IBRAHIM ADIGUN 🇳🇬 🍀

This is Apt!

I know a guy who sat alone in his apartment for nearly 2 years learning to trade Missed weddings, birthdays, everything His friends thought he'd lost his mind He's now building his second business off the back of trading income while his friends are still complaining about their salaries Sacrifice is just investment with a delayed return

@katsinawafx GU wan kpai me

She thinks she can manipulate me ….but I traded the March–April 2026 price action.

5 Things That Make You Look Expensive (Even When You’re Not) 1. Cleanliness and Grooming: You don’t need designer clothes to look expensive; being neat, well-groomed, and smelling fresh already sets you apart. Clean shoes, trimmed nails, good skin, and a decent haircut speak louder than labels. Always have a handkerchief at hand and a small perfume in your car. Human beings are attracted to good smell and nice appearance. 2. Confidence Without Noise; People who look truly valuable don’t try too hard to prove it. Calm confidence, good posture, eye contact, and how you carry yourself can make you appear far more “expensive” than flashy accessories. Speak confidently on what you know and what you can offer and listen when others talk. 3. Quality Over Quantity: One well-fitted plain outfit looks better than ten loud, cheap-looking ones. Simple, clean, and intentional styles always win over excess. You can rock okrika shirts and jean trousers and look amazingly gorgeous. You don't need to look like your problems in this century and age lest destiny helpers will run away from you. 4. How You Speak: Your words reveal your value and identity. Speaking with clarity, respect, and emotional control makes people take you seriously. Class is often heard before it is seen. 5. Standards and Boundaries People who respect themselves naturally look more valuable. Not begging for attention, not tolerating disrespect, and knowing when to walk away creates an aura money can’t buy. People feel you are richer when you stick to time, take risks, and don't stress what is set to make you unproductive. Rahma cares ✍️ ❤️

Don't fuck up your progress trying to rush the process. Brick by brick. Day by day. Step by step. That's how you build. You can't rush greatness.

@legal_padi You've played your part

Last year , I spent close to one hour on the phone arguing / trying to explain to a client why a particular line of action was wrong and wouldn’t help him in the end. At a stage i asked him, who is the lawyer in this conversation?? Guess what ?? He still did the wrong thing and lost a looooot of money. I will never do it again!!!!

SubhanaLah!

What an experience!

@jamoobash @DurojaiyeSegun 💯

@DurojaiyeSegun Regardless, let the poor relies and draw motivation from the likes of Afe Babalola, Cosmos Maduka, Victor Osimeh etc who from nothing became something great. Or else, we regress and make the conclusion that it is impossible bcus it is difficult. "With God All things Are Possible"

Of course, one of the pillars that holds your future financial breakthrough is your circle of friends, while the other three pillars are rooted in your background. Femi Otedola’s father was a former Governor of Lagos State. Aliko Dangote’s maternal grandfather, Alhassan Dantata, was the wealthiest man in West Africa as of 1955. His uncle, Aminu Dantata, also played a key role by giving him a ₦500,000 startup grant for his business in 1977. It is difficult to find a financially struggling person from Ijebu Igbo, where Mike Adenuga comes from. His mother was a princess and a successful businesswoman, Princess Oyindamola much like Folorunsho Alakija today. Yoruba would say: “Ti Aba re ni gbekele bi olee larii” Meaning: If we do not have someone lean on, we would appear lazy and incapable. Your circle matters, but your background can matter even more.

A convergence of bold minds and rising voices — young lawyers gathering to drink deeply from the reservoir of colossuses. On the 30th of April, a path to legacy will be forged at Queen’s Park Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos — where ambition meets guidance, and the future of the profession takes shape. Be there. Be part of the legacy. Cc @Nbaylflagos

@slimvnsn The belief that there is always more time. This hits hard.

@slimvnsn The greatest thief in life is not money but time Please call your friends and make up

My father's best friend was a man called Uncle Bayo who disappeared from our lives without explanation. I was 12 the last time I saw him. He came to our flat in Gbagada, argued with my father in the bedroom for an hour, and walked out without saying goodbye to me. My father never spoke his name again. Neither did my mother. Uncle Bayo became a silence with a shape. Twenty-six years passed. I was in Philadelphia for a conference. A networking dinner at a hotel downtown. Across the room, a man about my father's age caught my eye and held it too long. He approached me during dessert and said my surname like it was a question he already knew the answer to. We sat in the hotel lobby until 2am. He told me the story my father never did. They had started a construction company together in the early 90s. It had failed because of a contract dispute with a senator. The senator had paid only half the money and refused the rest. The debt had crushed them. Uncle Bayo had blamed my father for trusting the senator. My father had blamed Uncle Bayo for not reading the fine print. The friendship had shattered. Two men who had been closer than brothers had become strangers over something neither of them could control. Uncle Bayo had moved to America after the falling out. He had built a new life, a new business, a small contracting firm in West Philly. He had married a Ghanaian woman and had two daughters. He had never returned to Nigeria. He had never called my father. He had assumed the silence was mutual. I asked why he approached me now. He said he recognised my face because I looked like my father at 30. He said he had been waiting for decades to see that face again, to explain something that was never about betrayal. He said the argument had been about shame, not money. Both men had felt they failed each other. Neither had known how to say it. I called my father from the hotel room. It was 3am in Lagos. He answered on the second ring, voice thick with sleep and alarm. I told him who I was sitting with. The line went quiet. Then my father did something I had never heard him do. He cried. Not softly. The kind of crying that comes from a place words cannot reach. Uncle Bayo flew to Lagos 3 months later. They met at the same flat in Gbagada. They sat in the same living room where the argument had happened. They didn't re-litigate the past. They just sat together, two old men with white hair and matching hypertension medication, and let the silence heal. My father died last year. Uncle Bayo spoke at the funeral. He said the greatest thief in life is not money or failure. It is the belief that there is always more time. Call them. The debt is not theirs. It is yours.

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Murder

Thought Leadership, Mentorship, and Giving Back. It was a pleasure welcoming students and members of the ADR Society from my alma mater, Obafemi Awolowo University, to Aluko & Oyebode for a firm visit, which also featured an ADR Workshop. linkedin.com/posts/toheeb-a…

@armanifeante Making it Big

24years ago, Otedola was 39 years old, he had established Zenon oil and he was on his way to becoming a billionaire Few years prior to when this picture was taken, he used to sit at the front of a pick up truck with his driver to deliver diesel to clients Before establishing a depot and a nation wide distribution network, he was selling out of drums and personally overseeing operations His friends would mock him for being a former governor’s son yet hawking Diesel drum all over lagos A year after this picture was taken a became a billionaire.

Weekend wey go sweet Na from Wednesday you go know

24 years ago at my Mum’s 70th birthday in Epe, you said I would be a great man. Your wisdom, mentoring and guidance have stayed with me ever since. Today, on your 73rd birthday, I celebrate you Otunba Dr. Mike Adenuga, GCON. A true African icon whose vision continues to inspire us all. Wishing you good health, strength and many more wins ahead 🙌🏾 …F.Ote💲