forenzy: Tope Awotona is the founder and CEO of scheduling software company Calendly. Awotona, a former salesman for tech firms including EMC (now Dell EMC), founded Calendly out of his own frustration with the back-and-forth emails required to schedule meetings.
He bootstrapped Calendly for years before taking on a $350 million investment in 2021 that valued the firm at $3 billion.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Awotona immigrated to the United States as a teenager. Before founding Calendly, he had started a few other businesses, including one that sold projectors and another that sold garden tools, that flopped.
Tope Awotona to the world. Tope is doing great in the tech space. Being clearly intentional and self-motivated are the keys to success in life and the massive rewards will come down the road.
I wonder what the net worth of Kasali (Kase) Lawal, the Ibadan-born, Houston-based, Nigerian-American billionaire oil and gas mogul would be right now. The U.S.-educated Engineer who worked in some U.S. oil films has been featured in Ebony Magazine in 2006, and Black Enterprise Magazine rated Kase Lawal as the biggest owner of a Black or African-American-owned company in the U.S. in the recent past.
There are officially 21 Black ancestry USD Billionaires from 11 countries with Aliko Dangote being the richest. Tope Awotona and Bayo Ogunlesi are listed as American billionaires and are credited to the United States though, but we know these two billionaires are Nigerian-Americans who rep their Yoruba roots and Nigeria.
Therefore, Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Abdulsamad Isiaku Rabiu, Bayo Ogunlesi, Tope Awotona, and Femi Otedola are officially the current folks of Nigerian ancestry who are USD billionaires according to Forbes. Femi Otedola got back on the Forbes Billionaires list just recently in December/January 2024. Kudos to them all for impacting the international business space positively.
Omonaijablog: RevolutionPlus CEO Celebrates 49th Birthday, Company's Ninth Anniversary, Reflects on Remarkable Growth in Nigeria’s Real Estate Sector
RevolutionPlus Property, Nigeria’s leading real estate company, commemorated its ninth year anniversary on Monday, May 22, 2023, with a grand celebration.
The event which also marked the 49th birthday celebration of Dr. Onalaja, showcased the company’s remarkable journey and achievements since its establishment in May 2014 by Dr Bamidele Onalaja and Mrs Tolulope Onalaja. RevolutionPlus Property’s primary objective has been to provide affordable housing and bridge the housing deficit in Nigeria.
Over the past nine years, RevolutionPlus Property has revolutionized the real estate sector in Nigeria, earning the reputation of a trusted and household brand. The company’s unwavering commitment to integrity, trust, and timely delivery has been the driving force behind its success. With branches in Ikeja and Lekki, Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Port Harcourt, and an international office in Dallas, Texas, RevolutionPlus Property has established a strong presence in key locations.
The company’s achievements are evident in the development of 44 estates and eight mega housing projects across Nigeria. These estates, strategically situated in Lekki, Ajah, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ikorodu, Shimawa, Mowe, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, and the Federal Capital Territory, have provided 11,102 plots to aspiring homeowners. RevolutionPlus Property takes immense pride in having transformed over 11,000 Nigerians into proud property owners.
RevolutionPlus Property’s commitment to innovation has been recognized throughout the real estate sector, particularly for its introduction of Instant Allocation, a concept that has been widely applauded and emulated. Despite encountering numerous challenges, the company has remained steadfast in its mission to provide affordable housing solutions and bridge the housing deficit in Nigeria.
Looking ahead to its tenth year, RevolutionPlus Property has ambitious plans to unveil a new phase in its operations. In celebration of this significant milestone, the company aims to construct low-cost 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom houses, catering to Nigerians who never thought homeownership would be within their reach. Additionally, RevolutionPlus Property intends to offer affordable land with flexible payment plans, further contributing to the resolution of the housing deficit in Nigeria.
Beyond its real estate endeavors, RevolutionPlus Property also prides itself on its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm, the Chris Bamidele Onalaja Foundation (CBOF). Established in 2019, CBOF aims to uplift widows, children, youths, and vulnerable members of society through various initiatives.
Under the umbrella of CBOF, the foundation has conducted numerous medical outreaches in towns and villages across Southwest Nigeria, providing free healthcare services to individuals in need. Furthermore, CBOF is constructing an ultramodern child and maternal care center in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos, demonstrating its commitment to child and maternal health.
