Pyro🔥😎

Proud Gunner❤
Lover of Music😎 and an Hopeful pianist🎹
Working on the rest

[Pyro🔥😎 @pyronk21]

My favourite part of this book❤️

For Context; John was asking her for a one night stand, she was far from home and her Man and was working a case with John and in that time they had grown a liking for each other

For better Context : The Seventh Commandment by Lawrence sanders📕

[Rilwan @Real1_balogun]

You'll never beat human angle and lived experience.

[Yewande @LionessAtEase]

My mum owns a primary and secondary school somewhere in Akeja, Ogun Sate. There is this man, Papilo, a supplier who handles FMCG products in that area. He comes Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Sundays are for my mum and other school owners stocking up for students during break.
He is not the only one. They are everywhere like that.

One thing I know is that most of these sellers don’t pay him immediately, They pay on the next supply day or after a week. Sometimes it stretches to 3 supplies before payment clears.

I've watched him argue back and forth with customers who say no money yet. He still gives them all or little. I've seen this for over 15 years growing up. This is the practice across every informal market in Nigeria. This is Africa’s informal supply chain.

Papilo knows all his customers. He knows their children’s names. He argues, negotiates, and finds a middle ground. No App or AI can replicate this.
Papilo now runs plenty of small kekes distributed all over Akeja and beyond.

In African businesses, relationships aren’t just nice-to-haves. They are part of the infrastructure. And this is where the majority of our builders get it wrong.

A techie once went to get bread at a store and stumbles on a sole distributor supplying them wines. He thinks “so this is how these get their stocks” he goes home to google the numbers and sees millions of retailers, no central database, orders on phone call, cash payments, manual records. He sees the classic Manufacturer → Distributor → Wholesaler → Retailer chain and he goes “yes! This is a gap. This is untapped. I can build this on an app”.
Actually, he is right. But here is what he missed;

The supplier extends credit
The wholesaler knows who always pays at each time.
The sales rep knows whose child just got admitted into university.
The delivery driver knows which shop opens late or earlier
None of this can fit in an app database because they are the everyday circumstantial reality of Nigerian business owners. Your app can’t document this.

A retailer doesn’t always buy from who is cheaper. She buys from who’s delivered consistently for years. The one who lets her pay next week. The one who picks up the phone immediately there is a problem.

See your app can calculate credit just fine. But the distributor knows Mama Olomi missed payment because her shop flooded last week. That context is the business in this part of the world.

You will think funding fixes this but marketForce had $42M and still died. Sendy had $27M, Medsaf had $7M.

Your investors will push you to the usual playbook; free delivery, discounts, cashback, promotions, etc and growth will look incredible at first but the moment the subsidies disappear, you will start to compete with relationships using economics alone.

Then you’d realize your capital didn't buy survival, it brought speed to a broken model. Somebody say Reality!

Now let’s look at the ones who didn’t die. They simply mutated.
Sabi moved into traceability/export infra. OmniRetail leaned into embedded finance.
Sendy’s co-founder built TABB on trade credit data.

Rather than say we’re replacing distributors, they became the operating system behind the distributors helping them;
📍 Manage inventory
📍 Collect payment
📍 Access financing
📍 Discover retailers
📍 Forecast demand
📍 Coordinate logistics

This is the lesson for anyone building in African informal market.

Don’t ask How do i remove the middleman

Ask, what valuable job is the middleman doing that technology can make easier?

Don’t compete with the market woman, equip her. Build the layer she can’t build herself (credit history, verified supply chains, payment infrastructure, etc).

This is because Africa’s distribution problem was never about apps vs humans. It’s about who controls the trust layer. Build that, not the marketplace.

@blocstreets

[Bajomo Titobiloluwa @BTitobi]

On the health education of children, what if there's a better way to enlighten them on health concerns beyond giving talks and visiting schools?
I have an idea 💡
Come with me on this journey.
#projectilera

[Vincent The Therapist @mrhighfoster]

Mikel Arteta is 44 years old.

As a boy, his mother took him for multiple medical checks to ensure his heart issue wouldn’t stop him chasing his football passion.

He almost became a professional tennis player at 14 but chose football because "you can blame 10 other players"

As Arsenal coach, he made his squad train to Liverpool's "You'll Never Walk Alone" anthem to mentally prepare for Anfield

Once conducted an entire training session in complete silence to force players to solve problems themselves.

For a team dinner, he secretly hired professional pickpockets to steal players' phones and wallets. Just to teach constant alertness.

