THE 9-5 ENTREPRENEUR

Engr. (COREN)
Project Manager_Industrial Eng.
I love solving problems..

[Kwazie @__kwazie]

People think they have options.

[Tobi Bakre @tobibakre]

People know what they are doing .

[Saskay @officialsaskay]

This user has completed her Masters.

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

The real secret to being likable is actually you liking yourself and going after your dreams.

[BeyondAfrica.org, Austin TX, Nov 7 @AdewaleYusuf_]

A girl born in Dakar, Senegal sold her self-driving robotaxi company to Amazon for $1.3 billion and remains the CEO. This is the story of Aicha Evans, CEO of @zoox

Aicha was born in Senegal. Raised between Dakar and Paris. She moved to the U.S. to study computer engineering, graduating in 1996 as one of the few Black women in the entire field.
Then she did what so many of us in the diaspora do: put her head down and outworked the room. Over a decade at Intel, she rose to Chief Strategy Officer, running a 7,000-person division at one of the biggest tech companies on earth.
And then, at the top of her corporate career, she walked away.
In 2019, she became CEO of Zoox, a small startup with a wild mission: build a fully autonomous robotaxi from scratch. Not retrofitting old cars like the competition, designing an entirely new vehicle around autonomy itself.

Months in, the money nearly ran out. Investors got cold feet. So she restructured the company, tightened everything, and pushed her team to a working prototype.
Less than a year later? Amazon acquired Zoox for $1.3 billion.

But here's the part I love most, she didn't cash out and disappear. She kept the CEO seat. And today, Zoox robotaxis are carrying real passengers through Las Vegas and San Francisco, and recently launched in Austin. Over 350,000 riders and counting.

An African woman is literally driving the future of transportation. This is what the diaspora is capable of, and there are thousands more stories like hers.

Please tag them.

[EFCC Nigeria @officialEFCC]

EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture of University, Radio Station, 46 Other Properties Linked to Malami

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, secured the final forfeiture of 48 properties linked to a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Among the forfeited properties are  Rayhaan University, Kebbi State, including the Rayhaan University Permanent Site, Rayhaan University Temporary Site, Rayhaan University Third Site, the Rayhaan University Vice Chancellor's House and  Rayhaan Radio along Sani Abacha Bypass Road, Birnin Kebbi.

Delivering judgment, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, held that the Commission had successfully established that the properties were reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities and were not acquired from lawful sources of income.

The properties finally forfeited to the Federal Government are: a luxury duplex at Amazon Street, Plot No. 3011 within Cadastral Zone A06, Maitama District, Abuja (File No. AN 11352); a two-winged large three-storey building situated at No. 3 Onitsha Crescent, Area 11, Garki, Cadastral Zone A03, Abuja (formerly Harmonia Hotels Limited); Plot 683, Jabi District, Cadastral Zone B04, comprising a five-storey building (now luxurious Meethaq Hotels Ltd., Jabi, with 53 rooms/suites); Property No. 3130 within Cadastral Zone A04, Asokoro District, FCT, Abuja, comprising terraces; Property No. 3 Rhine Street, Maitama, Abuja (Meethaq Hotels Ltd., Maitama, with 15 rooms); and Plot No. 1241B, Asokoro District (No. 11A Yakubu Gowon Crescent), Asokoro District.

Others are: Shop No. C52, Citiscape – Shariff Plaza, Plot 739, Cadastral Zone A07, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II, FCT, Abuja; No. 4 Ahmadu Bello Way, Nasarawa GRA, Kano; Plot 157, Lamido Nasarawa GRA, Kano; a commercial plaza comprising commercial toilets, laundering facilities, warehouse tanks adjacent to Birnin Kebbi Market; 100 hectares of land along Birnin Kebbi–Jega Road; and another 100 hectares of land along Birnin Kebbi–Jega Road.

Others are: a four-bedroom bungalow at Gesse Phase II, Birnin Kebbi; Shops Nos. A36 and B3, Vegas Mall, Wuse II, Abuja; No. 26 Babbi Drive, BUA Estate, Abuja; No. 27 EFAB Estate, 5th Avenue, 59th Crescent, Gwarimpa, Abuja; a four-bedroom house with two-room boys' quarters at No. 10B Doka Crescent, Abakpa GRA, Kaduna; Plot No. 13, IPENT 7 Estate, Karsana District, Abuja; a bedroom duplex with boys' quarters at No. 12 Yalinga Street, off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja; two warehouse shops B40 and B46, Wuse Market, Abuja; acquisition of twin houses at Zone E, Apo Legislative Quarters, Cadastral Zone B01, Plot 1401, Gudu District, Abuja; and properties acquired by Khadimiyya for Justice & Development Initiative at the Academic Garden City, Birnin Kebbi, sold by the Federal Housing Authority Mortgage, namely: nine units of three-bedroom bungalows, three units of two-bedroom bungalows, and 5.4 hectares of land.

