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[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

Portraits of TIYENE

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

I’m stranded and the only money left to make calls they are debiting it @myaccessbank what is going on

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

@myaccessbank your ussd is not working and it keeps debiting me. This is outright theft

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

Ijeoma 26’
Wizkid’s biggest fan
#peach #cakes

[Abdurrahman Saeed @momen255]

Dear @GovWike I commended you a few weeks ago for the infrastructure development in the FCT, but recent developments are undermining that progress and placing your administration on a troubling path.
Your policies appear to be reversing some of the critical work done under @elrufai, particularly in restoring the Abuja Master Plan. His administration took decisive steps to demolish structures especially built on green areas and sewage lines. For example, areas like Accra Street were demolished, cleared and restored. Many people who see it today would not realize it was once heavily encroached upon, with houses all around.
However, your administration has begun converting green areas into residential areas, depriving residents of the environmental and recreational benefits. In addition, the allocation and restructuring of refuse dumping areas across districts raise serious concerns. Each district previously had designated dumping sites, but the current approach risks overcrowding these sites. This could worsen waste management challenges, as collection companies are already struggling to service residents effectively. The result is visible. Parts of Abuja, especially within estates are becoming dirty and unpleasant.
The situation with water supply is equally concerning. The FCT Waterboard, @fctwb which once provided clean and reliable water that many residents depended on, is now facing major operational challenges. There are reports of shortages of essential treatment chemicals like chlorine (they used to receive trailer loads of supplies before), reduced supply across districts and irregular service. Power supply issues, including outstanding debts to AEDC, have further disrupted operations. The lack of adequate backup power has made consistent water distribution even more difficult.
Security concerns have also grown. The increasing presence of beggars and the resurgence of commercial motorcycles and tricycles operatimg without proper regulation are contributing to a sense of disorder and insecurity across the FCT.
While infrastructure development is important, it cannot be the sole measure of progress/development. Environmental management, public health, service delivery and security are equally critical. These issues risk placing your administration among the least effective in the history of the FCT.
Perhaps in the future, leadership with a strong commitment to preserving the Abuja Master Plan, like that demonstrated by Nasir El-Rufai will be needed to correct these growing concerns and restore balance to the development of the capital.
During your inaugural speech, you spoke firmly about doing the right thing, preserving the Abuja Master Plan and taking decisive action against illegal structures. Today, however, the reality appears to be quite different.

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

@PeterROCK_ Rich kids are worse, the next generation is sickening and it’s deeply worrisome how values have eroded.

[Ejiofor Ifeanyinachukwu @lordmagicfinger]

@Riddwane It has always been the template for APC politicians and I'm not surprised.

Increase price of an item from ₦100 to ₦3000 then reduce the price to ₦1,500 and claim that they are working by slashing down the price. Keep fooling yourselves Sha

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

I just saw that Igbo history is being quietly removed from the curriculum, and I won’t pretend this is normal. I honestly feel a deep mix of anger and shame.

This doesn’t feel like oversight. It doesn’t feel like bureaucracy. It feels intentional.

No empire is forcing this.
No conqueror is rewriting our books.
We are doing it ourselves.

You don’t remove history by accident.
You remove it when you don’t want the next generation to ask uncomfortable questions.

History explains who we were, what we survived, and why things are the way they are.
Take that away, and you produce citizens who exist but don’t understand themselves.

A child who never learns Igbo history will grow up believing Nigeria began in 1914,
that power was always centralized,
that resistance never existed,
that things have always been this way.

That ignorance is not neutral.
It is extremely useful to someone.

Every serious society protects its history fiercely.
Not because the past was perfect, but because memory is power.

So when Igbo history is removed, what exactly is being replaced?
Silence?
Amnesia?
Or a version of the story that makes questioning impossible?

We’ll still cry tomorrow that our children don’t know who they are, but today we are the ones deleting the evidence.

This isn’t about sentiment.
It’s about control.

A people without history is easy to manage, easy to divide, and easy to lie to.

Erase the past, and you don’t need chains anymore.

Governments don’t fear angry people as much as they fear people who remember.

Removing Igbo history doesn’t erase the past, it just ensures the next generation won’t know enough to challenge the present.

