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[Dera @invstInMe]

🏭 REFINERY 101 (1/🧵)

Nigeria produces crude oil.

We fill our cars with petrol.

We power generators with diesel.

We cook with LPG.

But have you ever stopped to ask:

How does crude oil become the fuels we use every day?

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[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

Wow 🤩 👏👏

Nigerian 🇳🇬 Southeast Students Chimdiebube Onwubiko, Egejurum Onyedikachi, Don Anele Munachimso and their teachers Head to STEM Olympiad Final in Rome.

Bring the gold 🏆 home 🙌🏾🙌🏾🇳🇬🇳🇬

[FS YUSUF @FSYusuff]

Tomorrow, Egejurum Munachimso will proudly represent Nigeria in the Primary category at the International STEM Olympiad Grand Finale in Rome, Italy.

After months of preparation, he is ready for the challenge and heads into the competition with remarkable confidence, believing he has what it takes to achieve a perfect score.

We wish him the very best as he showcases his talent on the global stage.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

The competition is tomorrow, and the boys are ready.

[IGBO History & Facts @IgboHistoFacts]

GIG Group was founded in 1998 by Mr. Edwin Ajaere, who hailed from Isu LGA, Imo State, as God Is Good Motors, with a vision to provide premium transport services across Nigerian cities.

In 2009, Edwin Ajaere was kidnapped and killed. His son, Chidi Ajaere, who was just 21 years old at the time, returned from the United States and took over the affairs of the company.

Since then, the company has transformed into a leading technology-driven logistics conglomerate, with interests spanning multiple sectors of the Nigerian economy.

They raised a great son. Chidi Ajaere is doing wonders and transforming logistics across Nigeria.

The GIG we see all over Nigeria today is largely the handiwork of the brilliant Chidi Ajaere. His parents would undoubtedly be proud of him.

With aspirations of becoming one of Nigeria's top-ranked conglomerates, the company aims to be a propeller of progress in every facet of life.

Chidiebere Ajaere has successfully expanded the horizons of GIG Group, leading to the birth of several subsidiaries, including:

• GIG Logistics (deliveries to the US, UK, China and West Africa)
• GIG Motors
• Ziuss Energy (Oil & Gas)
• Stellas Banking & Finance
• RichmondHill Real Estate & Property
• GIG Aviation, the latest subsidiary, following the acquisition of two ATR72 cargo aircraft for logistics services.

Today, GIG Group is a conglomerate with over 5,000 employees.

A remarkable Igbo success story.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Every developed nation first became an education superpower before becoming an economic superpower.

Education is not another sector.

Education is the operating system of a nation.

Everything else runs on it.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Don Anele Munachimso Marvelous is now ready for tomorrow’s competition. He has refused to smile since morning.

He will be representing us in the Senior Category at the International STEM Olympiad, Rome, Italy.

He is currently the best in Chemistry for IGCSE in Nigeria.

His head is filled with math and science. He is such a gentle and well-behaved boy.

He is a star.

[Dr. Ose Etiobhio @osemagnum]

Olympiad exams are like the Olympics or world cup of academic prowess.

I came 4th in local Olympiad in physics. I didn't qualify for the National rep to stand for Nigeria.
It was big deal then.

All of us who met in various competitions then in secondary schools knew each other.

I'm so happy with what Alex Onyia is doing. These guys are the best of the best... the curriculum for any Olympiad is so much.

[Chichi @chibzyyyy]

You cannot out-hustle a failed government.

You cannot out-pray a failed government.

[FS YUSUF @FSYusuff]

Here’s a cleaner and more impactful version:

This remarkable youngster, Don Anele Munachimso Marvelous, has built an extraordinary record of academic excellence. He emerged as Nigeria’s best Chemistry student in the IGCSE, won the ₦5 million Star Prize as the overall winner of the 2026 South East Mathematics Olympiad, and secured first place nationally at the National Mathematics Competition in Abuja.

