Oluwatosin Komolafe, PhD

Ecology|| Environmental Science|| Sustainability|| Climate Change

Football, Research, 🤝 Meeting People

[Oluwatosin Komolafe, PhD @Titomi23]

I was privileged to work on aspects involving climate change, waste management and agroecology.
It was amazing to know those areas are intertwined, resulting to accumulation of capabilities on my part. A very interesting adventure.

[AgricQueen @ChimdiIbeawuchi]

In 2012, when I started farming in Kuje Area Council-Abuja, cashew trees were everywhere. Many local landowners planted them as economic trees—not necessarily for commercial production, but because they increased the perceived value of their land.

By 2013, the cashew industry had become a thriving rural economy. During harvest season, heavy-duty trucks lined up at Tipper Garage Junction in Kuje, buying cashew kernels for Nuts processing.
Farmers earned and the entire communities benefited from the value chain.

The boom continued through 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Then greed quietly replaced sustainability.

Instead of allowing the fruits to mature naturally, many people began harvesting prematurely to extract kernels early. The result was predictable: immature kernels flooded the market, quality dropped, and buyers began rejecting consignments.

By 2018, something even more alarming happened. Many of the cashew trees simply refused to fruit. In 2019 and 2020, some produced while others remained barren. By 2021, large numbers of trees appeared diseased and failed to fruit.
Today, the trucks are gone. The once-thriving cashew economy has largely disappeared. The trees remain, but many no longer produce.

What is most disturbing is that nobody seems to know why.

Nigeria has numerous institutions with mandates that should cover issues like this:
• Seed Council of Nigeria
• Forestry Departments and Agencies
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Research Institutes and Extension Services

Yet there appears to be little or no publicly available data explaining what happened to the Kuje cashew ecosystem.

A nation that does not invest in research is condemned to repeat its mistakes. We spend billions discussing agriculture, but when an entire economic ecosystem collapses, nobody can explain the cause, measure the impact, or propose a recovery strategy.

Agriculture is not sustained by speeches and conferences. It is sustained by data, research, and institutional memory.

Until we take research seriously, we will continue harvesting from nature without understanding the consequences—and acting surprised when nature stops giving back.

[AgricQueen @ChimdiIbeawuchi]

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If you are not an attractive woman, you won’t be very profitable in prostitution either.

Every venture has requirements, advantages, disadvantages, and barriers to entry.

As an adult, run a SWOT analysis on everything you want to venture into. Understand your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats before committing your time and resources.

I don’t know why blogs glorify certain lifestyles without discussing the realities behind them.
Self-awareness is one of the most underrated forms of intelligence in today’s Nigeria..

Platforming individuals who promote Prostitution is our Normal now and we wonder what’s wrong with our society

[Yemi @6oss_x]

1. When a woman complains a lot of a certain guy, she usually wants to sleep with him. Complaining = emotional investment. Don't be fooled.

2. Never ask for sex. Asking kills the entire vibe instantly. When you need permission like a scared boy, she feels pressure instead of desire and shuts down completely. Lead, don't beg.

3. Most men fail because they try too hard. Over-text. Over-explain. Over-invest. And she? She loses interest not because you're not good enough, but because you don't understand how attraction actually works.

4. If you can't handle chaos, you're not built for the throne. Chaos is the tax you pay for the throne. Most men crumble under pressure. They seek comfort when life throws them into fire. Don't be one of them.

5. Train yourself to take nothing personally from women, she can love you at 10am and block you at 12pm.

6. She won't marry you unless you have a promising future, that's fair. You shouldn't marry her unless she has a clean past. That's also fair.

7. The world doesn't care about your intentions. It doesn't care how "good" you are. It only respects results. And money is one of the loudest results you can show.
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Stay focused on you and your daily bread. 💰

[@mrajiabdulwasiu @mrajiabdulwasiu]

You must put in the work day, afternoon and sometimes, night. Else, you are not getting anywhere.

14 years ago, see me, a STEM graduate working as a marketing executive for Mutual Benefits Life in Lagos.

Today, I am a Materials and Combustion Scientist in France Recently, I presented my team work in a Combustion Institute conference in Italy.

For your information, I was the only black at the International conference among attendees from around the world.

So, folks, in seek all the experience in your early career. You need it to navigate life when the journey get tough.

As a marketing executive, I learnt practical skills on people management, sales, financial management, time management, public speaking, among others. So for me, the experience was worth it.

I remain eternally grateful to my big bro who recommended me for the job and his friend (my supervisor) who ensured I was employed and guided me on the job till I left my full-time lecturing.

[Sir J (J9) @SirJarus]

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But:

1. What is the incentive for 1st class and Second Class Upper if it doesn't confer any advantage after school? Everyone should just work for 3rd class then.

2. If a recruiter invites everyone, regardless of grade, to come and write their test and interview, recruitment cost will be much higher. Bigger pool of applicants > more resources required for recruitment. The grade cutoff is usually a means to keep applicants number manageable.

That said, I believe there are many low graders that are as smart as top graders, especially outside academics. And they have always proved themselves even under the current screening system. They will always manouvre their way to where the academic toppers get to, through, for example, starting in the few organizations that don't care about grade or having some extraodinary skills.

[Omoalhaja @omoalhajaabiola]

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[Sir J (J9) @SirJarus]

A former chairman of one of the top banks, who is a silent follower here, and we have never physically met, was on the phone with my family till midnight on the night I was being dragged here, trying to intervene.

Two months later, his company offtook one of our projects for almost half a billion Naira.

I also randomly retweeted a sick baby's fundraising. He came to my DM, asked whether I confirmed the case, asked for the hospital account and sent N10m, the entire hospital bill, for the baby's surgery.

May almighty Allah continue to bless him.

We have never met in person but he is such a kind person.

Our paths crossed on Twitter.

[Omoalhaja @omoalhajaabiola]

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[Godwin Enakhena @genakhena]

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Do you remember everyone here?

[Omoalhaja @omoalhajaabiola]

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[Sir J (J9) @SirJarus]

WORLD CUP 2026

Favourites
1. France
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Portugal

Contenders
5. Brazil
6. England
7. Germany
8. Colombia

Outside Chances
9. Croatia
10. Belgium
11. Senegal
12. Uruguay
13. Netherlands
14. Turkey
15. Switzerland
16. Mexico

Pretenders
17. Austria
18. Czech
19. Canada
20. Norway
21. Morocco
22. Scotland
23. USA
24. Paraguay
25. Ivory Coast
26. Ecuador
27. Japan
28. Sweden
29. Egypt
30. New Zealand
31. South Korea
32. Bosnia

Tourists
33. South Africa
34. Qatar
35. Haiti
36. Australia
37. Curacao
38. Tunisia
39. Iran
40. Saudi Arabia
41. Iraq
42. Algeria
43. Jordan
44. Cape Verde
45. DR Congo
46. Uzbekistan
47. Ghana
48. Panama

[Visser-Mabogunje Lola @VisserLola]

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[Oluwatosin Komolafe, PhD @Titomi23]

@SirJarus My World Cup agenda:

Will actively root for Argentina:
- Argentina

Won't mind if they win it:
- France
- Brazil

Outsiders I like:
- Turkey
- All African Countries in the World Cup

🤷 I miss Nigeria.

[Oluwatosin Komolafe, PhD @Titomi23]

@OladejiTosin15 Congratulations to you, Champ!

You deserve it. Many more on their way.