Shittu T.I

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

For my first five years in corporate America I had no promotion.

Then in my next five, I had three.

Same me. Same company. Different results.

What changed? 👇

[ProfitableMan @ProfitableMan1]

Where Does the Money Actually Come From When You Make a Profit on the Nigerian Stock Market?

Nobody Explains This Part.

Everyone talks about buying stocks and making money. Nobody slows down to explain the actual mechanics of where that money comes from, who is on the other side, and why any of it works.

This thread answers the question most beginners are too embarrassed to ask. Read it from the beginning.

[H’s mom @aiishadahir]

Before you walk into:
– lectures
– Business
– exams
– interviews
– stressful jobs

Recite these duas

[H’s mom @aiishadahir]

This is mindblowing

[Hadiza Bello @HadizaB85863870]

Most people think the stock market is random.

It’s not. It has a rhythm.

Here’s the pattern nobody tells you about 👇

Q1 (Jan – Mar)
New year, fresh money, fresh energy.
Everyone is excited. Investors rush in.
Stocks? They often take off

Q2 & Q3 (Apr – Sep)
Things cool down.
Less hype. More stability.
This is where patience is tested.

Q4 (Oct – Dec)
“Ember months” hit.
People start cashing out for holidays, travel, expenses.
Stocks? They often dip.
And that’s the opportunity most people miss.

Smart investors don’t chase hype…
They prepare during the dip.
Accumulate in Q4
Position early
Ride the momentum in Q1

Simple pattern. Powerful edge.

The market rewards those who understand timing, not just those who show up.

[ProfitableMan @ProfitableMan1]

Most Nigerians buy stocks based on tips, rumors or because the price looks cheap.

That is not investing. That is gambling.

Before you put a single naira into any Nigerian company, here is how to read their financial statement like an investor.

I will use Zenith Bank's 2025 report as a live example 👇

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

This is me during my Shell Recruitment Day in November 2011.

1hr after the whole day group interview, I got the phone call I can never forget, “Congratulations, they all loved you. When can you start?”

If you have an upcoming group interview where they put a bunch of you together in a room and give you a task to work on together, then sit up.

I will tell you my secrets.

I don’t need them anymore and it can help you land your dream job.

They are what I used during my SRD.

I have given the same playbook to many mentees who used them to land their dream jobs in various companies.

So, trust me, this works.

A 🧵

[Peter Agboola @baba_Omoloro]

Without commitment, you will never start, but more importantly, without consistency, you will never finish.

[A.Y.O @YusufAsunmogejo]

Dear Parents,

1.Never compare your kids to anyone else. It tells them they aren't enough and breeds bitterness.
2.Never make your love feel like a transaction. They shouldn't have to earn a hug or your attention.
3.Never make threats you don't mean. It makes your word worthless and you lose your authority.
4.Never discipline them in public. It doesn't teach a lesson, it just causes deep shame.
5.Never use labels like "stupid" or "useless." Those words will become their inner voice for life.
6.Never tell them their feelings are silly. If a broken toy is a tragedy to them, respect that pain.
7.Never lie to them just to get some peace. You are trading away their trust for a few minutes.
8.Never make your adult stress or money problems their burden. Let them be children.
9.Never expect them to act like adults. Their brains are still growing and they will be messy.
10.Never stop praying for them. Your prayer is the strongest shield they have in this cold world.

[ProfitableMan @ProfitableMan1]

I lost 30% on a stock investment and I am showing you exactly what happened so you do not make the same mistake.

This is the most important thread I will write 👇

[H’s mom @aiishadahir]

Sexual Tarbiyah is part of Islamic parenting. It’s not shame, it’s protection.

It’s Here’s how it looks at different ages:

Ages 2–5: Privacy Basics
•Teach what body parts are private
•Encourage saying Bismillah before changing clothes
•Knock before entering their room and teach them to do the same
•Start gentle awareness of awrah (covering)

[Toby @TomolaGroup]

People ask me what blue chip stocks are. They are the largest, most established, most liquid companies on the exchange.

On the NGX, think GTCO, Zenith Bank, Dangote Cement, MTN Nigeria, UBA, Access Holdings, Seplat, Nestle.

These companies have survived recessions, policy shocks, currency crises, and pandemics. They may not give you 500% overnight. But they also will not go to zero overnight. For beginners, this is where you start.

[Uncharted🦇🔊 @JonahJosemaria]

🚨 5 MYTHS About IRAN You’ve Been FED… Completely DEBUNKED!

The real story the West doesn’t want you to know 👇

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Over the past few weeks, many Africans got to hear about the Strait of Hormuz for the first time ever. What caused this huge information gap?

A story about how Africans are educated into complete ignorance about their own reality by @joyfwen

[gst @wearegst]

Nigeria is trapped in a cycle of relentless blackouts, with no hope of improvement anywhere in sight.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

"You grew up hearing tales," and that is precisely the problem. Because you have never stopped to ask yourself WHY you heard those specific tales and WHO made sure you heard those tales.