His outstanding performance also earned him a $100,000 scholarship to study in Canada.

This Saturday, he will represent Nigeria in Rome, Italy, competing against students from 154 other countries at the International STEM Olympiad.

A brilliant young mind with a bright future—the world is about to know his name.

[Dera @invstInMe]

That rice that looks undone 👀

[Dera @invstInMe]

@TheGooveDuck All the comments had me questioning my sanity, like it was any other book🤷🏽‍♀️

[GEEZ TV @geeztvofficial]

Nigerian students from Southeast, Egejurum Onyedikachi Ethan, Victor Onwubiko, and Don Anele Munachimso Marvelous, have arrived in Rome for the International STEM Olympiad Grand Final starting this July.

[Agu @camelaeto]

When it comes to recommended literature texts, WAEC will never ever stagger.

Their 2016-2030 run is quite frankly phenomenal.

The last agent of the anti-olodo uprising.

[TheCable @thecableng]

THROWBACK VIDEO: Adeniyi Adeyemi, convener of ‘presidential promotion council’, hosted pre-world investment summit dinner in Abuja with diplomats, politicians and security officials in attendance

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

We just arrived in Rome, Italy.

Thank God for journey mercies.

We are about to make history.

[Dera @invstInMe]

@TobiMide @fluffyakaraa This things happen every year, why so shocked ?😕 we know the causes and what to do to avoid all these still…they act brand new

[Dera @invstInMe]

@afrisagacity @cixthstudio 👀

[Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON @aonanuga1956]

STATEHOUSE STATEMENT

Re: The Matter of Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew and the fictitious  Presidential Economic Advisory Council

We are aware of the public interest in the matter of a man called  Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, who has been parading himself as the director-general of a fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council.

The office of the Chief of Staff to the President first blew the whistle on the existence of the illegal agency, following complaints from officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council that another government agency appeared to be functioning at cross-purposes with it.

The Chief of Staff, on October 17, 2025, in a letter, asked the DSS and the Police to probe the activities of ‘fraudsters and imposters’ forging appointment letters purportedly from his office.

“The attention of this office has been drawn to the activities of certain individuals and groups engaged in the forgery of official appointment letters purportedly issued from my office. The fake documents, bearing falsified signatures, reference/folio numbers, and seals, have been used to claim leadership appointments to non-existent entities, with particular reference to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.

“The aforementioned entity under the leadership of one Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew as Director-General is said to have an office at the Federal Secretariat Complex Phase 111, 2nd Floor. Also, they have been parading themselves as a legitimate government agency, hosting meetings with both foreigners and Nigerian citizens, and even going so far as to request a note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the United States of America to facilitate visas for some of their staff.

“The above development not only constitutes a serious criminal act but also undermines the integrity of the presidency and the credibility of official government communication. 

“I therefore urge you to initiate a thorough investigation to identify and apprehend those involved and also to uncover the network facilitating the forgery,” the Chief of Staff wrote in his petition to the security agencies.

The letter to the security agencies was accompanied by a copy of the forged appointment letter, a copy of the request for a note verbal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and pictures of engagements obtained from the illegal agency's website.

Around the time the Chief of Staff lodged the complaint with the security agencies, the existence of the fake agency had raised concerns within the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

In a letter on October 15, 2025, the Foreign Affairs Ministry wrote to the office of the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff to the President, requesting clarification on the status of Adeyemi’s agency. The letter, which Ambassador Anderson Madubuike signed, followed Adeyemi’s October 10 meeting with ambassadors at the Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments in Asokoro, without recourse to the ministry.

“This act contravenes extant rules and regulations guiding diplomatic practices globally,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its letter.

