city-state.
Back in the early 2000s, I purchased and read a fantastic copy of the over 800-page book entitled, "From Third World to First: The Singapore Story" written by Lee Kuan Yew himself which detailed out the steps he took to transform Singapore into an economically advanced country that it is today. All it took was just for one man and his team to make the right steps when the opportunities to evolve to another level came back in the 1960s.
The Ekiti International Airport will definitely succeed because I'm aware that Ekiti State has a large Diaspora population living outside Ekiti State in major population centers around the world such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Lagos, PH. These are highly skilled professionals and they work for major multinational corporations and hitech firms. Ekiti also has some multimillionaires and wealthy international businessmen. With this airport, these folks will now be more motivated to fly right into their state to harness the true potentials. Airports have been proven to stimulate development especially in areas that have Diasporan populations of highly skilled folks and Ekiti State fits right into this ecosystem.
Tourism is ALSO CLEARLY gonna get a major boost based off of the FACT that Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort was voted as the BEST tourist resort in the whole of Nigeria in 2023 and 2024. The IG handle of the Ikogosi Spring Resort is: @GoSeeIkogosi. This will further drive in more tourists who will now simply fly into the airport in order to visit Ikogosi in Ekiti West from Ado-Ekiti. Tourism is a major revenue earner for countries and regions worldwide running into millions of USD.
It's nice that you added those two pictures of the international airport to your post.
I don't understand why the OP who I'm aware is an aide to the Governor of Ekiti State doesn't add visual images of the airport to his posts in order to shut the saggy mouths of these random and myopic trolls on the thread who are taunting the airport project. These creeps cannot even dream big dreams like the Ekiti folks are doing right now. This is largely why many of these doubters have unfulfilled ambitions and mundane occurences in their personal lives because they do NOT have the power of imagination!
AngelGabbyShara: ….Says Ekiti economy has improved significantly under his watch
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has revealed that efforts are in place to ensure the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport runs 24-hour operation, in a bid to make the route competitive.
The Governor also expressed delight that the economy of the state has recorded significant improvement in the past two-and-a-half years, promising to do more in order to ensure a more sustainable development of the state and better living standard for the people.
Governor Oyebanji who stated these on Monday night during the March edition of his monthly media chat, "Meet Your Governor", said his government intends to make the Ekiti Airport a major hub, as well as a major driver of the economy, attracting more investors to the state and boosting the economic capacities of the citizens.
He explained that his administration has entered into discussions with three major airlines in the country to commence commercial flights at the airport, facilitate air travel, tourism development, more investment and transportation of cargoes and export of farm produce to local and international destinations.
While expressing optimism that at least two of the airlines would operate flights to and from the airport, Oyebanji said his administration also hopes to make the route competitive by working hard to install Instrument Landing System (ILS) that will enable the operation of 24-hour flights in the airport.
The Governor said: "The issue is to make the route profitable and competitive for airlines and if the route is profitable, they will bring their planes. Part of what we are doing is to make it an airport of choice and by next year, they will be able to run Hajj and (Christian) pilgrimage.
"To make it an airport of choice, we must put a structure that guarantees 24-hour landing. There is what we call Instrument Landing System (ILS) which enables night operations and also enables planes to land in extreme weather. ILS as at today will cost close to N4.6 billion but we are determined to get it done.
"We are determined that before the end of this year, we will install ILS at the Ado Airport. If we are able to do that, it will be the second airport in Southwest after Lagos Airport that has such a facility so that aircraft can land at night. We are also talking to a vendor that will provide a hangar for airport services, so it's a whole gamut of transaction that is going on."
The Governor also disclosed that a cargo shed is being constructed at the airport to serve as storage facility for farm produce and cash crops. He commended the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele for facilitating its inclusion in the budget.
The Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport was given approval for non-scheduled flight operation for six months last December. Governor Oyebanji who said expressed optimism that the airport would be one of the most competitive by the time it commences commercial operations.
Speaking further, Governor Oyebanji identified some indices of economic growth witnessed under his administration to include springing up of more businesses in the state made possible by an enabling environment for them to flourish, improved internally generated revenue and receipts from the Federation Account, as well as adequate protection of lives and property.
The Governor who disclosed that the state's Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) have moved from about N600 million monthly to over N2 billion monthly, attributed the feat partly to the fact that more residents are now encouraged to pay their taxes, having seen evidence of the government’s effective utilization of proceeds of the taxes in every part of the state.
He explained that his administration has not restricted development strides to only Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, as it is being speculated in some quarters, noting that virtually all parts of the state including the rural areas have been touched. He also expressed readiness to keep on working for the people of the state till his last day in office, stressing that he wont be distracted by on going politicking.
Speaking on the state of the treasury, Oyebanji said what the state government and local governments receive monthly are not hidden as they are published by the office of the Accountant General noting that they vary from one month to the other.
He emphasized that his administration does not tamper with the local government funds as the State House of Assembly has an enabling law with established the Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) with the monies for the councils coming directly into the account from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
While noting that he does not get involved in how the funds are shared, the Governor pointed out that he only monitors the projects the council chairmen execute with the funds to ensure that they are in line with the needs of the people and they such projects are satisfactory.
