Onyinyechi Daniel

Leo!!! Humility!!!

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

In Nigeria, okpa is a traditional delicacy mostly sold on the streets. Meet a woman who has been selling okpa for over twenty years. Despite the gruelling journey, Victoria has put her four children through school.

In collaboration with Okechukwu Omeire

[Maryanne Moghalu @MaryanneMoghalu]

Elections just concluded in the US. A reminder that when people come out in large numbers to vote, things happen. Do not let anyone convince you that your vote will not count. Elections are rigged when turn out is low.

[Sophia A. Nelson @IAmSophiaNelson]

Dear GOP, you earned this night. You let a carnival barker, felon, thrice-married adulterer, credibly accused of sexual assault, and adjudicated civilly for that very act, wanna be crime boss, lure you into a dark cult of personality. This is the price you pay. The people were paying attention. You woke yet? #Elections2026 #midterms

[Onye Nkuzi @cchukudebelu]

Switzerland is not an "innocent bystander" in all this. They are co-conspirators with Paul Biya and his kleptocratic posse.

When the story of Cameroon's ruin under Biya is told, they must be included.

[Farida Bemba Nabourema @Farida_N]

Kemi, congratulations on leading a major British party as a Black Woman. It takes real talent to rise to where you are and deceit is what it takes to rise as a Black leader in a western Conservative Party.
It is a pity the climb did not leave room for a history book and since you chose to argue in the language of history, let us do the history. Let’s dissect your verbal diarrhea point by point.

Everyone participated." Slavery existed on every continent. So did war, and nobody calls a village feud the World War. The transatlantic trade ran for 366 years (1501 to 1866) and put about 12.5 million Africans on ships, of whom about 1.8 million died before they saw the Americas, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. It ran through joint-stock companies, chartered monopolies, Lloyd's underwriters and acts of Parliament. It was hereditary, because the law made the child of an enslaved mother property from birth. It was racial, because a whole continent was defined as chattel. No other system in history combined those features at that scale. Dissolving all of it into "people from every continent" is far worse than intellectual dishonesty.

Britain was a market leader, not a participant. British ships carried about 3.2 million Africans, second only to Portugal and Brazil. The Treaty of Utrecht (1713) gave Britain the asiento, a thirty-year monopoly to supply 4,800 enslaved Africans a year to Spanish America. The Royal African Company, chartered in 1672 and headed by the Duke of York, later James II, branded its captives "DY". During Edward Colston's years in its leadership it shipped about 84,000 people, and roughly 19,000 died on the way.

You say British taxpayers should not answer for what happened before they were born. They did. In 1833 Britain borrowed £20 million to compensate slaveholders, and taxpayers serviced that loan until 2015, including the descendants of the enslaved. So the principle you invoke was not applied when the cheque went to slaveholders. It only appears when the cheque changes direction.

"Navel-gazing" is a curious charge from someone whose party spends more energy on the past (Empire nostalgia, culture war crusades) than most of those you accuse. Defend Britain if you must. But do not use your Nigerian name as the permission slip for arguments Nigerians know better than anyone.

[Ibrahim H Abdulkarim @ziter001]

Fellow young Nigerians and well-meaning citizens,

Let us reject disinformation meant to weaken our mobilisation or turn us against the electoral process. Not everyone at INEC is opposed to a free and fair election. We must not make the Commission an enemy or direct harm toward its officials. Capable professionals, the party, and the Presidential Campaign Council are already engaging INEC constructively. Trust the leadership handling these matters.

We must also stay alert. Some interests within the APC government appear eager to force unnecessary ICT procurements on the Commission and may use public pressure for that purpose. Do not fall into that trap. Let those best placed to handle institutional engagement do so, while we focus on the decisive work of the people.

The Osun elections have been an eye-opener: the more voters we bring out, the harder it becomes for anyone to rig the outcome. Nearly 50 million undecided voters remain open to persuasion. Take our message to every community, campus, and market where our opponents struggle to reach. Present our candidate, promote the party’s logo, and bring out new voters who have never participated before.

Young Nigerians, we especially urge you to present yourselves to be polling agents and Vanguards at all levels. Your presence at the polling units is one of the strongest protections of the people’s will.

To INEC, we say: Nigeria needs free, fair, and credible elections. We encourage you to succeed in that duty and stand ready to support every effort that strengthens the integrity of the process.

