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🧩🫠 “Staking my mental health daily.”

final thought
🕵️‍♂️🔗 “If lost, check the blockchain.”

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[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

We may not qualify for this World Cup.

We may have disappointed ourselves more times than we can count.

But history cannot be erased.

Three AFCON titles.

Countless legends.

Generations of unforgettable moments.

The Super Eagles are more than one qualification campaign.

We remain the pride of millions and the Giant of Africa.

Because giants stumble.

They don't stop being giants.

🇳🇬🦅🏆

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

Just imagine the nonsense coming from the mouth of the CP. Your institution is responsible for issuing tinted glass permits, yet you are here shamelessly contradicting yourself.

If you are truly a professor, as you claim, why haven't you sanitized the system to ensure that criminals do not obtain these permits in the first place? Instead of accepting responsibility and fixing the loopholes under your watch, you are busy making contradictory statements and creating unnecessary hullabaloo.

[UNCLE DEJI™️ @DejiAdesogan]

FCT CP is actually a Professor. 😳

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Peace Is Always Cheaper Than War

For decades, the United States and Iran have treated each other as enemies.

Sanctions.

Proxy wars.

Threats.

Assassinations.

Military strikes.

And yet, after all the billions spent and all the lives lost, both sides have once again found themselves sitting at a table, talking about peace. Recent reports indicate that Washington and Tehran have reached a framework agreement aimed at ending hostilities and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Perhaps that is history's greatest irony.

Nations often spend years proving they can destroy one another, only to eventually realize they must learn to live with one another.

War creates headlines.

Peace creates prosperity.

War enriches arms manufacturers.

Peace enriches ordinary people.

Oil prices fall.

Trade resumes.

Markets stabilize.

And families stop receiving terrible phone calls.

Neither America nor Iran will get everything they want.

That is the nature of diplomacy.

Peace is not about defeating your enemy.

It is about recognizing that endless conflict defeats everyone.

The world has enough graves.

What it needs now are more agreements.

Because no missile has ever built a school.

No bomb has ever fed a child.

And no nation has ever become stronger by making permanent enemies of entire peoples.

In the end, peace is not weakness.

It is civilization choosing reason over revenge.

🌍🕊️

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

@tweetbymusa Immediately

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

You don't have to support the Iranian government to question obviously exaggerated numbers.

Ukraine and Russia have fought one of the bloodiest wars in Europe in decades, and after more than two years, estimates of Ukrainian military deaths are roughly in the tens of thousands.

Yet we're supposed to believe Iran secretly killed 40,000 protesters in just TWO DAYS?

That would mean roughly 14 people every minute, continuously, for 48 hours.

Claims like these don't expose tyranny; they undermine credibility.

The Iranian government has plenty to answer for regarding repression, executions, and human rights abuses. There is no need to invent casualty figures that defy common sense.

Propaganda does not become truth simply because it is directed against a government we dislike.

If your argument requires mathematically absurd numbers, perhaps your argument isn't as strong as you think.

Criticize facts with facts, not fantasy.

[Reza Pahlavi @PahlaviReza]

As it signs a Memorandum of Understanding for “peace”, the Islamic Republic just executed two more protesters from January 8th and 9th.

This is the consequence of making a deal with this criminal regime. To do a deal with a regime that murdered more than 40,000 protestors in two days in January is morally wrong and strategically misguided.

Dealing with this regime will fail and we will all face the consequences. The regime’s 47-year war against the Iranian people continues. Just as it has never made peace with its own citizens, it will never truly make peace with the world.

The international community should back the people of Iran’s fight for freedom. Put them center in any negotiations and in their Iran policy. But let me be clear - with or without international support - this regime will fall. The people of Iran will liberate themselves from tyranny.

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

You don't have to support the Iranian government to question obviously exaggerated numbers.

Ukraine and Russia have fought one of the bloodiest wars in Europe in decades, and after more than two years, estimates of Ukrainian military deaths are roughly in the tens of thousands.

Yet we're supposed to believe Iran secretly killed 40,000 protesters in just TWO DAYS?

That would mean roughly 14 people every minute, continuously, for 48 hours.

Claims like these don't expose tyranny; they undermine credibility.

The Iranian government has plenty to answer for regarding repression, executions, and human rights abuses. There is no need to invent casualty figures that defy common sense.

Propaganda does not become truth simply because it is directed against a government we dislike.

If your argument requires mathematically absurd numbers, perhaps your argument isn't as strong as you think.

Criticize facts with facts, not fantasy.

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

Morning Nuggets ☀️

Not every delay is a denial.

Not every closed door is a punishment.

Not everyone who left your life was a loss.

Keep showing up.

Keep learning.

Keep planting seeds.

Life has a funny way of rewarding consistency long after impatience would have made you quit.

Have a blessed day. ❤️☕

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

Messi has a World Cup.

Messi has a World Cup hat-trick.

Ronaldo has played five World Cups and still doesn't have either.

At this point, the GOAT debate is looking less like a debate and more like a documentary.

