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LOCAL HEADLINES:

THISDAY

Adeniyi: Is Nnamdi Kanu Dead or Alive

In Damning Report, US Says Impunity, Massive Corruption Still Prevalent in Nigeria

FCAM’s Legacy USD Bond Listed on NSE

UBA Shareholders Hail Performance, Higher Dividend Payout

N’Assembly, Executive Head for Showdown over Unapproved $496m Withdrawal from ECA

Drama as Melaye is Stopped from Travelling, Police, DSS Lay Siege to His House

Lagos Saves N4.5bn from Non-sponsorship of Religious Pilgrims

N215bn Roads Contracts Awarded by Okowa Govt Omon-Julius Onabu in Asaba

UNICEF: 4.3m Nigerian Children Miss out on Vaccinations Every Year

 

DAILY POST

Why we raided Magu’s farm – Suspect confesses

Tinubu finally speaks about APC National Convention

2019 elections: Why Buhari will lose Presidency – Sowore

EFCC arrests Jonah Jang, grills former Plateau governor for 7 hours

Dino Melaye: Police reveal why they invaded Senator’s house

APC speaks on change of date, venue of National convention

Fani-Kayode backs CAN on Buhari, hails Oyedepo

Shehu Sani drags El- Rufai to court, demands N5bn compensation

Biafran group tells Buhari what to do to become Nigeria’s best president

Court takes decision on naming of Secondus as looter

2019: Presidency cabal, INEC planning to use underage voters to rig election for Buhari – PDP

Nigeria youth forum gives Buhari 7 days to apologize over derogatory comment

‘Lazy Nigerian youths’: Senator Bruce blasts Buhari, says president delivering chains not promises

 

PUNCH

Champions League: Record-breaking Heynckes chases another treble

Theres a plot to kill me, Melaye says as police lay siege to home

We raided Magus farm for money Dismissed NAF officer

Court orders interim forfeiture of N1bn, gives owners 14 days to claim account

Xenophobia: Again, South African mob burns Nigerian alive

Saraki, Dogara, others meet over mace theft

FG reviews health workers demands

EFCC arrests Iboris ally, Nwaoboshi, for alleged N6bn fraud

Judges absence stalls Evans kidnapping case

Land charges: Dont convert houses to religious buildings, govt warns

Buharis uncharitable comment on Nigerian youths

Govt seeks safety in chemical environment

Register to aid planning, LASG tells residents

Crisis hits NASENI over delayed appointment

EFCC grills ex-gov Jang over alleged N2bn fraud

 

THE NATION

Southsouth APC leaders in stormy talks over Oyegun

EFCC grills Nwaoboshi over N4b contracts

World Bank: disapora remittances hit $22b

South African mob burnt Nigerian alive

Why Olaniyan should succeed Ajimobi

Duchess of Cambridge is delivered of baby boy

Police at Melayes Abuja residence

Adeyeye alleges supporters attacked

Zamfara lawmaker loses 10 relatives in accident

Buhari approves Fayemis leave

Oyegun should resolve Delta APC crisis

APC forms go on sale forMay 14convention in Abuja

Ikpeazu reconciles warring Umuahia South leaders

Row in NASENI over renewal of EVCs tenure

Commercial motorcyclists endorse Fayoses deputy

Saudi threatens Hajj ban on Nigeria over Lassa fever

Ekiti 2018: Buhari grants Fayemi leave for guber race

Provide succor to Nigerians, Methodist Church begs Buhari

 

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Thugs Disrupt Rally In Support Of Buhari/ Badaru Second Term Bid

New Minimum Wage Will Determine Corps Members’ Allowance ‘DG

Corruption Charge: Court Orders Trial Of Justice Yunusa

Police Shot Live Bullets At Us, Shiites Allege

Sagay, Lawyers Condemn Police Siege To Melaye’s Home

One Dead, Houses Razed, As Hausa, Yoruba Clash In Ondo

APC National Chair: Edo Caucus Dumps Odigie-Oyegun For Oshiomhole

Delta Contractor In Trouble Over Failed N1bn Project

APC South-South Endorses Oshiomhole For National Chair

Presidential Panel Sues Reps Over Planned Probe

NLC Warns Against Future Invasion Of NASS

ASSBIFI Champions Renewed Fight Against Child Labour In Nigeria

 

