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SHE Global Award Celebrates Adebola Lawal, Others As Lipstick Forces

April 30, 2025 No Comments

SHE Global Awards, a notable annual award event, has recognized and rewarded women from different countries across the world who

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At 60, I Embrace Life With Gratitude, Knowing That Each Day Is An Opportunity To Grow, Love And Make A Difference – Pastor Gabriel Kayode Ogunbiyi

April 13, 2025 No Comments

“Success is not just about wealth or status – it’s about living a life of purpose, impact, and fulfilment”. Pastor

The Grand Installation of Chief Jamiu Lawal as the Aare Korewolu of Owu Kingdom, Aiyepe Ijebu

March 11, 2025 No Comments

Owu Kingdom in Aiyepe Ijebu, Ogun State was agog on February 22, 2025 when Chief Jamiu Adeniyi Lawal was formally

Tabitha Home @ 10: Our Success Stories Reflect the Personal Development and Transformation of Our Beneficiaries – Febisola Okonkwo, Founder

November 6, 2024 1 Comment

Tabitha Home, the Ibadan, Oyo State-based formal care and transitional home for orphans and vulnerable children, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Reflecting on the

VOICE OF ENDORSEMENT IN LIFE AND MINISTRY

September 22, 2024 No Comments

Plot 1 – 6 Clam Avenue, Omole, LagosE-mail – Pastorclam@yahoo.com – 08033033214 What is a VOICE? What is ENDORSEMENT? B)

Olufemi Oyekanmi recognised among the 112th Global Tech Hero

September 19, 2024 No Comments

Olufemi Oyekanmi, Senior DevOps Engineer, has been recognised as the 112th Global Tech Hero by The Connected Awards. His induction

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Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu: A unique Yorùbá intellectual, cultural icon and elder statesman, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa

September 16, 2024 No Comments

The Yorùbá culture has always been blessed with the attention of intellectuals, scholars and academics who considered it a worthwhile

Pictorial highlights of Pastor Wole Oladiyun’s ministrations in the USA

September 15, 2024 No Comments

Last week, the Senior Pastor of the Christ Livingspring Apostolic Ministry (CLAM), Pastor (Dr) Wole Oladiyun, concluded a successful two-city

UK-based mental health advocate introduces app to address shortage of Psychiatrists in Nigeria

September 15, 2024 No Comments

A mental health advocate based in the U.K., Tsitsi Natasha is addressing the shortage and inaccessibility of psychiatrists in Nigeria

60 garlands for a transformational leader

September 14, 2024 No Comments

By Sanya Onayoade ‘Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.’ –

Revisiting the Umaro Dikko botched kidnap 40 years after: How did Nigeria try to smuggle a man in a diplomatic pouch?

September 13, 2024 No Comments

The 1984 Dikko affair is one of the strangest stories in diplomatic-smuggling aviation history (its generally more common to hear about

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From Nigeria to nightmare: heartbreaking stories of trafficking victims behind bars in Benin Republic

September 13, 2024 No Comments

In the bleak cells of Porto-Novo prison in Benin Republic, Fadogba James’ mind wandered back to his life in Nigeria,

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The country where it is still year 2016

September 12, 2024 No Comments

Ethiopians will celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another. However, when the East African country rings

Celebrating the Olowokure twins @ 95 …. but for one, it is a posthumous affair!

September 12, 2024 No Comments

By Lanre Arogundade For the first time in over nine decades, only Professor Taiwo Olowokure will cut the birthday cake

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How business executives can use TikTok to build their personal brands

September 11, 2024 No Comments

TikTok, the popular and controversial video platform, provides leaders and business executives with a new way to help build, maintain, and expand their personal

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10 countries with work Visa for skilled professionals in 2024

September 11, 2024 No Comments

Skilled professionals wishing to advance their careers globally in 2024 have access to various work visas that provide opportunities for

Chidimma Adetshina: Rejected in South Africa, Crowned in Nigeria

September 10, 2024 No Comments

On her second attempt at beauty pageantry, Chidimma Adetshina, the newly crowned Miss Universe Nigeria, endured a devastating experience in

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Africa’s tallest skyscraper is taking shape in the desert

September 5, 2024 No Comments

Move over, pyramids. Egypt has a new man-made wonder in the desert. Some 45 kilometres east of the capital Cairo,

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3 Skills You Need To Land A Remote Job In 2024

September 2, 2024 No Comments

Many professionals desire to work remotely. For example, in the period between 2021 and 2022, searches for remote work jumped by 300%.

