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[Sam @SamCKx]

If Keir Starmer does resign, history will look back on his reign and scratch its head as to why the hell he was so hated.

On paper, he's probably delivered more to working British people in such a short time than any PM for decades.

After inheriting an absolute mess: NHS waiting lists fallen. Worker's rights improved. Rail operators nationalised. Improved relations with EU and improved UK's global reputation. Removed non-dom tax status. Halved childcare costs. Boosted state pensions. Lowest homicide rate in 50 years. Lifted 550k children out of poverty. Immigration vastly reduced.

We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people. Looks like the game plan is working...

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@techtoby__ 😂

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@robertwlk 😂

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@DrHenryinvestor @complience Lol. You should have read his X name. Funny man

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@Adamthallith May Allah continue to bless and ease things for her.

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@BukkyOA Congratulations

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@elMunir5 Well done

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@iSlimfit @Pamilerin Congratulations

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

May you triumph brother

[D. @dbrent_]

Being laid off without any sign of landing a job, depleting my savings to survive, praying for a parent with cancer, all while battling depression has been the hardest journey of my adult life.

I’m overwhelmed. I’m sad. But I’m hopeful and committed to see this through. ❤️

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@ChShersh @BroVic Savage lol

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

We have now sold 15 chess sets in less than an hour. If we make it to 30 in the next one hour. I will donate a million naira to support a struggling small business here on X.

It is possible to do great things from a small place❤️🇳🇬

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@Tunde_OD @buchionyegbule Tunde is redefining the chess game

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

It is with great pride that I present to you the very first Nigerian Adire chess board. Each one sells for a million naira(700 dollars).

It’s a limited collection of just 100 pieces. 50% of proceeds goes towards charity and I will personally hand deliver to the first 20 people.

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@ChShersh Congratulations

[Vincent The Therapist @mrhighfoster]

He is 31 years old

At nine months old, a failed measles injection by a local nurse caused avascular necrosis, leading to lifelong hip pain and leg weakness until his hip replacement surgery

Four of his siblings died in childhood (likely related to sickle cell trait in the family), making his survival a "statistical miracle"

At age 10, he dropped out of school due to poverty but returned after his mother worked as a cleaner for six years to pay his fees

He learned chess as a kid at a local barber's shop in a Lagos slum while playing video games with friends

Barely spoke English when he started secondary school (mostly Yoruba at home) but quickly picked it up from classmates

His mother was a petty trader (thrift clothes seller), and his father sold spare parts. They met in a Lagos market

Chess helped him develop a strong photographic memory, which he used to cram for exams and survive without parental allowances

He became Nigeria's No 13 ranked chess player and earned the National Master title at age 20

He won gold medals representing Yaba College of Technology in the Nigeria Polytechnic Games and the RCCG Chess Championship

He also won the National Friends of Chess Tournament and the Chevron Chess Open

He got a diploma in computer science and used chess winnings to support himself through school

Founded Chess in Slums Africa in September 2018 as a volunteer-driven nonprofit after visiting slums like Majidun

The organization has reached thousands of underprivileged kids, including producing a 10-year-old champion with cerebral palsy

Tunde Onakoya broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon (over 60 hours) in Times Square, New York, in 2024

Featured in CNN African Voices for his work

Tunde has a younger brother (two years apart)

He credits chess with saving him from slum poverty and giving him an "intellectual identity"

He once simultaneously won 10 chess games at the DLD Conference in Germany

First African to win the Lideramos Youth Award for Social Impact in Spain.

Won the Corporate Chess Championship in Malawi with a perfect 7/7 score

Tunde dreams of building the world's biggest chess institute in Nigeria
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Tunde Onakoya has brought attention to Africa through Chess.

He started teaching chess at a younger age to children.

I'm talking of around 2013/2014 when he was meeting at parks around Lagos State, just to teach kids in the open (mostly after work hours)
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Today, I am more interested in telling you more about him, and how he has also risen from a place of deep poverty and struggles.

He has done soooo much for people and it's only expected that these past impacts would show on him as well

You might have your reservations about him, but you cannot downplay how he used the game of chess to bring great changes to children's lives.
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A lot of children now have access to education, purpose and meaning, thanks to Chess.

