Hakeem Belo-Osagie is the son of the legendary Professor Tiamiyu Belo-Osagie. He is a former Chairman of UBA. He is also a former Chairman of Chocolate City Records. He is currently a senior Business Administration lecturer at Harvard University. He is also a member of the Harvard University Global Advisory Board. Additionally he serves as Chairman of the board of trustees of Harvard’s Centre for African Studies where he and his wife have endowed the Hakeem and Myma Belo-Osagie Distinguished African Entrepreneurship Lecture series.
Professor Tiamiyu Belo-Osagie attended Edo College, Benin, King's College, Lagos, Howard University and McGill University. He was appointed a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist on his return to Nigeria and he worked at Island Maternity, General Hospital and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital all in Lagos.
Osagie Medical Centre
Professor Belo-Osagie established the Osagie Medical Centre at number 30, Catholic Mission Street, Lagos Island in the 1960s (that's where he delivered my brother ). There are interesting connections between the last post (about Dr Majekodunmi), this post and the next post. The Osagie Medical Centre is right beside St Nicholas Hospital (which was established by Dr Majekodunmi) and Professor Belo-Osgie's daughter-in-law works there. Professor Belo-Osagie is also the uncle of the famous Professor Osato Giwa-Osagie, who also worked at the Osagie Medical Centre at a point in time.
University of Benin Teaching Hospital
He moved to Benin in the 1970s and established the University of Benin Teaching Hospital. He worked (at various times) as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Provost of the College of Medical Sciences at the University of Benin between 1972 and 1979.
Dodan Barracks
He served as the personal physician to the president in the 1980s. In this position he was involved in the births of Saudatu Shehu Shagari in 1981 and Halima Babangida in 1989.
Professor Tiamiyu Belo-Osagie returned to the Osagie Medical Centre in the 1990s where he was in high demand.
Away from the medical world, he also served as the chairman of Societe General Bank and was on the board of many companies. He was the father of Hakeem Belo-Osagie who is a former chairman of UBA (Keem Belo-Osagie started out as a special assistant to President Shagari). He recieved the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) in 1982.
Professor Tiamiyu Belo-Osagie died in March 2005.
Hakeem Belo-Osagie is a Nigerian businessman. He is chair of Metis Capital Partners an organisation focused on brokering and delivering attractive, large-ticket transactions in Africa to select blue chip international investment partners.He was listed by Forbes Magazine as the forty-first richest man in Africa in 2014.
Belo-Osagie and his wife, Dr Myma Belo-Osagie (a founding partner of Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie), are philanthropists. The couple are also supporters of Harvard University's Center for African Studies, and Belo-Osagie has established a scholarship to support African students studying at Balliol College, Oxford.
Belo-Osagie and his wife are both members of Harvard University's Global Advisory Council. Belo-Osagie also serves on the Yale University President's Council on International Activities and the New York University President's Global Council. In addition, Belo-Osagie sits on the International Advisory Council of the Brookings Institution and the Global Board of Advisors of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Belo-Osagie and his wife are among the largest donors to the African Leadership Academy (the "ALA" ), a residential secondary school in Johannesburg that works to educate Africa's brightest students. Founded in 2008, the highly selective ALA immerses promising young people in a rigorous two-year curriculum of leadership, service and African studies. The ALA network of alumni includes almost four hundred young leaders drawn from forty three countries across the continent. In 2012, the academy unveiled the "Hakeem and Myma Belo-Osagie Wing", named in recognition of the couple's support of the ALA and their advocacy on its behalf.
Personal life and education
Belo-Osagie was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1955. His father was a professional gynaecologist and his mother was a nurse. He is the father of Yasmin Belo-Osagie. He attended King's College in Lagos and completed his secondary education at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales.
Career
Oil industry
Belo-Osagie returned to Nigeria shortly after graduating from Harvard in 1980. He began his career in the service of the Federal Government of Nigeria working in various capacities in the energy sector ranging from Special Assistant to the Presidential Adviser on petroleum and energy, to Secretary of the Oil Policy Review and LNG Committees. He subsequently worked in the Petrochemicals Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He resigned his appointment in 1986 to set up CTIC, which became a leading energy consulting firm. He also chairs the board of Vitol Nigeria, which is a subsidiary of the Swiss-based Vitol Group, a multinational energy and commodity trading firm.
