The new prizes @winexviv is proposing for South East Mathematics Olympiad 2027 will cost around 45M give or take in total prizes.
This is 10,000 from 4,500 people in 365 days, one full year. Or just 12 people daily.
This is definitely doable.
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An African father, who worked tirelessly in a mine, saved every penny he earned and surprised his children by buying them a television.
He captured their reaction on video as they watched it for the first time their eyes wide open, unblinking, filled with pure wonder and overwhelming joy ❤️
Reading and understanding is fundamental. I never said or insinuated nor implied that. There’s nothing Christian about being born into a Christian family. You don’t become Christian because you were born into a Christian family. This isn’t some religion you are born into. You become Christian by reason of your believing in the death and burial of Christ. And confessing with your mouth that God raised Jesus from the dead for YOU. That’s how you become a Christian.
Gov. Alex Otti has signed the Senior Citizens Bill into law in Abia State. Citizens aged 60 and above will now receive monthly stipends, free medical care, and lifelong benefits — till death.
I don't know who started tribalism in Nigeria, but all tribes are guilty of it to a large extent. I have stated ours here many times and how we even have a very derogatory Edo word “eghoen” for people of other tribes and saw them as inferior. I later realized it was all rubbish.
The craziest part is that the person who was instrumental in making me lose all of those beliefs of superiority was an Edo Prince and my first Philosophy lecturer, Professor Iro Eweka. He made me see the flaw in all of man’s beliefs and how culture was manufactured.
Philosophy was my first foray into abstract and critical thinking rather than dogmatic beliefs, as even science as I knew it then was more dogma than experimentation and proof.
We had textbooks that presented the theories, but didn't go deep enough to explain the history and struggles that led to them. Dogma is the root of all bigotry, and even science once had a lot of dogma, as humans were involved. It is why many black inventions were either stolen or hidden.
One of my aunts was probably one of the reasons why I never got married on time, as she kept sabotaging my relationships by sowing seeds of doubt. She did it so well that I never saw her angle was tribalism. She was not married to an Edo man, and her mother was Yoruba, but she harbored a deep resentment for those across the Niger.
It took me a while to unpack the fact that her problem wasn't just with other Nigerians; it was worldwide. She started warning me about Ghanaians, and I cut her off, then got married to one.
Why was she that way? I later realized that it was more about narrative control than anything else. She wanted to be the one responsible for that part of my life and wanted me to seek her advice on my life’s choices. The root of all bigotry is the fear of loss of control.
If you check throughout history, the people who pushed for dogma the most feared passion for other things. Dogma was always about control. All tribes are held together by shared beliefs, which tend to be dogmatic rather than objective.
Before the last Nigerian Presidential elections, some friends surprised me in ways I didn't expect as their long-hidden biases came to light. I also have family members who became Trump supporters in America for biased reasons, too. I didn't invalidate their beliefs; I just tried to understand why, and it all came down to fear.
People fear that what they believe most in and what defines them can be upturned, leaving them with no moral or tribal high ground. That fear is irrational, but they try to rationalize it. Almost everyone is guilty of it to some extent.
I was studying a US Republican economist yesterday, who had predicted Russia's fall based on the data and had also predicted the rise of gold in recent times. She is a brilliant economist who has been denied a position at the Federal Reserve because of her politics.
I went back to study politics, and I then understood why the other side would have concerns. Technically, she is one of the best and most objective researchers, but politically, she is firmly biased. Looking at how someone can have both traits made me understand why America has so many Independents who don't belong to either ideological political construct.
If I were an American voter, I would be an independent. In Nigeria, they call those kinds of people “fencists” (another derogatory term) because they decide to think for themselves and not remain dogmatic.
In life, you have to be a “fencist” in your thinking, always seeking the truth. Dogma only helps the powerful and deludes the powerless.
I never knew a day would come when most Nigerians will speak bad against David Hundenyin.
He also unfollowed me too probably due to my Pro-West views but I will never ever speak bad against him. Never. I always remember his sacrifices and risks he took to illuminate alot of things about this APC govt.
He is a human being like you and I and the thing that makes us all human is that we may not be as perfect you want us to be. That’s the essence of being human.
Let’s all reflect deeply on this.