Would you believe me if I told you that the girl on the left always dreamt of becoming the woman on the right? The first picture was taken when I was just 6 months old. Guess you can say it was prophetic right?
No movie has made me feel the way High School Musical made me feel. 😭
I watched it at least 20 times as a child. The love! The joy! The teenage romance! The music 🥹
Dammy Feyide returned to Nigeria, then started running creative classes for indigent and troubled children. Her intention was to do that and then return abroad after her NYSC, several years on, she is still here.
Because that idea became a private school. At Dammy’s private school, children who were once in remand and correctional homes and from poor background get to access the best of education, at no cost to them or their parents. Tuition, boarding, uniform…everything free.
Dammy Feyide is a miracle. The LISA school, LET IT SHINE ACADEMY, is an example of what is possible when a woman decides that, irrespective of what the times say, she will make a mark by giving the future a chance.
These children from marginalised backgrounds now have a shot at a great future, because someone said their future cannot reflect the already tough life they had to negotiate to get to LISA.
We must all do our bit to help LISA thrive. Dammy started it, she doesn’t need to bear all the burden of its survival. You can ask me about how to support LISA.
Honoured to share my official photos as the Mayor of Barking and Dagenham.
This Borough raised me - now I have the privilege of serving it.
It’s not just a title. It’s a commitment to community, visibility & progress.
Let the work begin!
🇺🇸 US citizen - $13.42 (instant approval)
🇳🇬 Nigerian citizen - $560.53 + VFS fees $100 + emails to HR to verify you have a job + sensitive data (detailed bank transactions for 6 months) + ~1 hour calling your father to send proof that you’re loved at home
All for A CHANCE 😵💫
Two countries that have recently simply stopped granting E-visas to Nigerian passport holders except you go through an authorized agent - Qatar and Vietnam.
This race to the bottom seems like it has no end.
The “middle-class” debt trap:
Car finance: Up to £1,500 a month
Student loans: £30,000 and counting
Wedding: £30,000 for one day
Mortgage: £400,000 over 25+ years
Over half a million in debt, how is this the British dream?
A system designed to keep you paying forever.
My heart is with Palestinians heavy because I really don’t know what to do? We’ve been shouting, petitioning, condemning, blocking ships, arms, forcing establishments to divest and protesting for months. For the result to still be the same? Like what on Earth is this hell
*some personal news* I am writing another book!
A joy to be back with the @MerkyBooks team who completely got my vision for this from the get-go. Can’t wait to share all these stories with you 🇳🇬🇬🇧❤️