China eradicated extreme poverty
It's literally gone
Huge population, yet China went from famines to eradicating extreme poverty, the largest such accomplishment in numerical terms in the history of the world
Global extreme poverty has plummeted from 43% in 1990 to 10% today, lifting over a billion people out of poverty.
In all large population clusters on Earth, each cluster has reduced extreme poverty. India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Ethiopia, etc
Except Nigeria
Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola's friendship is bigger than business.
Dangote, worth about $36B, built Africa's largest industrial empire. Otedola, worth about $1.8B, made his mark in energy, power and banking.
Otedola recently described his longtime friend as a "$200 billion man in waiting."
While many chase competition, these two billionaires keep proving that respect, loyalty and long-term thinking compound just like investments.
Real wealth isn't always built alone. 🇳🇬
How two GTBank colleagues bought a failing bank and turned it into a Nigerian banking giant
Access Bank wasn’t founded from scratch. It was bought.
In 2001, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and Herbert Wigwe were both executive directors at Guaranty Trust Bank, where they’d worked together for over a decade. They shared one dream: own a bank, not just run one for somebody else.
They settled on Access Bank, then a small, crisis-prone lender ranked 65th out of 89 commercial banks in Nigeria. They needed about N1 billion to buy it. Between them, they had only N200 million, so they had to convince outside investors to fund the rest. They needed roughly $9 million to complete the purchase, putting in $1.8 million from their own savings and GTBank shares, and raising the balance from family, friends, and a credit line from a Dutch development finance institution. 
There was a hold-up before they could even take over. The Central Bank of Nigeria delayed approval because it considered both men, at 36, too young to own a bank. They pushed through anyway.
In March 2002, Access Bank’s board appointed Aig-Imoukhuede as Managing Director and CEO, with Wigwe as Deputy Managing Director. The mandate was blunt: move the bank from 65th position into the top 10 within five years. Most people thought it was impossible.
When the Central Bank raised the capitalization bar to N25 billion in 2005, they mobilized fast, raising N15 billion through a public offer, and acquired Capital Bank and Marina International Bank to strengthen their base. By 2008, Access Bank had opened a UK subsidiary, the start of its push beyond Nigeria. 
Aig-Imoukhuede stepped down as CEO in 2013 and handed the reins to Wigwe, his deputy of over a decade. At that point, Access Bank’s total assets stood at N2.6 trillion. Wigwe grew that by 723% in under nine years. The 2018 merger with Diamond Bank made Access Bank the largest in Nigeria by customer base, and the bank went on to expand into Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, and Angola. 
Wigwe died in a helicopter crash in February 2024, alongside his wife and son. Aig-Imoukhuede returned as Chairman of Access Holdings shortly after.
Two GTBank colleagues with a shared dream and barely a fifth of the purchase price between them. That’s how Nigeria’s largest bank by customer base actually started.
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This special fixture, representing a significant milestone in the tournament's history, saw Japan beat Tunisia 4-0 at Monterrey Stadium.
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This is why I keep saying “God punish Fred Lugard.” The reasons for the Nigerian Civil War remain unresolved. The center doesn't represent everyone but a small group of greedy politicians who stoke tribal tensions to distract from failure and massive corruption.
Mark Angel is the most popular African Content Creator with 40 million Social Media followers.
He has made over $4.2 million on YouTube.
He is the most followed Nigerian on Facebook with 22 million followers and YouTube with 9 million subscribers.
He has 5.8 million TikTok followers and 3.2 million Instagram followers.
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Michel Platini, Jean Tigana, Alain Giresse, Luis Fernandez, Joël Bats... La mythique bande du "Carré d'As" et de la génération 86 était réunie au grand complet ✨📸
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