Education and Scholarship programs have been a focal point for CBOF, including the establishment of the Toldel Nursery and Primary School in Ikorodu. With over 90 enrolled pupils, the school offers free education and supplies to ensure that every child has access to quality education. CBOF has also contributed to the development of schools in Lagos, including the Wasimi Junior High School and a Learning Center School in Maroko.
CBOF’s commitment to community development is exemplified by its efforts to provide safe drinking water, such as drilling boreholes in various communities and constructing public toilets. Additionally, the foundation has collaborated with the Nigeria Police to construct and refurbish police stations in communities across Southwest Nigeria, promoting safety and security.
[quote author=HarlequinLekex post=113840126]A Nigeria man is currently running a very clean, modern and popular 'mama put' resturant in a london street called SPITAL FIELDS.
-THE man identified as Azeez said he started the resturant called 2 Nig boys with the other friend but that he nows does it alone.
-In a photo shared on Twitter by @IamOlajideAwe, some oyinbo people were seen queueing up to buy sumptuous Nigerian jollof rice in the streets of London, putting the rare taste on the lips of many oyinbo people.
The saying: "Let food be thy medicine and thy medicine food", also applies to SPICES.
Spices are not just used to add flavor to food; they also have numerous health benefits. Some of the benefits of spices include:
1. Anti-inflammatory properties: Many spices have anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce inflammation in the body and alleviate conditions such as arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
2. Antioxidant properties: Spices are rich in antioxidants that can help protect the body from damage caused by free radicals, which can lead to chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
3. Digestive aid: Spices can help promote digestion, alleviate indigestion, bloating, reduce nausea and vomiting.
4. Immune system boost: Spices have immune-boosting properties that can help strengthen the immune system and fight off infections.
5. Blood sugar control: Some spices have been shown to help regulate blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity, making them beneficial for people with diabetes.
6. Brain function: Some spices have been shown to have neuroprotective properties and may help improve brain function and prevent age-related cognitive decline. Dementia can be prevented.
Overall, adding a variety of spices to your diet can not only enhance the flavor of your food but also provide numerous health benefits.
Our list of spices include: Cinnamon, Ginger, Garlic, Oregano, Turmeric, Star anise, Cardamon, Cloves, Fenugreek, Fennel, Cummin, Black pepper, White pepper, Thyme, Nutmeg, Rosemary, Coriander, Sea salt, Pink salt etc.
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Half derica of brown Beans Pepper Palmoil Salt Seasoning cube Onion Meat Cow skin
Preparation I pick and select the beans, then I wash to remove the brown skin. I soak the washed bean for few minutes,then I pour in a pot ,I add water and onions. Then I set the pot on fire to cook till the beans soften.
I blend with ijabe buy mashing it in the pot. When it is smooth I strain with a plastic filter to remove the shaft.
Next is to rinse , seasoning and cook my meat with the blended pepper.
In a pot I added my bean milk ,meat boiled with pepper, seasoning cube (I use only one piece of chicken flavour),little salt, palmoil and washed cow skin.
I leave it to cook for few minutes .
My soup is ready ,it can be taken alone with any swallow of your choice.
massmediang: I traveled to Osogbo in Osun state and tasted gbegiri soup with small ewedu and Amala for the first time. It was wonderful and I kept eating it throughout my stay in Osogbo. Gbegiri soup is made with beans and it's a popular delicacy among Yoruba speaking people of Nigeria. Well, I tasted it for the first time and discovered that the taste is universally friendly.
