Does hard work really guarantee success?
But does hard work truly guarantee success, or are there other factors at play that determine one’s journey towards achieving their goals? In this article, we delve into the complex relationship between hard work and success. Beyond hard workHowever, the notion that hard work is the sole determinant of success oversimplifies the complex interplay of factors that shape individual trajectories. The Myth of Overnight Success:Behind every “overnight success” story lies a hidden narrative of years of unseen hard work and countless failures. In the grand tapestry of success, hard work undoubtedly occupies a central role.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
September 07, 2023 12:17 UTC
Nigeria’s gas revenue drops by N3tn in 12 months – Report
Nigeria exports 3.7 billion cubic feet daily to global destinations through the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited and the West African Gas Pipeline. Funds regional rail projects, FG tells govsDaily gas production stands at 7.8 billion cubic feet, but 2.2 billion cubic feet of gas are re-injected daily. Meanwhile, daily gas consumption averages 1.5 billion cubic feet, serving domestic and commercial applications. However, because the Freeport LNG export terminal shut down, U.S. LNG exports declined in the second half of the year. So by 2030, we’ll get to 5.5 billion cubic feet of daily production (57 billion cubic meters a year),” Ekpo said.
Source:Punch
September 07, 2023 07:23 UTC
Labour Party rejects Tribunal judgement in petition against Tinubu | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgments of the Presidential Election Petitions Court in the party’s petitions challenging the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared winner of the February 25, 2023 poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Labour Party spokesman Obiora Ifoh in a statement said justice was not served in the petitions of the party against the APC and Tinubu. He also said the Labour Party will make its next move known upon consultation with its lawyers after receiving the Certified True Copy of the judgments. Obi and Labour Party claimed that President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not duly elected during the February 25, 2023 poll.
Source:The Guardian
September 07, 2023 00:28 UTC
JUST IN: Tribunal sacks Ogah, orders INEC to issue certificate of return to Onyejeocha
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Wednesday, sacked the member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency, Hon Amobi Ogah (Labour Party). Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe! It subsequently ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to withdraw the certificate of return given to Ogah and issue same to the Petitioner, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Source:Punch
September 06, 2023 21:14 UTC
Tribunal declares PDP’s Natasha Akpoti winner of Kogi Central Senatorial seat
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Wednesday declared the Kogi Central Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate, Mrs. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the winner of the February 25 Kogi Central Senatorial election. The court further declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan as the actual winner of the February Senatorial election in Kogi Central. He also stated that 3 other polling units’ results were deliberately not entered for Natasha in the same LGA. Responding to the judgment, counsel to Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan, Johnson Usman (SAN) said the judgment has now validated the true winner of the Kogi Central election. “This is victory for the people of Kogi Central Senatorial district, victory for Kogi in general and victory for the election processes.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
September 06, 2023 17:20 UTC
Beeta Foundation unveils plans for 6th playwright competition, raises prize to $3000
(Originally titled “Foundation reaffirms commitment to arts development, announces 6th playwright competition”By Guardian EditorBEETA Universal Arts Foundation, a foremost social impact organisation, focused on the development of the Arts in Nigeria and Africa, has announced the launch of its 6th Playwright Competition. This year, The Beeta Playwright competition calls for talented playwrights between the ages of 18 and 40 to submit their exceptional stories for a chance to win the sum of $3,000 as the grand prize. Themed “No Limits’, the 2023 edition of the Beeta Playwright competition closes entries on September 30, 2023 and encourages contestants to explore the depth of their creativity and submit entries. The Judges for the 2023 Beeta Playwright Competition include Ahmed Yerima, Ego Boyo, Shaibu Husseini, Ibiso Graham-Douglas, Kenneth Uphopho and Ayo Jaiyesimi. This edition is proudly sponsored by Chairborne Global Services Limited, MTN Foundation, Utopia Theatre UK, Olajide Oyewole LLP and Paperworth Books.
Source:The Guardian
September 06, 2023 17:03 UTC
Qualification, disqualification of candidates a pre-election matter
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Petition Election Tribunal on Wednesday said the Allied Peoples Movement’s petition challenging the qualification of Vice President, Kashim Shettima, was a pre-election matter. Reading his verdict, Tsammani said the matter ought to have been challenged before the conduct of the presidential election. He said, “The issue of qualification or disqualification is a constitutional one. The issue of disqualification or qualification is a pre-election matter. The petition, number four will be treated first.”The APM was challenging the qualification of the Vice president, Kashim Shettima among others.
Source:Punch
September 06, 2023 16:07 UTC
Indian billionaire Hinduja to invest in Nigeria’s motor vehicle sector
President Tinubu is in India for the G20 Summit and plans to meet business leaders to attract investments that will create jobs and new revenueThank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe! Indian billionaire Gopichand Hinduja has pledged to invest billions of dollars in Nigeria at a meeting with President Bola Tinubu who is in India for the G20 summit. Tinubu met Hinduja, the Chairman and CEO of the Hinduja Group of Companies, shortly after arriving in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, Ajuri Ngelale, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity said in a statement. “We are here for business,” Tinubu said. Apart from attending the G20 Summit, Tinubu will meet numerous business leaders from various sectors in India, and hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of India, South Korea, Brazil and Germany.
