Happy birthday to the man who fought another lecturer who wanted sex over my hard work as a student. A lecturer boldly failed me because I refused a visit. He was known for it. I was in 200 level then. I saw the disappointment on my professor's face because this was someone he helped.
When the information got to my professor, he took immediate action.
On the agreed date for the hearing, I got into the room with my previous results on the table. All I heard was, "It cannot be Blessing. Dr, something is wrong. She wrote all of these in the past. She is diligent. It can't be my daughter. Dismiss this."
Although it was too late for the portal to change the verdict online, I am glad my innocence was proven. All my scripts magically reappeared. And the next generation after me has not had to deal with such an element. I saw my script. I did not fail, as written by the man who lacks self-discipline.
I have not forgotten how you stood up for me, Sir. You made sure whoever did this paid heavily for it. It is 5 years after graduation but everything is still new in my heart.
Professor Modo gave me access to his library. He encouraged me to be steadfast. He has not forgotten me. He spoke to me early this year and told me to further my studies since I am well now.
Throughout the time I was sick, he was always talking to me. He would say, "When you are ready, go to this institution and tell XYZ that you are from me."
Thank you, my amiable Professor Innocent Modo. You stood up for so many. You shielded many with school fees and feeding money. I witnessed it as a student then. May God keep shielding you, Sir.
⚠️ ASF (African Swine Fever) Awareness for Pig Farmers
There are rumours that ASF may be circulating again. Whether confirmed in your area or not, this is the time to tighten biosecurity..not panic.
Protect your farm:
• Restrict unnecessary visitors into your farm...your farm is not a zoo.
• Disinfect footwear, vehicles, and equipment before entry.
• Quarantine newly purchased pigs for at least 30 days.
• Never feed untreated swill or kitchen waste.
• Isolate any sick pigs immediately.
• Dispose of carcasses safely…never sell or butcher sick pigs.
Remember: ASF is not a human disease, but it is highly contagious and can wipe out an entire pig herd, causing devastating economic losses.
ASF has no cure and no vaccine in routine use. Prevention is your best defense.
Just One infected pig can put an entire farm at risk.
Biosecurity is cheaper than an outbreak. Stay alert, not alarmed… Retweet to help save someone’s investment. A little awareness can prevent a huge loss.
These are the 3 boys from St. Gregory’s College, Ikoyi, Lagos who won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in Episode One of the Sterling Bank Mathematics Quiz.
Their names are Josiah Ebuka Chukwu, Osinachi Dominic and Onyiebor Franklin. They are all in SS2.
The school is on fire!
If I weren't there at the very start of a Nigerian telco, I would believe the trope people always put out that things "were guaranteed." Nothing could be further from that.
Let's start with the licensing. You first had to put up a $20m deposit before you could bid. If you bid and won but were unable to pay for your license, you forfeited $20m. Mike Adenuga lost that amount then, and it was a lot of money. It is still a lot of money.
For Econet Wireless, to get that amount the first time, Oceanic Bank had to put it up, backed by guarantees from Delta State, which managed all their federal allocation payments. Getting that first $20m was one of the hardest things I have seen.
Oboden Ibru didn't trust the Zimbabweans; he believed they didn't have any money to invest, and his bank would have to commit more to save the $20m, and he was eventually right.
Even forming the consortium and selecting partners was a difficult and heartwrenching process. There were meetings that lasted long into the night. I still can't forget a trip I took to Delta and Akwa Ibom to present documents to the state governments, inviting them to invest. Another competing party tried to beat me to Uyo by chartering a private jet as I drove like a maniac and got there by road.
After the bid was won, raising the $285m was the most beautiful financial engineering process I had ever witnessed. The late Osaze Osifo was a genius and one of the smartest people I had ever met. I learned so much from what he and his HSBC Capital team did. Other investment bankers, like the late Laolu Mudashiru of Vetiva, watched and learned, too.
After paying for the license, we now had to raise money for working capital. I personally raised 7 million Naira from New Nigeria Bank to pay for the office rent. Got furniture from Chair Center and another company on credit. My guy, Elias Igbinakenzua, was then an Executive Director at Zenith Bank, and we managed to negotiate a 500m Naira overdraft facility to start the business.
