I'm thrilled to announce that my team won 1st place at the University project exhibition for Digital Nigeria Day with our Design and Development of a 3-axis CNC Milling Machine!
They already played the North vs South script to disrupt the protests. The next script is to plan Yoruba vs Igbo divisions to fight each other. Don't fall for it
#EndSARS
#endSARS
When they report these millions stolen by politicians I'd like us to report it in terms of the opportunity cost.
Like rather than say a politician stole $1B, report it as, they stole 800 hospital beds, two light rails and 3,000 units of affordable housing. Something like that.
A man that breathes Lagos air for too long is bound to cheat. It's just there. That's why Igbo men travel every December, to go refill our faithfulness tank.
There's a Nigerian that sits on the board of NVIDIA, John Oluseun Dabiri, and the guy's profile reads like a sci-fi. Aeronautics, hydrodynamics of jellyfish propulsion, fluid energy conversion. MacArthur Fellow, Young Investigator award from Naval Research, Presidential Award.…
Over the last three years, I go back to my secondary school couple times and pay the school fees for the best student in each class JSS1-SS3. Over the years, there have been fewer and fewer boys. The last two times I've gone, it's been all girls. Which is great, of course. BUT...
A lot of people have asked me about driving from Lagos to Abidjan. I'm not that great of a story teller or thread maker but let me try to give you a bit of a picture, in case anyone is eager to explore that drive.
There's something Nigerians are very guilty of: magical thinking. Thinking or opinions that are grounded on nothing other than our feelings. It's dumb and very very harmful.
Love how people argue this. But it really speaks to how unserious some of you are about something as serious as marriage and your own life.
I took off my cowrie anklet when going to see my in laws.
I loosed my braids and CUT my hair. Something I didn't do for CBN, or…
I tweeted this is the past (and got cooked deservedly). Bruh, having gone through the Nigeria grinder the last 3 years I can tell you that every single one of them holidays is fully earned. Every one of them.
One of the most underrated books of the Bible, to me, is Ecclesiastes. No single writer does a better job of making you understand the futility of our entire existence as much as Solomon.
All of this, the highs and lows is all vanity. It all ends in dust and ashes. ALL.
The fact that this kid is standing in front of people, talking about code and telling his story. My guy both you, and everyone who supports your work, will always have reasons to be joyful all the days of your lives. Thank you bro. ❤️
Just a few months ago, Ayomide was just another random street kid working as a bus conductor and living under oshodi bridge will no hope of a future.
Today he created his own web page and online store using HTML and CSS.
We're creating a new story for the African child🚀♥️
Let me add some perspective to this, that lays some of the blame at the feet of NAFDAC. I recently wanted to create a new wine brand and import it for local distribution. NAFDAC billed us $15,000 to get it registered. Keep in mind it would cost $20,000 for the entire inventory.…
“Our London flight is sold out till September, we are bringing in 33 brand new aircraft and set to hit Lagos-New York and Texas before December”
-Dr Allen Onyema. CEO Air peace
Both my wife and a few friends who are doing masters in the US very quickly realized what I try to tell people about how we learn in Nigeria.
We do rote learning and fact spitting and too much academic knowledge. American education prioritizes critical thinking and insights.
Japan's more than 50 years history of operating their bullet trains, have had exactly 0 passenger casualty or injury from train accidents.
Over those years, they also have an average late time of roughly 1 minute, even including weather delays.
Culture >>>
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GAME OF THRONES QUESTION THREAD
Who is the most beautiful character?
- Daenerys Targaryen
- Talisa Stark
- Margaery Tyrell
- Missandei of Naath
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They're going to own goal themselves into irrelevance. You have a clear brand that makes you easily discoverable but is also infinitely flexible or malleable. But you guys want to short sight your way into nonsense.
If you're willing to help build a real, long term, political organization that actually cares about Nigerian lives and will do everything in our power to help things change, please like this tweet.
I'll reach out to you with a plan of action.
I've had enough.
No matter how many people gnash their teeth when I say it, I will continue to say it: GEJ was a far better president than you all gave him credit for and history will be kind to him. Choosing Bubu in 2015 over him was a national scale silliness.
