Paul Aliyu

Servant, Gourmet BBQ, food, Sports, Gardening aficionado!

[Louis Dunford @LouisDunford]

The Story of The Angel ❤️

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

Your job is a sacrifice & a heavy burden.
Many forget you are human with family & responsibilities like everyone else.
My sincere condolences to you, Their families, to the rank & file of @NigerianPolice
Thank you for your sacrifice, service and dedication to country.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💐

[Aliyu Giwa @aleeygiwa]

This month has taken a lot from me.

17 officers lost in Yobe. My friend Mike gone. My uncle gone.

Then I was asked to write a tribute to Mike, and I found myself staring at a blank page. How do you find words for someone whose absence has left such a silence?

Some days, all you can do is keep going.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Today marks seven years since the passing of Jose Antonio Reyes.

Never forgotten ❤️

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

@pierrecoins PSG 1 Arsenal 3

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

It's a no for me. It's a lovely meal but I've tried Banga soup over ten times... only one did morning happen- the rest stomach upset

[NaijaFarmer @Nig_Farmer]

Banger and Starch>>>>

Warri and Sapele people can drag you like tiger generator if you dare badmouth this meal.

Anyways, is this a Eat or a Pass for you?

Let me know in the comments.

[Sunshine💥 @idongesitutin]

@PoojaMedia Femi Azeez has cemented his place at the super eagles squad, we finally have a goalkeeper who don't waste time with the ball😁,The two center backs were solid, our NPFL players needs more exposure, Good game 👏 bring India at the finals I want to check something ☺️

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

Congratulations!! ❤️🤍🫶🏾🙌🏿👐🏾

[Gabriel Martinelli @gabimartinelli]

After almost seven years at this club, it’s hard to put into words what this moment means to me.

I arrived at this club when I was 18 years old. Far from home, barely speaking the language, trying to adapt to a completely new culture, new life and chasing a dream that felt so big at the time.

I didn’t know exactly what the future would hold, but I knew I wanted to give everything for this club.

We didn’t just build a team, we built a family, an identity, and something the fans could believe in again. To see this club back where it belongs is one of the proudest moments of my career.

I want to thank my family, thank everyone at the club, the staff, my teammates, and every person working behind the scenes. Most importantly, thank you to the fans. Your support, patience and love throughout these years never went unnoticed. You stayed with us through the difficult moments, and this title belongs to you as much as anyone.

This club changed my life. I will always be grateful for the privilege of wearing this shirt.

PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 🏆

[Los Angeles Rams @RamsNFL]

Congratulations @Arsenal, on winning the Premier League! 🏆

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾... Wish he was here!!👐🏾💐💐💐🕯🕯🕯

[The Godfather JP @AyoOyalowo]

To my brother and friend, @temiokomi this trophy 🏆 is for you.

I know you are smiling down from heaven and celebrating with us.

We finally did it after 22 years of wait.

Arsenal are the EPL Champions

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

[Leandro Trossard @LTrossard]

GUNNERS, WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!! 🏆💭❤️

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

@boniface_jrn You dey front some us dey back dey observe!!!😅😅😅

[Victor Boniface @boniface_jrn]

So we many like this 🤣🤣🤣

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[Kanu Nwankwo @papilokanu]

KAN U believe it??? Arsenal Forever. The Gunners worked so hard for this. Difficult but they fought.
Very well deserved. Come on you gunners #congratulations @arsenal #arsenal

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👐🏾🫶🏾

[AFC Bournemouth 🍒 @afcbournemouth]

We are ready 👊

[DjglassAutoMWTech @DjglassAutoWTec]

@Bijimi @moniepointng That’s solid support, truly appreciated. In windscreen work, every referral helps the workshop grow same way your action keeps the momentum going. More strength to you too.

