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[Agent Jake @Hitee_]

The most beautiful part of all these stories about Mr Macaroni is that he’s getting his flowers while he’s still here to see them. Genuine kindness always leaves witnesses. God bless him.

[Mr Macaroni @mrmacaroni]

I cried so much last night and this morning. I have seen lots of messages from different people about things I did for them at different times most of which I don’t even remember.
The truth is I have always believed in my heart that the only reason God has given to me is to give it back.
I think this is God’s way of telling me to also be thankful!!! I have been thinking too much about what I lost instead of thanking God for seeing me through one of the hardest moments of my life.
I am used to always giving and hardly ever receiving because everyone thought I had in abundance. I have also always found it difficult to ask for help. Even if I had to borrow from anyone, I would always return with interest, even without them asking. But I was tested in ways I couldn’t understand these past few years. I asked for help everywhere and anywhere I could think of and I was on the verge of giving it all up!

I would mention his name but he would be really upset. God used one person to settle all that I owed! And this help came over and over again! I don’t think any sane person would do what he did for me without God’s intervention!
So this is me also saying thank you Brother! And I will continue to do so again and again, privately and publicly! Thank you for giving me hope when I thought it was all over. I can’t help but think I have taken your love and kindness for granted but I want you to know that I am forever indebted to you.

To my closest people in the World (Mr Macaroni & Friends) Thank you for not neglecting me even when you had every reason to. Thank you for saving me 😊
To Don Jazzy, who has been giving me since my university days up till now, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you do, not just for me but for so many others!!! To my brother Victor Osimhen and Pastor Bolaji!!! Thank youuuu. 🤍

I am in a better place! I am learning and doing things that make me happy. I don’t and will never regret anything I have ever done in my life to make the lives of others better in even the smallest way possible. However, I have learned a lot of lessons these past few years and I am grateful even for the trials and tribulations for which without them I wouldn’t have the clarity of mind I now have.

May the love in our hearts be forever greater than the hate in the world.

Thank you with all my heart. 🤍

[Renike @iamrenike]

Please all bicycle delivery riders should be given/wear reflective gear at night. It’s very very dangerous for them to be on the streets without it. I’m very worried

[Mr. Láyí @layiwasabi]

i only brought a message from our academic committee😂

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

Chimpanzee and bonobo mothers have been observed carrying their dead infants for months.

New Oxford research suggests that the strength of the mother-infant bond and how the infant died may help explain why.

Find out more ⬇️
https://t.co/7I9XXatOeM

[The Republic @republicjournal]

How many people live in Nigeria?

Supposedly, more than 200 million. But nobody really knows: Nigeria hasn’t conducted a census since 2006.

Read in The Republic:

[Dearest B 🦋 @BlehisBack]

One year today 🥺🕊️

A terrible, terrible day that should never have happened. 💔

Rest in peace, champions 💕

[Gbénró Adégbolá ن @GbenroAdegbola]

In October 1967 a Spanish electrical engineer arrived Nigeria with a PhD. He was 28.

He spent the next 59 years transforming higher education & co-founding one of our elite institutions: @LBSNigeria.

A tribute to Prof Albert Alos, who died in Lagos on 5th September 2026 at 87.

[Jannik Beginner @Wana____]

Public restrooms should be fully zero-contact.

I don't wanna have to press something to bring out the handwash or have to turn the tap on.

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

I wrote about the death of Jason Arday.

https://t.co/nQxRITzVTd

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

UPDATE ON MY MAI SUYA: I have now found them. Apparently, someone came to buy N15,000 suya from them. He was their last customer and had bought up all the suya they had left.

When the guy was about to enter his car, armed robbers collected his keys and drove the car away. My mai suya guys were completely unaware of what had happened because, strangely, the guy never even came back to them to say that any such thing had happened.

It wasn’t until they set up the next day to start their business that they were arrested and detained on the allegation that they must have colluded with the armed robbers.

Their phones were sent to the DSS for analysis to check whether there was any communication between them and anybody leading up to the carjacking. There wasn’t.

The good news is that the guys have now been released because, apparently, the car has now been found. Their phones have yet to be returned by the DSS though.

Following their release, they asked the Police whether they could resume at their old spot and the Police advised that they wait until the DSS releases their phones and the matter is fully resolved. They have, therefore, set up temporarily on Bala Sokoto Way. They had lost business for 10 days and were already looking emaciated.

I asked if they needed a lawyer and they said they didn’t think so right now. They were empathetic to the guy that had been robbed of his car and were pleased that it had now been recovered. Thank you to @egi_nupe and @PwettyFeet who offered free legal services should they need them.

Unknown to me, there are neighbours I didn’t even know were on Twitter who have reached out to express their concerns, on the basis that they have been part of our community for years. We all, therefore, agreed that we would raise a little money to help them get back on their feet.

I went to look for the DPO today but he wasn’t there. I’ll go again tomorrow to ask about their phones.

They are out and back to striving to make an honest living. And no, I didn’t buy Suya today. That wasn’t the purpose.

