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O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
Sometimes, when I look back at some of the things that have happened in this nation and how corruption has always fought back, I just shake my head.
Let me tell you an interesting story.
In 2005, Adolphus Wabara was the Senate President of Nigeria under the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
During the preparation and approval of the 2005 budget by the National Assembly, the Senate Committee on Education discovered that the Ministry of Education's budget was very bogus.
So, what did the committee do?
The Senate Committee threatened to slice or block the budget allocation for the Ministry of Education.
To ensure that the ministry's budget was passed intact or inflated, the then Minister of Education, Professor Fabian Osuji, mobilised ₦55 million.
According to Professor Osuji, the ₦55 million was not a bribe but rather a necessary "welfare package" demanded by lawmakers to protect the education sector.
Now, you will ask, how was Professor Osuji able to mobilise the money?
Well, to raise the money, Professor Osuji directed ministry officials to extract ₦35 million from votes under their control.
Because that was not enough, he went further to secure an additional ₦20 million illegal loan from the National Universities Commission (NUC).
President Olusegun Obasanjo later received intelligence about the transaction.
In a dramatic, televised national broadcast in March 2005, Obasanjo unmasked the actors and declared their actions a betrayal of public trust.
But President Olusegun Obasanjo did not stop there.
He summarily dismissed Fabian Osuji, while the Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, was forced to resign his leadership position.
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) subsequently arraigned them alongside several other lawmakers.
Interestingly, in 2010, in a controversial ruling, the Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice Mary Peter-Odili, quashed the 15-count charge against Wabara, Osuji and others.
According to the court, the charges were "frivolous and baseless" and failed to establish a prima facie case. The court also criticised Obasanjo's broadcast as an executive "trial by media" that prejudiced the case.
But the story did not end there.
In 2013, the case got to the Supreme Court, and the judgment of the Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Mary Odili was overturned.
The Supreme Court held that Osuji's statements and the evidence presented were more than enough to warrant a trial and ordered an accelerated retrial at the lower court.
Interestingly, when the case returned to the High Court in 2019, Justice S.E. Aladetoyinbo discharged and acquitted Adolphus Wabara and two other co-defendant senators.
Why?
Because, after 14 years of trial, the ICPC could no longer produce witnesses to testify.
With the witnesses unavailable, the ICPC applied to withdraw the case, leaving the court with no choice but to acquit the defendants under Section 355 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015.
Nigeria has always been a case of the more you look, the less you see.
I am Ekene Aninze, Esq.
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
It's this kind of 𝐌𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢 life that I am so craving for .
From being that content creator on burgundy agbada whose pictures alone would make people scream, "Freaky freaky!" to becoming a creator who gradually transitioned into acting, earning roles in major productions like Jagun Jagun*l, Aníkúlápó and many others.
To becoming that citizen who understands that beyond making people laugh, he has a responsibility to speak up, without jokes and without fear or favour, against the injustices happening in his country.
To taking a long break from social media, stepping away from the noise, and returning with a healthier appearance, a more intentional approach to his weight, a renewed sense of peace and, most importantly, an additional feather to his already colourful cap.
Today, he has added another beautiful chapter to his story by graduating from an institution that has been part of his dream of becoming a better actor.
And Baba didn't come to play! He rocked his agbada proudly to his convocation, and I couldn't help smiling as I watched him celebrate this milestone.
A Master of Arts with Distinction in Performance (Acting) from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is no small achievement.
One thing I find particularly beautiful about Mr Macaroni's journey is that he has never allowed himself to be boxed into one identity.
He has shown us that you can make people laugh, make them think, challenge a system, take a step back when necessary, return with a renewed sense of purpose and still make room for your own personal growth.
In age where creators have been reduced to "cruise catchers", There's something refreshing about watching someone you've known primarily as a social media entertainer continue to discover and pursue other dimensions of himself.
And for this, we say a big Congratulations, Mr Macaroni. You DID IT!
We are watching, and we are rooting for you!
And as always, thank you for coming to my T€D writes ✍🏿.
#tedwrites #mrmacaroni #Congratulations
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
URGENT PUBLIC APPEAL
I never imagined having to make a post like this, but I desperately need your help.
On October 31, while covering a wedding at Oriental Hotel, Lagos, my bag was stolen from inside the bride's room.
The bag contained my MacBook Pro M1 and
FOUR external hard drives holding approximately FIVE weddings yet to be delivered to my clients.
