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SERENITY LIVES HERE 🕊️

[ROYZ @royzkingin]

Minding your business is an underrated spiritual hygiene.

[UG🇵🇹 @UgwunnaEjikem]

Adulting made me realize how incredibly hard providing is. Omo fathers are heroes.

To all fathers constantly grinding & putting the families first, even when not personally comfortable, I say happy Father’s Day to you, thank you for your labour of love❤️

[Lola Okunrin @lollypeezle]

Lagos is dynamic. Someone living in Ikorodu might spend 700 Naira to get to Onipanu and you who lives close by in Aguda Surulere will spend 1200 to get to the same place. I no fit lie for you.

[Oma @oma22k]

So apparently, keeping your physical SIM card is not enough again.

My friend relocated to the UK but still had her Nigerian SIM with her. Unknown to her, the line had been inactive for too long, so the network reassigned the number to someone else.

Meanwhile, that same number was still linked to her bank account.

The new owner first did a “test run” by buying ₦100 airtime from the account. It worked. Then ₦5k. ₦10k. Before she woke up to multiple debit alerts.

What even scared me more was that the person also tried accessing her WhatsApp because they now officially owned the number.

A lot of people abroad still think that as long as they physically have their SIM card, the number is safe. Apparently not.

Please, if your number is linked to your bank account, BVN, WhatsApp, email, or anything important, don’t abandon it for months or years without activity.

This thing is actually scary.

[The Grid Post @TheGridPost]

WORD FOR THE WEEK.

Go get your PVC.

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

I never thought we’d see Jesus in Time Square.

Time ARE changing for the better.

All we needed was a new President.

[Ginger @Gboye_Rave]

N2500 here, N1700 there, N350 there
By the end of the week you've spent N2.5m 😞

[Ọládélé 🇳🇬👑 @Theoladeledada]

The cure for sickle cell disorder is now available at sickle cell foundation Nigeria, LUTH. 🥺

Please retweet for others to see.

[DON “Tobechukwu” Ade 👑 @Row_Haastrup]

This is serious

[Neyazuddin Ansari @riyazz_ai]

STOP PAYING FOR APPS!

1. Spotify → Jango
2. ChatGPT → Compass
3. Figma → Gravit Designer
4. Netflix → Netmirror
5. Hulu → Pluto TV
6. Midjourney → Higgsfield
7. Photoshop → PhotoPea
8. Disney+ → Tubi
9. Grammarly → Ginger
10. Xbox Game Pass → Epic Games Store
11. Canva → Vectr
12. Gmail → Proton Mail
13. YouTube → Rumble
14. Apple Music → Demus music
15. Notion → Obsidian
16. Microsoft Office → LibreOffice
17. Gemini → Misty
18. Kindle → Wattpad

SAVE THIS

[Mr. JAIYE 📸 @Jaiyejeje0m0]

Just got home.

I want to ask a genuine question, shey na like dis person go dey struggle till he reach 50 yrs ??

I’m genuinely tired I can’t even lie 😪😔😔😔😔😔

[Adekunle Olopade @adekunleolopade]

While I have you all here, we need to address the rent crisis in Lagos. The standard of living and minimum wage do not justify what landlords and agents are now charging.

A self-con or one-bedroom is hitting ₦3M/year (excluding surcharges). To afford this comfortably (using the 30% rule), you need a monthly take-home of approximately ₦833k. That’s less than $600 and our country’s minimum wage is $55.

How many "gainfully employed" people in the country today earn this? Not even most mid-level professionals. Yet landlords and agents are adamant on increasing the rent prices. Let’s put the illusions on hold and speak to the reality that is crushing gainfully employed Lagosians today.

Lagosians are drowning - literally and financially.

How is it possible that the prices of everything is going up while the quality of living and safety of these properties is going down? Shanties and make shift accommodations are popping up everywhere because we have a housing crisis on our hands, and landlords and agents are exploiting this situation.

@housing_LASG @ud_mpp @engr_toriola @akinmaf @thebbaproject @jidesanwoolu

The government needs to look into this because we need an intervention now more than ever.

The current pricing isn't just "expensive" - it’s not affordable and it’s predatory. It’s forcing young professionals into debt or substandard living arrangements despite being gainfully employed.

Please, if you’ve recently been affected by this sudden rent spike, quote/tweet about your experience and the area. Silence only fuels the exploitation.

If the government can do something about it, let’s bring their attention to it.

#LagosIsSinkingButRentIsRising #LagosRentCrisis

[chef_pearl4👩‍🍳 @Pearlskitchen4]

Dear Nigeria Landlord and Landladies. Your attention please.
Are you people aware of what lawyers and caretakers do?
Some of the houses you left in Lawyer's care are automatically becoming the Lawyer's property.
House you said tenants should pay 500k,
Lawyers are collecting 1.5m without your consent.

I create awareness today to you Nigeria Landlords and Landladies to checkmate your Lawyers and Caretakers.

Some of these Lawyers and Caretakers eat more than you from the house you built with your sweat.

As a tenant, if you don't know the owner of a house, don't rent it. Take this information seriously so you won't be enriching a greedy person.🤔

[Aisha💕 @nobdylikesaisha]

This person, @AyomideOlu2361, is a scammer.
He/She replies to posts with a portrait of you. If you look closely, you’ll realize it’s AI-generated.
He/She then asks if you want it framed or you might ask how much the framing costs and says it’s ₦100k.
Don’t send any money. He’s a scammer.

[Uncle Emeka || YANKEE GADGETS .ng @yankeeplug_]

People put in effort, pay for training, put in hours and Days, morning - Night, learning their craft.

And you are here shaming them.

- Nail tech
- lash Tech
- Perfume vendor
- Hair dressing
- Cloth vendor

These are all decent Jobs with good pay, you should be very ashamed of yourself, if you participated in Shaming them.

I pour you spit! Would you rather have them do fraud or Prostitution?

Also the pay is just as good as most Other Conventional Jobs / 9-5 Jobs.

[Charles A. Fokuoh II Esq @CharlesFaraday1]

I would be lying if I say I didn't see the hand of God in my life this year.

[do not go gentle @theshalvah]

Found this note I wrote myself 3 years ago. Reading it now, it's something between a plan and a prayer. A time capsule indeed. Some things have turned out very differently; some others came true. Here's to the next 3 years.

[Man of Letters. @Letter_to_Jack]

She is a teenager going through the psychologically devastating effect of what appears to be revenge porn.

You are a lady, you shouldn’t be contributing to the senseless ridicule she is going through. Please do better.