Monsieur Extraordinairé

A collection of random thoughts & opinions.

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

Thrilled to announce that on the 9th July, 2025 I became;

A. SamObed Amedu Esq.
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

#calltobar2025 #legalattorney #Problemsolver #legalexcellence

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

@udemeAkpan01 🤣🤣

[The Grid Post @TheGridPost]

BIG CHANGE:
YOU CAN NOW OFFICIALLY
GENERATE ELECTRICITY FOR YOURSELF, USE WHAT YOU NEED, AND SELL EXCESS ELECTRICITY BACK TO THE GRID THROUGH YOUR DISCO

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has commenced the Net Billing Regulations 2026, a new framework that allows eligible electricity users to generate power mainly through solar energy for their own use and export excess electricity back to the distribution network.

In simple terms, if your solar system generates more electricity than you consume, you can now send the extra power back to your DisCo and receive credits under a regulated billing arrangement.

This effectively creates what the sector calls a “Prosumer” ;meaning you are both a consumer and producer of electricity.

However, there are conditions.

This is not yet targeted at the average small residential solar setup.

To qualify:

-You must already be connected to a DisCo network.

-Your renewable energy system must have a minimum installed capacity of 50kWp and a maximum of 1.5MWp

-You must obtain approval from your DisCo.

-You must sign a Net Billing Agreement and register with NERC.

Approved users will receive bidirectional meters that track: ➡️Electricity imported from the grid
⬅️Electricity exported back to the grid

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

@gtagmemes Abeg just agree 😂😂

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

If you are a business person, you want to read this

https://t.co/vtqhmjfGhJ

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

@DailyMail Will Men ever be safe

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

Most of the kids here in X don't really understand that Nigeria was a giant

Nigeria was so wealthy that it was sending engineers, doctors and professionals across Africa and the Caribbean for free.

Today, it's reduced to parents struggling to get a branded carton of Maggie and tomato sauce with the photos of the president to feed kids they can't afford

If all you know is hot, dirty water to drink, then cold, dirty water is an improvement

Some of us drank clean water from a public tap

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

“….you're looking at it from a poor man's perspective.”😭😭😭

[ARÁKÙNRIN ÌYÈLỌLÁ 👷🏡 @IyelolaIge]

My boss rejected a contract worth ₦50 million to ₦100 million profit.

Said it wasn't worth the stress, it's a government contract.

We had just come back from a government agency meeting to give him feedback. Our quantity surveyor broke down the numbers clearly.

₦50million to ₦100 million. Pure profit.

My boss listened.

Then said,

"It's not every food placed on your table that you eat. I'm not taking this contract."

I opened my mouth to talk.

He looked at me.

" Ige, you're looking at it from a poor man's perspective."

I closed my mouth.

We didn't take the contract.

I understand he's a wealthy man, but I'll never understand ignoring a 50-100 million possible profit.

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

50 trips per day? Lol

Oshey twitter investors at it again 😂

[Chimaforkeeps🧘🏾☮️ @Chimaforkeeps]

Lmao we have 2 of this tipper

Sand sells 130k per trip here (new developing area). As one of the stakeholders, everyone coming to build passes through us.

Each truck does about 50 trips daily (conservative).
That’s 100 trips × 130k = 13M/day.

Capital recovered in less than a month
The next expenses is just diesel and driver which is less compared to what you make daily

Real estate Twitter won’t tell you this one.

[ຸ @D9vidson]

a moving man will meet his luck �

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

Fr

Never been so disappointed in my life

[Tuffer @TufferB]

If you have an hour and forty five minutes spare and are thinking of watching the Peaky Blinders film. Don’t.

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

@Alhajirostova heard it was a bag of rice back in my day

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

@epuntus Important observation

[Wale Tinubu CON @AdewaleTinubu]

I often joke that I have only ever had one job. What I rarely mention is that, in my early thirties, I was building two businesses simultaneously. Not long after the Unipetrol acquisition, a small group of us saw the opportunity to apply for a GSM license. From 8:00am to 8:00pm, I focused on growing the energy business.