I strongly think that the name of the airport is a mouthful and too long. For the purpose of branding, It should be shortened to just:
"Ekiti International Cargo Airport."
OR
"Afe Babalola International Cargo Airport"
OR
"Kayode Fayemi International Cargo Airport"
The last two names can be used as tributes to either former Governor Kayode Fayemi who started the airport construction and Are Afe Babalola, SAN, who donated some millions of his personal money towards completing the important airport project.
In any event, I can see that the current Governor of Ekiti State is visionary and has set targets for 24-hours of operations for the international airport. It's perfectly doable... where there's a will, there's a way.
I can CLEARLY see a lot of very myopic random comments on this thread about the airport and state not being viable but these visionless posters do NOT realize that Ekiti State has the BEST tourist resort in the whole of Nigeria with Ikogosi Spring Resort being voted for two years in a row from 2023 and 2024 as the BEST tourist resort among many. There's ALSO a large Diaspora population of highly skilled Ekiti folks living and working çall over the world in major population centers such as: (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Lagos, Ibadan, PH, South Africa, etc) who work in major multinational firms, the academia, and hitech fields of endeavor. There are some very wealthy businessmen and multimillionaires from that state as well who I'm aware of living in the Diasporan. With the airport project, these folks will be more motivated to fly right into their state with investments and investors. Ekiti State should NEVER be underated based of off the massive tourism, solid minerals, agribusiness and manpower resources.
Speedo17: The Elem-Kalabari route is definitely not a friendly Sea route. From the Jetty info may have gone out of a possible high net worth individual around without a strong security detail.
Elem-Kalabari is currently a home of militants living on its past glory of being the first settlement of the 3 major Kalabari Towns. That hostile neighborhood is seated on a very high and turbulent sea pouring out to the Atlantic with Oil and Gas exploration on the other side.
Wetin my brother go do there oh!
It's indeed a sort of "wild wild west" territory out there in that part of Rivers State. The Southern Ijaw is another area that is wilder based off of the news on bandits and more that I've been gleaning for years from that axis of Bayelsa State.
Even the water ways leading close to Bonny Island have NOT been safe for years with sea robberies, killings and kidnappings taking place by heavily armed pirates in speed boats. The bridge linking Bonny Island with the rest of Rivers State would definitely lessen the attacks BUT it's still not an absolute guarantee as those lazy boys can still come up with a plan B to
It was gathered that the pirates attacked a speedboat, kidnapped its operator, Lucky Isokariari, and two others including Hope Georgewill along the New Calabar River in Degema Local Government Area of the state.
Sources told security analyst, Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred on March 26, 2025, when a 23-speed boat, named “H.J. Miracle”, with an 85hp and 75hp Yamaha outboard engine, traveling from Elem-Kalabari to Port Harcourt was ambushed by sea pirates.
The attackers fled with the boat and the victims to an unknown location.
The kidnappers reportedly contacted the boat owner through the operator’s phone, demanding N10 million as ransom for the release of the victims.
According to reports, the pirates m8rdered Georgewill on Friday afternoon despite efforts to secure his release.
Meanwhile, friends and acquaintances have taken to Facebook to mourn the deceased.
This happened in the waters of Ijaw territory right in Rivers State. These creeps who are definitely Ijaw just took the life of the dapper-looking guy in the well-made suit away.
They'll meet their "Waterloo" soon because every cause has an absolute vibrational effect. Period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nogfv-4o3-w?si=04-5Mf6Wq2Khu0dt A trending video has revealed how Senator Natasha Akpoti had visited the Osun River, taking Offerings for sacrifices. According to Nike Okundaye, the river blessed her with riches and wealth.
While the video is being heavily criticised by many as political desperation, some have revealed that the video is old and shows a remark for our culture.
We have never spoken and the last time we chatted in our normal medium of communication (Whatsapp) was 11 June 2024, where he was enquiring about some personal staff employment hack, and that was two weeks before he did what he did publicly against me and thought was going to be the end of my name and brand online.
Ever since that his attempt at me failed, he has been lying around about fictional reconciliation, which never happened, doing all sorts of things, including always publicly lying about phone calls and reconciliation, just to get my attention.
We have never spoken. We used to chat. And we have not chatted since that incident.
And no way I will entertain anything from him. No way!
I have to step in right here.
@Jarus, I've been a veteran member and user of NL since 2005 which is 20 years now, and I can CLEARLY see that you indeed feel very hurt by whatever transpired between both of you 9 months ago (which is the standard gestation period for any baby in the womb of his or her mother)... BUT I want you both to reconcile so as to ease yourselves of any negative vibrational thoughts which can be very destructive in terms of many unintended consequences.
However you might think and feel here and now, just let him know down the road the specifics of "How you feel hurt" about the public spat and more which is how conflicts are usually resolved professionally in any business OR private situation on a global scale and do NOT directly attack his person to prevent him (or anyone) from putting up a wall (or being defensive). He WILL definitely come around to realize his mistakes and YOU as well will realize whatever you may have unintentionally said or done to hurt him. I think this situation is an opportunity and test for everyone to learn more about our innerselves and tolerance levels when dealing with life's major situations or headwinds.
Seun: I had a long phone chat with an old friend of mine who I previously had a public falling out with. We agreed to disagree about religion and family life, and promised each other not to allow our differences of opinion to be a stumbling block to our friendship anymore.