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

@BashirAhmaad If Nigeria loved her citizens it wouldn’t be the case.

[Engr Shaibu @engr_shaibu_]

For Nigeria to progress, this man and his cronies must go!

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

What’s your best lens for portraits ?
50mm f1.2
85mm f1.4
105mm f1.4
135mm f1.8

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

@DiianaD_ @adekunleGOLD

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

#Canonr6mk3 is really what I’ve been asking canon to do since the original r6 and guess what they did it, By Bringing both #clog2 and #IBIS to the r6 mk3 with an impressive 32.5 cmos sensor. This is truly a hybrid beats

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

@ahdebee @culedove Hello

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

@her_daughter_ Hi

[Peter Obi’s Civil Engineer @feel_NN]

@instablog9ja I invest money, Tax!

I save money, Tax!

I transfer money, Tax!

I buy goods, Tax!

I buy pms, Tax!

YET;

No security.

No free health insurance for the elderly.

No social insurance for the unemployed.

No welfare for vulnerable kids.

No light.

No water.

Bad roads.

[Obiorah Otu @oteessolutions1]

The attention of concerned Nigerians has been drawn to the recent announcement by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) introducing a new $11.50 “Security Levy” on all international passengers, inbound and outbound, effective December 1, 2025. The levy, disguised under the name Advance Passenger Information System (APIS), is being presented as a security measure. In truth, it is an unjust, exploitative, and insensitive policy that must be rejected immediately by all Nigerians.

A TAX ON MOVEMENT, NOT SECURITY

Let us be clear: this is not a “security upgrade.” It is a tax on movement, a direct toll on citizens simply for travelling. Security and data systems are the responsibility of government, funded through existing taxes and aviation fees. To now impose a separate charge on individual travellers is double taxation, plain and simple. It is an insult to the millions of hardworking Nigerians already burdened by a crumbling economy, inflation, and endless levies at every turn.

This so-called “APIS levy” is another attempt to transfer the cost of government inefficiency onto the people, people who are already struggling to breathe.

NO COUNTRY CHARGES ITS CITIZENS FOR SECURITY

The Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) exists globally, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, and many others, but none of these nations charge passengers a separate levy to fund it. Security infrastructure is part of a nation’s duty, not a product to be sold to its citizens.

Only a handful of governments have tried similar schemes, and they were met with widespread opposition. In Tanzania, a new “passenger facilitation” fee triggered public outrage for the same reason: it punished travellers instead of protecting them. Nigeria should be learning from better examples, not copying the worst ones.

A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

Accepting this fee sets a dangerous precedent. Today it’s $11.50 for “security.” Tomorrow, it will be $15 for “digital systems.” Next year, $20 for “climate compliance.” This creeping taxation culture must stop. Travel is not a luxury for the elite. It is a necessity for business, education, family, and survival. This levy will make travel even less accessible for ordinary Nigerians and further damage the country’s global image as an already expensive and difficult place to fly from.

THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY, NOT THE PEOPLE’S BURDEN

Security, data management, and border control are fundamental functions of any responsible government. Citizens should not be made to fund them directly.
If the Nigerian government can not secure its borders without billing travellers, then it must reassess its spending priorities, not reach deeper into the pockets of its citizens.

This policy is tone-deaf, regressive, and morally indefensible. It adds no visible value to the average Nigerian but guarantees more revenue for a few insiders and contractors hiding behind “technology partnerships” and "security systems."

WE SAY NO

We, the people, reject this policy outright. We call on the National Assembly, civil society, travel and aviation unions, and every concerned Nigerian to rise and demand its immediate withdrawal.
If the government insists on implementing this levy, it must be prepared for unified public resistance, both at home and abroad. Nigerians can not and will not continue to pay for the government’s failure to manage its own responsibilities.

OUR MESSAGE IS SIMPLE

Stop punishing Nigerians for your inefficiency. Stop disguising revenue grabs as security improvements. Stop taxing us for simply trying to move, live, and dream beyond survival.

Enough is enough.

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

@bejvisuals @HelenAdewole___ Love it ‘

[𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛. @themelvin_a]

@Iceprincezamani The same Abuja that the cemetery looks like an abandoned farmland. This current Abuja administration incessantly take from the living yet you can’t even honor the dead.