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Mr President is a year older today; he’s now 57 years. So who is he older than and younger than? Let’s see...

He's older than:

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (48) 48
Rotimi Amaechi (49) 49
Reuben Abati (49) 49
Chris Oyakhilome (50) 50
Babatunde Fashola (51) 51
Nuhu Ribadu (53) 53
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai (54) 54
Chris Okotie (56) 56
Goodluck Jonathan (57) 57


He's younger than...

Goodluck Jonathan (57) 57
David Oyedepo (60) 60
Tunde Bakare (60) 60
Namadi Sambo (60) 60
Matthew Ashimolow (62) 62
Bola Ahmed Tinubu (62) 62
David Mark (66) 66
Atiku Abubakar (67) 67
Muhammad Buhari (71) 71
Enoch Adeboye (72) 72
William Kumuyi (73) 73
Ibrahim Babangida (73) 73
Olusegun Obasanjo (77) 77

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Mecca is a city located in Saudi Arabia where able Muslims go for pilgrimage to perform the Hajj, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Mecca is the birthplace of Muhammad and where he received the first revelation of the Quran.
Within the city of Mecca is the Kaaba which is Islam's holiest site. Kaaba is where Muslims all over the world are expected to face when performing their prayers (known as salat: ritual prayer five times a day). It is believed that the Kaaba was built by Ibrahim (Abraham) and was the first house that was built for humanity to worship Allah (God). Kaaba means “The Cube” in Arabic.
Pilgrims to Mecca perform Tawaf: moving around the Kaaba seven times in an anticlockwise direction.
In Mecca can be found Al-Masjid Al-Haram (meaning The Sacred Mosque) the largest mosque in the world; the Kaaba is located right in the middle of the mosque.
Between two to three million Muslims arrive in Mecca during the last month of the Islamic calendar for the Hajj resulting in huge demand for Hotels and other services in the city.
In fact, the Saudi Government prepares for the Hajj all year round because of the huge logistics and planning required to host such a massive influx of people.

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Hassan al-Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, 68 yrs, is the 29th and current Sultan and Prime Minister of Brunei, a South-East Asian country rich in oil which accounts for 90% of its GDP.
He came into power in 1967 when his father abdicated or gave up power to the throne.
Like his father, he has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Brunei was a British protectorate until 1984.

Why is he referred to as the man who can do no wrong?
In 2006, Brunei’s constitution was rewritten to declare that the Sultan “can do no wrong in either his personal or any official capacity.”

He’s been married to three wives and divorced two; with his three wives he has five children. Whenever he divorces his wives, he strips them of all titles, honours, and monthly allowances.
In 2012, he gave his daughter, 32, out in marriage in a lavish 14-day ceremony.

The Sultan is known for his high taste and love for extreme luxury and for all that glitters. He’s gold-plated virtually everything possible!
He lives in the world’s largest residential palace that boasts 1,800 rooms, including 257 bathrooms.
He has one of the world's largest and most expensive and rarest car collections...

...some of which are gold-plated

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If Corporate Nigeria organized as many seminars as concerts, Nigeria would probably have produced two Mark Zuckerbergs!

Nigeria has an alarming culture of frivolity!
Everywhere you go, there’s a concert or show going on every weekend!
Desperate situations require desperate measures; in a country full of impoverished and desperate populace, there is a need for a desperate and spirited move to salvage the situation. Concerts and partying are NOT the way to do that!
Nigeria has perfected two Ps: we have perfected the art of Partying, we have perfected the art of Praying; we need to perfect the art of using Principles.
We are supposed to live by Principles and not by Miracles: Jesus walked on water but he never said it is a means of transportation! Mind you: he still got on the boat!
Jesus turned water to wine but he never said it is the new way to produce wine!
A miracle may help you win the lottery but only principles will help you keep the money!
One of the greatest needs of Nigeria is Education: Education, not necessarily a university degree, but education of the mind. We require education in terms of teaching success & leadership principles to our huge youth population. We are being over-entertained in Nigeria! The music is too loud! There are too many concerts and shows and few, if any, intellectual events.
If Nigeria had as many seminars as shows, she would have surmounted her many sorrows!
If Nigeria had as many conferences as concerts she would have curtailed her uncountable challenges!
If Corporate Nigeria organized as many seminars as concerts, we would have produced a Mark Zuckerberg!
The most frustrating thing is that all these exasperating concerts and shows are being funded by those who should know better: Corporate Nigeria!
By Corporate Nigeria, we do not mean ALL businesses in Nigeria but those major giants behind the so-called "biggest concerts".
They know the value of education: when you check up information about members of their Board of Directors, you’ll find all the possible certifications and degrees the world could offer: MNIM, FSFF, PhD, PMP, ACCA, MBA and on and on the list goes.
Pray, did they get to that exalted position by partying and jumping from one concert to another? Why then do we have their organizations bank-rolling all manner of concerts using different names? In their Board Rooms they no longer discuss business, they discuss parties!
Yeah, I know, they think about the revenue after the party is over; we have too many organizations who are more interested in currency than in legacy!

Google, and other tech giants, is acquiring and building Tech Hubs around the world while Corporate Nigeria is busy organizing the biggest concerts and parties!
So sad!
While other nations train the brains of their youths, Nigeria drains the brains of her youths!
If you were to open up the brain of an average Nigerian youth, what would you find: Celebrity gossip? Latest music lyrics? Entertainment news? Bikini pictures of celebrities?
Nigerian youths are being tossed from one concert to another like a tennis ball.
They recycle the same artists who performed during last week’s concert in this week’s concert and give it another name!
Education has been relegated to the background; that’s why an average musician in Nigeria, for a 30-minute performance, would be paid the equivalent of the annual salary of an MBA degree-holder!
What a country!
Corporate Nigeria has devalued education and given an undeserved throne to entertainment! In Nigeria, we have jam-packed concerts and empty classes!
Corporate Nigeria pays millions to winners of singing competitions and peanuts to winners of intellectual competitions!

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