 Some breaking news reaching us right here on Plus TV Africa, Russian forces have launched a major military assault on Ukraine with reports of explosions near major cities across the country. In a pre-dawn TV statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine, but said Moscow's response would be instant if anyone tried to stop this. Shortly afterwards, attacks were reported on Ukrainian military targets. Russian on his part said that Putin, quote, has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In a video statement on Thursday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Marshal law was now being imposed across all of Ukraine, but saying Russia carried out strikes on Ukraine's military infrastructure and border guard units, military headquarters, airfields and military warehouses in the cities of Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv, according to officials. Reports are also coming of explosions in several Ukrainian cities and gunfire near the main Boryspil airport in the capital Kyiv, a warning sirens were heard blaring in the city with a population of about three million. In a last-ditch attempt to a vet war shortly before Mr. Putin's announcement, Mr. Zelensky had warned that Russia could start a major war in Europe and that Russian citizens to oppose it. We'll be having a running coverage of this situation all through the day on Plus TV Africa, so make sure you keep your down on this channel and definitely we'll get back to this story. And now to talk on leadership and the involvement of youth in the leadership in the nation. It has been said that leadership is the bane of not just Nigeria, but of Africa. It's also been said that the youth are the leaders of tomorrow. What's the relationship between leadership and Africa's youth and how can they get the skills required, the need to be the best leaders and the proper leaders that we have? We would like to welcome at this point our guest, Ayodeji Oles on me. He is a founder of a leadership organization known as Leadership, Intelligence and Business Learning Academy. Ayodeji, good morning to you. Good morning. Thank you very much. Do you agree that leadership is the bane of Nigerianity of Africa? Definitely. Definitely. This has been a big challenge, not just now, over the years. And if you look at a report, I mean, even if you look at Wikipedia, you realize that Africa itself, you know, you have, as of 2015, the report of 2015, 19 percent of the youth of the world global population, we have 19 percent, you know, from Africa. And it's estimated that by 2030, you're going to have about 42 percent of the world youth population from Africa. So if you look at the basic problem in Africa, the major problem in Africa, that's always been leadership problem, you know, with different branches, corruption, poverty, embezzlement, infrastructure. These are branches of the main route itself, but the major problem has always been leadership. All right. Let's quickly roll this tape. When we return, we'll continue with the conversation surrounding leadership and how youths can actually be, you know, part of this quest. We believe in building people. People will build systems. All right. There's still plus TV Africa, and this is the breakfast. Still having a guest in the studio. He's the founder of the Leadership Intelligence and Business Learning Academy. Let's quickly get straight to the crux of the matter. Can you bring us up to speed with what the Leadership Intelligence and Business Learning Academy is about? All right. Business, I mean, L.I.B. Hale Academy is a modernization, and it means leadership, intelligence, and business learning academy. You know, we're on curses, such as LIC, LIC means Leadership Intelligence Course, BIC, Business Intelligence Course, TLIC, Tins Leadership Intelligence Course. Today, we have a Leadership Intelligence Course, you know, coming up this match with our registration from different people all over the country, institutions basically. Registration closes by March 7th, technically, and the training is aimed at equipping the youth, both entrepreneurs, students, and the likes on artificial intelligence, business intelligence, our spiritual intelligence, communicative competence, as you can see even from the video that we have, different facilitators from different fields, financial intelligence and the likes, you know, just for the program. Okay. Never heard of spiritual intelligence before. How we are, they're easy. So Leadership Intelligence Business Learning Academy, how long has this institution been around for, and what have you been able to achieve with the LIBL Academy? Okay, I'm surprised to know that LIC, we had LIC last year, but it wasn't under the company of the LIBL Academy. That's Leadership Intelligence Course. Yeah, Leadership Intelligence Course, but it didn't come under the LIBL Academy. So this is the first time it's coming under the LIBL Academy. Of course, if you check some of our records, even from the previous ones, you realize that people from the testimonies, it's been quite impactful, you know, from the previous ones. So this present one, at least, presently we have about 1,000 people all across the nation who have registered for this coming LIC, and it's basically free. It's free for all registered participants. That's unbelievable. Well, how come? Well, okay, so as of last year, when we add the LIC, people are to pay, but when we did an advert, we realized many people reaching out to us and said, believe me, do