Mr Fred

[Chimama ❤️ Obi @Chima_Obi1234]

“I was given food at the back door for ten years, not knowing that the girl they called ‘orphan’ would one day own the school.”

My name is Amarachi.

When I was six years old, I lost my parents to a fire. Our landlord said, “Your people are cursed. I can’t keep the daughter of a witch.” So, from Owerri to Port Harcourt, I lived under a bridge. I begged for food.

One morning, I saw a group of students wearing green uniforms entering a school: Royal Kingsway Academy. Their food smelled like glory. So I waited by the back door. A woman—the kitchen cleaner—passed me a nylon bag of jollof rice.

That became my routine. Every lunch hour, Mama Risi would sneak me leftovers—sometimes bones, sometimes breadcrumbs, but always with kindness.

I sat on a rock behind the school wall, listening to lessons through the cracks. I memorized poems, answered math questions aloud. They called me “Radiohead.”

One day, a teacher overheard me recite Shakespeare from the other side of the fence. He asked, “Who is she?” I ran away.

The next day, he brought me books, a notebook, a pencil. In a low voice, he said to Mama Risi, “Start letting her sit at the back of Classroom 3. No one has to find out.”

So I started attending school unofficially—barefoot and invisible. After class, I swept the classrooms and mopped the hallways with Mama Risi. But I never missed a class. Not even when malaria tried to stop me.

When I was seventeen, the director asked, “Who registered this girl? She’s not on our list.”

Mama Risi lied, “She’s my niece.”

They let me sit for the WAEC exam using their surname. I got eight straight A’s. No celebration. No pictures. Just me, under the handle, holding my result and crying.

Years of silence followed, as I prepared my place in the world.

A few missionaries gave me a scholarship to study Business Administration in the UK. I graduated with honors. I started a logistics company in Nigeria, then expanded into agriculture and education.

Ten years later, my company bought a property in Port Harcourt.

The address?

Royal Kingsway Academy.

The school was bankrupt—salaries unpaid, buildings in ruins. I said nothing during the negotiation. I just signed the check.

The former principal greeted me at the door with a forced smile.

“Madam CEO, welcome.”

I looked at him and said, “I used to sit behind that wall… with jollof in a nylon bag.”

His smile faded.

We renovated every block, fixed every broken desk, raised teachers’ salaries, and invited the community to the reopening.

When the fabric on the new sign fell, gasps filled the air:

“Amarachi Risi Academy: Where Every Child Has a Seat.”

Mama Risi was by my side, crying like a baby.

I whispered, “They gave me bones. I made them a throne.”

Today, hundreds of students—some orphaned, some abandoned—study for free at our school.

No child eats alone.

No child learns outside a fence.

Because sometimes, the girl who was fed through a hole in the wall…

Comes back to buy the whole building—

and feed generations.

[African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security @AUC_PAPS]

on 22 July, the #AU #MVCM HoM, Major General Samad Akesode, met w/ the #NRC Commissioner, Ato Temesgn Tilahun in #AddisAbeba, to discuss challenges hindering the #DDR process, paused since 26 June, and align strategies for #COHA implementation. #AU reaffirmed its support.1/2

[African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security @AUC_PAPS]

Today, the #CMD-@AUC_PAPS initiated the 3-day Validation Workshop on the #AU #MVCM Handbook in #Nairobi, marking a significant stride towards ensuring clarity, coherence, and enhanced capacity within African-led peace initiatives. 1/2

[African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security @AUC_PAPS]

..(representing Director @SarjohBah3 ), commended participants for their intellectual engagement throughout the training. The monitors now head to Mekelle (Tigray region) for deployment.2/2

[African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security @AUC_PAPS]

The #CMD-@AUC_PAPS two-day induction training concluded. Participants from 🇪🇹 , 🇰🇪 , and 🇳🇬 equipped w/ skills in monitoring, verification & compliance, #DDR, and humanitarian operations among others. In closing remarks, Adebayoh Kareem, Head Compliance Framework..1/2

[Winners Chapel International @WinnersWLD]

Declare this loudly and boldly: “I am a partaker of the covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Therefore, long life is my heritage. I lay hold on it right now, in Jesus' precious name!”

[Sahara Reporters @SaharaReporters]

African Leaders Set To Meet Russian President, Putin After Negotiation With Ukrainian Leader, Zelensky | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/ANNUIEoHrj

[Winners Chapel International @WinnersWLD]

My wife knows that I will never do anything to hurt her and I know she won't deliberately try to hurt me, so there is no strife between us. Even if your wife puts too much salt in the soup, for instance, see it as a result of her attempt to ensure that there is enough salt in it.

[Winners Chapel International @WinnersWLD]

God is saying to you right now, “If you want to hear my voice, return and rest, and you will be saved.” I command great calm to arise in your life! The voice of the Lord will come in the midst of that row.

[Winners Chapel International @WinnersWLD]

Praise will grant you access into the hurt-free zone of life, because God’s presence automatically dispels evil.... https://t.co/GpwShq41XM

[Winners Chapel International @WinnersWLD]

Every plan of the enemy to see your downfall is met with God’s vengeance in Jesus’ name!
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[Winners Chapel International @WinnersWLD]

You don’t need to lie before you are favoured; when God intervenes in a situation, even those who hate you will favour you!

[Mr Fred @agbaifenna]

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