🐐😂⚽

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

GOAT

[Joejoe @joejoe6opq]

If your goat never score hatrick for World Cup, no follow us wake up oo

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

The Price of Telling the Truth: Journalists Under Attack Around the World

A government can imprison a politician.

It can censor a newspaper.

It can shut down a television station.

But history shows that authoritarian power fears one thing above all else:

A person armed with information.

Journalists have always occupied a dangerous space between power and accountability. Their job is simple in theory but dangerous in practice: ask questions, seek facts, and tell the public what those in authority would rather keep hidden.

And throughout history, governments of every ideology have punished them for it.

Perhaps no case illustrates this better than that of Jamal Khashoggi.

The Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, seeking documents for his upcoming marriage. He never walked out.

International investigations concluded that Khashoggi had been murdered inside the consulate, turning his death into one of the most shocking attacks on press freedom in modern times.

But Khashoggi was not the first.

Nor was he the last.

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was gunned down after exposing abuses in Chechnya.

Daphne Caruana Galizia of Malta was killed by a car bomb while investigating corruption.

Mexican journalists continue to face threats and murder from both criminal organizations and political interests.

In China, independent reporting faces severe restrictions.

In Iran, journalists have been imprisoned for covering protests.

In Myanmar, reporters have been jailed after exposing military actions.

Even in democracies, journalists face harassment, intimidation, lawsuits, surveillance, and increasing hostility.

Technology has changed the battlefield, but not the struggle.

Today, censorship no longer requires burning newspapers.

It can happen through internet shutdowns.

Through online harassment.

Through spyware.

Through arbitrary arrests.

Through laws designed to criminalize dissent.

Governments often justify these actions in the name of national security, stability, or combating misinformation.

Yet history teaches that societies become stronger when journalists are free, not when they are afraid.

A free press is not the enemy of the state.

It is one of its safeguards.

Because corruption thrives in darkness.

Abuse thrives in silence.

And unchecked power thrives when nobody dares to ask questions.

Journalists are imperfect.

They make mistakes.

They carry biases.

But a world without journalists is not a world with more truth.

It is a world where only the powerful get to decide what truth is.

And perhaps that is why tyrants throughout history have feared reporters more than armies.

Armies can conquer territory.

But information can conquer lies.

And that is a threat no authoritarian has ever learned to tolerate.

📰🌍

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

@wtf7960 IFB

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One day, historians will have a difficult job explaining our generation.

We lived through pandemics.

Wars.

AI.

Crypto booms and crashes.

Inflation.

And somehow, people still found time to argue with strangers online over football and celebrities.

Human beings are fascinating.

🌍😂

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

@wtf7960 Some people don't follow back after you follow them.

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Spain Thought They Were Coming for Three Points. Cape Verde Had Other Plans.

Before kickoff, many football fans had already awarded Spain the victory.

After all, this was Spain.

European giants.

Former world champions.

A team filled with players whose transfer values are probably larger than the GDP of some small nations.

And on the other side?

Cape Verde.

A nation with fewer people than many Spanish cities.

The script was already written.

Or so everyone thought.

But football has a wicked sense of humor.

For 90 minutes, Cape Verde ignored the reputation, the trophies, and the price tags.

They defended like their passports depended on it.

They ran like there was no tomorrow.

And every Spanish attack was treated like an attempted robbery.

By the final whistle, the scoreboard read:

Spain 1 - 1 Cape Verde.

Suddenly, football analysts began using words like "resilient," "organized," and "disciplined."

Translation:

"Nobody expected these guys to embarrass us like this."

Meanwhile, somewhere in Praia, Cape Verdean fans were celebrating as if they had won the World Cup.

And honestly?

Who could blame them?

Because a draw against Spain is not just a draw.

It's a reminder that football doesn't care about GDP.

It doesn't care about history.

It doesn't care about market value.

It certainly doesn't care about your predictions.

For one evening, eleven men from a tiny island nation looked Spain in the eye and said:

"Your tiki-taka can wait. We also came to play."

And somewhere, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and every underdog that has ever ruined a giant's day probably smiled.

Because if football teaches us anything, it is this:

Never underestimate a country whose players grew up playing barefoot and whose fans have already prepared memes before the match even starts.

Congratulations to Cape Verde.

Spain came for three points.

Cape Verde said, "You'll have to share."

😂⚽🌍

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

One day, historians will have a difficult job explaining our generation.

We lived through pandemics.

Wars.

AI.

Crypto booms and crashes.

Inflation.

And somehow, people still found time to argue with strangers online over football and celebrities.

Human beings are fascinating.

🌍😂

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

@Vikoo4197

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

Nigeria's Financial Revolution: From CBN to NIBSS, Banks and Fintechs

Twenty years ago, sending money in Nigeria was an exercise in patience.

You filled paper deposit slips.

Queued for hours.

Transfers took days.

And the phrase "network is down" was almost a national anthem.

Then something remarkable happened.

Quietly, almost unnoticed, Nigeria began building one of Africa's most sophisticated financial systems.

