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The way out is for the Yoruba to realize that their future is very bleak in this contraption called Nigeria. It is worsened by the fact that, against the run of their historical trajectory, they have suddenly become acephalous and directionless, like a typical Igbo society







While the date, September 11, is a day remembered with awe, trepidation and pain in the annals of global history as day the American Twin Towers were bombed by terrorists in 2001, it is a date the Yoruba of the South West of Nigeria hold with infectious nostalgia.

On this day in 1966, thirty five years earlier, Western Leaders of Thought, an assemblage of Yoruba delegation to the Ad Hoc Constitutional Conference which the then Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, put together, had met in Ibadan, headquarters of the Western Region and unanimously elected 57-year old Obafemi Awolowo as Leader of the Yoruba nation.

Less than half a century before then, Yoruba were a largely disunited people. In the nineteenth century, for example, though they possessed a rich history of associational life in sub-groupings like the Egba Society, founded in 1918; the 1923 Union of Ijebu Youngmen; the 1924 Yoruba Union; Egbado Union and Ekiti National Union, there was nowhere Yoruba interests, en-bloc, were catered for centrally and a single person biting the bullets for all, perhaps until 1942, when all the associations coalesced into the Yoruba Language Society.

Even before this time, Yoruba fought one another in fratricidal warfare. For instance, between the Ijebu, Egba and Ibadan, an incendiary age-long intra-ethnic struggle for power festered. By the nineteenth century, Ibadan had come on board as a very potent military force that any nation took for granted at its peril. Its fabled war prowess was however crippled by the embargo placed on the importation of guns and powder on its munitions routes by the twin towns of Ijebu and Egba. These two towns distrusted and dreaded Ibadan. Peeved by this continued threat to its military prowess, the Ibadan, in the rainy seasons of 1877, matched out its military arsenal against the Ijebu and Egba, with the aim of forcing open the routes to the coast and conquer, as well as absorb, the twin territories into Ibadan. Unfortunately, however, this expedition failed and the Egba and Ijebu thereafter aligned with all other enemies of the Ibadan like the Ilorin and Ekiti. As reflected in the treaty of 1886, Ibadan was thus compelled to recognize the independence of the Ekitiparapo.

Colonialism came and subdued all interests. Then came the politics of decolonization, with its cloak and daggers. The Great Zik, Nnamdi Azikiwe, unwittingly roused the Yoruba to come together. Zik had a fief-hold on Nigerian politics of the time. His NCNC was the party to be. Prominent Yoruba were his allies. The rancor that broke out in the NCNC upon the tour by its big wigs to London on August 13, 1947, to meet the Labour Colonial Secretary, Creech Jones, brought Yoruba leaders back to their senses. Criticisms against the failure of the tour and ‘squandering’ of its £13,000 public-donated money by the party were spearheaded by Yoruba in the party who called on the delegation to account for the money earmarked for the deputation. This resulted in Azikiwe using his West African Pilot newspaper and a cache of his apostles like Arondizuogu-born Mbonu Ojike of the “boycott the boycottables” fame and Oged Macaulay, to attack these Yoruba leaders, many of whom constituted the hub of those who criticized him. Many Yoruba eventually withdrew from the NCNC, at a time Awolowo was putting together his pet dream of uniting Yoruba.

What happened thereafter has become history. Awolowo formed the Egbe Omo Oduduwa (a name suggested by Professor Saburi Biobaku) in 1945 at the age of 36, and chose as its symbol a lamp with five wickets (atupa oloju marun) which late Professor of History, S. O.Arifalo said symbolized the five-pronged aims of the Egbewhich were Love, Charity, Concord, Friendship and Posterity. The Egbe had earlier made the mistake of publicly submitting that the lamp symbolized the five prominent kings in Yorubaland, viz the five “fingers of the Yoruba hand” to wit, the Ooni of Ife, theAlaafin of Oyo, the Alake of Abeokuta, the Awujale of Ijebu Ode and the Oba of Benin, and for this, the Egbemade a ritual sacrifice of five lambs. The Ijesha, for decades to come thereafter, became traditional enemies of whatever party Awolowo belonged, for they felt insulted that their king, theAromolaran, was not recognized in this rulership ensemble. Outside of Yorubaland, Awolowo’s Egbewas attacked by Zik and his lieutenants. Sir Adeyemo Alakija, leader of the Egbe,became the hub of “bitter, crude and vulgar personal insults” by Igbo, mainly residents of Lagos, while theEgbe was variously described by them as the “bane of our age,” “a nihilist, a totalitarian, a fascist organization,” “dirty exhibition of egocentric stupidity, ethnocentric arrogance and capitalized idiocy.”

Awolowo took over leadership of the Yoruba at a time when Yorubaland was still very volatile. For instance, the Agbekoya uprising in the Western region came almost at this period. The peasant farmers union had gone berserk in the region, in protestation against high taxation during the civil war. They held the government of the West literally hostage, hounding soldier administrators and civil servants, as well as royal fathers. In the process, Oba Olateru Olagbegi of Owo was hounded and eventually fled his throne, so also the Odemo of Ishara, Oba Samuel Akisanya, while the Soun of Ogbomosho, the traditional ruler of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola’s town, suffered the worst fate as he was beheaded by the protesting farmers. It was Awolowo who was invited by the military to help quell the uprising. He eventually toured the West and secured its manifold tranquility.



Anyway, this leadership by Awolowo and his lieutenants subsisted until 1987 when he transited mortality for immortality. Within that short space, the group had moulded the minds of millions of people, performed excellently in infrastructure and put the Yoruba on the global mark for cultural affinity, dexterity and hard work.



Upon his exit, the mantle fell on Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, one of Awolowo’s trusted allies and associates and former governor of Ondo state. Ajasin was in fact a year older than Awolowo, having been born in 1908. His tenure as leader of the Yoruba marked the period of anti-military and pro-democracy struggles in Nigeria where the Yoruba acquitted themselves admirably. Ajasin, alongside 39 others, were arrested by General Sani Abacha, accused of holding an illegal political meeting. The military administrator of his home Ondo, Anthony Ibe Onyearughulem, had also ridden roughshod on him during this time, on account of his abidance by the collective disavowal with military rule by his Yoruba people and Nigerians in general. At his death in 1997, Ajasin handed over to Chief Abraham Adesanya, whose tenure contended with a hybrid of both military rule and the teething pangs of post-1999 civilian rule. Adesanya’s leadership too was passionate and witnessed an ordered quest for a worthy role by the Yoruba in the scheme of things. Today, the mantle of leadership is in the hands of 93-year old Pa Reuben Fasoranti, ably backed and supported by Awo diehards, Olaniwun Ajayi, now late and Ayo Adebanjo.



All the leaders above had traceable life trajectories.Ajasin was a 1943 Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone graduate who emerged therefrom with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Modern History and Economics, as well as a 1947 graduate of the Institute of Education of the University of London before he was appointed Principal of Imade College, Owo. He it was who, in 1951, wrote the position paper which constituted the plank of the educational policy of the Action Group where he advanced the practicability of free education. Adesanya, lawyer, welfarist, activist of the liberal progressive persuasion, was elected into the Western House of Assembly in 1959 to represent his Ijebu-Igbo constituency in that year’s House of Representatives election. Akure, Ondo state-born Fasoranti’s educational and career path too is ascertainable and not in contention.

The subsisting thesis in the public space today is that, either due to the lack of awareness of what the leadership is doing, or that whatever it is about is swathed by the miasma of politics, Yoruba have no leadership at the moment. It is this perception of inertia that is enabling the infiltration of some lame, spurious and illogical, barroom comparisons by some armchair politicians who submit that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has effectively stepped into the shoes of Awolowo in Yoruba ethnic group leadership, with some heretically submitting that Tinubu has even sidestepped Awolowo, due to some political “achievements” which they claim rank him higher than Awo.

The comparison is lame, almost a heresy – or even a heresy, because Tinubu and Awolowo are like the earth and the firmament in their earthly assignments. Tinubu’s intervention in the fate of his political tendencies in Yorubaland in 2003 was indeed legendary after Olusegun Obasanjo’s PDP, in a serpentine strike, routed AD governors. Tinubu deployed cash and strategies in Yorubaland to the come-back bid of the AD, which its patrons claimed was an incarnation of Awolowo’s Action Group and UPN. His battle thesis then was that the progressive politics the region was known by should not be allowed to sink into oblivion. He was given kudos for this. Thereafter, his political interventions, which some say is largely akin to empire-grabbing in Yoruba-speaking states, have oscillated from success to outright failure, borne largely out of the arguable reason that Yorubaland does not see him from the prism of a leader but rather, a political cum business conquistador.

