STREET BEGGING was one important reason why my restaurant business failed.
Let me explain.
Just because AMALA ROYALE was owned by a young person, we designed it to cater to the taste of young people in the community.
It worked.
It became a hub where young people gathered to discuss football, music and politics after meals.
About a year after we opened, these guys started manning the roads leading to the restaurant, begging from our customers.
There’s one day I will never forget.
I saw a good, regular customer of ours and asked why he had stopped coming.
He simply said:
“Why I go dey come spend 10k for your restaurant and still hold 10k for boys for junction?”
That statement hit me.
We sourced some things locally to empower their mums and dads. Fufu, nylon bags, etc., including labour, were sourced locally.
I supported their carnivals and other community events. I gave them food.
But they didn’t care.
Eventually, we had to close down.
And when we closed, it wasn’t just the end of a restaurant.
It was the end of business for some of them, their parents and their neighbours too. Na the butcher I pity pass, man was making 6k daily preparing goat meat.
World Champion energy, anime edition.
Jessica Oji brought a little anime into her gold medal photos, recreating two of her favourite poses, including one inspired by that classic “power-up” moment when a character reaches another level.
Considering she just became a World U20 champion, the transformation pose feels pretty appropriate.
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Just watched the Sheep Detectives with my family hoping for a little lighthearted comedy before bed and I’m fucking sobbing. everyone involved in this cinematic masterpiece belongs in prison
In this video, I try to answer some questions I've gotten so far about Co-build With God.
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"At the start of the session, they made us write out our goals... and exactly how we wanted to accomplish them." — Israel Tolulope Adekimi.
From setting goals to cutting out phone distractions in the school hostel, global Cambridge IGCSE winners Serena and Tolulope break down the preparation strategies that propelled them to the top.
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"For me, I would say IGCSE Mathematics is easier than WAEC Mathematics." — Tolulope Israel Adekimi.
Following his triumph as the world's top performer in Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics, the Year 12 student outlines how decoding real-world scenarios makes the international paper more approachable than its domestic counterpart (WAEC).
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The Furious 2026 has the most confusing, abnormally long, yet the most well choreographed fight scenes I have seen in a long time. Big ups to the entire movie crew and cast. Easily a 9/10 movie.
If tribalism is not banned in Nigeria and made a serious crime as is it in Rwanda, Nigeria can never move forward as a Nation.
A divided nation cannot progress!
We will not renovate government owned schools anymore nor offer to train their teachers. They have the resources to do that and they can fix them if they wish.
For ISEE we will build modular container schools across communities in the South East, hire and train our own teachers, use of own 21st century globally relevant blended curriculum to train the children.
We will also give out scholarships, sponsor sports competitions, support technical education, apprenticeship education, invest in science and innovations.
We must remain independent and laser focused with top level management of our investments.