On October 20, the Office of the National Security Adviser wrote to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on the request of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

On 29 October,  the OSGF wrote to the Chief of Staff requesting clarification. “This has become expedient owing to several requests from governmental and non-governmental bodies seeking to ascertain the status of the appointment under consideration”

Two days earlier, the Chief of Staff sent his own clear rebuttal to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, stating that he had never issued an appointment letter to Adeyemi as director general of the fake presidential foreign investment promotion council. The Chief of Staff could not have issued a letter of appointment to a non-existent agency. Moreover, the Chief of Staff does not make appointments or write letters, as these are the exclusive preserve of the Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation.

On November 5, 2025, the Chief of Staff responded to the OSGF, again flatly denying Adeniyi Adeyemi and his spurious agency. “Prince Adeniyi Matthew, director-general of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, is unknown to any office, nor do we have any dealings with the said council.

“My attention was drawn to a letter of this purported application, which is fake, and my office has instructed the police and other relevant security agencies to carry out investigations on the person and the entity he claims to represent”, the chief of staff wrote.

The Police made the first move by responding to the chief of staff's letter dated 17 October and began their investigation. On 27 October, Adeyemi was arrested in Abuja at the Secretariat office where he operated his elaborate scam.

The police searched the office and Adeyemi’s home in Suleja, recovering vital documents and exhibits. In Adeyemi’s statement to the police, he claimed that one Dolapo Babatunde Tanimola assisted him in procuring the fake appointment letter. Following his claim, the police went after the said Tanimola.  The Police found that Tanimola died in a fire incident at Kachi Hotel in Abuja on 22 October, five days before Adeyemi’s arrest. Tanimola’s body was seen by the police at the morgue, confirming the death.

The police were able to establish that the agency Adeyemi purportedly headed was fictitious, that he forged his appointment letter and the documents recovered in his office and home, that he falsely paraded himself as a government appointee, and that he falsely solicited a note verbal from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to enable him and his staff to obtain US visas. The police also found that Adeyemi operated 34 bank accounts, with nine opened in the names of his fictitious agencies, known as the FCT Investment Promotion Agency and the Public Private Partnership (FIPA-APP), and the FCT Investment Promotion Act.

The Police found that Adeyemi, using the fake documents he created, fraudulently opened a CBN account by misleading the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. According to the police, no government money has been transferred into the account.

“The act of the suspect constitutes criminal forgery, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence, thereby bringing the office of the Chief of Staff to the President and the Presidency to disrepute before the public and international community”, the police wrote in the report of the investigation conducted by the assistant commissioner, Kabir Mogaji. 

Based on their investigations, the police filed an eight-count charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja against Adeyemi and two of his accomplices on November 27, 2025. He is due in court on July 27.

Adeyemi was on police bail when he recently claimed that the Chief of Staff had appointed him as DG of the fictitious agency. This claim contradicted his statement to the police in November last year. His new claim prompted the Chief of Staff, on June 8, to issue a disclaimer consistent with earlier advisories that the man, called Adeyemi,  is an impostor. 

The case of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew is a clear case of a con artist who appears to have built a web of false claims to deceive unsuspecting government officials and the public into playing by his scam book. He has a history of fraudulent misrepresentation. In November 2016, he paraded himself as an ambassador and President-General of the World Youth Organisation (WYO), an affiliate of the United Nations (UN). He claimed to have been elected in New Delhi, India. The local media celebrated him until the UN denied the existence of such a body.

Politicians and members of the public who are weaponising Adeyemi's claim against the Chief of Staff should refrain from swallowing his narrative hook, line and sinker. They are advised to await the trial of Adeyemi and his accomplices, as well as the court's judgement, as comments made today are sub judice.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President,
Information and Strategy,
July 1, 2026

[Dera @invstInMe]

@fluffyakaraa People that know how to play victims individually coming together as a unit🥴 nothing we go through annually is new but yet…

[fluffy💕 @fluffyakaraa]

Nigerians are actually a very dense group it’s insane. Every year we act shocked that Lagos floods. They’ll act shocked again next year.

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