Melvis Ugo

Poet | Actor | HIR Student | 1x Anambra Poetry Slam champion | 2x TEDx performer | Historical Researcher

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

Igbo babe in Poetry!

[Donna Amarah @itsdonna_amarah]

Igbo babe in Finance! 🥰

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

It’s been 51 days, our children are still out there growing up with terrorists

#BringBackOurChildren
#ChildRights
#Melvis7DaysRant
#DML

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

50 days is 50 days too long. Bring them home.

#BringBackOurChildren
#ChildRight
#Melvis7DaysRant
#DML

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

Seven-year-old Kehinde Kaosara should be reading her 2 Times table. Instead, she is somewhere in the cold, dense forest, wondering why the world has gone quiet.

She went to school to find a future. She found a nightmare.

@Connected_dev

#BringBackOurChildren
#EnoughIsEnough

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

#BringBackOurChildren
#ChildRights
#GetyourPVC
#Melvis7DaysRant
#DML

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

It’s you relaxing and allowing bad governance to continue.

"Olodo uprising" is you folding your arms and letting this mayhem go on.

3/3

@Connected_dev
#BringBackOurChildren
#ChildRights
#GetYourPVC
#Melvis7DaysRant
#DML

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

"Olodo uprising" comes in different forms indeed.
It’s the fact that you, an adult Nigerian, still need to be preached to before getting your PVC.

It’s you thinking you are immune or immortal to bandit attacks and "Nigeria happening to you."

1/3

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

It’s you believing that you or your family members can’t be the next victims of insecurity.
It’s looking at the parents of those 39 children, 46 families thrown into total turmoil and thinking they were just "unlucky."

2/3

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

Thirty-nine empty seats.
Thirty-nine households frozen in time.
Have we forgotten them already?

@Connected_dev
#BringBackOurChildren
#ChildRight
#Melvis7DaysRant
#DML

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

one awful press interview to another. It’s been all drama and gossip.

Slowly, the painful reality that these children are growing up in the hands of terrorists is fading from our minds.

@Connected_dev

#BringBackOurChildren
#ChildRights
#Melvis7DaysRant
#DML

3/3

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

I wake up every cold morning, worried about the abducted school children in Oyo who still haven't returned home.

The flashes of their pictures online fill my mind, and I just let out a sad groan.

1/3

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

There are babies in the forest right now, in the freezing cold, under the burning sun, and in the pouring rain. No shelter. No covering.

But the country has moved on.

We are hopping from one celebrity gist to another, one political party uproar to the next...

2/3

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

@TheIkechukwu Thank you iKay 😊

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

To all I am and Becoming…

Happy birthday Dear Melvis 🥳

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

@simplytemitayo @Connected_dev Thank you Tayo 😊

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

Section 34 of the Nigerian Constitution really said: “You’re the main character.” No one can treat you like an NPC, torture and forced labor are major red flags and strictly illegal. You’re a human being, not property. Respect is non-negotiable. Know your rights!

@Connected_dev

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

Thank you for the balloons and cakes...

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

Can you spot your girl? ☺️

[Connected Development [CODE] @Connected_dev]

We are proud to officially unveil the Digital Mobilization Lab (DML) Cohort 2 Fellows.

At a time when young people are highly active in digital spaces yet remain underrepresented in governance, the Digital Mobilization Lab (DML) by Connected Development [CODE] is intentionally designed to bridge the gap between digital expression and real civic action.

Selected from across Nigeria, each fellow brings a unique story of resilience, curiosity, and a deep commitment to driving change. From communities where voices are often unheard, they are stepping forward to amplify conversations that matter and influence outcomes that shape lives.

For 12 weeks, they will be learning, unlearning, and building transforming digital tools into instruments of accountability, and ideas into tangible community impact.

More than a fellowship, this I s a growing network of young leaders redefining civic engagement in Nigeria.

And this is only the beginning.

#DMLFellowship #YouthInGovernance #DigitalAdvocacy #SocialImpact

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

Ladies and gentlemen,

The Art-ceptance 💞

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

https://t.co/ud0rptcO0l

[Melvis Ugo @UgoMelvis]

Now I understand what Bertolt Brecht said, “Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it”
I see how art can heal, rebuild, lead.
Join us at Art-ceptance
•28 March 2026
•2 hours of poetry & meaningful conversations.

Registration link in comments.