Telecommunications and other recent ventures
Belo-Osagie until recently, was the chairman of the board of directors of Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Ltd, a mobile telephone operator which operates in Nigeria under the Etisalat brand. He is the ultimate beneficial owner of a significant stake in the company, which is operated as a joint venture with Mubadala Development Company and the Etisalat group.
Belo-Osagie is the chairman of and main shareholder in Duval Properties Limited, a real estate company currently engaged in developing a major new residential and commercial district at Jabi Lake in Abuja. He also chairs the board of Vitol Nigeria, which is a subsidiary of the Swiss-based Vitol Group, a multinational energy and commodity trading firm.
Belo-Osagie has also recently invested in Andela, which is developing a network of high quality computer science education programmes across the African continent. Andela operates a self-financing model of education: it funds the training of promising young programmers, and generates revenue by supplying its graduates' services to a range of global clients.
Philanthropy
Belo-Osagie and his wife are among the largest donors to the African Leadership Academy (the "ALA" ), a residential secondary school in Johannesburg that works to educate Africa's brightest students. Founded in 2008, the highly selective ALA immerses promising young people in a rigorous two-year curriculum of leadership, service and African studies. The ALA network of alumni includes almost four hundred young leaders drawn from forty three countries across the continent. In 2012, the academy unveiled the "Hakeem and Myma Belo-Osagie Wing", named in recognition of the couple's support of the ALA and their advocacy on its behalf.
The couple have recently established the "Hakeem and Myma Belo-Osagie Fund for the Promotion of Africa" at Yale University, and are supporters of Harvard University's Center for African Studies. Belo-Osagie has also endowed a fund to provide scholarships for African students studying at Balliol College, Oxford.
Belo-Osagie serves on the board of Alfanar, a charity which applies the principles of private sector investment to charitable giving to help build sustainable social enterprises throughout the Arab world. He also chairs the Nigerian National Committee for the United World Colleges, which assists the organisation's member colleges in identifying suitable candidates for their two-year International Baccalaureate scholarship programmes. Mr Belo-Osagie has also funded several scholarships to the United World Colleges.
Adebayo "Bayo" O. Ogunlesi CON (born 20 December 1953) is a Nigerian lawyer and investment banker. He is currently chairman and managing partner at the private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Ogunlesi was the former head of global investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston before being promoted to chief client officer and executive vice chairman.
Early life and education
Ogunlesi comes from Makun, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. He is the son of Theophilus O. Ogunlesi, the first Nigerian professor of medicine at University of Ibadan. His family is of Yoruba origin.
Ogunlesi went to King's College, Lagos, a secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria. He received a B.A. with first class honors in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University in England. In 1979, Ogunlesi received a JD–MBA from Harvard Law School and later Harvard Business School. During his time at Harvard, he was on the Harvard Law Review.
Career
From 1980 to 1981, Ogunlesi served as a law clerk to associate justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. Ogunlesi was an attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York City law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he had been a summer associate while studying for his M.B.A.
In 1983, Ogunlesi joined the investment bank First Boston as an advisor on a Nigerian gas project. At First Boston, he worked in the Project Finance Group, advising clients on transactions and financings and has worked on transactions in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. From 1997 to 2002, he was the Head of the Global Energy Group of the by then renamed Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). In 2002, Ogunlesi was appointed Global Head of CSFB's Investment Banking Division. Also in 2002, he served as a member of Credit Suisse's Executive Board and Management Committee. From 2004 to 2006, Ogunlesi was Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of CSFB.
In July 2006, Ogunlesi started the private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a joint venture whose initial investors included Credit Suisse and General Electric. He currently serves as chairman and managing partner.
In 2006, GIP bought London City Airport. In 2009, GIP acquired a majority stake in London Gatwick Airport in a deal worth £1.455 billion. The Nigerian press has given him the nickname, "The Man Who Bought Gatwick Airport." GIP also owns Edinburgh Airport, which they bought in 2012, and Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, which they bought in February 2018.
