President Bola Tinubu can just easily promise we students that we don’t need to pay back our NELFUND loan anymore.
He no need campaign again, he don enter for next term😂
NIGERIA IS A MASSIVE CRIME SCENE.
For those who may not be aware,
I will share a little true-life story that will shock you to the bones about this money.
Actually the money found in this Lagos apartment in 2017 was not only 43million dollars. They also found £28,000 and 23million naira ALL IN CASH at the apartment. Yes, ALL IN CASH.
Guess who the owner of that apartment is? A former director of the NIA and former ambassador of Nigeria to commonwealth. A gentleman called Chief Ayo Oke.
By February 7, 2019; two years later after the money was found in his apartment, the Federal High Court in Lagos issued a warrant for the arrest of Chief Oke, former director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and his wife Folasade following an application by EFCC. Just before their court date, they reportedly left the country for “medical treatment”.
The EFCC then declared the couple wanted after their failure to respond to court summons. They were charged with the theft and laundering of staggering amounts of public money. One of the EFCC charges relates to roughly $43 million, £28 thousand, and ₦23 million—all in cash—that the EFCC found in this their Lagos apartment following the 2017 raid.
Another charge by the EFCC against th couple relates to $160 million that the couple allegedly diverted from the Nigerian federal government for their own use.
In 2017, after this scandalous discovery of money in his apartment, Chief Oke was suspended as director general of the NIA. The then Vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo headed a committee that investigated the incident and recommended to President Buhari that the director general be removed.
Till today, NOBODY knows what happened to that money and where that money is right now. As I said above, it was not just 43 million dollars found in that house. The also found £28,000 and 23 million Naira ALL in cash. In that same apartment. On that same day in April 2017.
Now for the icing on the cake:
Guess where Chief Ayodele Oke is now?
He is quietly back in the country after Tinubu freshly nominated him few weeks ago as an ambassador. Yes, the same man who fled the country and evaded the courts when suspicious millions of dollars was found in his apartment. He is now an ambassador representing our country before the international community.
And no, what you just read now is NOT fiction, it is not nollywood and it is not a wild imagination.
Every single detail I shared here is true.
You can google it and fact-check me.
Good morning: happy Sunday.
After my Call-To-Bar, from 2021 to mid 2022, I was paid 60k and 80k respectively at the two law firms I worked in. The first is a Top Tier firm into transactional law. I left it because my monthly expense was like double the pay or more.
The second is a small time litigation firm. I left because the man wouldn't complete the salaries until towards the end of the next month and got annoyed when we didn't say "Thank you, Sir," at our first encounter after each payment. Although, it wasn't just me he did that with. At the time I left, he was owing me about 30k or 40k.
According to his secretary, whom I'd run into about a month later, he (my former principal) lied to people around the building we worked, that I resigned because I asked him to lend me some money, and he refused because young people “need to be responsible with money.” (He'd had his oldest associate arrested because he owed that one a bigger sum and they wouldn't let it go. It was settled somehow.)
After my experiences at those places, I touched two more places, with a stint as Executive Assistant/Practice Manager for a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, whose employees literally billed me daily to help them take care of their families. After all, I was the “Ajebo Oga's boy”—and the salaries of 5 of them all together didn't add up to what Oga's daughter earned as a Youth Corper.
But Oga didn't pay me anything. He just gave me stipends twice and said those stipends would eventually add to the total sum of my salary. Because according to him, at 200k, I'll be his highest paid employee—ever, lmao. So, paying it "small small" we'd release the burden of the “huge” sum from him.
I followed him everywhere. I wrote his speeches for events, analysis for newspapers and academic papers, and I researched for him anytime he wanted to speak on TV. I also worked to digitise the law firm, redo the law library, review his book, recatalogue the case files of the firm. The courts were on vacation for half my time there, so I didn't go to court frequently.
I was like that new skool lawyer put to revamp a big traditional law firm and spice the life of its veterans. I actually liked the man. I often liked my bosses indeed. But I left because he wouldn't pay me. He always talked about “adding value over caring about money.” But I knew of his children. It seemed that didn't apply to them. After I left, I kept getting calls from that office until the next year.
I got employed to work in Data Protection/Anti-Money Laundering in a Tier 1 Bank. There they'd justify the little bits of cruelty and disrespect here and there upon the notion that they should be lucky they even got employed. “Have you seen the amount of unemployed graduates on the streets?” When such stupidity was directed towards the lawyers amongst us they'd say, "if not for us, you'd have been under the sun, “doing affidavit.” “Your white would have turned brown.” Of course, that wasn't the specific reason why I gave my notice of resignation.