Ali Mazrui has identified five types of leadership in Africa and I struggle to locate Tinubu’s alleged leadership of the Yoruba in the equation. Mazrui’s typologies are the intimidatory, patriarchal, reconciliationist, mobilizational and bureaucratic leadership. A sociologist, Johannes Weiss, while conducting investigation into the sociology of representation, argued that a leader who will appropriate the leadership of a nation like the Yoruba must be an agent who acts on behalf of and who symbolizes the identity or qualities of a class of persons; a person who shares some of the characteristics of this class. Weiss concluded that “uniqueness” and “irreplaceability” are the qualities normally associated with this representative whom he called “the great individual.”



Akin Omoboriowo, who eventually fell out with Awolowo, captured this concept of the representative when he said of Awolowo: “(he) creates in my mind, the image of a road labourer or bricklayer, sweating hard to build. His, to my mind, is the personality of hardwork, of the ruthlessness and crudity of a mason, building rough and tough bricks, digging rough and tough roads and setting up a city on the rubbles of chaos and confusion. There is a huge packet of energy in his personality, a heavy-weight brain for planning and downright realism and ruthlessness to push a job through…” To Mogwugo Okoye, Awolowo’s leadership attribute could be located in his exceptional intellect, courage and organizational ability that ensured that he welded his Yoruba ethnic group into one united whole, a feat that had become impossible since the days of the intra-Yoruba internecine of the 19th century and who, as Premier of the Western Region, quickened the people’s educational, economic and political developments.



Space will limit the conceptual exploration of the representative which leaders like Ahmadu Bello, Nelson Mandela, Nnamdi Azikiwe and many more had and which endeared them to their people. So when some lay minds approximate conquests of political empires to leadership, their narrow-minds rankle thoroughly. For instance, I have heard some people say that Tinubu’s foray up North and his “success” in this regard qualify him to stand on higher pedestal than Awolowo who, it is public knowledge, couldn’t achieve his life-long ambition of administering Nigeria. Awolowo however moulded the mind of his people, admirable aroma of which is still in the air today, decades after his exit, while the other bullion van fellow moulds the pockets of his beneficiaries.

More importantly, with modernism, its built-in evaporation of values notwithstanding, Yoruba people still lay store by the values inherited from their forebears. One who would lead such a people must, of a necessity, be removed from the inanities of lay men on the streets. He must be pedestal higher than them and not given to the cons of felons on the streets. Ajasin, Adesanya and Fasoranti are decidedly not rich at all. I remember an encounter with Ajasin in 1997, while in Owo to interview him for my newspaper. At the front of his house in the ancient town, I almost didn’t believe that such an icon could live in such a place. No gate man, no one loitering about. I climbed up the stairs, only to confront Ajasin sitting on a wheelchair in the living room, his head completely grizzled. Upon introducing myself, even in his failing health state, Ajasin was going to grant me an interview, until his wife, Mama Funke Ajasin, suddenly came into the living room and threw me out for wanting to compound her husband’s health situation with an interview.



Yes, the absence of a recognizable, respected and deferred-to leadership is leading the Yoruba people astray, making them susceptible to the rampaging flood of all manner of cooked-up political alliances. If you ask some Yoruba why they voted for Muhammadu Buhari early in the year, they would tell you that it was because he had secretly promised to hand over power the presidency to them in 2023. With recent Junad Muhammed and Lawal Babachir telling the Yoruba to forget 2023, you begin to wonder whether a people who correctly articulate their destiny should be at the mercy of power merchandizing like this.



The situation has never been this bad for the Yoruba people. They live everyday like an urchin in a kick and follow romance with the leather of football on the street. No one has a cogent plan or roadmap for the development of the Yoruba nation as the people are thrown right, left and center by children of those who kept the nation down through their wiles and chicanery over the decades. Rather, what Yorubaland has is a set of her opportunist children who muscle themselves into political offices and approximate this feat as the Yoruba nation’s achievement and development.



The way out is for the Yoruba to realize that their future is very bleak in this contraption called Nigeria. It is worsened by the fact that, against the run of their historical trajectory, they have suddenly become acephalous and directionless, like a typical Igbo society. The alternative, for them, cannot be in engrafting a poor imitation of the original on the stem of Yoruba leadership. The ongoing lame attempt at rewriting Yoruba history by some adder-brained political jobbers in putting Awolowo’s imperishable achievements at the clay feet of a Bullion Van god will fail; has even failed woefully. Revisionists in history always fail and when the Yoruba among them do, history throws their remains inside River Asejire.


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Social media has made it easy for sellers to reach out to their potential and existing customers via different platforms which includes Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even cross-platform messaging app, WhatsApp.

Due to its photo and video-sharing service, Instagram is the most commonly used platform by vendors to market their goods and services. These entrepreneurs have carved a niche for themselves in their various fields. They offer products and services ranging from hair extensions, weight loss tips, sex enhancers, events planning, styling, photography and so on.

In no particular order, here is a list of entrepreneurs whose names always ring a bell when mentioned:


Damola Ladejobi (AskDamz)

Damola “AskDamz” Ladejobi is a multi-award-winning weight loss and nutrition expert on Instagram that offers fitness tips, diet tips, meal plans for weight loss and restaurant reviews. Also a food blogger, AskDamz is renowned for her mouth gaping and remarkable weight loss. After shedding 35kg off her own body, she decided to become a weight management consultant for overweight people who were looking to shed some fat with little or no exercise by eating right.


Doris Nkumah (MizWanneka)

Doris Nkumah, CEO Hair by Wanneka, is a vendor that is popular for the affordability of her hair extensions and most especially, her mode of advertising; dancing while displaying the lushness of the weaves which makes them look attractive enough for a woman to spend her savings on. With a huge following on Instagram, the self-acclaimed hair boss is also known for her chic fashion sense and her fetish for sneakers. The mother of three also owns a lounge, Wanneka’s lounge, located in Lekki.


Hauwa Saidu Mohammed (Jaaruma_Empire)

Hauwa Saidu Mohammed otherwise known as Jaaruma is the CEO of Jaaruma Empire, a company that specializes in the sales of sex enhancers called silky kola with lakanin ningi and goron jaaruma. She is popular for the controversial nature of her products, services and her style of advertisement. The self-acclaimed Nigeria’s highest paid sex therapist reportedly charges One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) for phone consultation, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000) for face to face consultation and Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) for home service strictly for women.


Banke Meshida Lawal (BanksBMPro)

Banke Meshida Lawal, CEO of BanksBMPro, is a highly sought-after makeup artist in the beauty industry. She caters to the beauty needs of the crème de la crème of the society and has different outlets where women could walk in and have their faces done. The creative also has her own range of makeup products that are being sold in the market.


George Okoro (GeorgeOkoro)

George Okoro is an award-winning wedding photographer in the Nigerian events industry. He is well known for capturing breath taking moments at weddings and pre-nuptial photographs. The publisher and Editor-in-chief of George Okoro Wedding Lifestyle Magazine has managed to stay at the top of the photography industry and is highly sought-after.

Bisola Borha (BisolaTrendyBee)

Bisola Borha, Founder and Creative Director of Trendy Bee Events, is an award-winning events planner extraordinaire. Her brand has become a force to reckon with in the Nigeria events industry. Known for her over-the-top and dramatic couple entrances, her creativity and highly detailed props and effects always make her events memorable. She planned Bankole and Adesua Wellington’s talk-of-the-town wedding tagged BAAD2017.

Toyin Lawani (TiannahsPlaceEmpire)

Toyin Lawani, the CEO and Creative Director of Tiannah’s Place Empire, is a fashion stylist cum designer. She is renowned for her transformer dresses that can be detached and styled in several ways. The serial entrepreneur has styled and designed outfits for a large number of Nigerian actors and musicians. She has also has designed dresses for Hollywood celebrities including Singer Kelly Roland, Jennifer Richardson and Bria Myles.


Laura Ikeji

Laura Ikeji Kanu is a fashion blogger who owns a clothing store, Laura Ikeji, in Lekki, Lagos. The mother of one is popular for her daring fashion sense and most especially, her energetic dance moves. She published a book titled How to make money on Instagram, where she highlighted how to monetise Instagram pages with a large following. She also owns a fragrance brand called Incomplete. She is a sister to renowned blogger, Linda Ikeji.

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There is one man striving hard to change the narrative. He is called Innocent Chukwuma.



Nigeria’s automobile industry is a goldmine. The country boasts of a vehicle population of over 11,800,000. 57.50% of its vehicle population belong to the commercial category while 41.17% make up the private car owners. Government owns 1.28%, while diplomats cover 0.05% of the total vehicle population.