You are also part of his story. Tunde didn't do all these alone.

Your support, your accolades, your retweet, your reposts, everything

So look at the bigger picture.

Think of the kids whose lives have changed from taking alcohols and drugs on the streets of slums, to having regulated mental health and more purpose driven lives, due to Chess and the opportunity it brought.
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Tunde can't certainly please everyone, and yes, there might be actions that many people would attribute to him being human.

But if children would smile again, because he created an opportunity for them to have their smiles again.... Then it's one of the best legacies anyone can ever have.

And you also can create your own legacy to which nations would applaud, recognise and help preserve 🫂

The sky is big enough for you, I and Tunde to shine and shine bountifully well ❤️
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✍️ Vincent the Therapist

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@Dola_porr @thecreativexx 😂

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

First Nigerian to take 5 amazing children from the slums to Georgia and New York where they won several medals including a Gold medal at the United Nations games chess championships.🇳🇬

[Chidi Okereke @Chydee]

this campaign of calumny against Tunde O is lazy at best.

not everyone has the luxury of alignment. some people do work that cuts across divides - work that may collapse the moment it’s seen as partisan. in that position, neutrality is not cowardice; it’s a requirement for the work to survive and achieve its objectives.

“but he has taken a side”.

meanwhile, it’s a picture with the president of his country. an honorary ambassadorship from his state. opportunity to speak with young people (his primary target) at an event - organized by the president’s son.

guess who else has a picture with the president. guess who else is a sports ambassador for Ogun state. guess who else was invited to speak at that event (Tunde didn’t even attend) that people are not dragging.

what are we doing?

if you’re doing impactful work, people across political divides will court you. people across the world will court you. you will be in rooms with people you like and those you loathe. and for the sake of the work, you will chest it.

because the work is bigger than your personal politics.

and the idea that he needs Nigeria to stay bad so he can have more slum kids is … laughable. his work isn’t about preserving slums. it’s about developing people - through chess - discipline, how they think, opportunity, etc. that doesn’t disappear if things improve. and no matter who the president is, Nigeria will never run out of underserved communities. infact, the world will never run out of it.

you’re forcing politics on something that isn’t built for it. and judging a constraint you don’t carry.

if you think you’d do it differently, oya do it. build something impactful, take your stance, and sustain it.

until then, it’s just noise. lazy noise. 🙂‍↔️

[Delkinz @Seunpecs]

@elMunir5 Congratulations Muneer. Well done

[Amanda @Idontgive2u]

Je suis chauffeur de bus depuis 15 ans et ce qui m'est arrivé vendredi, j'ai encore du mal à le digérer... 🚌

J'arrive à un arrêt où il y avait un monde fou. Je vois un monsieur en fauteuil qui attend, donc normalement, je déploie la rampe. Et là, le sketch commence... Deux gamins qui soufflent comme si je leur demandais la lune, et une dame bien habillée qui sort carrément : *"Non mais c'est pas vrai, on va encore perdre 10 minutes, je suis déjà en retard !"*

Le pauvre monsieur était tellement mal à l'aise qu'il m'a regardé tout triste en me disant : "C'est pas grave chauffeur, rangez la rampe, je vais attendre le prochain, je ne veux pas déranger..."

J'ai coupé le moteur, j'ai posé mes clés sur le tableau de bord et je me suis levé. Je me suis mis au milieu de l'allée et j'ai dit bien fort :
"Ce monsieur a payé son ticket comme vous et il a sa place ici. Par contre, pour ceux que ça dérange de perdre 2 minutes, vous avez la chance d'avoir vos jambes, alors la porte est ouverte, finissez le trajet à pied !"

Je peux vous dire qu'on aurait entendu une mouche voler. 🤐

J'ai pris tout mon temps pour l'installer, je lui ai fait un sourire et on est partis. Les deux jeunes n'ont plus décroché un mot et la dame a regardé par la fenêtre tout le long, bien rouge de honte.

Le handicap, on ne le choisit pas. Par contre, être respectueux, c'est un choix qu'on fait tous les matins.