The larger problem with Nigeria is that people really think it doesn't matter who we elect or who is President, things will largely remain the same. That's the underlying reason why we choose political leaders with a carelessness that we can never extend to, say, company…
With $730,000 you'll buy at least 4 properties in the US and be collecting close to $50,000 a year in annual rent.
Lagos house prices don't make any type of sense.
Every single person that defended that border closure by saying it will boost the local economy should just surrender their brain at the nearest spare parts dealership cos it's clearly useless inside your head.
Hi guys. Please what are some cost saving techniques that have worked for you SPECIFICALLY in Nigeria? I wanna retweet for those who might need it.
One example: drive a Toyota. It's almost going to be the cheapest to fuel and maintain in the long run.
If only there had been a service with verified and trained bikers, quality bikes, identifiable riders, helmet and traceable payment flows, routes, travel times and easily remittable taxes so that this task force won't have needed to be doing all this. If only.
You guys will REFUSE to concede an inch to the people you claim to love and want to build a family with.
But you will concede MILES to your employer, your pastor, your parents, even your friends.
None of this guarantees anything will work but man, priorities.
This is not a world thing. It's a Nigerian (or African thing). In normal societies, if you are competent and you win a contract, then you can walk there if you like, ride a bicycle, a train, a jalopee. It will not matter one bit. You are the same person.
The world is a packaged place and a lot of people should realize this.
If you are going to sign a contract of 50 million naira, you can't drive a Camry 08 or corolla to the location.
Listen to Destalker.
This is the reality out there.
@paulg
delve, safeguard, robust, demystify, 'in this digital world',
all chatgpt.
I am rejecting all content with any of these words.
there is no problem with these words, but they make human language mechanical.
Why are men so predisposed toward heroism? Genuinely curious. I'm reading about the 2012 Aurora shooting, 3 of the women who survived said their boyfriends covered them with their own bodies, and died, so they could survive.
What is the reason?
Nigerian customs has hiked duty for spare part imports from 4M to almost 8M. Same for most other imports.
As you guys are blaming dollar price for the price increases, let us also give customs their due credit. They too are contributing.
I hate to become my parents but it's almost always a terrible idea to marry too far outside your social class. Whether up or down, keep it one standard deviation max.
Badagry roads are impassable. Lekki is a riverine area. Mainland is choked and filthy.
But every year, Eko o ni baje.
Are we a joke to these guys or what?
Let it be on record that Nigerian youths came out to the streets to ask the police to stop shooting them and the police responded with more bullets.
#SARAMUSTEND
#SarsMustGo
This is Jonathan's legacy by the way. We were on the right track. You guys can say all you want bout him but he deserved a lot better and the people who made y'all hate him did so for selfish political reasons.
What stood out to me the first time I read that heart center story is that Peter Obi didn't name the center after himself, his family or any of his people. He named it after Joe Nwilo, the surgeon himself. That's a man who respects talent and accords people the right dignity.
Working in Nigerian biglaw was pretty cozy and it’s crazy I’m saying this because I thought it was hell. But at least you can sit back and do nothing until you receive instructions. Here, people compete to work. They call for it. If I don’t get emails in hrs, I’m already anxious.
Watching this CNN report and crying again. You ended lives that didn't commit any crime. Then you denied their families closure, stole the bodies, planted lies and are now clamping down on protesters. Ha.
Every day is for the oppressor. One day. Just one day. We go see.
Mosque in Mecca closed. Mosque in MEDINA, closed. The Vatican itself. Closed.
But Nigerians believe that going to church and mosque services in the middle of a viral pandemic is the most critical thing to do.
Not all human beings reason like human beings. Some are goats.
#EndSARS
has nothing to do with removing Buhari. In fact that's part of the reason Sowore was chased off the protests. No one wants to remove the democratically elected president of Nigeria. That's our president. However, he needs to address and tackle this issue from the top.
