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laudate:
Guy, just confess that this whole matter is still causing you pain. If that panadol does not work, maybe I should recommend something stronger like Nurofen for you. Or what do you think?

Bifwoli:
I highly doubt the south east has vast slums like Makoko ,Ajengunle ,Otodo Gbame or Ibadan brown roofs .

The inequality there is not as acute as the south west.

laudate:
Don't be deceived. A number of those alaye boys are also Igbo, but they have learnt how to speak Yoruba, and have joined the band of miscreants. I spotted Chinedu, my neighbour's apprentice who ran away with his money some years back, at Isale Eko. Chinedu now speaks fluent Yoruba with a gangsta accent, and even sports an earring in one ear. I was shocked the day I saw him. Even in Onitsha, there are plenty of miscreants lurking around, especially at the markets and near the bridge. Do you want to deny it?

neoOduduwa:
I swear. I've noticed it too. Flat heads are not comfortable about missing out on all that money, they've also joined in.

neoOduduwa:
I swear. I've noticed it too. Flat heads are not comfortable about missing out on all that money, they've also joined in.

shukuokukobambi:
Of course they've even started singing fuji with them. Do you remember ''Omonna ton ko fuji'' of some years back?

totit:
Lmao. He even asked ' what do you think" .. that alone got me rolling on the floor

shukuokukobambi:
Of course they've even started singing fuji with them. Do you remember ''Omonna ton ko fuji'' of some years back?

Bifwoli:
Then why is there so much poverty ,vast slums and very poor quality of plus poor life expectancy in the south west if they're so industrious?

Are you mentally weak also not to see the huge poverty stricken areas like Makoko ,Ijeshatedo,Agege Bodija etc...?

JohnXcel:
Don't mind those flat.heads.

We've explained to them the difference between a trader and an entrepreneur, dey no wan hear!

Difference between an Igbo man and Yoruba man when it comes to business:

Lloydfather:
Nigeria Must Not Let the Igbos Leave this Union, By Tony OsborgPremium Times July 11, 2016 #TrueFederalism: Nigeria Must Not Let the Igbos Leave this Union, By Tony Osborg2016-07-11T14:20:08+00:00 Comment (11)
Biafra


Nigeria has a choice to restructure or let the Igbos go. If the Federal Government does not make the right choice, the Igbos will make it for themselves and Nigeria will be the loser. I believe boundaries should be destroyed and not further created in our time, which is why we ought to support restructuring, rather than secession.

I have tried to measure the contribution of Igbos to the development of the Nigerian project and the conclusion I have reached is that Nigeria must do everything possible to get the Igbos to remain within the Nigerian union. They (Igbos) have contributed unprecedentedly to the development of the country in EVERY sector. They are an exceptional nationality, comprising ‘born’ entrepreneurs, industrialists, academics, adventurists, etc. A Nigeria without this set of people and their drive for economic success might be boring and uninteresting.

In terms of their industrial spirit, the Igbo are probably the only nationality that has built several industrial estates across Nigeria. In 1997, an Igbo engineer, Ezekiel Izuogu, produced Nigeria’s first indigenous prototype car in Imo State. Africa was excited by his ingenuity. However, due to financial constraints and dirty Nigerian politics, the Izuogu Z-600 model could not hit the Nigerian market as a mass produced car. His workshop was later vandalised and his efforts destroyed. The dream died. Few decades later another Igbo, Innocent Chukwuma, has launched Innoson cars, making him the first indigenous car producer in and from Nigeria. Anambra and Enugu States alone have over six indigenous estates. By indigenous I mean industrial estates built by indigenes, and with little or no government support. Nigeria’s first indigenous car is made in one of those estates – in Nnewi precisely. The industrial estates are hosts to several other indigenous manufacturing companies, including one of the biggest plastic manufacturing plants in Africa. One would be pleasantly surprised to see what the Igbos are producing in their industrial estates. It will not be wrong to say that Igbos are driving the indigenous manufacturing sector of the Nigerian economy with little or no government support. The first indigenous Nigerian company to produce an internationally certified brand of computers, Zinox, is Igbo, by the name, Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh from Imo State. The Igbos dominate the electronics market and have built a series of ‘computer villages’ across the country. Nigeria’s leading pharmaceutical companies – Emzor, Juhel, Orange, Rico, etc. – are Igbo owned. Anabel Mobile, the first indigenous Nigerian phone manufacturer, is also Igbo owned. There are several industrial breakthroughs the Igbos have made in Nigeria than I can presently count.