Source:Punch
September 06, 2023 12:29 UTC
Best African Residential Proxies in 2023
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Source:Nigerian Tribune
September 06, 2023 10:46 UTC
Anthrax: Old zoonotic disease, new threat to public health
Scientifically, Bacillus anthracis was discovered as a causative organism of anthrax by German physician, Robert Koch, in 1876 (147 years ago). Closely following the discovery of Robert Koch was the development of vaccine against anthrax in livestock by Louis Pasteur in 1881. The mode of transmission of the disease is primarily related to direct exposure to the organism by susceptible animals through grazing. In June, 2023, anthrax disease was reported in the Republic of Ghana. Animal husbandry through nomadic pastoralism is cumbersome because of frequent movement of livestock, especially, cattle from one location to the other, making animal disease monitoring and surveillance herculean.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
September 06, 2023 09:14 UTC
NLC strike: Power outage in Abuja as electricity workers down tools
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, on Tuesday, said the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress has caused a power outage in the state. A statement by the AEDC management posted on X, advised residents of Abuja to find ways of managing the outage pending the restoration of power. “We are aware of the general power outage being experienced across our franchise due to enforcement by NLC of the 2-day warning strike embarked upon by the labour union. Kindly unplug sensitive electronic devices and appliances from power sources pending the restoration of power. We remain committed to serving you.”The PUNCH reports that electricity workers – the National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria, joined the two-day strike initiated by the NLC.
Source:Punch
September 06, 2023 06:28 UTC
This craving for FDIs
Even with the craving for and hoopla around FDI, Nigeria is not in the top 10 leading destinations in Africa. And after having done well for themselves, the foreign multinationals end up remitting huge dividends back to their home economies. While the dividends paid to out-of-country investors may not exactly be directly proportional to capital flight, they nonetheless mean that funds that could have been reinvested within the Nigerian economy will be remitted to other economies. The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, who many thought would have been Minister of Information, just came out with the good news that a Nigerian solid minerals corporation would soon be set up by his ministry. The solid minerals corporation should quickly take itself out of the picture as a commercial enterprise, though it can still remain as an enabling regulatory agency for the solid minerals industry.
Source:Punch
September 06, 2023 05:33 UTC
Our founding fathers won Independence, failed to build a nation – Jonathan
Ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, has said while Nigeria’s founding fathers deserve credit for the struggle for independence and victory which followed, they should share in the blame for doing a poor job at nation building subsequently. Jonathan said this in his remarks during a national dialogue and public presentation of 21 books, held in honour of Prof. Udenta Udenta, as part of activities to mark his 60th birthday, in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said unlike Nyerere; Nigerian founding fathers paid greater emphasis on ethnic and identity politics at the expense of building Nigeria into a cohesive nation. Jonathan said, “Have we been able to convince ourselves whether we are a state or a nation? “I am not blaming our founding fathers but they failed to integrate us into a proper nation.
Source:Punch
September 06, 2023 04:03 UTC
Subsidy Removal Protest Under Jonathan Was All Politics — Fayemi
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, described as “politically”, the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protest against petrol subsidy removal mulled by the then administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. “All political parties in the country agreed and they even put in their manifesto that subsidy must be removed. The move was resisted with a nationwide protest spearheaded by Fayemi and some then ACN leaders and the price was subsequently readjusted to N97. The ACN later merged with other parties and was renamed the All Progressives Congress (APC) that produced President Bola Tinubu who removed petrol subsidy on May 29, 2023. Petrol per litre was N184 before the removal and the price of the essential commodity jumped to N600 after the removal.
Source:Punch
September 06, 2023 02:03 UTC
NNPP crisis: Court squashes Kwankwaso suspension
While restraining them from parading themselves as national officers or leaders of the party pending the hearing and determination of the motion of notice, he also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising the purported suspension, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The PUNCH reports that on August 29, 2023, the members led by NNPP chieftains, Aniebonam and Agbo, suspended Kwankwaso for six months on the allegation of hobnobbing with politicians outside the party. Kwankwaso, a former Kano State governor, came fourth in the 2023 presidential election. They subsequently expelled Kwankwaso over “failure to appear before the Disciplinary Committee.”Aniebonam and Agbo group also accused Kwankwaso of “financial impropriety relating to the mismanagement of public funds.”However, the Kano court restrained Aniebonam, Agbo, and 16 other respondents from parading themselves as party officials and fixed October 5, 2023, for hearing of the case. “An order of interim injunction is, hereby, granted setting aside the purported suspension of Senator Kwankwaso as a member of the applicant and restrains the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising the purported suspension pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion on notice.”
Source:Punch
September 05, 2023 20:59 UTC