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A popular Nigeria-focused digital newspaper Pulse reported today that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was named as “ the 3rd most corrupt leader worldwide ”. However, our fact-check exercise so far reveals that this piece of news is false. The OCCRP Report for 2024 named the recently ousted Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad as “the Person of the Year” in organized crime and corruption. This is despite the fact that the Kenyan President William Ruto got the highest votes (up to 40,000) for the negative award. The OCCRP Report also gave “the Lifetime Non-achievement Award” to the Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. There is no mention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the report.

I came to realize this: Many of those who say that new year resolutions don't work are only using a gaslighting tactic called "sour grapes". "Sour grapes"  is a phrase coined from Aesop's fable, where a fox decides that grapes are probably sour anyway, after failing to reach them. This idiom describes someone who disparages something they cannot have or achieve. In other cases, I found such statements thoroughly defeatist. Defeatism refers to a mindset where someone assumes that a task or goal is impossible to achieve, often due to their own lack of ability or experience. Otherwise, every new year eve provides an ample opportunity for every person or brand to look back at the dying year and take stock. The aim of such stock-taking is to embark on self-evaluation, review your achievements and mistakes for the year and forge a formidable new beginning, insisting that " the end of this new year must see me much more fulfilled than I am now ". When you...

If you are working for anyone, I advise you as follows: Don't see this as “ one of those things you meet on the internet ”. Don't only read this but also take time to reread and meditate on it. Shun laziness to read it in between the lines and to the last word and see. It has all you need to be super-successful and live in abundance as an employee starting from January 2025. Based on a post shared by a Facebook content creator named Onu Ndubuisi recently, these pieces of advice are what every worker needs to stay productive, safe, and finally successful enough to retire happily and early. The points might sound like what you already know, but as you go on, you see bright 🌞 new light that will have you shouting “wow! wow!!” like a siren🚨😆. Among other key take-aways, Onu advises, “ never be a case study for living a miserable life after retirement, but be a model for (other people) to also think about retiring” . How can you pull this off? Here are the points to take serious...

My name is Erik. I'm going to be your guide in this exhilarating one-day tour of Sweden's most important city, Stockholm. To start with, what comes to your mind each time you hear or see the word "Stockholm"? For many of you, it's going to be " Stockholm Syndrome " and we are going to talk about the origin of the phrase as we tour the city. But, Stockholm Syndrome is a very little part of the history and geography of the Nordic city. So, let's kick off this tour by getting a little authoritative background to the city of... We Are Jetting Off From Nigeria  The most popular route from Nigeria to Stockholm, Sweden involves flying. So, we are flying from Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) in Lagos Nigeria to Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) in Sweden. We can go with various airlines, such as Egyptair, Air Peace Limited, Royal Air Maroc, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, Air France, Ryanair, and SAS. For the sake of patriotism, we are...