We also committed to doing business together. I will buy a beautiful duplex from his company and consult them when I need to travel. He will buy 7.5% of Nairaland at a very attractive valuation and become a director of our company so that we can benefit from his vast experience.
It feels so good to be on good terms again! I urge you to follow our example if you're currently not on good terms with any old friend.
Indeed, it's NOT a bad thing to do if this is totally true. Negative thought vibrations and aren't good for the human well being in the medium to long-term. I instinctively suspect that this "old" friend of yours who you had a public spat with is @Jarus.
Have a great month ahead.
P.S. @Seun, the highly insidious and irresponsible term "Yaribanza" is an ethnic SLUR which was originally coined and is used relentlessly on NL, some social media platforms and ipob secessionist Websites by highly irresponsible posters of South East of Nigeria origin here. You have to urgently censure that term because it means "Yoruba bas^tard." And that's totally unacceptable here. The word "banza" in Hausa language means "bas^tard or loosely non-original" and Hausa folks have NEVER used such a negatively coined term to demonize Yoruba folks the way it's being used today as an ethnic slur and it's surprising that this ethnic slur has completely gone under the radar for a few years now WITHOUT being BANNED on NL along with the offenders.
VEHINTOLAR: Ahmed Musa's mother is from Edo state while his father is originally from Kano/Borno. Musa was born in Jos,Plateau state to a Muslim Hausa/Fulani father and a Christian mother - Sarah Musa. I think Ahmed Musa's late mother was from the Ishan area of Edo state.
Whoa! Now I get it. NO wonder he tends to gravitate towards women who are of Southern Nigeria descent as his choice of wives.
I like the FACT that you included Kano slash Borno as his father's roots in your post because some of the migrants to Kano from other ethnic groups and regions of Nigeria and Niger Republic ended up claiming Kano as their home towns (because of the cosmopolitan nature of the city right from the days of the thriving Trans-Saharan trade which linked Kano to North Africa), meanwhile their original ancestries are elsewhere.
The former Governor Barkin Zuwo and Ibrahim Shakarau of Kano for instance are actually of Nupe and Borno (Bura ethnicity) paternal descent respectively. Bura in Borno State is also where General Buratai (rtd) of the Nigerian Army hails from hence his name BURATAI. That infamous criminal and military dictator (who brazenly stole over 4 billion USD of Nigeria's money through the CBN right into offshore bank accounts) called Abacha too is originally a Borno Kanuri but adopted Kano as his home state just like the family of the Forbes listed USD billionaire Abdulsamad Rabiu who is of Kanuri paternal descent.
Indeed, because of his mixed or multicultural ancestry, the young man, Ahmed Musa can serve as a bridge to bring about peace and lower ethnic tensions over this despicable Edo killings of Hausa hunters. The Hausa Northern hunters too MUST stop moving around with hunting guns from now on to prevent cases of mistaken identity. Although I heard that one of the Hausas allegedly stabbed one of the Uromi vigilante folks while preventing the search of their vehicle BUT that wasn't a STRONG reason to burn a whole 16 Hausa hunters (they are NOT Fulanis as WRONGLY reported by some of these very terrible bloggers and YouTubers online because Fulanis primarily engage in cattle herding NOT hunting of game with Dane guns) and then went ahead to stupidly and graphically film the crime scene on mobile phones. Some psychotic Southern Nigeria folks relish jungle justice just like in the Aluu killings case of innocent male students in Port Harcourt a few years ago and these creeps would use anything to justify such imbecilic behavior. That is what has really generated the strong emotions and more in the North of Nigeria and elsewhere.
VEHINTOLAR: Ahmed Musa needed to talk; he is from both Kano and Edo state.
@Vehintolar
That's interesting. Do you know who among the young man's parents is from Edo and Kano States? I suppose there must be an Auchi (Edo State) connection in his ancestry just like Aisha Yesufu who was born in Kano in 1973 by parents who are both from Auchi.
I'm aware that there's a relatively large Edo population from Auchi living in Kano for many decades now just like you have a large Yoruba population in Kano and other parts of the North as well for over 100 years now.
lincsnuel: I wish Fulani herdsmen continued with their nomadic lifestyle without hurting anyone. If that was the case, none of these would have happened. Fulanis used to flock our community with their cows when we were kids and their young girls would walk round the nooks and crannies of our community selling the infamous "fura da nunu".
Everything changed when they started killing and raping villagers in their farms.
Succinctly stated.
These waves of murderous Fulanis are in fact foreign Fulanis from other West African countries in the Sahel who majorly speak French and their local dialects of Fulani language, so they are CLEARLY desensitized to the deep pains that all indigenous Nigerian ethnicities (including the Hausa farmers and communities) in practically all the nooks and crannies of Nigeria feel.
I can indeed confirm that those 16 guys who were burned to death and filmed using mobile phones were indeed Hausa hunters and NOT Fulanis as being FALSELY pushed online by dishonest bloggers and YouTubers to justify the highly irresponsible killings. Fulanis traditionally do NOT engage in hunting but prefer cattle herding. The Hausa farmers and communities themselves have long suffered kidnappings and killings in the North of Nigeria since the early 2000s before the Fulani herders and banditry menace spread fully to the South of Nigeria.
