The two day visit by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Qatar, to woo investors continues to generate reactions from a cross section of Nigerians. President Tinubu asked Qatari investors to bring their investments to Nigeria, adding that public officials who demand bribe from them should be reported.
The president spoke during the Nigeria-Qatar business and investment forum in Doha on Sunday. When Tinubu arrived at the presidential palace for the business and investment forum on Sunday, he was received by Qatari captains of industry and some Nigerian delegates who accompanied the President to Qatar including his two sons Seyi and Yinka Tinubu.
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory over the weekend, confirmed the looting of a warehouse by hoodlums in Abuja. The incident occurred in the Gwagwa area of the FCT, in the wake of protests across several states over the rising cost of living, According to the Daily Trust; the looting began around 7:00 am and continued till 9:00 am. A truck conveying cartons of Spaghetti was hijacked along the Zaria-Kano expressway.
The trucks were said to be heading to Abuja from Kaduna when the Hoodlums attacked and blocked the highway. In Katsina state, scores of children took to the streets in protest over the killings of their parents by bandits. Last week bandits reportedly launched several attacks on different villages in Wurma community.
The attack was said to have lasted for three days, without intervention from security operatives, as reported by eyewitness, Jamil Ma-bai who shared videos from the scene of the protest on X. Vice President Kashim Shettima over the weekend said the Federal Government was determined to secure the lives and property of residents of Katsina State. Shettima made the comments when he led a delegation of government officials to pay a courtesy visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari in his hometown of Daura, Katsina.
In the United States, the Tony Elumelu foundation Case Study last week, became part of Harvard’s Curriculum. In an unprecedented move, the Harvard Business School, recognized the Foundation’s extraordinary philanthropic achievement in a ground-breaking case study.
The case study, which is a first of its kind on any philanthropic organisation in Africa, was launched on Thursday February 29th before a class of graduate students in Boston, Massachusetts.
The study will explore the Foundation’s unique approaches and transformative initiatives, showcasing how strategic philanthropy offered by the foundation is driving positive change and elevating countries and communities.
The launch event featured an exclusive acknowledgment of Tony Elumelu’s economic philosophy of Africapitalism, which positions the private sector, and entrepreneurs, as the catalyst for the social and economic development of the African continent.
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