SEN. LAIYEMO ADEBUKUNOLA

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[SEN. LAIYEMO ADEBUKUNOLA @olagirl59]

I am thrilled to share that I’ve just earned my certification as a Virtual Assistant. This is as a result of my Consistency, Grit and Growth mindset. Over the course of this training, I have gained valuable skills in project management, communication, and administrative support.

[SEN. LAIYEMO ADEBUKUNOLA @olagirl59]

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[Duke Of Osogbo🇳🇬 @FoluboiNg]

Simi just deleted her tweet because she doesn’t want false rape accusers to get punished

[Jobber Recruit @JobberRecruit]

🔘WE ARE HIRING: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Location: Surulere

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: N150,000

👉Female Preferably

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Executive Assistant to provide administrative and operational support to management.

Key Responsibilities
· Manage executive schedules, meetings, and appointments
· Prepare reports, documents, and internal communications
· Maintain organized and confidential records
· Support sales, inventory, and customer care teams
· Track tasks and daily store operations
· Assist with staff coordination and events

Requirements
· Proven EA experience
· Strong organizational and communication skills
· MS Word and Excel proficient
· Ability to multitask and work independently

How to Apply:
Send CV to [email protected] with subject: Executive Assistant

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

I’ll say a few things…

1. The anger, the hate, the love, the applause, the criticism, all of it is valid and I embrace it.
2. I am a world record holder which means I have attained something no one else in the world has ever done. I was recently honored and awarded by the city of New York.
To be honored and received by the President and the highest office in my own country for this reason is not a crime. (It is not even a national honor by the way).

I have declined many awards.

Comparing me to people who have received awards and recognition from countries that have committed war crimes is at best laughable.

3. I have no interest in partisan politics because of the sensitivity of the work that I do. If that ever changes, then I would resign my role as CEO of chess in slums Africa.

4. The rhetoric that Chess in slums only exists or is relevant because of bad governance is not accurate. The real impact of our work is in the synapses. We’re using chess as a tool to teach cognition and improve academic outcomes. Using it as a social intervention tool is because those children have fallen through the cracks and cannot make it to the classrooms. This is not charity or “NGO”. What most of you measure as the most tangible impact is we just dignifying the stories of the children you see all the time on the streets but pay no attention to. The real impact here is ensuring they have the critical capacity to think for themselves and putting them through formal or vocational education.
I continue to consult with educational institutions and tech companies around the world, so my work will always be relevant and whatever resource or influence that gives me, I will use all of it to serve the children who deserve a place in the world as well.

5. A visit is not an endorsement. I will visit many more people and will continue to sell my chess boards.

6. You may not understand my intentions or character because the only thing you know about me is what I let on social media. But reputation is not character.
It’s been 10 long years of staying with this one thing, so I know for a fact that I have earned the benefit of the doubt.

7. Again, I embrace the love and the hate. But I care for none of it.
In a decade or two, the Chess/STEM institute will stand and it will be a place where thousands of children will dream again and be educated in a way that makes them valuable to the world.
All the strong opinions we have now falls flat in the face of this.

8. Finally, I appreciate everyone who has ever supported the incredible work we’ve done in the last 7 years. We have never applied or received any international grants in this time.

9. We’ve been working with the Lagos state government for about a year now to take kids from Jakande and Isale Eko off the streets. One of them recently graduated from furniture school and is living again. Our collective hurt is valid and we may disagree on politics but there are actual lives at stake and we all have a role to play in whatever capacity to stop this hemorrhage. Yes we will partner with the government to scale this impact and institutionalize it so Tunde stops being the hero of the story. It’s your tax anyway.

10. Finally I’d say this, My fight is different.
I’m not on the fence. I took a stand 10 years ago for the country I want to see.
The truth is I will do many more things that may challenge your perception of me, but I know my heart is in the right place and whatever rooms my vision gives me access to, I will put the dreams and needs of the children first.

I live for the audience of one, and that is enough.

-Tunde Onakoya

[SEN. LAIYEMO ADEBUKUNOLA @olagirl59]

@BabatundeSilva @ifedayo_johnson Egbon yiii Nibo le lo?

[SEN. LAIYEMO ADEBUKUNOLA @olagirl59]

@ifedayo_johnson @syncurvehomes Congratulations Ogo Amuloko🎉

[Ifedayo (JIMCRUZ) @ifedayo_johnson]

I just had a conversation with Mr. Oluwaseyi Famuyiwa of @syncurvehomes, and I can confirm they truly meant it. I have been rewarded with a plot of land in Moniya, Ibadan - my city of birth!

To say I’m surprised would be an understatement. I didn’t take up this challenge expecting any form of recognition or reward.

I deeply appreciate this gesture. It is particularly exciting to see @syncurvehomes has chosen to reward brilliance in a country where mediocrity often gets spotlight.

With gratitude, I accept this gift and I promise to spread the words about their good deeds far and wide.

Please, help me appreciate and follow @syncurvehomes.

