Overnight, Nigeria and the United States recorded a significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism.
Our determined Nigerian Armed Forces, working closely with the Armed Forces of the United States, conducted a daring joint operation that dealt a heavy blow to the ranks of the Islamic State.
Early assessments confirm the elimination of the wanted IS senior leader, Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, also known as Abu-Mainok, along with several of his lieutenants, during a strike on his compound in the Lake Chad Basin
Nigeria appreciates this partnership with the United States in advancing our shared security objectives. I extend my sincere gratitude to President Trump for his leadership and unwavering support in this effort.
I commend the personnel involved on both sides for their professionalism and courage, and I look forward to more decisive strikes against all terrorist enclaves across the nation.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
President & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Aso Villa
Abuja
May 16, 2026
I often joke that I have only ever had one job. What I rarely mention is that, in my early thirties, I was building two businesses simultaneously. Not long after the Unipetrol acquisition, a small group of us saw the opportunity to apply for a GSM license. From 8:00am to 8:00pm, I focused on growing the energy business.
The nights, starting from 8:00pm, belonged to telecoms. Seven of us worked until 2:00am daily, refining the bid, aligning partners, and preparing for an outcome that was far from guaranteed.
We won that license, launched, and later exited. Today, that telecom company is known as Airtel.
What's the lesson? Youth is an execution advantage. At that stage of life, sustaining 18-hour workdays repeatedly was possible. Not only because of motivation, but because of capacity.
There is a surplus of energy and tolerance for uncertainty at that stage. Over time, that edge diminishes.
If you are early in your career, this is the period to use that advantage. Take the risk. Endeavour.
#jatnotes #winning
Every nigerian needs to watch this video.
Don’t watch it once, don’t watch it twice, watch it at least three times.
This video should upset you but it should strengthen your resolve as a nigerian to never ever make excuses for lunatic mediocres in power.
Earlier, I spoke with President Tinubu of Nigeria to express my condolences on the floods impacting his country and my appreciation for his leadership in securing the humanitarian release of Tigran Gambaryan.
We also spoke about the value of our partnership.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr @akinbambo Ibidapo-Obe for his invaluable insights and expertise shared during today’s enlightening webinar on ‘PIA: Navigating the Shift - Essential Implementation Insights for Businesses’.
Imane Khelif is a biological woman and if you want to protect our daughters, you should protect her. If you don’t do the research to find the truth, then we should be protected from you.
Save the date for NAICE 2024!
Join us on Monday, August 5th, 1:30-4:30 p.m., as Akinbambo Ibidapo-Obe, @akinbambo, GM, Commercial, Oando Energy Resources, discusses “The Outlook of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry, Post IOC Divestments and Exits: Challenges and Opportunities.”
#NAICE2024 #Oando #OilAndGas
God hides in the dark corners of lives and cities. His presence is revealed precisely in faces marked by suffering. The Lord becomes a friendly presence in the wounded flesh of the least, the forgotten, and the discarded.
Akinbambo Ibidapo-Obe, @akinbambo, GM, Commercial, Oando Energy Resources, emphasizes the power of optimism and innovation, transforming challenges into opportunities.
He calls for creative solutions to meet Nigeria’s growing energy demands, focusing on investments driven by population growth.
#EnergyFuture #InnovationInEnergy #EnergyInnovation #FutureLeaders
“Bruce Lee had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We'd run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a-half minutes per mile]. So this morning he said to me ‘We're going to go five.’ I said, ‘Bruce, I can't go five. l'm a helluva lot older than you are, and I can't do five.’
He said, ‘When we get to three, we'll shift gears and it's only two more and you'll do it.’ I said ‘Okay, hell, I'll go for it.’ So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I'm okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out. I'm tired, my heart's pounding, I can't go any more and so I say to him, ‘Bruce, if I run any more, — and we're still running — ‘if I run any more I'm liable to have a heart attack and die.’ He said, ‘Then die’
It made me so mad that I went the full five miles. Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, ‘Why did you say that?’ He said, ‘Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it'll spread over into the rest of your life. It'll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.’”
- John Little, “The Art of Expressing the Human Body” (1998)