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

Congratulations! This is no small success and no less than our brave, gallant armed forces deserve!!
With such collaborations especially in West Africa will advance the end to this hydra headed monster, God willing 🙏🏾💚🤍💚👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Nigerian Army @HQNigerianArmy]

OPERATION HADIN KAI AND US PARTNERS NEUTRALISE ISIS GLOBAL SECOND-IN-COMMAND ABU-BILAL AL-MINUKI AND SEVERAL TERRORIST COMMANDERS IN PRECISION AIR-LAND OPERATIONS AT METELE

In a landmark joint counter-terrorism operation of historic significance, troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), in close coordination with the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), executed a meticulously planned and highly complex precision air-land operation that resulted in the neutralisation of Abu-Bilal Al-Minuki, the Islamic State's (ISIS) second-in-command globally and the most senior ISWAP commander operating in the Lake Chad Basin and Sahel region alongside several of his key lieutenants and multiple combatants. Al-Minuki, also known as Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Mainuki, was a US-designated Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), designated by the US Department of State on 8 June 2023 under Executive Order 13224 for his role as a leading official within ISIS's General Directorate of Provinces, through which he channelled international funding and operational guidance to terror cells across the Sahel and the Lake Chad Islands in Northern Borno. His elimination represents the single most consequential counter-terrorism outcome in the North East Theatre since the inception of Operation HADIN KAI.

The operation, which commenced at approximately 0001 hours and concluded at about 0400 hours today, Saturday 16 May 2026, was the culmination of a protracted joint intelligence effort involving legal intercept operations and sustained reconnaissance that achieved full target development and fidelity. Following confirmed intelligence that Al-Minuki and his international terrorist cell had established a concealed and fortified enclave at Metele in Borno State within Sector 3 OPHK, the US partners in conjunction with OPHK conducted precision air - ground operations on the confirmed location while Special Forces were deployed to provide security and deny escape routes as well as to extract any of the Teams or air platforms in distress.

The operation involved several air platforms in a synchronised air-land configuration that left the terrorists with no avenue of escape. The operation was executed following authorisation from the Military High Command, underscoring the highest levels of institutional coordination and strategic decision-making that underpinned the success of this mission.

The operation was executed with zero casualties or loss of assets, a testament to the exceptional planning, superior tactical execution and the deepening synergy between Nigerian and US military forces in the global fight against terrorism. Abu-Bilal Al-Minuki has been confirmed neutralised alongside several of his lieutenants and multiple combatants.

Battle Damage Assessment is ongoing, while troops are currently conducting aggressive follow-on exploitation operations to decimate identified splinter cells and prevent any attempt at reconstitution. The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, acknowledged the success of the operation and publicly commended the partnership with the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

This decisive operation reaffirms OPHK's position as the foremost counter-terrorism formation in sub-Saharan Africa and sends an unequivocal message that terrorists will find neither sanctuary nor safety within the North East Theatre.

SANI UBA
Lieutenant Colonel
Media Information Officer
Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East)
Operation HADIN KAI
16 May 2026

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

Guys, always stand up to shake hands. If the other person is older than you, it shows respect. If they are younger than you, it shows humility. Either way, you win. People who sit to shake hands are bad-mannered.

When you shake hands, do not just offer a limp hand... even to an elder! Make sure that your handshake is firm. It shows confidence and fitness.

Then make sure that you look into the person’s eyes. It shows interest, attention and confidence. Don’t look away furtively like a liar and a thief!

Remember, as a man, there should be nothing limp or flaccid about you. You should always be polite and gracious, quietly confident (not arrogant, that is for inferior men) and erect. Always erect!

I am Ezemmuo. I know things.

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

I opened an account after watching you on May day. Na my way of supporting owá own.
More power to your elbow and the team @moniepointng
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾💚🤍💚

[Tosin Eniolorunda @Eniolorunda]

I have followed with rapt attention the discourse that followed my conversation at the Platform Nigeria on May Day. The stark reality is this - opportunities are few and far between, unemployment/underemployment is high and sadly there are too few employers for a huge market such as ours, at least when compared to other markets such as China, India that have similar youth bulge.

We Nigerians are some of the most hardworking and gritty people in the world.

But we must tell ourselves the truth. Nigeria currently doesn’t have enough highly skilled technical talent resident in Nigeria to build companies that can scale globally.

