Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

South Africa’s Rupert overtakes Dangote as Africa’s richest man South African businessman, Johann Rupert has taken over from Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, as Africa’s richest man, following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) depreciation of the Naira. ASHENEWS earlier reported that the President of the Dangote Group, lost $3.12 billion fortune to the devaluation of Nigeria’s currency. According to Forbes Magazine in its Real-time global Billionaires Ranking, while Rupert, the chairman of Swiss-based luxury goods company, Richemont, and South Africa-based company, Remgro, currently boasts of a $12 billion net worth, Dangote’s net worth is put at $10.8 billion. Rupert took…

3 millennials tell us what fatherhood is like for them Here’s how three millennials are coping with fatherhood. Millennials tells us about fatherhood [GettyImages] Being a father is a unique experience. We asked young millennial fathers how they feel about being fathers, how they felt when they saw their child and how they are coping with the challenges of fatherhood. Here was their reply: Dayo, 28 “When my son was born, I felt good, really good. I felt responsible all of a sudden. I was also full of admiration for my wife, women dey try abeg. “Fatherhood…

Marketers explain reasons cooking gas prices continue to fall NAN survey in Lagos indicated that the price of cooking gas is trending downwards to N8,700 currently from N10,500 in April and May Former President, Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (NLPGA), Nuhu Yakubu, has attributed the decrease in the retail price of cooking gas in the country to the fall in price of the product at the international market. Yakubu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, against the backdrop of reduction in price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)…

Nuhu Ribadu and NSA’s Statutory Mandates Recently when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced his Special Advisers and named Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the adviser on security, many were confused if this designation would be the same as that of the National Security Adviser (NSA). In my previous article entitled, ‘The person needed as President Tinubu’s NSA,’ I mentioned that while most past holders of the position were retired Army officers, national security issues are actually beyond the exclusive ken of the military. Security has evolved to largely encompass developmental issues, which now involves more holistic approaches that could…

Sola Sobowale Bags Honourary Doctorate Degree From Estam University (Photos) Nollywood veteran actress Sola Sobowale is now a Doctor of Philosophy as she bags honourary doctorate degree from Estam University. Taking to social media, Sola Sobowale broke the good news as she announced that she has stepped into a new dispensation as she is now a Doctor. She went on to express her gratitude to Estam University as she dropped super cute snaps of herself receiving the degree with others. Over the years, the screen goddess has become a source of inspiration to a lot of young actors out…

Osimhen Hits Brace As Super Eagles Fly Past Leone Stars To Book AFCON Victor James Osimhen of Nigeria during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Finals, 3rd and 4th place match between Tunisia and Nigeria at Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt on 17 July 2019 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix Red-hot Victor Osimhen grabbed a brace on Sunday as the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone 3-2 to qualify for next year’s African Nations Cup (AFCON) tournament in Cote d Ivoire with a game to spare. The match, which was played in Liberia, saw the…

Spain Win 2023 UEFA Nations League Image by UEFA NATION LEAGUE Spain beat Croatia 5-4 on penalties to clinch Nations League glory as they celebrated their first trophy win since Euro 2012. Substitute Dani Carvajal coolly converted the winning spot-kick after the game had finished goalless after extra-time, giving head coach Luis de la Fuente, appointed Luis Enrique’s successor in December, a trophy-winning start to his tenure. Croatia, World Cup finalists in 2018 and third-placed finishers in Qatar last year, were hoping to clinch their first trophy but could not find a way to goal across the 120 minutes…

How to create 50 Dangotes in Africa in 10 years Accra, Ghana|| Aliko Dangote, founder and president/Chief Executive, Dangote Group, the biggest conglomerate in West Africa, on Sunday advised the young African entrepreneurs to work hard, be patient, and have the backing of strong financial institutions, in order for the continent to have 10 to 50 Dangotes within 10 years. Dangote said this during the fire chart on the sideline of Afreximbank’s 30th annual meetings going on in Accra Ghana “First of all, there are quite a lot of opportunities. The young African entrepreneurs have to work very hard.…

ASUU Urges Tinubu to Transform Student Loans into Grants for Underprivileged Students Thank you for reading this post, don’t forget to subscribe! The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the newly assented Students Loans Act to grant for indigent students. “This would have been better if we are giving it to those set of students who are very poor, it should be called a grant, not a loan,” ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme today. “It should be called a grant since it is coming…

Dangote Refinery Dangote refinery will boost real estate sector – Operators Experts projected that the Dangote refinery would spur the growth of real estate along the Lekki-Epe area of Lagos State. The Chief Executive Officer of UACN Property Development Company Plc, Odunayo Ojo, said this in a chat with our correspondent. Ojo said, “It will have a net positive impact. That is a massive infrastructure. The first thing that is going to happen is that it is going to create an ecosystem of demand. Thousands of workers are going to be working there directly, and hundreds of…