Chiagozie Valentine Onyema

Law Student | Non-religious | Open Minded | Igbo Man | Vice President, LAWSA-UNN | [email protected]

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

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[Tom 🇦🇷 @MOnuigbo5144]

I underestimated Ronaldo.

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

@MOnuigbo5144 Happy bending my brother.

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

Ronaldo will respond in due time. 🇵🇹

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

@MOnuigbo5144 You don bend?

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

Whatever I saw today will have an abysmal effect on the future of Nigeria.

Yesterday, the president of my faculty installed an opinion box in the faculty building.

Today in school, I opened the box to add my opinion and inside it, I saw "LAWSA Week 2026".

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Owning Up to Leadership Failures and Political Responsibility

This morning, I listened to the British Prime Minister’s speech announcing his planned resignation in July. As a keen observer of global politics, my primary interest lies in examining what successful nations do right and the structural factors that cause others to lag or struggle with governance and development.

The Prime Minister’s planned resignation comes amid mounting public frustration over a stagnant economy, a worsening cost-of-living crisis, and a perceived failure to honour key campaign pledges.

Looking inward in our dear country, we can recall our own situation. Before 2015, our President on several occasions championed the call for the then President Goodluck Jonathan to resign over economic hardship and insecurity affecting Nigerians. During the Chibok school kidnapping incident, he demanded the immediate resignation of President Jonathan, arguing that the government had failed in its most fundamental duty of protecting lives.

During the 2023 election campaign, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made several promises, including improved electricity supply. He also challenged the electorate not to vote for him for a second term if he failed to deliver on those commitments—particularly in providing stable power, fighting corruption, and improving the welfare of Nigerians.

At present, however, these conditions have worsened. Electricity supply remains unreliable, insecurity has intensified in many areas, including kidnappings, and economic hardship has deepened rather than eased. Similar concerns are reflected across other critical sectors such as security, infrastructure, transportation, and anti-corruption efforts, all of which have regressed. We are in the worst possible condition.

I, therefore, join Nigerians of goodwill in calling for the resignation of the President over monumental failure in governance. Such a gesture would help enthrone a political culture rooted in accountability and responsibility, rather than further entrenching impunity. It would also send a powerful message that public office is a sacred trust, not an entitlement, and help build a society in which future leaders understand that failure carries consequences. Only by ending the culture of impunity can we secure a better future for the society our children will inherit in a New Nigeria that is possible. -PO

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

@Demo_NG1 Very bad boy.

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

⚖️ The future of law in session! 📚

#LawStudents #MockTrial #FutureLawyers

[esquire, óbum. 🇵🇹 @Obumnemetg]

I always wonder why successful businessmen would want to leave their businesses and venture into politics.

I remember around 2015 when Uche Ogah of Abia State, the CEO of Master Energy, the company behind Master Noodles, Master Oil, and all that wanted to contest for Governor of Abia State. He was already a very wealthy man. It was obvious he wasn’t going to win, but I found it hard to understand why him and people around him couldn’t see that.

It was also during a period when the ruling party was always using the EFCC to intimidate and cripple opposition figures. I remember discussing it with my dad and asking him why nobody was advising Uche Ogah to leave politics alone and focus on his business. I told my dad that if he kept building his business, he could become the next Dangote.

My dad then took out his phone, sent him a message communicating those concerns, and Uche Ogah replied, thanking him and all. He still went ahead to contest that election and the one after it.

Since then, Master Energy has continued to struggle. Most of its filling stations across the country are now abandoned.

Which brings me to Peter Obi. It is obvious he wasn’t a poor man before politics, and he has consistently said so himself. One thing I find intriguing is that after contesting for the presidency, he still continued his philanthropy almost immediately after the election, sustained it for three years, and is now heading straight into another election cycle.

You have to appreciate the level of wealth someone must have to keep doing that over and over again.

This goes without saying that if there were any atom of corruption tied to his money, he would not be walking around a free man today.

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

The process of creating states in a civilian era that works through constitutions is very hard, strenuous and expensive.

Unlike the military era that used decrees which didn't need any Senate to pass it.

The fastest developments happen when one person makes the decision.