On the level of trade and retail businesses, Igbos are the most successful traders and retailers in Nigeria, and possibly around the world. Across every Nigerian city, they do not only control the major retail markets, but they equally dominate small and medium scale industries, and are synonymous with the description of being ‘importers’. Their natural inclination towards economic activities has driven them across the globe in search of opportunities. There is hardly a country in the world where you don’t find an Igbo man doing one legitimate or illegitimate form of business. The Igbos have proven to the rest of Nigeria beyond reasonable doubt that they are not lazy people.

In Literature, the father of modern African Literature is an Igbo man by the name Chinua Achebe. His work, Things Fall Apart has remained one of Africa’s most read book, which brought international attention to Nigerian literature. Chinua Achebe remains an inspiration to most African write

Lloydfather:
Nigeria Must Not Let the Igbos Leave this Union, By Tony OsborgPremium Times July 11, 2016 #TrueFederalism: Nigeria Must Not Let the Igbos Leave this Union, By Tony Osborg2016-07-11T14:20:08+00:00 Comment (11)
Biafra


Nigeria has a choice to restructure or let the Igbos go. If the Federal Government does not make the right choice, the Igbos will make it for themselves and Nigeria will be the loser. I believe boundaries should be destroyed and not further created in our time, which is why we ought to support restructuring, rather than secession.

I have tried to measure the contribution of Igbos to the development of the Nigerian project and the conclusion I have reached is that Nigeria must do everything possible to get the Igbos to remain within the Nigerian union. They (Igbos) have contributed unprecedentedly to the development of the country in EVERY sector. They are an exceptional nationality, comprising ‘born’ entrepreneurs, industrialists, academics, adventurists, etc. A Nigeria without this set of people and their drive for economic success might be boring and uninteresting.

In terms of their industrial spirit, the Igbo are probably the only nationality that has built several industrial estates across Nigeria. In 1997, an Igbo engineer, Ezekiel Izuogu, produced Nigeria’s first indigenous prototype car in Imo State. Africa was excited by his ingenuity. However, due to financial constraints and dirty Nigerian politics, the Izuogu Z-600 model could not hit the Nigerian market as a mass produced car. His workshop was later vandalised and his efforts destroyed. The dream died. Few decades later another Igbo, Innocent Chukwuma, has launched Innoson cars, making him the first indigenous car producer in and from Nigeria. Anambra and Enugu States alone have over six indigenous estates. By indigenous I mean industrial estates built by indigenes, and with little or no government support. Nigeria’s first indigenous car is made in one of those estates – in Nnewi precisely. The industrial estates are hosts to several other indigenous manufacturing companies, including one of the biggest plastic manufacturing plants in Africa. One would be pleasantly surprised to see what the Igbos are producing in their industrial estates. It will not be wrong to say that Igbos are driving the indigenous manufacturing sector of the Nigerian economy with little or no government support. The first indigenous Nigerian company to produce an internationally certified brand of computers, Zinox, is Igbo, by the name, Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh from Imo State. The Igbos dominate the electronics market and have built a series of ‘computer villages’ across the country. Nigeria’s leading pharmaceutical companies – Emzor, Juhel, Orange, Rico, etc. – are Igbo owned. Anabel Mobile, the first indigenous Nigerian phone manufacturer, is also Igbo owned. There are several industrial breakthroughs the Igbos have made in Nigeria than I can presently count.