VANGUARD

We Can Answer The Questions You Have About Studying In The UK! Meet Sheffield Hallam Representatives In Ibadan & Lagos For Face-To-Face Conversations

Peterside describes Wike as cry-baby over comments on soot, 2019 election

Release me and I’ll turn a pastor, says teenage robber caught with 3 guns

APC convention: Oyegun, Amaechi absent as S-South leaders back Oshiomhole for chairman

Fuel consumers lament Edo IPMAN, PTD factional crisis

Fuel price review likely, as PIGB’ll eliminate under-recovery, subsidy ‘ NAEE

NFF electoral committee set the ball rolling for September polls

Contemporary Art by Xtrovarts

Meet Kingsley ‘ The Employee and Entrepreneur

Nigeria to bridge malaria funding gap with N108bn lifeline

With medicines security, we can beat malaria

Helen Keller International targets 6,000 pupils for nutrition sensitisation

She raped me, says man that impregnated his 21-yr-old daughter

S-African Police look on as mob burns Nigerian

Kalu calls for unity in Abia APC

WORLD HEADLINES:

CNN

Uber faces a new threat in Mexico

Driver arrested after van ‘deliberately’ plows into pedestrians in Canadian city

All these people on the street getting hit one by one

Kate and William can afford 3 kids. Many Brits cannot

Mexico and EU reach new trade deal

Despite a barrage of hate, I put a statue of a woman where only men stand

Rapper celebrates 10-year sobriety milestone

Video of arrest appears to show tense standoff

Macron hopes Trump relationship can help make France great again

Macron will have to ‘pull a rabbit out of the hat’ to save Iran deal

How the Macron-Trump bromance evolved

10 dead, 16 injured in Toronto van strike

George H.W. Bush in intensive care

Master manipulators’: Why negotiating with N Korea is fraught with risk

Trump’s red-carpet treatment for Macron belies divisions

Woman carried her in-flight snack off the plane and it cost her $500

Pompeo wins key committee vote for US secretary of state

Re-gifted’ kidney is giving new life to a 70-year-old woman

Boy uses mom’s credit card to fly to Bali

Drinkers have more bad mouth bacteria, study finds

Caffeine in pregnancy linked to childhood weight gain

 

AL JAZEERA

Mexican presidential hopefuls face off in debate

Armenia PM resigns, opposition pushes for elections

16,000 ‘fired’ nurses return to work in Zimbabwe

Malaysia releases sketches of suspects in Fadi al-Batsh killing

Paris attacks suspect sentenced to 20 years

Saudi coalition strikes kill 20 at Yemen wedding

How Israel’s Mossad assassinates

‘Burn them alive’: Refugees attacked on Greece’s Lesbos

Macron urges US to stand by Iran nuclear deal

France’s National Assembly approves tough immigration reform

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

From ‘Jumanji’ to Tarantino, Sony teases varied slate

Car theft solved too late to prevent Waffle House tragedy

Spokesman: George HW Bush is eager to get well, go to Maine

Michigan State kept ties to coach accused of sexual abuse

Mystery grows over pro-Saudi tabloid: Embassy got sneak peek

Mitchell scores 33, Jazz rout Thunder 113-96

Study: Bangladesh must do more to protect garment workers

Power-sucking Bitcoin ‘mines’ spark backlash

From ‘Jumanji’ to Tarantino, Sony teases varied slate

Waffle House shooter’s guns were seized but then returned

Chipmaker SK Hynix reports 64 percent jump in 1Q earnings

At Tribeca, virtual reality tackles harsh real-world issues

Spokesman: George HW Bush hospitalized with blood infection

At Tribeca, virtual reality tackles harsh real-world issues

Strong ad sales boost Google parent Alphabet’s 1Q earnings

Pompeo nomination narrowly clears panel, goes to full Senate

Prince heirs sue Illinois hospital over care during overdose

Researcher in Facebook data scandal apologizes

Ahead of summits, US tones down its war games with S. Korea

At Tribeca, the night belongs to Patti Smith _ and Bruce

EU launches probe of Apple’s takeover of digital app Shazam

 

