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Lagos, Nigeria
Joined October 2015
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Nice one. $80.00 from @RevenueFamily
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Taiwo retweeted
I can’t believe intellectuals like Dr. Aloy Chife, Kalu Aja, and many others could descend to this level, disregarding facts and data simply to protect a regional presidential project. I sincerely apologize to the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for criticizing him last year. Nigeria is truly divided.
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Replying to @Bond_not_james
Now,you all see why Soctates oppose democracy. Imagine, making such a person part of the people that decide who will be the leader of a country. I strongly believe the decision shouldn't be open to everyone but rather selected few.
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The fact that NDC is headquartered inside HSD's living room is strategic. There's nothing anyone can tell me to convince me otherwise.
I just received my brother, colleague, and partner in the New Nigerian Project, His Excellency Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON, our presidential candidate, who, together with some distinguished leaders of our party, held a closed-door meeting which lasted about three hours. In the course of that meeting, we reviewed the activities of our party and discussed a few recent issues that have been a source of concern to all sides, and we amicably resolved all the issues We have always been on the same page on the bigger picture, i.e., winning the elections for all candidates of our party and rescuing Nigeria from the misgovernance of the APC-led government. However, a few issues have arisen, and we have agreed on how to handle them moving forward. I want to use this opportunity again to call on all members of our party to stop the bickering and name-calling and focus on the bigger picture. Both His Excellency Peter Obi and I, as well as other leaders and stakeholders of our party, will continue to consult and engage with one another to address and resolve concerns, strengthen the unity and cohesion of our party, and ensure that we remain focused on our shared mission of rescuing Nigeria and building a better future for all. Happy Democracy Day. ~HSD
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Well you can't understand what you have zero idea about or when you are not paying attention to details. States mentioned by @PeterObi, apart from Anambra state and Oyo that was just approved other states have a forest guard. As a presidential candidate one would expect that you would pay attention to details especially when it comes to security and governance. The state requested during their NEC meeting they needed manpower to solve their forest issues, the FG and State both agreed to recruit based on the capacity of the states, while the state will pay their salaries, the FG will monitor their training, arm them and provide SOPs to the state. The Amotekun is not a forest guard agency but a community policing and it does not in any way affect the recruitment of Forest Guards that will be done by the state. I hope you can understand better now, if you wish to understand?
What Our Pervasive Insecurity Requires: A Holistic not Reactive Approach. In a hasty effort to be perceived as attentive and courageous, it is reported that President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of about 1000 forest guards for Oyo State. This is a further demonstration of poor leadership and attending to very serious governance and security issues with a reactive approach. It is the same reactive approach that led to the sudden removal of fuel subsidy and floating of the Naira that has caused irreparable damage to ordinary Nigerians and the economy. While recruiting more security personnel for Oyo state and the country is important, it should be done in a more organised and well-thought-out manner. Presently, almost all the 36 states in Nigeria are experiencing different forms of insecurity, with Oyo, Plateau, Kwara, Kogi, Borno, Katsina, Anambra, Niger, Imo, and Sokoto being very alarming. The question, such as the reactive approach of our President, is whether all the states will receive the same approval to recruit 1000 forest guards per state, that is 37, 000 forest guards for the 36 states and Abuja or is the recruitment approval based on the mood of the President? Moreover, with the approval for Oyo, what will happen to the Amotekun Corps that is trying its best to secure South-West Nigeria?. Will they be disbanded in Oyo state? The pervasive insecurity we currently have is directly related to the failure of our ecosystem, particularly leadership. It is only failure in leadership that can lead to the death of over 10,000 innocent Nigerians since 2023, and Nigeria is ranked among the top-most terror-affected countries in the world. Addressing our insecurity situation requires a holistic or what can be described as an ecosystem approach. With failure in leadership, there is failure in unifying our dear nation, failure in industrialisation, failure in harnessing our abundant resources in agriculture, minerals, tourism, water, sports and even oil and gas to effectively generate required revenue, growth and particularly jobs for our exponentially growing youth population. A New and Productive Nigeria will be POssible, and we will be OK! -P0
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No, let me explain properly. We paid a total ransom of 15 million naira, plus another 2 million naira through transfer before I regained my freedom. My family sold some of our properties to raise money, kind-hearted people also supported us, and we took loans from cooperative societies and individuals just to make sure I came back alive. After everything, the total debt left on our shoulders was 6.2 million naira. With the help and support of amazing people on X and Instagram, the debt has now been reduced to 2 million naira. Right now, our outstanding debt is 2 million naira. My family is exhausted financially and emotionally, but we are still grateful that I made it out alive. Every support, every repost, every prayer, and every donation has meant the world to us. May God bless everyone who stood by me in this painful journey. 🙏🏽😭
Replying to @GbolahanOlanyi0
Wait you don free but them still de collect money?
