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 Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:29pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
A FEW YEARS AGO... Queen Honours Nigerian-Born Debbie Ariyo With OBE Award. Nigerian-born Debbie Ariyo has been honoured by the Queen of England with an award of the Order of British Empire (OBE) for her advocacy work for the rights of African children. Ariyo, the Executive Director of Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA,) a non-governmental organisation, was one of two Nigerians honoured by the queen in 2011 for their works on youth and children development. The other recipient was Mr Richard Taylor, the father of Damilola Taylor, the Nigerian youth murdered by some youths 10 years ago. Taylor also received an OBE from the Prince of Wales at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace on Thursday. Reacting to the award, Ariyo said the recognition ``was a huge incentive for me to continue working fearlessly for children across the world. “It is fulfilling to see that our work over the past 10 years campaigning for positive changes for African children is being recognised at the highest level,’’ Ariyo said in London on Friday. She said that over the years there had been a disproportionately high number of African children referred to the child protection system by the British authority. Ariyo attributed the development to abuses linked to cultural and religious practices; child trafficking and exploitation. He said since 2001 AFRUCA’s sensitisation and campaign efforts had led to various changes in government policies “We have been very vocal in advocating for changes in policy and the law to criminalise the branding of children as witches,” she said. She listed such policies to include the enactment of a new law, Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, which makes it an offence to hold someone in slavery or forced labour. Another policy is the establishment of a National Working Group on Witchcraft and Safeguarding by the UK Minister for Children. Ariyo also said that AFRUCA had trained more than 1,000 practitioners on child protection among African children and families across the UK. She said the body was currently collaborating with 10 faith-based organisations across the UK to develop, implement and monitor child protection policies and provide advice and support on child protection to parents, who required it. She also said the organisation recently launched a project that would promote the rights and welfare of vulnerable children in Nigeria. |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:26pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Who are the young mathematicians whose careers exhibit extraordinary promise? Mathematicians of the 21st Century. I had anticipated delaying this section until 2007 and young folks had begun to publish. However, as a winner of the AMU/ICMS 2003 Young African in Mathematics Medals, one individual has changed my mind. Oguntuase: Currently in Italy, Nigerian born and soley Nigerian trained, James Adedayo Oguntuase earned his Ph.D. in 2001, but has published 18 papers in mathematics since 1998. This promises to be a stelar career. |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:25pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
First Black to win a Sloan Research Fellowship K. Okikiolu Born to Nigerian and British parents, but educated in the U.S., Katherine Okikiolu (was once on Princeton's faculty) received special distinction in 1997 when she was the first Black to win a Sloan Research Fellowship. Later in 1997, she won the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers for "Innovative research in geometric analysis, particularly the determinant of the Laplacian under smooth perturbations, and developing student workshops and mathematics curricula for inner-city children." This particular award is worth $500,000 and is only granted 60 scientists and engineers in the U.S. per year. Okikiolu's work on elliptical differential operators is considered a major contribution, going well beyond what experts had considered feasible, given the current state of knowledge. Her 2001 publication Critical metrics for the determinant of the Laplacian in odd dimensions in the Annals of Mathematics, is receiving high acclaim. She is Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at San Diego. |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:20pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
I BET YOU DON'T KNOW THIS ABOUT THE CURRENT AfDB PRESIDENT,DR AKINWUNMI ADESINA.MAYBE YOU DO... Nigerian agriculture economist wins a science award An African scientist has won the communications award of the USA-based Council for Science and Technology (CAST) for the first time since it was established in 1986. The winner, Nigerian agricultural economist Akinwumi "Akin" Ayodeji Adesina, is vice president of the policy and partnership programme for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) at its headquarters in Kenya, Nairobi, where he helps set policy and advises former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, the Ghana-born chairperson of the AGRA board. The award "puts an even greater weight on my shoulders to advocate for what I believe in and that is to end poverty and hunger from where I come from - Africa,'' Adesina said, according to an AGRA press release. "For me, it is a mission to ensure all Africans have access to better food and nutrition. Farmers in particular have waited way too long for their lives to improve,'' he added. In June, Adesina was appointed by United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon as one of the 17 world leaders in the high-profile advocacy group for the Millenium Development Goals. Adesina is one of four Africans on the panel, which is co-led by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and includes Kenya's Nobel peace prize laureate and environmental activist Wangari Maathai and Mozambique-born advocate for women's and children's rights Graça Machel. The panel is meant to push for the goals to be achieved by their 2014 deadline. Adesina is also immediate past president of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, which held its third meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, last month. (Nick Vink, chairperson of the agricultural economics department at South Africa's University of Stellenbosch, is the new president.) Adesina obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics from Nigeria's University of Ife (now renamed Obafemi Awolowo University), and a doctorate in agricultural economics from Purdue University in the USA. He has worked in senior research positions at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, the West Africa Rice Development Association and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture. In 1998 he joined the Rockefeller Foundation in the USA as a