Though statistical growth of the country’s vehicle population reflects the huge potential of the subsector, its present state leaves much to be desired as this Africa’s most populous nation continues to import over 500,000 vehicles yearly.

However, there is one man striving hard to change the narrative.

The man called Innocent Chukwuma

Dr. Innocent Chukwuma is the Founder/Chairman of IVM Innoson Group with subsidiaries such as Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited, Africa’s first indigenous vehicle manufacturing company; Innoson Nigeria Ltd, General Tyres and Tubes and Innoson Technical and Industrial Company Ltd.

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L-R: Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and Chairman Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) during a visit to IVM factory in Nnewi, Anambra State

He is a business magnate who braved all the obstacles to establish the company that manufactures durable and affordable brand new automobiles for Africans. His company based in Nnewi, a town in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria, produces cars, pickup, SUVs, vans, and buses.

A travel back in time

Chukuwma was born in Nnewi, Anambra State, in 1961. At 17, after his secondary school education, he started working at his elder brother, Gabriel’s store. His brother sold pharmaceutical products. While he worked for his brother, he soon discovered that he had a talent for trading.

In 1978, encouraged by Gabriel, Chukwuma went on to become an apprentice to Chief Romanus Eze Onwuka, the biggest dealer in motorcycle spare parts at the Nnewi Market.

Onwuka was also the founder of the first private sports stadium in Nigeria.

A year later, Chukwuma returned to his brother, Gabriel who helped him register a business called Gabros International. The outfit dealt in the sale of motorcycle spare parts. Chukwuma’s start-up capital was N3,000.

By the end of 1980, Gabros International was making ten times more than his brother’s medicine store.

Gabriel had to shut down the store to join his brother in the spare parts business. The duo however parted ways a year later.

The journey from spare part sales to automobile manufacturing

Chukwuma upon learning that many people were importing used motorcycles into Nigeria and making money, decided to take a trip abroad to see how it was all done.

He realised there were four companies bringing in the motorcycles at the time. These companies were Leventis, Yamaco, Boulous, and CFAO.

He noticed that when they imported the motorcycles, they would bring them in crates, and each crate could only contain one motorcycle, which would take up a lot of space. This meant only 40 crates could be put into a 40-foot container, and upon arrival, the motorcycles would become naturally expensive to buyers.

This insight gave him a great idea. He would purchase the motorcycles overseas, and disassemble them before he shipped them. This enabled him ship 200 motorcycles in parts, in one 40-foot container.

When he returned to Nigeria, he would reassemble them. He would then sell his motorcycles for 40% less than his competitors’ prices. This tactic brought down the average cost of buying a motorcycle from 150,000 Naira to 60,000 Naira This of course boosted his sales and revenues.

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Chairman of IVM, Dr. Innocent Chukwuma and the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano

He further realised that motorcycles usually contained much plastic. This eventually prompted him to set up a plastic factory in Nigeria, which is now one of the largest in Africa.

However, in 2002, Chukwuma started facing challenges.

“Everybody, including the Indians in Nigeria, seemed to be involved in the motorcycle business. Worst of all, state governments started banning commercial motorcycles as a means of urban transit due to the involvement of okada riders in heinous crimes and high fatalities. The future of the business became bleak”, he said in an interview with a local newspaper.

Unrelenting in his entrepreneurial adventure, he decided to go into motor manufacturing. He spent years learning the process, touring Asian countries to acquire the skills, knowledge and network with car manufacturers before setting up his company Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited (IVM) in Nnewi.

In 2014, this maverick industrialist, unveiled his company’s new cars; IVM Umu, IVM Umu and IVM Uzo.



Today, IVM Innoson Group provides income to over 10,000 indirect workers and over 7,300 direct employees in Nigeria. Not only is Chukwuma an employer of labour, he is also a source of inspiration to many budding entrepreneurs in Nigeria.

Success nuggets

Chukwuma believes in three core principles; Honesty, Innovation and Courage. He is known for his ” can do” attitude’ and price slash strategy, that is reducing costs to increase sales.

Legal battle

Innoson Group and its embattled Chairman, Chukwuma have been accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes to have forged documents to facilitate the clearing of some goods at the port. The Innoson Group boss was specifically accused of forging documents purportedly emanating from GTBank. The automobile genius has insisted that he is not guilty as charged.

The matter which is still in court, has not however had any significant dent on the image of Chukwuma and his business.

After all, in law, every accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Accolades

2013- Deputy Chairman, Board of Trustees, National Coalition for Jonathan/Sambo Presidency

2013- Honorary Life Vice President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture (NACCIMA)

2012- Ambassador for Peace by St. Andrews Anglican Church, Trans Ekulu, Enugu

2012- Entrepreneur of the Year by Wesley University of Science and Technology, Akure, Ondo State

2012- Most Outstanding Indigenous Entrepreneur in the Manufacturing Sector by Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA)

2011- National Honour of the Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) by Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan


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Makeitglobal.biz visited King’s College, a premier secondary school in Lagos established in 1909. Signs of rot and decrepitude that make the school a shadow of its past are all over the place. The expansive edifices of the school constructed by the colonial administration, which years back was an architectural wonder on account of their magnificence, have turned decrepit.






Many commentators and stakeholders are agreed that the standard of education in post- primary schools has nosedived in last three decades; but what many do not know is that the virus has affected unity schools across the country.

Investigation by makeitglobal.biz revealed a stunning slew of rot, dilapidation, unhealthy and stinking learning environments, lack of materials for required teaching and low morale in teaching staff.

Learning in unity schools is under serious threat and this is attributable to a lack of consistent efforts by successive governments to effectively and efficiently drive the sector.

Decadence in infrastructure, shortage of manpower, lack of purpose and professionalism by administrators are among identifiable factors responsible for the parlous state of the unity schools. There are also allegations of mismanagement of funds by administrators and other officials of the unity schools.

Makeitglobal.biz visited King’s College, a premier secondary school in Lagos established in 1909. Signs of rot and decrepitude that make the school a shadow of its past are all over the place. The expansive edifices of the school constructed by the colonial administration, which years back was an architectural wonder on account of their magnificence, have turned decrepit.



The colours on administrative blocks, laboratories, the library, classrooms and dormitories are worn out owing to years of neglect.

The infrastructure in the school is being overstretched as the school can no longer cope with the current population of students. The population of students is around 6,000 out of which nearly 400 are day students. No infrastructural provisions have been made to accommodate the growing number of students.

Findings at the Federal Government Technical College, Cappa, Ilesa, Osun State, established in 1988 showed that the students’ population is 1,500 with a staff strength of 150. The classrooms are in bad shape. Most of the windows and doors are damaged.

“These windows and doors have been like this for ages”, a staffer of the school who craved anonymity said. The situation is not different in the unity schools in other states.

The permanent secretary, Ministry of Education, Kogi State, James Adeniyi while commenting on the issue to this e-newpaper, said: “We are really living on a keg of gunpowder that can explode any time. The whole education sector is in crisis, and the so-called federal government colleges are not insulated or immuned from the virus”

John Adebola, program officer at Education Consult, said: “The problem is that the policy makers and the big men in the society normally choose to send their children to Trinity College or Eton in UK, and elsewhere, they do not care a hoot about what happens to our unity schools .”

Abdulahi Danladi, a former director at the Federal Ministry of Education said: “Government has never relented in its effort to improve the conditions in the unity schools, but corruption at different levels in the chain has been the problem. It is not as if money is not released but the problem is symptomatic of the endemic corruption in the system and lack of oversights and inspection. ”

The rot in the unity schools no doubt calls for serious turnaround by government.

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The time was 1:38 pm, a time when most cab drivers would be preparing to go for lunch. But that was not the case for Mr Fatai Alalade. He was seated at the taxi park in Ogba with a forlorn look as he feared it would be another day of him going home without making any money.

As of that time, he had yet to have passenger for the day.

This is the sad tale of the yellow and black painted cabs who used to be well patronised by many road users in Lagos State. Since the introduction of the transport network companies, Uber and Bolt (formerly Taxify), business has not been thriving for the taxi drivers.

“Uber has killed our businesses. Everybody is now driving Uber and most of our customers have moved to them. Even the old ones, their children don’t allow them to patronise us”, he lamented.

According to him, “before the market intrusion by these aliens”, he made nothing less than 25,000 weekly”.

Alalade is not the only one lamenting. A colleague of his, who operates from Sura Taxi Park in Obalende, Nurudeen Amosun, believes their woes started with the introduction of the transport network companies.

“For most of us, business is no longer what it used to be. If you look around (the park), you can see the looks on the faces of these drivers. They are not happy. Some days, this place is empty. Most of us leave the park and drive around, looking for passengers to pick. Sometimes, we get lucky. Other times, we just burn fuel and achieve nothing.”

