Rotimi Olawale

@EngeesBishop It's not a preference, made it to international architecture magazines. It's a statement piece

@rotexonline This is ur preference

The most beautiful, I mean the best convention center is taking shape. It's right here in the heart of uyo Akwa ibom state.

@EngeesBishop I won't go far, the Calabar International conference centre has a better design

@rotexonline Not really

@EngeesBishop The moment you have turned this into an ethnic sentiment, you've lost me. 🙂 Cheers

@rotexonline So which one is considered impressive? Yoruba man

@asemota I feel that travel also exposes you to different cultures and experiences, doesn't make you better, sometimes the impact are subtle, you notice the difference over time. Some of the things I used to hold as constant, I now see that it's as a result of where I was born and grew up

I went to Croatia in 2017, spent a few days there, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Another friend went there too, but on a yacht. He had a totally different experience and may not have enjoyed it as much as I did because the marina was crowded, and he didn't have my experience with a startup team that bent over backward to make me enjoy my stay. People experience travel differently, and the diversity of experiences matters. My friend on a yacht wished he had my experiences, and I wished that I were on their yacht. If the circumstances had been flipped, I would likely have felt exactly the same way he did. My best travel experience in America was when I was a broke student using Greyhound and Amtrak. I met fantastic people and enjoyed basic motels in a way I am yet to experience again. America was also a different place at the time. I wouldn't let my kid try it today. I think people who look down on others who are traveling on a cheaper budget are idiots. Those who think traveling at all makes them different from others are imbeciles.

This soul searching program is coming up tomorrow. The Boy-Child and Young Men need to be taught the new norm of positive Masculinity. @menagainstgbv is intentional about this. @ImpactBolarinwa @dudubody @henfes2010 @Adexconsult @rotexonline

@Nairametrics Mr Biggs

Name a business that was everywhere in Nigeria 10 years ago and has completely disappeared today.

@sxdiqcarter_ @Wizarab10 Lols. Until an Abeokuta man cannot understand Ijesa, Owo and Ekiti languages. Be there claiming slight variation

I don’t believe we speak up to 500 languages in Nigeria. Different dialects ?, yes. But over 500 languages is total cap. All the South western states speak Yoruba, diffferent variations ,yh but I doubt there’s no where a Yoruba person will go in southwest and not be able to communicate asides some parts of ondo that speak ijaw or the egun speaking communities in ogun state and Lagos & I’m sure this probably applies to people from the south east too. My former security guy in abk is from borno (north east), he said they speak a language called “shuwa Arabic” but he communicates well with another bikeman from sokoto. (North west) so where did the over 500 languages come from.

@TheoAbuAgada The question most people are not asking is, how did he get his 194M, and then to lock it away. He has a business that's minting money that can afford him to lock this amount. I am sure this is also spreading risk and perhaps a stable income to cover day to day operating cost

Some finance bros are quoting a man who made and locked away ₦194 million in PiggyVest, teaching him how he could have invested the money in a high-yielding business. You people are not being real here. The Nigerian economy is too volatile for anyone to take unnecessary risks that may backfire. A man who can afford to lock away ₦194 million definitely has more money and other businesses that pay him.

@Babajiide @eldivine Laughing in Spanish, my TSLA is up 69%. It's not down 😂

I have one small annoying thing about the @investbamboo app, for instance, this ROKU stock, I have sold it more than a year ago, and it still remains on my stock list. I can't find a way to delete it, and keep wondering why it's there. I hope they fix it soon

@nwoko_greg62705 @toluogunlesi @radionigeriahq Dr. Christopher Kolade,. May his soul rest in peace. A fine gentleman and elder statesman

@toluogunlesi @radionigeriahq A letter of recommendation addressed to Miss Rosaline Ogunro nee Ogbangwor signed by then Director General of the NBC Dr Christopher Kolade. She saw “hell” that day of the coup while on duty.

Then and Now Found this recently, a Feb 1989 Climax Magazine interview with Rosaline Ogunro, a broadcaster with @radionigeriahq, who was on duty on the morning of the Feb 13 1976 coup that killed Head of State Gen Murtala Mohammed—and encountered ringleader Dimka and his men. She now lives in the UK, where she’s a Labour Councillor and Deputy Mayor for one of the wards in London’s Islington Council. Found the 3rd 📷 (the FRCN commendation letter written to her 2 weeks after the failed coup) on Facebook

@SuleJacobs What industry? At what period in Africa? What year frame? Some companies thrived during COVID while others struggled. There was a period where a lot of manufacture closed down in Nigeria for instance. It was an ecosystem thing and not just one company

@SuleJacobs There's context to this thing sha. What institutional support were available to him that wasn't available to the person who took charge? What metrics were they using to measure performance that they couldn't fire him before he ran it down?