senior scientist for Africa and later served as the representative for Southern Africa, based in Harare, Zimbabwe, before leading the foundation's programme on raising incomes of poor farmers in Africa. He has also worked for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to the CAST website. In 2004, Adesina spoke on fostering economic growth and improving markets at the Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020 conference organised by the International Food Policy Research Institute in Kampala, Uganda. And in 2006, he was a driving force behind the African Union's ministers of agriculture summit in Abuja, Nigeria, in which 40 African nations committed to improving the supply of organic and inorganic fertilisers across the continent. Adesina accepted the award in the United States last month at the 2010 meeting of CropLife America, which was established in 1933 and represents the chemical companies that develop agriculture and pest management pesticides and other products to protect crops. The CropLife Foundation, which in the past year has expanded its focus beyond the US to look at the devastating weed problem in sub-Saharan Africa and the need for herbicides, sponsored this year's award. The award was handed over by Todd Peterson, the president of CAST, a non-profit organisation from Iowa that works on issues of animal, food, plant and soil sciences. Previous winners of the CAST communications award include Pedro Sanchez of Columbia University's Earth Institute and Per Pinstrup-Andersen, former director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute. The communications award is also named the Borlaug award after Norman Borlaug, the American agronomist and Nobel peace prize laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution" for developing high-yielding, disease-resistant wheat in Mexico, Pakistan and India. *Justus Wanzala, who is based in Nairobi, has been an editor and journalist at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation since 2002. He currently works as a freelance writer for Research Africa, where he completed a nine-month fellowship through Canada's International Development Research Centre in 2008. He was a member of the first intake of African and Arab science journalists in the two-year-long international mentoring programme beginning in 2006 by the World Federation of Science Journalists. He qualified at the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication in Nairobi and is currently studying towards a Bachelor of Arts degree in development studies by distance learning with UNISA (University of South Africa). |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:18pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
African Style: Nigerian Native Naimah Adedapo American Idol Finalist. Nigerian-born Naima Adedapo, whose name means exotic flower is the daughter of Milwaukee area jazz singer Adekola Adedapo. She moved to Milwaukee with her family when she was just 10 years old. It was around this time when young Naima got involved with the Ko Thi dance company and went on to appear on P.Diddy’s Making The Band. After graduating from college, Naima majored in Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “She is an artist, by the truest definition of the word. That young woman can’t be anything else but that,” said, Ferne Caulker, a teacher and Naima’s godmother. Naima auditioned for the tenth season of American Idol in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was not one the five female vote getter in the semi-final round to advance to the Top 13. She was one of the six selected to sing for a wild card and advanced to the Top 13. Adedapo performed a reggae-infused rendition of Rihanna’s hit Umbrella on Wednesday March 9th before judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson. This eccentric young lady is a wife and mother of two little ones and very proud of her roots as we have seen her pay tribute to her African heritage through her style. |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:13pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Kase Lawal: Not your average oil baron Nigerian-born entrepreneur Kase Lawal is the epitome of the American dream. Arriving to the US a young, idealistic student, Lawal has carved a name for himself in one of the most competitive industries in the world: Oil. Now head of a multi-billion dollar empire, his Houston-based company, CAMAC, is one of the largest black-owned businesses in the U.S., generating over $2 billion dollars a year. Founded nearly 25 years ago, Lawal built CAMAC (which stands for Cameroon-American) from a small agriculture business into a global oil company. But it's taken a lot of hard work, determination and guts to get him to the top. Born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1954, Lawal became interested in America and its civil rights movement during his teens. After finally persuading his father, a local politician, to send him to university in America, Lawal headed to Georgia and then Houston, where he attended the Texas Southern University. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering in 1976, Lawal, like many of his classmates, started out as a graduate in the energy industry. First as a chemist for Dresser Industries (now Halliburton) and then as a chemical engineer with Shell Oil Refining Co. During this time he met his wife, Eileen through a mutual friend and had his three children. Now married and settled, it wasn't long before the innovative young Nigerian started to implement his business ideas. In 1986 he established CAMAC, a company trading agricultural commodities such as sugar, tobacco and rice. In the early 90s he made the leap into the energy sector after the Nigerian government started to develop its energy market. With his knowledge of Nigeria and his Houston address, Lawal was ideally positioned to attract major oil companies. In 1991 CAMAC made a deal with the oil giant Conoco, agreeing to jointly operate and share production from any Nigerian discoveries. This turned out to be Lawal's big break. With his political contacts, local market knowledge and now with the backing of a major oil firm, Lawal's Houston-based company became an instant player in the energy industry. As Lawal told CNN: "That partnership I believe was the cornerstone of the CAMAC that you know today. Subsequently with that credibility and the advantage of partnering with Conoco, we were also able to partner with BP and also with Statoil of Norway and currently we have made a partnership with Eni, the largest Italian company, which is one of the top five oil companies in the world." Now CAMAC has offices in London, Johannesburg, Lagos and Port Harcourt, Nigeria and is involved in oil exploration, refining and trading. He was awarded the USAfrica Business Person of the Year in 1997 and in 2002 CAMAC was named the largest African-American owned company on the Black Enterprise 100s list.