Lolexsignature: Gbegiri is a soup made with African black eye beans or brown beans. The beans is soaked to soften it; then it is peeled and cooked until very soft and blended into a very smooth and velvety texture where you can add your seasoning and palm oil to finish up the soup…. It can be eaten with Amala or Tuwo
Lolexsignature: Hi Guys, thanks for stopping by again, today we are going to be making Nigerian Jollof…. Jollof rice is one Nigerian meal that cuts across every tribe and ethnic group in the country, and among the different ways it may be cooked, "party jollof rice" stands out. It's cooked using large local cast iron pots called "koko-irin" which are placed on top of large chunks of firewood. The smoky heat from the charcoal adds a unique and unforgettable flavour that many people love… #food #foodie #partyjollof #jollofrice
I used the following ingredients to achieve this yummy recipe
1. 2 big onions 2. 5 Red bell peppers 3. 1 scotch Bonnet (ata rodo) 4. 1/2 cup of oil 5. 6 stock cubes 6. 2 cups of chicken stock 7. 4 bay leaves 8. 1 teaspoon of dried thyme 9. 1 teaspoon of curry powder 10. Tomato paste 11. 6 cups of rice 12. Hot water 13. Salt to taste
Jewessgratitud3: It is disheartening to see what people parade this days as party jollof rice. it's either too dry or too grainy and tasting of too much sachet spices of all kinds found in the market these days. That is no longer party jollof but Chinese or Indian rice. As an Olopo/Caterer, the way we were taught, the real Nigerian jollof doesn't require any of those spices or seasonings. Just the basics to allow every other ingredient give their flavor. We learnt from the best. From Old women using firewood. Not your gas and electric cookers.
The old jollof that I ate growing up is not too dry. Very moist and sometimes the grains stick together to form lumps when dishing it. Any party jollof without this lumpy part is not party jollof. Na you know wetin you cook.
So the basic seasoning for this are Garlic and little ginger ,👉these go into the meat only. Not in your rice.
Knorr cubes Tiger Curry cup and thyme Bayleaf That's all.
Pepper mix
1. Dry pepper. This is the main secret ingredient of jollof rice Smokey taste. A lot of people don't use this but they don't know it is the first step to building the smokey flavor.
2. Tatase this adds color to your jollof
3. Rodo pepper this has its own unique flavor and aroma it blends with the oil to give the whole food.
4.&5 Tin tomato or tomato paste. This also enhances the tomato flavor of your jollof. Then your fresh tomatoes.
Please don't ever use garlic and ginger inside your rice. Use it for only seasoning of meat then use the meat stock to cook your rice.
Season the meat with curry, thyme, seasoning cubes, onions blended garlic and ginger. Don't add water, let it simmer for some minutes before adding water to cook the meat properly.
Blend all the pepper mix above with some onions and Parboil.
Fry the meat. Use the oil from frying the meat to fry your tin tomatoes (add more oil if needed) the oil must be above the tomatoes to fry very well ( you can always scoop out excess and enjoy with yam some other time) when it's well fried, add the parboiled tomatoes and bayleaf. Then add half of the meat stock and seasoning cubes to your stew and continue fry until it is dry and the oil is floating on top of the stew. At this stage you can scoop out little to sauce the meat or chicken.
Note I didn't add thyme again because thyme can be very overpowering and spoil things. So I'll just stick with the one from the meat stock.
Time to cook the rice.
Add fresh oil to a clean pot on the fire. Add onions, curry and bayleaf and begin to scoop the fried stew into the hot oil and stir for a few mins.
Add the remaining meat stock and test to be sure everything is ok. Add more water to cook your rice cover and allow it to boil very well. This prevent mushy rice.
Wash your rice with hot water and add to the boiling water.. cover and allow to done. Keep checking until the water is completely dried and the rice is soft. Then add more stew, slice some onions, cover and reduce the heat so it can soften with the steam.
Open and add butter to it. Cover for a few mins and turn off the heat. Stir the rice. Voila! Party jollof is ready.
Try this recipe and you'll get that party jollof of old.
Spices no be party jollof o.
Insightful... 1980s smokey party jollof rice on steroids.
Pepper mix 1. Dry pepper. This is the main secret ingredient of jollof rice Smokey taste. A lot of people don't use this but they don't know it is the first step to building the smokey flavor.
lhordspy: 5Months Into 2023, 199 Mass Shooting Recorded Already In US. Projected 720
In total, so far in 2023, 14,672 people have died due to gun violence, including more than 8,000 people through suicide by gun, as well as more than 6,000 who were the victims of homicide, murder, and unintentional shootings.
Jesse Jackson Says Obama 'Failed' Black People Aaron Morrison, International Business Times Aug 7, 2015, 2:45 AM
President Barack Obama hasn’t leveraged the full force of federal agencies to target systemic and historical inequities that keep blacks in the U.S. behind whites in employment, opportunity and wealth, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. said. The veteran civil rights activist criticized the president this week amid a nationwide campaign to inspire a sense of empowerment among African-Americans and accountability in government and corporations toward disadvantaged populations.
