Kola Ogunshote

PR and advertising professional. Proud @DePaulU PRAD alum. Committed to the propagation of positive human values.

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In 1999, a 16-year-old girl from Enugu, Nigeria won a green card lottery with her mother and moved to the United States.

27 years later, she painted the Obamas. The green card lottery. Think about that.

Her name is Njideka Akunyili Crosby.

Her mother, Dora Akunyili, was a professor of pharmacology who would later become one of Nigeria's most celebrated public servants, the woman who went to war against counterfeit drugs as NAFDAC Director General.

But in the late 1990s, Dora was just a mother who wanted her children to have options.

She entered the US Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

The lottery.

She won.

In 1999, 16-year-old Njideka packed her things. Said goodbye to Enugu, to Lagos, to the life she'd always known.

She moved to America with her sister Ijeoma.

She took a gap year.

Studied for her SATs.

Took American history classes.

Then returned to Nigeria for National Youth Service.

Then came back to the US to start again.

She took her first oil painting class at a community college in Philadelphia.

Her teacher Jeff Reed saw something. He pushed her to apply to Swarthmore College.

She got in.

She studied biology and art.

She met a Texan named Justin Crosby and eventually married him.

She went to Yale for her MFA.

She built a career that redefined contemporary art.

And on June 14, 2026, 27 years after that green card lottery win, she stood in Chicago and watched Barack and Michelle Obama see their faces in her painting for the very first time.

A lottery ticket. A Philadelphia community college. The Obama Presidential Center.

Nigeria does not produce ordinary people.

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

@KhileshGautam6 Scam.

[Minister Of Information @RAISRAEL2]

Truth be told

[Nurses Against Dick Pics. 🪷🇺🇦 @ClaudetteGGibs1]

Please take a listen and repost.

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

@justkency @queenie4rmnola She said racial superiority is a myth. The statement is not ridiculous. If you don’t understand that, you’re either not black or you’re dumb.

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Pam Bondi’s stats on Trump saving hundreds of millions of lives from fentanyl has her sounding high as f**k

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa wrote the following letter to Donald Trump:

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[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

It’s a Nigerian Christmas! Merry Xmas to you all! Enjoy!💕
#naijaxmas

https://t.co/mihCC5nFNH

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

The video we have all been waiting for. Kamala Harris on SNL tonight! Share to piss off Donald Trump. 🤣

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

@YNB @OmariJHardy Sadly, idiots abound.

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

This election cycle, journalists have to prevent politicians from talking over them and steamrolling without any fact checks. Lies, false equivalencies and misinformation are big threats to American democracy. Interviews have consequences. @CNN @kaitlancollins @andersoncooper

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

Now thank we all our God.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
https://t.co/5XjhyGRQAr

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

Here is a message to all Nigerians from the Mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson.

Happy Independence Day, Nigeria! 🇳🇬🎇
#October1st #NigeriaIndependence

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

@simonateba Obviously, Simon Ateba is enjoying the MAGA buzz here. She has a right to free speech just as you do. I still think Twitter needs a dislike button so we can speak our minds about certain tweets.

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

@mhdksafa Since this woman has not been sanctioned or fired for this disgusting act, everyone at @IrishGymnastics must resign and @iresport @govdotie @PresidentIRL must take action. Please retweet.

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

@mhdksafa OMG! This was no doubt a deliberate action by the official and irreparable damage has already been done to this little girl. It makes me very sad that @IrishGymnastics played this down and made sure there was no repercussion. This sickness called racism is absolutely disgusting!

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

@marclamonthill @theGrio I'm Nigerian and I can tell her for free that there's hardly any country in Africa that was never colonized by Europe. Nigeria was colonized by Britain and Congo was colonized by Belgium. Thanks, @marclamonthill for calling out that out that piece of fiction. Knowledge is power.

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

Happy Independence, America!
#4thofJuly

[Kola Ogunshote @kogunshotte]

Narration by Professor Yemi Osinbajo, former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 😍😍

[Prof. Yemi Osinbajo @ProfOsinbajo]

Greatness is Nigerian.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to serve.

[Mac Strategies Group @MacStratGrp]

In honor of #InternationalWomensDay and #WomensHistoryMonth, we want to recognize and celebrate the talented women who make up more than half of our Mac Strategies Group team! We’re proud to celebrate the incredible achievements of women around the world — today and every day.