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“Invest In 100 Mama-Put Vendors”- Ubi Franklin Reveals How To Become A Billionaire Popular entrepreneur and talent manager Ubi Franklin has sparked discussions online after sharing what he considers a potentially fast route to building substantial wealth in Nigeria. Franklin made the suggestion during a recent interview shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, where he encouraged people to consider investing in small food businesses located in busy commercial areas. According to him, individuals looking to build significant wealth could consider funding food vendors who operate around busy motor parks and other densely populated locations. “The fastest way to become a billionaire on the mainland or in a populated area is to invest in 100 mama-put food vendors that sell food at the motor park,” he said. Explaining his proposed business model, Franklin said an investor could provide each vendor with ₦50,000 as capital and receive a share of the money generated from their daily...

Flora Louise Shaw, DBE (born 19 December 1852 – 25 January 1929) was a British journalist and writer. She is credited with having coined the name "Nigeria"   Shaw was close to the three men who most epitomised empire in Africa: Cecil Rhodes, George Goldie and Frederick Lugard.    She married, on 10 June 1902, the colonial administrator, Sir Frederick Lugard, who in 1928 was created Baron Lugard. She accompanied him when he served as Governor of Hong Kong (1907–1912) and Governor-General of Nigeria (1914–1919). They had no children. In 1905 Shaw wrote what remains the definitive history of Western Sudan and the modern settlement of Northern Nigeria, A Tropical Dependency: An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Soudan, With an Account of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria (London: Nisbet, 1905).   While they lived in Hong Kong she helped her husband to establish the University of Hong Kong. During the First World War, she was...

Dr. Damilola Odukoya has shared an amazing story about returning to school aged 37, over two decades after her initial JAMB attempt, to pursue her dream of becoming a medical doctor. Odukoya was already married, a mother of three, and employed full-time as a laboratory technician in a hospital. Despite her established work and family commitments, she decided to retake JAMB and was eventually admitted to the University of Lagos to study Medicine. Her medical school path was fraught with difficulties because she had to balance her studies with raising three children, one of whom was still a baby. She also took a study leave from job to concentrate solely on her medical education. Odukoya, who was far older than most of her peers, was lovingly referred to as "Mummy" by several of her younger colleagues. Despite her age and circumstances, she refused to be discouraged. Her journey also included personal hurdles, such as waiting five years after marriage before having ...

President Bola Tinubu has announced that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) will eventually be listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) as part of his administration’s ongoing reforms aimed at transforming the state-owned oil company into a more competitive and transparent business. TopTori  reports that the President made this known on Thursday while receiving the management of the Nigerian Exchange Limited at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Tinubu said his administration wants to build NNPCL into a company that operates at the level of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco. He said the reforms being carried out, together with the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act, are expected to improve the company’s operations and strengthen Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. According to the President, the plan is not to list only parts of the company but to eventually place the entire NNPCL on the Nigerian stock market. He said the move forms part of a broader e...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has advised Nigerians to read food labels before buying packaged food, saying doing so can help consumers make safer and healthier choices. The agency gave the advice in the first episode of its #NAFDACExplains series posted on its official X handle on Tuesday. PUNCH Online reports that packaged food refers to food products that are sealed or wrapped in containers or packages before being sold. Examples include bread, biscuits, instant noodles, bottled drinks, and sachet or canned milk. Speaking in the video, a food safety expert in NAFDAC’s Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Directorate, Abubakar Umar, said consumers should go beyond checking a product’s brand, packaging or price before making a purchase. “When you buy a packaged food, what usually catches your attention first? Is it the brand? The picture on the packaging? Or perhaps the price? For many of us, that’s where we stop. But there’s something even ...

...AfDB-funded initiative equips participants with practical skills for sustainable economic growth The Oyo State Government, under the visionary leadership of His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde, FNSE, DSc, GSSRS, has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to tackling youth unemployment and accelerating inclusive economic development through strategic investments in entrepreneurship, enterprise development and practical skills acquisition. As part of this commitment, the Oyo Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme successfully concluded a three-day intensive capacity building training designed to equip young people with practical knowledge, entrepreneurial competencies and enterprise management skills necessary to become employers of labour and contributors to the state's economic prosperity. The training programme, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) under the Oyo SAPZ initiative, was held at Pinnacle Hotel, Arapaja Road, Odo-Ona Kekere, Oluyo...