Yeni

Husband | Project Manager | Photography Enthusiast | Patriot of a Nation in birth pangs 🇳🇬

[Yeni @YeniManuel]

@iam_jibolar He spoke too soon kinda

[Media Boyfriend @MediaBoyfriend]

Njideka Akunyili Crosby's family wanted her to study medicine.

Her father was a surgeon. Her mother a professor of pharmacology.

One painting class at a Philadelphia community college changed everything.

The Akunyili household in Enugu had a language.

That language was medicine.

Father: Chike Akunyili. Surgeon.

Mother: Dora Akunyili. Pharmacology professor. Future NAFDAC Director General.

Six children. All expected to follow the path.

Njideka followed it, until she didn't.

She arrived in America at 16. Did her gap year. Returned to Nigeria. Completed National Youth Service. Came back to Philadelphia.

And walked into a community college classroom.

First oil painting class.

Something happened that no biology textbook could explain.

Her teacher Jeff Reed saw it immediately.

He said: you should apply to Swarthmore College.

She applied.

She got in.

She studied biology AND art, a compromise for the family, a revelation for herself.

At Swarthmore she met Justin Crosby, the Texas artist who would become her husband.

She went to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Then Yale for her MFA.

The family that produced a surgeon, a pharmacology professor, and Nigeria's greatest drug regulator also produced the woman who would paint the Obamas' first official joint portrait.

They all had the same thing in common:

A commitment to doing something that matters.

The tools were different.

The impact is comparable.

[Oreoluwa Bukola, CFA. @BukkyOA]

When you ask for growth, you ask for work. Moan in moderation.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Despite Spain having 74% possession, Cape Verde committed just ONE foul the entire match.

This is the least amount of fouls committed by a team on record in a World Cup match 🤯

[Modern Dad @ModernxDad]

A weak body creates a weak mind. Lift weights until you respect yourself again.

[D’Tigers | Nigeria Basketball @NigeriaBasket]

Congrats to Coach Mike Brown and the @nyknicks on winning an NBA Title!

🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[BIG AYO🔰 @47kasz]

I remember when Mike Brown was appointed head coach of Nigeria’s men’s national team ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

He led the team through Olympic preparation and the Famous exhibition win over Team USA before Tokyo 2020

After the Olympics, Brown publicly said he wanted to continue with the program and help build Nigerian basketball long term.
But in 2022, Nigerian basketball was disrupted by governance disputes inside the Nigeria Basketball Federation and the Nigerian government temporarily withdrew national teams from international competition. That created uncertainty around the program and disrupted continuity.

Today, he is a NBA champion as the coach of the New York knicks

[Jimmy Odukoya @iamthatpj]

YOU CANNOT CATCH THE WAVE BY STANDING AT THE SHORE! 🗣️👏🏽

#CatchTheWave

[Yeni @YeniManuel]

@grok @chili2dbite @RolandKickFlix @grok what's the movie title?

[Aminu Dalhat @AminuDalhat]

Renaissance Africa Energy Company is hiring for multiple roles.

See link below 👇

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.

“You are not numbers or case files.

“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

[George T. Diano @georgediano]

Tomorrow we are supporting Mexico 🇲🇽 so that South Africa 🇿🇦 can go back home early to protect their jobs.

[GoodNews Hub @_Achetypal]

God's plan for sex

[Oreoluwa Bukola, CFA. @BukkyOA]

I mean if you do not think that the next 10 minutes in front of you right now is more important than an hour tomorrow, you will continue to struggle to find the time to do what matters. Mindset shift! Changes everything.

[Arinze Odira @CaptainArinze]

God has never left me helpless, even when I find myself in what seems to be a helpless situation. That is why I always tell people that I am God’s number one.

[Yeni @YeniManuel]

@DiffKnock @Footysm God bless you Bro 😊

[Victor🙈✨🩶 @Adeyeye006]

You bill me i no reply
You rush delete message
So you know say wetin you do no good😒

[Mokgalaka🇿🇦 @pietmashika]

@StokeyyG2 This World Cup is just a humiliation ritual for countries that America hates.

[zak🪡 @ZakKnowsBall]

don’t bid for the world cup if you don’t want the WORLD to be part of the world cup

[Toyyib Adewale Adelodun @taadelodun]

The lottery of passport strikes again.

They tell you to work hard and be the best, but they still hold your passport against you.

As a young african, do your best but dont be too hard on yourself in situations like this.

Sometimes it is not about talent, but things beyond your control🙏