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:08pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:07pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Nigerian Born America offers Students scholarship. Nigerian born American, Mr. Bob Agbede, has offered scholarship worth N5 million to indigent Nigerian best graduating engineering students, spread over the next 10 years. The lucky recipients would be free to pursue Masters Degree in the field of Engineering at any US University of their choice, beginning from this year. Mr. Agbede, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Chester Engineering, made the disclosure in Pittsburgh, USA, when the former Institute of Directors, IOD, President Mr. Chike Nwanze and a group of Nigerian Chief Executives from the organised private sector met him at the Allegheny conference. He said that the gesture was part of his way of giving back to the Nigerian society and apprciation of the goodness of God upon his life. (Quote) (Report) (Like) (Share) |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:04pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
A few years ago... Nigerian Mathematician wins AU Science award A Nigerian, Professor Oluwole Daniel Makinde,presently a Senior Professor of Applied Mathematics and Director of Post Graduate Studies at Cape Peninsula University (CPTU) in South Africa has emerged winner of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah 2011 Scientific Award for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation. The award was presented on Sunday, January 29 at the African Union Commission Headquarters during the formal opening ceremony of the 18th AU Summit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Professor Maryke Tine Labuschagne also bagged the Life and Earth Science Award. Makinde, who obtained his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), and a Doctorate from the University of Bristol has contributed immensely to the upliftment of previously disadvantaged groups in Africa especially in the area of mathematical science research and training. The African Union launched the AU Scientific Award Programme on September 9, 2008. Renamed as the “African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards” in July 2010, the award “is one of the holistic and deliberate measures taken by the Commission to maintain science and technology on top of Africa’s development, co-operation and political agenda. The objective of the programme is to give out scientific awards to top African scientists for their scientific achievements and valuable discoveries and findings.” President Goodluck Jonathan in a congratulatory letter to Makinde described his achievements as “a source of pride to all Nigerians, particularly worthy of emulation by the younger generation”, adding that the winner is “a very gifted scholar, an achiever, and a man of impressive credentials.” Makinde a past winner of the Young African Mathematician award in 2003 was also appointed Secretary of the African Mathematics Union in 2009. During his visit to the Nigeria in 2010, he was at the Covenant University. Prior to joining CPUT, Prof Makinde headed the Applied Mathematics Department for more than ten years and became a Full Professor at the University of Limpopo in South Africa. Makinde in an interview published in CPUT Newsletter described mathematics as the “precursor of science and technology and the indispensable single element in modern societal development.” According to him, mathematics education is therefore indispensable in nation-building. His key focus area for research is in Computational and Mathematical Modelling of Engineering and Biological Systems.