BBC

Britain’s Fat Fight: Why we’re losing

The Premier League to League One drop – how many teams can you name in three minutes

Toronto van attack: Suspect quizzed after 10 pedestrians killed

YouTube publishes deleted videos report

Nazi pug’ video-maker has no regrets

Spotify tests filter to block swearing in songs

Police ‘visit funeral home to unlock dead man’s phone

Russia Telegram ban hits Google and Amazon services

Iran’s banks banned from dealing in crypto-currencies

Apple’s Shazam deal faces European probe

George H W Bush hospitalised a day after his wife’s funeral

Parents facing ‘unfair child abuse claims’ over bruising

TSB gave me access to someone’s 35,000

Madonna loses bid to stop sale of Tupac break up letter

How bacteria are changing your mood

Kim Jong-un’s ‘bitter sorrow’ as bus crash kills Chinese tourists

China sexist adverts: Tech firms apologise after damning report

Alfie Evans parents lose ‘last-ditch appeal’ over life support

Mo Salah: The ‘Egyptian king’ inspiring the Arab world

SA to tighten security after fan violence

Daniel Barenboim returns German music award in anti-Semitism row

BUSINESS HEADLINES:

15 iconic photos of Prince William and Kate Middleton as parents – Business Insider

15 things I wish I knew before I started planning my wedding – Business Insider

15 Ways To Build A Two-Way Relationship Of Trust With Employees – Forbes

2 powerful forces are working against home affordability – Business Insider

2018 NFL Draft: Does Adding Willie Snead Change The Baltimore Ravens’ Plans – Forbes

2018 NFL Draft: Does Adding Willie Snead Change The Baltimore Ravens’ Plans – Forbes

3 Barriers To Data Quality And How To Solve For Them – Forbes

3 BDC Buys Yielding 9% To 10% – Forbes

3 Cities With The Fastest-Growing Credit Card Debt – Forbes

3 Entrepreneurial Takeaways From J. Cole’s Album ‘K.O.D. – Forbes

3 Ways To Build Credibility At Work – Forbes

4 Things We Can Learn From Nikki Haley’s ‘With All Due Respect, I Don’t Get Confused – Forbes

5 important things happening in South Africa today – BusinessTech

5 Predictions on the Future of Customer Service – Forbes

5 Secrets To Finding The Perfect Mentor – Forbes

9 Global Equity Averages Prove The ‘Power Of The Pivots – Forbes

9mobile crashes U.S roaming rates – The Nation

A bold 12-year-old ran away from home and treated himself to a luxury vacation in Bali with his parents’ credit card – Business Insider

SPORTS

135 teams to compete for Gov Dicksons 2018 football tournament – Daily Trust

2018 NFL Draft Odds: Calvin Ridley, D.J. Moore Favored to Be Top WRs Taken – Bleacher Report

2018 NFL Draft Rumors: Bills Unlikely to Trade for Giants’ No. 2 Pick – Bleacher Report

40 players for Oshonaike U-21 table-tennis tourney – New Telegraph

9th Abuja Unity Polo Tournament gallops off May 8 – Peoples Daily

ABS, Offa Utd to play Charity match forrobbery victims – The Authority

Abuja Unity Polo Stakes President Cup, Legislative Shield – Thisday

Adidas Signs Stefon Diggs, Keenan Allen, Bradley Chubb, More NFL Draft Prospects – Bleacher Report