Other West African countries such as Ghana don't allow these negative strands of Fulani herders and bandits to just move around the countries in the name of the so-called ECOWAS protocol which guarantees freedom of movement and its time for the folks in all the crannies in Nigeria to speak with ONE voice, boycott all cattle meat, and the governments MUST restrict the movements of all foreign Fulani herders now to minimize tensions.
The Fulanis are NOT even up to 25 million in all the West African countries they claim to be citizens of yet they relentlessly terrorize far bigger Nigeria ethnic groups such as the Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Kanuri, etc, who each are far bigger than the Fulanis in size and population. There's absolutely NOTHING spectacular about the Fulanis that they CANNOT be totally tamed. ENOUGH is enough.
Thinkmintsocial: Lagos is one of the most vibrant and economically active cities in Nigeria. While it is known for its high cost of living, there are still several areas where you can find budget-friendly homes. Whether you're looking to rent or buy, this guide will help you identify the most affordable places to live in Lagos without compromising comfort and accessibility.
Why Consider Budget-Friendly Areas in Lagos?
Lagos is a bustling megacity with a high demand for housing, which often drives property prices up. However, some areas still offer affordable housing options. Here’s why considering budget-friendly locations is a great idea:
Lower cost of living – Rent and property prices are more affordable.
Growing infrastructure – Many of these areas are undergoing rapid development.
Investment opportunities – Buying property in these areas can yield high returns as Lagos expands.
Best Places to Find Budget-Friendly Homes in Lagos
1. Ikorodu – Affordable and Expanding
Ikorodu is one of the most affordable locations in Lagos, with ongoing infrastructural developments.
Average rent & house prices: Flats from ₦300K/year, land from ₦1.5M, Prices of house property range from 15 Million, all depending on the:
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2. Agege
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Property Purchase Prices: 3-Bedroom Bungalows: Prices range from ₦20 million to ₦35 million.
4-Bedroom Duplexes: Typically priced between ₦40 million and ₦60 million
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Average Rent & Property Prices:
Rental Prices: Flats are available from as low as ₦200,000 per year, making Badagry one of the most affordable places to live in Lagos. Land Prices: Plots of land start from ₦1 million, presenting a great opportunity for investors looking to buy land at a relatively low cost before prices increase.
Badagry presents an excellent opportunity for individuals and investors looking for budget-friendly housing in Lagos. With its blend of affordability, tourism appeal, and future growth prospects, it is an area to watch in the coming years. However, those considering moving there should weigh the current limitations in urban facilities against the long-term benefits of investing in this emerging real estate hotspot.
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Average Rent & Property Prices Rental Prices: Flats in Epe are available from ₦350,000 per year, making it an affordable alternative to central Lagos.
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Cons: High population density and occasional water and electricity challenges.
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Average Prices:
Rent: Flats from ₦600K/year Land: Starts from ₦5M per plot Properties: From 50 Million
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Achor1111: Ignorance should be an offense. I come in peace
Take note of these FACTS right BELOW.
The screenshot you attached to your post is one of the absolute FORGERIES of history being pushed online and offline by some young and highly IRRESPONSIBLE Ibo bloggers and YouTubers who have NO knowledge of official Nigerian history. Those of us who are older in age and experience know these true historical FACTS very well.
The FIRST EVER Pound Sterling millionaire of Nigerian descent was the wealthy financier and business man, Candido Joao Da Rocha (1860 to 1959) who was born in Bahia, Brazil to an Ijesa father [Joao Esan Da Rocha from the present-day Ilesa in Osun State] who unfortunately fell victim around the age of 10 while going to school to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and was deported on a slave schooner to Bahia in Brazil. Candido and his liberated Yoruba family of Ijesa descent returned from Brazil in 1871 and settled on Lagos Island where Candido grew to become a very wealthy man building a mansion which still stands today on Kakawa Street, Lagos Island known as the "Water House" (OR Casa d'Agua) which was the first place to have potable drinking tap water funded by Candido himself. Candido also built a perfect replica of the "Water House" mansion in Bahia, Brazil where the Brazilian branch of his Da Rocha family descendants through a Native Brazilian woman still live as of today.
Louis Ojukwu actually made his FIRST million through the blessings he got from Yorubaland by reselling the land he had earlier leased from the indigenes of Iruland (the original Yoruba name for Victoria Island) to the British Colonialists who wanted land for development purposes. Prior to that land sale, he wasn't yet a millionaire. This FACT is CLEARLY stated by the British author named Frederick Forsyth who was Emeka Ojukwu's friend in his 1969 non-fiction book entitled: "The Biafra Story" on the Nigerian Civil War, which I personally have among other advanced history book collections and archival materials since the early 1980s in my home library.
femisplash: President Bola Tinubu’s administration, since assuming office in 2023, has focused on completing and expanding key road infrastructure across Nigeria.
While some of these projects began under previous administrations, the government has adjusted contracts, revised funding allocations, and set new timelines to accelerate their delivery.
Others have been newly awarded to improve connectivity, facilitate trade, and support regional development.
This article highlights 13 major road projects currently being executed under the Tinubu administration. While these are not the only ongoing projects, they represent significant infrastructure developments aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s transportation network.
