Bello Ridwan O.

RT just for fun, doesn't mean I agree #Islam #MUFC #Lakers #ExUNILAG #ProudOmoluabi

[Mustafa Al-Bassam @musalbas]

I apologise, we had to block Nigerian residents from the faucet because most of them were withdrawing the $5 that was meant to be for testing the product.

[Johnmark Obiefuna @jayhemz]

Regardless of the politicisation of our military, please don't get into trouble with Government where these guys need to be involved.

Trust me, Nigerian personnel in army special units are very highly trained and capable.

[OPEOLUWA 😎😎 @OpeBee]

For the best military in Africa , this doesn’t make any strategic sense.

No strategic country will concentrate the whole of its command center in one single place

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

He said no problem that's my girl and I will wait her out. This is the power of showing up. 🫶

[Enoch Δ @agyeitah]

Totally missed your response.

But this isn’t about pride, @garyalsmith. It’s about false narratives being given the time of day.

Underdogs lose leads to favourites. Everywhere. In every confederation.

When Japan lost a 2–0 lead to Belgium, people praised Belgium, gave Japan some slack and moved on. Nobody indicted Asian football.

Croatia scored first and lost yesterday.

It’s football.

But I find the way you build this supposed 30-year pattern strange.

Your most obvious pull was Nigeria in 1994. So I went back and checked the actual data.

All of it.

Since 1970, African teams have taken the lead in 79 World Cup matches.

They won 44, drew 21 and lost 14.

That means African teams avoided defeat 82.3% of the time after taking the lead.

Even in this tournament, the full picture is different from the story being told.

Yes, Côte d’Ivoire led and lost to Germany. DR Congo led and lost to England. Senegal led and lost to Belgium.

But Morocco led and drew with Brazil.

Egypt led and drew with Belgium and Iran.

Cape Verde led and drew with Uruguay.

Algeria led and drew with Austria.

South Africa led and beat South Korea.

Côte d’Ivoire led and won two games.

Egypt led and beat New Zealand.

Senegal led and beat Iraq.

Ghana led and beat Panama.

Algeria led and beat Jordan.

So African teams have led 15 times in this tournament: 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.

That is not a continental pathology.

That is football.

And if this were an African problem, Africa should at least be uniquely bad at it.

We aren’t.

From 1970 to 2022, African teams lost 17.2% of World Cup matches after taking the lead.

AFC teams lost 20%.

CONCACAF teams lost 23.4%.

Even if we start from 1994, your 30-year window, it is CAF 16.4%, AFC 20% and CONCACAF 22.9%.

So where exactly is this unmistakable African pattern?

You have built a continental theory from a few painful games spread across decades.

To do that, you have to ignore Algeria holding against West Germany in ’82.

Cameroon repeatedly holding in ’90.

Nigeria seeing off Spain in ’98.

Ghana killing games in ’06.

And just four years ago, African teams led nine times at the 2022 World Cup and didn’t lose once.

Cameroon held against Brazil.

Tunisia held against France.

Morocco held against Belgium, Canada and Portugal.

That was four years ago. Not 30.

And before someone says these numbers are inflated by games against weaker opposition, let’s narrow the sample further.

Let’s look only at games where African teams took the lead against European and South American opposition.

Since 1970, it has happened 53 times.

African teams won 27.

Drew 14.

Lost 12.

That is a 77.4% non-loss rate after taking the lead against the two historically strongest footballing regions in the world.

So what you have identified is not a pattern.

It is a highlight reel of pain with the denominator deleted.

Yes, the collapses were real. Senegal’s was bad. DR Congo’s was bad. Côte d’Ivoire’s was bad.

But Japan’s against Belgium was bad too.

Croatia scored first and lost.

Spain’s collapse against Nigeria in 1998 was spectacular.

The difference is that those failures were attributed to the people who actually oversaw them: the players, the coach, the team.

Nobody said, “Croatia blew a lead, so Europeans lack concentration.”

Nobody built an Asian theory from Japan doing it more than once.

As for the coaches you cite, Thiaw was diagnosing Senegal’s game management.

That was his team in a game his team blew.

Senegal is a team.

Africa is a continent.

A coach owning his own failure is accountability. Stretching it into a verdict on 54 countries is your addition, not his.

And that is my pushback.

You may be coming from a place of good intentions. But Africa, and I must say this to you as an African, is diverse.

Sometimes coaches make bad decisions. Sometimes players panic. Sometimes underdogs sit too deep. Sometimes the better team comes back.

Sometimes a team just blows a lead.