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 5:01pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:58pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Marines showed extraordinary bravery. Quantico, Virginia (CNN) -- Capt. Ademola Fabayo and Staff Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez are both immigrants to the United States, both Marines and, most important of all, both heroes of a rare order. On Friday, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presented both men with the Navy Cross during a ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The Navy Cross is the second-highest award for valor in the military, surpassed only by the Medal of Honor. They were on a mission with two platoons of Afghan troops and some other U.S. Marine and Army trainers to meet village elders in Ganjgal, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009. They knew the village was in a dangerous valley. "The valley, which is located very close to the Pakistani border, is a known approach route for insurgents," Mabus said at Friday's awards ceremony. Their fears were realized when some 50 Taliban fighters attacked their column. "As that column approached the village, just before sunrise, every light in the village went off. And minutes later the world became fire," Mabus said. "From three sides of the column, over a distance of two-thirds of a mile on either side, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire began to rain down." Fabayo, a lieutenant at the time and commander of the mission, was on foot when the attack started. He and the troops he was with fired back, but they were trapped for about two hours. When he called for close-air support, he was told that the fighting was too close to the village and civilians would be at risk. So Fabayo organized a team of Afghan soldiers to attempt to break out of the ambush and head back to the rear and relative safety. He got them to cover, treated their wounds. But four of his Marines were missing. Rodriguez-Chavez, driving an armored Humvee as part the column's security element, called Fabayo and begged to drive up and help, Fabayo said no. He wanted no more Marines in the kill zone Eventually, Rodriguez-Chavez did drive into the ambush three times, evacuating two dozen Afghan troops and Marines. "As the only vehicle moving anywhere, particularly into the fight, their Humvee became the most obvious target on the battlefield and it was hit again and again. But with no other way to get to their friends available, they kept going, returning fire entire time," Mabus said. By now Fabayo was with Rodriguez-Chavez in the Humvee as he drove into the kill zone a fourth time under heavy fire. With Fabayo in the gun turret, the most exposed part of the truck, they found the four missing Marines. Unfortunately, they all died fighting off the ambush. Nonetheless, Fabayo, Rodriguez-Chavez and several other Marines and soldiers risked their lives to get the four fallen Marines off the battlefield. Fabayo is now a trainer at Quantico, where new Marine Corps officers go through basic training. Rodriguez-Chavez is also a trainer, at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri. Fabayo was born in Nigeria but considers himself a New Yorker. Rodriguez-Chavez is a native of Acuna, Mexico. Mabus noted that these heroes were fighting for their adopted nation: "Neither of the recipients of the Navy Cross today were born in this country. But through their active service, both have demonstrated a deep and enduring love for the United States of America and a commitment to defend everything it represents." 2 Likes
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:54pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Whathaveidone:Don't you believe there could be a Yoruba in space?Remember Oduduwa....lol 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:45pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Nigeria has only one university in Africa’s top 10 list Again, Nigerian universities fail to make world’s top 1,000 list July 22, 2015 Only one Nigerian university ranked among world’s top 800 Only one Nigerian university has made it to the list of top 10 African universities, a rating that has six South African schools. In a ranking released Tuesday, Nigeria’s University of Ibadan came a distant eighth on the top 10 list, beaten by schools from South Africa, Kenya and Egypt. With its performance, the University of Ibadan naturally came tops as Nigeria’s best, according to the research conducted by Journals Consortium. The result shows how the Nigerian education system struggles against its African peers. The ranking was based on research publications and citations from 2010 to 2014 as well as visibility on the Internet, Journals Consortium said. The University of Cape Town in South Africa was graded the continent’s best while Cairo University in Egypt came second. Another South African institution, University of Pretoria, ranked third while the University of Nairobi, in Kenya, ranked fourth. University of South Africa was ranked fifth leaving Witwatersrand University at the sixth position and Stellenbosch at seventh. The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, came 13th in Africa – apparently Nigeria’s second best. While the University of Ibadan started off as University College in 1948, the University of Nigeria was founded in 1955 and was formally opened in 1960. