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Ibukun Awosika
Ibukunoluwa Abiodun Awosika (born Bilkisu Abiodun Motunrayo Omobolanle Adekola on December 24, 1962) is a Nigerian business woman, motivational speaker, and an author. She is the first female Chairperson of First Bank of Nigeria. She was appointed a member of Binance Global Advisory Board in September 2022. Early life and education Born as the third child of seven children in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Ibukun completed her primary and secondary school education at St. Paul's African Church Primary School, Lagos and Methodist Girls' High School, Yaba respectively before she proceeded to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where she graduated with a BSc in Chemistry although she had initially wanted to study Architecture and also ended up taking elective courses in Accounting. She holds post graduate and MBA certificates upon the completion of several business programmes at the Lagos Business School and IESE Business School – University of Navarra. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its metropolitan area. It is the country's largest city by geographical area. At the time of Nigeria's independence in 1960, Ibadan was the largest and most populous city in the country, and the second most populous in Africa behind Cairo. Ibadan is ranked the second fastest growing city on the African continent according to the UN Human settlements research program (2022), It is also ranked third in West Africa in the tech startups index. Ibadan joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. Ibadan is located in south-western Nigeria, inland northeast of Lagos and southwest of Abuja, the federal capital. It is a prominent transit point between the coastal region and areas in the hinterland of the country. Ibadan had been the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deloitte
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (), commonly referred to as Deloitte, is an international professional services network headquartered in London, England. Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of professionals in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms along with EY (Ernst & Young), KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). The firm was founded by William Welch Deloitte in London in 1845 and expanded into the United States in 1890. It merged with Haskins & Sells to form Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1972 and with Touche Ross in the US to form Deloitte & Touche in 1989. In 1993, the international firm was renamed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, later abbreviated to Deloitte. In 2002, Arthur Andersen's practice in the UK as well as several of that firm's practices in Europe and North and South America agreed to merge with Deloitte. Subsequent acquisitions have included Monitor Group, a large strategy consulting business, in Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Alele-Williams
Grace Alele-Williams (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, and the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University of Benin.. Early life and education Grace Awani Alele was born to Itsekiri parents in Warri, Western Region (present-day Delta State), Nigeria on 16 December 1932. She attended Government School, Warri, Queen's College, Lagos and the University College of Ibadan (now University of Ibadan). She obtained a master's degree in mathematics while teaching at Queen's School, Ede in Osun State in 1957 and her PhD degree in mathematics education at the University of Chicago (U.S.) in 1963, thereby making her the first Nigerian woman to be awarded a doctorate. Grace Alele was married later that year and became known as Grace Alele-Williams. She returned to Nigeria for a couple of years' postdoctoral work at the University of Ibadan before joining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folorunso Alakija
Folorunsho Alakija (born 15 July 1951) is a Nigerian billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist. She is involved in the fashion, oil, real estate and printing industries. She is the Group Managing Director of The Rose of Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited, Digital Reality Prints Limited and the executive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil Limited. Alakija also has a majority stake in DaySpring Property Development Company. Folorunsho Alakija was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the richest woman in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $1 billion in 2020. As of 2015, Alakija was listed as the second most powerful woman in Africa after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the 87th most powerful woman in the world by ''Forbes''. Early life and education Alakija was born on 15 July 1951 to an upper-middle-class family; her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara of Ikorodu, Lagos State. Her father married 8 wives and had 52 children and Folorunso's mother was the first. Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Women Society
The International Women's Society (IWS) in Lagos, Nigeria is a Nigerian women's organization. The IWS was founded in 1957.Tobi AwodipeAdemola-Bawaallah emerges new IWS president ''The Guardian'', 1 March 2018. Accessed 17 January 2021. The International Women's Society carries our charitable activity in Nigeria. It provides for the less privileged, financially supports widows, and helps women gain skills enabling their productive independence.Vanessa ObiohaIWS Reiterates Commitment to Empowering Women Nationwide ''This Day'', 4 December 2020. Accessed 17 January 2021. Presidents The IWS has elected a new president each year. * 1957/58: Mrs. Remi Doherty * 1959: Mrs. Majorie Maclaren * 1960: Amb. Aduke Alakija * 1961: Lady Kofo Ademola * 1962: Mrs. Kennedy * 1963: Dr. (Mrs.) M. A. Silva * 1964: Dr. (Mrs.) A. Aziz * 1965: Chief (Mrs.) Shodeinde * 1966: Miss Vera Creaton * 1967: Chief (Mrs.) Uyi Taylor * 1968: Mrs. Wooten-Wooley * 1969: Prof (Mrs.) Juliet MaCauley * 1970: Mrs. M. Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunle Afolayan