On the level of trade and retail businesses, Igbos are the most successful traders and retailers in Nigeria, and possibly around the world. Across every Nigerian city, they do not only control the major retail markets, but they equally dominate small and medium scale industries, and are synonymous with the description of being ‘importers’. Their natural inclination towards economic activities has driven them across the globe in search of opportunities. There is hardly a country in the world where you don’t find an Igbo man doing one legitimate or illegitimate form of business. The Igbos have proven to the rest of Nigeria beyond reasonable doubt that they are not lazy people.

In Literature, the father of modern African Literature is an Igbo man by the name Chinua Achebe. His work, Things Fall Apart has remained one of Africa’s most read book, which brought international attention to Nigerian literature. Chinua Achebe remains an inspiration to most African write

deomelo:
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Go and litter your ibo thread with your rubbish.

obamaofusa:
Managing Director

Fola Tinubu holds a BA degree in Economics and Politics from the University of East Anglia in Norwich England, and an MBA from the University of Stirling (Scotland).
He is currently the Managing Director of Primero Transport Services Limited (Operator of Lagos BRT buses from Ikorodu to CMS), and Maryland Wreckage Limited. His excellent leadership character at Primero – coupled with his good ability to strategize, have tremendously brought organizational growth and structure to the company within the space of few months since it was established. Also at Maryland Wreckage, he has been responsible for leading the company in a right strategic direction for being the preferred wreckage cleaning service provider for the African region. His major emphasis is on major partnerships and consistent growth of the company. Since the inception of Maryland Wreckage, Fola Tinubu has consistently shown an ability to balance the strong elements of his financial, managerial and business background with the company's broader business strategies. Prior to joining Maryland Wreckage, Fola Tinubu was the Managing Director and CEO of Greater Washington Mortgage LLC, one of the fastest growing mortgage companies in the Washington area of the United States. Fola Tinubu worked through the ups and downs of the mortgage industry and exercised understanding of how to best serve a client's needs. He has also worked for some top financial organizations in the United States in senior positions; some of the firms are ITT Financial Services, Eastern Savings Bank, Dime Bank, and National City Bank. He is happily married with children.

juman:
Yoruba leaders of this generation are bad leaders.

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We mean biggest literally. No metaphors needed.

We are coming to this in greater detail soon, as we have been working on an article about what makes him so significant for a while (but apparently we think we will win a Pulitzer with it, because it has taken too long!). But we find out any people don’t know this and so let’s just drop it in case you need it for a business deck, ya know?

Tajudeen Adepetun, 52, owns two companies – Consolidated Media Associates and Alphavision Productions.

At a time, he was the country’s largest independent producer of scripted programming – including (or especially) TV drama: Saints and Sinners, Candellight, Treasures, Everyday People etc. And he was the first mover for telenovelas in Nigeria (responsible ultimately for all the Mexican soaps you see everywhere).

Then he launched Soundcity – and we can assure that that his onslaught more than MTV Base, made Channel O irrelevant in the Nigerian market ultimately – also spawning 1Music Africa, Nigezie and Hip TV.

Well today, he is the biggest owner not just of TV content but actual TV channels – AND radio channels.

Let’s list them out for you.

ONTV (entertainment and lifestyle) – Terrestial (and presently the most watched TV channel in Lagos, according to Media Facts)

ONTV Max (entertainment and lifestyle) – DSTV

Spice TV (fashion) – DSTV

Soundcity (music) – DSTV

Trybes TV (movies) – GoTV

Televista (telenovelas) – GoTV

Then there is Urban96 Radio network (launched in July) – which broadcasts from Lagos, but ultimately will reach Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Uyo. And the data is in yet, but we are absolutely certain, when it’s in, taxi drivers and radio listeners in Lagos will predict now for free, it will be the most-listened-to in Lagos.

And then there is Soundcity 98.5, a radio channel, which aired first, also, in July this year. That is TWO radio stations. Hey God.