you know, I really want to register for this, but I don't have the money. So this year we decided, okay, let's leave the door open for as many people who want to benefit from this and see how we can also contribute to our quota. Leadership is about service. Amazing. You agree? We certainly agree. So, but let's talk about how people can be part of, you know, this leadership academy and what they stand to benefit, you know, in the long run. Okay, so like I mentioned earlier, we really hope to empower people with all of those. How? Yeah. Well, during the training, like I said, that's why we decided to take facilitators from different fields, people who are authority in their fields, you know, to train people online is a virtual training, you know, and people can register via www.libelacademy.com or you can type BIT.lee slash LIC 2022, you know, to participate. Can you go over that again? All right. www.libelacademy.com or BIT.lee.ly slash LIC 2022. Okay. Interesting. Who should attend this course? Well, students, entrepreneurs, business, professional people, executives, once you like leadership, you see, let's be honest, if you were asked what is the major problem in Africa, what would you really say? You know, we've got insecurity, we've got power supply, we've got poverty, diseases under development and the like, well, you see these are branches of the problem. The major and the root of all the problems is leadership in Africa. So if you call off the branch, what happened? It goes again. But if you tackle the root, then you are likely solving the problem. So I would say that, you know, leadership, because however I want to look at it, whether leadership is fine or horrible, that's your leadership. Maybe we're looking at the kind of leadership that we have. Of course, recently in the West African region, you see coups and certain kind of coups and it's kind of leadership that's been installed. And so maybe we'll be looking at the kind of leadership that we need to move the country for. But however, let's stay with the crux of the conversation. Now, how can people be part of this process? How can people be part of the academy and is it free? Do they have to pay? Does it cost anything? It's free. It's completely free. Certification is also free. But before you can be certified, you would need to ensure that you pass the exam. So it's not just a training that we want to put up a trainer and say, okay, come for a training and then attend. So we've got two terms. The first term is a match. You can recall that I mentioned that it started March 12th. So the first term is a match, March 12th. And then after March, you're going to have a break of one month. And the second term is in May. My graduation itself is in September. So which means that between May and September, you have a project to complete, you have a project to work, you know, work and so, yeah. And what are the outcomes? What are the learning outcomes for this course? Well, definitely we believe that people will be ... You said the first thing about leadership when you want to train is mindset, to change mindset. And when mindset is changed, you can see behavioral changes, right? So basically we hope that people's mindset will be positively changed, you know, and as well as those who have skills, you know, if you ... From the advert, you realize that we are slogan is, build people. People will build systems. So one of the things we are trying to do is to build people through the mindset and if you can build people, you realize that what you are referring to, as you guys, the challenges we have leadership in West Africa, you realize that it's as a result of people not building a system that can work, whether you have built the people, you realize the system itself will be put in place effectively. So this is the leadership intelligence course. Yes. It's a course open to a wider area of people who can sign up and it's free. It's a virtual training on leadership brought to you by the leadership intelligence business learning academy. Yeah. It starts in March. Yes. And it has two times. So for those who would like to register, let's go over the registration details again. Yes. Okay. www.liblacademy.com. So they go to www.liblacademy.com. Yeah. You'll see a registration link. Yes. Okay. Or you can type BIT.ly slash capital LIC 2022. All right. BIT.ly slash LIC 2022. Yes. Okay. What's the number to call for inquiries? Oh, yes. 0022881458. I've got that again. 0022881458. And if you want to chat with us on WhatsApp, 08110040824. Okay. All right. All right. Interesting. Interesting. Thank you very much for your time. Ayo Deji, Oles Omi, who's the founder of the Leadership Intelligence and Business Learning Academy. Very interesting to see the young people, and not just young people, even older ones, take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to have this virtual training on leadership, because leadership skills are needed everywhere, even in the home. Yeah. And in leadership skills. Yeah. Yeah. In your profession, in football, even in football, you need leadership skills everywhere, in the workplace, in the marriage, you know, and even in the church. Yeah, fucking those areas as well. In the church, in the leadership skills. Yeah. All right. That's much you can take. We'll be back, Percy, to talk some more. All right. Definitely. When we return, we will be right here to talk some more. And this time, we'll be looking at an issue of impeachment all the way from Zamper State. Please stay tuned.