Yesterday, I attended a corporate event in DC. During the fireside chat, one of the organization’s board members was asked what he would do differently in his career if he were younger. He said he was very pleased with all he had accomplished, but his only regret was stepping aside after 30 years to allow a younger person lead the organization’s Africa operations. There was a brief silence in the room after he made that statement. He then added that the young man had a PhD from an Ivy League institution and was also from the continent. According to him, the young man bankrupted the organization within seven years. When dinner was served, I had a brief conversation with the speaker and asked if he could share more details about his earlier comments. He obliged and asked where I was from. After I responded, he said, “Yes, that’s where the young man ran the organization down.” The conversation stayed with me, not as an indictment of African talent, but as a reminder that degrees and credentials alone are not enough. Sustainable leadership requires mentorship, institutional support, accountability, and long-term investment in young African entrepreneurs and leaders.

@FAAN_Official @GbengaGOLD Very good and commendable. However is there a lost and found section/dept at the airport? Where missing items are logged and kept safely

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) proudly commends ISIBOR BLESSED NICHOLAS, a contract staff of Pathfinder working with Lufthansa, for his remarkable honesty, integrity, and professionalism. Mr. Isibor demonstrated exceptional character by safely keeping and returning a passenger’s missing mobile phone after 10 days, ensuring the item was returned intact to its rightful owner. This act of integrity reflects the values of accountability, trust, and dedication that FAAN continues to promote across the aviation community. We celebrate and appreciate staff members who go above and beyond in upholding the image of Nigeria’s aviation industry through honest service delivery.

@icons_closet What global rates and what hotel is this that brings fan in Ikoyi?

I paid global rates for a hotel in Lagos, Ikoyi to be precise, AC was not working for 2 days.. Global customer service would be a refund, They told me sorry. I paid global rate for car rental(what I pay in Georgia), the seats of the SUV were torn, they sprayed air freshener and said sorry when I complained. After we will talk about global rates for clothes and what I actually got…

@Mrczar_ Same Yararua that revoked the sale of the refineries to Dangote and claimed Govt can manage it? Or the one that paused the power sector reforms for probe?

OBJ gave Nigeria Yar’Adua: who turned out to be one of the best presidents of this democratic era. Now he’s firmly behind Peter Obi. Say what you will about OBJ, but he cares about Nigeria and he has a sharp eye for who can lead it well.

@OMONABULESHOWO Looks really nice, question on how accessible are the plates and cutleries on that rack hanging from above? Is there a function not seen in the image to reach it easily

The African Kitchen This is what a kitchen in an #Africanapartment looks like. If you'd like to learn more about the design process for this kitchen, read this article: open.substack.com/pub/doctortrop… I would love to hear your thoughts 😀!

@Stephen_A_Crane @dirtcheapbanks I live in Nigeria, no bank, big or small, have a manager who doesn't read emails in 2026.

How in the same sentence is the bank going to be acquired (future) and the deal closed six months later…and the secretary retired the following spring (past)? And why would it take so long to close? If this bank really earns 12% on equity and nobody apparently uses technology, the potential IRR due cost savings opportunities has to be enormous, assuming there are no accounting irregularities because the CFO doesn’t know how to use accounting software.

The CEO of a $90 million market cap community bank in rural Indiana has not opened his email since 2017. His secretary, who has worked there since 1991, prints the important ones and puts them in a manila folder on his desk. He goes through the folder once a week, on Friday afternoons, with a red pen. If he writes “OK” on it, she replies. If he writes nothing, she does not. If he writes “ask Carl,” she calls Carl, who is the EVP of lending, who does not have email either, but who has a flip phone that he answers on the second ring, always, except during the high school football game on Friday nights, during which the bank, as a matter of unspoken policy, does not exist. The bank has $340 million in deposits, a 12% return on equity, no charge-offs in nine years, and trades at 0.79x tangible book value. An investor relations consultant from Chicago flew out in 2019 to pitch them on building a website. They listened politely. They served him coffee. They did not build the website. The consultant is now divorced and works at a Chipotle. The bank is going to be acquired in 2027 at 1.8x book by a regional that has spent four years trying to figure out how to even contact them, and which finally, in desperation, sent a letter, by mail, addressed to the CEO, who opened it, in his office, with a letter opener his father used, and who wrote on the bottom of the letter, in red pen, “OK,” and handed it to his secretary, and the deal closed six months later for $164 million in cash, and the secretary retired the following spring, and Carl bought a boat.

Three years ago today, I was evacuated from Khartoum with thousands of UN staff - 850km to Port Sudan, 35 hours across brutal heat. Today I’m back. Standing in this city. And thinking of the 130+ humanitarians we’ve lost in Sudan since. They were not statistics. They were colleagues. Believers. Yesterday I co-facilitated a UN strategic planning workshop inside the Al Salam Rotana, the same hotel where frightened colleagues sheltered before evacuation three years ago. Humanitarians are not targets. Give peace to Sudan. 🇸🇩 linkedin.com/posts/abubakar…