AND: He is also set to launch Access TV – a news channel – in the next 15 months. (On the backburner or playing on his other channels for now, there is VillageSquare TV and he has suspended for now Business Television and Front Row Sports TV).

All of this from ONE single office in Lekki. The same office he has had for at least a full decade now.

His story needs be told.

And we will tell it. Because TJ (as we all call him, all of us disciples) is TOO badass, period.

PS: And shout-out to the equally bad-ass Olamide Adedeji, Group Channel Manager, who has been with him for 10 solid years, including that time five years when the business was so broke, he wasn’t paid for almost a year.

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Success Story: How Tajudeen Adepetu Turned Hobby Into TV Program Production Empire

Another Success Story Of Turning Hobby To Mega Business

How Tajudeen Adepetu Turned His Love For Watching TV Into Multi Million Naira TV Program Production Empire.

Owner: Sound City, Televista, VillageSquareTV, BusinessTV, SPICE.TV

Success Story: Tajudeen Adepetu

Everyone certainly has a hobby. This is what we do in our spare time to relax, and to unwind from the hustle and bustle of daily living. While some people will enjoy watching TV and following their favourite soaps, others may prefer engaging in in-door games such as chess, ludo, ayo, draft, monopoly, scabble, etc.

To many others, it may be to go out swimming; playing tennis, squash football, etc. And yet, to a lot more people, it could fall into reading, writing, singing, dramatizing, dancing, etc.

These are activities that take our minds away from work and stress, and therefore help our bodies to refresh and get fit.

Whether we are aware of it or not, we all have at least one hobby. But the interesting thing here is how some people have been able to successfully turn their hobbies into great businesses while the majority of people are confined in the 80% of the Pareto 20-80 percent Principle of how success and failure are shared in any area of life.

The implication of this principle is that 20% of the population will be able to successfully transform their hobbies to wealth, while the rest 80% will simply be happy to just enjoy theirs.

How Tajudeen’s Success Story Began

For Tajudeen Adepetu, his loved right from an early age was to watch Movies. However, it wasn’t going to be to just have fun with his hobby, but to be involved in bringing positive changes to it, a decision that took him from Pareto’s 80% to the 20% class some years later.

“I come from a family that loved sharing time to watch TV, and as we watched, we made comments, and I could easily see faults in the programs, and I usually point them. And as you would expect, there were family members who would challenge me to go and fix it since I believed I could do it better.

Set For Success: Tajudeen Went For Training

Then sometime later, my brother saw an advert for intake into the Nigerian Television College, Jos, and he said, ‘This is something that TJ will like to do.’ He said to me, ‘Ok TJ, you are always making so much noise about this thing, , so go and study it and let’s see what you can do,’” Tajudeen looking back to see how he traversed the path of turning his hobby to business.

After his training at the Television College, Tajudeen proceeded to the University of Jos to further get grounded in his chosen career as he completed his degree program in Theater Arts, and also took a number of short courses on firm production in some institutions.

Then it was time for him to start realizing his dream and rolling out what he had upstairs. He began his professional career in radio production, doing jingles, radio programming, and other audio related productions in Jos.

After two years in the radio industry, Tajudeen wasn’t yet fulfilled. He felt a deep urge to step out for greater challenges and excitement. According to him: “I found out that in as much as I loved radio, it was not as fulfilling for me as I would have loved, for something I have chosen as my life long career. So I just decided one day to pack up my bag and come to Lagos because I believe that Lagos was the place to be,”

That decision could only have been taken by someone who knew exactly what he was doing. Someone who was confident of what he could do, and was sure he would succeed even in the face of strong competition.

Tajudeen Had A Great Focus On Success

Tajudeen wasn’t coming to Lagos to pick up a waiting job, as a matter of fact, he hadn’t worked for anyone before as he had always produced his radio programs by himself. His coming to Lagos was to get into television program where he had noticed a lot of things he could do better. His exposure to quality programming as is done in the developed world, through watching and studying satellite TV, and reading international magazines, had given him loads of ideas on how to make television programs more exciting, educative, entertaining, and informative.