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Taiwo retweeted
Fubara’s Movement to APC: my opinion 1: by the convention of APC, a Gov is the state leader. 2: Fubara joined APC as a result of a concluded plan of actions by Wike’s group to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election. -(a): Don’t forget that the same group supported his election in 2023. -(b) A unanimous decision that Fubara did not object to. 3: Peace agreement was signed with certain conditions during the state of emergency to restore peace back. -(a): What we witnessed when the members of the state house of assembly and the Gov defected to APC was fulfilling the implementation of the peace accord not Dancing accord party. 4: When Fashola, Ambode and Currently Jide Sanwo-Olu occupied the Gov seat, yes they are the leaders of the state, but the real leader of APC in Lagos State is Bola Tinubu. -(a): We have exceptions to certain rules and conventions. -(b): the same model is currently implemented in Rivers State. 5: Wike is not in APC. The arrangement in Rivers is based on their group not by party. -(a): Once the group agrees, they will look for a platform. -(b): the platform is APC. -(c): Just like Fubara used APP to win LGA elections. -(d): back to 5 (a): Fubara is a technical leader that has no power to dictate who will be the candidate of a state house of assembly. -(e): the group decided to be in two groups for a mere official position. -(f): so, the outburst of Fubara today is normal and he is playing to the gallery to show his loyalty his capacity. -(g): Fubara will be respected by conceding a % ratio for him not absolute power to decide in APC. - (h): We have old APC members and not Amaechi’s group will be accommodated also by Wike’s group. 6: President’s relationship with Wike is solid. President can’t betray Wike (let me rest it hear). 7: Fubara can’t get second term nomination and backing of the system, if he violates the terms and conditions. -(a): Fubara should free wooing members of the state house of assembly. -(b): Operate with the Chairman of your group. He stays in port harcourt. -(c): Don’t be deceived by those who led you into wahala -(d): Impeachment is still on the table. Yes, they will give you time to remember Egypt. -(e): When the fight broke out in 2023, I tweeted that this battle you can’t win it. I was right. 8: I wish you a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year in advance @SimFubaraKSC @GovWike
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I heard Governor Seyi Makinde said they are open to negotiating with the abductors. That is a slippery slope we don't want to descend. Once we negotiate now and pay the ransom, it's means we've opened the door for these evils to come in and make the SW their new business center. The only response is to go after them with all our might and crush them now. Send every thing we've got from the police to the local hunters after them and them crush them without mercy. Don't negotiate with these animals!
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Ṣé ẹ ri pé wèrè gidi l'àwọn arábiwọ̀yín. 1. You uploaded a video. 2. You implied the president was saying nonsense. 3. Because of the state of your brain, I transcribed what the president said verbatim in the video you uploaded. 4. Now you turn around to say I doctored the video YOU posted. I have never seen a people more ridiculous than these in my entire Iife! I was wrong for saying your brain is a mass of yolk. It isn't. It is empty.
Replying to @wandyvirus
Nothing has been solidified here, you guys doctored the real video with this one, everything about Bola Ahmed Tinubu is forged, doctored and falsified. No wonder, Muhammadu Buhari said we will miss him, now we know why he said that, Buhari is aware that Bola Tinubu is an international convicted criminal, yet he went on to hand Nigeria over to him.
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The truth is that it can still wait till tomorrow but I understand that you've been trying, God bless your home.
In the spirit of oversharing🙈🙈🙈 We were already trying and my menstruation had stopped for like 4 months. We went to his brother’s house for the weekend and that day I noticed thick mucus. I was like… “wait, is this not ovulation?” I asked my SIL if she had ovulation strips and she said yes. I tested and the line was THICK. I just marched to where my husband was and said “let’s go.” He said, “go where?” I said, “I’m ovulating.” This man said, “can’t it wait till we get home tomorrow?” I said absolutely not…. I’m not taking any chances. I literally started chasing him around the house until he agreed. Positive pregnancy test 3 weeks later 😭
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So you are this dàft. No wonder you are called by all those names. With all your self-acclaimed professionalism, you still think Amupitan misinterpreted. Didirin, the judgment says that the high court wasn't right to declare ante bellum, not that Amupitan didn't interpret it well
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#ThisWeekInUSNigeriaHistory in 2025, Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya made history by breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon alongside American chess master Shawn Martinez in Times Square, New York. #DYK Tunde is a U.S. Government Exchange Program alumnus. He’s one of 14,000+ exchange alumni in Nigeria driving impact across U.S.–Nigeria life, culture, and collaboration. #Freedom250 Photo credit: Chess in Slums Africa
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Replying to @Imranmuhdz
Dear @AgfMadein Why is your website only showing 2025 FAAC allocation. While we are in April 2026
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Taiwo retweeted
Y’all are not even smart enough, because if I were you, I’d wait a little longer before attacking so I wouldn’t look like a hungry leopard ready to pounce. I know for sure you’re waiting for me to make mistakes, but I’m happy to tell you that this is intentional. I’m sure you want to help your friend, but with this path, you’ll just keep unlocking another level of the saga. I haven’t even said or done anything other than returning the energy and what y’all have been surviving with on this app. And all of you came together without even thinking that it’s obviously a malicious attack. Very dogmatic and unintelligent people. Just wait a little more, I’m not perfect so I’d make mistake, but not even when yall are waiting for me.
