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A Culer 💙❤️

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@FabrizioRomano Bring me my €55m next year 😢
😂

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@FabrizioRomano You don't want to say, you know 😏

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@FabrizioRomano You will feel the other way when they cast you out 😂

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@FabrizioRomano Even with the avengers they've assembled? They still stand no chance? 😭

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@FabrizioRomano Oh really? Then why have we assembled the "thunderbolts" when we have the avengers already? 😭

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@FabrizioRomano He's definitely coming home

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@FabrizioRomano Learn of how to defend, yes you can

[Sage @SageofBarca]

Goodnight good people of FT ✨️
It was a good day

[Selección Argentina in English @AFASeleccionEN]

Sending our deepest strength to Leo Messi and his family.

We’re with you during this difficult time and sending you our warmest embrace.

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@BRICSinfo Admin, hope you have a good lawyer? Trump said you will be hunted if you say such things 😭😂

[Sage @SageofBarca]

Bro legit held a concert because of one final goal? 😭

[Ferran Torres @FerranTorres20]

La meua gent i el meu poble, EL MILLOR DE TOT EL MÓN! En una paraula, FOIOS 🫶

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@Pedri Keeping promises on and off pitch

[Sage @SageofBarca]

They are terrified. They want to sign more 😭😭

[Sage @SageofBarca]

There are some ways your opponent will be moving that will make you start dreaming about what they're going to do to you. 😭😂

They can't sleep.

All they're thinking about is how to match this Barça team, and that's exactly why they can't even decide whether to keep signing players or stop. 😂

We've entered their heads before the season even started.

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@FabrizioRomano Did I just hear "short squad" ? 😭😭

[Sage @SageofBarca]

Adeyemi with another stinker, should we be worried? 😭

[Sage @SageofBarca]

How didn't that go in Hamza? 😭

[Sage @SageofBarca]

@MTNNG That would be the funniest scam of the anniversary.

**"Here's 25GB. Use it before midnight."**

"Okay."

*Network:* **Absolutely not.**

😭😭😭😭

MTN, we are waiting for an explanation.

Happy 25 years. 💛

Now please, **give us back our internet.**

[Sage @SageofBarca]

Dear @MTNNG ,

First of all, happy 25th anniversary. 🎉

25 years is not a small achievement. You have survived generations, phones have evolved from the little Nokia devices we used to play Snake on to smartphones that can practically run our entire lives, the internet has changed completely, and somehow MTN has remained one of the biggest networks in the country.

So congratulations.

But I have one small question.

WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO THE NETWORK TODAY? 😭😭

Because I genuinely need an explanation.

Today is supposed to be a celebration. You gave your users 25GB to celebrate 25 years, which, on paper, is actually a very nice gesture. People were happy. People were excited. Some of us probably started planning what to do with the data.

"25GB? From MTN? For free?"

Beautiful.

Then we tried to use it.

And suddenly MTN decided to celebrate its anniversary by taking us back to the era of EDGE. 😭

What exactly is going on?

I have used MTN for years. I've experienced slow networks. I've experienced random network fluctuations. I've experienced those moments where you have full bars but the internet behaves like you are somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

That's normal.

Every network has bad days.

But today?

Today is different.

Today the network has been moving like it has personally offended the internet.

You open X. Loading.

You refresh.Loading.

You click a post. Loading.

You try to watch a video. Forget it.

You want to reply to someone. Wait.

You want to send a DM. Wait.

You want to open Telegram. Wait.

You eventually start questioning your life choices.

Then you look at your phone and see 4G.

Four. G.

As if the network is proudly announcing:

> "Don't worry, the problem isn't your signal. It's us." 😭

And that's what makes this even more confusing.

Is this intentional?

Because the timing is incredibly suspicious.

You gave millions of Nigerians 25GB and suddenly the network decided it wanted to experience the worst performance we've seen in a very long time.

MTN, be honest with us.

Did someone sit in a meeting and say:

"Okay guys, we're giving them 25GB."

"Great."

"But what happens if they actually use it?"

"..."

"Turn something off."

😭😭😭

Because what exactly is happening?

Did everyone receive their 25GB and immediately rush online at the same time?

Is the network simply overwhelmed because millions of people are actually using the data you gave them?