He's changed the size of training footballs and even brought unusual objects (like a lightbulb) into meetings for motivation

As Arsenal captain, he won two FA Cups. While as manager, he became the first to win the FA Cup in his debut season since 1987.

He's the only person to lift the FA Cup as both captain and manager for Arsenal.

He is a father to three sons. He often takes them to Arsenal's academy

He wakes up around 7am, kisses his wife first thing, then wakes his kids, calling it one of the best moments of his day.

Fluent in seven languages. Spanish, Basque, Catalan, English, French, Portuguese, and Italian (the last two learned as hobbies)

His wife, Lorena Bernal, is a former Miss Spain and actress

At La Masia (Barcelona's academy), he met future Spain star Pepe Reina on his very first day and felt instantly homesick

He lived alone in Manchester with tactical diagrams plastered all over his apartment walls

And despite the pressure, he remains deeply family oriented and protective, especially after facing online abuse involving his loved ones.
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You might know some history about arsenal, but I made this post so that you'd know some history about it's manager (Arteta)

So many people don't know that he had heart issues early in his life and career. I don't know if it still persists presently (as his health life is very private)

But admist all these, he played football.

He won trophies as a player.

Then he became a coach and took arsenal to the top 3 spot consecutively for years.
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Faced lottssss of criticism. Some people even came for his family.

But Arteta is still fighting.

He's still fighting like he did as a child with heart issues.

And now as a coach, you understand why he's so resilient and consistent at the top.

And that's because for someone that struggled with heart conditions.... Giving up is not an option.

He has fought all his life.

First, for his life

And now for his team.

And he's just about 5 wins away from lifting the Premier league trophy and saying to himself

"It all paid off. The surgeries, the operations, the early medications, the sleepless nights, the trainings... It all paid off"

Just like Arteta, please don't give up. Continue chasing that one goal you want.

You fall? You get up
You fall again? Then you get up the second time

And you keep doing this until you get what you want

I know it will come to be eventually ❤️

Don't just stop

Please
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✍️ Vincent the Therapist

[Not Match of the Day @NOT_MOTD]

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[YOM🗣️ @ThaBoyYom]

There are some type of babes that would vibe to a song

And the song would just automatically sound 2x sweeter!

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

Firstly, as a man, you cannot put an end to lust but you can tame it to the highest levels.

Understanding what lust is and what causes it is a key first step. Many times, lust shows up when a man is idle, unfocused, or feeling lonely. When lust perceives that a man is in a state of nothingness or close to that, it gladly fills the void.

In taming it, a man has to learn to guard what he consumes. He has to be intentional about what he repeatedly watches, scrolls past or entertains. As the saying goes, the mind follows the eyes, and the eyes follow the habit.

But restraint is just a starting point. A man has to commit himself to work that keeps him busy, active and focused. Lust thrives in emptiness so a life with structure renders lust lifeless.

For me, keeping busy with deep and meaningful work helps all the time.

[Avril Amaka @avrilamaka]

Men who lead with money aren’t setting standards they are shopping. If cash is what impresses you, then yes, you can always be outbid. I’d be offended if a man thought money was enough to access me. Some men are fine with purchased affection from their babes. Others want something real.
Watching women confuse being purchased with having standards will always amuse me. Delulu prostitutes.

[Vincent The Therapist @mrhighfoster]

In friendships, there's what we call "Resourceful people"

Some of your friends can be broke at the moment, but they are like 5 in 1.

They are both the listener, the comedian, the adviser, the one that gives closure, the banter, etc

These kind of people are great friends, just that life hasn't smiled on them financially yet.
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Having one or two of these kind of friends around you, is like having 10 friends. Because they are resourceful and their presence is always felt no matter what.
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Now, one thing you can never do in this life, is to use money to buy mutual closure.

You can't buy your way into closure.

Especially the closure gotten from deep understanding of where you are coming from.

You build it. You nurture it.

Closure is one of the reasons why you shouldn't disregard very wonderful and steadfast friends.
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They might not have the money yet, but they will give you something that money can't buy.
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Also understand that these friends can be very sensitive too.

You pay their bills, you foot their payments, you cover outings expenses... Etc

They are seeing all these

And they are also deeply conflicted within them.

After all their funny display in the afternoon, some of these friends soak their pillows in tears at night. Asking God why they are still unable to financially do somethings.

And then gradually, they start to withdraw.

They intentionally avoid going for outings or events, because they don't want to be a burden to you financially.

In most cases, they self sabotage the whole friendship, because they are deeply conflicted in themsleves and will intentionally lock themsleves indoors until the friendship gradually fades away, and they become shadows of themselves.
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These are wonderful friends.

