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links and re-tweets are FYI, but personal opinions are mine.

[Dr Kayode Opeifa (DKO) @DrKayodeOpeifa]

“A train journey is not just movement from one station to another; it is a moving community where conversations, business, culture, and friendships come alive.
NRC ………. Moving Forward

[segun @shigisege]

UK to deport many Nigerian nurses over examination fraud | Intel Region https://t.co/Plz2IKgeVh

[segun @shigisege]

Lagos to host Seafood festival to drive tourism — News — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News https://t.co/cy0qYckOI9

[segun @shigisege]

Guest Speaker, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN being welcomed by Prof. Wole Soyinka during the 26th Wole Soyinka Lectures organized by the National Association of Seadogs(NAS) on Friday, 2nd August 2024.

[Governor Borno @GovBorno]

In Monguno: @ProfZulum distributes food, agric input to 35,000 families

... Shares N450m, wrappers to 45,000 widows, vulnerable women https://t.co/e1XrYfkprL

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

I am glad Peter Obi has admitted to his followers that Egypt, a country he visited and praised and urged Nigeria to learn from, also received grain donations from Ukraine. That completely destroys his argument that it was a national disgrace for Nigeria to receive grain donations from Ukraine, since it is a war-torn country. Or does Peter Obi no longer admire Egypt? Or was Ukraine not war torn in September of 2023 when they gave grain donations to Egypt?

Peter Obi should be aware that there is a hunger crisis in the Northeast of Nigeria, which is just coming out of a scorched earth war of attrition with terror. That is what the donation was meant for specifically. The same way that foreign nations also donated food and other relief materials to Anambra in 2012, when Peter Obi was Governor. It is instructive to state that when Obi received those 2012 donations, neither he nor his opposition called it a national disgrace. 

It is wrong to politicise hunger. Beyond being wrong, it is almost evil. If Peter Obi cannot or will not help the hunger situation in the Northeast of Nigeria, maybe because he feels that the people of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa did not vote for him, he should not rubbish those who do, or politicise their efforts. 

Finally, I urge Mr. Obi to read Proverbs 10:19:

"Too much talk leads to sin".

#TableShaker #GrowNairaBuyNaija

[segun @shigisege]

Conferment of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law (LLD) Honoris Causa on Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN CON and others as part of the University of Benin 48th Convocation Ceremonies on Saturday, 25th November 2023.
Photo Credit : LUKESH

[segun @shigisege]

The Managing Director FHA Mortgage Bank Limited , Mr Hayatudden Awwal, Mr Biodun Oki and Mr Olusegun Odunuyi exchanging pleasantries during the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Federal Housing Authority in Abuja on 23rd November, 2023.

[segun @shigisege]

PICTURES: FASHOLA DELIVERS KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE FEDERAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (FHA) 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT IN ABUJA
THURSDAY 23RD NOVEMBER, 2023.

[segun @shigisege]

EKO ONI BAJE O:
Immediate past Hon. Minister of Works & Housing and Fmr. Lagos State Governor, H.E Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, CON making his presentation virtually to the Lagos State Executive Council Retreat on Saturday, 16th September, 2023.

[segun @shigisege]

PIX: 27th August, 2023.

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

Chicago State University Uses Bola Tinubu To Flex. Ask Yourself Why Isn't UNN Using Obi To Flex

#TableShaker

[segun @shigisege]

H.E Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, CON making his presentation virtually to the Abia State Executive Council Retreat yesterday, August 18th, 2023 in Lagos.
©️LUKESH

[segun @shigisege]

PICTURES: FASHOLA, GUREJE, OTHER NIMR FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES  MEMBERS ON WORKING VISIT TO THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (NIMR) IN YABA, LAGOS

[segun @shigisege]

Breaking: NCAA Wields The Big Stick, Suspends Max Air Domestic Flights Indefinitely - Veracity Desk https://t.co/BSCl76Jnha

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

🇳🇬July 3rd - 8th 🇳🇬

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

Nobody is saying do not japa. But what I am saying is that before you do, you should count the cost in as cold and calculating a manner as you can. Because it is literally a jungle out there.