Allardyce defends Everton style in win over Newcastle – BBC

Allardyce hits back at style critics after scrappy Everton win – Goal

Allardyce hits back at style critics after scrappy Everton win – Goal

Allardyce hits back at style critics after scrappy Everton win – Goal

Alves: I’d return to Barcelona tomorrow if they called – Goal

Alves: I’d return to Barcelona tomorrow if they called – Goal

Ambrose: Win over Celtic good for Hibs’ confidence – New Telegraph

Amuneke’s dad for burial May 4 – Blueprint

Arsenal put four past West Ham in dominant display – Daily Trust

ENTERTAINMENT

#BBN: Ebuka’s Wife Praises Husband For Turning Deaf Years To Rumours – Osun Defender

#BBNaija 2018: Cee-c threatens to go naked, lay a curse on her landlord – Daily Times

#BBNaija: ‘Presidency’ Reacts To Miracle’s Victory – Information Nigeria

#BBNaija: BBNaija finalists, Miracle, Tobi, Nina, Cee-C and Alex arrive Nigeria (Videos) – Information Nigeria

#BBNaija: Cee-C reveals why she always blamed other housemates – Daily Times

#BBNaija: CeeC attacked at Lagos Airport’ (video) – Information Nigeria

#BBNaija: Charly Boy wants reality show banned, give reasons – Daily Times

#BBNaija: Confused Nina, Just Confirms She Won’t Date Miracle [Video] – Gistlover

#BBNaija: Imo State Government to host Miracle and Nina – Daily Times

#BBNaija: Miracle May Dump Nina ‘ Simi – Information Nigeria

#BBNaija: Nina gets endorsement deal – The Nation

#BBNaija: Nina Speaks On Her Relationship With Miracle – Information Nigeria

#BBNaija: Photos Of Miracle, Nina, Cee-C, Tobi And Alex On Their Way To Nigeria From South Africa – Information Nigeria

#BBNaija: Photos of Miracle, Tobi, Nina, Cee-C and Alex As They Arrive Nigeria [Videos] – Gistlover

#BBNaija: See How Nigerians Reacted After Cee-C Lost The N45million Star Prize To Miracle – Information Nigeria

#BBNaija: Tobi Congratulates Miracle As He Emerges The Winner – Daily Times

#NECLive6: Afro-Juju Legend Sir Shina Peters Will Be A Guest Speaker At The Nigerian Entertainment Conference 2018 – NET

#PFA Awards: Mohamed Salah Picks Up Men’s Player Of The Year – Information Nigeria

Business

As Nigerians Battle Pains Of Soaring Petrol Price

This is more than just about fuel; it’s about the larger picture of governance failure. The fact that a country as oil-rich as Nigeria can’t provide affordable fuel for its people is a tragedy.

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BY IFEANYI MOGBOLU

The Daily Times-The latest fuel price hike in Nigeria is beyond frustrating. Every time we think it can’t get worse, it does, and yet again, ordinary Nigerians bear the brunt of it.

It’s like a never-ending cycle, where the government’s promises of reforms or stabilisation always end up as empty rhetoric. The cost of living is already sky-high, and now, with fuel prices rising again, transport fares, food prices, and basic commodities are bound to follow suit.

It’s enraging because it doesn’t feel like anyone is truly considering the everyday citizen who is struggling just to survive.

This is more than just about fuel; it’s about the larger picture of governance failure. The fact that a country as oil-rich as Nigeria can’t provide affordable fuel for its people is a tragedy. The subsidies are gone, and now we’re left in a situation where the prices of everything keep climbing, while salaries remain stagnant or non-existent for many.

The disparity between the elites and the masses is growing, and it feels like nobody in power truly cares about the suffering of the people.

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The anger isn’t just about fuel; it’s about the entire state of living. Nigerians are exhausted. There’s no sense of security; power supply is erratic, basic infrastructure is crumbling, and inflation is at an all-time high. How do we live like this? Every day is a battle to make ends meet, and the government seems utterly disconnected from the struggles on the ground.

It’s infuriating that while politicians and elites live in luxury, the rest of us are left scrambling for the bare minimum. The state of living is unbearable, and the lack of empathy or real action from those in power only adds salt to the wound.

