Toyobaby Obudu Wify😍

Child of God|QuotationEngineer|Order Management|Sales and Service Support Korean Drama Lover|Lover of art, Croachet/Knitting|GeminiMayBorn|Èkìtì kété|Obudu Wify

[Web3 John 🇳🇬網絡3.0 約翰 ꕤ ❤️+💡 @johnmarkaveli1]

A final-year university student running an evening POS kiosk at a bus stop in Akoka was balancing his ledger at 9:30 PM.

While checking his daily transaction history, he noticed an irregular transfer: a lady trying to send ₦15,000 for transport and foodstuffs had accidentally typed an extra zero on her mobile banking app and sent ₦150,000. Because the kiosk was chaotic with rush-hour commuters, neither of them had realized it in the moment.

His friends urged him to keep quiet and wipe the record: "Na bank network error, she be big girl, she won't notice."

Instead, he checked the transfer receipt for her account name, traced the customer who frequented a nearby provision store, and reached out through the store owner the following morning to refund the ₦135,000 balance to her bank account.

The lady was a junior partner at an auditing firm on the Island. She didn't hand him a miraculous cash reward on the spot; she simply took his contact and verified his degree course.

Six months later, right after his final exams, she called him:
"Our firm is looking for an entry-level trainee with absolute integrity.

Technical skills can be taught in three months, but clean hands cannot be trained. Send your CV directly to my desk."

He passed the routine interview and secured the role.

Integrity is never a loss; it is the most valuable long-term asset you can deposit in your character account.

[Toyobaby Obudu Wify😍 @cutetoyo]

@BaloDemola Cute is an understatement

[Ademola Balogun @BaloDemola]

I’m here at work and I randomly recall that every morning when my bundle of joy (BOJ) wakes up, she smiles so deep such that I wish I had 2 of her.

Her face card is 10/10, If you don’t want to call her BOJ you can call her Jiggy Baby.

Shot by yours truly, aesthetics of having a photographer Daddy !

[Abdulrahman Ridwanullah @Ridolarax]

Exactly a year later, this came true. Wa Lillahi-l-Hamd.

From Opomalu, Ilorin to @Montreal, Quebec.
From @UnilorinNGR to @mcgillu

[Àgbàakin of Europe🇳🇬 🇪🇺 @powerfulbadeeu]

The best Video I’ve seen this week.

I’ve seen people who are below average in elementary & high school & went on to became absolute beast of champions in University.

Only God knows what happened along the line.

Inspiring!

[Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, Ph.D @olumuyiwaayo]

Today, I am deeply honored to be recognized in my state for a journey that began with a simple step of faith 13 years ago. I left home with ₦16,000 (about $100), without telling my family, holding on only to the opportunity provided by a fully funded Korean Government Scholarship. That decision was uncertain and frightening, but it changed the course of my life.

Fast forward to today, and I am humbled to see more than half a million people reached daily and over 100,000 scholarships secured through Scholarships Cafe. It is a reminder that sometimes the biggest decisions we make are not the safest ones—they are the ones we make even while afraid.

To the organizers of the Ekiti Future Awards, thank you for finding me worthy of this recognition for helping democratize access to global opportunities for our youth. I am sincerely grateful for the honour.

But this moment is not a finish line. There is still so much work ahead. This year’s Ekiti Scholarship Summit revealed clear systemic gaps in how talented young people access global opportunities, and I am more committed than ever to building structures that make those pathways clearer, fairer, and more accessible.

This recognition is not a destination; it is a responsibility—to keep building, to keep opening doors, and to keep ensuring that where a student starts does not determine how far they can go.

[Engr. Gideon Dingba (Obailukan) @GBass04]

My Transcript
Lagos embassy
First Attempt
Approved F1
30/01/24

I was interviewed by a grey haired white man

Me: Goodmorning (with a smile)
Officer: Pass me your passport and I-20 ( he didn’t even look at my face)
Me: here they are
Officer: what are you going to the U.S for?
Me: I am going to George Washington University for my master’s program in Public Policy
Officer: I can see you got funding and you have a deficit that will be covered by your family, who will be covering it?
Me: My mom will be covering it, she owns a furniture company….
Officer: (checks computer, sees I have been to the u.s) how many times have you been to the u.s and what for?
Me: 3 times, I was invited by UN sec general to attend UNGA summit…
Officer: who sponsored you on that trip?
Me: they were all fully funded by the UN
Officer: (Very intrigued) wow. Do you have a family in the u.s
Me: Not at all
Officer: Asides the u.s have you been to other countries?
Me: yes, to Zambia and Ghana for work purposes.
Officer: does your mom or dad have a U.S. visa?
Me: no they don’t.
Officer: Has your mom sponsored anyone out of the country recently?
Me: Yes, she sponsored my younger brother for his master’s in the uk at the university of Edinburgh and he now works with…in Nigeria
Officer: I will be approving your visa
Me: (Dance in Jesus Iye internally)
Officer: I can see your school has resumed
Me: yes…
Officer: (cuts in), not to worry, ask your school to update your I-20 and send it to….