But when I look back at all of it, I wonder if it would have been better if I just stayed home and switched on my laptop. What I found interesting in is, each time I wore my suit and tie (that i bought with my own money), and left home, and took these pictures, and appeared in these events, and spoke at the conferences, I was seen as a youth leader, an upright gentleman, a big boy, a leaned G, and I couldn't buy a Car. Like, I had no hopes of buying one. I had no hopes of making any major strides if I didn't get picked by a top firm or company. I didn't even have the time to apply for it. I lived in a state of constant lack. I have a record of sleeping for only like 4 hours a night, through my early adulthood until recently.
Now, it's important to state that as someone who's seen people lead a brilliant life due to their workplaces, I don't denounce working in any job. Nonetheless I'd love to point out some things.
Oh, and before I do, let me just say this: it won't be well with anyone who underestimates the value and essence of money—profit making and shared wealth.
Okay let's continue. The points:
1. It's totally okay to work to learn if it's a scalable investment which you can afford to make. If you can't, work to earn. But make sure it's scalable, still. Because you have to grow eventually as a human. Needs advance, things become expensive, and you need resources to make the right risks. If you feel guilty about working to earn, then I hope those whom you're trying to please pay your bills for you.
2. Most offices in Lagos have no reason to bring people to the office daily. This is the major source of fatigue amongst the youth. When you add the mental effect of screens and information explosions on the brain, you'd fear for the manner of health problems that await many of us.
3, Unfortunately, there's such a thing as being unable to afford a career move. Be sincere with yourself. You're not the same as your friend who collects rent for his parents. You can celebrate people's wins, admire them, and learn from them, without making quick decisions to be like them.
4. Employee incentive isn't limited to salary increase. It's been treated with dignity, being heard, reviewing compensation (for weekly wage instead of monthly, equity, profit sharing, broad HMO plans), flexibility (remote days, early noon resumption, shifts), and so on.
5. If you have a source of income that helps you pay for your basic needs, do not pick a job with an average pay, if it will hinder that source of income. A new job comes with a new lifestyle—new financial priorities. You'd care a lot about how you present yourself as a professional in a particular ecosystem. The social pressure alone would make you spend. Then, there's the expenses for personal development.
If you're not careful, you could throw away some 5 years of your life and not be much different than before. Lmao you could even end up in huge debt. So, if you already have your basic bills sorted, scale it by upskilling, or use it as leverage to find your ideal job. If it requires you to do some courses or join some networks, you should do it. It's what your comfort affords you.
You don't get a day job for the sake of it. Or worse, because you don't want to look lazy to your neighbours. A job must improve your lifestyle. If you can't tell specifically how it does, you're playing. I was making some money with law and writing when a neighbour told me he believed I'd dropped out from Uni, ‘cos he saw me spinning a basketball as I walked on a weekday. I still didn't explain myself to him. He's idle.
6. Because a work culture isn't for you doesn't mean the people there are inherently bad. You can recommend that same place to others. It's always great to have people in a "system.” I have friends in the oddest places.
7. Lastly, Nigerians are culturally cruel. So, you should care more about being in a work environment that is civil rather than a boss who is “good.” Because nothing assures you that the boss would be that way when it matters.
Also, anyone can look good from the outside. One woman I worked for as a Graduate Freelancer was busy appearing on Business Day Newspaper as she was owing me 30k. She'd ask for my account number each time I asked for my money, and didn't pay for 3 months.
Another instance, my friend had hit it off with her colleague during a program. So, he invited her to work for him. After a while, the same became progressively evil towards her and the other employees joined him against her.
There are many bosses who would donate to church, empowerment conferences, competitions, and still make you feel guilty for taking sick leave.
Am I missing something?
Sunday Jackson's pardon is a good news, but only for Jackson. What should have been a win for Jackson and us all is for the majority decision of the apex court in his appeal to acquit and discharge him.
As it stands, that decision worries me, as it has made defending oneself a very difficult option to explore. It would have been desirable to have him exonerated by the verdict of a court, instead of the discretion of a governor.
We can count on the law, we cannot count on how discretion will be exercised. The majority decision in Jackson's case still needs to be revisited, either in Jackson's case or in a future case with similar features.
I shed tears of pain two weeks ago, the first time this year. I do not recall crying last year.
My good friend and colleague, Justice John (@legalbreed01), lost his wife, Mrs. Akudo Lovelyn John, in a very questionable circumstance.
I attended their civil wedding a year ago, precisely on Wednesday, 18th December, 2024.
Justice and I have been good friends since we met in the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus.
My friend, Justice, is seeking justice.
Below is the personal account of the tragic death as written by Justice .
THE AGONY OF LOSING MY BELOVED AND NEWLY WEDDED WIFE AT GYNESCOPE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, LEKKI
My wife went to Gynescope Specialist Hospital, Lekki for childbirth and died from mismanaged Primary Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH). The same hospital where she registered and had her antenatal care without any underlying illness.
