Ngl it’s exhausting hearing athletes break down how their millions “aren’t really millions” after taxes and fees. 40M after taxes is still 40M.
The real issue isn’t the system, it’s lifestyle creep. Nobody told you to live like a king, buy 5 cars, or move with a 10‑person entourage. Modest is allowed.
The first cattle probably thought it was a hurdle and the rest followed the leader. That's what herd animals do. The follow the one in front, whether it makes sense or not. Now, you know the origin of "herd mentality"
July 10, 1999, at Obafemi Awolowo University, Black Axe brutally murdered George Iwilade (Afrika) and four others in cold blood.
George Iwilade, a.k.a "Afrika" 21-year-old, 300-level Law student and Secretary-General of the Student Union was a fearless, brilliant student and easily recognized for his traditional attire.
He openly fought against cultism on campus.
Afrika led the raid in school were Black axe was gathering, they seized guns, axe, dagger, black clothing and regalia of the Black Axe confraternity.
The nine students were handed to the university authorities and the local police. The suspects were discharged and acquitted by a magistrate court after the evidence mysteriously went missing during the trial.
Then came the revenge:- Friday night, July 9, 1999, thousands of Kegites from other universities across Nigeria gathered at the OAU campus for their festival.
The crowd was massive. There was loud singing, drumming, and palm wine drinking. 40 masked Black Axe members wearing black used this opportunity to enter the campus unnoticed.
By 3-4 a.m, July 10 , They entered the students hostel shouting the names of specific student union leaders, firing guns.
They entered Awolowo hall, Room 273, Block 8, Africa was shot on head in the bed while sleeping and repeatedly cut with an axe, leaving him with no chance of survival.
They searched for the SUG President Lanre Adeleke ("Legacy"), who escaped through the balcony.
Four innocent students were killed, Eviano Ekelemu - a 400-level medical student who met them on the way, Babatunde Oke, Efe Ekpede and Yemi Ajiteru, a graduating student who only returned to campus to clear his carryover.
This is one of the darkest chapters in the history of Nigerian universities which brought the country to a standstill.
Today is 27 years and every July 10, students, alumni, and civil society groups organize candlelight processions, symposiums, and remembrance marches for the OAU 5.
George Iwilade "Afrika" lost his life but his story continues to inspire generations of OAU students.
The 2nd pics is Omoleye Sowore (1st) with Afrika (3rd) during a school protest)
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I submitted a requisition form for 3 49-inch curved ultrawide monitors.
The total cost was $4K.
Procurement rejected the request within 10 minutes.
They sent a note saying standard protocol limits IT staff to 2 24-inch flat panels.
I immediately drafted a 6-page manifesto on the dangers of peripheral tunnel vision.
I emailed it to the entire C-suite.
I explained that monitoring a dynamic cyber-threat landscape on flat screens causes severe visual fragmentation.
I said when a hacker attempts a brute-force entry, the malicious code moves horizontally across the network topography.
I told them that a 24-inch monitor physically clips the ends of the payload, making it invisible to the naked eye.
I invented a term called "lateral data leakage."
I claimed that without the parabolic curvature of an ultrawide display, our localized firewalls were essentially blind on the flanks.
I included a heavily doctored heat map that showed our headquarters completely engulfed in red warning zones.
The CFO walked into my office 10 minutes later looking terrified.
He asked if we were currently experiencing lateral data leakage.
I squinted at my tiny, inadequate flat screens and sighed.
I told him I couldn't be sure because my field of vision was artificially constrained by legacy hardware limitations.
I said I felt like a fighter pilot trying to fly through a thunderstorm while looking through a paper towel tube.
He immediately bypassed procurement and authorized the purchase on the corporate card.
The monitors arrived yesterday.
I mounted them in a seamless 180-degree arc on my desk.
It looks like the command deck of a spaceship.
I'm not using them to monitor network topography.
I'm using them to play Microsoft Flight Simulator in ultra-panoramic 4K resolution.
I currently have the autopilot engaged somewhere over the Swiss Alps.
I keep a spreadsheet open on the far-left edge just in case someone walks in.
When people ask why the screens show a highly detailed 3D rendering of a mountain range, I tell them it's a topographical representation of our cloud storage density.
They always nod in awe and slowly back out of the room.
Never let corporate policy stand in the way of your immersive gaming experience.
I’ve never in my 20 years of watching football see a player with zero G/A win a MOTM award over a player who just scored two goals and a player who made two assists and kept a clean sheet.
This is new unseen unmatched levels of PR.
The last time Nigeria participated in the International Maths Olympiad (IMO) was in 2019.
The government's reason then was that it was not important enough.
The actual funding required is less than the cost of a brand new Hilux.
This is the most prestigious academic competition in the world, and our children have been deprived of participation for years.
Education has been pushed to the back seat for a long time, while illiteracy has been elevated.
This needs to stop now!
That’s the whole problem. If it costs $600m to win, then power becomes an investment and every investment needs a return. That return comes out of public funds. We don’t elect leaders, we underwrite businessmen.
I’m tired of athletes talking about why athletes really aren’t as rich as we think.
You touched $7 million and bought your parents a $3 million dollar house? You’re dumb.
The Nigerian government has done something impressive.
They have convinced millions of people that struggling to eat, struggling to pay rent and struggling to survive is a personal failure instead of an economic one.
That's genius.