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As Atiku, Mark and Aregbe hijacked party, what are the real owners of the party do? They should turn themselves to motor park tout and start to butcher each other? You people are just confused.
OUR LAWS AND DEMOCRACY MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL TIMES The Nigerian Bar Association has closely monitored recent political and legal developments as the nation gradually approaches the 2027 General Elections. These developments, particularly those arising from the interpretation and potential application of provisions of the Electoral Act 2026, raise serious constitutional, democratic, and rule-of-law concerns that require immediate intervention. We particularly deprecate the disturbing involvement by lawyers and courts in the internal affairs of political parties despite the clear provisions of the Electoral Act, 2026, which stipulates in Section 83 of the Act that “No court in Nigeria shall entertain jurisdiction over any suit or matter pertaining to the internal affairs of a political party.” Not only are courts denied jurisdiction to entertain any matter pertaining to the internal affairs of a political party, but they are also precluded from granting any interim or interlocutory injunction even where any action has been brought in violation of the Act. The section further provides that “Where such an action is brought in negation of this provision, no interim or interlocutory injunction shall be entertained by the Court, but the Court shall suspend its ruling and deliver it at the stage of final judgment and shall give accelerated hearing to the matter”. What we now see are situations where actions are not only instituted in Courts by lawyers in clear violation of the Act, but Courts purportedly grant interim and/or interlocutory injunctions in clear contempt of statutory provisions of the law. This does not augur well for our democracy. Democracy will not thrive in a situation where lawyers and courts take actions and decisions that not only negate our laws but also do violence to them. This emerging trend of subverting the clear letters of the Electoral Act and dragging courts into the internal affairs of political parties through disingenuous litigation, forum shopping, and malafide applications designed to secure undemocratic political advantage, bodes no good for our democracy. Such practices, if not immediately curbed, would directly contradict the clear intendment of the Electoral Act and risk transforming the judicial processes into avenues for political score-settling or electoral manipulation. We must reiterate that these provisions were clearly designed to curb abuse of court processes and discourage forum shopping in political disputes. This is therefore why the NBA is concerned that the abuse, misapplication, or selective deployment of these provisions may create opportunities for manipulation capable of undermining democratic competition and shrinking the political space. Members of the Bar are reminded that they are Ministers in the Temple of Justice and not political agents seeking judicial endorsement of partisan objectives. The filing of actions intended to draw courts into internal political party disputes, particularly where jurisdiction is expressly excluded, constitutes an abuse of court process and a violation of professional responsibility. The NBA will take firm steps to deter such conduct. Lawyers who deliberately file actions aimed at procuring judicial interference in intra-party affairs, or who seek ex parte or interlocutory orders in clear violation of statutory provisions, risk facing disciplinary proceedings. We will not hesitate to present petitions before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) against any Legal Practitioner found to be engaging in such conduct. This will be pursued decisively to serve as a deterrent and to preserve the sanctity of the judicial process. The Nigerian judiciary must stay vigilant and resist being drawn into political theatrics. Courts should firmly decline invitations, no matter how artfully crafted, to intervene in matters the law explicitly bars them from.
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This is not trending because it's not Lagos.
“I’m the girl that posted about the hospital at Uwani about the light issu£s. Sadly, I have been given an indefinite suspension. And now ve been rem0ved from my clinical duties. Now I want to ask Nigerians: Did they do anything wr0ng? I never posted their video to bring the government down or to paint them b@d. Only did that to bring their attention to the issues, which luckily have been attended to. I am so br0ken Nigerians. I didn’t know that my goodness would be p¥nishing me so b@dly…” - A nurse at Uwani General Hospital who went viral for highlighting the poor conditions at the facility has been suspended indefinitely and removed from her clinical duties.
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There is one Yoruba name that has the same spelling with an English word. What is the name or the word.