They are scared too. They work hard. They do everything. And still try to add some cheerful vibes when around.
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The best you can do for them, is to show them that you are present.

Visit them.

You don't need to spend any money on them.

Just let them feel your presence.

You can have your kids do a 3 day vacation at their side.

You can go play monkey post football games at recreational centers.

Go play snookers, table tennis, FIFA, etc
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You don't always need to spend.

Your presence and the thought of "You are still here with them in spirit, in truth and in flesh...."
Is all they need to know to keep pushing forward till they hit their own breakthrough too
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You can always go out and connect more. Of course business thrives in making connections.

But remember your friends as well.

Perhaps, later in life, when life smiles on them, they might remember you, your children, your family and importantly, your legacy in their lives ❤️
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Happy holidays to you reading this, and your friends 🎄🎉
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I am Vincent and I am a Psychologist.

I created an accountability system where you can stay focused and consistent with your daily goals.

It's free to join and I'll personally onboard you.

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[Nsikan @CkanJohnson]

I know this feeling. Not the loss of it exactly, but the moment you notice it’s gone.

For me, it happened at the gym. This girl asked if I was done with the machine, and I just nodded and walked away. Didn’t even say the words. Just nodded. And I caught my reflection in the mirror across and barely recognised the person staring back.

There used to be a version of me that would’ve said something, anything. Made her smile, asked how her workout was going, and existed in that moment like it mattered. But I was already thinking about my next set, my macros, and the work I had waiting at home.

I grabbed my water bottle and thought, 'When did I become someone who just nods?'

What I think happened is we started carrying the future differently. Not in the dreamy way we carried it when we were younger, when everything felt possible and distant. But in the accountant’s way. We began calculating the cost of things that used to be free.

Talking to strangers used to feel like play. Now it feels like time. And time is the thing we’re supposed to be strategic about. We’re supposed to be building something. Moving toward something. So we perform this math in real time: Does this conversation serve my goals? What is the ROI of charm?

And the terrible thing is, we’re not wrong. We do have things to build. The weight of that is real. It changes your posture, literally and metaphorically. You start moving through the world like someone with somewhere to be.

But here’s what I’ve been learning: the self-awareness that makes you focused also makes you self-conscious. You become the kind of person who watches themselves in conversations, who edits while speaking. You catch yourself staring instead of seeing. Calculating instead of connecting.

My uncle told me once, when I asked why he seemed quieter than he used to be, “I got tired of performing.” At the time, I thought he was just old. Now I wonder if he meant something else. Maybe what looks like losing your spark is actually just being more selective with your light. If maybe you don’t lose the ability to make people laugh, you just stop seeing it as your responsibility.

I don’t know what happened to you. But I know what happened to me. I became someone with a plan. And plans have a way of making the present feel like a waiting room. You stop improvising. You start thinking of spontaneity as something you can’t afford.

The only thing I’ve figured out is that the goals we’re so busy serving might actually need the part of us we’ve put away. The ease. The play. The version of ourselves that didn’t count the minutes. Because the person you’re becoming isn’t supposed to be smaller than the person you were.

Sometimes now I make myself stop. At the gym, in the elevator. I make myself inefficient with my attention. I ask the unnecessary question. I laugh at the small thing. Not because I’m trying to get my rizz back or whatever we’re calling it. But because I’m trying to remember that I’m not just a project under construction. I’m also a person here, now, in this moment that doesn’t need to be optimised.

I still see that girl at the gym sometimes. We nod at each other now, and that’s fine. But I think about that moment. How she asked a simple question, and I couldn’t even find words. Perhaps I’ve been confusing warmth with performance and presence with productivity.

Personally, you didn’t lose anything. You just got heavier. And now you’re learning how to move with the weight.

[-valar morghulis- @eldivine]

They need to play this recording in every Pentecostal gathering in Nigeria at least 3 times a day for the foreseeable future.

Because truly, many of you are doing too much.

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

Gen Z doesn’t hate structure, we just refuse to live our whole lives in survival mode.

older generations had a straight line: finish school, get a “stable” job, marry early, build a house, raise kids.

Gen Z said, “sounds nice… but I actually want to breathe first.” we want to travel, hike, learn new skills, explore purpose, experience joy and not just endure life.

It’s not rebellion. it’s choosing to live with intention, not exhaustion.

[Grove Kifasi ✟ @GroveRKifasi]

The Bible never teaches that men are naturally more evil than women.
Neither does it teach that women are more deceitful than men.