“I like studying what people are doing all over the world, and that is not difficult for me now to achieve as it was, say, ten years ago. And with the coming of the Internet, one can see virtually what everyone is doing all over the world. Basically, research is an important part of me. I like to know was is going on all over the world as it relates to my industry so that I can position myself and be able to deliver to my viewers quality programs,” Tajudeen revealing his source of ideas.

In Lagos, Tajudeen decided to move into drama production. According to him, drama was a great tool for him to convey his “ministry”, which was to expose the right and wrong ways of living, and then guide people to choose the right way.

He created his first TV program called Family Circle. And with the help of his cousin, brother, and his personal savings, he was able to get the funds he needed to complete work on the program, which became an immediate success.

Now His Success Story Was Coming Through

“Family Circle was immediately accepted. It was the very first drama production that AIT showed. They so much liked it that they showed it for about six times on the first day. It was really good, ad the viewers bought into it because they could see themselves in it. It was a huge success from the beginning, and that was how we got the motivation to continue producing it, even though our resources was very lean, for two years,” remembers Tajudeen excitedly.

From then on, Tajudeen never looked back. He went on rolling out one successful program to another, from sports to lifestyle, to music, and responses from his viewers were overwhelming.

His second drama production, Everyday People, was also an immediate hit, garnering loads of awards to show for it. from then on Tajudeen’s exceptional creativity and visionary were easily noticeable in the Nigerian television programming industry.

Success Story: Tajudeen's Several Won Awards

True to that was him being announced winner of M-net Producers award category in 1999; chosen by M-net International in 2000 to produce the Nigerian entry of that year’s “New Directions”; chosen as the Line Producer for Critical Assignment, a Guiness International sponsored film.

And on the home front, Tajudeen has been keeping television audience entertained, enlightened and educated through works which include Saints & Sinners, Scale of Justice, One Love, Blaze of Glory, Young Single and Free, Laugh Patterns, and Love Stories.

His Success Story Take Another Swing Upward

Currently, the prodigiously talented Tajudeen, whose purpose in his business is to improve the standard of television programming in Nigeria so that it can compete favourably with the rest of the, is on to a project that is shaping the face of television programming in Nigeria with his new baby, the Televista brand.

Millions of TV viewers in Lagos and other parts of the country have recently been thrilled by “Second Chance”, a soap opera in the Televista brand.

Apart from the Televista brand, Tajudeen has four more thematic channels, which include SOUND CITY VillagesquareTV, Business TV, and SPICE.TV, and which are making sure that Nigerians are constantly kept happy and their character influenced positively.

Success Comes By Providing Strong Value And Quality

The striking thing about his programs is their uniqueness and uncommon quality, so much that you may never believe they were produced locally. For instance, yours truly was among those who thought SOUND CITY was a South African production before I got confirmation that it was done here by Tajudeen Adepetu.

“SOUND CITY is the brand name of our music channel and a lot of people started thinking that the program was from South Africa because, I think, for the quality of its production, and I thank God for it. It is actually produced at our Lekki office, where we also do Business TV,” Confirms Tajudeen.

In fifteen years in business, veering into different areas of TV production, from drama to lifestyle, music, business, and movie, with great result to show for it, Tajudeen has shown that his enormous creativity and innovativeness do not have a limit of application.

“I am a producer. The important part of life is that I may not even like sports, but that does not mean I cannot or should not produce what sports lovers desire to watch. As a matter of fact, I could just produce films only about the lifestyle of sports personalities, instead of their live matches. Sports fans will also love to see the lifestyle of their heroes,” Tajudeen explains.

Explaining how he is able to expand this far, Tajudeen says, “You know, when you do something and you succeed in it, and people can associate with it, you of course develop it as time went goes on, and expand it. That is how we have gotten to where we could seek for and obtain a cable license and a satellite program distribution license from the National Broadcasting Commission.”