The report outlines their scope, funding status, contractors, and projected completion timelines.
Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway
The 164-kilometer Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano dual carriageway connects Abuja, Niger, Kaduna, and Kano states. Awarded to Julius Berger in 2017, the project stalled and remained incomplete until 2023.
In January 2024, Minister of Works David Umahi announced renewed efforts under President Bola Tinubu with a N20 billion monthly funding commitment. By March 2025, N17 billion had been released, with an additional N33 billion allocated.
The Federal Executive Council revised the project’s cost to N740.79 billion in September 2024 and approved N507 billion for the second section in March 2025. The road is now set for completion in 2026, easing transportation and boosting regional connectivity.
9th Mile-Oturkpo-Makurdi Road
The dualization of the 9th Mile-Oturkpo-Makurdi Road is a strategic project aimed at reducing travel time and improving connectivity between Enugu, Makurdi, Abuja, and northern Nigeria. In January 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu authorized the release of funds for critical road projects nationwide, including this vital route.
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Prof. Amos Ishola Awodiya is a Nigerian academic known for his contributions to literature, drama, and theatre studies. Below is a list of some of his notable articles and academic publications:
Books: 1. "The Drama of Femi Osofisan: A Critical Perspective" (1995) – A critical analysis of the works of Nigerian playwright Femi Osofisan. 2. "The Triumph of the Water Goddess"(1996) – A play exploring African cultural themes. 3. "The Nigerian Theatre and the Emergent Playwrights" (2000) – A study of contemporary Nigerian theatre. 4. "Theatre and Politics in Wole Soyinka’s Plays" (2003) – An examination of political themes in Soyinka’s dramas. 5. "Theatre and Development in Africa" (2007) – Discussing the role of theatre in African societal development.
Journal Articles & Book Chapters: 6. "Femi Osofisan and the Tradition of Modern African Drama" – Published in African Literature Today. 7. "Wole Soyinka and the Revolutionary Ethos in African Drama" – Appeared in *Research in African Literatures. 8. "Theatre as a Tool for Social Change in Nigeria" – Published in *Nigerian Theatre Journal. 9. "Cultural Aesthetics in Contemporary Nigerian Drama" – Featured in *Journal of African Cultural Studies. 10. "The Role of the Playwright in National Development" – A chapter in an edited volume on African theatre.
Conference Papers & Unpublished Works: 11. "Postcolonial Drama and the African Experience" – Presented at an international conference on African literature. 12. "Theatre, Ritual, and Modernity in Nigerian Performances" – A seminar paper at the University of Lagos.
Prof. Awodiya’s works primarily focus on African theatre, postcolonial drama, and the socio-political dimensions of Nigerian plays. For a complete and updated list, you may check academic databases like Google Scholar, JSTOR, or ResearchGate, or consult university library catalogs where his works are archived.
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Old age has a way of making hitherto successful people helpless down the road except there's a social care system for the aged in place.
Professor returns to Nigeria After Spending 48 years in Canada, With no Children, Wife, money.
A video is trending about Prof. Amos Ishola Awodiya, the first professor of Heuristic Education in the world (or Africa, depending on your choice). He is currently under the care of Agbala Gabriel.
The professor, whose identity remains undisclosed in the video, reportedly left Nigeria in the 1970s to pursue academic and professional opportunities in Canada.
Over the course of 48 years, he built a career as an educator, contributing to the academic community in his adopted country.
However, the video reveals that his return to Nigeria comes under starkly different circumstances than one might expect from such a long tenure abroad. With no children, no wife, and no financial reserves, his homecoming paints a sobering picture of isolation and resilience.
In the footage, the professor reflects on his life abroad, hinting at personal and financial challenges that eroded the stability he once had after losing his wife.
In a follow-up update on Saturday, Cleric Agbala Gabriel confirmed that he is in talks with the professor's family, noting that the professor has children but is suffering from old age.
He wrote: "We have started working on HIM. Investigations going on Some of His family members are here Baba has children, old age is somehow affecting HIM. We are bringing Him live on Facebook soon today, stay tuned."
God1000: Natural resources are commodities, or the raw inputs used to manufacture everything from intermediate goods to finished products.
Renewable resources are those whose supply is not diminished by use, including solar power, wind power, and hydroelectric energy. Nonrenewable resources like fossil fuels and mined metals are found in finite reserves depleted by extraction.
Natural resources are found throughout the world. Investors can access natural resource investments through mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and pure-play companies.
Here are the 10 countries with the most valuable natural resource reserves by total estimated value as of 2021, according to Statista.
1. Russia Russia's natural resources reserves are worth $75 trillion by Statista's estimate.
This amount incorporates, among other things, coal, oil, natural gas, gold, timber, and rare earth metals. Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment estimated the total value of the country's mineral reserves at the end of 2018 to equal $1.44 trillion.
Russia holds the world's largest proved natural gas reserves at 1.32 quadrillion cubic feet, accounting for nearly 20% of the global total as of 2020. Russia also has the second largest gold reserves at 6,800 tons, or more than 13% of global total as of 2023.