You "grew up hearing" that Abacha supposedly stole $4bn, but there is ACTUAL DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE that his immediate military predecessor made at least $12bn of Nigeria's Gulf War oil windfall disappear into private hands - why didn't you "grow up hearing" that?

You "grew up hearing" that Abacha was a "corrupt dictator," but why did you NOT "grow up hearing" that the actual dictator who occupied that seat before him singlehandedly minted at least 3 of the USD billionaires that you worship today, including his wife's tailor that was awarded an oil block and is now Africa's richest woman, or another one that was a taxi driver and now owns a telco and an oil company?

Who made sure you didn't hear that, but you heard something about Abacha?

You "grew up hearing" that Nigerians suffered economically under Abacha, but you can NEVER prove it with numbers because IT IS NOT TRUE! Nigerians did suffer from fuel shortages and other things that led to the infamous Abacha stove, but numbers cannot lie and the numbers show that inflation in Nigeria under Abacha fell to single digits, the USD exchange rate fell and stabilised remarkably, and Nigeria's foreign reserves grew from $200m to over $9bn - without high oil prices.

Since the "Abacha hardship" cannot be proven with numbers - which directly contradict the narrative - someone has made sure that you "grew up hearing tales" and anecdotes in lieu of actual facts, figures and data. And funny enough, even in filling your heads with those anecdotes and stories, the period of 1985-1993, which was actually the most damaging period in Nigeria's entire postwar history, is NEVER mentioned.

You hear a lot about Abacha killing people extra judicially, but you NEVER hear that extra judicial killing of private citizens first became institutionalised under Ibrahim Babangida - to the point of sending letter bombs to kill journalists. You NEVER hear that the first time in Nigeria's history when Nigerians began emigrating enmasse was during that period, and that the reason why almost every urban Nigerian family is split across multiple countries and continents is Ibrahim Babangida and his ruinous SAP era.

You don't hear about how drug trafficking became so institutionalised under Babangida that people like Bola Tinubu started vying for political office in 1992. You don't hear about how Babangida was instrumental in reducing Nigeria's influence in Africa by cutting funding to African liberation movements, while providing funding and support to his fellow CIA assets like Yoweri Museveni to gain power that they have not relinquished since 1985.

You instead "grew up hearing" one specific set of stories to reinforce one specific idea in your mind, so that even when you come across hard numbers and facts that contradict the stories, they have become part of your emotional makeup and are impossible to dislodge.

This was EXACTLY how the exact same American information warriors came in 2015 - when Nigeria was enjoying its biggest economic breakout since 1974 and was the 3rd fastest growing economy on the planet - and they started filling your head with stories about how "Jonathan is corrupt and incompetent" and you had never had it that bad before, to the point where you voluntarily went to the polls and removed the guy who took you into the MINT bloc, only to replace him with Muhammadu fucking Buhari.

Now here you are 11 years later, and you clearly still don't understand the power of storytelling to mess up your mind and destroy your life.

Continue cursing Abacha like Washington wants you to. Shebi his murder brought prosperity to Nigeria and you're better off now?

Whenever you wake up will be your morning.

[Shittu T.I @ShittuTI]

@seyithemie What about Sales?

[Man of Letters. @Letter_to_Jack]

Does man think that We will not reassemble his bones?

Yes indeed; We are Able to reconstruct his fingertips.

But man wants to deny what is ahead of him.

He asks, “When is the Day of Resurrection?”

When vision is dazzled. And the moon is eclipsed. And the sun and the moon are joined together.

On that Day, man will say, “Where is the escape?” No indeed! There is no refuge.

To your Lord on that Day is the settlement.

On that Day man will be informed of everything he put forward, and everything he left behind.

And man will be evidence against himself.

Even as he presents his excuses.

[Hansel Praise @hannytalker]

“Tell me about something NOT on your resume.”

Most people overthink this.

They either:
– ramble
– get too personal
– or try to be “impressive” in the wrong way

I’ve heard great answers from people who used ONE of these frameworks and kept it to ~2 mintues:

1. The human side
"I'm a total nerd about..."
Talk about something fun/quirky you genuinely enjoy.

2. The growth story
"I actually used to be really bad at..."
Share a real weakness you worked hard to fix, and how it's now a strength in this kind of role.

3. The near-failure story
“You see {{an impressive result}} on my resume.... what’s not there is how close it came to failing.”

Briefly share:
– what went wrong
– what you learned
– how it changed how you operate now

You don’t need a wild story.

Pick one lane (nerdy interest, past weakness, or near-failure).
Keep it short, and tie it back to how you work today.

That’s more than enough to show you’re human, self‑aware, and thoughtful.