In her third trimester, during one of the antenatal visits, the Consultant and attending doctor, Dr. Joseph Aliyu Yahaya, disclosed the considerable size of the baby. We raised concerns regarding safe delivery options and the possibility of an elective Cesarean Section (CS) owing to the fetal size. The Consultant dismissed CS and insisted on SVD.
On Wednesday, 3rd December 2025, my wife went into labour. The Consultant performed episiotomy on my her, and our baby was delivered weighing 4.2KG. Immediately after delivery, the consultant left the labour ward and my wife’s episiorrhaphy was done by his subordinate.
My wife complained of a dripping sensation inside her body. After observation, the Consultant noted that the vulva was unusually swollen and the sutures were too tight. The Consultant re-sutured her. After this second procedure, my wife looked lifeless, pale, and unconscious for hours, while the bleeding continued unabated.
The Consultant confirmed she was bleeding internally yet took no active steps in referring or seeking specialist help outside the primary facility. There was a clear 15-hour window between the delivery of our baby and my wife’s eventual passing. Blood transfusion was done without first identifying and repairing the source of bleeding.
At about 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, 4th December 2025, my wife complained of discomfort and began convulsing. It is important to note that at this critical moment, no medical personnel were in sight. Minutes after I screamed for help, doctors and nurses arrived from the ground floor. There was notably no oxygen in the ward where my wife was admitted. At this time, I requested for a transfer of my wife to another facility, but the Consultant said no facility would accept her without a pulse. Minutes later, the Consultant then agreed for her to be moved.
MY OBSERVATIONS DURING THE EVACUATION OF MY WIFE
Firstly, the Hospital brought a stretcher without side guards or straps to evacuate my wife. While moving her, she fell off the stretcher onto the hard floor of the tiled walkway on the 3rd floor. (I have challenged the Hospital to release the undoctored CCTV footage of the 3rd floor showing when my wife was being stretched out in the early hours of Thursday, 4th December 2025). I rushed to help lift her back up. The staff seemed confused about whether to use the stairs or elevator, thereby wasting valuable time during such an emergency.
Secondly, upon reaching the ground floor, I expected the ambulance to be positioned at the entrance of the hospital door, ready to receive her. Sadly, the ambulance was stationed about 80 metres away, still covered in a tarpaulin showing no readiness. Only then was the cover removed. When I asked the driver to open the ambulance, I heard the most shocking thing - the keys were with Human Resources (HR) Manager. It took considerable time to retrieve the keys. When the driver finally opened the bus, he stated he needed to connect the battery. Throughout this chaos, my wife lay in the open on a stretcher, unattended and without oxygen.
Osun people really suffered under APC. Anytime I remember, I get angry all over again.
When other governors were commissioning new projects, Oyetola was sharing beans and coke.
So the Big Four:
1. KPMG
2. Deloitte
3. Ernst & Young (EY), &
4. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
cannot handle the MoU on Taxation?
A dishonest bunch had to go all the way to France. So the question remains, “what’s the relationship between Nigeria's revenue agency & France?” No one gets out of bed for nothing!
1. So what does France stand to gain?
2. From where do we start to plot the graph?
3. What’s the nexus btw the FIRS & France?
PricewatehouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte, & Ernst & Young (EY); so none of them have the infrastructure to handle the so-called taxes?
IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER?
With the whole secrecy surrounding the MoU, the “dishonest bunch” already told you there will be no transparency in the collection & the utilization of your taxes; & I will tell you why.
The document contradicts itself!
According to the MOU, France will “provide technical assistance” but will not “provide technical services.” What’s the difference?
The FIRS claimed that France does not have access to your data, but they said they will share knowledge. So how will France gain the insight that could enable it give the FIRS quality “advice” without access to “sensitive” data?
The FIRS put out this contradictory statement at 9:43 PM (WAT) on a Saturday. Let's see how long before they realize how damaging it is, & delete it. You can see the red flags yourself.
There are two plausible reasons for the contradictions, & neither is palatable:
1. FIRS don’t fully grasp the implications of this.
2. They understand the implications perfectly, they are just being economical with the truth.
However, since there is no National Assembly, the Office of the Citizens of Nigeria took it upon ourselves to hold the government accountable.
So leave plenty English &:
1. Publish the signed MoU.
2. Publish the oversights.
3. Publish the framework.
4. Publish the safeguards.
While at it, account for the monies saved from all the subsidy removals. This should be an easy task for a so-called Deloitte’s Accountant.
Nothing is as funny as trying to claim you didn’t know that BOLA AHMED TINUBU was going to be this bad.
Both of those who supported him and we that didn’t……knew that nothing good was going to come out of his government.
Some of you supported him because of tribe, religion, and others thinking his government was going to favor them.
All the signs were there. Stop being silly!!!