Category: Leadership

Men, Stop Joining Your Ancestors, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

For many years, women were held responsible for men not living to ripe old ages. Grieving women were subjected to the most inhuman cultural or traditional widowhood rites which I insist point to the backwardness and wickedness of those who inflict them. I mean, what kind of woman forces a fellow woman who had just lost her husband to drink the water used to bathe a corpse? My friends, if your mother had ever participated in doing this evil to another woman, go and pray, so that God will not…

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Sahara Group Foundation Deepens Commitment To African Entrepreneurs With MADAA Reloaded

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Sahara Group Foundation has repositioned the Making A Difference Around Africa (MADAA) initiative to support entrepreneurs on the continent with seamless access to markets, technology, and business advisory services. Platforms Africa reports that the Director of Sahara Group Foundation, Chidilim Menakaya, declared this during the launch of MADAA Reloaded in Lagos. “Through the MADAA initiative,” she said; “we aim to connect entrepreneurs with opportunities that will grow their businesses and ultimately unlock Africa’s potential for inclusive development.” “As a flagship initiative of the Sahara Group Foundation’s dynamic and bold…

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Trump Threatens 100% Tariff On Foreign-Made Movies

ADEOLA YUSUF

UNITED States President, Donald Trump, is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the United States with 100 per cent tariffs in a bid to save “dying Hollywood.” In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he had authorized the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to slap a 100 per cent tariff on any and all movies coming into the US that were produced in foreign lands. “The movie industry in America is dying a…

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Brentford Edge Manchester United In Seven-Goal Thriller

ADEOLA YUSUF

Brentford edged a young and much-changed Manchester United side 4-3 in a thrilling Premier League encounter on Sunday to boost their hopes of qualifying for European competition for the first time. Two goals from Kevin Schade guided Thomas Frank’s side up to ninth with 52 points, a potential Conference League spot within touching distance with three games left. United remain 15th with 39 points. “Yeah, I think we definitely have momentum… we’ve had a really good run of games, there’s a flow of playing well,” Frank told BBC. READ ALSO:…

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Nigerian Minister Is Chairman West African Gas Pipeline Project Committee Of Ministers

ADEOLA YUSUF

How Ekpo took helms of WAGPPCM through an election at the meeting of ministers from Benin Republic, Togo, and Ghana     Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has been elected Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP). The 678-kilometer pipeline transports natural gas from Nigeria to Benin, Togo, and Ghana, and is operated by the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo). Ekpo’s election took place at the just-concluded Meeting of the Committee of Ministers of WAGP in Accra,…

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NCDMB Unveils Selection Criteria For Nigerian Content Awards

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, in partnership with Sweetcrude Limited, has announced the detailed selection criteria for the inaugural Champions of Nigerian Content Awards, designed to honour outstanding contributions to local content development in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Scheduled for May 21, 2025, at the NCDMB Conference Hall in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the awards will recognise individuals and organisations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to advancing Nigerian Content in 2024. The ceremony will coincide with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair, NOGOF, further spotlighting industry…

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Fubara To Wike: Your statement IllogicaL

ADEOLA YUSUF

The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, has described the statement credited to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on the walkout by a group of women from a programme organised by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, as illogical. Fubara said this in a statement issued by the Rivers State Coordinator of Renewed Hope Initiative, Tonye Briggs Oniyide, on Saturday. The statement followed the indictment of the suspended governor by Wike following the disruption of the programme when some women walked out…

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Tinubu Vows To Reclaim Ungoverned Areas, Secure Forests

ADEOLA YUSUF

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday , vowed that his administration will reclaim all ungoverned areas—particularly forests—in the North West and across Nigeria, deploying advanced surveillance and technology to combat kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism. The President, while addressing Katsina elders and leaders at a state dinner held at the Government House on Friday night, admitted that there was a gap in security surveillance, but assured that his will deploy technology to tackle the problem. “On the issue of security raised by former governor Aminu Bello Masari again this evening, yes, I…

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Wike Apologizes To Tinubu After Rivers Women Walk Out On First Lady

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has hit out at a group of women loyal to suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, who walked out on the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, during an empowerment programme in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Wike described the incident as a “show of shame” and an embarrassment to the people of Rivers State. Women, led by some sacked local government vice-chairmen loyal to Governor Fubara, walked out of the venue after allegedly being sidelined and replaced on the programme list…

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UK Nurse Dies After Returning From Her Marriage Introduction In Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

A young Nigerian nurse based in the UK identified as Nnena Miriam—fondly known as Nurse Miriam, has reportedly died suddenly after her trip to Nigeria for her marriage introduction ceremony. Nnena was found lifeless in her apartment earlier this week under mysterious circumstances. According to sources close to the deceased, Nurse Miriam had just returned from Nigeria where she had participated in her introduction ceremony—a joyful pre-wedding traditional rite that marks the formal meeting of both families. Friends say she was in high spirits about her upcoming marriage and had…

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