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, ABU, ranked 18th in Africa and third in Nigeria, while the University of Lagos ranked 20th in Africa, and fourth in Nigeria. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, ranked 24th in Africa, and fifth in Nigeria while University of Benin ranked 27th in Africa and sixth in Nigeria. University of Ilorin was rated seventh best in Nigeria but 31st in Africa while the University of Port Harcourt ranked eighth in Nigeria, and 36th in Africa. Nnamdi Azikiwe University stood at ninth position in Nigeria, and 42nd in Africa, leaving the University of Calabar as 10th in Nigeria but 43rd in Africa respectively. “University of Ibadan has always maintained that rank status from as back as I know, and am proud to be a product of that University,” Bayo Aladejo, an alumnus of the University of Ibadan said. What is wrong with our educational system for God's sake? http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/186292-nigeria-has-only-one-university-in-africas-top-10-list-south-africa-has-6.html |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:38pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Whathaveidone:Bro,change the title to YORUBA COMMONWEALTH:HOME, ALL OVER THE WORLD AND SPACE. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:34pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Nigerian Native, Agbede Owns Biggest Black Engineering Firm In The US - Career Montana was not what Robert Agbede had in mind. A Nigerian native, Agbede long wanted to move to America, and in January 1976, he got that chance. He excelled in science and math at a private American high school outside his hometown of Lagos, and universities offered scholarships: Stanford, Penn State and the Colorado School of Mines, among others Agbede chose Montana Tech in Butte because the school would let him start at once. ″I wanted to leave so bad,″ said Agbede, whose father died when Agbede was 8, leaving him to head the household that included his mother and three younger brothers. ″I had been taking care of my family. It was time to leave and enjoy myself.″ When he arrived in Montana, Agbede stared at the bleak, frozen landscape and wondered if he'd made a mistake. ″I had black platform shoes, a two-piece suit, bell bottoms. I grew a big afro. That was the era of 'Shaft,' and I learned how to walk like 'Super Fly,' ″ Agbede recalled. ″But I didn't even have a coat. Of all the places I could have picked... .″ Better days awaited him. Agbede today heads Chester Engineers Inc., headquartered in Moon. On March 31, the National Society of Black Engineers will present him with its 2012 Golden Torch Award for Entrepreneur of the Year. The society said Chester Engineers is the largest black-owned environmental and engineering design company in the United States and the largest water and wastewater treatment plant design and management company in Western Pennsylvania. ″Every so often, I ask myself, 'Why me?' ″ Agbede said. His unlikely rise strikes longtime friend Glenn Mahone, senior partner at the Downtown law firm Reed Smith, as mythical. In any good story, Mahone said, the hero comes from nothing. He embarks on an arduous quest, ends up in a strange, foreboding land and overcomes the odds through sheer determination. ″For a black guy from Lagos, looking like Shaft, to end up in Butte, Montana -- I mean, Butte, Montana! -- and eventually buy Chester Engineers? That takes courage, and it takes confidence,″ Mahone said. Agbede spent six months in Butte before his uncle, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, convinced him to transfer. ″They said 'Pittsburgh is the smoky city,' but it was heaven to me,″ Agbede said. ″I loved it. My reference line was Butte. I said, let me get out of Butte, and I just left. I had an AMC Pacer, one of the worst cars ever, and I just left it there. In Pittsburgh, the cup was half full.″ In 1979, he graduated from Pitt with an engineering degree and entered the doctoral program while working for the research arm of the National Coal Council. Through most of the 1980s, he worked as an engineer with Babcock Co., and in 1987, his life changed, he said. U.S. Steel called, seeking help with reducing dust from the longwall mining machine at its coal mine in Alabama, he said. The Mine Safety and Health Administration threatened to close the mine if U.S. Steel couldn't fix the problem. ″They asked how much I would charge to help,″ Agbede said. ″I didn't know; I said $1,000 because that number sounded nice to me. They agreed, and I came down for the weekend.″ In a Birmingham hotel room, Agbede could not sleep that night. ″I left the television on, and there was Jimmy Swaggart,″ Agbede said. ″He was on one knee, he was crying and saying, 'Lord, I have sinned; forgive me.' Well, I got down on my knees, too, and I prayed: 'Lord, don't use all your energy on Jimmy because I need your help, too!' ″ Underground the next morning, he quickly determined how to fix the dust problem, he said. Agbede designed a device he called a scrubber, which uses water sprayers to remove dust. He patented the design, one of several patent notices framed in the Chester Engineers offices. ″We walked out of the mine, we were wearing coveralls and gear, everyone was celebrating, and I was walking like Rambo,″ Agbede said. Two days later, U.S. Steel asked for a proposal to work on seven other problematic mines, Agbede said. He was unsure whether he wanted to start his own business. ″I never prayed that hard in my life,″ he said. ″I called them and said, 'I need an advance' -- I was trying to make them tell me no. They said, 'How much?' and I said $17,500. They said, 'OK, go pick it up at Ross Street.' I went to pick up the check, and that's how I got started.