Russia was the world's third-largest crude oil producer at 12% of global supply in 2020. Russsia's proved oil reserves were the world's sixth largest at an estimated 107.8 billion barrels. In industrial diamonds, the country accounted for 37% of 2022 global production and 46% of the commodity's reserves
2. United States The estimated value of natural resources in the U. S. is $45 trillion, almost 90% of which are timber and coal. In fact, the U.S. is the leading producer of coal.
As of 2020, it had the largest proven coal reserves in the world. Other resources include substantial copper, gold, oil, and natural gas deposits. Also making the list are lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber, and arable land.
3. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is a small country in the Middle East and is slightly larger than Mexico. Saudi Arabia has $34.4 trillion worth of natural resources—notably oil. The nation has been a leading exporter ever since oil was discovered in 1938.
With 15% of the world's reserves as of 2020, the country's economy depends heavily on its oil exports. Saudi Arabia's other natural resources include copper, feldspar, phosphate, silver, sulfur, tungsten, and zinc.
4. Canada Fourth on the list is Canada. This vast country has an estimated $33.2 trillion worth of natural resources.
It has the third-largest oil deposits after Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. The commodities that the country owns include industrial minerals, such as gypsum, limestone, rock salt, and potash, as well as energy minerals, such as coal and uranium.
Metals in Canada include copper, lead, nickel, and zinc, and precious metals like gold and silver. Canada is a leading producer of natural gas.
Kuginzi: The Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has assured the families of the 16 hunters killed in Uromi that he will provide full compensation for their loss.
Governor Okpebholo, accompanied by Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other high-ranking dignitaries, paid a condolence visit to Torankawa in Bunkure Local Government Area. During the visit, he further pledged to support the bereaved families with cash and food donations.
Lamenting the killings of the innocent victims, Okpebholo, visibly angry, vowed in the village that the gruesome murders would not go unpunished.
“We will ensure that justice is served on those responsible for this heinous act,” he stated.
Meanwhile, hundreds of family members and supporters took to the streets in a peaceful protest, carrying placards with various inscriptions such as “We demand justice for the killings of our people,” “Hunters are not criminals,” and “We demand the speedy dispensation of justice in this matter.”
Protesters thronged the road leading to Torankawa village, voicing their demands. Many hunters, armed with their hunting weapons, joined the peaceful demonstration.
Similarly, other placards bore inscriptions such as “Killings in the North must stop,” “Northerners are peace-loving citizens,” and “Justice must prevail.”
This visit to that Torankawa village in Kano State by the Edo State Governor is a further evidence that those 16 who were set ablaze are Hausas and NOT Fulanis. Fulanis largely do NOT engage in hunting BUT would rather stick to cow herding. It's highly irresponsible for some terrible bloggers and YouTubers to spread the fake story that those killed are Fulanis.
The Hausas themselves have been victims of savage kidnappings and attacks on their farms and communities by largely foreign Fulani herds men and bandits even before 2010 before it spread to the South of Nigeria. This is what a lot of ignorant people don't realize.
Contrary to the opinions of some very ignorant posters online, the Edo State Governor who is an Esan-Edo himself like his Uromi folks in Esanland has done very well by reaching out to Kano and some of the families killed to douse the heavy tensions and potential spontaneous reprisal killings that would have affected innocent Southerners living in Kano and contiguous areas of the North. A permanent STOP has to immediately be placed on the movement of Northern Nigeria hunters with their hunting guns so that this kind of tragedy doesn't happen again.
Gun licenses also have a "radius of use or eligibility." The fact that you have a gun license for hunting doesn't mean it can be used all over Nigeria. If you are issued a gun license in a Northern State, it can ONLY be used within that "specific geographical radius" and NOT in another state in the South of Nigeria. Awareness is key here. Period.
Olanrewaju was competing against Ghanaian boxer Jon Mbanugu at Fight Night 15 of the Ghana Professional Boxing League at Bukom Boxing Arena when he suddenly lost consciousness.
PressMyButton: A socio-political group, Think Yoruba First (TYF), has rejected a proposed bill before the House of Representatives that seeks to grant indigene rights to Nigerians who have either resided in a particular place for 10 years or have been married to an indigenous person for the same period.
In a statement signed by its executives—Dr Bukola Adeniji, Mr Kayode Ọlọkọ, Dr Mark Faleye, Engr Kunle Faleti, and Mr Bolarinwa Oladimeji—TYF argued that the bill, sponsored by Hon. Kalu Okezie, would erode the cultural and historical foundations of indigenous peoples across Nigeria and could fuel ethnic tensions, conflicts, and long-term instability.
The group maintained that global best practices do not grant indigenous status based on residency or marriage, citing examples such as Native Americans in the United States, Aboriginals in Australia, and indigenous communities in Canada and New Zealand.
“No serious nation undermines the rights of its indigenous people by arbitrarily granting indigenous status to settlers. Around the world, indigenous identity is tied to ancestry, cultural heritage, and historical connection to the land—not just residency or marriage.
“History has shown that forceful alteration of indigenous identity is a precursor to ethnic violence and civil unrest, especially in multi-ethnic and multi-cultural nations. “Consider these cases: Rwanda (1994 Genocide)—The manipulation of ethnic identity led to mass violence between the Hutu and Tutsi populations, with devastating consequences. South Sudan Conflict—decades of imposed ethnic integrations contributed to tensions that eventually led to South Sudan’s secession. Yugoslavia (Balkan Wars of the 1990s)—The forced blending of ethnic identities contributed to one of Europe’s most brutal conflicts in the 20th century.