Scripture is clear: we’re all evil by nature…. born with sin’s infection, inherited from our first ancestors.
So, “Men should stop being pigs” is not the Gospel.

The Gospel is not a moral campaign…. it’s the announcement that both men and women are sinners in desperate need of mercy.
Sin doesn’t discriminate, and grace doesn’t either.

If you ever catch yourself harboring resentment toward a particular gender, please table before God. That thing is not godly. It isn’t righteous anger. And it’s exactly what the enemy wants: for believers to waste their fire fighting each other instead of fighting sin.
Christians should be the last people stoking the flames of gender wars.

Think about it….. your Lord was a man, and the vessel who bore Him was a woman, called blessed among all women.
So if women are “the problem,” then the mother of your God is too.
And if men are “the problem,” then so is your God Himself.

Gender war is secular foolishness…. it is empty philosophy that creates unnecessary contempt for God’s own design.
In a real sense, it drives a wedge not just between man and woman, but between you and the Creator who made them both.

In Christ, the battle of the sexes ends. What remains is grace….. unearned, undeserved, and available to all.

[Grove Kifasi ✟ @GroveRKifasi]

Nigeria is, in many ways, a wicked nation. We are the modern-day Cretans…. loud in confession, shallow in conviction.

We serve Mammon and call it success. Materialism has become our national religion. It bleeds through our weddings, our conversations, our fashion, our lifestyle, and the things we celebrate.
We worship money.
We celebrate noise and discard novelty.
We do not truly hate oppression… we only hate being the oppressed.

And this same mindset has crept into the Church.
True Christianity is countercultural, but what we practice is largely syncretism…. a blend of godliness and greed. Even among us, preachers are not honored for faithfulness but for fame and results. We have not been taught the way of God. We have been discipled by a culture that glorifies wealth and mocks virtue.
The Nigerian man has been taught to idolize money, not value, to pursue luxury, not godliness. That’s why a person dancing for his wages under the sun is mocked, yet a man whose lavishness cannot be traced to honest labor is admired.

And the most tragic part?
The one place that should resist this wickedness, the Church has become its loudest promoter! When “I will not be poor” becomes our favorite confession, we reveal not faith, but fear.
We are the poverty capital of the world, and yet we gather to chant false affirmations. The Christian’s greatest fear should never be poverty…. it should be ungodliness, laziness, corruption, and dishonor to God.
Poverty does not destroy a true believer; it can only refine his faith. Why then should money dictate the quality of our faith?

In my opinion, the voices in the Church must forget endless social debates, marriage seminars, and financial classes, and return to the heart of our call…. preaching the Gospel and righteous living.

We must shake the hands of the wicked politicians only long enough to rebuke them, and celebrate the decent laborers who earn their bread with integrity.
We must stop promoting this “favor” narrative that has no roots in dignity or honest labor. Stop glamorizing people for face-value success and start honoring those who bear the fruit of character.
Stop talking about trends and start talking about Christ.
Fewer prayer campaigns for breakthroughs, and more cries for holiness.

Let’s focus on teaching our divine responsibility to care for our nation, to be responsible citizens, and to labor for the good of mankind. We are being distracted by fruitless conversations. Fools are platformed because we have become a foolish people.
Stop these empty gender-war discussions that profit no one and fix our gaze on Jesus. Expose the charlatans. Have nothing to do with them. And promote sound doctrine once again.

I am not a perfect messenger. I am also a victim of this nation’s wickedness…. a product of its generational rot.
But will I stand and be part of it? No.
I will die striving for godliness. I will fight not to cut corners or bypass righteousness.
I will die honoring God…. in private and in public.
I am still unlearning the fruit of this wicked engineering, still being sanctified from its residue.

But if my message is Christ, then my message is perfect — even if the messenger is not.
May God heal our hearts and turn our eyes once more to His precious Redeemer; Christ alone.

Amen.

[Pyro🔥😎 @pyronk21]

@0chefije 😭😭😂

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

I didn't want to say anything because wokeness has killed this generation. The sad part is that, people think money can fill up every gap.

In communal society like ours, the men wake up early to run errands, set up canopy, slaughter the animals, and drink beer or palm wine. The women gather together to cook and catch up.

I do not understand how your mom, your sister, your brother's wife, your in-laws, are cooking, but only you or your wife(depends if you're male or female) would stay away because you have money. This is not a flex.

It is a different thing if the entire family decides to outsource everything. Either everybody is working together or nobody is working. We are too classist as a people, and it is embarrassing. Na your own family you wan lord over? If you like come from London or NewYork or have N10billion in your account, family time is family time, and everyone should roll up their sleeves and do their part. It is sad that many of you worship money. It is sadder that many of you have money and want to be worshipped.

