Arinola Akingbade

The Real geniuses don't talk like they deep throated a thesaurus. - Simple is Classy!

[Tracka @TrackaNG]

N4 BILLION SPENT ON RAIL PROJECTS IN BORNO, BUT WHERE ARE THE RAILS?

Borno State's 2025 Budget Implementation Report claims that N2 billion was fully spent on the Construction of Rail Projects in MMC LGA and another N2 billion on the construction of Rail Projects in Jere LGA, bringing the total reported expenditure to N4 billion, with both projects recorded as 100% implemented.

However, in May 2026, our tracking activities at both locations, based on the findings, told a different story.

At the Maiduguri Railway Terminus and across the rail corridors visited in MMC and Jere LGAs, we found old, rusted, abandoned, and deteriorating rail infrastructure. There was no visible evidence of recently completed rail construction or rehabilitation works, no active construction sites, no contractor presence, and no project signage indicating that N4 billion worth of projects had been executed.

Community members also reported that they could not recall any recent major rail construction activities within the affected areas.

@ProfZulum, the Ministry of Transport and Energy, and relevant authorities owe the people of Borno State answers.

* What exactly was the N4 billion spent on?
* Who were the contractors?
* Where are the completed rail projects reflected in the 2025 Budget Implementation Report?
* Why does the physical reality not appear to align with the reported 100% implementation status?

We call on the @BornoGovt, State House of Assembly, @officialEFCC, and @icpcnigeria to investigate these projects and provide clarity on the utilization of public funds.

Again, this is another reminder that it is a must for citizens to pay closer attention to state budgets.

Accountability should not end with budget releases; it must extend to verifying what is actually delivered on the ground.

#publicfundsmustworkforthegoodofthepeople
#Askquestion

[Sheila of the Most High @sheilatebra]

I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, “Never play fair in a game where others cheat.” It doesn’t mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they’ll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.

[Kashyap Sriram @kashyap286]

Firstly, Ethiopia is under US sanctions while Vietnam is not. And speaking of former French colonies, Haiti was the first to get independence (1804) and is still one of the poorest countries in the world because of the debt they had to take on to gain independence (it took them until 1947 to fully repay it!). Whereas, New Caledonia is still a French colony and is neither rich nor poor.

"If colonialism were the answer to why Africa is poor..."

This line completely ignores the European powers' (and US) post-colonial control over Africa. Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the DRC, was tortured and killed by Belgium and the US for being a nationalist. His body was dissolved in acid so he wouldn't become a martyr. His legacy is largely unknown even within the continent. Several other such "lessons" were meted out. Google Thomas Sankara (Burkina Faso) and Sylvanus Olympio (Togo).

Once you set the example, you gain obedience. The VietCong, on the other hand, didn't surrender even though 3 million Vietnamese died during the war, and several thousand more continue to die to this day (!) from Agent Orange exposure.

As for former French colonies in Africa, France still controls their currency and holds their central bank reserves in France. As Rothschild purportedly said, "permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws."

Third, the borders in Africa were drawn in such a way that conflict was inevitable. At the Berlin Conference in 1884-85, the European powers simply carved up the continent by drawing straight line borders. African leaders were conspicuous only by their absence at this historic event which shaped the next century. This is why Cameroon, a French-speaking country, has a minority English-speaking territory, ensuring it remains destabilized. Likewise for West Asia/the Middle East, where the Sykes-Picot legacy lives on.

@magattew conflates formal colonial rule with colonial control. Vietnam managed to fully kick out both France and the US, reunified the North and the South, and kept its sovereignty. All African leaders who attempted the same have been systematically eliminated (see Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's divisive leader, for a recent example), ensuring Africa forever bears the open wounds of its colonial legacy.

But Ms. Wade is right on one thing: Vietnam owes its prosperity to overcoming colonial rule. Maybe Africa can become prosperous if Africans do the same.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I see your profile picture. That’s Johnny Cash. My hero too. Arrested seven times. Smuggled 668 amphetamines across the Mexican border in 1965. Took every drug there was and drank like I did. Cheated on his first wife. Slept with more woman than I ever did. Hit bottom in a cave in Tennessee in 1968 trying to crawl off and die. And then he got up. He got clean. He spent the rest of his life singing for prisoners and addicts and the people the country threw away because he knew he was one of them.

That was the whole point of the Man in Black. He wore it for the poor and the beaten down. He wore it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime. He wore it for the ones who never heard a word of Jesus. He wore it for the addicted and the dying. He wore it as a standing witness that no one is past saving.

You picked his picture. You did not pick his message. Try listening to the words.

[Gbemi O-O @GbemiOO]

When you delay a payment , you’re actually affecting people’s lives.
Especially for work already done. I need the big companies to understand this. It’s so unfair.

