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[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

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war."

Watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize speech, where he accepted the award on behalf of the American civil rights movement: https://t.co/S5fRlksKZ5

#MLKDay

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

🔈BREAKING: @BudgITng Uncovers 11,122 Projects Worth N6.93 Trillion Inserted by National Assembly in 2025 FG Budget.

We have combed through the 2025 FG Budget, and you will be shocked at what we found.

@nassnigeria inserted 11,122 PROJECTS worth N6.93 TRILLION into the Budget! 🤯

PRESS STATEMENT
Thread!

#2025FGBudget #AskQuestions

[日本学術振興会（学振／JSPS） @jsps_sns]

Applications are now open for FY2025 Postdoctoral Fellowships (Short-term (PE)(3rd)). Please submit your application forms via Japanese host institutions to the JSPS Electronic Application System by 5 p.m. on June 6, 2025 (JST).
https://t.co/oXNeGojJHs
#fellowship #postdocs

[Alexander Prishchepov @prial78]

🚨 Call for Applications: Four Fully Funded 4-year PhD Positions! 🚨We are looking for four PhD students nder the themes: Land Use and Water. Geography: Central Asia, Colombia and Ecuador. Students will be based in Germany. Details and application: https://t.co/Mprdg17TMD

[Matt Groh @mattgroh]

📢📢 Postdoc Opportunity at @NorthwesternU

@dashunwang and I are seeking a creative, interdisciplinary researcher for a joint postdoc fellowship between our labs.

If you're passionate about Human-AI Collaboration and Science of Science, this may be for you!

Please share!

[The Fulbright Program @FulbrightPrgrm]

Applications for the Fulbright Program are now open for academic year 2026-2027!🌐 Apply to Fulbright to advance your research, build networks, and be part of a lifechanging international exchange experience.

Begin your #Fulbright journey today by applying to the U.S. Scholar Program at https://t.co/0Vte5OzPUB or the U.S. Student Program at https://t.co/P89bKVkPub

[SOAS South Asia Institute @SOAS_SAI]

PhD scholarship for candidate who wants to create and pursue their own socio-legal research project on sectoral water conflicts in South Asia as part of a major new research project at SOAS - (WATCON).

Candidate criteria and application procedure 👇
https://t.co/Jzp1IK6Aom

[Sanjeev Varshney @skvdst]

ESTS Biology Club Fellowship 2025
3-month Robotic Research Fellowship at University Hospital Zurich.
Fellowship Grant
• Grant amount: 18’000 CHF (includes salary, 10% overhead, project costs, travel reimbursement).
Details at https://t.co/CtW5HQndmE
Apply by 1st April 2025

[ResearchTweet @ResearchTweet22]

Multiple Postdoctoral Fellowships, Research Assistant, & Research Jobs at University of Bristol, Bristol, England

#opportunities #scholarship #research #Postdoctoral #Postdoc #job #UniJobs

[Sanjeev Varshney @skvdst]

McKenzie Post Doctoral Fellowships at @UniMelb for early career researchers (who have completed PhD on or after 17th March 2022).

3 year research opportunity with A6 level salary
A$ 25,000 research grant

Details at https://t.co/SGLBf4JX9c

EOI must be made by 24th April 2025

[jenny russinova @jennyrussinova]

I will be recruiting one PhD student and one postdoc in 2025. If interested please contact me already. @VIBLifeSciences 🌱🌱🌱We are interested in steroid hormones. See our published work
PMID: 40068682 
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[ResearchTweet @ResearchTweet22]

Multiple Postdoctoral Fellowships, Research Assistant, & Research Jobs at University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States

#opportunities #scholarship #research #Postdoctoral #Postdoc #job #UniJobs

[Mr Imbuya @Imbuya_media]

"I disagree (with Bishop Kukah) that our democracy is a work in progress...

I became a governor through the courts. I didn't pay the courts 1 Naira, and I was declared the winner. It cannot happen in Nigeria today.

Our democracy is failed!"

— Peter Obi

[King's India Institute @KingsIndiaInst]

The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation and @KingsCollegeLon have partnered to offer up to 2 PhD scholarships to Indian citizens to study at KCL.

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Find out more: https://t.co/jQeXxiQflQ @Kings_SGA

[APSA @APSAtweets]

Call for Applications: 2025 APSA Advancing Research Grant for Early-Career Scholars | Deadline: May 6, 2025 https://t.co/SLj4L65qyc

[YCAR @asia_york]

The applications for Postdoc Fellowship in Asian Studies have started, complete yours now for a chance at working and researching within YCAR!

🗓 Deadline: 30 April 2025
📅 Fellowship Start Date: 01 September 2025
📝 More Details: https://t.co/qBQrW0qkGL

#YorkU #YCAR

[Mohit Kumar @Mohit_Chemist]

Hello, we are looking to hire a PhD student to work on synthetic lipid vesicles and its interaction with self-assembled peptides. In collaboration with @AnaSofiaPina1 @Organica_UB
Details here https://t.co/bNoUZg1muR and https://t.co/GaW6FNvMrC

[Neda Barghi @NedaBarghi]

We are recruiting two PhD students on polygenic adaptation! https://t.co/OrjhAQZ4IE