You don't need a parachute to be down to earth

[Jamie Kent @BigBearKentlaar]

I'm 31 years old, I've seen Arsenal play some of the best football in Europe. Wengerball was a beautiful sight, it was fluid, quick, attractive football and beautiful on the eyes. Yet, it was married to finishing 4th, with the odd 2nd or 3rd thrown in for a bit of flair. Big games over and over, being beaten by our rivals time after time. 5-1 at Anfield, 6-0 at Stamford Bridge, 8-2 at Old Trafford, home and away being thrashed by Man City. 

So tell me why I've now got every media outlet & jounralist looking for a clicks telling me I shouldn't be happy with what I'm seeing? 

"1-0 to The Arsenal" or "Boring boring Arsenal", this isn't a new part of the game, this is Arsenal's history. 

Social media are more than happy to talk about some of the best defences in the Premier League. Ferdinand/Vidic, Terry/Carvalho, Adams/Keown, Campbell, Van Dijk, Kompany. Or Chelsea only conceding 15 in a season, a remarkable feat. 

Liverpool being crown "set piece kings" a few years ago during the title run, Chelsea having a piece done by Jamie Carragher about how Champions use set pieces during a title run - By now it's an issue? An issue much less brought up Jamie Carragher himself. 

For years Arsenal were beaten by physical teams, lesser teams would play Arsenal with the pure intention of kicking us off the park. But now, we're too physical?

Arsenal go play defensive away to big teams, get accused of not going for a win or being "scared" - Yet no one talks about Haaland playing CB during Man City's trip to Arsenal this season?

Arsenal go all out attack and try to go toe to toe with teams we weren't simply as good as a few years ago & get beaten. Arteta is "out his depth" or Arsenal aren't good enough - Yet, when do you ever see a team go to Arsenal and attack us for a game? Man City tried and lost 5-1. PSG had Donarumma to thank for not leaving the 1st leg with a defeat. 

When it's Arsenal who are the ones being beat or being treated like the little boys of the league, the media are quick to paint Arteta as the bad guy or find a fake story about a possible squad fall out. But when it's Arsenal being the bullies, dominating the game and acting like a big club should, suddenly it's an issue? 

You can keep your days of beautiful football with Fabregas, Hleb, Nasri, Rosicky, Wilshere, Arshavin, Diaby etc. 
You can keep your horrid defence of Sokratis, Luiz, Chambers, Cedric, Lichtsteiner, Mustafi.

The squad as a whole right now is one of the best squads Arsenal Football Club have ever had. It is completely unfathomable to me that this squad do not win silverware - And when we do, I cannot wait for every single media outlet to have to post their graphics that 70% of our goals were set plays. I can't wait for them to have to make graphics of Mikel Arteta lifting the Premier League trophy.

[K @Kokketsog]

Nothing impresses me more than intentional parents who set their kids up for success. Like, wdym you put your child in piano lessons at 4 and now they’re a professional pianist??

[Harley knows you are lonely and so she @miss_ezeani]

A shark washes up the shores - Eat it!!!
Interracial marriage - Client!!!
Spotify DM’s - Client!!!
Grok - Undress this person!!!
Sees a queue - Jump it!!!
Foreign investors - Siphon the funds!!!
Cake fest - Grab as much as you can!!!
Social amenities/ Public treats (eg a bank has sweets in bowls) - Pack all of it to your house!!!!

It’s called being “sharp” but we’re a greatly disruptive, destructive and depraved people.

And if you think about it, our leaders are just a representation of the people we are (no matter how we feel about it) because the first instinct of the average Nigerian is seek a way to exploit- every damn system.

Due process is only for fools.
Empathy is only for the slow.
You must get ahead, by hook or crook, take advantage where people are trusting or laid back. Use every tool you have to disrupt civility; whether it is to stand in front of a plane about to take off because of your office, or break into spaces where people from saner climes don’t have their guards up and swindle them because you’re “smart”.

“Naturally” they are “mugus” because they trusted you with simple human decency and you’re“smart” because you see trust and read it as foolery. But do you know what other group thrives off “survival of the fittest”? Animals in the wild!

You’re not smart, you’re just primal.

[Pyro🔥😎 @pyronk21]

Omoo fr this shit ain't funny anymore 😭
But let's not lie to ourselves are we actually consistent.?

[Oluwatunmise!💜 @Meet_Micheyyy]

Cause, yohhh😭