People spent 67BILLION naira without a single drop of revenue. For context, you will spend 1M every day for 183 years to spend 67Bn. And they did it without making a kobo of revenue. Zero. Do you know how hard you have to work to make ZERO revenue as a refinery? Not even N5.00?
In December inflation in Argentina was 25%. It's still high now but it's almost cut by half and that is in just 3 months. In case anyone told you it's rocket science.
Years back, my brother and I used to live in midtown Manhattan. So I'm used to clubbing on the lower East side, Chelsea or if I wanna go black, Brooklyn.
I always used to get invited by my Nigerian friends to Naij clubs in Queens (which is where most of Nigerians lived back…
Almost any business you want to do in Nigeria, you're told that the people you hire will destroy it especially if you cannot oversee them directly. This is a sad reality of our social culture and if this reality does not change drastically it's impossible to invest meaningfully…
There is a General Hospital in my village. Because we contributed money and built it. Then handed to government. They ran it down, we took it back and renovated it. And have been running it ever since.
This is a subtle example of press sensationalism. They didn't report anything false, but they left out that he had been ill for a while and in and out of hospital. They knew what you'd conclude.
One of the things I've learned or understood better this year is how fundamentally ENVY drives us as human beings. I used to think it was an anomaly by a few people, but I've realized most people are dissatisfied and want more simply because someone has more than them.
I hate that you grow up and realize you're not that special and all those your early attempts to be so edgy and different was just youthful angst.
You enter 30s and become a programmed, predictable ball of anxiety, just like your parents. 😂
Hey guys, in respect to the most recent news regarding
@Risevest
and our FX dealings, rest assured all user investments and funds are safely managed, funding and withdrawals will continue to be processed as normal and all our US operations are intact.
We complain about food insecurity. But look at the state of roads leading out of Benue one of our highest food production areas. Nigerian politicians are the ground zero of all our afflictions.
If you support the President of Nigeria telling people from South East that they are too young to remember the civil war, and that they that fought in that war will treat them with the language they understand, I want you to understand that you've drawn a line between us.
A certain section of the Nigerian population is basically an outpost of America and they feel proud of themselves for it. They adopt American priorities, fight its culture wars, filter reality through American lenses and adopt American positions on most issues. Nice little…
I just met an Igbo guy whose family has been tanning leather out of Kano for decades and exporting to fashion centers in Europe. The business stories in Nigeria are just so rad.
The thing is ridiculous. It's almost as if we are being governed by idiots. Literally the same day you say you're looking for $10B to stabilize the naira, you also air an interview with fucking Hamas guy. What a country. I'm actually done.
All your funds on
@Risevest
are parked in the US, completely immune to Nigeria's issues. And can be sent to any bank account in 140 countries.
That's freedom. 🚀
Jay-z has been declared a billionaire by Forbes. Funny thing that stood out to me was that his music catalog, which is what made him Jay-z was only valued at $75M.
But investments in liquor, streaming, fashion, art and real estate made him a billionaire.
Investing for the win.
Amaechi begged Chinese people for loans then went to beg Niger Republic to allow him to use the money to build a free railway for them.
And he said it openly to Nigerians faces. Basically said, you all can't do shit.
One of the things I notice when I'm in Nigeria: the low expectations. In my own house, so many little things are broken here and there. No one seems bothered by it, until I come back and it grates my every nerve.
Things like shower heads, mirrors, shaky chairs.
He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton, BSE in mech and aerospace engineering. Finalist for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships. Received NSF grant eight times in 5 different fields.
This Is Very Commendable: An Igbo Man Is Giving Out 3 Million Bags Of Rice And Other Food Items To The People Of Ihiala In Anambra State For Christmas. Igbo Amaka ❤️
I know long term thinking is hard for a lot of you so let's be clear: you guys are destroying whatever legitimacy the state has. When neither the court, nor INEC, nor press, nor police, nor any organ of the state has any legitimacy, you're on your way to Somalia. Dey play.
A good day to remind everyone crying about vote splitting that no one would've split votes if PDP had run an honest primary and picked the most popular Southern candidate in recent history. Instead of running a silly, business as usual process. Look in the mirror.