″ He bought gear, rented an office in Monroeville and started Advance Technology Services Inc. The company grew steadily, and in 2003, Agbede bought Chester Engineers from U.S. Filter Co. Chester was founded in Pittsburgh's North Side in 1910. Today, Chester Engineers has offices throughout the country and does projects around the world. Agbede spent 225 days on the road last year. He won't release financial numbers, for competitive reasons. He wouldn't even say how many people he employs. He is more forthcoming about his efforts to help students. Agbede has not forgotten his roots. He established the Robert O. Agbede Scholarship at Pitt to help black students pursuing engineering degrees and has given more than $3 million in other endowments. His desire to give back is one reason former WQED President George Miles Jr. took a position as chairman of Chester Engineer's board of directors when he and his wife planned to retire to Florida. Miles knows little about engineering, both men acknowledge, but Agbede wanted him as a mentor and moral compass. ″A lot of people work and make a lot of money, and then later on, they realize that their lives made no difference at all,″ Miles said. ″I'm about trying to make a difference. So is Bob. This company, if we're successful, we're going to make some money. But we're also going to make a difference. ... Bob takes that seriously.″ Today, Agbede's engineering firm is the largest African-American-owned firm of its kind in the United States. http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4070%3Aachiever-nigerian-native-agbede-owns-us-largest-black-engineering-firm-&catid=99%3Aoutlookscroller 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:30pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Shymm3x:You are on point,man.The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:20pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
WIZGUY69:SMILE is India’s largest consortium of companies engaged in the e-commerce and ITES sector and Spectranet is an Internet service provider which offers cable broadband services to residential and business customers across India.It also offers communication solutions to enterprise.The Company is headquartered in Gurgaon and is currently providing its Internet services in Delhi/NCR,Mumbai,Chennai,Banglore and Pune. They are licensed to provide internet, national long distance and international long distance services pan India.The company has been operating since 2000.Both are practically an Indian thingy... |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 4:00pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Whathaveidone:I am sorry.I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY DUEL WITH TIME BUT I TRIED TO GIVE THE ANCHORING TO SOMEBODY ELSE BUT THEY WERE KIND OF "EHN MI O LAGBARA E".. IT IS BIG UPS FOR YOU. |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 3:52pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Nigerian named among top American Cardiologists A top Nigerian cardiologist based in New York, Dr. Oluyemi Badero has been named among the top interventional cardiologists in the United States, according to a prominent rating organization for the medical profession here. Castle Connolly, the organization which publishes an a leading annual publication of distinguished US doctors has listed Badero among the top US doctors based in the New York metro area which includes New York, New Jersey and Connecticut states. The publication which is the 15th edition and dated 2012 was released recently, reporting that Badero, who earlier had been named among top US cardiologists, is one of the interventional cardiologists to reckon with in the US. Interventional Cardiology is deemed a rarefied specialty in medical practice, and fewer African-Americans and blacks are qualified in that field. Commenting on his listing this year by the Castle Connolly list regarded as eminent among US medical professionals, Dr. Badero said the recognition will further spur him to do more and do better, adding that “I feel highly honored.” Badero is among a handful of US Black doctors and Nigerians on the Castle Connolly list. Some of the other Nigerian doctors who have featured on the list include Professor Ferdinand Ofodile, Dr Ola Akinboboye and Dr Chukwuma Okadigwe. Badero’s training in Africa was noted in the publication, as he graduated with an MBBS in 1984 from the then University of Ife. However it added that Badero had two residency programs in the US both at the State University of New York between 1990-1994. It was also highlighted that Badero had two post-residency fellowships at SUNY and Yale, between 1994-1998. Besides, the publication also noted his three levels of America medical board certifications in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. The publication stated that the process of selecting the top doctors "begins with the identification of a selected pool of board-certified physicians from the total numbers of doctors practicing in a given area." The process involves a survey of already distinguished and leading physicians and hospital CEO's and medical directors, who are asked to nominate top doctors on