[Greg Nwoko 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 @nwoko_greg62705]

Fact: on 5 occasions, states were created in Nigeria.

Of the 5 instances, the States created were made possible by Four Army 4-Star Generals that became Head of State of Nigeria with an exception of General Ibrahim Babangida creating States on two occasions during his lengthy regime.

General Yakubu Gowon
General Murtala Muhammed
General Ibrahim Babangida (Twice).
General Sani Abacha.

Those that didn’t create States are:

Major General Aguiyi Ironsi
General Olusegun Obasanjo
Major General Muhammadu Buhari
General Abdulsalami Abubakar

No civilian Government ever created States during their tenure from President Shehu Shagari, President Olusegun Obasanjo, President Umaru Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan, President Muhammadu Buhari to President Bola Tinubu.

Now You Know.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Father’s Day: A Time for Reflection

Today is Father’s Day. After attending church service and in my routine reflection, I find myself once again asking a difficult question: Are we cursed, or are we the cause?

I grew up in a Nigeria that was more united and peaceful. In my primary, secondary school and university days, students related freely without divisions of religion, ethnicity, or region. We simply saw ourselves as Nigerians.

After university, I entered business in an environment where partnerships were built on trust and competence, not tribe or religion. I also lived in Nigeria, where the naira commanded respect, and Nigerians enjoyed dignity abroad, with easier global mobility and much respect for our passports.

I lived in Nigeria, where I travelled across the country—from Onitsha to Lagos, Maiduguri, and Calabar—without fear. Roads connected people, and life was more secure. Nigeria’s Armed Forces and the Police were also widely respected for their role in global peacekeeping and international stability.

Beyond security and unity, there was also a stronger sense of public trust in institutions, with greater confidence in elections, a clearer culture of accountability in governance, more stable universities that served as centres of intellectual excellence and national pride, a more functional and accessible healthcare system, and relatively better-performing basic infrastructure such as electricity, roads, and public utilities, which—though imperfect—were far less chaotic than what we experience today.

Today, as a father reflecting on Nigeria, I am pained that much of this has changed. Insecurity has grown, national unity has weakened, and many citizens no longer feel safe. Opportunities have also diminished for the younger generation compared to what we once had.

It is also worrisome that Nigeria’s influence in global affairs appears reduced, as seen in recent international gatherings such as the just-concluded G7 meeting, where African countries like Egypt and Kenya were invited, while Nigeria was absent. Whether symbolic or not, it reflects a decline in standing we cannot ignore.

As fathers, we must not only lament. We must not bequeath this reality to our children. We owe them a better Nigeria built on security, opportunity, fairness, and national pride.

A key part of achieving this is active civic participation. We must obtain our Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), vote responsibly, and remain committed to protecting the integrity of our votes. Change will not come from complaints alone but from citizens who choose and defend accountable leadership.

With responsibility, unity, and determination, we can together build the new Nigeria that is POssible. -PO

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

Pathemata Mathemata.

I've always practiced the idea of learning through suffering. Every process and failure I ever went through in my life, I always asked "What are the gods trying to teach me here?"

I pick up the lessons and leave the baggage.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

https://t.co/pzFbnoRvok

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

Nice work.

I'd love to read something in opposition to this. Coming as an intellectual discourse too.

[Sir Collins, MAAT. @CollinsofYork]

Sexual Market Value, Divorce, and the Nigerian Couple: A Market Analysis

The SMV Framework
Sir Dickson's thesis on Sexual Market Value (SMV) posits that human sexuality operates like any other commodity market, labour, capital, or goods, where exchange occurs based on perceived value, and that perceived value is heavily indexed to age. Specifically, a woman's sexual desirability peaks in youth and declines with age, while a man's desirability peaks later, rising in proportion to his financial and social status. This asymmetry in the timing of peak value between the sexes is the engine that drives the market's dysfunction.
This is not mere theory, the evidence is visible in the growing population of unmarried Nigerian women aged 30 - 40, both in Nigeria and in the UK diaspora, a demographic reality that signals a structural breakdown in how matches are being made and sustained.

The Market's Two Transactions: Lease vs. Purchase
I expound on Sir Dickson's framework to distinguish two modes of participation in this market:
A. Leasing: short-term arrangements (flings, situationships, casual relationships) where value is exchanged temporarily, with no expectation of permanence.

