Prince Ononuju

Leadership and learning are indispensable _ John F. Kennedy

[Ewgi @Ssaasquatch]

Dangote was adjusting his fuel price in real time when it was rallying but now dragging feet to adjust now that’s it’s on a downward spiral. If you like keep kissing the ass of these billionaires who are doing all they possibly can to impoverish you. A lot of you kuku no get sense.

[TechCabal @TechCabal]

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[Prince Ononuju @Princeewill]

@poyoedigbe @Ozedikus Nothing impoverishes a man faster than unbridled generosity

[Prince Ononuju @Princeewill]

@asemota 🤣🤣🤣

[Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele]

The best hospital in Central America.

With every medical specialty, the most advanced technology in the world, and top-quality care.

Public. Dignified. Free. For everyone.

[Ewgi @Ssaasquatch]

The beauty of the UCL is that you get another shot every year unlike the World Cup. The cruelty of it however is that it remains one of the hardest competitions in football to actually win.

[Ikhide R. Ikheloa @ikhide]

I am retired now, and last year I thought, I would go home and just chill for a couple of months. It was rough. I do go home every now and then, but I'd never stayed this long.

I should have planned the trip better. I have been away for almost 44 years, and my system has been used to a certain planet. Everything about and in me was stressed. Nigeria is a different planet.

I did not attempt to replicate my comfort and lifestyle that I enjoy in the US. I stayed in rough and tumble places. It's hard if you do that. It's tough to think, to function, you are swamped with trying to make it through the day, seeing as you are deprived of what are basic services back in the US.

Light, water, good roads, security, they are luxuries there. I have said this before, in Nigeria, no matter how wealthy you are, you are basically poor. Things need to change in Nigeria, the place needs a hard reset and a Marshall plan to replace the inchoate and decaying infrastructure and services. I stayed the entire two months, I was too lazy to try to change my flight, I would have done so.

Would I go back? Absolutely. This time, I'll simply pay for comfort, I am too old to immerse myself in the drama of incompetence. I'll go back for the spirit and the camaraderie. My friends and relatives were incredibly generous and I did not lack, but I could tell they were struggling to keep up with my spiritual, emotional and physical needs. America had defanged me and I could no longer thrive in Nigeria's jungle. Our leaders and their enabler-intellectuals should be lined up and taught a lesson, if you know what I mean. Disgraceful lot.

Sadly, there is no sugarcoating it, Nigeria is in very bad shape. And I speak from professional experience having worked with municipal government in the US for decades. Any attempt to gloss over the mess that is Nigeria is not merely dishonest, it is cruel.

Nigeria needs a cultural and structural reset, one that this version of "democracy" cannot offer. Nigerians have no idea how badly they are being governed. And you don't have to go to the West to see that. Just go next door, to an African country. It's so sad. The two months I spent there, I lost total respect for our politicians and their enabler-intellectuals. They are all grifters.

[Àgbà John Doe @jon_d_doe]

Please take this as my personal opinion.

If you vote for APC, you're either an illiterate, ignorant, a thug, a greedy person, or a tribal or religious bigot.

You love it when people suffer grief & beg you to feed.

You're seeing red but deliberately calling it green.

End.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

Call your uncle.

[Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 @ogundamisi]

Tinubu simply distributed N700bn in LNG funds to APC governors like a gift, just like that. And to our usually loud “progressives,” this is apparently normal. It helps when your name is not President Umoru, but President Bola.

This hypocrisy will become even more obvious when a Nigerian who is not of Yoruba heritage becomes president. The South West media will scream murder, civil society groups will suddenly rediscover their voices, and the “progressives” will resume operations overnight.

[Frank Edoho @frankedoho]

If a Wife cheats & she asks her Husband to forgive her and he does- she will not only continue cheating but she will also resent the Man for forgiving her & disrespect him in extreme ways until he gets the ultimate message- she checked out of the marriage way before she cheated.

[Prince Ononuju @Princeewill]

@_bedge 🤣🤣🤣

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

You think I'm happy living abroad?

I have a family I grew up with, whom I love with all of my heart - and the reality keeps dawning on me, on how many times I will see them before I one day turn 60.

People I saw daily, or once a month - I haven't seen in years, and would realistically only see once a year, going forward.

You think I'm happy?

That one day, I might end up having children and my siblings might not have the relationship with them - the relationship I had with my uncles, in my formative years? I remember clearly how they would take us to MrBiggs every Sunday - I am currently reliving the flavour from that meatpie.

How we would go to the family house in Ikeja, every year for Eid. The grandchildren uniforms, the snacks while watching your uncles slaughter rams.

You think I'm happy that I might one day lead a family of children who might not know their version of that?

WTF will I be doing in another man's land, if I did everything they asked me to do from childhood (face your studies, be exceptional, stay away from crime, be hardworking) and opportunities lined up for me to be the best I could, in my motherland? WTF will I be doing here?

Why will I condescend myself to living in a clime where I have to mentally switch from sun burning weather to teeth clenching winter - when I came from a land where I never needed gloves? You think I'm happy?

If I could do honest work, be on my way home and not have to bother about the risk of getting shot by the people meant to protect me, because I have some lines of tattoos on my body - you think I would leave?

If I could trust a justice system to defend me, ensure my rights even though I am a nobody - have trustworthy institutions banking on the highest standards, not have to worry about the bread I eat, the fake drinks from the club or streets, the fake drugs - you think I would leave?

Don't get me wrong. I am grateful for the opportunities this clime has given me, to test my limits - to be everything I thought I could be. But all of these, in replacement for the soul I grew up with?

You know the satisfaction that settled within me when I could wake up on a Saturday morning, stroll to the Iya wanke's place - relish an entire plate, or some ewa agonyin while watching children battle it out, in a 5 v 5 across the streets.

That communal living that relished my soul, is now replaced with silent streets and finely divided sealed terraces.

You walk through the city centres in the evenings - you see friends having an aperitif (they do so every evening), you see grandfathers meeting up with their children, you see entire families with extended families living across the streets, first cousins are even able to use the same gym and you remember what that looked like for you back home?

You think of all your friends scattered across continents, some you might never get to hug again.

For a lot of diasporans, you don't want Nigeria to work more than us. A lot of us want to come home, but what is home? Where is home? When will home feel like home?

I hope to continue living life without lack, in comfort, with accomplished dreams - but I want to do so, with soul. When I die one day, I want to do so - with soul.

[Cross˚ @Elkrosmediahub]

I envy people that had the foresight to leave Nigeria and start up/establish their families and businesses in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some Schenghen countries.

My faith in this country and fear of starting all over really kept me here. Sigh

[Prince Ononuju @Princeewill]

@NigeriaStories This man is soulless

[DON “Tobechukwu” Ade 👑 @Row_Haastrup]

There is no way in the world that this is normal, Never

There were spirits backing up performances like this, even his presence & aura.
They were clearly at work whenever he performed.

You could feel beyond just you when watching the video alone…

[Lola Okunrin @lollypeezle]

Did Lagosians come out yesterday for environmental? YES!

Did LAWMA come around to pack the wastes? NO, as usual.

Did the rain push everything back into the gutters? Yes.

Will Lagos continue to smell if we don’t manage our Waste logistics well? Yes.

Is Tokunbo working? Yes, but not smartly.

[Naija Scope @_NaijaScope]

This must be the reason why the President sacked Wale Edun, the minister of Finance.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

Affordability is based on income, NOT cost.

A BMW car that cost $100,000 is cheap for Dangote, expensive for me.

(but you will argue.)