an annual basis. Moreover, it is noted that selection is predicated on an extensive nomination procedure and a set of standards "which each nominated doctor was required to meet ie respect of their peers and academic excellence." Specifically the nominees are asked to suggest names of doctors, "especially those to whom they would refer their patients and their own family members." The publication noted that only doctors who deliver outstanding patient care" are chosen Badero, who has also won acclaim in the community both Nigerian and American communities including US churches, one of which awarded him “The Knighthood” by Knights of Columbus, an organization of the Catholic church. He was inducted into Knighthood by Knight of Columbus and earned the admirable title of "Worthy Sir Knight, Dr Oluyemi Badero" Besides, his private practice, Dr Oluyemi Badero, a board Certified Interventional Cardiologist was the Chief of Cardiology at Saint John’s Episcopal Hospital, South Shore, New York between 2003 and 2007, and also Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, at the State University of New York Health Sciences Center in Brooklyn. He is the President and CEO, Cardiac Specialists of Brooklyn, LLC Few years ago, the 108th session of the US Congress praised Badero’s “outstanding accomplishments in the field of medicine,” and “one of the very few African-American specialists in his field.” In that Congressional Record submitted by US Congressman Ed Towns, it was stated that “Badero has reached the highest levels of medicine in our country, all the way from Nigeria, and he has used his expertise to improve the lives of his community.” Badero himself noted that “when you are devoted to do your very best, the recognition will come,” he says adding that “if you seek the kingdom of excellence, everything else will follow.” According to him however, “success is what you do to others, not just for yourself.” Badero who is in his early 50s, was also listed among the top 50 US and Canada-based Nigerians recognized by Nigerians abroad during Nigeria’s 50th independence celebrations in 2010. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 3:50pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO: Africa's Hottest Tech Startups: Twinpine Oduntan Odubanjo, a 28 year-old Nigerian Computer engineer is the co-founder of Twinpine, a startup Pan-African mobile advertising network which is currently generating a lot of buzz in Nigeria’s advertising and technology circles. In less than a year of setting up operations, Twinpine has already cornered lucrative accounts like MTN, Nokia, Google, Pepsi and Autodesk, among several other local companies. Twinpine doesn’t create the ads for mobile phones; it provides a way for those ads to be viewed on websites via mobile phones. Odubanjo runs his company from its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. A few months ago, he opened another office in Nairobi, Kenya and he is planning to venture into Johannesburg and other major African cities. Twinpine is profitable, but Odubanjo declined to divulge just how profitable it is. He recently explained his business model to me, walked me through his start-up story and gave me a glimpse into Twinpine’s big picture. What Is Twinpine? Twinpine is a mobile advertising network focused on Africa. It is different from other mobile advertising networks because we focus on the tangible value for advertisers and publishers on our network. We dont just serve impressions we work to deliver conversions and revenues to them respectively. Recount your startup story The journey for Twinpine so far has been very fast paced and exciting. Beyond trying to turn a profit, we are on a mission to propagate the message of mobile advertising. We have invested in events and initiatives that will expose and educate people on the potential of mobile marketing. One of these saw the sponsorship of the IEEE student professional awareness program last year at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. Its been an amazing journey filled with a great deal of learning, operational innovation and sense of achievement. Explain your business model to my grandma. How does Twinpine work, and how do you make money? Twinpine was founded to enable brands and businesses effectively reach their target audience with their message using the mobile advertising channel. We achieve that by aggregating the leading (in terms of brand and traffic) mobile sites and applications and advertise on them for our clients. That way, we also help our publishers make money by doing a revenue share with them on the advertising we place. How many users do you have so far? Name some of the more prominent ones. I’m glad to share that we have run campaigns for leading brands from the likes of MTN, Nokia, Google, Pepsi, Autodesk to fast growing companies like Jobberman, Wakanow.com, Vconnect and Jana. We also work with over 20 local and international digital advertising agencies to develop mobile advertising campaigns across Africa. On the publisher side of the space we have leading local publishers in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana including Guardian, Vanguard, Jobberman, Businessday, Complete Sports, Standard Media, Daily Nation and Ghanaweb. We also work with international publishers like Opera, Eskimi, Ubersocial, Ebuddy, Twinpine has delivered marketing goals from brand awareness to application downloads, event registration, product launch and site traffic boost. 1 Like