These are not just files. They are people's once in a lifetime memories, months of hard work and my livelihood.
Thankfully, we have obtained CCTV footage showing the individual entering, taking my bag and leaving the hotel.
I'm offering a N500,000 REWARD for credible information leading to the identification of this individual and recovery of my belongings through the appropriate authorities.
Please you can send a message or call this number for any update 09033892670
Please guys help me repost abeg, this is very important please. 🙏🏾
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
For days now, we have all been complaining about the terrible power supply in the country and no one in government till this very moment deemed it fit to tell us why the power supply is epileptic and what they are doing to savage the situation.
This is enough to not vote Tinubu. He is clueless in government and terrible at appointing the right people.
Some people are standing on your mandate and you are making them stand inside okunkun birimu birimu. Is that fair? Please go home 🙏
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
My thoughts, disclaimer I'm not holding back 😡👇
- Absolutely dreadful performance, Iraola is struggling
- We create absolutely nothing.
- Nyoni was our best midfielder by a distance.
- We got caught badly with Barcola, his stats padding in France fooled everyone.
- Tsimikas is dreadful, signing a LB should be a priority.
- Muñoz looks all pace and not loads else, could only ever see him as a squad player.
- Gakpo is still our best left winger in terms of goal contributions.
- Szoboszlai offered nothing even his set pieces were poor.
- Jacquet was a joke for their goal, a centre back should not be turning their back like that in a wall. Hid poorest performance for LFC.
- MacAllister worst game of the season.
- Ngumoha shouldn't have been taken off.
- Alisson was poor for 2nd and 3rd goal, he was a liability tonight
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
This light situation is ridiculous.
Not had 24 hours cumulatively in the last 24 days.
Biggest mistake we made was agreeing to this Band A and B nonsense. It’s just st an excuse to shirk responsibility as always
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
You guys let’s take this electricity thing seriously, it’s only bullying our government understands, let’s trend hashtags and drag the government @JosephOTegbe
#wearetiredofdarkness
#giveuselectricity
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
I have been in Lagos for over a week. Lagos is the commercial capital of Nigeria. Lagos is the richest state in Nigeria. Lagos is the most cosmopolitan state in Nigeria. Most things start in Lagos and then trickle down to other states.
If the power supply is this bad in Lagos, how then is it in other states? There has been no light since last night. I pay a lot in taxes in this country only to face a challenge that most countries solved decades or even centuries ago.
Why are Nigerians behaving as if it is okay not to have a steady power supply in 2026? It seems that most Nigerians have a cultural tendency to tolerate discomfort. That is why we are where we are.
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
President Tinubu doesn’t deserve a second tenure if we actually follow what he said.
He used his own hands and ruled himself out! He said don’t vote for me again if I don’t give you 24hrs electricity, so I’m genuinely confused why are you still campaigning for someone who told you not to vote for him? Don’t be a dunce!
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
What's even more unfair to Nigerians is the Presidency's silence on the state of electricity in the country. We know 24/7 power has always been a challenge, but it has never been this bad. The country is practically being plunged into darkness. Nigerians deserve answers.
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
Minister for Power, how can we be having 10 minutes of electricity per day???
You have completely ignored the situation, you have not addressed or released a statement to talk about what is happening.
What kind of a minister are you? @JosephOTegbe
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
A petition for Ikeja Electric to return everyone to the same tariff of N60 per unit!
This power discrimination must end!
@IkejaElectric
O.R.G.U.Y. retweeted
Ikeja Electric has spent the past 1 week tendering daily apologies to Band A customers for failing to meet the 20 hours minimum supply.
Band B and C customers get to apologies, no regard, no concern.
Just straight up apartheid and elitist system and what’s worse is the staggering incompetence of @lasercng the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission to check this injustice. A spineless, irresponsible, and disgraceful agency.
What a pathetic situation. I’m thoroughly disgusted.
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DID YOU KNOW??
In 2009, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton was rejected for a job by both Twitter and Facebook, only for Facebook to turn around five years later and buy his app for a staggering $19 billion, making it one of the largest tech acquisitions in human history!
After leaving Yahoo in 2007, computer engineers Brian Acton and Jan Koum spent months job hunting across Silicon Valley. In May 2009, Twitter turned Acton down, and in August 2009, Facebook rejected his application as well. Unfazed, Acton famously tweeted: "Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life's next adventure."