[Ara🌸 @aramidey__]

31 years of fighting sickle cell. 31 years of overcoming, surviving, and holding on. 🥹

God, I’m grateful. Here’s to 31. 🥂✨

[nduka omeife @ndukaomeife]

In this life, sha, don’t let anybody rush you.

At 33, with a first-class degree, I was still sleeping on my parents’ couch in Ebute Metta, trying to figure life out.

I didn��t get my dream job until I was 36. I got married at 35 and started married life in a room and parlour tiny rooms in Mushin.

I started a business at 38 and failed woefully.

I tried again in my 40s. Failed again.

At 46, I opened an art gallery at Adeniran Ogunsanya, Lagos. It failed too.

At 47, I returned to the yoghurt business. Failed again.

At 48, we started again.

Then, at almost 50, I was compulsorily retired from my job.

Instead of seeing it as the end, I went fully into the yoghurt business.

I relocated to the UK at almost 52.

By 54, we had recorded over ₦2 billion in sales.

So please, be inspired by other people’s success, but never allow their success to put you under pressure.

Some people bloom at 25.
Some at 35.
Some at 50.
Some even later.

Your timeline is different.

Keep learning.
Keep trying.
Keep failing forward.
Keep moving.

You are not late. You are still writing your story.

Good evening.😊

[Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, Ph.D @olumuyiwaayo]

The kind of insomnia we pray for. 😂

When the admission offer letter drops, sleep automatically becomes optional. The joy is simply too much to contain.

Congratulations to another scholar stepping into a new chapter!

Who is next to lose sleep over good news?

[Ebun @kenkenlewu]

This guy in my office has been paying for my lunch and transport for about three months.

Last week, he told me he wanted to discuss something with me.

He said, “I’m planning to settle down. I’ve been studying you, and I think you’ll make a great partner for me.”

I told him I already have a man in my life.

He said, “Oh, really? But anytime I offer to buy you food or pay for your transport, you always accept. You never told me you had a man.”

I apologized.

Yesterday, he came to my table and dropped a short note.

“Total spent on you: ₦138,000.

Kindly refund to this account.”

[Ugochukwu Madu @UgochukwuCFR]

I’m excited to formally announce that I’ve recently accepted a new, permanent role as Dad.

The onboarding was quite intense, the hiring manager cried through most of the interview, and while the compensation package isn’t monetary, it consists mostly of smiles, momentary tiny-finger grips, burping, and frequent diaper changes.

It’s a full-time role with no salary, unlimited overtime, evolving KPIs, rotating night shifts, no weekends off, no paid leave, and daily performance reviews that begin around 2AM. Yet, I’ve never accepted a role with a greater sense of purpose.

I’m looking forward to growing in this permanent role alongside my incredible wife and our newest teammate, Baby Zikora.

I hope you now understand why I’ve been away for so long, leaving my emails and DMs unattended. I’ll start clearing the backlog soon, and I crave your indulgence in the meantime.

Signed,
Daddy Zee.

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

Why should we consider for this scholarship?

"The dust of rural Zimbabwe once clung to my feet as I herded cattle and trekked kilometers through dense bush to reach a classroom.

While my mother labored as a maid in South Africa to afford my fees, I made a silent vow: education would be my emancipation.

I transformed systemic disadvantage into relentless ambition, rising to become the best graduating student at both my undergraduate and Master's levels, earning a 3.76 CGPA in my Master of Arts in Governance and Regional Integration.

My journey from those thorn-filled paths to designing macro-level public policies in Cameroon proves my resilience.

You should select me because I do not just study poverty; I have survived it.

This scholarship is the bridge to my PhD, empowering a proven scholar to engineer the structural, cross-border policies needed so no African child has to trade their youth for survival."

I have a lot of faith in the next generation that they will leave the world a little better than they met it.

[Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, Ph.D @olumuyiwaayo]

Are you joining us for tomorrow’s free webinar on how to secure scholarships in Canada?

[Akwaugo | nwaoma @TalkswithAkwa]

Once some women get married their sense will just lose.
What is this now? Tufiakwa!!.

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

Why should we consider for this scholarship?