When asked about the reason for the slump in business, he didn’t hide his disgust as he blurted in Yoruba “Awon ti won pe ara won ni Uber yi lo fa. His comment showed he blamed Uber for their dwindling fortunes.

“They are everywhere with their cars. People said they are cheap but we have tried to reduce our fares but it is not working,” he further said.

Unknown to taxi drivers like Alalade and Amosun, Uber and Bolt drivers are also complaining of low patronage.

For most Bolt or Uber drivers, the struggle for survival is the same. Unlike Alalade, they have no external competitors to point accusing fingers at. Rather, they blame the influx of other drivers on the same platforms.

“When I first started in 2017, I was making 60,000 – 100,000 weekly. Those were the good old days. Now, to make 20,000 weekly is like sitting for exams. There are many people doing this business”, Emeka, a Bolt driver told makeitglobal.biz

“These days, the job is not for only the unemployed. Even those with good paying jobs are constantly dragging riders with us. Imagine a banker having three different cars on the road for business. This is affecting people like us who depend solely on this for survival”, he said.

For Lekan, a graduate of Accounting from The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, staying afloat requires bending the rules a bit.

“As part of the policies of Uber, drivers keep 75 per cent of the fare while the remaining 25 per cent goes to them (Uber). However, owing to the increase in the number of cars doing this same business, I mostly go offline when I have riders. This means that I keep the whole fare to myself.

“Not that I do this often though but once in a while when sales are very slow. Man must survive”, Lekan said.

He couldn’t be sure if other drivers apply the same method but according to him, “I have heard of people doing other things just to make ends meet”. When asked about the “other things,”Lekan smiled declined to respond.

Makeitglobal.biz talked to some Nigerians on their preferred transportation services.

A businessman, Tolani Odusola, said he preferred taking Uber/Bolt to taking those worn out cars driven by old men.

Tolani said, “I can’t imagine myself taking those yellow and black painted cabs. The cars are worn-out and mostly filled with bedbugs. I just can’t imagine myself in one of them. With Uber/Bolt, there is the comfort. I am enjoying your money’s worth. So, taking those taxis is a no-no for me”.

A civil servant with the Lagos State Government, Sade Bankole believed that those cab drivers need to move with the changing times instead of lamenting.

“In every business you find yourself, you need to prepare for the changing times. Things are always changing but these men have refused to change with time. It is obvious they can’t compete with the likes of Uber and Bolt but have they thought of joining the platform also?” she asked.

A student of the University of Lagos, Tinuola Michaels echoed the same sentiment as Tolani.

“In this present age, it actually looks ridiculous riding in those kinds of cars. You can’t expect me to take one into my school without my friends laughing at me. How many of those cabs have air conditioners in them? I would even suggest the government take those cabs off the roads,” she ended.

Makeitglobal.biz shared the opinions of these citizens with Mr Alalade and Amosun.

Alalade in his reaction, pointing to a battered Opel Zafira 2002 model, said: “I own this car. I know it doesn’t have an air conditioner and I am not sure it will pass the Uber/Bolt test. What this means is that I have to spend a lot of money to upgrade this car to meet the required standard. That is money I don’t have, especially where there is no guarantee of riders.

Amosun in his own reaction, said, “Forget all that excuses. Those people have been patronising us before all these ones (Uber/Bolt) came. During those times, they didn’t see anything wrong in our cars until those people came. If they didn’t come and spoil our business, nobody would be talking about the conditions of our cars.

“Well, the fowl had been feeding before the maize was discovered,” he said.

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Tourism is widely recognised as a facilitator of an economic development. This is because it contributes to three high priority goals of most countries of the world – income or wealth creation, employment and foreign exchange earnings.

A report from World Travel Tourism Council, shows that this sector better known as travel and tourism sector is the fastest growing sector across the globe. The travel and tourism sector accounted for 9.9% of global employment worldwide in 2017 according to WTTC’s economic impact research. The report says It also contributed 10.4% to global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to the report, tourism in Africa grew above average at 8.6% in 2017.

With a projection of 1.4 billion tourist arrivals in 2020, and 1.8 billion in 2030, there is no doubt that this is a huge goldmine if it is well harnessed.

The potential of the tourism sector in Nigeria is huge. In 2017, the sector accounted for 34 per cent of the country’s GDP and 20 per cent of the nation’s wealth creation, according to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics 2017 report.

The report according to a tourism expert, Mr. Folorunsho Coker shows that the sector is the nation’s new economic development frontier.

During his interview with an online newspaper, he said that investing in the tourism sector would not only expand the modes of tourism but also create opportunities for huge wealth creation across other sectors as well such as in construction, infrastructure, multi-nodal transportation systems, and roads.

Though he noted that there was need to form policies that will promote investment in the sector.

Given Nigeria’s collection of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Heritage Sites, nature reserves, forests, beaches, mountain resorts, garden parks, safaris, cultural landscape, and caves, it is believed that these top attractions will deepen their alluring pull of cumulative parties of explorers, and grow the volumes of traffic especially through domestic tourism.

Recently, a traditional monarch in Nigeria , Oba Enitan Adewusi also harped on the need for the country, not just the government to explore potentials in the tourism sector .He added that citizens should be encouraged to visit areas the country.

The tourism business is loaded with a plethora of opportunities for potential entrepreneurs.

Tech tour operator: A tech-enabled tour operator and travel company that offers cost-effective, choices of exotic destinations, and options for accommodation and transportation is appreciated by the tourists. A tech based guide that can give information on tour packages and real-time updates on the opening hours of the attractions, activity charges, can be really useful to adventurers and tourists seeking easier means to navigate their way through an unfamiliar environment.

Tour Guide: Serving as a tour guide could also be an opportunity to make extra income. As a tour guide, you help the tourists navigate his/her way around the city.

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Tourists at Olumo rock, Abeokuta, Ogun State

Lodging

Oftentimes, having a safe and violence free place to sleep is the top priority when arriving in a new or foreign location. Sometimes a hotel room just would not do; especially in regards to traveling with families or large parties. Landowners thus have the unique opportunity to offer up short-term leasing on homes, condos, and apartments. Property rental can create a reliable stream of income, especially if you live in a city that sees a lot of tourism or have a unique property type to offer to the general public.

Ride-sharing/Tour guide

When touring an unfamiliar region, being able to get around swiftly and comfortably is important for entrepreneurs. Offering your services as a tour guide cum chauffeur benefits not only the general public but also individuals looking to earn additional income. Interestingly, creating a business around the idea of guided tours takes very little capital to start with.

Luggage Delivery Service

Waiting around for luggage or even worse, forgetting a bag is every traveller’s worst nightmare. Luggage delivery services seek to make such problems a thing of the past.

Creating a luggage delivery service can be an effective way to break into the tourism industry. If you do not have the capital or investors to start a full-fledged service, you can get in on the ground floor by launching a personal luggage delivery/recovery service. Managing a luggage delivery service involves picking up luggage at luggage claim and delivering it to the client. By doing this, you are saving them the time and stress of having to wait around for it or even worse, having to return for a bag the airport delayed.

Content creation

If you enjoy traveling, you can run a blog and produce content centered on your travels. On the other side of the equation, locals can use their familiarity with the regions local hot spots as a means to attract tourist to the area and the content creator themselves.

Linguist/Language translator

Opportunities abound for persons interested in the tourism industry through translation work. A linguist can either advertise their services on the open market and work as private translators for tourists visiting foreign nations or seek employment with businesses trying to interface with international markets.

Event planner

Throwing welcoming parties, private events and get together geared towards integrating locals with travellers can prove both beneficial socially and financially for the foreign visitor.

Ticketing and Reservation Services

A ticketing and reservation service is perhaps one of the most popular businesses in the travels and tourism industry that an entrepreneur who is interested in starting a business in the industry should consider starting. Once people scale through the difficulty of getting a visa, the next thing they begin to consider would be tickets. This is why the ticketing business is a very profitable one.

You may also be interested in cashing in on the industry by starting a ticketing and reservation business. But in starting this business, you will need a great wealth of knowledge. That is why you can begin to look at having ticketing deals.


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While the efficacy of these items cannot be confirmed by MakeItGlobal, findings show that they are in high demand which is in contrast to the barrage of negative and disapproving comments posted online by seemingly disgusted social media users. This begs the question; who are those purchasing these spiritual products?








“This is a new business line I am launching on Facebook, okay? If you know you have a husband like Efehi Bright, husband that is very irresponsible, husband that disgraces in-laws, disgraces his wife, disgracing himself, disgracing his tribe, husband that does not have respect for women, husband that talks anyhow and you are really tired but you don’t want to leave that husband house. This is a fresh bottle I sell to lock husband. If you lock that kind husband inside here, anything wey you tell am, he go do. Know say I be that woman wey dey lock husband inside bottle and when you lock them inside bottle finish, you go dey shine”, a Nigerian woman identified as Monica Ambrose said in a video making rounds on social media platforms.

