Happy Birthday to Peter Obi, my dearest Big Bro:
I will never forget your kindness to my beloved parents. Thank you for the respect you showed them, for your many visits to Abba, where you gave to Daddy and Mummy the most precious gifts: your time and your attention.
Thank you for walking this still-unbearable journey of grief with my siblings and me.
I remember how you regaled Daddy and Mummy with your stories until we started joking about your obsession with the “GDP of Malaysia.” But your obsession spoke of hope: your hope for Nigeria, your belief in what Nigeria could be. A belief that has always been practical, grounded in numbers and in reality.
I remember when you came to support me as I was being honored by the United Nations Foundation in New York, and I teased you about the inexpensive hotel you were staying in, and you shrugged and said, “it’s just a place to sleep, why do I need to be in an expensive place?”
And then only days later, you once again exhibited your incredible generosity to the causes you believe in, and it reminded me of all the hospitals and schools and churches you have supported over the years, and often without fanfare. You have always been clear about what your priorities are, what matters to you, what you believe should matter, and that is deeply admirable.
I have always admired your humane pragmatism, how you are willing to talk to almost anyone if it will bring about a good outcome.
And how you believe in certain ideals without being an ideologue.
And how you see people as people, knowing that human value is not measured in material terms.
And how you are able to laugh at yourself, and laugh when I tease you about your ‘one shoe and one shirt.’
And how you have always been consistent in the core of who you are.
Thank you for your compassion and your circumspection. For your honesty and your humour. For your willingness to acknowledge flaws, yours and others’, knowing that nobody is perfect. For your fuss-free kindness and your humility that is never performative.
I am inspired by your intellectual curiosity, your eagerness to learn, your genuine love of education (which is why you sought out, and honored, Daddy all those years ago when you learned that he was Nigeria’s first professor of statistics.)
Sometimes it is the simplest of language that captures the most complex of things, and so I will end with simplicity: You are a good man. You are loved. You are appreciated.
May your eyes continue to light up when you talk about the lovely confident Margaret (Thank God she agreed for you!) and your lovely children, A and E.
May joy follow you and yours always.
Mummy called you her ‘first son,’ my siblings and I call you our 'big bro,' and I cannot wait to call you ‘My President.’
I cannot wait for January 16, 2027, when I, with personal pride in you and with hope for what Nigeria can become, will cast my vote for you and your running mate, Former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso
Chukwu dube gi. God Keep you.
With love, Chimamanda Adiche
On this auspicious occasion of the birthday of His Excellency, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON, we celebrate not only a statesman of uncommon integrity but also a leader whose life of service and compassion continues to impact positively on humanity. Mr. Obi’s journey in public service has been marked by discipline, transparency, and a commitment to human development, values that have distinguished him as one of Nigeria’s most exemplary leaders.
His unwavering commitment to education, healthcare, and philanthropy reflects a life dedicated to service and humanity. May this new year bring you greater strength and fulfillment.
Happy Birthday, Okwute!
@FrUgochukwu@dee_zedd Welcome to the 4th floor Padre!🙌🎉🥂🍾🎂🥳🎈🎊🎁
May every chapter of this floor be filled with the best of God’s grace and blessings, amen 🙏🏽
Unfortunate greetings to you @OgbeniDipo
This message is not in anyway intent to educate you, you've descended below the capacity to retain any form of intelligence - it is intended to ridicule you.
Absolute wonderkids went to represent the country you claim to love more than us, they excelled wonderfully only for you to dogwhistle your fellow ewedu crooners to a space in order to ridicule them on the grounds of their ethnicity.
You and your fellow guttersnipes love to exist in the delusion that you're the most educated tribe - as someone who has twice whatever the height of your academic peak is, no modicum of education shines through you - just bubbles of intellectual fraud & disgusting bìgötry (I added the ami ohun to satisfy your insatiable need for cultural preservation.
For years, you hawked CV reviews like your life depended on it - when it stopped putting food on your table, you began to ridicule education to promote the akaranification & kukulization of the economy just because of your new job designation as Dean of Studies, Apoda Twitter.
It hurts me personally you know, that a good number of trees have to stay alive just to satisfy the oxygen need for people like you. People like you who play destructive roles in the society, who deserve to be melted into asphalt to fill potholes.
People like you are cancerous because your presumed academic journey & perceived exposure allows your to command a certain level audience when the strength of your intelligence can be measured in kilobytes.
Whatever Alex has done that you and your insiduous ilk suppose to imitate, celebrate, collaborate or encourage - you're tearing down at the expense of children who have done nothing to you.
Just because the covering duvet doesn't have pockets, motorcycles don't have conductors & we cannot put airconditioning units in tricycles - every single effort you commit to will convert to vain.
