Anthony ~ GNR Ltd

MD, GREEN NEST REALTY LTD

real estate developer and investor

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

The people are what make a country

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

We think the collapse in birth rates is a modern problem. It is not. The most powerful man in the world once faced the exact same thing, and he was so alarmed he passed laws to force his people to have children.

This was not a modern government: it was Rome 2000 years ago...

The emperor was Augustus, and by his reign the Roman elite had grown wealthy, comfortable, and reluctant to marry or raise families. Men preferred bachelorhood and affairs to the burden of a wife and children.

Augustus found it alarming enough to legislate. Around 18 BC and again in AD 9, he pushed through the Lex Julia and the Lex Papia Poppaea, a sweeping set of laws designed to engineer a baby boom by decree.

The measures were direct: unmarried men and childless couples faced penalties on what they could inherit. Those who married and had children were rewarded with faster careers and public honors. Women who bore three or more children were granted a special legal freedom, the ius trium liberorum, the "right of three children," releasing them from male guardianship.

The state was, quite literally, paying its citizens to reproduce and fining them when they did not.

It didn't work...

The laws were resented, evaded, and endlessly tinkered with, and Rome's elite went on having small families anyway. The historian Cassius Dio records Augustus standing before the childless men of Rome and shaming them to their faces: "You are committing murder in not begetting in the first place those who ought to be your descendants." A city, he warned them, is not its buildings but its people: "For it is human beings that constitute a city, not houses or porticos or market-places empty of men."

Now look at the numbers today. For a population simply to hold steady, women need to average about 2.1 children each. South Korea recently hit 0.72, the lowest rate ever recorded for any country on earth, and even after a small rebound to 0.8 in 2025, it remains less than half of what a country needs to sustain itself. Italy and Japan sit near 1.2, China around 1.0, Spain near 1.1. The United States is about 1.6, the United Kingdom 1.5. According to the UN, more than half the world's countries are now below that line.

History doesn't repeat itself, the saying goes, but it often rhymes, and this pattern is old and eerily familiar. A society climbs to the height of its wealth and comfort, and at that very peak its people stop having children, and no law, no incentive, no sum of money seems able to talk them back into it.

Rome tried, with the full power of an empire behind it, and failed. At its height the city held more than a million people, a size no European city would reach again for 1700 years, until London in the 1800s.

The Roman historian Livy, writing as the Republic gave way to the empire, said his was an age that "can endure neither its vices nor their cure." Two thousand years later, staring at the same problem and just as unable to solve it, we may be watching the beginning of the same story...

A civilization does not always fall to an enemy at the gates. As the historian Arnold J. Toynbee once said: “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

@ManUtd Anthony GNR

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

My President

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Roadmap to a New Nigeria That Is Possible – Part II

Education and Healthcare: The Foundation of a Renewed Nigeria

Recall that on July 1st, in Part 1 of "My Vision for a Productive and Prosperous Nigeria," I outlined the broad framework of my proposed roadmap for national renewal. In it, I emphasised that the transformation of Nigeria must begin with rebuilding our human capital through quality education and healthcare, supported by reforms in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), character and civic education, and strategic investments that will move our nation from a consumption-driven economy to a production-driven one. I promised to follow up with other parts in the coming weeks and months.

Today, July 16th, in the middle of July, I wish to expand on these two critical pillars - education and healthcare - because they are the bedrock upon which every prosperous nation is built. They are the cornerstones of the foundation that will ensure that a son of nobody can become somebody and remove many from the ranks of the disaffected who often become tools in the insecurity challenges confronting us.

Evidence from around the world shows that quality education and accessible healthcare are among the clearest distinctions between thriving nations and lagging ones. Princeton University Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton highlights this reality in his book, “The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.”

Nothing, therefore, could be further from the truth than the claim by some young people that “education is a scam.” Education, when combined with good health, provides the ladder for individual upward mobility and drives economic growth for the nation.

We must become more intentional about aligning education with our national priorities, as Singapore did, and challenge our country to value education in the same way Deng Xiaoping repeatedly urged China to do from 1978 onwards, with the remarkable transformation we see today.

We will work through commissions that strengthen collaboration among the tiers of government, ensuring that primary education is domiciled at the community and local government levels, with strong parental involvement and curricula that are sensitive to local economic factor endowments and the value chains derived from them.

State governments will be supported to expand high-quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), as well as general secondary education, through targeted grants and incentives.

We are also developing schemes that will enable universities to focus more deliberately on specialised areas of teaching and research, making them globally competitive while producing a workforce equipped for the demands of the future.