Stay focused. Organize. Mobilize. Vote and protect your votes like your life depends on it. Surely, our lives depend on it. High turnout and disciplined participation remain our strongest path to victory. Together, we will secure the future Nigeria deserves.

Signed,
Mallam Ibrahim Hussain Abdulkarim
Director-General
National Campaign Council
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)
#VoteNDC
#NigeriaWillBeOK

[Pat Utomi @UtomiPat]

Peter Obi and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will not spend billions of naira on SUVs while millions of Nigerians are struggling with hunger and poverty. The fact that the APC cannot go a day without mentioning Obi's name in its political sermons suggests that the party recognises the strength of the PO/RMK movement. Nigerians, a great change is possible in Nigeria, and with your PVC, you can help make it happen.

[Tamara @TamIWas]

Given the shocking allegations about her son, Andrew, should we view Queen Elizabeth's and the rest of the royal family's efforts to portray a dignified, honourable family in a new light?

[TJ @tanjan1965]

Meghan was told about her father 8 years ago, she & Harry have stayed away!
The Royals were told about Andrew 15 years ago, he's had anything he wanted, still on a Million a year, off his brother.
Even an idiot can see, the difference in morals!

[Tommy Von Pelt @RivenRockRoad]

Why didn't they report their father to the Met Police?
They must have known.
Their mother introduced them to Epstein.
Complicit?

[Helen Brady Keenan @hbkeenan]

Nothing more revolting than @danwootton and @piersmorgan trying to justify their abuse of Meghan. You can wrap it up anyway you want but it is racism and misogyny. They disgust me.

[Miss Chief 🤨 @Midge1415]

Meghan is owed a huge apology, from a lot of ppl. Countless ppl & organisations; who hate her but have been happy to make a living off her back, should feel shame today. Those with backbones will say sorry, those without, will of find a way to make the allegations her fault.

[meg 𓍼 @megsversion]

meghan drew a clear line with a pedophile family member and cut off contact with him, unlike the royal family.

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

Unlike Piers Morgan and many others in this country, we should recognise a fundamental principle of fairness: Meghan should not be held responsible for the actions of her father, nor should she be subjected to public criticism over matters entirely beyond her control.

Whether people like or dislike Harry and Meghan is a matter of personal opinion, and everyone is entitled to their own view. However, that does not justify dragging her name, her husband or, worse still, their children into controversies for which they bear absolutely no responsibility.

Whatever her father may or may not have done is a matter for him alone. It is neither Meghan’s responsibility nor that of her family. Attempting to manufacture headlines by exploiting those family connections is deeply unfair, wholly unnecessary and, frankly, inexcusable.

There comes a point when common decency must prevail over the pursuit of publicity. We should draw a line under this now. The actions of a parent are not the responsibility of their children, and no family should be made to suffer simply because their name generates headlines.

Enough is enough. Leave Meghan and her children out of it.

[Kgopolo @PhilMphela]

Meghan did a number on you! That snub really hurt you.

Anyway. While we are here, why didn't Queen Elizabeth go public with her views on Andrew's paedophilia and rapes instead of paying off his loans and lawsuits?

She reportedly QUIETLY helped Prince Andrew settle his 2022 civil sexual assault lawsuit.

YOU had nothing to bitch about on that. Leave Meghan alone.

[ChrisBaronSmith @ChrisBaronSmit1]

🙄Now the Sun tabloid calls for a “collective apology” for Duchess Meghan after 8 years of bullying and vilification from the UK media for cutting contact with her callous father. This effort was led by Caroline Graham of the Daily Mail, who sinisterly befriended Thomas.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

No university lecturer or teacher in Nigeria can afford to buy a brand-new car on their salary alone, not even with car financing.

They can barely make ends meet.

The very people entrusted with educating our children are suffering.

[ChrisBaronSmith @ChrisBaronSmit1]

Types of “working royals” 🧐

• Taxpayer funded.

• Non-taxpayer funded.

Pictured below : Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex. Born HRH, Prince Henry Charles Albert David.

A royal who works, funds himself and his philanthropic work. ✨

#HarrySussex

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Tomorrow, Professor F. N. Okeke, the beloved wife of Professor P. N. Okeke, will deliver her valedictory lecture at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

Topic: A Journey in Geomagnetic Research: Discoveries, Contributions and Impact.

She is the only Nigerian to have an asteroid named in her honour and is widely regarded as one of Africa’s greatest female physicists of all time.

[Katerina 🇺🇦 @Le__Katerina]

This photo is so sweet for so many reasons…