We must make a deliberate effort to restore academic excellence to the very top of our social value system. A society that ridicules education is toying with its future.
This constant insult towards educated people has gone too far.
You need to see the joy on olodos' faces when a very academically sound person doesn't succeed in life. They relish it. It's almost as if it gives them more reasons to talk down on education and intelligence.
When we were graduating, after I finished as the top student in my class, many of my coursemates were really eager to see how I would turn out. In fact, I would always hear them gossiping: "No be by Best Graduating Student. To make am for life no be by acada. Street na military. We go see."
I'm glad I turned out really well. Even most of those who went to Ghana for "updates" after school and eventually resorted to fraud can't measure up to my accomplishments. Till today, many of them still randomly call me and jokingly ask, "Senior man, you just dey chop dey go. You no wan give men update na!"
Deep down, they genuinely believe I must be secretly involved in fraud. This is the society we live in, where many young people have come to believe that you can't succeed legitimately, and that every young man who is doing well for himself must be involved in fraud. Even many elderly people and police officers aren't exempt from this line of thinking.
I haven't seen a country that is trying so hard to make education unattractive like ours.
"School na scam."
"No be by BSc. You get BTC?"
"Education is the key to success. Oya, use the key start Benz na 😂."
"Lecturer pack 1999 Camry, student don pack Lexus beside am."
If we continue this way, in a few years, there will be nothing left of our educational system. We are so money-centred that we don't even realize education can be an end in itself and not necessarily just a means to an end.
Everything has become, "How much do you have in your account?" or "Use your intelligence buy Benz na."
This is one of the reasons it really hurts me to see highly intelligent and brilliant people end up poor. I'm always rooting for academically sound people to succeed because I genuinely want people, especially young people, to see that you can make it legitimately through hard work and academic excellence.
Any society where only the olodos become financially successful while the brighter minds, the ones who believe in due process, continue to struggle is a society that is bound to fail.
You see how almost everyone's criticism is directed to the offender and not Christianity as a religion, same should be done when it involves a Muslim (and believers of other religions). Because if a Muslim had done this, many people will push narratives, making it a religious thing and not focus on who did the wrong, and such acts fuel discrimination.
Iran played three matches.
They drew all three.
And in every single one, they fought with heart, pride, and dignity.
But after their final match, the host nation reportedly demanded they leave immediately.
No time to recover. No time to rest. Just pack up and go.
That is not how you treat athletes.
That is not how you treat human beings.
Despite the pressure, the restrictions, and everything stacked against them, Iran kept showing resilience.
This team deserves respect, not mistreatment.
That’s the spirit of the World Cup.
You texted me and told me I’m very handsome and I billed you for my gym premium subscription and you ghosted, it’s okay if you’re struggling as a woman but don’t go around admiring men that are not on your level.
End.
“And what is my fault in Kebbi ?
I stood up here in the Senate to tell Nigerians to assist us that bandits are killing us.
And suddenly, the governor thought, I was fighting him.
I have never fought to the governor.
I have nothing against him.
But my people that sent me here asked me to cry, and I cried.
And they appreciate it. 3 years since Tinubu’s government, 3 years.
2023, 2024, and 2025.
The budget has not been implemented.
He has never implement a budget.
How does a country run without a budget?
The selective financing of project, and we have borrowed and borrowed and borrowed.
Where is the money we are borrowing?
All the revenue generating agency in this country told us they have exceeded their target.
Where is the money going?”
Senator representing Kebbi state, voices out his frustration with Tinubu led administration.
Since YCee has awakened Nigerians to the “Olodo uprising” debate, here’s a report on how the big tech giants weaponize their algorithms to dumb down the Nigerian/African population.
It’s my favorite report for the @Spearhead_Af from last year, but evergreen. Make sure you follow the @Spearhead_Af for more of this every single day.
Nigeria has now been delisted from the International Maths Olympiad, whose finals are happening in Shanghai, China, this July.
It is one of the most prestigious academic competitions in the world.
Nigeria can now only participate as an observer nation, while other countries can participate fully.
This was because of the Ministry of Education’s inability to fund students for 4 consecutive years through National Mathematical Center.
It’s a big shame for Nigeria.
In Nigeria, we live by the dash.
Everyone expects you to dash them. The security man doing his job, the police doing his job, the person giving you direction, the one helping with a parking space, the babe you said hi to, the relations that think you have money.
The list is endless.
This is not a rant by a random genocidal lunatic. It's a public post by the national security minister of the Israeli regime.
The genocidal death cult headquartered in Tel Aviv is a threat to all of humanity. It threatens all humans. Its only interest is permanent war.
From Mali to Burkina Faso to Niger to Zamfara, Katsina and the Chad basin, these bikes have proven to be the primary modes of mobility for bandits, terrorists and other criminal groups. A political leader buying and sharing them in such huge numbers shows one not in touch with our security realities. If possible, these bikes should be banned as they've proven to be threats to our national security..
Bandits went live and asked Nigerians to send azas for give aways.
They used banking apps to send money to those who sent accounts. No arrests made.
A responsible citizen made a video of the cracks on Coastal road and within days he was arrested.
If you ever come here to tell me only God can solve our insecurity problems Ogun will kpai you.
JUST IN: 🇳🇬 IMF has told the Nigerian government to impose fuel and telecom taxes on Nigerians, to increase government revenue.
Nigeria is currently the number 1 country with the lowest quality of life.
retired Generals killed by bandits, terrorists and unknown gunmen.
B Gen. Uwuigbe
M Gen. Shuwa
B Gen. Sylvester Iruh
M Gen. Idris Alkali
Chief Alex Badeh
M Gen. Hussaini Ahmed
AVM Muhammad Maisaka
M Gen. Richard Duru
B Gen. Uwem Udokwere
M Gen Rabe Abubakar.