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Is it true: DSTV’s tariffs in Nigeria are the lowest?

August 29, 2024 No Comments

Over the last few years, MultiChoice, the company behind DSTV, has been steadily increasing prices across its various subscription packages.

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Morak Babajide-Alabi

Continental Editor, Europe

Morak Babajide-Alabi is a graduate of Mass Communication with a Master of Arts Degree in Journalism from Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He is an experienced Social Media practitioner with a strong passion for connecting with customers of brands.

Morak works as part of a team currently building an e-commerce project for the Volkswagen Group UK. Before this, he worked on the social media accounts of SKODA, Audi, SEAT, CUPRA, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. In this job, he brought his vast experience in journalism, marketing, and search engine optimisation to play to make sure the brands are well represented on social media. He monitored the performance of marketing campaigns and data analysis of all volumes of social media interaction for the brands.

In his private capacity, Morak is the Chief Operating Officer of Syllable Media Limited, an England-based marketing agency with head office in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The agency handles briefs such as creative writing, ghostwriting, website designs, and print and broadcast productions, with an emphasis on search engine optimisation. Syllable Media analyses, reviews, and works alongside clients to maximise returns on their businesses.

Morak is a writer, blogger, journalist, and social media “enthusiast”. He has several publications and projects to his credit with over 20 years of experience writing and editing for print and online media in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Morak is a dependable team player who succeeds in a high-pressure environment. He started his professional career with the flagship of Nigerian journalism – The Guardian Newspapers in 1992 where he honed his writing and editing skills before joining TELL Magazine. He has edited, reported for, and produced newspapers and magazines in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Morak is involved in the development of information management tools for the healthcare sector in Africa. He is on the board of DeMiTAG HealthConcepts Limited, a company with branches in London, Lagos, and Abuja, to make healthcare information available at the fingertips of professionals. DeMiTAG HealthConcepts Limited achieved this by collaborating with notable informatics companies. It had partnered in the past with Avia Informatics Plc and i2i TeleSolutions Pvt.

Out of work, Morak loves walking and also volunteers on the board of a few UK Charity Organisations. He can be reached via http://www.syllablemedia.com

Ademola Akinbola

Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

Brief Profile of Ademola Akinbola

Ademola AKINBOLA is an author, publisher, trainer, digital marketing strategist, and a brand development specialist with nearly three decades of experience in the areas of branding, communication, corporate reputation management, business development, organizational change management, and digital marketing.

He is the Founder and Head Steward at BrandStewards Limited, a brand and reputation management consultancy. He is also the Publisher of The Podium International Magazine, Ile-Oluji Times, and Who’s Who in Ile-Oluji.

He had a successful media practice at The Guardian, Punch and This Day.

He started his brand management career at Owena Bank as Media Relations Manager before joining Prudent Bank (now Polaris Bank) as the pioneer Head of Corporate Affairs.

The British Council appointed him as Head of Communication and Marketing to co-ordinate branding and reputation management activities at its Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt offices.

In 2007, he was recruited as the Head of Corporate Planning and Strategy for the Nigerian Aviation Handling company. He led on the branding, strategic planning and stakeholder management support function.

His job was later expanded and redesigned as Head of Corporate Communication and Business Development with the mandate to continue to execute the Board’s vision in the areas of Corporate Planning and Strategy, Branding and New Businesses.

In 2010, he voluntarily resigned from nacho aviance to focus on managing BrandStewards, a reputation and brand management firm he established in 2003. BrandStewards has successfully executed branding, re-branding and marketing communication projects for clients in the private and public sectors.

Ademola obtained a M.Sc. Degree in Digital Marketing & Web Analytics from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2016, and the Master of Communication Arts degree of the University of Ibadan in 1997. He had previously obtained a Higher National Diploma (with Upper Credit) in Mass Communication from Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta.

He has published several articles and authored five management books.

He has benefitted from several domestic and international training programmes on Brand Management, Corporate Communications, Change Management and Organizational Strategy.

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