Myra Edike

Philanthropy. Football @Nextfootballstarsfdn . Fashion. Music. Travel. Food.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

Academic excellence being underappreciated in this part of the world, saddens me.

Two weeks ago, Naomi Olayinka was announced Top In The World, at 2024 IGCSE exams.

This is an accomplishment that's supposed to break the internet.

Congratulations, Naomi. 👏👏👏

[Eziokwu @Iameziokwu]

“NO BROMATE!”
Have you ever wondered why we usually see this boldly printed on most bread nylons?

Well, today… I’m going to tell you why.

You see, bromate... scientifically known as potassium bromate (KBrO₃) is a chemical compound once used in bread-making. Bakers loved using it because it made their dough rise better, the bread softer, and the loaves looked fluffier and more appealing.

But there was a problem. A deadly one.

If bromate isn’t completely broken down during baking, which often happens when bread isn’t baked hot or long enough... it usually remains inside the loaf. And whenever humans consume it, it accumulates. Studies began to show that bromate was carcinogenic. Meaning that it could cause cancer and it could also cause serious damage to the human kidneys.

For years, Nigerians ate bread laced with this silent poison. It was everywhere. Bakeries used it freely because it was cheap and effective until one woman decided that enough was enough.

Her name was Professor Dora Nkem Akunyili, the Director-General of NAFDAC from 2001 to 2008.

When she took office, Nigeria’s food and drug system was like a jungle. Fake drugs, unregulated imports, and dangerous additives flooded the market. Dora wasn’t the kind of woman who looked away. She sent her team into bakeries across the country to collect bread samples quietly.

When the results came back, what they found out was very terrifying: most bread in the market contained dangerous levels of bromate.

That was all she needed to see.

In 2002, NAFDAC under Dora Akunyili officially banned potassium bromate in all bread production across Nigeria. She didn’t stop there, she also went on air, she held press conferences and she called out those bakeries by name. She told Nigerians, “The same bread that makes up part of your children’s breakfast could slowly destroy their health.”

She faced lots of backlash. Bakers fought back. But she stood firm.

Under her leadership, NAFDAC raided bakeries, shut down violators, and educated the public. And slowly, the change began. Bakeries shifted to safer alternatives like ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and the phrase “NO BROMATE” became a proud declaration of safety.

Today, most Nigerians don’t even realize how many lives that single policy saved. Dora Akunyili wasn’t just a regulator, she was a protector. A woman whose integrity and courage forced an entire industry to value life over profit.

So, the next time you unwrap a loaf of bread and see “NO BROMATE” written boldly on the nylon, please pause for a second and remember the woman who made all that possible.

She saved a generation.

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@prophetessfay1 Congratulations to me!!!

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

The obvious trap that anti-GMO campaigners keep falling into is to base their argument around science instead of economics. That's a surefire way of losing the debate and making yourself look like some kind of Pastor Chris conspiracy kook.

Look, I come from a family where if you close your eyes and throw a stone, it will hit a doctor. They're like ants. And I can tell you for free that doctors are some of the most arrogant and intransigent professionals you will ever meet, especially where it concerns things that fall within their scope which they don't fully understand - but they will never admit it to you.

A doctor is like a pilot. They are trained to carry out specific tasks using a written set of instructions and parameters. Everything functions off checklists, instructions, and equipment that someone else created, and their job is to demonstrate knowledge of, and compliance with these things. It's not a doctor's job to question the funding, motive, or methodology behind a peer-reviewed research paper. It's not a doctor's job to question why certain research studies have NOT been carried out and why.

A doctor's job, like a pilot's job, is to read what someone put in the book and follow the instructions built on this information. If a study conclusively proving that GMO food has negative health consequences has not been done because nobody will fund it, it's not a doctor's job to ask why. Just like despite Boeing whistleblowers as far back as 2014 having complained about the 737 MAX program, it wasn't the Lion Air pilot's job to determine whether the design of this aircraft posed any hazards. Their job was to follow checklist and do as they were told.