With those licenses Tajudeen’s company, Consolidated Media Associates Limited is permitted to create full branded channels for viewers, and be able to put them on any satellite platform where they could be seen worldwide. It is also allowed to own a cable TV, where viewers will have to subscribe to it.

Indeed, Tajudeen Adepetu, who won the SuccessDigest Enterprise Awards Outstanding Male Entrepreneur of the Year, 2008, has his ultimate goal to have his five brands being the most widely watched TV programs in Africa by 2010. And judging by his drive and what he has on ground, there is little doubt that he could achieve it.

Ayeni Adekunle is the founder and CEO of BHM Group, a media company under which popular brands like NET and BlackHouse Media are subsidiaries.

Often referred to as Ayeni The Great, he is a Pan-Africanist to the core. This philosophy reflects in many elements of the BHM Group identity.

For example, the name ‘BlackHouse’ is inspired by one his favourite Yoruba proverbs — Inú ìkòkò dúdú l’èko funfun ti n’jade — which roughly translates to “it is from the black pot that the pure white pap is made”. The “black pot” here refers to Africa which he believes holds the key to the future.



“I think the Western world has been unfair to Africa”, Ayeni told Techpoint during a recent interview, “and I long for the day Africa will take its rightful place in becoming a leader in all areas. They call us the ‘black’ continent, they call us third world, emerging market. That so called black continent, from it will come the business, the ideas and people that will eventually change the world. So we call ourselves Black House Media because we feel very strongly that we have an opportunity to build a global organisation.We believe that in the next couple of years, African companies driven by technology and innovation will be a big deal across the world”.

He had a lot more interesting insights to share.

TimJackJsm:
1)Feeding 9,000/month
2)Accommodation 30,000naira
3)School Fees +Registrations 31,000+10,000:Total 41,000naira.
4)Medicals Textbooks,Laptop and materials.... (37,000,75,000 and 15,000 Naira)Total 127,000naira.

Grand Total is 198,000naira apart from feeding.
I need some clothes too.

@GoldNaigara has charitably promised to help me with:1) Feeding Allowances per month.

Sir,I need help on others too.
They are all pertinently urgent need to me Sir.
Thank you Sir.
Cc:
Laudate
OAUTemitayo
Gbolah1
Fineman87
Metaphysical
Olu317

GoldNiagara:
They might start with another narrative that they have bought over 70% of threads on naira land declare it a no man thread.

GoldNiagara:
They might start with another narrative that they have bought over 70% of threads on naira land declare it a no man thread.

kn23h:
Igbo leaders are even worse.

At least Yoruba leaders can boast of Lagos and Ogun state. What can Ibo leaders boast of?

juman:
You must be a teenager.

kn23h:
I am sooooooooooooooooooooo happy with this news

https://www.nairaland.com/3950074/house-reps-approves-devolution-powers

This is a huge plus for the SW.

Jetleeee omohayek and others, please educate us some more on what this means for the SW.

We need the old Western Region.

Before the process commenced, Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, clarified that clauses that have already been rejected by the Senate are already dead because the House's position alone cannot make them scale through.

He said the process is merely an exercise to put the chamber's position on the bills on record.

shukuokukobambi:
Actually this particular action by the reps is redundant and simply meant to portray them in favourable light with the Nigerian people.

The useless senate has already put a nail in the coffin and the reps are simply trying to score some points by saying ''we are on record as not in support of what the senate did even if we are useless to change it''

Useless people the whole bunch of them!

GoldNiagara:
They might start with another narrative that they have bought over 70% of threads on naira land declare it a no man thread.

kn23h:
I seriously hate this country

Jetleeee, egbon, come and see this.

kn23h:
I seriously hate this country

Jetleeee, egbon, come and see this.

Justiceleague1:
be a gud citizen,love ur kwantiri.... Hausa+youbars=one coital love,one naijiriya 4eva.

Sarrki: be a patriot