I left Nigeria alone at 16 with $5k for school fees and upkeep..
Not once did I think I should turn back and go back to Nigeria (till much much later - 14 years later) but it was a real struggle to make ends meet and not rosy at all. Briefly some of my challenges:
Being a janitor in your own university - mopping the floors of the cafeteria as your classmates sit and eat. Washing toilets.
Working during football games selling drinks.
Not being able to afford $5 for a movie with your friends...
Asking a dentist to pull a tooth out because I didn't have $300... could barely afford the $30 I ended up paying
Almost dropping out of USC but for a scholarship from Shell (where I worked the summer)...
I didn't come back to Nigeria for about 6 years
Through it all, I just believed my present would not define my future and kept focus on doing well at school.
So grateful for all those who helped me on my way. Eternally grateful
Japa is not easy...
"Why would I care what colour your skin is? I just think you're an idiot."
Piers Morgan blasts TikTok prankster Mizzy for 'playing the race card' while discussing the backlash he's received.
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With God, you have as many chances as you need!
So it’s up to you to stop holding yourself back with stories about your past! Move Forward and meet GOD there too. 📌
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"When I come here again, I will bring the letters, duly received by INEC, Why is INEC telling lies, We paid for the documents have collected, we will expose them, that somebody is already on the sit does not mean he can not be removed" - Dr. Livy Uzoukwu SAN counsel 4 Peter Obi
A Candidate that won Lagos the most Populous state in Nigeria, and Abuja the Federal Capital Territory by a LANDSLIDE without any POLITICAL STRUCTURE is not who you can steal from.
The only reason Nigeria is not burning today is because Peter Obi is a good man. Majority of Nigerians are looking up to him.
In 2011, Mr Disaster Buhari only won the North West and North East and over 800 people paid with their lives and millions displaced.
The judiciary should NOT take Nigerians for granted. #AllEyesOnTheJudiciary
INEC’s counsel told the court that some documents are waiting in some States
for the Petitioners to Pick Up
They Further Stated that the only One Pending with the BVAS is the Governorship Election Data and they have provided documentary data to them but they can’t allow the petitioners to physically inspect the BVAS.
The court reminded INEC that it is the RIGHT of the Petitioners to physically inspect the BVAS and should NEVER BS DENIED!
"Everything in this plant by way of size is the first. It is the largest single-train refinery in the world. There is no single column which can process 650,000 barrels per day anywhere else" - Sanjay Gupta, CEO #DangotePetroleumRefinery#EnergyForAll#AfricaEmpowered