Kunle Afolayan (born 30 September 1975) is a Nigerian actor, producer and director. He is widely credited for elevating the quality of Nollywood movies though larger budgets, shooting on 35mm, releasing in cinemas, and improving cliché Nollywood storylines. After starting his film career as an actor in the 1999 political drama '' Saworoide'', Afoloayan made his directorial debut in 2006 with '' Irapada'', a Nigerian supernatural thriller, which won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film in an African Language. His follow-on directing credits include ''The Figurine'', ''Phone Swap'', ''October 1,'' and ''Citation. October 1'' was the winner of 16 major African movie awards in 2015 and the second highest grossing Nigerian film in Nigerian cinemas at the time of its release, a feat Afolayan was to repeat two years later with '' The CEO''. In 2021, the director signed a three-picture deal with Netflix. ''Swallow'', the screen adaption of Sefi Atta's book of the same name w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temi Otedola
Temiloluwa Elizabeth Otedola (born 20 March 1996) is a Nigerian actress and also a blogger. She is known for playing the role of Moremi Oluwa in the 2020 film ''Citation''. Early life and education Otedola (born 20 March 1996). She studied Art History at University College London, University of London. Career Otedola started a fashion blog called JTO Fashion in December 2014. She documents fashion, beauty, art, and travel experiences. She made her Nollywood debut in 2020 in ''Citation'' by Kunle Afolayan. Her lead role in Citation, earned her an award at Ghana Movie Awards for Best Actress, and was nominated for Revelation of the Year at Best of Nollywood Awards 2020. She returns to the big screen for her second feature since starring in Kunle Afolayan's "Citation" in Anthill studios' newest project "The Man For The Job", a feature film scripted and directed by Niyi Akinmolayan. Personal life She is the last daughter of Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola and a young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citation (film)
''Citation'' is a 2020 Nigerian film directed by Kunle Afolayan, written by Tunde Babalola and starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Temi Otedola, Bukunmi Oluwashina, Gabriel Afolayan and a host of others. Synopsis The film is about a university student who speaks out after a university professor attempts to rape her, and the reaction of the university institution to the claims. The film is broadly based on true events. Cast * Jimmy Jean-Louis as Prof. Lucien N'Dyare * Temi Otedola as Moremi * Bukunmi Oluwashina as Uzoamaka * Adjetey Anang as Kwesi * Joke Silva as Angela * Ini Edo as Gloria * Ibukun Awosika as herself * Ropo Ewenla as Dr. Grillo * Gbubemi Ejeye as Rachel * Yomi Fash-Lanso as Lucien Legal Rep. * Gabriel Afolayan as Koyejo * Oyewole Olowomojuore as Prof. Osagye * Sadiq Daba as Prof. Yahaya * Samantha Okanlawon as Social Activist 1 * Casilda Okanlawon as Social Activist 2 * Neba as Dr. Sembene * Toyin Bifarin Ogundeji as Dr. Mrs. Nwosu Reception According to the cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon's Den
''Dragons' Den'' is a reality television program format in which entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hope of securing investment finance from them. The program originated in 2001 in Japan, where it is known as ''The Tigers of Money'' ( ja, マネーの虎, manē no tora), a pun on "The Tiger of Malaya" ( ja, マレーの虎, marē no tora, label=none), which was the nickname of WWII general Tomoyuki Yamashita. The format was created and is owned by Nippon TV and is distributed by Sony Pictures Television. Local versions of the show have been produced in nearly 30 countries, as well as one for the Arab world; in some countries, more than one version has been aired. The first version to air outside of Japan was the British programme ''Dragons' Den'', which launched in 2005; in the several years afterward, most versions named themselves ''Dragons' Den'' or variations thereof, though some also used other animals in the title, such as lions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadbury Nigeria Plc
Cadbury Nigeria Plc is a food, sweets and drink company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Cadbury Nigeria Plc is a subsidiary of Mondelez International, one of the largest snacking companies in the world. The firm's flagship product is Bournvita and it competes with brands from Nestle, GlaxoSmithKline and Promasidor. They specialised in production and sales of food products. Their activity is organized around 2 families of product: Confectionery and beverages: Bournvita, Tom Tom, Ahomka,Ginger, Hacks and Buttermint brands. Cocoa-based products: cocoa powder, cocoa butter, cocoa liqueur and cocoa cakes. Empowerment and initiatives At a media discussion held at the company's headquarters in Lagos on October 5, 2022, Cadbury Nigeria Plc, a subsidiary of Mondelez International and the manufacturer of the renowned cocoa beverage Bournvita, presented outstanding participants of the annual Tech Boot Camp since its commencement. Since the boot ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YNaija
''YNaija'' is a Nigerian online content publishing platform, founded by Chude Jideonwo and Adebola Williams of RED Africa media group. ''YNaija'' launched in May 2010 with columnists and various news sources. It offers news, original content and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy and healthy living. In July 2012, ''YNaija'' was ranked #5 top blog in the country, by CPAfrica."Top Nigerian Bloggers 2012" CP Africa. Y! The Y! brand also includes a television show, a radio show and a print magazine. The magazine, ''Y!'', is a 100–150-page monthly publication that initially began as a quarterly. It has organised events including the #Hashtag Party in July 2011, the ''YNaija'' Black Ball, and others. ...
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Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority is a Nigerian establishment which manages the ''Nigeria sovereign wealth fund'', into which the surplus income produced from Nigeria's excess oil reserves is deposited. This sovereign wealth fund was founded for the purpose of managing and investing these funds on behalf of the government of Nigeria. The fund was established by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (Establishment, etc) Act 2011, signed in May 2011, and commenced operations in October 2012 . It is intended to invest the savings gained on the difference between the budgeted and actual market prices for oil to earn returns that would benefit future generations of Nigerians. The fund was allocated an initial US$1 billion in seed capital, and, an additional $0.60billion has been contributed to date by the current administration. In December 2021 the fund had US$ 2.56 billion in assets under management. History Nigeria is the most populous country on the African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