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

Whenever I come back from “the abroad”, the first thing I look for is Suya and roasted corn. My Mai Suya are very diligent. The only days they are not there are on Sallah holidays.

Having been “in the abroad” for more than a month, I looked forward to my local ram suya. They were not there on Saturday. I thought “That’s odd!” They were not there again on Sunday. I felt that something must be wrong.

When they were not there again by 12 noon on Monday, as they usually are everyday, I was really concerned.

There is a smart young woman who does a POS business near them. I asked her why they had not come for three days and she said that they had a little problem. I asked her what “little problem” they had.

Apparently, someone had come to buy Suya from them. While he was buying the Suya, a car thief entered his car and drove it away. He then accused my Suya guys of being responsible for the theft of his car, since he was buying Suya from them when it was stolen. He had all of them arrested and locked up!

I asked for their numbers and the POS lady said that they had seized all their phones. I didn’t know which police station they were at. I didn’t know their names and on the occasions that I had paid for my suya with a bank transfer, I didn’t save their account details that would have shown a name at least.

I started asking the people I knew in the police, but felt a bit silly saying “I am looking for four Suya guys that were arrested.”

I was determined to intervene because I know that it was just one “big man” taking out his frustrations on some little guys. How long does it take to buy Suya that they will have enough time to organise for your car to be stolen?

Those guys have been on that street for 20 years. They sell four full rams every day. They have come to my house to roast ram suya when I have had major social events.

I asked another Suya guy who sells beef suya nearby whether he had any of their phone numbers but he said that even he doesn’t have a phone, never mind having anybody’s phone number.

After searching for them for a week, I finally found a guy who said that they had now been bailed from the police station and were considering resuming their business. They had lost at least two weeks and were so traumatised by the experience that they did not want to return to the same location on Ebitu Ukiwe where they had been for 20 years!

I arranged with the guy who knew them that he will take me to go and see them when I return from my current trip. I will see if I can persuade them to return to their usual spot next to the diligent POS young woman and the nice lady that sells roasted corn. Perfect combination!

This country can be brutal when you are not a big man. Those of us who are not small in our own right have a duty to help protect the little guys from the typical Naija “big man.” I will find that their accuser, somehow, someway. You might think that you are a big man but “Even your boo get a boo (a boo, a boo).”

I am Ezemmuo. I know things.

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

If true, this is a deeply insensitive statement.

But to answer the question of what I would have done differently, I can just look at the UK’s Andy Burnham who is trying to tackle the cost of living.

In just 19 days, he has:

- removed the 5% VAT on domestic electricity (it is 7.5% in Nigeria)
- capped bus fares at £2 per ride by reimbursing private sector operators of the difference in real costs
- pledged a 20% cut in business rates for pubs and clubs (an important part of British social life)
- maintained and adjusted Universal Credit to favour the poorest and most vulnerable.

So, I would have used the increasing tax revenue to tackle the cost of living. That is what I would have done differently at my own level. Hope that helps.

I am Ezemmuo. I know things.

[bibi assagba @BibiAssagba]

@afalli What a beautifully punctuated sentence👌

[Guaranty Trust @gtbank]

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[Tolu Ogunlesi @toluogunlesi]

This is a serious matter. You see that PO’s “I cut the grass” comment eh?

What he appeared to say and what he actually was saying are continents apart.

He wasn’t saying cutting grass on a University campus was his achievement - he was saying he met a bush, leveled it, and built it into a University campus.

But of course, in love, war — and politics — all’s fair. PO’s people would do the same thing (if not worse) to someone they didn’t like, who said the same thing.

There’s zero room for any context or nuance. Just noise and heat and distortion.

For me there’s something bigger at play here - and it’s sobering and disturbing. How easily video clips can be so misleadingly shared/positioned for (mis)interpretation.

Let’s put politics aside for a second. Is anyone not worried about this downhill path we’re tumbling along. The long term effect beyond the ‘gotcha’ of social media.

You only need to listen to the 30 seconds immediately after PO says “I cut the grass” to know what he meant, what he was trying to say.

We will spend 48 hours on this, the gloaters will gloat, the defenders will defend. Until the tables turn. And trust PO’s people to ‘do their own back’, LOL.

Tomorrow when we all start lamenting about fake news and misinformation and disinformation — let us remember our part in it, all in the name of politicking.

The other point is that PO (and this applies to all politicians as well) will need to do better at picking his words very carefully lol. You can’t be flippantly saying ‘I cut the grass’ in this politically charged environment when what you mean to say is that you built something from scratch.

[Moe @Mochievous]

Actually this is a “class action” I can get behind on my own dime. I’ll have a team do some preliminary research and if we decide to pursue, I’ll give an update. We need more public interest litigation.

[Punch Newspapers @MobilePunch]

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘆𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://t.co/uKLmoaIwmR

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

This will be the biggest story, and potential scandal, of the World Cup…

[Anthony Joshua @anthonyjoshua]

A message to everyone going through tough times! We shall overcome 👊🏾