AOJOA

student of many, teacher of few. never ceasing to ask 'why' and 'why not'

exboy. chelsea. introvert.

[nduka omeife @ndukaomeife]

“But they didn’t understand it
And I tried to make them see
That one is only poor
Only if they choose to be.”

- Dolly Parton, Coat of Many Colors

Good night, Dolly Parton.
Thank you for impacting the world through your music, your stories, and your beautiful heart. ❤️

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

@KatorTarkaa My mother would say,

"It is in the days of little, you train yourself to be faithful - stay dignified in not keeping more than what you've asked for".

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

PSG signed so many world class players in a desperate attempt to win the UCL. They couldn't.

In the end, they won it by creating their own world class players out of people who were willing to do the job.

[Renegade @_wapnen]

I went to secondary school in Barkin Ladi 20 years ago. This is what SS1 - 3 boys were doing, night shifts in the blistering cold. I did it too. My mates in Oyo were sleeping or studying. I’ve watched this shit deteriorate in real time.

Barkin Ladi now looks nothing like it did when I graduated 14 years ago. I went to the same junction we used to buy stuff during outings last year & I was shaking. They don’t speak the same language. Crisis after crisis. Slowly, the people who used to till those lands are now doing menial jobs in the south. The names of the villages have changed. The senator representing that region was killed few days after I graduated when he attended a mass funeral of people who were massacred by the Fulanis who now occupy their homes. 14 years ago guys.

Trying to raise awareness about this state-backed conquest feels like screaming under water.

Few months ago, my aunt in mangu came to ask for money to trade cause she can’t farm anymore. Their farms were attacked 3 years ago. They wouldn’t dare go back.

For more than 10 years, we’ve had internally displaced persons from Borno living in our house, after my mother took them in. They only go back to their so-called homes for funerals. 3 brilliant kids; Elizabeth, Margaret and Grace (named after my now late mother for her benevolence). The dad does security work, the mom cleans. Who knows what they could’ve made of themselves back home? I do, they’d have been compost for aliens.

It always starts small then it spirals out of control. We’ve seen all kinds of terror. I wish they just came and shot people but that’s not fun enough. Bullets are for runners. They’ll slice pregnant women open to kill their fetuses. They’ll feed women their kid’s fingers. They burn people alive, hack them with machetes. When people try to defend themselves, that’s when soldiers come in. They call it farmer-herder clashes. They say cattle was rustled. Cattle was rustled? That’s why you renamed my village and put 200 people in a mass grave ?

I remember @YarKafanchan saying that she wept after the 2015 elections cause she knew her people would die like flies & then what happened in southern kaduna? When people talk, they say where’s the evidence? But what about the bodies? Dying is a morbid thing to be skilled at but boy, we have experience.

We’ve seen “strategists” platform them and defend all manner of wrongdoing on the alter of political correctness.

Omoh, let me just stop here.

[Restore World Order @RW0Media]

Full set of Katt Williams on The Roast of Kevin Hart.

Kevin Hart and Katt Williams end their long-running beef live on Netflix.

[Stanley Ezinna, MBA. @Stazingar]

@Wizarab10 I once read a memorable line by Leo Rosten:

“We fill our homes with excess things, then travel to escape them.”

[maya @mayaviatwitta]

i never beg except when it’s to differ

[AOJOA @Olorvnfemi]

@Wizarab10 the kite runner

[Uncle Ruckus @Emarged]

"Don't try to understand women, women understand women and they hate each other." – Al Bundy

[Beno SarkCess @benopaonyx1]

Today, men decided to tweet like women
I’ve compiled most of the hilarious ones here 🤣💔

If you’re having a bad day or night, check the thread 🧵

[Noella @NoupebN]

No matter how evil MONEY is, POVERTY is not holy.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

A father’s sacrifice. If it didn’t work out, he knew he was gonna die. But he still took the risk for his son’s career.

[Basil @basilabia]

I am crying, this is the current bank lending rate range in Nigeria.

[Nywele Ngumu @mariahsudi]

Walk.. I used to walk so much everyone thought I was mad.. I walked the dog one day, it refused to move any further 😩

[Pharaoh👳🏾‍♂️👑 @MrMekzy_]

I randomly saw a video of this rapper on my TL, only to realize that it was an old school mate in the military school,i haven’t seen him since we left school. I think he is doing well, please listen and tell me what you think. kindly check him out. @iamxstyle

[Somto Okonkwo @General_Somto]

Christian Genocide In Nigeria: The Full Video Interview With Reverend Ezekiel — Everything The World Needs To Know About The Ongoing Killings Of Christians In Nigeria.

In This Exclusive Interview, Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo, Regional Chairman Of The Church Of Christ In Nations (COCIN), Plateau State, Speaks Boldly And Emotionally About The Genocide Against Christians In Nigeria. He Addresses U.S. President Donald Trump’s Reported Threat To Intervene, Shares Personal Accounts Of Brutal Attacks, And Presents Disturbing Evidence To Support His Claims. Reverend Dachomo Also Reveals Threats To His Own Life, Providing Images And Proof To Back His Testimony, While Urging Nigerian Authorities To Take Decisive Action To Protect Vulnerable Communities.

[Nwunye Chairmo @AnthoniaUmoke]

I got called into a meeting with HR today cause apparently telling my coworker that I knew he was a C-section baby by the way he avoids labour is not acceptable in the workplace.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

I bookmarked this to respond later. I think I have about 5 mins to weave my thoughts.

If religion didn't exist, the North would have skinned all her politicians alive - home by home.

At the core of Nigeria's working engine as a business, is a simplistic architectural design woven by the trifecta compact of religion, politics & culture.

None of these individual units from the trifecta can function by itself. Religion needs politics, politics needs culture.

All of these individual units are important for the Nigerian people to remain a certain way, for Nigeria to work - for some people.

The reason why certain Christians get abroad and stop going to church altogether is because they discovered that most of the requests the Nigerian church made us pray for, are basic amenities we lacked because of terrible governance.

The church has a market to sell, which is the merchandise of hope but for that merchandise to be relevant, the political beampoint has to do its part - keep policies in place that make sure the people keep seeking hope.

If policies work, everything runs, the ordinary Nigerian can feed, provide and slowly scale upwards the Maslow's hierarchy of needs - the hopeless wouldn't need the church.

If wicked policies run long enough, sometimes the hopeless might seek to speak up - that's where tradition and culture comes in. They create a taper of morality that forbids rebellion.

Sometimes they work hand in hand with religion but the goal is simple - make sure people don't and can't speak. Trap them under the guilt of rebellion. Repeatedly echo that leaders are "appointed by God".

This my friend, is the machinery that has ensured the wheels of the weaponization of poverty run smoothly.

This is a complex conversation we keep avoiding, a conversation that spotlights the instructive elements in a social experiment, like Nigeria, that keeps people chained.

Fire is good - good to cook, good to warm but fire once razed down the entire city of London. This is my point.

Religion is one of the paradoxical social tools that has entrenched into the fibres of our humanity.

As much as it is designed to enforce good, it's been responsible for a lot of bad.

As much as it liberates, it imprisons.

It unites communities, while demonizing others.

The destructive part about this social experiment is that, it is not forceful. Despite its design, it makes you feel like you're willing participants.

As long as you're within, you'll think you're wearing bangles - but people outside the matrix can see visible chains.

It is difficult to step into the awareness of these operational standpoints and not be consistently angry. It is not difficult. It is impossible.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

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