In Nigeria, you can just turn up at your friend or family's house uninvited for a visit. You can even turn up uninvited to stay with your family. You can't try that abroad. Your brother may call the cops on you. They are very individualistic and have firm boundaries. It may take a village to raise a child in Africa, but in Europe and America, children often have to raise themselves because both parents work, and weekends are spent at Mcdonald's cinemas, football games, or museums.

And since children are not taught to appreciate family bonds, parents grow old and are dumped in an old peoples home, so their children can live their lives without the inconvenience of caring for them.

Family and communal life are treasured in Africa. But it is not encouraged in Europe and America. Many children do not even know their cousins. A cousin in the West can be defined as a stranger you see, if at all, at weddings. And neighbours can die in their homes and be undetected for weeks.

Of course, your relatives abroad will want you to think they have it better than you. Unrefined human nature is focused on competition. You have to be enlightened to have a mindset directed to cooperation. But life in the West is not a life for the faint-hearted.

For the most part, young people in the West have low regard for your age. And if you don't purposely train your children to have respect for their elders, they will turn out like the kids they relate with. Yes, their awareness levels are very high, as is their IQ. But their EQ can be very low. Their phonetics is on point, but their human relations is, well, pointless!

And if you are the type that looks down on your culture and language, you WILL produce self loathing children abroad, who automatically look down on any African with an accent. Their disdain grows when the African speaks their native language and wears his or her cultural wears. In hating that image, they are cluelessly unaware that they are loathing themselves.

Disneyland is often touted as the happiest place on Earth. But that is not exactly true. It is the most exciting place on Earth, and it gets you carried away as you are overwhelmed by floods of pleasant memories and reminiscences that connect with various stages of your carefree childhood. But as exciting as it is, it is not as happy as Africa.

Think of parties in Nigeria. Of when you went to your hometown and were treated as special guests and showered with unconditional love. Think of visiting relatives and how they literally killed the fattened chicken or goat just to welcome you. Remember how you gathered around newspaper vendors as a member of free reader's association. Cast your mind back to how you used to run to the door or gate shouting 'Daddy oyoyo'. Let the rivalry between Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and King Sunny Ade on the one hand, and that between Alhaji Agba (Sikiru Ayinde Barrister) and Ayinla Kollington, bring back memories of all the Fuji ropopo you danced with fellow neighbourhood teenagers. Recall how your Muslim neighbours brought Ileya food for you, a Christian.

Life in Nigeria was sweet. It is still a delight. Life in Africa is still sweet. Take it from me. There is absolutely no part of Africa I have not been to.

#TableShaker

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

I worked for Waziri Atiku Abubakar to win. I pray he unseats Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Court. And I am not pursuing any political appointment, or job offer from Tinubu.

However, it is false to assert that Bola Tinubu did not attend Chicago State University. I went there physically. I did a video broadcast from their campus. I met their officials. Tinubu attended and graduated Chicago State University with honours, and they even have a photo of him in their alumni office as one of their most accomplished alumni.

Not only did I go there physically to expose Tinubu (only to find out that he attended), I also asked their registry to put what they told me in writing.

Attached is the letter they gave me. You can also go there physically, as I did, or email or phone them if you doubt this letter given to me.

The man is no saint. His past cartel links indelibly taint him. But let us be fair, honest and transparent as we oppose him. If we attack Tinubu based on lies, God will just disappoint us further and appoint him greater.

#TableShaker

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

Many Southerners do not understand intelligence. Academic qualifications and the ability to speak English are not the best judges of intelligence. Language is one of the best judges of intelligence. Google it. And the average core Northern Nigerian can speak, read and write in Hausa, Ajami, and Arabic. If they are Fulani, they can read and write in all three, in addition to Fulfulde or Fula. And you look down on them simply because you have a degree and can speak English.

Lose that attitude. Try to understand them better. Because, as foolish as you think our Northern brothers and sisters to be, they understand you better than you understand them.

#TableShaker

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

Earlier today, I had a productive interaction with my guests at the Presidential Villa, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Global Chairman of Bharti Airtel , Dr. Segun Ogunsanya, the CEO of Airtel Africa Group and other members of the Airtel board.

My door will remain open to investors willing to commit resources to this government's development mission of economic empowerment, growth, jobs and opportunity for all Nigerians but most especially our talented and enterprising young people.