Paul Okolo

Journalist, communications consultant.

[iNspiritextra @iNspiritextra]

This is my first time seeing a biblical ordination like this.
My goodness! I have goosebumps all over!

Congratulations, Bishop @TomiArayomi
I pray to experience this too someday!

[iNspiritextra @iNspiritextra]

Don't keep quiet!
Speak up!
Speak positive words of life!

✝️ Pastor Dolapo Lawal

[gst @wearegst]

Lagos state has a public waste management problem.

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

I can’t remember which airline I was complaining about when some people told me to try Value Jet. They said they were quite reliable. So, I decided to try them today.

Value Jet 4pm flight from Abuja to Lagos. Boarding was announced just after 4pm. We all got to the foot of the aircraft and the plane couldn’t take everyone. It turns out they had combined two flights. Some people were told at the foot of the plane that they couldn’t go on the flight.

They took our hand luggages at the foot of the aircraft because the cabins, according to them, the cabins were full. We were not given any luggage tags. I asked and they said there was no need.

As I boarded, they asked to see my boarding pass and said “Free seating after Row 8.” I asked, “What do you mean? I am in Business Class, seat 5A.” They found me a seat at 2A.

When we were seated, they announced we were going to Lagos via Iperu, Ogun State. The lady Prof that sat next to me said we were taking the scenic route and we both laughed when they announced that we should sit back and relax.😀

When we got to Iperu, those of us going to Lagos were asked to stay onboard. It turns out that some people who were going to Lagos with us were planning to then go on to the Ijebu and Ikene axis from there. Given the unexpected detour to Iperu, they took the opportunity to disembark there. My process and quality assurance mind went to the integrity of the flight manifest.

I had a window seat and just happened to see my hand luggage being taken to the terminal. Because it is an all-Aluminum case, it is rather distinctive and easily distinguishable. I had to shout. They said they would sort it out and would ask for all the bags to be brought back. That took another 10 minutes.

When all the bags were brought back, we were then asked to disembark to identify our luggage. Some passengers had a few choice words for them.😀 They wondered what would have happened if I hadn’t seen my bag being taken to the terminal at Iperu.

When we eventually re-boarded, they then made the usual apology for the delay “for operational reasons.” One guy shouted “Operational reasons kee you there!”😂 There were shouts of “fraud”, “scam” and “deceit” from the back.

At 7:07 pm, three hours after boarding, we finally landed in Lagos.

Somehow, I am not even in the mood to make wahala today. I just want to get to my hotel and have a cold beer.😀

[THE NORTH LONDON @_NorthLondon]

Highbury from scratch

[Nigeria Diasporans in UK 🇳🇬🇬🇧 @NDIUKCommunity]

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[TechCabal @TechCabal]

Every year, people fly in from six continents to do in two days what would otherwise take six months of introductory calls. More than twelve thousand six hundred have passed through the room since 2023, from forty-four countries

[Boason Omofaye @BBoason]

Oct. 10: The initial deadline of August 9 set for participation in the @dangoteRefine #IPO in Southern Africa, has been revised upward to 12noon Monday, October 12 as banks and other financial institutions in the region and Nigeria cut back on time required for fund transfers by investors. @FrontierAFR @DangoteAfricaa @AlikoDangote @SECNigeria @BankofBotswana @cenbank @MwangoCapital @ZimbabweReview @AgnesGitau @GraceOghenekaro @kenyanwalstreet @SADC_News

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

This is not just another study to read, share and move on from. I say that as a Black woman who has experienced miscarriage and stillbirth within Canada’s health care system, and as a researcher studying Black women’s experiences of miscarriage in Canada. A new national study of nearly 1.5 million births found that Black people in Canada had a 66% higher risk of severe pregnancy complications than White people. We have the lived experiences. And we have been saying this for years. We now have the data as well. So what are we going to do about it?

I was almost a death statistic.I don’t want another Black woman to become one before we decide to act. Read the study. Talk about it. But most importantly, let’s do something with what it tells us.

#BlackMaternalHealthMatters

[Paul Okolo @PaulOkolo]

We always hear this kind of story year after year during the rainy session. Wait till the dry season before you celebrate. This bragging is premature.

[gst @wearegst]

This power minister claimed electricity has improved but parts of Lagos have been in total black out for almost 3 days.

[Omoyele Sowore @sowore]

This is former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, being used in a hospital advert after undergoing knee replacement surgery in India.

These so-called “experienced leaders” had every opportunity while in power to build first-class healthcare facilities in Nigeria. Yet, in old age, they travel abroad for the very medical care they failed to make adequately available at home and can even end up as advertisements for foreign hospitals.

At this rate, perhaps one day a hospital in France will be using a Nigerian president, Tinubu for its adverts.

What a tragic indictment of decades of failed leadership and neglect of Nigeria’s healthcare system.