B. Outright Purchase: marriage, where a man makes a permanent, legally binding acquisition, historically formalised through bride price and the biblical injunction that "a man shall leave his father's house" to seek a wife.
The critical insight, and the one that connects directly to divorce, is that these two transactions are governed by entirely different motivations, yet, they draw from the same pool of participants, and crucially, they do not happen simultaneously for men and women.

The Timing Mismatch: The Root of Divorce
Consider the archetypical case: a 33-year-old Nigerian man marrying a 32-year-old Nigerian woman.

Her journey through the market:
In her early-to-mid twenties, she was at peak SMV. Older, financially established men - "sugar daddies" and "big bros" - leased her commodity. These men, having already climbed the economic ladder, concealed the struggle behind gifts: phones, chocolates, trips, and attention. To her young mind, this generosity was maturity. She had no reference point for the years of grinding that produced it. What she absorbed instead was a standard - a baseline expectation of what men do, what men provide, and how men treat women. By 32, she carries multiple body counts, a finely tuned sense of entitlement, and a definition of male maturity that was written by men who were 15–20 years ahead of where her future husband currently stands.

His journey through the market:
Culture and biology conspired against his early participation. He was socialised to understand that access to the market is conditional on financial capacity, that is, without money, he would receive, at best, reluctant and loveless engagement (pity fuck). So he delayed, focused on building, and by 33, he is stable enough to participate meaningfully. But rather than leasing, which would have been the rational market entry point, he goes directly to purchase. He marries.

The collision:
Inside the marriage, she unconsciously benchmarks him against the men of her leasing years. He is found wanting, not because he is inadequate in absolute terms, but because he is being compared to men who were decades ahead of him when she knew them. She reads his stage of development as immaturity. He reads her expectations as unreasonable. When he raises the question of shared financial responsibility in the home, she meets it with contempt, because the men in her formative years never asked her to split anything.
She married to exit the market, He married believing he had finally entered it. Both are disappointed, and the divorce follows.

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

I have a current case at the SUG High Court.

They sent my client a demand letter for a defamation suit. After drafting the reply to the letter, she told me her father wants to see it.

Her father is a lawyer and also teaches in one America-affiliated university in Nigeria.

Lol.

[YabaLeftOnline @yabaleftonline]

Doctors in the house, is that so?😂😂

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

Meanwhile, your president stopped paying NELFUND monthly stipends for 3 months now. 🥲

Come still dey borrow.

[Nonconformist @_nonconformist1]

This guy casually dolled out 35m in one day…. Somebody that’s going into a Presidential election in less than 6 months. I ask again, how liquid is this guy ??? 😳😳😳

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

I've forgiven South Africa for their xenophobia.

They know the GOAT and have recognized him.

I now support them.

[OneFootball @OneFootball]

The entire South African squad hit Cristiano Ronaldo's iconic 'nap' celebration as they equalised against Czechia 🙌👀

His influence on world football simply remains unmatched 😮‍💨

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

Hygiene officer 😂🫶

[UNCLE @MrOlibaba]

Please is water dispenser a self cleaning machine?

Because I have never seen a hygiene officer clean the ones in my office.

I had to get myself packs of plastic water.

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

@Veryblackmitch Ronaldo fan too man??

You're good! Portugal forever 🇵🇹🫶

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

I was in Basic 5. United Primary School in Anambra State.

There's this big book where they listed all his achievements. ANIDS and all. I think it's there I saw the quote "Are we cursed or are we the cause?"

I asked my father why one man can be this visionary, big, yet humble...

[Ibeh @masurge7]

It was 2018/19, my husband who was then my boyfriend had come to Abuja.

I wanted to watch some episode on Zee World but he insisted there was a Vice Presidential Debate between Peter Obi and Yemi Osinbajo!

I grumbled! But when Obi started doing His thing I went wacko.

I kept hollering "why are these guys deputizing when they should be the ones aiming for office?"

THAT NIGHT THIS OBIDIENT WAS BORN!

[Chiagozie Valentine Onyema @onyemavalency]

@Veryblackmitch I've followed back. We will get there someday man! ❤️