Everyone was broke and stretched. We took a loan from New Nigeria Bank to cover our share of the equity, and the interest on the loan was accruing at 1.8 million Naira per day. We eventually sold half of the shares at a profit to cover the cost. Before then, we were juggling CPs and BAs to cover the initial $20m and dodging Oboden Ibru, who was at wits end.
To add to that, we had a technical partner who lied about bringing in 40% of the capital. They, too, could not raise money, so the pressure was on the existing shareholders, who eventually kicked him out but still left him with 5% for the brand thanks to the intervention of Delta State, represented on the board by David Edevbie.
Today, that company is now Airtel Nigeria, and someone will tell me that "Demand was guaranteed. " Idiots.
Rolling out the service was another story. Educating the market and competing with MTN, who had smarter people and deeper pockets, was brutal. Dem Eleso, their CTO at the time, was a telco savant. Funny thing was that we were offered his services first, but rh Zimbabweans rejected him. MTN snatched him. He became our nightmare.
In 2 days, the Sterling Bank National Mathematics Quiz will go live for all Nigerian students.
Starting Saturday, June 20, 2026, students from Primary 1 to SS3 across Nigeria will compete online for the prizes.
1st Prize – ₦500,000
2nd Prize – ₦300,000
3rd Prize – ₦200,000
That’s ₦1,000,000 in every quiz dedicated solely to rewarding academic excellence among Nigerian children.
But this is not just about winning money.
It is about building a culture where intelligence is celebrated.
It is about giving every child, whether in Lagos, Enugu, Kano, Bayelsa, Maiduguri, Aba, or a remote village, an opportunity to compete on a national stage.
Competition Schedule
• Saturday
• 6:00 PM – 6:20 PM
• Online nationwide
The top performers will then advance to a live championship session streamed online next day same time, where Nigerians can watch some of the country’s brightest students solve challenging mathematical problems in real time.
To ensure fairness and give more students the opportunity to benefit, every student can only win once.
And here’s what makes it even better:
Every participant will be able to review their questions after the competition, identify their weaknesses, learn from their mistakes, and prepare for the next challenge.
This means that even students who don’t win become better mathematicians.
Parents, teachers, school owners, and students should begin preparing immediately.
The questions will be tough and the competition will be fierce.
Registration is now open:
https://t.co/5dGxuzge4t
Please share this with every child, parent, teacher, school owner, principal, and education stakeholder you know.
Let’s make academic excellence prestigious again.
Dear Lionel Messi, I apologise for ever debating whether you were the greatest of all time. To my mind, your competition was never Cristiano Ronaldo. I was thinking more about Diego Maradona and Pele. I now realise that you are better than both of them. You are better than anyone who has ever kicked a football. I am lucky to have been alive to watch you play. You are the greatest of all time! I bow and tremble. 🙌🏽🙇♂️
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
Dear Lionel Messi, I apologise for ever debating whether you were the greatest of all time. To my mind, your competition was never Cristiano Ronaldo. I was thinking more about Diego Maradona and Pele. I now realise that you are better than both of them. You are better than anyone who has ever kicked a football. I am lucky to have been alive to watch you play. You are the greatest of all time! I bow and tremble. 🙌🏽🙇♂️
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
There are some very powerful people pulling the strings behind the scenes on this legal issue over airtime lending in Nigeria, trying to stick their straw into a market worth an estimated N400b annually. These people are close to the president, and are wielding tremendous power and distorting the entire economy in ways that would have embarrassed a post-Soviet Russian oligarch in 1994.
I’ve been actively aware of this matter for over two years now and the time may have come to tell the full story of how Idris Saliu Alubankudi, and his brother Shamsudeen Saliu 'Shamz' Alubankudi - both very close to Bola Tinubu and his family - have built one of the biggest and most powerful state corruption enterprises
in the entire history of Nigeria.
These men are attempting to capture the systemically important foundations of the entire Nigerian economy - specifically telecoms and ICT - and turn their 3 year-old corruption enterprise into a sort of Nigerian chaebol. You have never seen anything like it before.
You will be hearing the names 'Idris' and 'Shamz' a lot in the coming few days. Also don’t forget their family name 'Saliu Alubankudi.' It's an important part of the story.