If that's the case, fair enough.

Just tell us.

Because right now it genuinely feels like you gave us a plate of food and then locked us outside the restaurant.

**"Happy anniversary! Here's 25GB."**

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

*Network disappears.*

😭😭😭

People who normally have perfectly usable MTN connections are suddenly struggling to load the most basic things.

X is crawling.

WhatsApp messages are taking forever.

Telegram is struggling.

Websites are taking ages.

Videos? 😂

You might as well write the script, shoot the video yourself and wait for the network to eventually deliver it.

If you give someone 25GB as part of your anniversary celebration, the expectation is that the person should actually be able to use it.

Otherwise what exactly are we celebrating?

25 years of giving Nigerians data they can't use? 😭

I don't even need the network to be perfect.

Nobody is asking MTN to suddenly become Starlink.

Just give us a stable enough connection to use the data you gave us.

That's literally the bare minimum.

And honestly, there's something funny about how this whole thing has played out.

For days, people have been talking about the 25GB.

People were excited.

[Sage @SageofBarca]

Some people probably postponed buying data because they knew the 25GB was coming.

Others were probably thinking:

"Finally, MTN has remembered the poor."

Then today arrived.

25GB entered people's accounts.

And MTN's network left people's lives.

😭😭😭

**WHAT A COINCIDENCE.**

I'm not saying MTN intentionally slowed the network because of the 25GB.

I'm simply asking questions.

Because if this is a technical issue, tell us.

If it's network congestion, tell us.

If the sudden increase in traffic overwhelmed the infrastructure, tell us.

If something broke, tell us.

If there is maintenance going on, tell us.

If you underestimated how many Nigerians would actually use their free 25GB, **tell us.**

But please don't leave us here guessing.

Because the alternative explanation is becoming increasingly funny.

Imagine being MTN's network engineer today.

Your phone starts ringing.

"What's happening?"

"Sir, everyone is complaining."

"Why?"

"We gave them 25GB."

"..."

"Everyone is using it."

😭😭😭

I can already imagine the emergency meeting.

"How many people are online?"

"Everyone."

"How much data are they consuming?"

"Yes."

"Yes what?"

"Yes."

😭😭😭

But jokes aside, this is actually something worth addressing.

Because data isn't just entertainment anymore.

People work with it.

Students study with it.

Businesses operate through it.

Traders monitor markets with it.

Creators upload content with it.

People communicate with family through it.

Some people literally depend on mobile internet to make money every day.

So when the network becomes unusable for hours, it isn't just an inconvenience.

It affects people's day.

And this is especially frustrating because **you gave us the data yourselves.**

It's like inviting everyone to a party and then discovering you forgot to open the door.
Nobody is angry that you celebrated your anniversary.

Nobody is angry that you gave people free data.

In fact, most people appreciate the gesture.

But please, MTN, come and collect your data 😭

Because right now, that 25GB is looking more like a decorative item in our accounts.

"Congratulations! You have received 25GB."

Thank you.

Can I use it?

"No."

😭😭😭

Thank you for the 25GB.

Now please fix the network.

Because I have spent a significant portion of today staring at the same loading circle and questioning whether my phone is broken.

My phone is not broken.

My SIM is not broken.

My location is not suddenly in the middle of nowhere.

**Something is wrong with the network.**

And MTN, if the answer really is that the 25GB promotion caused unprecedented traffic, then honestly, just say it.

At least we'll understand.

But if that's the case, then surely this should have been anticipated.

You have 25 years of experience.

You know Nigerians.

You know that if you tell Nigerians:

**"FREE 25GB."**

We will appear from everywhere.

People will resurrect old SIM cards.

People will put MTN SIMs into phones they haven't used in three years.

People will start downloading movies they've never heard of.

Someone somewhere is probably downloading the entire internet as we speak.

😭😭😭

You should have known.

Anyway, happy 25th anniversary once again.

But today's network experience has been so terrible that I have to ask the question everyone is probably thinking:

**Did MTN give us 25GB and then quietly put the entire network on a 25GB diet?**

Because something is not adding up.

We received the data.

Where is the network?

And please don't let this 25GB expire while we're still waiting for the network to become usable.

[Sage @SageofBarca]

3 points in the bag. Bring on Udinese 🤭