If the owners of the morning agree to initiate your progress, the custodians of the night will stage a protest.
We cannot be championing a campaign against olodo uprising only for our first major academic win as a country to surface weeks after - only for proglottides like yourselves to shit on it, just because it satisfies your bìgötry KPIs.
It will not be well with you.
I am enjoying Alex Onyia’s audacity. His can-do attitude is out of this world. Visiting his page is time well spent. All I see is value for money.
I don’t think that Nigerians can truly appreciate the magnitude of what he has started, at least not yet! As a serious nation, these are exactly the types of conversations we ought to be having. He called them the “The three wise men,” & I concur. I see a breath of fresh air.
This is a far departure from Pella & Big Brother Naija. This is no “Olodo Uprising.” Finally, I have found the hill I will die on. Exposing the children to a world-class education at this formative stage has changed their worldviews completely
These children are Geniuses already. They only needed a little exposure to complete a perfect triumvirate. Alex just armed the kids with a powerful weapon. Now they feel like they can take on the world. Twenty years from now, the world will definitely hear their name & fame.
The South East Maths Olympiad & the ongoing STEM Olympiad in Rome are eye-openers.
I love the fact that his team streamed the 2026 South East Maths Olympiad Grand Finale, where the winners emerged. I am glad the entire process was conducted publicly. By doing so, he cleared doubts & ensured that utmost integrity & transparency were met.
Tribalism should not be allowed in education. The politics of Nepotism & Quota System should have no business in education. Merit & transparency should be the only yardsticks. LET THE BEST OF US LEAD THE REST OF US!
WESTERN EDUCATION SAVED CHINA!
The four Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, & Taiwan) did not grow by selling akara, agbado, nor kulikuli. If Nigeria will make it, then STEM Education is the only forward.
My only fear is retainership. Nigeria is going to lose these brains to America, Canada, China, Germany, Australia, & the UK. They will excel, but not in Nigeria. We will continue to sell ourselves short. Tribalism, religion, & politics will continue to rob Nigeria of its greatness.
Congratulations to Alex & his team. I hope to them not only excel but expand what they started to the national. He has launched an initiative that could change the fortunes of Nigeria for good. He needs all the support he can get. The winning team must stay together.
We must protect the right of Nigeria to change.
The South East is making a choice.
We will double down on eliminating illiteracy.
Every child who cannot read, write and reason represents lost potential for our economy, our security and our future.
We are studying the education systems that consistently produce some of the world’s strongest learning outcomes, including Singapore and China.
We are no longer educating children just to survive.
We are educating them to compete globally and lead.
That is the future we are building.
So if Alex Onyia didn’t decide to take these kids to Rome, you mean the world would not have seen us win gold?
Some other country would have won and we would have thought they were the brightest on earth?
Bad Governance is hiding the greatness of Nigerians.
I’ve said on previous tweets that Nigerians are the brightest and smartness people on earth. No enabling environment to showcase that brilliance.
Congratulations to all the African countries representing our continent at the World Cup. Your performances have made Africa proud.
Special congratulations to Cape Verde, a nation with a landmass of 4,033 sq km, which is less than 0.5% of Nigeria’s landmass of 923,768 sq km, and a population of about 550,000, which is less than 0.25% of Nigeria’s population of 230,000,000. For context, Cape Verde has about 200,000 fewer people than Ogbomoso. Yet, they reached the knockout stage of the World Cup.
Cape Verde has once again demonstrated that greatness is not determined by size or population, but by planning and disciplined execution. When systems work, even the smallest nations can compete with the best in the world.
Nigeria’s absence from the World Cup is not a consequence of a lack of talent. It is the result of years of poor administration, weak institutions, and leadership that has consistently failed to build sustainable systems.
This is the lesson for us as a nation: if we can get leadership right, strengthen our institutions, plan and execute properly, and reward talent over connections, Nigeria can become a global success story, not only in football but also in other areas.
A new Nigeria is POssible … and Nigeria will be OK. -PO
After a long day of traveling across three states yesterday, we finally landed at our last destination and began the drive back.
Somewhere along the way, Peter Obi pulled out his phone, opened YouTube, and started watching one of @mrmacaroni’s skits.
As exhausted as we all were, he held his phone where everyone could see, and we ended up watching together. He laughed heartily, and it made me pause for a moment.
This, I realized, is how he unwinds. He finds joy in simple moments and makes the most of them.
Then another thought struck me: a man who genuinely spends his free time watching a content creator’s work is someone who recognizes the value of that industry.
Today, content creation has grown into one of the world’s biggest creative industries, with young Nigerians driving much of its success. Yet many creators are struggling because the cost of cameras, lenses, lighting, and other equipment has soared as the naira continues to lose value against the dollar.