[SEN. LAIYEMO ADEBUKUNOLA @olagirl59]

@Iamtroy1636 @BasedNorthmathr Someone with another laptop fit dey beside him sef😂

[Ifedayo (JIMCRUZ) @ifedayo_johnson]

Hello everyone,

@BasedNorthmathr and I have both agreed to have the English Language Skills Challenge on Sunday, 18th May, 2025 at 7:45pm.

The challenge will take place on Twitter Space and we’re working on enabling screen sharing so everyone can watch us take the test in real time.

I will be sharing further details and modalities in due time.

The Twitter Space will be created shortly and everyone will be able to set up reminders.

If you’d like to support or contribute in any way, feel free to send a DM.

PS: This challenge is all in good spirit. A friendly intellectual exercise designed to showcase our language skills with mutual respect.

Let’s get this done and make a statement. 🇳🇬❤️

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

The One Who Wears Big Caps for Little Children.

These are my final thoughts before I hand over my phone to management. The team says I need to sleep.
But before the world goes quiet around me, allow me say a few things…

It’s my second time doing this insane thing of trying to break a world record.
You’d think it would be easier now,after all I’ve done it before. But that’s the thing about impossible things:
The first time, you survive them because you don’t yet understand the cost.
Now that I’m fully aware of the exertion it takes both physically and mentally, I’m equal parts excited and terrified. I embrace both.

Today I’ll tell you why I always wear a cap…

The night before I left Nigeria for this journey, something happened.

It was 9pm on a Tuesday night.
I was at the mall picking up some last-minute items.
Two boys, scruffy and barefoot approached me at the car park.
They were hungry and hadn’t eaten all day.
I asked their names.
“Yusuff,” said one. “Ayomide,” said the other. Both young teenagers.
As I turned to check for cash in the car, the light hit my face and Yusuff immediately recognized me and blurted out “Chess players observe,”
I was stunned.
That was our mantra at Chess in Slums, it was what we taught the kids. I asked how he knew this, he explained that he had seen me months prior at their ghetto.
This made sense as we had spent the entire month of December teaching chess and maths to street children in that ghetto. Yusuff wasn’t part of the training but on the day of the final tournament, he watched from a distance as the other kids chanted “chess players observe”. It stayed with him ever since.

He told me his story.
His mother died during childbirth. His father disappeared.
He lived with his ailing grandmother for sometime but had to leave for the streets to fend for himself. It’s been five years of trying to survive in his own
Five years of growing up too fast…He is 15 years old now.

Then, something surreal happened.

A white Range Rover pulled up beside us.
A woman rolled down the window, “Chess master!” she called out.
She stepped out with her son Jayden.
Impeccably dressed. British accent.
She wanted a photo. Jayden loves chess.
She’s a fan.

So there they stood, Jayden and Yusuff.
Both teenagers.
One in branded sneakers. The other barefoot.
One polished by privilege. The other hardened by survival.

As I asked them to introduce themselves,
Yusuff’s confidence crumbled.
He looked down. His voice faltered.

I took a selfie with Jayden and his Mum, and as they drove off I had my epiphany….

And in that moment, I saw it:
The cruel reality of the world we live in
where a boy like Jayden and a boy like Yusuff would never meet
except by accident or because I happened to stand between them.

But what separated them wasn’t merit or character, It was birth. The arbitrary lottery that decides who gets to dream,
and who must survive.

Jayden will likely go on to attend the best schools, see the world, and live fully. While
Yusuff probably ends up doing the bidding of whoever can promise him his next meal.
An Area boy.

I have met thousands of bright eyed children like Yusuffs in this life, whose pain is invisible, and by no fault of theirs live in a world where their suffering doesn’t matter.
Sometimes, we save them.
Sometimes, we fail.
But I will never stop carrying this burden in my heart.

This is why I wear big caps for little children and wear one my self.
So the world may see them in all their colors, not for the suffering they bear,
but for what I know they can truly become.

I hope have shared this burden with you as honestly as I could.
If you ever believed in me, believe in them.
Cheer for them. Donate. Share. Amplify.
We are trying to build the largest free school in Africa.
A sanctuary for every child like Yusuff
where their dreams won’t die quietly.

I do this so their dreams may find validation in my sacrifice.

I have to go now, big day ahead. Gotta make it count.

[SEN. LAIYEMO ADEBUKUNOLA @olagirl59]

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[VicKeYz (Special Breed) ❤️‍🔥🎹 @Vickeyz10]

Gladly took them to church at the social night❤️🎹🫡

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[VicKeYz (Special Breed) ❤️‍🔥🎹 @Vickeyz10]

Shutdown the NYSC ISEYIN CAMP GROUND with praises on the last day 🔥❤️🎹

This was def one of my highlights last year 🫶🏾 met a whole lotta amazing people at the camp.

@spiriitual @Wizarab10 @seyimakinde @PrinceSomorin @abazwhyllzz @Ekitipikin

[VicKeYz (Special Breed) ❤️‍🔥🎹 @Vickeyz10]

Brr ! @yabaleftonline just posted this video on IG and my phone has been blowing up for the past 3hours, diff messages from diff people!

My followers went from 10k to 13k in just less than 2hours.. @lollypeezle Thank you so much bro ! Thanks a whole lot ❤️