While it is uncertain that what the Netherlands based controversial married mother of three who became popular for declaring her 2019 Presidential ambition in 2017 with bad grammar said in the viral video was a joke or not, it is also imperative to note that the mystical items business is fast gaining grounds on social media.

Although, sales of these items have been in existence for long, it was a kind of business that is done secretly, mostly through referrals. Not enough people have had the courage to come out openly to advertise these products for the fear of being condemned or criticised by the public, given the religious nature of the country.

Social media has made it easy for brands and business owners to reach and interact with their existing and potential customers. The most used platforms are Facebook and Instagram due to their photo sharing nature. Therefore, it is not startling to come across sponsored posts and adverts of spiritual products. What might be shocking are the functions ascribed to these objects; “favour soap,” “Do as I Say ring,” “dollar making cream,” tie that man down soap,” “make him love you kolanut,” “let my business boom cream” and so on.

“I tell you modern day herbalists are now all-over social media. Everything is now online. The way they advertise juju without fear or shame these days, is scary. Don’t be surprised that some women are already looking for how to reach her whether she was joking or not”, an Instagram user, @wigsnweaves commented under Monica’s controversial video.

“Aunty, please don’t waste that groundnut bottle. Just know that fat men with big tummy won’t enter the bottle oooooo, so stop wasting your time, a Facebook user, Adepeju Ruth, commented on the eyebrow raising video.

A businesswoman who identified herself as Lizzy said that the business is not an illegal one and the sellers are not hurting anyone. “The hypocrisy in this country is alarming. These people are not forcing anyone to patronize them. Only God knows who is serving Him. Before the arrival of the missionaries, there was a religion we were practising. Even a part in the Bible asks us not to judge others”, she stated.

On the contrary, a civil servant, Bolarinwa is of the opinion that sales of spiritual products should be banned online. “There should be a serious clampdown on the social media pages that sell these products. It is becoming very appalling. How can you be selling items that is meant to get others to do your bidding or be under your control? It is harmful. It is not decent. It has to stop”, she added.

While the efficacy of these items cannot be confirmed by MakeItGlobal, findings show that they are in high demand which is in contrast to the barrage of negative and disapproving comments posted online by seemingly disgusted social media users. This begs the question; who are those purchasing these spiritual products?

To answer the question, MakeItGlobal was able to track two persons who testified to the potency of mystical products. Titilope(not real name), a herbal medicine vendor, said there’s more to life than it meets the eye.

“I look at people with pity when they downgrade traditionalism. Even the white people that brought religion into Nigeria, some of them still uphold their belief and values. Not everyone into traditional things is uneducated. Not everything traditional is evil or fetish. It is those evil people that are giving the rest a horrible name. Just believe me when I say you should not look down upon traditionalism, ogun wa o!”.

A gadgets vendor in Computer village, Chibuike(not real name), revealed that he had used traditional means to apprehend one of his thieving apprentices in 2017.

“Who think say juju no dey no dey alive na. It was ordinary water that an old man from my mother’s village that exposed an apprentice that has been ruining me little by little. He instructed me to sprinkle it in the shop with a clean mind and watch wonders. Truthfully, the culprit was so uncomfortable that he started saying ‘oga abeg I wan tell you something’. He told me how he has been stealing gadgets and reselling in Alaba where I wont be able to trace him”, he revealed.

When asked if he didn’t think it might not have been the affected person, he said “abeg no stress me. He took me to all the guys he usually sold them to and was apologizing endlessly. Even his parents could not defend him because them no the kind pikin wey them born. I just had to let him go due to intervention from elderly people. Of course, I fired him without any compensation. Make he go collect am from those guymen wey he dey steal my market give”, Chibuike added.

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I am forced to ask, how can an election that recorded the highest number of first time voters now be seen as having the lowest turnout of voters in the nation’s history?



By Odoh Michael

The 2019 presidential elections may have come and gone, but the effects will be felt in Nigeria for a very long time. Apart from the 2007 general elections, the 2019 presidential elections is presently regarded as the worst in the nation’s history by a lot of Nigerians.

The question on the mind of majority of Nigerians is, how can an electoral process that witnessed the highest amount of voter registration with over 80m registered voters, voters card collection with nearly 73 million eligible voters and an election that was predicted to be the biggest in Africa’s history witness the lowest turnout in our nation’s electoral history according to data from INEC. Turnout was just above 35 percent of eligible voters.

I am forced to ask, how can an election that recorded the highest number of first time voters now be seen as having the lowest turnout of voters in the nation’s history? From my perspective, it is either INEC did not disclose the original results of the election in other to favour the winner of the election or Nigerians are fed up with the country. But how true can this be when the nation saw an increase in voter awareness, more persons registered to vote and more voters’ card were collected. All available evidence is clearly pointing to the fact that the results of the elections were doctored in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari. How can Yobe state, a state that is facing serious security challenges, a state where the governor was not even allowed to vote due to security issues experience a high voter turnout over Enugu State, a state without security issues? Does it mean that despite the serious security challenges facing Yobe State and many other states with security challenges, the INEC voter’s education directorate did more in the face of these numerous security challenges in these states and did less in places that enjoy a more peaceful environment?

Well, I will leave these questions to Prof Yakubu Mahmood to answer as he alone can provide credible answers to them.

The governorship and state house of assembly election proved beyond all reasonable doubt that Nigerians have lost hope with the electoral umpire. Turnout, when officially confirmed, is likely to be the lowest in our nation’s history.

But did we expect any thing different after the sham presidential election on February 23? Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar after casting his vote last Saturday, noted that he is concerned, like millions that his vote may likely not count. A picture that has since gone viral on social media shows a ballot paper for the governorship election with a write-up by a voter: “F*** INEC, just rig”.

When a people’s mandate is stolen, it is bound to have repercussions and the 9th of March, 2019 governorship election is the beginning of such for Nigeria. The fastest way to destroy a democratic process is to make the people lose faith in its electoral process and INEC under the leadership of Prof Mahmood Yakubu has clearly done this. Nigerians no longer have faith in its electoral process, and this is bad for a country trying to build its democratic institutions. In most states, especially in the FCT, unlike the presidential election that witnessed a huge turnout of voters, most polling units were empty with no voter in sight many hours after INEC officials arrived with voting materials. The big question begging for answer is, “Could this be the end of Nigeria’s democracy?” Only time and the judiciary will tell.

The Presidential election has only succeeded in dividing Nigeria along ethnic lines the more, the Igbos are crying persecution and just recently, a serving senator and wife of the national leader of the APC, Remi Tinubu was caught on camera telling a disabled Igbo man that those of his ethnic group cannot be trusted. What is democracy if I cannot be allowed to vote for who I want? The 2019 general elections conducted by Prof Mahmood Yakubu’s led INEC will be remembered for further dividing the country rather than uniting it.

On Forensic

With the court of appeal granting the PDP’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar his request to be giving access to the materials used for the presidential elections, it is surprising that the court will turn down Atiku’s request to engage forensic experts to check for multiple thumb printing claiming that the Electoral Act does not give provision for such when the Act allowed Rauf Aregbeshola to use same in 2007 and Kayode Fayemi just last year. Do we have different electoral Acts for the state and for the federal?

Justice must not only be said to be done, it must be seen to be done and that is what the judiciary must do. Nigeria is standing on a time bomb and members of judiciary must put aside all forms of personal interests to save our nation. This is not about Buhari or Atiku; it is about the survival of our nation. If things are allowed to go the way they are, we may not have a Nigeria in 2023.

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A beggar, Binta Umar on Tuesday dragged a fellow beggar, Hajara Kano, to a Sharia Court ll sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over alleged stealing and assault.

Umar, said she was in court because Kano stole her charity money given to her by a passer-by.

She alleged that when she confronted Kano about the matter, she hit her and threw her into the gutter.

The complainant prayed the court to grant her justice and punish Kano for what she did. The defendant however was not in court to answer to the charges.

The Judge, Musa Sa’ad-Goma, said that the defendant had disobeyed the court by not appearing which contravened Section 300 of Criminal Penal Code.

The Judge ordered the immediate arrest of the defendant and adjourned the case until March 19.

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Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world — Hillary Clinton, former United States secretary of state

The month of March is widely recognised as women’s month. In March of every year, the world commemorates the achievements of high achieving women. It is also a month to discuss issues affecting women development across the globe.

