Femi Otedola’s newly released book, Making It Big: Lessons from a Life in Business, has quickly risen to Amazon’s bestseller charts, securing a spot less than a day after its official launch.
The highly anticipated book was unveiled on August 18 and debuted at number four on Amazon’s Best Sellers in Business Biographies & Memoirs category. It ranks just behind Gary Stevenson’s The Trading Game, Simon Squibb’s What’s Your Dream?, and Phil Knight’s classic memoir, Shoe Dog.
The work details Otedola’s journey through the world of business, highlighting the risks he embraced, the challenges he endured, and the lessons that shaped his rise to success.
Speaking about the project, Otedola, chairman of Geregu Power, described it as a reflection on the “lessons, setbacks, and triumphs” that defined his entrepreneurial story.
The publication has already drawn commendations from prominent figures including Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank Group, Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group, Samuel Adedoyin, founder and chairman of the Doyin Group of Companies, and Arunma Oteh, former vice president and treasurer of the World Bank.
Copies of Making It Big are now available in bookstores across major African cities such as Lagos, Abuja, Accra, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, as well as in London.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")