[JBond @jbondwagon]

I just know that bro has to be gambling when I saw this clip of Beasley sprinting down the court to cut lead down below 9 when the game is already decided 💀

[Beet-Kon @beet_kon]

Let me get this straight

I didn't relate my experience to undermine anyone
My experience was a story of resilience

For those who felt I accepted islam to get back at my family you're wrong
That job was given to me by my best friend in university days Mr bello
He was my only friend in school and he made me conclude that Muslims are really nice people
I've loved islam for so many years but I just haven't made up my mind because I was always scared of how family will see me

I came from a poor background and 70% of my salary and bonuses all went to my fathers account just because I was very young and naive at that time thinking I was trying to pull my family out of poverty
Whenever I receive an alert I send straight up to my father
My mother and older brothers always called to ask for money and since I am generous I always gave them

..............

[Beet-Kon @beet_kon]

I was in an oil firm for 8 years, chevron to be precise between 2010 and 2019

Nigeria happened to us and 18 of us were laid off for no reason
I built 2 houses for my family
After I lost my job I went back to the house I built for family

Fast forward to few years ago I left Christianity and chose islam
My family pushed me out of my own house simply because I built it for family
They denied me access to my 2 houses

I left heartbroken
started all over and I now i am a remote worker for both UK and US companies

Life can always start all over even at 50 bro
Don't give up

[𝙒𝙢. @excusewilliam]

I don’t think it’s fair to speak this way about people who put their lives in harm’s way for the safety of others.

We’ve become far too comfortable dehumanising people at the front lines because we think it's their job to do so.

[Dr Dípò Awójídé @OgbeniDipo]

Osun’s sports sector is in decline. Many facilities are outdated or abandoned, stadium upgrades drag on, community centres lack basic equipment, and several LGAs have no functional sporting infrastructure at all.

The entire ecosystem is held back by weak infrastructure, poor funding, and administrative instability.

Without urgent reforms, Osun risks losing a generation of talent and forfeiting the economic and social gains a vibrant sports sector should deliver.

Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (@OyebamijiBola), the gubernatorial candidate of the @OfficialAPCNg in Osun is committed to real development in the sports sector in Osun State. Support and vote for AMBO 💙!

[Lin Mei @linmeitalks]

Thailand needs to crack down on European lonely white men and paedophiles travelling there to abuse young Thai women and children.

There is a pattern.

[The hair plug @Msmenalicious]

Someone in the comments asked her if she’s open to marrying a second husband 😂😂😂😂

[Babanla @biolakazeem]

This guy is going to be New York Mayor forever if that's what he wants.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby — a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist — to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.

[Jack @Jackkk]

LeBron James says he couldn't date a stay at home woman

“I think personally me today, if I was not in a relationship, I could not have a stay at home woman”

“For me, who I am at 40 and what I got going on, just coming home and seeing somebody sitting on the couch every day just chilling, that wouldn't float for me”

[História No Paint @HistoriaNoPaint]

“prefere derrubar a muralha da china inteira na mão ou colocar o Endrick?”

Ancelotti:

[Felipe Leme @LEME12]

Ancelotti, você prefere colocar o Endrick pra jogar ou virar um urso viado?

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

Ilia Topuria on the biggest lesson he took from his divorce:

"It might make you laugh, but the biggest thing I've learned... is to listen to my mother. Because mothers have an intuition, and they see things we don't.

When your mother tells you that something isn't right, no matter how clear it seems to you, it's not. I've learned to listen to my mother. I love you, mom." ❤️

(via @El_Hormiguero)

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

What the hell is happening in New York this week?

[Abimbola @Bimbochan]

Good day, @jidesanwoolu @Mr_JAGs .

There’s a young man from Ikorodu, Ajayi Kayinsola, breaking records on the global athletics scene, and he deserves recognition.

In 2025, he became the first Nigerian in 18 years to make the 100m final at the World Athletics Championships.

Coming into the 2026 season, Ajayi has been on an incredible winning and record-breaking streak on the NCAA Division 1 circuit in America, the highest and most competitive level of collegiate sports globally. 

Starting in February, he won the 60m title at the SEC Indoor Championship with a national record of 6.45s.

A mark that equalled the African and Collegiate records. For perspective, 6.45 would have earned him a medal at the World Indoor Championships. 

A month later, he repeated his national, african, and collegiate record to win the NCAA Indoor title. 

It didn’t take Ajayi too long to break another record when the outdoor season began. He lowered Olusoji Fasuba’s 100m national record that had stood for almost 20 years to a world-leading 9.84s. 

In case it’s not clear, AJAYI KAYINSOLA IS THE FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD OVER 100M IN 2026. Yes, as I write this, he’s faster than the reigning 100m Olympic and World Champion.

Yesterday, he made history again, winning the 100m title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a windy (+2.2) 9.72, the fastest all-conditions time by an African ever. 

Ajayi Kayinsola continues to put Nigeria on the map, and I strongly believe he should be acknowledged and rewarded.

The world has been celebrating him; it’s time Lagos state does the same.

Beyond government recognition, I hope Nigerian brands, and Nigerians in general, start paying closer attention to athletes like Ajayi.