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 3:47pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
Whathaveidone:lol...I GREET ALL OMOLUABIS O...E KAASAN O... Aare,it is still big ups for you... |
| Politics › Re: Is Igwe Onyejekwe The Father Of Obasanjo? - PHOTO by Ritchiee: 2:56pm On Nov 01, 2015 |
chuna1985:I SPIT HOT FLAMING PHLEGM ON YOUR CANNIBAL GUM TO COMPLEMENT THE ONE ON YOUR TEETH FOR WHOLESOME CLEANSING. I HATE CANNIBALS.THEY ARE DEVIL-INCARNATES. I SPIT INTO YOUR BLOODSHOT CANNIBAL EYES. |
| Politics › Re: Is Igwe Onyejekwe The Father Of Obasanjo? - PHOTO by Ritchiee: 9:14am On Nov 01, 2015 |
chuna1985:Good morning to you,Cann. Chuna1985.Don't go to church o because you are still a raging cannibal.OKAY...MAYBE YOU GO TO CANNIBALS CHURCH WHERE A CANNIBAL PRESIDES.After the cleansing,your eyes would open and you would do the right thing.I SPIT ON YOUR EYE GUNK.The devil in you would tell you to protest but ignore him. I SPIT ON YOUR RETINA AND YOUR PUPIL... |
| Politics › Re: Is Igwe Onyejekwe The Father Of Obasanjo? - PHOTO by Ritchiee: 11:14pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
chuna1985:So you are hiding here?I SPIT HOT PHLEGM IN YOUR NOSTRIL TO EXPUNGE YOUR CANNIBAL IGBO DNA... |
| Politics › Re: Is Igwe Onyejekwe The Father Of Obasanjo? - PHOTO by Ritchiee: 11:08pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
chuna1985:Have you lost your cannibal voice,cann. Chuna1985. I SPIT ON THAT YOUR CANNIBAL EYES THAT YOU USE TO SEE HUMAN BEINGS THAT YOU AND YOUR IGBO FAMILY EAT...yuk |
| Politics › Re: Is Igwe Onyejekwe The Father Of Obasanjo? - PHOTO by Ritchiee: 10:18pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
chuna1985:I SPIT INTO YOUR CANNIBAL THROAT SO THAT YOU WOULD NOT EAT AND SWALLOW HUMAN BEINGS AGAIN....amen |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 9:50pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
It seems we are not doing the yoruba hour today because of the absence of AARE....too bad.Let me post this about the area boys syndrome. AREA BOYS 1. It’s a social Problem: The menace of street urchin is a social problem. It will require a solution that must address the root cause of the problem. Any attempt to remove them forcefully will create another problem bigger than their presence on the streets of Lagos. Armed robbery and other violence outbreaks can occur if street urchins are forced to go underground without an alternative means of surviving. 2. Son of the Soil: Street urchins, agberos, area boys or alayes as they are popularly called are native to Lagos. Since they are son of the soil, the political will to remove them from the streets where they cause problems to law abiding citizens is lacking. So they seem to have come to stay. 3. Useful for Political Reasons: In an environment where political brigandage dominates politics, politicians employ the use of agberos to do the leg work for them. They are used for sundry purposes. Tales have been told of how area boys and politicians form ‘unholy’ alliance during electioneering period. 4. Politicians Use them to Intimidate political opponents: When politician want to instill fear into their political opponents, area boys are said to come in handy. 5. Enforcers: Area boys can use any weapon they lay their hands on to achieve their aim. They can have their way in any situation as long as violence is involved. Local government in Lagos are known to have engaged and employed to collect tenement rate and other levies from commercial bike riders. 6.They Solve the Employment Problem: With unemployment figure record high, politicians are careful not to remove agberos from the street because it has solved the unemployment situation. Agberos for example are gainfully employed collecting toll in motor parks from commercial buses. 7. They Service the Patronage system: The bootlegging system that drive the existence of area boys in Lagos also alleged to make financial returns from the money the levy they collect from commercial bus drivers. 8. They Are used as bodyguards: Fierce looking street urchins with bulging muscles make good body guards to those who can pay for their services. 9. They are used to foment trouble during crisis: Area boys can be used to instigate violence. 10. They are Useful in debt collection: If you need collect debt from the chronic debtor, then you can employ the services of area boys to get the money even with ‘interest’. NOW WHAT EXACTLY DO WE DO ABOUT THEM?LEAVE THEM TO PROSPER?.STOP THEM FROM PROSPERING? 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Is Igwe Onyejekwe The Father Of Obasanjo? - PHOTO by Ritchiee: 9:42pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 9:39pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
PrincessJaneDoe:E seun,jare. |
| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 9:36pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
himkers:You are not welcome...PLS,GET OUT... 2 Likes
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 9:30pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
himkers:Thanku you,olori pelebe.. NOW,GET OUT... 6 Likes
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| Politics › Re: Yoruba Commonwealth and Politics by Ritchiee: 9:22pm On Oct 31, 2015 |
razid:Won ni ka soro lori awon omo ita(area boys) |
anyways I'm considering that.Let's see what others have to say about this
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