At the center sits the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the regulator responsible for monetary policy, banking supervision, and financial stability.

Behind the scenes is NIBSS (Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System), perhaps the most underrated institution in the country.

Most Nigerians may never hear its name, yet millions rely on its infrastructure every day.

When you transfer money from Access Bank to GTBank, pay with your card, use USSD, or receive an instant transfer from a fintech, chances are NIBSS is somewhere in the background making it possible.

Then come the banks.

For decades, traditional banks dominated the landscape.

They built branches, ATMs, and digital platforms.

Institutions like Zenith, GTBank, Access Bank, UBA, and First Bank transformed from local players into continental giants.

But innovation rarely sleeps.

Enter the fintechs.

Flutterwave.

Moniepoint.

OPay.

PalmPay.

Kuda.

PiggyVest.

Cowrywise.

Paystack.

These companies reimagined banking.

They simplified payments.

Expanded financial inclusion.

Brought millions into the formal financial system.

And forced traditional banks to innovate faster.

Today, a trader in Kano can receive payments instantly.

A student in Enugu can save digitally.

A farmer in Benue can access financial services through an agent.

A freelancer in Lagos can receive international payments.

This transformation has made Nigeria one of Africa's fintech capitals.

Yet challenges remain.

Fraud.

Cybersecurity.

Regulatory uncertainty.

Foreign exchange volatility.

Infrastructure constraints.

Power shortages.

And the delicate balance between innovation and oversight.

The relationship between regulators, banks, and fintechs often resembles a family argument.

Banks accuse fintechs of disrupting the system.

Fintechs accuse banks of moving too slowly.

Regulators attempt to maintain order.

And NIBSS quietly keeps the pipes running in the background.

But perhaps the greatest achievement is this:

Despite its imperfections, Nigeria has built a financial ecosystem capable of processing trillions of naira monthly and serving over 200 million people.

That is no small feat.

The next chapter will not be won merely by having more banks or more fintech startups.

It will be won through trust.

Through stronger infrastructure.

Through cybersecurity.

Through better regulation.

And through creating a financial system that works not just for the wealthy and urban populations, but for every Nigerian.

Because in the end, finance is not about apps.

It is not about banks.

It is not even about money.

It is about enabling people to live better lives.

And on that journey, Nigeria's financial story is only just beginning.

🏦💳📱🇳🇬

[Smart👨‍💻 | Software Engineer @smartnakamoura]

Every time you swipe a card, tap a POS, or send a transfer in Nigeria someone is taking a cut.

Most Nigerians have no idea who that someone is.

Let me show you who actually owns Nigerian payment infrastructure 🧵

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

Spain Thought They Were Coming for Three Points. Cape Verde Had Other Plans.

Before kickoff, many football fans had already awarded Spain the victory.

After all, this was Spain.

European giants.

Former world champions.

A team filled with players whose transfer values are probably larger than the GDP of some small nations.

And on the other side?

Cape Verde.

A nation with fewer people than many Spanish cities.

The script was already written.

Or so everyone thought.

But football has a wicked sense of humor.

For 90 minutes, Cape Verde ignored the reputation, the trophies, and the price tags.

They defended like their passports depended on it.

They ran like there was no tomorrow.

And every Spanish attack was treated like an attempted robbery.

By the final whistle, the scoreboard read:

Spain 1 - 1 Cape Verde.

Suddenly, football analysts began using words like "resilient," "organized," and "disciplined."

Translation:

"Nobody expected these guys to embarrass us like this."

Meanwhile, somewhere in Praia, Cape Verdean fans were celebrating as if they had won the World Cup.

And honestly?

Who could blame them?

Because a draw against Spain is not just a draw.

It's a reminder that football doesn't care about GDP.

It doesn't care about history.

It doesn't care about market value.

It certainly doesn't care about your predictions.

For one evening, eleven men from a tiny island nation looked Spain in the eye and said:

"Your tiki-taka can wait. We also came to play."

And somewhere, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and every underdog that has ever ruined a giant's day probably smiled.

Because if football teaches us anything, it is this:

Never underestimate a country whose players grew up playing barefoot and whose fans have already prepared memes before the match even starts.

Congratulations to Cape Verde.

Spain came for three points.

Cape Verde said, "You'll have to share."

😂⚽🌍

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

@tweetbymusa Active and following back

[Facts but not figure @0xchaindevs]

I still remember the 2002 World Cup.

There was one television in our street.

Whenever Nigeria played, grown men abandoned work, women delayed cooking, and children sat on the floor like they were in a classroom.

Nobody cared whether you were Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo or Efik.

For 90 minutes, we were just Nigerians.

When we scored, strangers hugged strangers.

When we lost, the whole neighborhood mourned like a family had lost someone.

Years later, I realized something.

The World Cup was never just about football.

It was one of the few times millions of people who disagreed on everything else found a reason to dream together.

And perhaps that's why every four years, no matter how hard life gets, we gather around screens again.

Not because football changes our lives.

But because hope, even for 90 minutes, is a beautiful thing.

⚽❤️🌍