Obama has continuously acknowledged African-American joblessness as a problem, but recently framed it as a symptom of bad criminal justice policies. “In the African American community, a big reason [for high unemployment] is that you've got young people with criminal records who are finding themselves unemployable,” Obama said in talk at the historically black college St. Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, in May. “Now, that's not just bad for that individual, that's bad for their children, that's bad for the community.”
Major General Muhammadu Buhari (head of state), Major General Tunde Idiagbon (chief of staff, supreme headquarters), Air Commodore Samson Emeka Omeruah (sports minister), Group Captain Anthony Ikazoboh (NFA chairman).
Indeed, all of those men and teenage soccer stars are frozen in time and space as of 1985. Air Commodore Samson Emeka Omeruah (standing next to General Muhammad Buhari) is the comedienne Chigul's biological father. The handsome teenage soccer star, Fatai Atere is also standing next to Air Commodore Omeruah. A major street (Fatai Atere Way) was named after Fatai Atere in Lagos State, just like the other World Cup winning soccer youngsters had streets named after them in their states of origin.
BadMaster: They're not serious at all. Their coverage is very limited. Four locations in Abuja, six in Lagos and so on. Moreover, MTN offers 30GB for 8k, while Mafab is offering 20GB for 8k. Their plans are not attractive at all.
The only good thing about Mafab network is that it is based on 5G SA (StandAlone) infrastructure, so it's pure 5G, devoid of 4G backhaul. Unlike MTN and Airtel 5G that is based on NSA (Non-StandAlone), which relies on existing 4G infrastructure.
Nigeria’s much-awaited third 5G operator, Mafab Communications Limited, is set to fully compete with MTN, Glo, and Airtel as it invited users, urging them to purchase 5G routers on its website.
Mafab Communication, which was little known 10 months before the December 2021 auction, became the second-largest telco to secure one of the 5G licenses, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which shocked the telecommunications industry by outbidding listed company Airtel Nigeria.
But Mafab Communications took a slow path to bringing the service to market. This is coming over 2 years after it successfully secured a 5G license during an auction held on December 13, 2021.
Mafab Data Plan According to the message on the website, users can now buy its routers for N50,000 using a link that redirects to Sterling Bank. Also, the company released its price list for its data bundles which ranges from a daily price of N350 for 500 MB to N20,000 for 140GB. MTN charges N22,000 for 120GB, while Airtel charges N20,000 for 120 GB.
A message on the Mafab communication website reads:
Experience ultra-fast data speed Download and upload massive files 100x faster, stream movies and concerts with zero lags, and enjoy enhanced VR/AR applications. “Our standalone 5G technology enables network slicing, which supports and fulfills a wide range of network requirements, allowing for improved user experience.
“A 5G standalone network is launched using 5G infrastructure. It is designed in a way that unlocks 5G’s full potential as it allows for transmission of 5G core into pieces that are tailor-made to meet the needs of consumers and businesses.”
Mafab communication also revealed that its service is now live in 6 states which are, Lagos, Abuja, Port- Harcourt, Kano, Kaduna, and Enugu.
Mafab Router Should I Go For Mafab 5G Router? Like I’ll always advise, depending on what you do online. You can give Mafab 5G router a shot if their services are live in your location. For now, they have limited location coverage, compared to MTN, Airtel, and Glo.
Seun: I would like to address the allegations on Twitter about tribalism on Nairaland or that I am some kind of tribalist, because I was told that not addressing them means that they are true.
The more extreme variants of that claim are being pushed primarily by south-eastern tribalists who feel that south-western tribalists have the upper hand on Nairaland in their battles with each other.
Whenever they are banned after breaking rule 2 of Nairaland, they will go back to Twitter to lament about how Nairaland is against their tribe and how I'm personally working against them.
I urge you to disregard any accusation against me or against Nairaland if the accusers cannot prevent hard evidence to support their claims. These people make things up, and people just believe them.
For avoidance of doubt, I have always been a supporter and admirer of south-eastern people. I will never have any tribalistic bone in my body. I am a human who views people as humans first.
The micro-kernel of truth in the mountain of lies is that Nairaland is under-staffed. The staff I have do not moderate as efficiently as I want them to. They also struggle with following my instructions.
So if you go to Nairaland looking for tribalism, you will find it in certain areas, just as you will if you search Twitter for tribalism, because of people whose main business online is tribal trolling.