"Being the first and only child to attend university in a family of 30, with parents who lacked formal education and had limited means, my undergraduate journey embodied aspiration and responsibility.

I learned that education must create systems that give people equal opportunities regardless of background.

This inspired me to study Chemical Engineering at XXX University, where I graduated as the institution's Best Graduating Student with a CGPA of 4.83/5.0, received over 15 merit-based academic and scholarship awards, skillfully led and managed teams, and mentored many undergraduates on achieving academic excellence, most of whom earned first-class and 2:1.

I aim to pursue a PhD. in Process Systems Engineering for Sustainable Energy to develop sustainable energy solutions through process optimization and artificial intelligence that will position Africa as leader in energy sector.

This scholarship will equip me with the mentorship and resources to transform my goals into scalable innovation."

Chemical Engineering. Sustainable Energy. Artificial Intelligence. Africa.

Can I apply to be your mentor? 🙂

[folowosele adeboye @boye4christ2006]

I’m in prayers for you as well.

Success in your scholarship applications.

As part of marking my 70K followers on X.

I want to give room to 500 serious followers who want to join my FREE Mentorship Scholarship group on WhatsApp.

Let me know in the comment section if you’re interested.

8 of mentees on the WhatsApp scholarship group got scholarships in the last three months.

[Doylep @doyleparton]

That line hits hard “Freedom is better than 43m” 💯

Money comes and goes. But once Kirikiri’s gate closes behind you, you start doing math with days instead of naira.

Prison doesn’t just take your freedom. It takes your name, your family’s peace, your future job applications. 43m can’t buy back that time.

[Lola Okunrin @lollypeezle]

If you are working in the financial sector, there’s no way you won’t have heard about how a girl working in one of the most popular Nigerian Banks in Ikorodu is currently cooling her heels in prison as we speak.

I have never seen a bold idiotic thief like this girl before. As a head teller, she was stationed at a Nigerian University in Lagos. I won’t mention the bank or the school. This girl has access to all the accounts the university has with her bank. The accounts are so many that I doubt the school has wind of amounts flowing in. They don’t even have people monitoring these accounts. (I blame the school on this part).

This girl, Zainab in the past two years has been removing monies from different accounts belonging to this university with huge sums. The day she would remove 1m, 2m or 3m. It was possible because the bank branch she operates in is a very small unit and authorization is done by her. (The branch in the school is small. I think it is just for deposit).

One sunny day like that, someone from the Bursary department of the school noticed it and immediately went to the small bank in the school to meet with the amazing thief. He wasn’t there to stop it, in fact, he was there to negotiate. He negotiated and gave the girl more accounts to penetrate into with a splitting formula. In 2 years, they have moved about 100m according to the school.

How was she caught?

Some months ago, she was transferred out of the branch to a big branch where her roles are limited to authorization. So, she needs someone to initiate the transaction first before she authorizes and that’s the work of smaller tellers. She didn’t have access to direct debiting again.

Some Fridays ago, at the close of business, she codedly and cunningly used the access of one of the newbies teller to make a 3m transfer to the account she was always transferring to. (She has opened an account for her younger brother using her own details. He didn’t even know he has an account with the bank). She has even gone to her desk to authorize it. Omo ogbon.

The newbie teller sensed something was wrong and immediately went back to log in, only to see the transaction she never did. She called another newbie teller and they faced Zainab to provide her the ticket to the transaction she did on her computer. (A crime on its own. Every bank frowns at giving out your login details to another staff). Being the head, the cunningly maneuvered her way out and told them they will get the ticket on Monday.

The newbie teller couldn’t sleep all weekend. Her heart beat fast until she spoke up and explained what happened to her sister who asked her to inform their boss on Monday. It was when she reported that they searched through her login details and found out she has stolen enough in the past two years while she was in the school small branch.

Police were invited and investigation happened broadly. Everyone involved was packed.

Now, what did she spend money on? She has made over 43m but never bought land or house. She dresses newly everyday. She doesn’t repeat clothes. While others are eating mama put, she’s always ordering meals. She orders Uber for everything and will never be caught in danfos like me. She won’t even manage BRT 😭. She didn’t spend 1 Naira on her family. Her mother sells bread on the pavement beside the road in Ikorodu garage. She was buying wigs upon wigs upon wigs. She spent money sleeping in hotels and balling her boyfriend. Nothing tangible was caught with her. In fact, her mother still sell bread by the roadside with her head buried in shame her daughter brought upon her.

Everyone has a fault in this case but a thief is a thief. What she didn’t know is that Freedom is better than 43m. Kirikiri will open your eyes. If you are a thief, you can stop now.