In January 2024, BlackRock agreed to buy Global Infrastructure Partners for about $12.5 billion. BlackRock will pay $3 billion in cash and 12 million of its own shares as part of the deal to buy GIP. The 400 people directly employed by GIP will receive some of the stock, and five of the six founding partners, including chief executive Ogunlesi, will join BlackRock as part of the deal.
Additional work
Ogunlesi is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. While working at Credit Suisse First Boston, he was a lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Yale School of Management, where he taught a course on transnational investment projects in emerging countries.
In October 2012, he was appointed to the board of directors at Goldman Sachs. On 24 July 2014, he was named lead director.
In December 2016, it was announced that Ogunlesi, among other business leaders, would be part of Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum, which was disbanded on 16 August 2017.
In January 2025, Ogunlesi joined the board of directors of OpenAI.
Personal life
Ogunlesi has been married to British-born optometrist Dr. Amelia Quist-Ogunlesi since 1985. They have two children. In his song "Wonderful," Burna Boy pays tribute to Adebayo, citing his hard work. As of 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth at US$2.5 billion.
Awards and honors
Recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence. Ogunlesi was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2019.
Bayo Ogunlesi: I just had an excellent meeting with Mr President, where we talked about the fundamental transformation that has happened in the last two years.
Think about it, removal of subsidy, tax reform, we have a refinery that's operating and exporting aviation fuel, unification of the road ownership system, and so the next step is how do we encourage international investment in Nigeria to drive economic growth and I had a wonderful meeting with Mr. President talking about . . .exchanging ideas about how we can do that, how we can put Nigeria front and center on the map for international investments and we had some very good suggestions and discussions about that.
NTA reporter: Apart from the suggestions, personally what are you bringing on board?
Bayo Ogunlesi: We're making investments in Nigeria. We explored additional opportunities, I'm not going to tell you what they are, just wait, watch this space, you will see them. But look, Nigeria is now a place that is exciting to invest in and that's what we talked to Mr. President about and of course, as you would expect, he was very encouraging of international investments in Nigeria.
NTA reporter: Okay. I'm not expecting you to tell me all that you told the president, but what sector particularly are you interested in?
Bayo Ogunlesi: Yeah, but you think about all the sectors that we invest in. Energy? So, we invest in energy. We're building LNG plants in Texas, we're building LNG plants in Australia. There's gas in Nigeria, Nigeria is a huge gas province.
People describe me as a guy who bought Gatwick Airport. I didn't personally buy Gatwick Airport, but the aviation sector is also an area of interest to us.
I confessed to Mr. President that one of our companies has ports in Cotonou and it has a port in Lome, none in Nigeria. So I asked for his forgiveness and understanding and being the gentleman that he was he forgave me but said you have to bring port investment to Nigeria. So that's another area we're looking at.
Renewables, that's another area. So lots of investment opportunities in Nigeria. You just have to be serious about making the right moves.
Hakeem Belo-Osagie: I think when Nigerians in Nigeria and when Nigerians in the diaspora invest in Nigeria, it can only be a great signal for the international community to invest in us and make our country greater. We thank President Tinubu for his policies, they have made Nigeria investible. We wish him all the very best and we give every assurance to the president and every assurance to the Nigerian people that we will do our very best and it will create a fast growing Nigeria which will achieve its objectives.
Dr Zach Adedeji: Mr. President has done fundamental reform and that reform on its own invited all these people that you are seeing. We've done the fundamental, the next thing for us is to lead export-led economy which is why you see these great Nigerians and they have committed, Mr. President has given them go ahead and the only thing I can say is the hope is very on the rise.
Photo 1: Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners and Senior Managing Director Blackrock, Mr. Bayo Ogunlesi, President Bola Tinubu, former Managing Director/Chief Executive of UBA, Hakeem Bello-Osagie and Professor Afolabi Ogunlesi.
Photo 2: President Bola Tinubu and Mr Bayo Ogunlesi.
Photo 3: President Tinubu and Mr Hakeem Belo-Osagie.
2025 U-20 W/Cup: How Flying Eagles Rated In Thrilling Win Over Saudi Arabia
October 3, 2025
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles defeated Saudi Arabia 3-2 in their second game at the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup on Friday morning. Completesports.com’s ADEBOYE AMOSU appraises the performance of the players in the game.