However, I want Nairaland to be better than Twitter. I want to improve the consistency of moderation on Nairaland. For this reason, I am in the process of recruiting more people to help.
Nicely put Seun.
You will have to recruit a special moderator who we can CONTACT directly by email to deal with the well-known, relentless ethnic bigots and trolls who spread fake news, mysoginistic comments, and defame you, Mynd44, and other NL members on this website. I have a long list of the monikers who have been reported in the past by me (only for the reports to be annoyingly ignored due to shortage of mods or lethargy). And when these trolls are banned, they come back again with alternate accounts and proceed to openly taunt and insult the NL moderators for banning them!
This would cut down on trolling on NL and the sanity of the late 2000s that we the veterans of NL experienced here would come back.
Would this drive new and existing members or people and advertisers away?
NO! More folks would want to identify with a much saner NL.
adenigga: Social media influencer, Reno Omokri, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ban sports betting apps in the country.
According to Omokri, a ban on sports betting apps could even help improve the value of the Naira.
Omokri, who quoted the National Lottery Trust Fund. lamented that “$1 billion is spent on gambling daily in Nigeria.”
The media influencer expressed his views in a series of tweets shared via his X profile on Wednesday.
His tweet read, “President Tinubu can immediately improve the economic conditions of most Nigerians and make the Naira grow by issuing an Executive Order authorising the Nigerian Communications Commission to ban sports betting apps from the App Store of any GSM Internet Service Provider in Nigeria and revoking the licenses of any physical sports betting operators in Nigeria. It makes better sense than Buhari’s draconian #TwitterBan.”
The former Special Assistant to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan stated that an average Nigerian spends “$15 daily on sports betting and other types of gambling.”
Omokri noted that despite the high rate of gambling in the country, the “vast majority of that amount” is leaving the shores of the country into foreign nations, compared to the nation’s externally generated revenue.
“This is scary. How much is our GDP that we are pissing it away like that? More money is leaving Nigeria through gambling than is coming in,” he wrote.
Omokri cautioned., “The Naira can never sustain its rally under such circumstances.”
The tweet stated further, “There is such an epidemic of gambling in Nigeria and it is destroying Nigerian youths. $1 billion is spent on gambling daily in Nigeria, according to the National Lottery Trust Fund. Please fact-check me.
“The average Nigerian spends $15 daily on sports betting and other types of gambling, with the vast majority of that amount leaving our economy and going to places like Russia, South Africa, and Europe. The Naira can never sustain its rally under such circumstances.”
Findings by PUNCH Online reveal that several sports betting firms operate in Nigeria. Some of the betting firms include Bet9ja, Nairabet, Merry Bet and SportyBet, amongst others.
Omokri, in his post, further urged Tinubu to “act on such a matter as threatening to our national security as this gambling epidemic.”
He also condemned the illegal means through which some Nigerian youths sought money “to fund their gambling habit.”
PUNCH Online reports that the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo, said the Federal Government would find a lasting solution to the friction caused by revenue generation in the gaming sector.
Jisalo noted that the FG “will do all within its statutory powers to ensure the gaming industry remains on the steady path of sustainable growth and development,” while speaking at the 2023 International Gaming Conference held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos State, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
The Fund’s Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Bello Maigari, appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Monday, November 20, 2023, stated that the Fund, in 2023, generated N2.5 billion, noting however that the entire sum had been spent in the execution of various projects across the country.
The money, he said, was generated from statutory remittances from licenses and permit holders.
Truths9ja: Finally nairaland boss, Seun employed barrister fergie001 as one of the moderator on Nairaland. I Celebrate this appointment here. Well deserved. See the screenshots below. I charge fergie001 to please not be biased but discharge his duties well. Happy new year in advance barrister fergie001. I do love to call him barrister cos’ he knows law now be small.
SharingIsLife: Sir, the Autonov 1 was a great invention. I'm very happy to know about it. And I'm grateful to you for sharing it. But, try to understand why, not only AfricaFactZone but also Wikipedia says that Z-600 was the first fully indigenous car made in Nigeria. It's because over 90% of Z-600 parts were sourced locally but Autonov 1 was made from an abandoned Leyland Jeep.
Whatever be the case, both Autonov 1 and Z-600 and more and more prove that Nigeria has been a dream killer for a long time.