The truth that you will never hear a doctor admit is that most doctors are not especially knowledgeable about things outside their narrow field of specialisation. And even within their field, the knowledge they have is the knowledge that the medical industry allows them to have. Until now as you're reading this, many American doctors and nurses are still taught that there are racial differences in how pain is felt, and that black women feel less pain than white women. As a result of this completely racist, unscientific, 18th century nonsense which nobody has removed from the books, black women in the US are routinely given less anaesthetic during medical procedures, and they are 7-12 times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth than white women.

If you point this out to an American doctor, he will find excuses to deny the obvious or take offense at being queried by a layman who hasn't done 100 level Anatomy. Until Bill Gates funds a peer-reviewed study showing that this 18th century anachronism shouldn't be taught in medical school, and then lobbies the Department of Health to change its guidelines, they will keep defending it because that's what the books say.

So as an anti-GMO campaigners, the dumbest thing you can do is start quoting obscure or suppressed studies to 'prove' to a medical professional that GMOs are bad. It's a fight you cannot win and you would be foolish to even try. By the time he whips out a paragraph of 5-syllable words that he learnt from his medical textbook, you'll be left blinking your eyes and looking like a dickhead. Bill Gates is a very smart guy. He has ensured that the entire medical research space cannot produce any research that contradicts the one that supports his financial interests, and typically nobody who wears a white coat dares to stand up to him.

So stick to the economic argument, which is that one man cannot be allowed to privatise and monopolise an entire continent's food supply. Force them to remain on the defensive by using an argument that anyone can understand, and there is no logical comeback for.

Stop losing and looking silly because you want to take on a white coat on their own turf. It doesn't end well. Stick to what you can prove and defend empirically. Leave the Pastor Chris nonsense out.

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@biolakazeem Disgraceful really

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@FinPlanKaluAja1 Very confused set of people

[toly 🇺🇸 @toly]

Dear god

[Major Frog @TheMajorFrog]

Have you been initiated into T̵́̄h̸e̷̡͌̏ ̵̜͑O̵͛̈rd̸̀̀e̵͐̐ͅr, anon?

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@Spotlight_Abby God bless you sir @jide

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@crypto_bitlord7 @crypto_bitlord7 hello sir, my name is Myra and i run a foundation in Nigeria called Nextfootballstars Foundation (@nexfootballstarsfdn on IG) which empowers children from the slums using football & education. Kindly dust us sir 🙏🏾
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[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@crypto_bitlord7 hello sir, my name is Myra and i run a foundation in Nigeria called Nextfootballstars Foundation (@nexfootballstarsfdn on IG) which empowers children from the slums using football and education. Kindly dust us sir 🙏🏾
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[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@FinPlanKaluAja1 Goes to show that we as a people are not ready for liberation

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@FinPlanKaluAja1 You dey mind the dullards

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@MarinatedTurks @itsneme Brought a sword to a knife fight 😃

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@JoeyAkan Quite accurately and beautifully written, God bless you

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@FinPlanKaluAja1 Dude has deleted tweet. Next time instead of drive traffic to his tweet take a screenshot of said tweet, tainz sir

[CrownprinceCom2 @CrownprinceCom2]

Nigerians Voted for their favorite Candidate but the INEC CHAIRMAN failed to declare the right Winner

Who did you vote for?
Comment for Tinubu
Retweet for Obi
Love for Atiku

Opay/Thiefnubu/Olubukola Adeyemi/2m Naira/Nyesom Wike/Arise TV/Civil War/Fulani

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

#AllEyesOnTheJudiciary

[Myra Edike @MyraEdike]

@FinPlanKaluAja1 What have we done as a people to have such stupid people foisted on us?

[SportsDokita (Odogwu ☝️) @Sports_Doctor2]

THE REAL IDAN
(Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala)

1. Former MD of World Bank
- She had a 25yr career at the World Bank.

2. Former Nigerian Finance Minister
- She led the negotiations that led to Paris Club wiping out Nigeria’s debt of $30 BILLION.

3. Member, International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunities.

4. Director-General, World Trade Organization.
- She’s the FIRST woman and African to lead the WTO.

What exactly do you think a woman of this caliber needs from your unconstitutional replica of a President?