Shortly after, Acton joined forces with Koum to build WhatsApp. Originally, the app wasn't even meant to be a messaging platform; Koum created it simply to let friends display custom status updates next to their names (like "Battery low" or "At the gym").
However, when Apple introduced push notifications in iOS 3.0, users began using statuses to ping each other back and forth ("Hey, where are you?"), inadvertently converting the app into a lightning-fast, cross-platform instant messenger.
Just five years after rejecting Acton, Mark Zuckerberg paid $19 billion in cash and stock to acquire the startup. Walk with me 👇🏾👇🏾
The Evolution of WhatsApp:
How a simple status app grew into the world's most dominant communication network:
1. Rejection & Initial Launch
2009
Former Yahoo engineers Jan Koum and Brian Acton launch WhatsApp on iOS as a basic status-update utility after being turned down for jobs at Facebook and Twitter.
2. The Push Notification Pivot
2009–2010
Apple launches push notifications; users instantly begin using status changes as a real-time SMS alternative, prompting the founders to pivot into dedicated messaging.
3. The $19 Billion Acquisition
2014
With over 450 million active users and only 55 employees on staff, Facebook acquires WhatsApp in a historic $19 billion deal.
4. End-to-End Encryption & Scale
2016–Present
WhatsApp integrates Open Whisper Systems' Signal protocol to implement universal end-to-end encryption for over 2 billion global monthly users.
More Surprising Facts About WhatsApp:
A. Zero Advertising Policy: Jan Koum kept a handwritten note taped to his desk from co-founder Brian Acton that read: "No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!" To this day, the core consumer app refrains from banner advertisements in private chat feeds.
B. Insane Engineering Efficiency: At the time of its $19 billion acquisition by Facebook in 2014, WhatsApp was handling 50 billion messages per day with an engineering team of just 55 people, meaning a single engineer was supporting over 8 million active users.
C. Food Stamp Origins: Jan Koum, an immigrant from Ukraine who grew up in low-income housing and once collected food stamps in Mountain View, deliberately signed the paperwork for the $19 billion Facebook sale on the front door of the former welfare office building where he used to stand in line.
SUMMARILY!
Rejected by tech giants in 2009, WhatsApp's founders turned an accidental messaging pivot into a global network that Facebook eventually bought for $19 billion.
Hopefully you've learnt something new today?
The Medic Who Writes™🌚
Cheers 🥂 🙂
ALT WhatsApp co-founders, Brian Acton & Jan Koum.
Americans text on iMessage and most of the world uses WhatsApp because of what a single text message cost back in 2010.
In the US it was basically free. Almost everywhere else, every text showed up on your bill.
AT&T charged $20 a month for unlimited texting back then. Once you've paid the flat fee, the next text costs nothing, so Americans never had a reason to download anything. Then iPhones grew to about 60% of the US market, and iMessage slid right into a habit that was already there.
Most of the world paid by the message. If your brother worked in Dubai or your mom lived in Lisbon, every international text was money.
WhatsApp was built for that bill. Messages went over data, so the carrier never got to charge per text, and after a free first year it cost $1. What won India and Brazil, though, was the list of phones it ran on. WhatsApp shipped on BlackBerry in January 2010, Symbian that May and Nokia's basic Series 40 phones in 2011. iMessage needed an iPhone, and WhatsApp ran on whatever Nokia you already had.
That's also why Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK are green. When Facebook bought the company in 2014, Zuckerberg said its community had started in Europe, India and Latin America, which is why so few Americans had heard of it.
Pretty much every other color on the map follows the same rule.
Korean carriers charged 20 won for a short text in 2010. KakaoTalk launched that March as the free option and got so big that SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ teamed up on a rival app called Joyn in 2012. Joyn shut down, and Kakao still has roughly 90% of Korea.
Japan was even weirder. Phones on different carriers couldn't text each other at all until July 2011. When the March 2011 earthquake jammed the voice networks and data kept working, Naver's team in Japan built LINE in about three months. It launched a few weeks before cross-carrier texting even existed.
The Philippines is red because Globe made Facebook free to use without data in 2013 and Smart sold Facebook access for 2 pesos a day. Messenger cost nothing while every other app ate your prepaid load, so the whole country settled on the free one.
Just look at what that was worth. Facebook paid $19 billion in 2014 for 55 employees and 450 million users, roughly $42 a head for people who'd been paying WhatsApp $1 a year. It's past 3 billion users now.
The carriers spent a decade charging people by the text, and every one of those charges ended up selling the app that put them out of business.