As a photographer, this is one of the reasons I support a Peter Obi presidency. I believe his understanding of the economy, combined with a competent team, would focus on restoring economic stability and strengthening the naira, making professional equipment more affordable for creators.
Beyond that, I believe he would engage with stakeholders in the creative industry and recognize it as a serious contributor to economic growth and youth employment.
And perhaps most importantly, creators would know they have someone who genuinely enjoys and consumes their work. After all, what is content without an audience?
#NigeriaWillBeOk
I read a post where someone lamented that Muslim students in Catholic schools are required to attend Catholic Masses.
I think this issue deserves a little more nuance.
First, a Catholic school is not simply an academic institution that teaches Mathematics and English. It is an apostolate and ministry of the Catholic Church. Its mission is to form the whole person - mind (intellectually), character (morally), spirit (spiritually), and (body) socially. That education does not simply end in the four walls of the classrooms, it continues also in the Mass which is at the heart of Catholic school's identity.
At the same time, even though all students in a Catholic school, irrespective of their faith, attend the Holy Mass, no one is ever be forced to become a Catholic against his or her conscience. The Mass attendance is simply part of the school's communal life and formation.
Third, every institution has the right to preserve its identity. Just as an Islamic school has the right to organize its life around Islamic worship and values, a Catholic school has the same right to organize its life around the Mass and Catholic teaching. Religious freedom protects not only individuals but also religious institutions.
Fourth, parents make a free choice when they enroll their children in a Catholic school. No one is compelled to do so. With that choice comes an understanding that the school's ethos - including prayer, liturgy, and religious formation - forms part of the educational environment. Catholic formation is part of Catholic education.
I personally know many parents from other faith traditions who specifically choose Catholic schools for their children because they value the discipline, moral formation, academic excellence, and strong values that Catholic Religious education provides. They understand that these qualities are inseparable from the Catholic identity of the school, of which the celebration of the Mass is an essential part.
Lastly, I think what is needed is mutual respect. Catholics should never suppress the sincerely held beliefs of non-Catholic students. Likewise, those who freely choose a Catholic institution should respect its mission and traditions. Diversity is best served not by asking every institution to abandon its identity, but by allowing each to live its identity while treating everyone with dignity and respect.
In Catholic schools, we do formation and not conversion. And if a school is free to be authentically Catholic, its Catholic formation cannot be separated from its Catholic education.
Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch
As someone that has followed Alex and his initiative since July, 2025 I have a few things to say.
1. There's a mix up. Alex asked if he should start a Maths Olympiad in SE and he was supported. He obviously couldn't do it alone and setup a GoFundMe link which a lot of people contributed. He wanted the reward money to be big—5 million naira so it'll be more fun.
2. When he started, he said his focus will solely be for SE, even though some asked for Some parts of Rivers and Delta to join, but that period was the peak of tribalism so he declined.
3. He stated earlier that it's the winners of SE Maths Olympiad which he presides over that will represent Nigeria for STEM Olympiad in Rome.
4. When the winners emerged, he still wanted them to compete in other academic activities so they'll be used to competition, that is why the winners competed in the National Maths Olympiad which was organized of which one of the winners in SE, Onwubiko Ebube took second and the Yoruba boy took first.
If Nigeria wasn't delisted from Maths Olympiad in China, the Yoruba boy could have competed and represented Nigeria in that global space and he, Alex said that individuals can't fund it, it's solely government.
He went on with his plans for the SE Maths Olympiad winners, because he has been preparing them from Day 1.
He didn't drop any kid, Nigeria government failed that boy and a lot of others.
The funds in ISEE couldn't foot the STEM Olympiad in Rome and Alex solely funded this children's trip.
I'm just glad that he's getting enough publicity because next year will be bigger and better.
If you read to this point and you have a child in primary or secondary, please go to Alex page and get them ready for the Sterling Bank Maths Quiz.
They're giving out ₦500k biweekly to the winner. It's open to all Nigerian Students and first phase has come and gone.
Thank you.
Adire and Ankara can’t be the uniform for all NYSC members across the country. We are all not from the SW region.
The current uniform is sexless, detribalized and smart.
NYSC is still one of the few programmes that genuinely promotes national unity by exposing young Nigerians to different cultures, people and ways of life.
Rather than focusing on cosmetic changes like uniforms or ceremonies, we should be addressing the real issues affecting the scheme and investing in practical, long-term entrepreneurship education.
The FG should rethink this.
Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, one of the most beloved Marian devotions in the world.
As we honor our Blessed Mother, let us seek her loving intercession for our families, the sick, those in need, and for peace throughout the world. May she always lead us closer to her Son, Jesus Christ, and strengthen our faith, hope, and love.
Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us🙏🏿