[David Fischer @DavidFischer]

Hey @Grok, what is the *statistical probability* that the Universe created itself out of nothing? One sentence max.

[Pat Utomi @UtomiPat]

Until public office is stripped of its material attractions public life will majorly attract people whose goals are not service and whose service will more likely bring misery to the people than progress.

[Raksha @caraksha103]

Shoutout to the person who said “keep your boss updated constantly.” Turns out they were absolutely right.

[KAT @reallKAT]

NAHUM 1 :9
There will come a time when that problem won’t bother you again, not because you forgot, but because God ended it once and for all.

[Sheila of the Most High @sheilatebra]

I found a very beautiful Bible verse.❤️

NAHUM 1 :9
There will come a time when that problem won’t bother you again, not because you forgot, but because God ended it once and for all.

[Adedayo Agarau @adedayoagarau]

Don’t forget that I’ve finding your INEC registration area very easy.

The first step to a better Nigeria is by getting your PVC.

In 2mins you can find your center and the app will connect with your Google map. Share with friends and foes!

https://t.co/9zHfrLyFJE

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

After the premiere of The Trade, I got chatting with producers. I asked them why they didn’t just let Eric get away? He was the perfect villain. You’re rooting for him.

Guess what they replied? Nigeria and Nigerian board restrictions.

Another time, I was cast for a movie that ended being cancelled because the NPF refused to approve how the script portrayed them. It was either they shot it without NPF which was the soul of the plot (ie use any other uniform that doesn’t suggest the NPF, what’ll be the point?), or not shoot at all. They canceled.

The Nigerian creative industry is not just restricted by “obvious” factors… there’re things that go on behind the scenes that greatly stifle ideation.

In the movie Top Gun, the US Navy provided them access to the Ranger aircraft carriers, fighter jets, and ACTIVE-DUTY military pilots to perform the aerial stunts.

In Transformers, the production received massive logistical support. They provided them with helicopters, Raptors, and actual military bases to use as filming locations.

In Ironman, Marvel Studios was granted access an air force base and actual military aircraft to film the scenes where Tony Stark's experimental suit clashes with the US Air Force.

To mention but a few.

But in Nigeria, if you wear Camo as a civilian, you’ll witness wonders.

The state of this nation affects EVERYTHING. It ruins things in ways you can’t begin to imagine until you have skin in it.

You go outside to shoot, you have to deal with street louts. You have a script that touches major sectors, and you’ll have to seek approvals upon approvals, or risk your movie been banned after release.

If this series even remotely refers to a particular national body, and the plot becomes too real, it’ll only take one person who feels attacked to can it.

These people are not stupid. They’re also navigating Nigeria like everyone else.

Let’s be kinder with our criticism.

[Arinola Akingbade @Qurious_Kat]

This!!!
There must be consequence for every action. No middle ground!

[Demotivational Speaker @OdunEweniyi]

consequences

[Demotivational Speaker @OdunEweniyi]

consequences

[Crystal Kizor @crystal_kizor]

At the end of the day, architecture is a collaboration.
It helps when the client is open to trying something new.

[Crystal Kizor @crystal_kizor]

This 7-bedroom home I designed and built relies on natural ventilation and fans about 70% of the time.

In Nigeria’s climate, that changes everything.

📍Enugu, Nigeria

Here’s what works (6 principles):

[Adedayo Agarau @adedayoagarau]

Now 600+ entities, states, governors and past (and now updated) present president. I also included alleged sponsors of Boko Haram & ISWAP.

Happy Friday, Nigerians

@OlaOlukoyede_, under your watch, Alh Yahaya Bello is about to contest for Senate.

https://t.co/9O0u0c611L

[🇨🇳XuZhenqing徐祯卿 @XueJia24682]

✨🇨🇳Chinese middle school campus

[Sola 🇨🇦🇳🇬 @SolaTheAnalyst]

Eight years as a senior data analyst in Nigeria 🇳🇬

Landed in Canada 🇨🇦 and spent months getting rejected for customer service jobs. Apple Store. Call centres. Everything.

Then I walked into a cold calling interview. Loud music. Phones everywhere. They handed me a script.

Made my first cold call. The lady heard my accent and ended the call immediately.😭 (God abeg x 3)

I kept going. Got through the day and got the job offer on the spot.

35k a year. Five days in office. 8am starts.

I asked if that was the best they could do.

He said yes.

I took the offer letter home. Showed my wife.

She looked me in the eye and said that was below me.

That week I stopped applying sideways and went back to data.

Three months later I was hired as lead analyst in a Fortune 500 company.

Nigerian professionals living abroad, what was the moment that made you realize you needed to stop chasing survival jobs?

[Mr. Láyí @layiwasabi]

what is the nigerian dream?