Ozovehe

System Analyst.

[Tolu Ogunlesi @toluogunlesi]

The Akara debate reminds me that 18 years ago, April 2008, I interviewed this woman for a profile series of ordinary Nigerians I was working on.

Meet Iya Seun, seller of fried yam, akara and fish on Olosa Street in VI, close to where it meets Adetokunbo Ademola. 2008.

She had plenty of interesting things to say, including why she had to go ingredients-shopping every day before resuming at her frying business, and how all her earnings went into two things: restocking, and paying her kids’ school fees.

She was also both an Island squatter and a Mainland landlady — and had the funniest answer when I asked how old she was.

Read it here: https://t.co/WHxv2AEp2g

[Taiwo_Ajakaye @dmightyangel]

Amala and Gbegiri in 2026 as a suggestion for SME?

But NDC influencers dey fly plane go meetings....

Alamala is attacking Alakara.....
This is strange o🤣🤣🤣

[The Compass Hub @thecompasshub]

VIDEO NEWS: “Mr. Peter, stop complaining that people are after you. Come and declare your identity. We want to know whether he actually committed perjury.”

Abayomi Arabambi has called on Peter Obi to explain the alleged inconsistencies in the names in documents submitted to INEC.

[Ozovehe @rabomed277]

@atiku and @PeterObi are..?

[UNCLE DEJI™️ @DejiAdesogan]

IN CASE YOU DONT KNOW

Troops of the Nigerian Army Rescue 36 Benue indigenes, who were held in Imaje community, Yala LGA of Cross River state

Yet the good news is not trending

Bad news sells faster on social media

Anyway, thank you our beloved troops 🙏

[Ozovehe @rabomed277]

FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI FRAUOBI

[Ayekooto @DeeOneAyekooto]

Obi was in a hurry to sue Kenneth Okonkwo but he is yet to sue this man despite his repeated allegations about him. Or is this man saying the truth?

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Putting his name on the Kennedy Center. Building an arch in his own honor. Even hiring his own pool guy to fix the reflecting pool.

Whoa. What a loser.

[Thuso van Zyl 🇿🇦 @Thuso1Africa]

Nahhh, I have been to Brazil, the culture of xenophobia doesn’t exist in that country

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Biden COOKED Trump “Tearing down the East Wing of the White House, making room for his ballroom, putting his name on the Kennedy Center, building an arch in his own honor, or even hiring his own pool guy to fix the reflecting pool. What a loser!”

[ADAM @adamemedia1]

Tens of thousands of people are missing under rubble in Venezuela while American sanctions are blocking rescue operations and the media is ignoring it.

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

Trump at 8:00 AM — I will blow up Oman 🇴🇲

Trump at 3:00 PM — I will blow up Iran 🇮🇷

Trump at 7:00 PM — I will blow up Cuba 🇨🇺

Trump at 9:00 PM — I am the only president who loves peace.

Believe me all these statements in a single day.

Elect a clown expect a circus.

[Iyalaya @lollylarry1]

A kind hearted person here has asked me to look for 10 women who truly needs 50k to start or upgrade their petty trade.

God bless you sir. May you never lack 🙏🏼🙏🏼.

[Akin Akinwale @mrlurvy]

Is it the akara business that suddenly became derogatory, or should the First Lady simply have said petty traders so people could pretend not to know what she meant?

The outrage is expected, especially on this app where some people can make a career out of fooling. After all, you can spend two weeks doing that on X, Elon Musk pays you, and if you are fortunate, a brand pays you for influencing.

The truth is, our realities are different. Not everyone starts with an office, investors, and a business plan. The real problem is that too many people have been conditioned to believe that starting small is somehow shameful. That mindset is exactly why so many brilliant ideas never leave the notebook, they keep waiting for the perfect time to start.

There is dignity in honest labour, whether you are selling akara or running a multinational company. Every big business was once a small one.

And before anyone jumps to conclusions, I am not a petty trader. Saying there are petty traders does not mean I am one. It simply means I recognise that millions of people earn an honest living that way, and there is absolutely nothing derogatory about it.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iranian state media says it has now "no choice but to obtain the atomic bomb" to remove "the military option for the occupation and partitioning of Iran" from the table, arguing Iran must "absolutely reach nuclear deterrence" before current negotiations can be conducted "from a correct position," per Fars.

Iran adds the acquisition is not only driven by negotiation leverage but also by Trump's two recent nuclear threats against Iran, including his April warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight" and his May threat of "one big glow coming out of Iran."

This is also among the most direct nuclear weapons advocacy published on Iranian state media to date.

[Dr. Toks 🦇 @fimiletoks]

So what should we do with the women in these businesses who exist in our midst and desire support? Should we Ignore them? Buy them laptops to learn coding or crypto? Send them to fashion school? Buy them phones to start content creation?

On Castlerock Road in Lekki, there are over 20 women in this line of trade. At Jakande, you can count 100. Akara, indomie, bread and egg, roasted corn.

Nobody is asking a graduate to fry Akara. How do you empower the people currently in the space and those who intend to start the business? You want to pretend as if they don't exist or need the 50k?

You guys are too far away from reality.

[Lere Olayinka - Aresa 1 @OlayinkaLere]

This is the First Lady's FULL SPEECH.
She started with, WE AS MOTHERS...

Slowly listen to this speech without your usual emotions and sentiments of hate and make your own conclusion.

I am sure the likes of @ruffydfire who peddled the Akara and Kulikuli narrative never saw the full video.

As usual, some of them will still not listen. Rather, they will come with their toxic comments. E no kuku konsan me.

[Lagos State Police Command @LagosPoliceNG]

Within 48 hours of the launch of Operation KO S’AYE by Lagos and Ogun State Police Command. The operation has recorded a major breakthrough.

Operatives combing the forest boundaries between Lagos and Ogun States along J3/ J4 axis of Ogbere in Ogun State, successfully rescued five (5) kidnapped victims and neutralised four (4) suspected kidnappers, arrested 4 kidnapping suspects and 84 other suspects, recovered arms ammunition and other exhibits.

The Nigeria Police Force remains resolute in ensuring there is no hiding place for criminals, especially kidnappers, through intelligence-led operations and sustained security efforts.

Ko S’aye fun iwa odaran.
No Place for criminalities.
The forests are no longer safe havens for criminals.

[Bachelor of Idan @BachelorIdan]

Salako Alamala is now the standard for amala sellers, not Yakoyo buka.

Poor people and classism!

If you are not half-witted, you would know Yakoyo and Local Alakara are operating on the same economic scale.

This is an Alakara. Show us that fancy business anybody in your family built that employed that many staff.

[Tonybrainy Esq. @Tonybrainy]

This is the full clip of the First Lady where she spoke about akara, roasted corn and kulikuli.

Now tell me what is bad in what she said, do you want her to open a car stand business for 3000 people ?

[Omo Ologo 🇳🇬🇨🇦 @Omoologo2027]

Meet baba Akara.

Akara and kuli kuli business is still training children in schools

Olodo logic must not make us blind to reality 🤔

Nigeria 🇳🇬 🇳🇬 will rise

[Lere Olayinka - Aresa 1 @OlayinkaLere]

Have N1m
Beg for extra N200k
Use the N1.2m to buy iPhone
Then start begging to feed and buy data

That's what makes sense to them, not how to start something small and grow with it.

Today, all of them are doing almost the same Online Business - Selling Clothes.

Issorite.