There’s a deep sense of anger and betrayal that comes with seeing your country’s wealth mismanaged, while the people continue to suffer. It’s hard not to feel like we are constantly being taken for granted, pushed further into hardship without any hope of relief. Something has to give, because this state of affairs is unsustainable.

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The anger isn’t just about fuel; it’s about the entire state of living. Nigerians are exhausted. There’s no sense of security; power supply is erratic, basic infrastructure is crumbling, and inflation is at an all-time high. How do we live like this? Every day is a battle to make ends meet, and the government seems utterly disconnected from the struggles on the ground. It’s infuriating that while politicians and elites live in luxury, the rest of us are left scrambling for the bare minimum.

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Nigeria To Receive $5.600,000 From Bill Gates, For Health And Agricultural Reforms, GMOs

Alongside the activities surrounding the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Vice President Kashim Shettima held a meeting with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation leading to the announcement of the donation by the Foundation’s head of Global Development.

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Bill Gates, GMOs, KASHIM Shettima

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving Nigeria through Vice President Kashim Shettima, a $5.600,000 funds to speedy up health and agricultural reforms in favour of the GMOs in Nigeria, and flood relief.

Through the Foundation’s head of Global Development Programme, Dr Christopher Elias, Bill Gates pledged $5 million grant approved for Lagos Business School and partners to develop the agricultural economics they called “industrial cassava” and $600,000 for flood relief in Borno State and other health sector initiatives.

Alongside the activities surrounding the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Vice President Kashim Shettima held a meeting with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation leading to the announcement of the donation by the Foundation’s head of Global Development.

Recall that on 4 September, Bill Gates had described the Nigeria’s economy as “stagnated” and proposed agricultural reforms for faster and increased growths in crops, fruits, vegetables amongst others to enhance nutritional values of the Nigerian citizens through the agricultural sector.

In that meeting Chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Bill gates urged Nigeria to adopt “innovative crop varieties with shorter growing periods, higher yields, and better pest resistance” pointing to the GMOs to address the food crisis.

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Moreover, at the 79th UN General Assembly in New York, VP Shettima reaffirmed to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the commitment of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu prioritizing health, nutrition, and agricultural development in Nigeria’s national agenda.

In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, Shettima said: “we are deeply committed to addressing the pressing developmental challenges facing our nation, particularly the significant malnutrition crisis”.

He emphasised the Federal Government’s dedication and urgently working to secure locations for maize production under the Telemaze programme.

VP Shettima, promising swift action to the Gate’s Foundation on import permits for certified seeds, the VP said, “We recognize the critical importance of food security and industrial agricultural development. The Cassava Accelerator programme, in particular, holds immense potential for our economy.

“We are pursuing a whole-of-government approach to digitisation and data exchange systems, which we believe will revolutionise our public services,” he added while reiterating the government’s focus and commitment to digital transformation.

“With the expertise” of Nigeria’s ministers, “and the continued support of partners like the Gates Foundation,” the nation remains confident in its “ability to drive meaningful change and improve the lives of all Nigerians.”

In his response, President of the Global Development Programme at the Gates Foundation, Dr. Christopher Elias, said the Foundation is burdened with worries of the severe flooding in Borno, and is “committed to supporting Nigeria in times of crisis.”

Speaking of Polio, the Foundation said, “We’re impressed by the national task force’s efforts to eliminate variant polioviruses by year-end,” Dr. Elias noted.

Also, President of Global Growth & Opportunity Division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rodger Voorhies, detailed plans for scaling up drought-tolerant maize production and advancing the Nigeria Cassava Investment Accelerator programme emphasizing that a $5 million grant has been approved for Lagos Business School and partners to develop the agricultural economics of industrial cassava.

In his words, “Industrial cassava presents a multi-billion-dollar opportunity for Nigeria,” Voorhees stressed.

He requested import permits for 5,000 metric tons of certified GMO maize seed to build a foundation seed system in Nigeria.

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Managing, Leading, Building Institutions And Sustainability

The two primary tasks of a top-level leader are to exploit and explore the organisation with people for now and in the future.