Ebenezer Harcourt 7/10
The youngster put up an impressive display in the keenly contested encounter. Made a number of key saves to help his side win the game.
Amos Ochoche 7/10
The right-back scored a superb goal in the first half. Gave a good account himself.
Ahmed Akinyele 5/10
Gave the ball away cheaply a couple of times in the first half. Not a good performance from the Remo Stars defender.
Daniel Bameyi 7/10
Captain Daniel Bameyi led by example. He scored the winning goal from the penalty spot.
Odinaka Okoro 7/10
The left-back had a hand in the first goal. He performed his defensive task well, and also supported the attack.
Daniel Daga 7/10
An improved performance from the first game. He shielded the defence well, and also helped the attack.
Israel Ayuma 7/10
The hardworking midfielder was at his best in the game. He was one of Flying Eagles’ best performers in the game.
Nasiru Salihu 7/10
Scored Nigeria’s opening goal from a superb header. His best performance for the team.
Sani Suleiman 7/10
Provided a superb assist for the opening goal. He was a constant threat to Saudi Arabia defence.
Kparobo Ariehi 6/10
The forward was unlucky not to get a goal in the game. Ariehi was replaced by Charles Agada in the 59th minute.
Substitutes
Charles Agada 5/10
The NK Istra forward offered little after replacing the misfiring Kparobo Ariehi.
Haruna Aliyu 6/10
The centre-back helped stablise the defence after replacing Ahmed Akinyele.
Emmanuel Ekele 5/10
Made his first appearance of the competition in the game. He took place the place Nasiru Salihu 19 minutes from time.
2025 U-20 WC: Flying Eagles Showed Great Determination Vs Saudi Arabia –Zubair
October 3, 2025
Flying Eagles coach Aliyu Zubair has praised the teams’ fighting spirit in their 3-2 win over Saudi Arabia in the early hours of Friday at the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Nigeria opened the scoring in the 10th minute through Salihu Nasiru before Amar Bin Al Yuhaybi leveled parity for Saudi Arabia in the 21st minute.
Amos Ochoche restores the Flying Eagles’ lead to 2-1 in the 38th minute, but Saudi Arabia’s Talal Haji responded again with a brilliant finish to make it 2-2.
However, the Flying Eagles were awarded a penalty in the 94th minute of the game that was coolly converted by Daniel Bameyi to seal the maximum three points for Nigeria.
Reacting after the game, Zubair, in a chat with FIFA.com, applauded the team’s determination and resilience against Saudi Arabia.
He also noted that the team will go all out against Colombia in the final group game.
“The players decided they needed to give their all for the three points in this match, which motivated them.
“Now, it’s straightforward: we must also strive for the three points against Colombia; it’s as simple as that.”
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2025 U-20 WC: Flying Eagles Get Campaign Back On Track With Dramatic 3-2 Win Vs Saudi Arabia
October 3, 2025
A stoppage time penalty converted by Daniel Bamayi earned Nigeria’s Flying Eagles a hard-fought 3-2 win against Saudi Arabia, in their second Group F match at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile in the early hours of Friday.
The game saw Saudi Arabia twice drawing level before Bamayi’s well taken penalty sealed the win for coach Aliyu Zubairu-led side.
Both the Flying Eagles and Saudi Arabia went into the tie on the back of defeats to Norway and Colombia respectively.
While the Flying Eagles fell to a 1-0 defeat, Saudi Arabia also lost by the same scoreline to Colombia.
In the group’s other match Colombia and Norway played out a goalless draw.
After second round of matches Colombia, with four points are top, Norway also on four points are second, Flying Eagles are in third position on three points and Saudi are bottom in the standing.
Up next for the Flying Eagles is a final group stage fixture with Colombia on Monday, October 6.
Nasiru Salihu had the Flying Eagles first opportunity on seven minutes but could not direct his header towards goal from a cross.
In the 10th minute Salihu opened the scoring as he nodded home Sani Suleiman’s cross.