[God is Love @JQNotes]

He was turned away at the door because of a damaged ticket, watching his daughter shine on stage from behind the glass. When she started to sing, he sang along from outside—because a father’s love needs no admission. Kindness unlocked the door, bringing him right to her side. Love always finds a way to bridge the distance. ❤️

[Arsenal News @Arsenal_NewsHub]

🚨🔴⚪️ ARSENAL OPPOSE STRIPPING MAN CITY OF THEIR TITLES

Arsenal are reportedly not in favour of Manchester City being stripped of their Premier League titles if the club is ultimately punished over the alleged financial breaches.

Instead, Arsenal are prepared to join other clubs in seeking compensation for losses they believe resulted from the situation.

The view within the club is that removing titles could damage the reputation, history and commercial value of the Premier League.

Arsenal’s preferred approach would be for Manchester City to compensate affected clubs financially while keeping the titles they won on the record.

🔴⚪️ Punish the wrongdoing. Compensate the clubs. But don’t rewrite the history of the Premier League.

#AFC #Arsenal #ManCity #PremierLeague #COYG

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

While holding the high office of Attorney-General of the Federation, @aamalamiSAN had a trusted “business partner”, one Abdulrahman Musa Bashar, who accompanied him everywhere.

Their business was bribes.

When he needed to discuss this business, Abdul (as Mr. Malami called him) would make the call, and Mr. Malami would speak on Abdul’s phone. Mr. Abdul was Malami’s trusted bagman and corruption circuit-breaker.

It was from proceeds such as this that Mr. Malami acquired the portfolio of properties worth over $154.6 million which the Nigerian courts ordered forfeited two months ago.

On the showing of this #MambillaHydropower case, there is more. He will deploy that loot in his pursuit of the governor’s mansion in Birnin-Kebbi in #NigeriaDecides2027 .

Abubakar Malami visited impunity on the office of Attorney-General of the Federation; indignity upon #Nigeria; and infamy upon himself. There is more than enough in the decision of the arbitration tribunal to bring him before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, #LPDC, and to disbar him from the roll of lawyers in Nigeria.

That much is clear.

https://t.co/2dMJkeYqF1

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

The truth is that we don't know what we need, and our wants are always shortsighted. 2007, I needed 650k Naira to pay my rent, and my salary bill for the year was about a million Naira. I felt getting 5 million in commission from selling one property for my uncle would solve all my problems.

I tried hard, but the deal fell through 3 times with 3 different buyers. The last buyer was the funniest; his wife gave birth prematurely to twins on the day he was supposed to pay me, and he called it off because he had unexpected medical bills in America. I took that as God's sign, and it was.

Later that year, my salary bill was 5 million Naira a month, and we were paying it because we got a mobile money implementation contract for several counties for MTN. What I ended up getting and doing was larger than my imagination.

That was also the first year I started reading "The Prayer of Jabez," thanks to the recommendation of Diokpa (Senator) Emmanuel Chibuzor Nwachukwu. I also did the Prayer of Jabez Devotional for one month. I do it now religiously at the beginning of every year, and my territory is now enlarged and global.

"Oh, that You would bless me indeed,
and enlarge my territory,
that Your hand would be with me,
and that You would keep me from evil,
that I may not cause pain!"*
— 1 Chronicles 4:10

[Di⭕s ᝰ.ᐟ @Dioslev]

I cried and fixed my life after listening to The Gap between KNOWING and DOING by Jim Rohn

📍Don't let your learning lead to knowledge, you'll become a fool, let your learning lead to action, you'll become wealthy.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

🐍 Today is Snakebite Awareness Day.

Every snakebite should be treated as a medical emergency. Knowing what to do can save a life. Learn how to respond to a snakebite — and stay away from ssssnakes! https://t.co/z4jTRs7NA0

[Dangote Africa @DangoteAfricaa]

A Nigerian vision on a global stage.

At Times Square, New York City, our President/Chief Executive, Aliko Dangote, joined members of the Dangote leadership team as the story of Dangote Petroleum Refinery lit up one of the world’s most iconic locations.

With him were Halima Aliko Dangote, Fatima Aliko Dangote, Zouera Youssoufou, David Bird, Murat Erden, Ibrahim Dikko Adamu, Muhammad Jamilu and Anthony Chiejina.

A moment that reflects the scale of our ambition and our continued commitment to building world-class African enterprises.
Made in Nigeria. Built for the world.

#DangoteGroup #DangoteRefinery #MadeInNigeria #BuiltForTheWorld #TimesSquare

[Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK) @fkeyamo]

Next week, Abuja, Nigeria will play host to top dogs in African aviation

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

What if the best way to challenge Africa’s stereotypes is to laugh at them?
Charity Ekezie has built an online audience by using humour to push back against the assumptions people make about Africa, answering stereotypical questions with deliberately opposite responses.