As the world celebrates the women folk, makeitglobal.biz profiles top Nigerian female entrepreneurs blazing the trail across different industries in the country.

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Ola Orekunrin-Brown (Health)

Dr. Ola Orekunrin-Brown is the founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria, West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service dedicated to providing quality health care to the remotest parts of Western Africa. Ola is one of Nigeria’s youngest health entrepreneurs. She was inspired to start Flying Doctors after her younger sister died because there was no medical air service available to transport her to hospital.

Not only is she an expert of disaster medicine and pre-hospital care in Nigeria, she is also considered a dogged advocate for quality health care. Her company has been featured on various local and international media organisations. including the BBC and CNN. She has also been featured on TED Talks.


Ada Osakwe (Agriculture)

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Have you ever seen Nuli Juice? This is a natural juice brand conceived by Ada Osakwe, CEO of Agrolay Ventures, a woman passionate about Africa’s transformation and the rise of its greatest force of change, the African Youths. Her Agrolay Venture is an agribusiness investment company based in Nigeria, dedicated to the development of the nation’s agriculture sector. Her determination to play a leading role in the transformation of Africa, has earned her seats in boardrooms of top multinational organisations including the African Development Bank (AfDB) where she currently serves as an adviser on the Bank’s Jobs Youth in Africa Initiative.

In 2014, Ada was named among the 20 youngest Power Women in Africa, by Forbes Magazine.


Mosunmola Abudu (Media)

Dubbed the Oprah Winfrey of Nigeria, Mosunmola is one Nigerian mediapreneurs breaking boundaries in the nations media industry.

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Mo Abudu

Mosunmola is popularly known as Mo Abudu. Her career journey began when she started off as a recruitment consultant in the United Kingdom. She however moved on to work for Esso Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (Exxon Mobil) as the head of their Human resources and Training Unit. Driven by the passion to impact people, Mo Abudu started EbonyLife TV in 2006. Over the years, her entrepreneurial strides have earned her both local and international recognition. Mo is described by Forbes as one of “Africa’s most successful women”. She is also the brainchild behind “The Inspire Africa Foundation.”


Ibukun Awoshika (Banking)

Ibukun is First Bank’s first female Chairperson. She is a woman of great passion for professionalism and entrepreneurship. She has successfully led her furniture manufacturing company, The Chair Center Limited to becoming one of Nigeria’s biggest furniture companies.

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Ibukun Awosika

She is a multiple award-winning entrepreneur and the First Nigerian recipient to be nominated for the prestigious International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Award of the US Department of State in 2008. She is also the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Women in Management and Business (WIMbIZ). As a strong advocate of entrepreneurship development in Nigeria, Awoshika encourages Nigerian youths to develop an entrepreneurial mind-set.


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Amy Jadesimi (Oil and Gas)

Amy Jadesimi is a physician-turned-businesswoman. She currently serves as the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL). This is the largest private indigenous free zone and a strategic economic zone in Nigeria. Recently the company made the London Stock Exchange Group list of companies to Inspire Africa in 2019.

Though she trained as a medical doctor in Oxford University, she moved from medicine and got financial training at Goldman Sachs as well as the Standford Graduate School of Business. In 2018, Ms. Jadesimi was voted the Young CEO of the Year by the African Leadership Forum. She was also listed as one of the top 25 Africans to watch in 2018 by Financial Times. Being a young entrepreneur, she is an ardent promoter of women empowerment.



Deola Sagoe, (Fashion)

Deola , Fashion entrepreneur


Deola Sagoe, founder of Deola is one of Nigeria’s most celebrated fashion entrepreneurs. She is the first black woman to present a collection at AltaRoma, Rome’s celebrated fashion week.

Her appealing style of fashion has earned her a desirable clientele even beyond the shores of Africa some of which include top model, Alek Wek, Media Mogul, Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith. She has also represented Nigeria in the United Nations, thanks to her Food Programme, “Catwalk the World: Fashion for Food.” Despite her widely recognised accomplishments in the fashion industry, Deola says fashion was never her first choice. “I didn’t choose fashion, it chose me.”



Tara Durotoye (Beauty)

Tara, makeup entrepreneur
Tara Durotoye

This brainchild behind the “House of Tara,” started her business at the age of 20 from her living room. Through her passion, and dedication, she has been able to build an international brand for herself. Today, Tara has over 3,000 representatives spread across Nigeria and 14 stores to her name, yet she doggedly continues in her pursuit to build a globally respected African beauty company.

Tara is regarded as role-model and mentor to make-up artists and aspiring beauty entrepreneurs in Nigeria and beyond.


Funke Bucknor-Obruthe (Hospitality)

Zapphire events

Funke is the founder and CEO of Zapphaire Events, one of the pioneering event planning companies in Nigeria. Though a trained lawyer, her passion for translating dreams into reality at events led her to establishing Zapphaire Events. Over the years, the entrepreneur cum lawyer has built an impressive track record of successfully planned events, including the weddings of fashion stylist, Noble Igwe and popular Chef, Fregz. She has also dedicated a lot to empowering budding event entrepreneurs.



Bolanle Austen Peters (Arts and Entertainment)

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Bolanle Austen Peters is the CEO and founder of one of Nigeria’s finest arts and cultural centres, Terra Kulture.

A shrewd businesswoman and an excellent filmmaker, her contributions to the arts and entertainment industry earned her the title “the queen of culture”. Beyond her accomplishments at Terra Kulture, Bolanle also founded the Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions (BAP) which has literarily taken Nigerian theatre to the world. One of her renown productions is SARO the Musical, which has revolutionised the Nigerian theatre industry and gave it the much needed global recognition.


Ronke Onadeko (Utilities)

Ronke Onadeko

Ronke Onadeko is the principal consultant at DRNL Consult Limited, UK and Delt-R Company Limited, Nigeria. She sits on the board of several companies with interests in electricity, agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, telecommunications, education and human capacity development and oil and gas sector.

Ronke who is also passionate about mentoring, continues to offer her services as a facilitator, coach and role model to women and young people. As a youth empowerment advocate she works with several platforms, mentoring youths on business. She has also served as a consultant to Facility for Oil Sector Transparency and Accountability (FOSTER), an initiative of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

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By Festus Adedayo

The last two weeks must have been very challenging for the governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi. Assailed on all fronts due to the loss of his bid for the Oyo South senatorial district in the February election, the electoral loss became an opportunity for Ajimobi to be pummeled on all fronts by those who had nursed boundless grouses against him, especially in the last eight years of his administration of the state. The social media became the most fertile ground for his pummeling; real and concocted permutations of his political fate were traded on the go like they do at the security exchange market.

Extrapolations were made from this to arrive at a worse fate which they projected could befall his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the gubernatorial election held yesterday. Those who claimed to be in the know narrated details of an alleged order from Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, banning him from afflicting the party with his alleged bad luck and maladministration of the last eight state. Having been opportune to work with Ajimobi, I should be able to offer a dispassionate assessment of the character of the man they call Constituted Authority, a man whom I worked closely with for about six years – about two years before his ascendancy into power and four years of his being the governor of Oyo State. I feel that my conscience will not acquit me if I don’t lend my voice to the debate on who exactly Ajimobi is.

By the way, I apologize, dear reader that this piece will basically be ad hominem, dealing strictly with individuals, their character, rather than either issue or policy or even society in general. I am however of the opinion that it can be beneficial to society if we assimilate the general lessons to be learnt by plotting its graph from the specific to the general. By so doing, society can, by that very fact, draw one or two lessons therefrom. Leaders themselves cam tease out basic rules of engagement in administering men from messages the piece passes across.

I met Ajimobi for the first time sometime around 2002. I worked for the Tribune during this time. Highly respected broadcaster and current CEO of Oyo State Broadcasting Corporation, Yanju Adegbite had approached me to interview him in his bid for the senate. He had just left the National Oil as Managing Director. Meeting Ajimobi at his Oluyole Estate, Ibadan home that afternoon, he struck me as a very purposeful character. He demonstrated robust elan and fantastic grasp of issues of leadership. You could not but be swept off your feet at the sight of this handsome man. I penetrated the nooks and crannies of his heart like a purposeful cross-examiner will do; from his father, the late Ganiyu Ajimobi, his time in the oil industry, stint with Mike Adenuga, his vision for the state and his leader, Late Lam Adesina. Like a typical Ibadan man, he was an extrovert and garnished every of his words with the Dauda Epo Akara-kind anecdotes. I left with very impressionable view of his character. As I made to leave for my office at Imalefalafia, Ajimobi saw me off to the gate of his house. Till today, Adegbite never tires to regale me with the story of a fat gift extended to me that I declined that day. I, perhaps was too swept off my feet to bother about rewards.