A NEW Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Allen Lattimer @allen_lattimer]

50 AI tools that will save you hundreds of hours in 2026. 🤯

1. Claude — Solve any problem
2. Perplexity — Research anything
3. PortfolioTab — Create your portfolio
4. Kling AI — Create AI videos
5. Tripo AI — Create 3D models
6. Gemini — Perfect writing
7. CapCut — Edit videos
8. The AI Library — Discover useful AI tools
9. YouLearn — Summarize YouTube videos
10. Canva — Design graphics
11. ElevenLabs — Clone voices
12. Podcastle — Edit podcasts
13. ChatGPT — Brainstorm ideas
14. NotebookLM — Analyze documents
15. Lovable — Build web apps
16. Bolt new — Generate full-stack apps
17. Cursor — AI coding assistant
18. Windsurf — AI software development
19. Replit — Build apps in your browser
20. Gamma — Create presentations
21. HeyGen — Create AI avatar videos
22. Synthesia — Generate AI presenter videos
23. Midjourney — Generate AI art
24. Ideogram — Create images with text
25. Runway — AI video editing
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33. Fireflies ai — AI meeting notes
34. Granola — AI meeting assistant
35. Wispr Flow — Voice-to-text
36. Zapier — Automate workflows
37. Make — Connect apps with automation
38. n8n — Open-source automation
39. Photoroom — Edit product photos
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41. Suno — Generate AI music
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43. DeepL — Translate accurately
44. Poe — Access multiple AI models
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48. Elicit — Research papers faster
49. SciSpace — Understand research papers
50. Notion AI — Write and organize notes

✅ Save this list—you'll probably use it more than you think.

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

Elon is great 👍

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

@MrCharlesky Interested please share

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

@ChiefOdogwu_ Honestly about 9 million naira for a training program, it includes the training, feeding and accommodation

[Rony @Ronycoder]

Instead of watching an hour of Netflix tonight.

This 45-minute Stanford lecture will teach you more about building companies than most founders learn in years.

Bookmark it & give it 45 minutes today. Your future self will thank you.

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

I’ve Voted for the Best! https://t.co/256YWCOmvA

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

@ChiefOdogwu_ I am the lucky one #Firstbank

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

Let us help him make this happen

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

My President!!!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Harnessing Youth Potential Through Sport.

I followed the recent celebrity boxing match where Carter Efe emerged victorious over the reigning champion, Portable. I congratulate the winner on his determination and commend both participants for embracing the spirit of sportsmanship. Such healthy competition, grounded in respect and fairness, is a culture we must consciously imbibe as a nation, especially in a time when unity and mutual respect are greatly needed.

It is worthy to note that what began as light-hearted entertainment is rapidly evolving into a platform that commands widespread attention, particularly among young Nigerians. Beyond the rings, it reflects the energy, creativity, and resilience of our youth. More importantly, it has the capacity to discover and nurture talents who, with the right support and structure, could become the Anthony Joshuas of the future, placing Nigeria firmly on the global sporting map.

It is therefore important that we look more deeply into such events. With deliberate investment, proper regulation, and institutional backing, this emerging space can be transformed into a viable industry - one that creates employment, instills discipline, and channels youthful energy into productive ventures. In doing so, we not only entertain, but also empower, building pathways for sustainable national development.

A new is POssible. -PO

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

💯

[Slim @onu_slim]

Peter Obi just described what every sincere person in Nigerian politics eventually confronts. The system doesn’t break you with one big blow. It grinds you down with a thousand small ones, court cases, internal sabotage, fair-weather allies and character attacks.

The tragedy isn’t that he’s leaving the ADC. The tragedy is that Nigeria keeps losing its most disciplined voices to the exhaustion of fighting a system designed to reward loyalty to power over loyalty to the people.

A new Nigeria is possible. But it will require more than goodwill. It will require Nigerians who refuse to let the system normalise the destruction of integrity.

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

The man Peter Obi is so true to his beliefs

[Mallam jabir @Mallam_jabeer]

If you’re in politics for selfish gain, you’ll struggle to stand with Mr. Peter Obi because his politics is not about individuals or personal favors, it’s about Nigeria first.

Mr. Peter Obi makes decisions for the collective good not to please a few and that’s why he won’t dance to anyone’s tune or bow to pressure.

His focus is clear, build a system that works, deliver real governance and secure a better life for every Nigerian.

The OK movement is not for personal interest, it’s for national transformation.

Nigeria will be OK.
A new Nigeria remains POssible.

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

I love you sir!!!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Fellow Nigerians, good morning.

I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you.

Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances.

We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal.

More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism.

We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power.

Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise.

Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them.

However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building.

Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated.

And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions.

There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline?

Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from.

Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

Hmm?

[Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630]

Almost a year after release, this book is still top-10 in Historical Study.

Check it out!

Are the mainstream media and academic narratives surrounding slavery, white flight, Native American pacifism, hippies, the Red Square, and the benefits of the sexual revolution for women...at all real?

Maybe not.

https://t.co/3kIPpSY9Tr.

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

This is true

[Rony @Ronycoder]

Instead of watching Netflix, watch this 1-hour Yale lecture by Professor Ben Polak.

It will change how you think about decisions in negotiations, business, and everyday life.

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

well said

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Elon Musk on why the smartest people drop out of college:

"You don't need college to learn. Learn stuff. Everything is available basically for free. You can learn anything you want for free. It is not a question of learning."