Also forfeited are the Rayhaan Agro Allied Factory in Kebbi State, including the factory buildings, factory machines and plant units, factory mosque, Rayhaan Mill staff quarters, and the Rayhaan Bustan Building.
 Others are assets at Azbir Arena, Kebbi State, including Azbir Hotel, Printing Press, Gallery, Gardens, Mosque, Azbir Clothing, and Azbir Pharmacy and Supermarket.
Other forfeited properties include the Al-Afiya Energy tanker garage opposite Rayhaan University Health Centre along Sani Abacha Bypass Road, Birnin Kebbi; Rayhaan Security House off Sani Abacha Bypass, Birnin Kebbi; an uncompleted two-storey plaza located opposite Central Motor Park (Eastern Park), Birnin Kebbi; Amasdul Oil and Gas Ltd. filling station structure along Sani Abacha Bypass Road, Birnin Kebbi, near Jambali Automobile Workshop; the assets of Zeennoor Hotel at Kabuga Satellite Town, off Gwarzo Road, Kano, with 131 rooms; Zeennoor Mosque at Kabuga Satellite Town, off Gwarzo Road, Kano; and the old Zeennoor Hotel building.

It would be recalled that on January 6, 2026,  Justice Emeka Nwite granted the interim forfeiture order following an ex parte motion moved by counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN.
Sequel to the granting of the interim forfeiture order, and in compliance with the order of the court, the EFCC published the interim order in national dailies, inviting interested persons to come forward and show cause why the final forfeiture order should not be granted in favour of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The EFCC subsequently filed a motion for the final forfeiture of all the properties.

Meanwhile, following the publication of the interim order, Mr. Malami, SAN, and 14 other persons, mainly his family members and associates, filed applications to show cause and also urged the court to set aside the interim forfeiture order on the properties. They further challenged the jurisdiction of the court to grant the order and urged it not to grant the final forfeiture order.

The case was heard before  Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on May 27, 2026, and the matter was thereafter adjourned for judgment.

Delivering judgment on Wednesday,  the court held that the EFCC had sufficiently established that the 48 properties were reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activities, and that the respondents failed to discharge the evidential burden placed on them, as they could not show the legitimate sources of the funds used in acquiring the properties.

The court further held that the respondents merely claimed ownership of the properties without providing proof of how they acquired them with funds from lawful sources.

According to the court, non conviction-based forfeiture proceedings require respondents to adduce evidence showing the lawful sources of the funds used in acquiring the properties, and not merely make bare assertions of ownership.

[THE 9-5 ENTREPRENEUR @Cousa_ra1]

How long is "LONG ENOUGH⁉️"

[Mr. Czar @Mrczar_]

The law of averages: if you try something TOO MANY times you will get the outcome that you expect.

Everything works given enough time & effort.

If you want heads, and you flip a coin 100x you will most likely get heads.

If you want to succeed at business, and you stay on it long enough - you will most likely succeed.

[Muyiwa Awoniyi @IAmDonawon]

This is the peace that you cannot buy.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

Friendly reminder that no one gives a shit about the reason you didn’t make it happen.

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

My advice to anyone starting out:

Develop a very strong opinion about yourself.
Know exactly who you are & who you are not.

If you don't, someone else will try to tell you who you are, and you might just start believing them.

[ROYZ @royzkingin]

For someone who is very ambitious, i’m too easily overwhelmed.

[THE 9-5 ENTREPRENEUR @Cousa_ra1]

Videogenic

[𝙻𝙰𝙳£𝙷€𝚁$£𝙻𝙵 @Thebiglade]

Are you Photogenic or Videogenic??

[KABUGO @Kabugo_]

They said Lazarus was dead dead. Four days in the grave. Jesus showed up unbothered. Faith is weird. It makes you calm in situations that should break you. People hate that.

[R(R) @real1800splurge]

somewhere in your 20s or 30s you’ll get the opportunity to rebuild your life after a negative loop. its very important that you see that journey through

[Zaga🍃 @MrChulo__]

Knowing when to speak, what to say, and what to leave unsaid is an underrated skill.

[TENDER @Tender_TR_]

You know you’re the shit when everybody wants to humble you

[Mthimbarimba @mthimbarimba]

@KE_MrBlack A client is rendered a service
A customer is sold a product

Mara I'm not fluent

[THE 9-5 ENTREPRENEUR @Cousa_ra1]

🤝

[Adeshola🐍 @Ade_west07]

When your aura is too high they team up to hate on you.

[Erin Perise @ErinPerise]

He who is the most childlike, has the most mature soul.

[𝓓𝓾𝓴𝓮 🧃 @fwsodiq]

Everybody's grown until it's time to communicate, apologize or tell the truth.