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Sigh! I have been taking break from my phone for some days now and trust me I can’t take for granted how people, including those who don’t give a damn about me, have stood up to speak up on the frivolous allegation by some irrelevant political elements who have conferred on themselves a non-existent importance in the grand scheme of things. Beyond the social media noise, banters and dragging, what matters the most for some people are the verifiable real impacts we make in the lives of the people, our country and humanity at large. So not even any online timid show of ingratitude and siding with my accusers will matter in the long run. Pride/arrogance aside, I am good at everything I do, and my selflessness and help towards people are not for public validation adulation, praises or self-aggrandisement. So, not even an unfortunate incident with one person could change that. We cannot stop helping people because some people we helped in the past did not appreciate it enough. Across different states of Nigeria, my team in less than 3years has freed and still freeing people either unlawfully incarcerated in prisons or facing legitimate criminal charges, including filing of appeals. All of these without collecting a dime from anyone involved or their families. Even when offered, I turned some of them down because when I set out to achieve things like this, there’s zero expectation of financial rewards, applauds or public validations. Instead, I commit millions of my money, donations and safety; and all of these are verifiable both in prints and people who must have seen us in action. For the records and contrary to what was portrayed, I have never for once solicited public donations to free anyone from prison. Even when my team got an approval from the Comptroller General of Nigerian Correctional Service sometimes in 2024 or 2025 to visit the Ikoyi Correction Centre to approach inmates who cannot afford legal services to handle their matters pro bono, we got approval to take up only three cases but upon our arrival we realized that over 200 people required our services and we could only take up about 50. These ones are different from the ones we applied to court for assignment. For many, they have been freed, while some are still standing trial for one offence or the other. This is in Lagos alone! I can’t even count that of Ibadan, Ilorin and other places that we have also visited their prisons to take up these cases pro bono. To the glory of God, in the last 2years, not a single of these people has been convicted and sentenced. But for professional and confidentiality rules, I would have loved to publish all of them for verification, for those who might want to fact check it. The only time people had to contribute or donate funds was when I made a post lamenting about the situation in one of the prisons we visited and another popular account quoted the post and asked people to donate money for these inmates who are either in prison because they could not pay fine, debt or afford legal services. When I could not take over all these cases alone, some lawyers here volunteered, we also called for more volunteers and a WhatsApp group was created which also included Sir Dickson, who originally quoted the post to solicit for supports. At a point, I was sharing public updates on some of these cases, including publicly appreciating the volunteers who went to court for the cases and for each appearance, the sum of 10,000 was paid to them just to cover for their transportation. Till now, some are still in court while many cases have been settled. I made sure that one of my staff provided updates on the reports, both the cases and we made sure we complied all these things for the sake of the future. So that when agenda like this comes up, the documents and other records can be made public. In fact, it was the donations above that birthed the idea of me taking over Jonathan’s case and when it became public, the original idea…
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It is easier to ask for money-making updates than to actually put in the work. In my journey of paid surveys for the past 4+ years, I have encountered more than 250 people with 0 capital whom I took it upon myself to train for free and help make $1k+ monthly. And honestly, these people could have accumulated at least $10k in savings by now, but they gave up on the hustle after barely a week in. What this has taught me is that a lot of people who claim to be broke are not ready to put in the work but instead want updates that can make them earn in 24 hours (if possible). So whenever I see people asking for money-making updates, the big question I always ask is, how consistent will you be? I'm opening another opportunity to train 200 people for free, but then again, Will you be consistent? RT and let me know below, and I'll select (Must be following)
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So, after being sent to 20 years imprisonment in 2020 for defrauding a Taiwanese, how was he out in 2026 to defraud a bank again? Did he get pardoned by the state?
EFCC Arraigns Ex-Convict for Alleged N12m Theft in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ikoyi, on Monday, March 16, 2026, arraigned an ex-convict, Oluokun Gabriel Adekola, for an alleged 12m theft before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Adekola was arraigned on a one-count amended charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N12,000,000 (Twelve Million Naira). The lone count charge reads: “That you, OLUOKUN GABRIEL ADEKOLA, and other persons at large, sometime in 2025 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court, collaborated with others to conceal and disguise the genuine origin of N12,000,000 paid into your account by transferring and converting same to cash through Point of Sale (POS) agents, money which forms part of N3,091,441,849 stolen from accounts domiciled with FCMB through unauthorized access and fraudulent activities on their mobile banking applications.” He pleaded “guilty” to the charge when it was read to him. Following his plea,   prosecution counsel, M. K. Bashir and E. S. Okongwu, asked the court for a date to review the facts of the case and sentence. The prosecution also prayed that the defendant be remanded in a Correctional centre. Justice Oshodi  adjourned the matter till March 17, 2026 for the review of facts and sentence, and also ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional centre. Adekola had earlier been convicted on July 23, 2020 by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for defrauding a Taiwanese  of $22,300, following his prosecution  by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on a six-count amended charge of obtaining money by false pretence.
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