Fate was to bring us together again in late 2009. A reader of my column in the defunct National Life newspaper had called the line affixed to the page. I took particular dislike to his calling, rather than texting as demanded by the columnist. Calmly apologizing, he wanted me to be part of a strategy team being put together by a gubernatorial candidate of the then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). I wasn’t hesitant to decline. He entreated and I caved in. It later turned out that the candidate was Ajimobi. This particular Sunday afternoon, I was again at Ajimobi’s house, after about seven years. He hadn’t changed much, still youthful in carriage. We sat in a place that served as his car port which was also a thoroughfare into the house and analyzed Nigeria and Oyo politics. He struck me as cerebral. Conversely, Ajimobi was apparently fascinated by my grasp of issues, especially my reportorial instinct. From then, our paths were wedged together, until 2015.

I really do not want to discredit those who saw/see Ajimobi’s persona in the negative. They are entitled to their dislike of him. I am also not saying he doesn’t possess those traits. Like every other human being, Ajimobi has scores of foibles. I am only by this piece saying that he is like the dual face of the proverbial Yoruba gangan drum where what you perceive of it is restrictive to your perception. For instance, Ajimobi possesses stubbornness for whatever he believes in and cares less whatever the rest of the world thinks about. After the media strategizing for his 2011 election, a welter of antagonism stood against my appointment into his cabinet. My antagonists all found comfortable anchor in the former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lam Adesina who, rightly so too, couldn’t stand my person. I was a major thorn in his government’s flesh. One day, Great Lam summoned the newly elected governor to his Felele, Ibadan home and asked him who would head his media. When Ajimobi mentioned my name, Great Lam, as our Yoruba people say, literally spurted saliva in the air and said this was impossible. Stubbornly, Ajimobi stood his ground.

For four years in his cabinet, Ajimobi demonstrated uncommon leadership. His first cabinet was an array of dedicated professionals who loved him to the core. Less than ten per cent of them are there now. Those were people who could look him in the face and told him hurting truth. Those were men of grits and valour. Don’t get me wrong: during same period, Ajimobi exhibited some attitudes that would make you want to snigger at him. I can speak boldly for the four years I was a member of his cabinet. He was dedicated to the course of Oyo State. I nearly bailed out of his administration in the first one year as the rigor was awesome. He left office most times about 1am, worked till about 4am at home and we literally had to go drag him off bed by 9am, preparatory to, most times 10am schedules. As his media adviser, he gave me unqualified access and never staffed my office. He also gave me free hand. Many of the press releases I issued, he read them just like every other person the second day upon becoming public knowledge. I could walk up to his bedroom and I made bold to say, I was never part of the fawners who told him what he needed to hear. I will give just two examples.

A Tribune reporter had just been assaulted by an Operation Burst team of soldiers and my phone was buzzing with calls from all over the world. I walked up the governor’s office but his ADC said I couldn’t see him as he was in a meeting. “Let him say he doesn’t want to see me,” I blurted out as I approached his door. Ajimobi opened it instantly. He was surrounded by – I forget now – who had come to meet him. “What’s the problem? I know you come here only when there is a problem,” Ajimobi had said. I replied in the affirmative and told him the problem. I had hardly relayed the issue at stake to him when the fawners around him said there was no big deal that soldiers beat up a journalist. I diffidently told them that there was a big deal. Ajimobi then told me to go and do the needful but not to hurt the soldiers who were helping us to restore peace in the state.

The second was when Ajimobi was persuaded by some government appointees to rise against two media houses in Ibadan. At meetings, in private, I told the governor that we would be roasted if we did that. Grovelers who apparently pushed him to this cliff insisted that he needed to show his brawns. One day, I arranged for the governor to visit one of the media houses. The accolades he received from the staff and its almost-century-old proprietor – now late – was so huge that when we later arrived the governor’s Oluyole Estate home, he hopped out of his car and came straight to me. “I must thank you for standing out. While everyone else said we should fight these people, you insisted we shouldn’t and today, we are reaping the dividends. Thank you so much,” Ajimobi had said. My head swelled by a centimeter, I must confess. So why would you as an aide not want to bite the bullets for such a boss who goes off the handle periodically but returns each time he finds the truth, to apologize to a small aide like me?

After about three years of not seeing him, I met my ex-boss last August. He was pleased to see me. As usual, I told him where he hit his leg against the stone in our relationship and where he had been an excellent boss. He apologized to me for his wrongs and I did too for my infractions towards him. If you ask me, I will say that I suspect that the bane of Ajimobi’s persona, especially during his second term, is that he reads too much of and seeks to practice the tenets of Robert Greene’s Forty-eight laws of power. Greene’s, you will recall, is purely Machiavellian, moulding rulers who have few pints of blood running in their veins. Whenever Ajimobi acts according to the precepts of this book, he is a Machiavellian and not Jean Paul Sartre’s humanist that I saw in him while serving under him. He benefitted thousands of people in his eight years in office but unfortunately, a major character flaw in him turns this array of beneficiaries against him as soon as he acquires them.

In Ajimobi is a brilliant, perceptive and articulate leader, the type that any society needs. No one, not even his most bitter critic, would doubt Ajimobi’s patriotism and commitment to the development of Oyo State. He has done more roads than any government in the recent history of that state. More importantly, he enthroned and sustained peace in the state infamously described as a garrison at the height of its security infamy.

Like every leader, Ajimobi has his own character flaws. Strong are however these flaws that they dwarf a myriad of good traits in him. No matter his flaws, Ajimobi has greatly transformed Oyo State. He however left myriad other areas that need tackling. Whoever is announced as governor today will need to take Oyo a notch higher than Ajimobi will be leaving it in May.

This piece will be the first in a series of the intrigues and intricate web of the Ajimobi government


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Pitching all these statistics together, Real Madrid, no doubt, is the better club but it will be a herculean task convincing a ‘Red Devil’ to believe such.





Manchester United Football Club of England has a lot in common with 13 times winner of the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid Football Club of Spain. Both are the most successful clubs in their respective countries. Some notable footballers have worn the jerseys of both teams at one point or the other in their careers. The two footballing giants have produced winners of the much coveted Ballon D’or in Christiano Ronaldo. Each of the two clubs also boasts of having a stadium capacity of over 70, 000. However, the similarities stop on the field. makeitglobal.biz looks at how these teams have fared off the pitch in business.

Richest Club

A lot of football fans ignorantly take positions on which football clubs on the planet are the richest, especially when clubs spend whopping amounts of money to buy players. However, this has been put to rest by the Soccerex Football Finance 100 for 2019 list. The Soccerex Football Finance makes use of variables such as stadiums, cash in the bank, owner potential investment and net debt to rate the teams. This is finally broken down into what it called Football Finance Index (FFI) score based on the results.

Manchester United is ranked 8 in the world with an FFI score of 1.99 and playing assets of €855m (£749m/$856m). The Tangible assets stand at €279m (£245m/$319m); Cash in the Bank is €331m (£290m/$378m); Owner Potential Investment is €138m (£121m/$158m) and a Net Debt of €751m (£658m/$752m).

Real Madrid, on the other hand, is 6th on the ranking table with playing assets of €969m (£849m/$1108m). Its tangible assets are €333m (£291m/$381m); Cash in the bank is €178m (£156m/$204m); Owner Potential Investment is not specified while the Net Debt is €294m (£258m/$336m).

Revenue Generation

According to the 22nd edition of the Deloitte Football Money League (‘DFML’) released in January 2019, Real Madrid is the highest revenue-generating club in the world for a record 12th time with revenue of €750.9m. The club also became the first to record revenue of three-quarters of a billion Euros in one season.

Manchester United came a distant third on the list with total revenue of €666.0m. Participation in UEFA competitions is a strong driver of revenue growth and this played a major role in the revenue generation of both clubs. Man United were knocked out of the 2017/2018 competition at the round of 16 by Sevilla while Real Madrid went all the way to win the competition, defeating Liverpool by 3-1 in the final.

Fan Base

Coming up with a definite figure to measure the fan base of these two football powerhouses is not a mean feat as both boasts of a huge fan base globally. From Asia to the United States, both brands are fans favourite’s. As part of measures to expand their franchise and build a fan base, European clubs have shifted focus to the relatively untapped Asian market. Part of ways of achieving this is mostly through having Pre-season tours in the Asian continent. However, Manchester United, are the biggest gainers in this category as it is the most popular digital club in China, followed by Real Madrid and then Bayern Munich. United have around 107 million followers in Asia’s biggest economy.

Pitching all these statistics together, Real Madrid, no doubt, is the better club but it will be a herculean task convincing a ‘Red Devil’ to believe such.