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By Babs Olugbemi

One of my concerns for leaders is their capacity to be ambidextrous. Regardless of years of experience, knowledge, and leadership capacity, the lack of a clear distinction between managing and leading on the one hand, leading and building institutions on the second layer, and ultimately focussing on sustainability is a significant threat to successful leadership change.

I have followed events and people at C-suites, coached some, and developed frameworks for leadership development. Based on the personalities and styles of the new leaders, I have confirmed my fears about leadership sustainability in most African organisations.

“Successful leaders can aptly differentiate themselves and their roles without necessarily seeing activities as performance, focussing on what is required of them with appropriate tenacity and influence.”

The challenge for leaders is how to lead for the present and future without losing sight of the stakeholders’ immediate performance expectations. Successful leaders can aptly differentiate themselves and their roles without necessarily seeing activities as performance, focussing on what is required of them with appropriate tenacity and influence.

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In my walk as a leadership coach, I have keenly observed leaders who are managing rather than leading. Managing involves ensuring that processes achieve their intended outcomes. Leaders are above managing and should focus on creating an enabling environment for innovation, inventions, and team collaboration. The primary role in leading is not to monitor process outcomes, though critical to the company’s overall objectives, but to align corporate values with the people’s aspirations to create an engaged and ownership-thinking mindset ready to take on challenges and explore opportunities. An alignment of corporate and personal goals will not only deliver the present performance expectations. Still, it will also incubate innovations to adapt to future market demands and the sustainability of the business.

Unfortunately, the capacity for ambidexterity is rare and often marked by leaders’ exposure, approach and styles, perception, and perspective of their roles in the organisation. A leader with a wrong foundation in these areas is set for failure and awaits unfavourable decisions from the board of directors. A top-level leader might manage their teams instead of leading them. Not all leaders can combine leading for the present with building institutions. However, anyone able to submit themselves to an institution-building mechanism can champion sustainability. Aside from being a leadership coach, I help leaders achieve sustainability.

Mathematically, creating an ambidextrous organisation is beyond leading. It is to lead and build an institution that focuses on sustainability in all aspects of the organisation—employee fulfilment, customer retention, strategy effectiveness, performance evaluation, stakeholder management, process improvement, and goal congruence.

In a nutshell, the role of successful leaders in ambidextrous organisations is striking a balance between exploiting current assets and capabilities to ensure short-term success and allocating enough energy and resources to exploration to ensure future viability. The two primary tasks of a top-level leader are to exploit and explore the organisation with people for now and in the future. The two seemingly contradictory aspects—exploitation and exploration—encompass different strategies and processes and have different targets and outcomes (March 1991; O’Reilly & Tushman, 2004; O’Reilly & Tushman, 2013).

O’Reilly and Tushman described the two concepts as follows:

  • Exploiting: Exploiting involves building on an organisation’s achievements and maximising returns on previous investments. It focuses on responding to current business demands to remain efficient and competitive within an established market niche, as well as on maintaining an existing customer base and stakeholder relationships. Examples of exploiting are activities focused on continuous improvement, benchmarking, and redesigning business processes.
  • Exploring: Exploring focuses on expanding an organisation’s knowledge and capabilities, pioneering new products and services, and discovering and venturing into untapped markets.

The common area of practical bottlenecks in exploiting and exploring in organisations is a need for foundational trust and cohesion among the resources, especially the human capital, which are often treated as costs rather than assets to the organisations. Among all the factors of production, only humans can be ambidextrous with the capacity to think about changes in economic parameters and adjust their behaviours to match the time, content, and contextual requirements.

While organisations might have the resources to deploy in fighting competition, technology to obtain first-mover advantages, and production capacity to maximise output from input, none is compared with the potential of an engaged workforce.

Therefore, for leaders to be successful, they must refrain from operating in the realm of managing. They should operate in the capacity of institution builders, with the mindset of creating sustainable leadership and growth with people first and other factors of production second.

Consequently, only the leaders who prioritise their people over profits, pride, and organisational arrogance will be successful in the long term.

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