Interestingly, I have also read a lot of employers double down and agree with my current diagnosis around our country’s technical talent pipeline gap and confirmed it is true. Former Minister, Kemi Adeosun also referenced Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote comments around finding the right quality and quantity of talents for his refinery project.

Let me ask a hard question - can we say that Nigeria has enough highly skilled technical talent still resident in Nigeria? That's a huge conundrum that any organization that wants to maintain market leadership must solve for.

How many engineering executives do we have remaining in Nigeria that lead a payments team that handles payments infrastructure processing tens millions of transactions daily without fail?

How many senior data scientists do we have in Nigeria that can create data models to appraise millions of customers while managing prudent NPLs?

How many senior growth executives in Nigeria have the experience of growing a digital apps towards acquiring 80k customers a day through digital and offline channels while maintaining prudent CACs?

It is important to note that this is not about Nigerians generally, this is about senior Nigerian talents still resident in Nigeria.

Nigeria is not producing enough high quality senior technical talent and the little we have are emigrating.

I can explain these to be that Nigeria does not have too many feeder industries across the board. As such, there are fewer starter companies that young talent can come from to feed into senior roles in other companies. Every one then ends up fighting for the same pool of senior leaders that have experience and bandwidth to deliver and win in the market.

The effect of the Japa wave has been very well chronicled and I must add that this has been a trans-generational challenge. Remember that time in the early 80s where a lot of our medical professionals left for places like Saudi and the UAE? As at March 2024, Nigeria had lost around 16,000 medical doctors to other countries, most especially the US and the UK.

The quality of technical education is also falling as our standard of education is lagging behind global counterparts.

Can we say we have enough senior technical talent in Nigeria to compete with global competition especially China? But Moniepoint, Dangote, Flutterwave, LemFi are competing with them.

Training young talents can fill the gap for the future but is inadequate for today. Companies need senior talent and cannot wait the eight to ten years needed to get them to senior levels to compete.

In training young talent, Moniepoint has seen a lot of bright spots through our various interventions that are aimed at deepening the talent pool. So we are indeed doing something about improving talent density for the ecosystem. Through our DreamDevs programme, which is in its second year, we're training talented young engineering graduates with the skills they need to enter the workforce as top talent. We have supported the government's 3MTT agenda as well as a partnership with Unilag’s NITHUB to push the HatchDev initiative. Our Women in Tech internship programme, which now in its sixth year, provides women with the access, training and opportunities they need to build careers in tech. I also personally have a scholarship program for STEM students across select Nigerian universities in every geo-political zone.

Competing globally also means that you spend top dollars to retain top Nigerian talents that you have nurtured. We routinely retain Nigerians that emigrate and pay them according to their local market standards.

A recent example is an exceptional first class graduate we nurtured through our women in Tech program and had to go to school just as a path to emigrate and we had to retain abroad and offer an alternative naturalization path for her.

Moniepoint has over 3,500 full time employees with over 90% Nigerian talents, and we’re growing 20% YoY. We’d love a world where this is at 99% while building for the world.

Self deception isn’t a virtue and we must tell ourselves the home truth - we need to raise the quantity and quality of our technical talents resident in Nigeria to compete. No organization can rise above the quality of its output and execution is everything in this game.

Nigeria will be great. Let’s all do the work together.

By the way, top tech talents still resident in Nigeria, we need you badly. We pay above market rates and you will make real impact. Please apply here: https://t.co/hrBbhCWj1k

For top Nigerian talents out of the country, we hire out of the UK, Portugal, Spain, India and Pakistan. Also apply, we are building digital banking infrastructure that provides financial happiness for emerging markets.

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

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[Nneka Ezealor @neker17]

Your earthly body, laid to rest. Gone from this earth, but never forgotten. Thank you for the gift of experiencing your light and love and laughter and friendship on this side of eternity. Sleep in heavenly peace, my friend. I'll always love you, @temiokomi

[Paul Aliyu @Bijimi]

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[Azubike Osumili @azuosumili]

The Army came, the Army band, The Ex-Boys of POP 33 led him in, the Army Band rang out the LAST POST and I realised that we will never see his like again. Goodnight Temisan Okomi.