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Thanks to the moderator that moved my write up to the front page. I'm truly grateful


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“Ever since I heard rumours of women seeing strange things after fixing weave-on, my dislike for it grew bigger. I even heard most of the hairs are collected from Indian temples where the original owners donated them to their gods. There was also a time that it was alleged that they were extracted from dead bodies of women. Whether these reports are true or not, I just cannot use them. So long people cannot see beyond physical appearance, women would still see it as a must use accessory for their everyday activities”, she said.







The beauty business keeps thriving and has continued to enjoy massive growth.

New tips and innovations to stay beautiful keep popping up every day as entrepreneurs, mostly female, are benefiting from this unimaginably profitable and constantly booming market.

Going through the explore feed on the photo sharing platform, Instagram, it is hard not to see countless hair vendors marketing their products either displaying them on hair mannequin heads or on their own heads, swinging it back and forth to convince the buyers of its lushness, fullness and silkiness while music blares in the background.

Sales of hair extension, commonly referred to as “human hair” seem to be the in-thing these days as this facet of the beauty business is becoming increasingly saturated. At least 10 out of 15 women own bundles of these hair extensions which vary in price and quality.

“There is human hair and there is human hair. I can tell you for free that most of the hair extensions being sold online are not real human hair, call them ‘advanced premium fibre.’ The genuine human hair has to do with strands from the heads of women who have more than enough to spare. Call these ones ‘donor hair.’ The latter cost an arm and a leg compared to the former because it is everlasting and does not tangle when you treat it properly”, CEO Tianah’s Hair, Tolu Oshifade, stated.

She added that her customers buy according to their capabilities. “Variety is the spice of life. You do not have to break an arm to look good. With proper maintenance, the extensions would last for a while. There are different grades of these hairs and having all in stock is good for business to help retain customers. Hair sellers are springing up every day and the competition is getting fierce. But honesty is a rare virtue in this business because most of these vendors market synthetic extensions as human hair, and that is bad for business. It is common with most of these Instagram sellers with no actual shops that cannot be traced after selling extensions that would look like chaff after a single use”.

Another seller, CEO Hairntrepreneur, Comfort Frank said “as profitable as the business seems to be, it can be emotionally draining for me, as customers who do not know how to maintain their extensions properly can sabi spoil show. Referrals are very good for business. If a lady is carrying a spongy extension all over the place and keeps mentioning to her friends that she purchased it from me, they might be sceptical about patronising me because they believe it would also turn out that way”.

“Even our natural hair requires constant maintenance let alone extensions. I sometimes add conditioning kits to their packages for free and give them tips on how to take care of the hair but it still continues that way. It is annoying when you get bad reviews knowing the kind of stress involved in travelling all the way to Vietnam to select the best strands so as to give my customers value for their hard-earned money”, she said.

While some ladies are of the belief that hair extensions give their appearances an extra allurement, others believe they are mainly for those with self-esteem issues.

“Appearance matters a lot. Some of us aren’t lucky to be blessed with strong, healthy and long natural hair. Using these different hair clip-ins boost my confidence. They also serve as protective stylings for those with ‘virgin hair’. I can afford the best and I’ll continue to use them regardless of what anyone thinks”, a consumer said.

A caterer who simply identified herself as Charity stated that she did not like hair extensions but had nothing against women who use them.

“Ever since I heard rumours of women seeing strange things after fixing weave-on, my dislike for it grew bigger. I even heard most of the hairs are collected from Indian temples where the original owners donated them to their gods. There was also a time that it was alleged that they were extracted from dead bodies of women. Whether these reports are true or not, I just cannot use them. So long people cannot see beyond physical appearance, women would still see it as a must use accessory for their everyday activities”, she said.

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OCEANMORGAN:

We will all wait until the final day of judgement. Thanks

A sensible conversation is all i'm trying to make.

2019 Presidential elections have come and gone. Although, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is of the notion that the election was highly rigged and it is alleged that he has concrete and sufficient evidence to back his claims at the Election Tribunal.

What are his chances of winning this case? There is no record of any aggrieved presidential candidate ever winning at the court of law. Do you think Atiku would break the jinx? Let's discuss.

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Prof Margee Ensign is President of Dickson College and former President American University of Nigeria



The results are in. The giant of Africa, Nigeria, just completed its Federal election for president. The former military dictator and current president, Buhari, was re-elected. Or was he?

The 36 international and 120 domestic observers, overseeing voting in 119,973 polling places in 8,809 electoral wards, declared the election free and fair. But local civil society groups, and the opposition party, say otherwise. They claim that the election was anything but, and that it was militarized.

Why does it matter? Wouldn’t it just be easier to let the election stand unchallenged? That is what many in the West are arguing. Since it is impossible to know the extent of the “rigging”, they say, for the sake of stability in an unstable world, why not just let the election stand? This perspective fundamentally misunderstands both the role of the military in a democracy as well as the importance of the rule of law.

First, the complaints.

1. Voter Disinformation. It has been reported that in many of the locations, after being verified, people voted for the House of Reps and/or Senate positions on the ballot, thinking they were thus voting for the President and his party. Many Nigerians are illiterate. The unused Presidential ballot papers were then thumb-printed by unscrupulous electoral officials for Buhari’s party and stuffed in ballot boxes. See one case here: https://www.facebook.com/chidi.cali/videos/10219710379808999/UzpfSTEyMDI5MDE0MTE6MTAyMTk3MTAzODAxMjkwMDc/

2. Systematic Disenfranchisement. In many of the locations where Abubakar Atiku, Buhari’s main challenger, is popular, there were patterns of voting materials arriving late, and of card readers not working properly. Thus, many people in those locations couldn’t vote.

3. Ballot Box snatching. There are many reports of ballot box snatchings in Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Hoodlums attacked some polling centers where there was likely to be heavy voting for the opposition PDP and burned election materials. Here is one of such cases in Lagos: https://www.facebook.com/Gbyg124/videos/10155750910231582/UzpfSTE1NjMyMjI5OTQ6MTAyMTg0MDkwNjYyNDg5ODQ/

4. Invalid Votes. Tens of thousands of votes were invalidated for reasons that were never specified. In Niger state, which heavily favoured opposition Atiku for example, over 40,000 votes were rejected for no apparent reason.

5. Arrests and Intimidations. Security agents were used to arrest and intimidate voters. There are many reports in Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Kogi states where the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) voters and party leaders were arrested by security agents.

6. Generally, the election was marred by many irregularities including multiple votings and over-votings. There are reports of centers and wards reporting numbers that are higher than the numbers on the voting registers.

Are there enough votes in play (in an election that was peculiar inasmuch as there was a profound increase in states like Borno, living under a state of emergency from the Boko Haram violence and not incidentally a Buhari stronghold) that these examples would matter to the overall result? That seems to me not the important question to ask, though that is what some Western government are asking, and apparently answering “no”. The major opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, believes there are, and is preparing a court challenge to the election. He is claiming that there was widespread voter suppression, assaults by the military on citizens, and now a systematic crackdown on opposition leaders and their families and staffs.

The court challenge will eventually end up at the Supreme Court, whose chief justice, in an unprecedented move, was summarily removed from his position by Buhari just weeks before the election.

It is clear that Nigeria, the largest democracy in Africa, is becoming increasingly militarized, that the rule of law is in jeopardy. This matters not just for Nigerians, not just for Africans, but for all of us. Nigeria will become, after India and China, the third most populous country in the world in the next 25 years. While it has the largest economy on the continent, it also has the largest percentage of children out of school and the largest percentage of people in extreme poverty. Unemployment is extraordinarily high and growing. Violence between herders and farmers has increased significantly and ISIS has recently launched sophisticated attacks on Nigerian military positions in a region where the Boko Haram uprising has gone on for years. This is a critical moment in Nigeria’s history: will democracy prevail, or will the country return to an illegitimate autocracy under a failing regime, with all the unrest and disruption that may provoke?

The Buhari regime has been, by any measure, a failure. If Nigeria does not focus its resources on basic human development and reduce violence – neither of which has happened under the current leadership – then the possibility for widespread violence is very real. In one of the most important countries in the world. The world should be paying attention. And what was once called “the free world” should certainly be supporting democracy in a world increasingly marked by dictatorship.

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Where are her internal organs?

Shibaraba:
As in people ya weyrey gaan for this world

This is a wake up call for the f.a
Players should be searched before entering the field
No wonder players dey die on top field
People dey carry jazz enter be that
You dribble me too much
I Nack you one you
Go play your free kick for heaven
Case dismissed

Hahaha. It's a pity people think voodoo only exists in Africa. Jazz dey everywhere o

I sincerely hope he is thoroughly dealt with. I dont know what's attractive about minors for Fs sake


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