Da Royal Priest!

Educator || Youth Development Advocate || Technology Solutions Provider. I teach, train, mentor and consult on making the best of technology.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

"An Ambitious Person's Brutally Honest Take On Work-Life Balance" - @michaeldsimmons https://t.co/AFy1LLnkIQ

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

@Wizarab10 I remember this. I think it was for This Life though, not Super Story.

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@status_is_down Yeah. I can't access my emails. This is a first in 7 years of using @Zoho's private mail hosting service.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

What is happening @Zoho? I can't access my mails

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

Dear @aedcelectricity, the SLA for Band A is above 20 hours of power please. These days, I don't think I get up to 16 hours.

The same way you upgraded me to Band A without my permission, please downgrade me if you can't keep up your side of the bargain. 🙄 T for Thanks.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

I can't quite understand how I never get notifications for normal deposits and withdrawals on @getpocketapp, even though my notifications are enabled but the moment I deposit small money using my old VFD account, you see that 🙄 telling you that there is a better way to deposit.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

Whoever suggested that @AirtelNigeria should start selling Agbo was not mistaken. There needs to be a law that mandates networks to pay customers back for unused service.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

@tosinolaseinde I did this about 2 years ago and I can tell the difference is clear.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

I have been saying it for over a decade that we don’t have bankers in Nigeria but only bank workers. Barclays profiled me for a business account once and the questions they asked showed that they wanted to understand what I do and support me with loans. That is how they make money, by supporting the economy.

Nigerian banks on the other hand, run an extractive racket at the bottom and do (largely insider) deals at the top with large corporations and government. It is not banking but a hostage situation that finances economic arbitrage.

People grow through this system and are surprised when they can’t get similar jobs abroad. A friend determined to continue working in banking in Canada had to go back to the bottom to restart after being a senior manager in Nigeria.

I hardly see anyone who didn’t work in International banks like Citi in Nigeria go abroad to the UK and still work in banking. The systems are very different.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

@datchuguyy @TheSilvapr I can tell from experience it is everywhere. Even Abuja.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

@aedcelectricity @iam_Enyo Bought power units. Sent money via transfer. Token generation failed. Wasted precious airtime calling you. Reported on WhatsApp but no response.

I've been in your DM for two days without any way forward. You keep asking me to provide the same information. Do better, please.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

@aedcelectricity I've sent you a DM

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I've been trying to contact @aedcelectricity for more than 2 weeks. I initiated a payment of ₦10k for my prepaid meter on https://t.co/8WOdiYH8jS and the transaction was not completed even after making payment. I've called, sent WhatsApp messages and it's getting infuriating.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

@Dr_Pharouk Of all the ones listed that I have used, @joinkuda

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@AboladeSam027 @adetayo003 @saniyusuf @Engr_Ashile Unless this is a used system, it's very unlikely ₦1m is sufficient for a 2.5kVA system today. It may be okay for a 1 kVA or 1.5kVA system though, depending on your component sourcing.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

@adetayo003 @saniyusuf @Engr_Ashile My opinion - get a solar generator if you want constant power for work and don't have a lot budgeted. We have some going for as low as ₦400k and they come with their own panels.

[Sani Yusuf @saniyusuf]

In Nigeria, Solar is a necessity if you can afford it. But you do not have to do it all at once.
Start with having batteries, say 2-4, being charged with light. This should probably only work with your fridge, lights, fan, TV and router.
Your quality of life will be nearly perfect with these.

The next step is to get a bunch of panels to have the batteries charged for free with Solar.

Next step, probably upgrade to Lithium batteries, with a few more panels to carry non-essential load for at least 48 hours, planning for non-sunny days.

The final step is to optimise your appliances: low-energy bulbs, Inverter fridges, and sensors that automatically switch them off.

[Slim @onu_slim]

I once had a client in Abuja. Mid thirties. Soft spoken. Very disciplined guy.

He worked in construction procurement. Not flashy money, but stable. Rent paid in Maitama. Car was clean, not new. Children in good schools. Life was not loud, but it was steady.

His wife was beautiful. Smart too. He met her when he was still managing a small project site in Kubwa he told me this. She married the potential in him, not abundance. And for years, she stood by him.

Then Abuja entered her phone.

Gym friends in Wuse 2. Instagram. Weekend brunches. Women whose husbands were senators, oil contractors, politicians. Soft life conversations entered her living room without knocking.

Comparison quietly became her daily diet. She started saying things like; “Is this all we will be?”, “Other women are traveling every month”, “You are too comfortable.”

The man noticed the shift. He tried to adjust. Took more risks. Took loans. Overworked himself. Still, Abuja was always showing her someone doing better.

One day, she met a man who checked all the boxes she thought she deserved. Big SUV. Driver. Access. Promises.

She left her marriage with two kids for that upgrade.

Six months later, the illusion cracked.

The man was married. She was a side arrangement. The money came with control. Silence. Disrespect. She could not post him. Could not complain. Could not demand.

By the time she wanted to return, the door was closed. Her former husband had healed quietly. Focused on work. Focused on the kids. Peace replaced pressure.

Today, she struggles with regret. Not because she left, but because she realized too late that hypergamy without self awareness does not upgrade a life. It often destroys it.

Abuja is not dangerous because of money.
It is dangerous because it constantly convinces people that what they have is never enough.

And some people ruin good lives chasing a lifestyle that was never meant to be theirs.

What am I saying? Lifestyle inflation ruins more homes than poverty.
The moment your desires grow faster than your income, pressure enters everything.

Not every “soft life” you see is real or sustainable.
Many are funded by debt, politics, or temporary access.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

To Love is to want for others. To Lust is to want from them.

[Da Royal Priest! @FunmitoBlessed]

What do we need to have a class action against Nigerian networks?

@AirtelNigeria has literally had me handicapped all week. It's so pathetic. No communication whatsoever for the sorry state of the network.