The nights, starting from 8:00pm, belonged to telecoms. Seven of us worked until 2:00am daily, refining the bid, aligning partners, and preparing for an outcome that was far from guaranteed.
We won that license, launched, and later exited. Today, that telecom company is known as Airtel.

What's the lesson? Youth is an execution advantage. At that stage of life, sustaining 18-hour workdays repeatedly was possible. Not only because of motivation, but because of capacity.

There is a surplus of energy and tolerance for uncertainty at that stage. Over time, that edge diminishes.

If you are early in your career, this is the period to use that advantage. Take the risk. Endeavour.

#jatnotes #winning

[Biggest Mack @Big_Mck]

The UK spends roughly £6 million per day, around £2 billion a year on hotel accommodations for “failed asylum seekers.” That is the responsibility they now want to hand over to Nigeria after praising Nigerian jollof.

This same offer was made to Afghanistan, Eritrea, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, etc, and they all rejected.

Now, out the £2b a year the UK will be saving from this deal, they offered Nigeria £746 million to refurbish two ports in Lagos.

As part of the agreement, nearly half of the £746 million will go to British firms in supplier contracts.

The British steel industry, which the Uk government admitted was suffering, will use this opportunity to rejuvenate.

When the ports are done, the UK will control Nigeria’s exports until that money is paid back. Yes, it’s a loan.

This is what Tinubu, his wife, son and Tiwa Savage have gone to negotiate for Nigeria.

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

Good.

[Peoples Gazette @GazetteNGR]

Guinea seeks review of 1976 AFCON title after CAF overturns Senegal victory https://t.co/zf2uD6QyWu

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

Until death all defeat is psychological.

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

@Chizitere_xyz Real

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of delivering the Youth Lecture at the 2026 Commonwealth Day Celebration

#CommonwealthDay2026 #YouthEmpowerment #SkillsDevelopment #Nigeria #CommonwealthOfNations #NigeriaYouth #thesamobed #UnlockingOpportunities #Leadership #PolicyNigeria

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

Lord grant me the strength to not loose my temper in this B.

[Monsieur Extraordinairé @theSamObed]

As a species we need to quickly become multi planetary, before we nuke ourselves out of existence

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The last nuclear arms control treaty expires in 3 days and almost nobody in Washington is talking about it.

The math of what comes next is terrifying.

The US has 400 ICBMs sitting in silos across five Great Plains states. Each carries a single warhead. That was a deliberate choice in 2014 to comply with New START. Russia never made the same choice. Moscow kept MIRVed missiles the entire time.

So when the treaty expires on February 5, Russia can pull warheads from storage and bolt them onto existing missiles almost immediately. Rose Gottemoeller, the chief US negotiator who built New START, said Russia can “sprint away from us in an upload campaign while we’re still struggling to get the technical wherewithal in place.”

The US would need to re-engineer, re-certify, and re-install multiple warheads on 400 Minuteman IIIs. That takes years and billions of dollars. Russia just opens a warehouse.

And here’s where it gets worse. China had roughly 200 warheads in 2020. The Pentagon now estimates over 600, on track for 1,000 by 2030. Beijing has never signed any arms limitation agreement. US hawks want enough warheads to match Russia and China combined. That number is around 5,000 deployed strategic warheads, more than triple the current cap of 1,550.

Putin actually offered to keep observing the treaty’s limits for one year after expiration. Trump initially said that sounded “like a good idea.” Then in January he told the NYT: “If it expires, it expires. We’ll do a better agreement.” No negotiations are scheduled. No counter-proposal has been made.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight last week. Closest it has ever been.

91% of American voters in a recent YouGov poll support either maintaining or reducing current nuclear limits. The political demand exists. The diplomatic opening exists. The one thing that doesn’t exist is urgency from anyone in a position to act on it.