Biglo

A work in progress learning to love, forgive and grow everyday.

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

📆 On this day, in 2006, Didier Drogba scored the most Drogba-esque goal of his career.

It was the winner in a 1-0 over Barcelona in the Champions League.

[Greg Nwoko 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 @nwoko_greg62705]

You were not taught this in school.

School gave you dates to memorize. I give you the Nigeria you can touch.

On my handle you will see the soldiers who stood at Iddo Gate in Ibadan in the 1910s guarding the Treasury. You will see that ancient Ibadan did not have one gate, it had 16 gates as a nodal town, and later 4 major gates that led to Abeokuta, Oyo, Iwo and Ijebu.

You will see a 1926 newspaper advert of Isaac F. Karunwi on Onireke Road, Ibadan. A Mechanical Engineer, vulcanizing tyres and repairing gramophones and typewriters in 1918. A Nigerian mechanic, with his own garage and telegraphic address, when they told you we had nothing.

You will see who Edem Efiom Ekpo was, Duke Ephraim I, the man the Portuguese called Duke Aphrom, who stopped the killing of twins in Efik land over 100 years before Mary Slessor came.

You will see Igbo land history like the Aba Women's Riot of 1929 where Igbo women forced the colonial government to cancel taxes and drove warrant chiefs from power.

You will see Kano history like how in the 1940s and 50s when you landed at Kano Airport, the first airport in Nigeria opened in 1936, you were welcomed on the tarmac by camels and by men blowing the kakaaki, the long royal trumpet, a full royal welcome for ordinary passengers.

Why should you find joy in this?

Because verified history heals. It stops the lie that we started with nothing. It shows you that your grandfather built, traded, engineered, ruled and negotiated with the world long before colonial photos.

History gives you root. When you know where you come from, no one can sell you shame about who you are.

That is what I post here. Not copied stories. Original papers, original photos, verified.

If you love Nigeria, follow the real story.

[FinestDoveTruth @FinestDoveTruth]

If you live abroad, uk 🇬🇧 USA 🇺🇸 Canada 🇨🇦 or any European country……, save this video for your proper male children.

You will think this is content…

As soon as my son start school, I will always remind him never to put himself in a situation where only God will be his witness.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

In 2016, Nina tried to facilitate the acquisition of Educare by GTBank for ₦600 million (about $2 million at the time). I declined the offer because I believed strongly in the potential of Educare.

She went on to introduce us to several schools, many of which became customers in our early days.

Since then, she has moved on to hold several senior positions at some of Nigeria’s top banks. Today, she is a Global Product Manager at Citi in Toronto, Canada, covering over 90 countries.

We have so many exceptional Nigerians like Nina leading major global institutions around the world.

Our problem has never been a lack of talent. We have the talent.

What we lack is the quality of leadership and the enabling environment needed to retain exceptional people, give them opportunities to thrive, and build world-class institutions here at home.

[Christian Tweets @JesusSavesUs777]

Pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in Nigeria.

[Premier League @premierleague]

Rory Delap, ball in hand...

You know what’s coming next ☄️

[Stephen @stevostarz7]

@JuanHeart2016 Drogba and Hazard

[FIFA Club Football @FIFACF]

A finish worth waiting for.

[Conn @ConnCFC]

Still to this day I don’t know how Ramires had the composure to this at the Camp Nou

[Kgoshi Ya Lebowa @Mothematiks]

Whoever gets 3 cones is the winner 👌🏾❤️

[Hoops @Hoopss]

Security guard threw Candy at students to Win tug of war. 😂

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

Grandpa assumed his grandson was after the headphones… but all he wanted was a hug

[FC Bayern München @FCBayern]

A goal worthy of a Ballon d’Or nominee. 😮‍💨🇨🇴

[valking ♔ @_VALKlNG]

Na things like this Dey make people join cult.

[Alhaji Don wayne @Alhajidon]

This is what I paid internet for.

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Perfection ✨

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

❤️ This is what football is all about.

Young Milan recently beat cancer, and his beloved Lille invited him to take the ceremonial kick-off before the Troyes match this weekend. 🥹⚽️

Just look at his face. A moment he’ll remember forever. ❤️

[Love Music @khnh80044]

In Brazil, it’s a tradition to give the first slice of cake to the most important person in your life… and then came his little brother’s reaction. ❤️🎂

[Smiling Doktor™𓃵 @DocOmeiza]

Sharps......

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

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