“Nigeria itself has witnessed countless ethnic conflicts due to territorial and indigenous disputes. The crises in Jos, Southern Kaduna, Ife-Modakeke, and Aguleri-Umuleri, as well as the clashes between herders and farmers across the Middle Belt, all stem from disputes over land and identity.
Legalising the erasure of indigenous identity will exacerbate these conflicts, not resolve them,” the statement read.
TYF called on representatives from the South-West, South-South, North-Central, North-East, and North-West regions to oppose the bill in its entirety, emphasising that the protection of indigenous rights is a fundamental responsibility that must not be compromised.
The group urged the National Assembly to focus on ethnolinguistic restructuring, as advocated by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, stating that such an approach would promote peaceful coexistence, economic empowerment, and equitable development for all Nigerians without undermining the historical and cultural integrity of indigenous peoples.
“The indigenous identity of Nigeria’s ethnic nationalities is a sacred heritage that must not be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. If this bill is allowed to pass, it will set a dangerous precedent that could lead to an irreversible distortion of Nigeria’s ethnic foundations, leading to deeper fragmentation and possible disintegration,” TYF warned. https://tribuneonlineng.com/yoruba-group-rejects-bill-granting-indigene-rights-through-residency-marriage/
Elemosho478: Of the 2,153 people who made it to the 2019 FORBES list of the World’s Billionaires, 13 of them are black, up from 11 a year ago.
Cement tycoon Aliko Dangote is still the richest black person in the world with a fortune estimated at $10.9 billion. He’s closely followed by Nigerian oil and telecoms mogul Mike Adenuga.
American businessman David Stewart, who is majority owner of World Wide Technology, an $11.2 billion (sales) IT provider, whose customers include Citi, Verizon and the federal government, joins the Black Billionaires Club with a fortune FORBES estimates at $3 billion. Nigerian businessman Abdulsamad Rabiu, who made his fortune in cement, flour, edible oils and real estate, returns to the 3-Comma club after a multi-year hiatus. He last featured on the FORBES list of the World’s Billionaires in 2014. In December 2018, Rabiu merged his privately owned Kalambaina Cement Company with listed firm Cement Co. of Northern Nigeria, which he controlled. The new, larger company has a market capitalization of more than $800 million, with Rabiu owning more than 90% of the company’s stock. The value of his shares in the new Cement Co. of Northern Nigeria provided a shot in the arm to his fortune, which FORBES estimates at $1.6 billion.
Nigeria’s Folorunsho Alakija, American TV mogul Oprah Winfrey and Angolan investor Isabel dos Santos still remain the only black female billionaires in the world.
These are the 13 richest black people on earth:
Aliko Dangote, $10.9 billion
Nigerian, Sugar, Cement, Flour
The Cement and commodities tycoon retains his title as the world’s richest black man this year. After building his fortune in sugar, flour and cement, the Nigerian tycoon is embarking on his most ambitious project to date- a private oil refinery in Nigeria which will have a refining capacity of 6500,000 barrels a day and is expected to reduce Nigeria’s dependence on oil imports. Dangote started out in business more than 3 decades ago by trading in commodities like cement, flour and sugar with a loan he received from his maternal uncle and went on to build the Dangote Group, the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa.
Mike Adenuga, $9.1 billion
Nigerian, Oil, Telecoms
Nigerian-born Mike Adenuga, the world’s second richest black person, built his fortune in oil and mobile telecoms. His Conoil Producing Company was one of the first indigenous Nigerian companies to be granted an oil exploration license in the early 90s. The company is the operator of six blocks in the Niger Delta and also owns a25% stake in the Joint Development Zone (JDZ) Block 4. He is also the founder and sole owner of Globacom, a Nigerian mobile phone network that has more than 40 million subscribers in Nigeria and neighboring African countries. His property company, Cobblestone Properties, owns hundreds of prime residential and commercial property all over Nigeria.
Robert F. Smith, $5 billion
American, Private Equity
Robert F. Smith, a former Goldman Sachs executive, is the founder of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners that focuses exclusively on investing in software companies. The firm has more than $46 billion in assets and is one of the best-performing private equity firms, posting annualized returns of 22% since inception.
David Steward, $ 3 billion
American, Tech
David Steward is the cofounder and chairman of IT provider World Wide Technology, World Wide Technology, an $11.2 billion (sales) IT provider, whose customers include Citi, Verizon and the federal government.
Oprah Winfrey, $2.5 billion
American, Television
Oprah is still the richest African-American woman in the world thanks largely to the 25 years of her profitable daytime TV show and earnings from her Harpo production company. Her cable channel, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) is also cash flow positive for the first time and is enjoying favorable ratings as a result of securing exclusive TV interviews with headline-grabbers like disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, Beyonce and gay NBA player Jason Collins. One of America’s most generous philanthropists, Oprah continues to give to education causes and has spent about $100 million on the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.