I appreciate you for the perspectives you have here. Regardless those Wikipedia entries and other online sources were NOT entirely correct or accurate.
Prof. Awojobi also got car parts that he sourced or fabricated locally aside from the Leyland chassis. Most modern vehicle manufacturers today source parts from different parts of the world. If Prof. Awojobi, a Mechanical Engineer at UNILAG was alive and had NOT passed on in 1984, he would have come out to fight the misinformation. Izuogo himself got some car parts from existing sources. He unfortunately had his workshop burgled and car items stolen in Owerri.
Indeed, I'm fully aware of Izuogu's 1997 invention and it was featured in a 1997 BBC Focus on Africa magazine which I still have in my pocession. Just like you said, credit must be given to both innovative car inventors... But the historical FACTS about Professor Awojobi's Autonov1 car which he invented in the 1970s so that it could be driven from the FRONT and also from the BACK must be clearly stated as a first in Nigeria.
kaikubura: I am sure most of you have not heard of this great man who successfully converted his own family car, an Opel Olympia Rekord, from right-hand drive to a left-hand drive. And went on to invent a second steering-wheel mechanism, adjoined to the pre-existing engine at the rear end, so that the vehicle was able to move in both forward and backward directions with all four pre-existing gears. This gave the hybrid vehicle, which he christened Autonov 1, the ability to achieve its highest speeds at a moment's notice, in the normal reverse direction.
Early Life Born in Oshodi, Lagos State, Awojobi's father, Chief Daniel Adekoya Awojobi, was a stationmaster at the Nigerian Railway Corporation who hailed from Ikorodu in Lagos State. His mother, Comfort Bamidele Awojobi (née Adetunji), was a petty trader who hailed from Modakeke, Ile-Ife, Osun State. Between 1942 and 1947, he attended St. Peter's Primary School, Faji, Lagos.
It was while at his secondary school, the CMS Grammar School, Lagos, that his academic traits began to manifest. Not only was he seen to be gifted in mathematics and the sciences, he was comfortable also in the arts, becoming a member of the school's literary and debating society. It was during this period that he earned the nickname, "Macbeth": William Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth, was to be staged in the school. The lead actor took ill a week before, and so Ayodele was called upon to play the lead role in his stead. It is said that not only did Ayodele master his lines as lead actor, but also the entire play, such that he was able to prompt the cast whenever they forgot their lines.
Ayodele was a straight-A's secondary school student, while at the CMS Grammar school, passing his West African School Certificate examinations with a record eight distinctions in 1955. He proceeded to the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Ibadan, for his General Certificate of Examinations, GCE (Advanced Level), where in 1958 he sat for, and obtained distinctions in all his papers: Physics, Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. In 1962 Awojobi was awarded his first degree in Mechanical Engineering – a BSc (Eng) London, with first class honours, at the then Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria).
It was said by Akintola Ajai (himself an engineering graduate of the University of London), that when Awojobi arrived at the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria, he boasted openly saying that it was his intention to finish the whole course within a period of three years only; an impracticable feat due to the fact that nowhere was the BSc Mechanical Engineering curriculum designed to run less than four years. Ayodele accomplished it in three years just as he had predicted.
The federal government awarded Awojobi another scholarship in 1962 to study further at the post-graduate level in the field of Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College of the University of London (now Imperial College London). He completed the course, successfully defending his thesis, and was awarded a PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1966.
Indeed my bro. I've just added a link in my original post. The level of historical misinformation online is getting too much.
Prof Awojobi invented Autonov1 in the 1970s and he passed on in 1984. How then can anyone say that a car locally made in 1997 is the first locally made car in Nigeria? This is the height of fallacy from the so-called @AfricaFacts which has some misleading information on it.
Those of us who are older can indeed confirm the historical FACT that the Autonov1 was produced many years before 1997. Please it's very important for historical facts to be checked before posting misleading info on NL and online and @AfricaFacts on X is becoming a non-credible site for getting accurate information. Facts must be Facts!
somtovictor111: the seed planted was super habanero f1 around 57k for 1000 seeds, as I said I planted during the raining season so the only time Irrigated was when the pepper was still at the nursery stage and the super is a good disease resistance
Crime › Re: Victim Identifies Her Kidnapper In A Bank In Aba (Photos) by XAUBulls: 12:41pm On Jan 20, 2024
That cracked me up.
