Valentine

too cool for a bio

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@toyinvoldo @tresokure @trefordafrica I'll send a DM tmr pls, boss. busy rn.

[Dinma Aniugbo @dinmaaniugbo]

I love rejections ☺️

2013 - I failed maths, so I couldn't get into uni.
2016 - I failed a uni course. Twice!
2020 - I got over 100 job rejections.
2023 - I got laid off.
2023 - I was denied a UK Global Talent Visa.
2026 - I got rejected as a conference speaker.

Again, I love rejections because
it means I'm just one step closer to winning

2018 - Graduated from Uni with a Second Class Upper.
2022 - Landed my dream job at Shopify.
2023 - Got approved to be a UK Global Talent
2025 - Got into Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2026 - Spoke at a conference in London
2026 - Got recognized as a Rising Star in London.

Failure, my darling, isn't the end of the road.
Please don't give up. Your next "yes" might be closer than you think.

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@tresokure @trefordafrica same here mehn 🙂‍↕️

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@tresokure @trefordafrica it’s terrible, fr. reached out to customer support, but nothing has changed. looking for alternatives.

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@tresokure @trefordafrica been having the same issue for months. lemme guess: if you click “mark complete,” it doesn't work abi? 🙂‍↕️

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@Tellaboutcrypt sending you hugs, bro🫂

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

Mum came over to spend the weekend. I've missed my baby ngl. So much to catch up on🫂

Let's see how long it’ll take her to vex me😂

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

I need to stop reading Zikoko's posts. e too dey rage bait and vex me, fr. and na that my ex start am o. she go dey send me the posts and then ask for my POV

smh 😑

[♡ @Bonmatimessi]

Argentina is a team that runs on pure homosexual love for Lionel Messi and there seems to be no tactic that could counter that

[Moe @Mochievous]

You take a picture, it doesn’t look that great to you, so you say “let’s take try again.”

The way you casually gave a second chance to get a picture you like, is the same way you should give yourself second chances in life.

If you aren’t comfortable, try another pose.

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@fortuneakande oh well, a man has to stand for something 🙂‍↕️

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

This fucking Argentine pricks

I'm convinced god doesn't like me 😭

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@ehigbai_o life jus crazy anyhow. How can this Argentine team be this successful? wtf🙂‍↕️

[Douglas Kendyson @KendysonD]

Hi @jidesanwoolu, @hanneymusawa

I'm deeply disappointed in your @lirs_govng team hounding Selar in the name of claiming creator royalty taxes. I turn 30 in Oct and I've spent the last 10 years building Selar, so this is what the youth mean by policies being created to crush growing businesses. We are the pioneering and largest creator company in Nigeria (Africa actually), and instead of being supported by the government, the LIRS team is keen on trying to scapegoat us to set a precident.

Beyond the huge numbers seen in the headlines, we are still a young company just trying to make our mark for the creator economy in a country where we've never been supported once, we're literally a bootstrapped company. In 2025 alone, we've fulfilled our tax obligation in almost 9 figures and we've never missed out on any of our tax obligation over the years. You can check the records.

We are a software company, we make our ecommerce software available to our thousands of creators in not just Nigeria but 13 other African countries and for that, we earn a small commission of 4%, most of which goes to our payment provider. This is the same business as shopify, teachable, e.t.c There is no reason LIRS is hounding us for a backdated 5% royalty fee on all sales when we've clearly explained our line of business to them and shared everything to prove we are not a royalty based business.

What they're asking us to do is raise our pricing to extort these funds from our creators which is odd considering our creators still pay taxes on their income. No creator company in the world charges as high as even 5%.

Also, less payment gateway charges we get 1-3% max, so where do we pay backdated 5% fees from?

The government would have to decide if it wants the Nigerian creative economy to grow or not.

This conversation is important to me because we pioneered this industry of monetizing digital products online in Nigeria and today we host over 400k creators selling using our platform.

This is an opportunity for the government to show it's committment to making Nigeria work for young Nigerians especially in the creator economy.

Time and money we should be spending investing into our business and it's growth for the GDP of this nation is being spent in long back and forth.

We can't catch up with the west if this is what we're facing at home. Above everything else, disputes like this are distracting from the real work.

If anything, for all our CSR contributions to the education system in the country with our Smart Hustle Anti fraud initiative and our other efforts, we should be getting tax rebates, but we're not even asking for anything but to be left alone to build our business.

Thank you.

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@tobiamure sha unblock me. una don win na 🙂‍↕️

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

Man, I’m going to avoid social media till next month

Make I focus on my hustle

Football isn't for me

Cos what nonsense is this tori Olorun 😂

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@__Oluwatoni__ your papa! avoid me this weyrey 😭😂

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

omo I'm pissed walai

Make I go drink 😂😂

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@__Oluwatoni__ this boy, avoid me 😂

[Valentine @thisisv_otin]

@Ralph_shinobi01 damn, you bro 🙂‍↕️