Strive Masiyiwa, $2.4 billion
Zimbabwean, Telecoms
Masiyiwa, who is worth $2.4 billion, is the founder of Econet, one of the leading mobile telecoms companies in Africa. It has more than 10 million subscribers spread across Zimbabwe, Botswana, Burundi and Lesotho. In February, he pledged the sum of $100 million to establish a fund to invest in rural entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe.
Isabel Dos Santos, $2.3 billion
Angolan, Investments
The oldest daughter of Angola’s former president, Isabel dos Santos has built an impressive investment portfolio what includes a 25% stake in Angolan mobile phone company Unitel and a 25% stake in Angolan bank Banco BIC SA. Other holdings include a substantial stake in Nos SGPS, a Portuguese cable TV company and just under 20% of Banco BPI, one of Portugal’s largest publicly traded banks.
Patrice Motsepe, $2.3 billion
South African, Mining
South Africa’s first and only black billionaire is the founder of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), a Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed mining company that has in platinum, nickel, chrome, iron, manganese, coal, copper and gold. He also owns a large stake in African Rainbow Capital, a private equity firm focusing on investments in the financial services sector.
Michael Jordan, $1.9 billion
American, Basketball
Basketball’s greatest player is the majority shareholder of Charlotte Bobcats and enjoys lucrative deals with the likes of Gatorade, Hanes and Upper Deck. His biggest pile comes from Brand Jordan, a $1 billion (sales) sportswear partnership with Nike.
Michael Lee-Chin, $1.9 billion
Canadian, Investments
Lee-Chin, a Canadian of Jamaican origin, made a fortune investing in financial companies. He owns a 65% stake in National Commercial Bank Jamaica, which makes up the bulk of his fortune.
Abdulsamad Rabiu, $1.6 billion
Nigerian, Cement, Sugar
Abdulsamad Rabiu is the founder of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests in sugar refining, cement production, real estate, steel, port concessions, manufacturing, oil gas and shipping. BUA Group’s annual revenues are estimated at over $2 billion. Abdulsamad got his start in business working for his father, Isyaku Rabiu, a successful businessman from Nigeria’s Northern region. He struck out on his own in 1988, importing rice, sugar, edible oils as well as steel and iron rods.
Folorunsho Alakija, $1.1 billion
Nigerian, Oil
Nigeria’s first female billionaire is the founder of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian company that owns a substantial participating interest in OML 127, a lucrative oil block on the Agbami deep-water oilfield in Nigeria. Alakija started off as a secretary in a Nigerian merchant bank in the 1970s, then quit her job to study fashion design in England. Upon her return, she founded a Nigerian fashion label that catered to upscale clientele, including Maryam Babangida, wife to Nigeria’s former military president Ibrahim Babangida.
Mohammed Ibrahim, $1.1 billion
British, Mobile Telecoms, Investments
Sudanese-born Mohammed “Mo” Ibrahim founded Celtel International in 1998, one of the first mobile phone companies serving Africa and the Middle East. He sold it to Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Company for $3.4 billion in 2005 and pocketed $1.4 billion. In 2006 he founded the Mo Ibrahim Foundation which promotes good governance in Africa.
Whoa! As of March 2025, the Forbes USD billionaires' landscape or playing field has changed since 2019. 21 folks of African descent worldwide are now on the list up from just 13 folks in 2019. An increase of 8 USD billionaires.
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sulaak: Modern agriculture requires heavy investment in machinery, chemicals, and skilled labour. The days of "one man and his hoe" are gone forever.
Nigeria's small-scale farmers cannot deal with the shocks of insecurity, climate change, currency fluctuation and poor logistics. An industrial-scale farmer like Olam can develop instruments that hedge against the risks of insecurity, climate change and unstable currency.
Succinctly stated.
It's the new normal in the global agribusiness ecosystem moving forward.
Olusoji Oyawoye, CEO of House 12, shares his incredible journey on The Bridge Podcast – from failing his secondary school exams with F9 parallel and graduating with a 3rd class degree to becoming a successful business and life coach.
He reveals why academic success doesn’t define life success and how self-recognition and strategic connections were key to his transformation. Oyawoye also challenges Nigerians to stop changing themselves to please foreigners and to embrace their true identity.
Plus, he offers bold insights into Nigeria’s political climate, explaining why asking Tinubu to step down is a mistake.
This inspiring episode is packed with life lessons and fresh perspectives – don’t miss it!
Obviously he got F9s in his exams in high school and retook his papers in order to get into the Uni and graduated with a 3rd Class degree. Kudos to Olusoji Oyawoye on what he has become as of today as the CEO of House 12. The lessons learned are the key takeaways here for anyone with reference to the triumph of the human spirit.
I've known full well from reading advanced business and management books for over 35 year now that those who use more of their creative intelligence skills over their analytical intelligence skills (or book knowledge) are the wealthiest people in the multimillionaire and billionaire leagues on Earth today and this is based off of well-established global studies in wealth creation. This is why some well-read Professors are NOT as wealthy as some of their former (not so academically-inclined) students who went on to monetize problems around them by providing solutions. Think of Richard Branson as a case study here. There are other variables for success and wealth creation aside from the two aspects of creative intelligence and analytical intelligence but I'll stop here.
Last but not least, the ability to develop the creative aspect of your intelligence is the key to legit wealth creation through identifying opportunities ASAP and taking advantage of them through monetization. Period
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