Musk explains what college actually provides:

"There is a value that colleges have, which is seeing whether somebody can work hard at something, including a bunch of annoying homework assignments, and still do their homework, and kind of soldier through and get it done. That's the main value of college. And also, you probably want to hang around with a bunch of people your own age for a while instead of going right into the workforce. So I think colleges are basically for fun and to prove you can do your chores. But they're not for learning."

On hiring at his companies:

"There is a requirement of evidence of exceptional ability. I don't consider going to college evidence of exceptional ability. In fact, ideally you dropped out and did something. Obviously, Gates is a pretty smart guy, he dropped out. Jobs was pretty smart, he dropped out. Larry Ellison, smart guy, he dropped out. Obviously not needed."

Musk shares how education should work:

"Generally, you want education to be as close to a video game as possible. Like a good video game. You do not need to tell your kid to play video games; they will play video games on autopilot all day. If you can make it interactive and engaging, you can make education far more compelling and far easier to do."

He challenges the current system:

"You really want to disconnect the whole 'grade level' thing from the subjects. Allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can, or are interested in, in each subject. It seems like a really obvious thing."

Musk criticizes traditional teaching:

"Most teaching today is a lot like vaudeville. Somebody's standing up there lecturing to you. They've done the same lecture several years in a row. They're not necessarily all that engaged. That lack of enthusiasm is conveyed to the students; they're not very excited about it. They don't know why they're there. 'Why are we learning this stuff?' We don't even know why. A lot of things people learn, probably there's no point in learning them, because they never use them in the future."

On whether university is necessary:

"A university education is often unnecessary. That's not to say it's unnecessary for all people. But I think you learn about as much, the vast majority of what you're going to learn there, in the first two years. And most of it is from your classmates. If the goal is to start a company, I would say no point in finishing college."

Musk started his own school for his kids:

"I created a little school. It's small, only 14 kids now, and it'll have 20 in September. It's called Ad Astra, which means 'to the stars.'"

He explains what makes it different:

"There aren't any grades. There's no grade one, grade two, grade three. Not making all the children go in the same grade at the same time, like an assembly line. People are not objects on an assembly line. That's a ridiculous notion. Some people love English or languages. Some people love math. Some people love music. Different abilities at different times. It makes more sense to cater the education to match their aptitudes and abilities."

Musk shares a key principle:

"It's important to teach problem-solving, or teach to the problem, not to the tools. Let's say you're trying to teach people about how engines work. A more traditional approach would be: 'We're going to teach you all about screwdrivers and wrenches. You're going to have a course on screwdrivers, a course on wrenches.' This is a very difficult way to do it."

He offers a better approach:

"A much better way would be: 'Here's the engine. Now let's take it apart. How are we going to take it apart? Oh, you need a screwdriver, that's what the screwdriver is for. You need a wrench, that's what the wrench is for.' And then a very important thing happens: the relevance of the tools becomes clear."

The result:

"It seems to be going pretty well. The kids really love going to school. I think that's a good sign. I hated going to school when I was a kid; it was torture. The fact that they actually think vacations are too long, they want to go back to school. Weird, I know."

Musk reframes what education really is:

"If you think about it, what is education? You're basically downloading data and algorithms into your brain. And it's actually amazingly bad in conventional education. It shouldn't be this huge chore. The more you can gamify the process of learning, the better."

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

I did go for skill but I think having both is great 👍

[Sir Nelson @Crypto_Diet]

Two boys finished secondary school the same year.
One chose university.
The other said, “I’ll learn a skill.”
Family praised the first:
“Future graduate.”
The second?
“Why are you wasting your life?”

4 years later:

Graduate is done. NYSC next.
No job yet. Just applications and hope.

Skill guy?
Already earning small. Not big—but independent.

3 years after that:

Graduate gets a job. ₦180k/month. Stable… but tight.

Skill guy?
No degree. No title.
But earns per project. Some months ₦500k+, some months nothing.
Still, he controls his time.

Now the uncomfortable truth:
One followed the “right” path… and is still figuring life out.
The other was doubted… but built something real.

Now, Is university truly safer…
or just more accepted?
If nobody would judge you,
what would you choose?

[Anthony ~ GNR Ltd @DrIsaac19]

The Egregore effect

[Andrew Tate @Cobratate]

Why do you think people pray together?

In esoteric traditions there is a concept called Egregore.

An egregore is a thought-form created by collective attention.
When many minds focus on the same idea with emotion and intention, they generate a shared psychic structure.

Thoughts, emotions, and energies are fuel.

When monks chant in groups, hundreds of voices repeating the same words, the same intention, at the same time, they are feeding an egregore.

Just like millions of people sitting in front of the news, absorbing an endless stream of fear and negativity.
Or being toyed by algorithms built on addiction and dissatisfaction.

All of it feeding something.

An egregore becomes whatever you nourish it with.

Feed fear, resentment, and chaos, and those forces grow stronger.

So the question isn’t whether egregores exist.

But what you are feeding it with.