Diigbo

You have only one life to live, live it well.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

I just learned this morning that Bryan Eze qualified for the International Economics Olympiad in China to represent Nigeria, but the Ministry of Education said that there is no money to sponsor him.

They approached the Ebonyi State Government for support and the government said that they are not interested. So he missed it.

I became curious after he won the Sterling Bank National Online Maths Quiz yesterday.

This is heartbreaking.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Today, Kayode Williams, Chizoba and other expert trainers gave parents a detailed walkthrough of what their children will be drilled on over the next 3 weeks in Enugu, starting on Monday.

The students will learn how to make low-cost drones for use in medical emergencies and also for improving security in the region.

They will also learn hardcore Robotics and AI. They will also learn how to diagnose a car, service a car, fix brake pads, dismantle a full car, and put it back together while understanding how it works.

This intensive bootcamp is free. We selected the top 40 students from the last South East Maths Olympiad in Enugu.

The future of our children gets me excited.

[PO’s MainChic😎 @D_goodybag]

Clock It!🤏🏾

[KIRA 🤍 @Iamkrebkira]

At 18: “I don’t do small boys.”

At 23: “I can’t date my age mate.”

At 26: “I like older men.”

At 30: “why are you men only interested in younger girls, date your mates instead.”

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

Schools attended as published by INEC:

Peter Obi:
1. St. Augustine's Primary School, Anambra, 1973
2. Christ the King College, 1978
3. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1984

Bola Tinubu:
1. Primary School - EMPTY
2. Secondary School - EMPTY
3. Higher School - B. Sc 1979

[Polyglot adedeji Odulesi @polyglotodulesi]

Alex Onyia says his riskiest intervention was on a community in Apa-Agatu in Benue State in 2024 where at the time, over 500 people had been murdered in the community by herdsmen.

Oyishima Daniel Adewebo, was one of the students that he supported. He scored 290 in JAMB and is currently studying Medicine and Surgery at the University of Abuja.
He just shared his first-year result, and he got all A’s.

Alex Onyia @winexviv we see your large heart as you help raise academic excellence across the country. You are a trailblazer and God will continue to uplift you.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Idris Abdulrasheed Adeiza just shared his 200-level, 1st-semester result with me.

I discovered this star boy in a remote village in Okene, Kogi State in 2024.

I saw his zeal and determination and decided to take a bet on him. It worked out.

He is currently studying Software Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Akure.

We have lots of stars hidden in remote places like Idris that are yet to be discovered.

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

Moment an Igbo titled man who graduated from a university abroad insisted on giving the traditional Igbo handshake to a white university official, instead of the regular handshake given by every other graduate during the graduation ceremony.

[Dr. Kenon @drkenon2]

URGENT ‼️

This Y0ruba man (Temmy Okanlomo on Facebook) that lives in the USA has written on Facebook advising his people to k!ll any Igbo person that owns a house in Yorubaland.

Whoever knows his whereabouts in the USA should report him to FBI

@FBI @FBIDirectorKash @OfficialDSSNG @PoliceNG

[Nwanyi Ocha @nwanyi_ocha]

I want to be fair to @PeterPsquare . He is not wrong that French opens doors Igbo does not. He is not wrong that parents get to decide how they raise their own children. But I guess he underestimates the fact that he is not just any parent. P-Square is a name millions of Igbo people grew up admiring, their success made them proud to be who they are. People all over the world sang their songs using Igbo words. So when a voice like that says Igbo is not worth passing on, it does not land like one man’s private choice. It gives permission for a belief a lot of people were already quietly carrying, that English and French, in short anything foreign, sits above Igbo, that their native language is something to graduate out of rather than something to hold onto.

I am not Igbo. I am Swiss. But my husband made it clear from the beginning that our children would speak Igbo, and I have never once seen that as a burden or a complication. Our children speak Swiss German, English, and Igbo at home, German at school, and now French as well, since that is part of their school curriculum too. Five languages, and none of them fighting each other for space. That is the part people forget when they frame this as a choice. Children do not need to pick one language to be strong in. They can navigate several at once, easily.

It is adults who turn language into a competition. Children just absorb what is spoken to them and grow fluent in all of it.