Three minutes later Saudi almost equalised but Awad Aman failed to direct a setpiece towards goal with Ebenezer Harcourt to beat.
Just one minute later Kparobo Arierhi had a big chance to make it 2-0 after he went one-on-one with the keeper but hit his effort against his outstretched leg.
In the 18th minute Rakan Al-Ghamdi dispossessed Ahmed Akinyele of the ball inside the box but saw his shot hit the cross bar.
But Saudi Arabia drew level on 21 minutes through Amar Al Yuhaybi who sneaked behind the Flying Eagles defence to pounce on a long pass from his keeper, slotting past Harcourt.
Amos Ochoche had a chance on 33 minutes after a loose ball from a corner fell to him but he volleyed over the bar.
But Ochoche made amends on 38 minutes as he restored the Flying Eagles lead with a superb strike off a clever free kick.
In the early exchanges in the second half Arierhi went close but fired his effort way off target after nearly beating his markers.
In the 50th minute Saudi equalised thanks to substitute Talal Haji who we header from a long cross lobbed over Harcourt.
Six minutes later a timely block by Bamayi denied Saudi the chance take the lead.
One minute later Haji almost got his second goal only to see his low left foot strike hit the post.
With three minutes left Ochoche sent in a dangerous cross which the Saudi keeper calmly held.
But in stoppage time a Saudi player stopped a cross with his hand which resulted to a penalty for the Flying Eagles.
Captain Bamayi stepped up to send the keeper the wrong way to make it 3-2 in the 94th minute which proved to be the winning goal.
Chunk of NYC building collapses in possible explosion
Grace Eliza Goodwin and Sakshi Venkatramanin New York
A section of a 20-storey residential building partially collapsed in New York City on Wednesday morning, and authorities say there are no injuries.
Firefighters and emergency responders searched into the afternoon for anyone who may have been trapped under the mounds of rubble outside the building, which is part of a public housing development in the Bronx.
"The whole building just - you heard a loud boom, and the thing just exploded, and it fell down just like that," said one witness who spoke with CBS News, BBC's US partner.
"Somebody in the building next to me, they said that their window even fell, and it's on the 16th floor," another witness told CBS.
The collapse seems to have originated from an explosion in the ventilation shaft of a boiler room, the city's fire commissioner Robert Tucker said in a news conference.
No apartments were damaged, but as a precautionary measure, some residents have been evacuated. Others were allowed to return, but the gas to the building has been shut off as authorities investigate.
That investigation will determine whether a gas leak caused the explosion, Mayor Eric Adams said. Utility provider ConEd has not returned a request for comment from BBC.
The New York City Housing Authority, which manages the complex, said in a statement that it is investigating the incident and still determining the extent of the damage. The building has a few open violations against it.
NYC Department of Buildings issued a partial stop work order, which is still active, on the building in June, according to public records. The order was related to a violation on plumbing that may have been defective, not working, or poorly maintained.
Two other violations on the property are still active, public records show. One from February 2024 concerns the building's failure to file a report on facade safety and inspection.
The other active violation deals with a NYCHA inspection report that found the building's facade to be unsafe.
The DOB's commissioner, James Oddo, said there are three open violations against the property that deal with non-safety issues on boilers. It's not clear how the violations he's referencing are related, if at all, to the active violations described in public records.
The partial collapse comes just a week after a fire in the same building left a teenage girl comatose and in critical condition, though her father told local outlet News 12 Long Island that she is now recovering.
"We were lucky that this emergency didn't result in a loss of life, that it didn't turn into a tragedy," Amanda Septimo, an assembly member who represents the building's district, said at the news conference.
"But we can't be relying on luck to keep our community safe."
Politics › Re: What Bayo Ogunlesi Said When He Visited President Tinubu (Text And Video) by naptu2(op): 12:30am On Oct 04, 2025
). There are interesting connections between the last post (about Dr Majekodunmi), this post and the next post. The Osagie Medical Centre is right beside St Nicholas Hospital (which was established by Dr Majekodunmi) and Professor Belo-Osgie's daughter-in-law works there. Professor Belo-Osagie is also the uncle of the famous Professor Osato Giwa-Osagie, who also worked at the Osagie Medical Centre at a point in time.