A language is not only a tool for getting ahead. It is also a rooting tool, the place where love, memory, and belonging live. It is the specific way a grandmother scolds you and forgives you in the same breath. It is a joke that only works in the original. Lose the language, and you do not just lose a skill. You lose a room in your own house, one you can still visit as a guest but never quite live in again. That is what worries me most in this conversation. A child who cannot speak their father’s or mother’s language will, at some point, stand in that homeland and feel like a stranger. Not unwelcome, not unloved, just outside something that was supposed to be theirs by birth.

One day, my sons will be handed a kola nut, and in that moment, no one should have to do it for them. They should know how to receive it, how to speak over it, how to break it themselves, not pass it along to someone else because they never learned the words or the meaning behind them. That is such a small moment, and yet it says everything. It is the difference between being someone’s guest and being someone’s own.
So when I hear “Igbo is useless,” what I actually hear is a wound that has not healed.

From the outside, I have watched how often English or French get treated as the languages worth keeping, while Igbo gets treated as the one you can afford to let go of. That preference did not come from nowhere. It is a colonial hierarchy that convinced generations of people that closeness to their own culture was a limitation rather than a foundation. I don’t say this to shame anyone, least of all a man raising his own family the best way he knows how. I say it because the people who shape how we see ourselves carry a weight beyond their own households, whether they asked for it or not.

My hope is simple. That we stop treating our children’s languages as a competition with only one winner. That we let them have both the world and their roots, and trust that they are capable of holding both without ever having to choose.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

This is called ambush marketing

The puff puff brand has attached itself to another brand to gain brand equity whilst promoting a community payoff

Just show workings, your own folks will appreciate you from their heart

Great job ladies

[Diigbo @Ajike_O]

@GeneralSnow_ Na so the election day go be. If you do any how, you go collect badly.

[𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑵𝑶𝑾 🇨🇮 @GeneralSnow_]

APC una dey hear am?

Peter Obi is more valuable than all your empty skulls put together.

[Queen Bee 👑 🐝 @RealQueenBee__]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is not AI, it's happened in the North.

What's going on there?

Is this a message that the North is passing to Tinubu?

[𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑵𝑶𝑾 🇨🇮 @GeneralSnow_]

If This Resonates With You, REPOST.

[Harry Da Diegot @trigottista]

Seun: “Are you a rich man?”

Peter Obi: “Yes, I am. By world standard, not just Nigeria”

OKWUTE BIKO NAAA

[Abu Amir @SadiqMaunde]

I’m telling you, bro. Don’t mind the OBIdients. They’ve been circulating clips from Obi’s interview as if Obi did something remarkable.

Hear Tinubu’s answer to question on insecurity here from the same channels tv. An answer from a serious policy perspective which offered more in the way of concrete, costed, & sequenced alternatives.

This is how leaders response to questions.

I’m voting for Tinubu!

[Dr Folaseye (ENT/Head &Neck Surgeon) @DrFolaseye]

I received a phone call from Mr Peter Obi and am deeply grateful for the words of encouragement from His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi, in appreciation of our 65 Free Adenotonsillectomy and ENT Surgery Initiative, organized to mark his birthday and give back to our country, Nigeria.

As of today, we have screened over 50 patients, categorizing them into surgical and non-surgical cases while also managing other medical conditions where necessary.

What has been particularly inspiring is that beneficiaries have come not only from different parts of Lagos but also from Benin, Awka, Enugu, and Owerri. This reminds us that disease knows no boundaries, and quality healthcare should be accessible to everyone, regardless of where they live.

Surgeries for the selected patients will commence this week, and beneficiaries will be contacted through the phone number previously used to reach them.

Tomorrow is the final day of the free screening, which ends at 4:00 p.m.

📍 Venue: Infirmorium Catholic Hospital, No. 1 Olufemi Street, off Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos.

My sincere appreciation to everyone who has supported this initiative. Together, we are restoring health and giving hope, one patient at a time.

Dr. Adefolaseye Adebomi Adebayo
ENT Surgeon

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

Dear IGP Disu (@TunjiDisu1): Kindly investigate this incident where, during a stop & search, the policeman identified here, allegedly said to a citizen: ‘If you were Igbo, I would’ve detained you’. Such remark constitutes a hate crime that portends danger to all Igbos in Nigeria.

[Harry Da Diegot @trigottista]

Happy Birthday to the ONLY ACTIVE NIGERIAN POLITICIAN to conquer greed