We were studying Numbers 13 and 14 this morning, and I told my family this story again.
When I was posted to Anambra State for NYSC, I was later deployed to Onitsha. I had been rejected at my place of primary assignment, so I was staying with an older corps member, Lanre, opposite Dennis Memorial Grammar School (DMGS).
Every evening, we would gather at the DMGS compound, and some corps members would tell us about “the reality of the land.”
“Corpers here don't eat meat.”
“We don't eat fish.”
“Life here is hard.”
Bla bla bla. 😅
One evening, I couldn't take it anymore. I challenged the speaker:
“My own corper life will be different. I will eat fish. I will eat meat. I will buy a TV and video player—back then, owning those was a big-boy thing. I will live in a flat. And if I tarry in this land, I will buy a car.”
They laughed.
Look at this dreamer! 😂
Someone who didn't even have a place to work was talking about eating meat, buying a TV and living in a flat.
Well, the following day, I received news that I needed to travel to Lagos for an interview.
I went to Lagos, got the job and was reposted back to Onitsha, Anambra State.
With that job, I became one of the highest-paid corps members around.
I ate fish.
I ate meat.
I got my TV and video.
I lived in a flat.
And something even more beautiful happened:
I started feeding other corps members at DMGS.
This morning, while studying the story of the twelve spies in Numbers 13 and 14, I remembered that experience.
Ten spies saw the giants and concluded, “We can't.”
Joshua and Caleb saw the same land and believed, “We can.”
Sometimes, the people around you are not lying about the difficulties. They are simply describing the land according to the limits of what they can see.
Don't allow another person's experience to become the prophecy over your own life.
You may be standing in the same land, facing the same giants, but your story can still be different.
Be careful who describes your land to you.
Dear Nigerians,
For many years, Nigeria has possessed some of the most promising deep offshore oil and gas resources in the world, yet several major developments have remained stalled. Oil lies beneath our waters. We have the engineers, businesses and young people capable of doing increasingly sophisticated work in the sector. What has often been missing is the certainty required for investors to commit billions of dollars, over many years, at the scale needed to turn that potential into production, jobs and opportunity for Nigerians.
We cannot afford to leave that opportunity beneath our waters for another decade.
I have therefore signed the Deep Offshore Oil and Gas Projects Incentives (Tax Remission) Order, 2026, to provide clear and predictable terms for a new generation of deep offshore investment in Nigeria.
The framework has the potential to unlock up to $50 billion in investment, beginning with the approximately $10 billion Bonga South West project. For existing deep offshore leases, there is a clear window to reach Final Investment Decision by 31 December 2029 and receive the full standard incentive available under the Order.
There is urgency to this work. Capital moves, and countries compete for it every day. The countries that attract long-term investment are not necessarily those with the greatest natural resources. They are the ones that provide the greatest certainty.
Nigeria must be one of those countries.
This Order marks the tenth major policy directive of my administration targeted specifically at the oil and gas sector. Each has dealt with a constraint holding back investment, production or value creation. Taken together, they represent a deliberate effort to make our oil and gas industry more competitive, attract capital back to Nigeria and ensure that more of the value created from our resources remains here at home.
But attracting investment is only half of my purpose.
I want the work that comes with these projects to come home to Nigeria. I want our engineers involved, our fabrication yards working, our marine and technical service companies securing contracts, and our young people acquiring skills that will remain valuable long after the first barrel is produced.
The Order reflects this priority. For projects accessing its supplementary incentives, activities are to be performed in Nigeria, subject to clearly defined exceptions and Nigerian Content requirements.
My ambition is that we use this new investment cycle to build Nigeria into Africa’s regional hub for deep offshore project execution. We should not only possess the resources. We should increasingly possess the skills, businesses and industrial capacity required to develop them.
When I engaged the Chief Executive Officer of Shell plc, Mr Wael Sawan, I directed my team to look beyond a solution for one company or one project. We needed a framework that could unlock a wider pipeline of investment while protecting Nigeria’s long-term interests.
That framework is now in place.
Ultimately, I will judge its success by what Nigerians see from it in terms of good jobs, stronger Nigerian businesses, greater production, increased revenues for the Federation and new capabilities built here at home.
Our natural resources must work harder for our people.
That is the purpose of this decision, and we will pursue it with urgency.
Nigeria First.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Good evening, my X family.
One of my drivers urgently needs your help.
While returning to Lagos, a
@FRSCNigeria vehicle reportedly hit his truck from behind. After the accident, the officers allegedly asked him to follow them to their office. On getting there, he was arrested, his phone was seized, and the video evidence of the incident was deleted.
What they didn't know was that the driver had already forwarded the video to his his boss the owner of the truck because he knew his rights.
Please help me repost this until it reaches the appropriate authorities. We are only asking for a fair and transparent investigation.
Thank you for your support.
Yes, @Lizzy1love2 is my best plug here on X.
She's good in sowing men's attire.
She delivers right on time.
She's good with her craft. Patronise her you won't have any regret 👌
Let’s do this. 👇
Quote this with that one thing you bought from an X vendor that made you say, “Yes, this is my plug”
Drop the item(or a photo/video) and tag the vendor if you can. Let’s give good businesses their flowers.🌹
✉️🇦🇷 Leo Messi’s letter.
“𝑳𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. ❤️🩹🥺
The pain is immense, it will take time for this wound to heal.
But I also choose to hold on to all the good things, all matches we turned around by giving everything and moments that will remain in our memories forever.
I will always remember the support of an entire country that, together with the work and effort of this group, brought us back once again among the best teams in the world.
Today, it is difficult to appreciate what we achieved… but this group has really reached two consecutive World Cup finals.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for every greeting and every message.
Once again, we managed to come together as a country and stand united, sharing the immense pride of being Argentine.
I also want to congratulate Spain on winning World Cup”. 🇪🇸
MTN !!!... 2 gig, 1 gig, 500 mb, 100mb, 50mb, 10 mb... they are all data subscriptions
Stop slowing down people's network once the data remains 2 gig.
It is criminal!!!
If your car gear lever ever gets stuck in park, this video explains the emergency solution you can perform to free it.
Learn and don't keep it to yourself.
The national team is parading through Oslo in an open-top bus from the Royal Palace to City Hall, as people line the streets to celebrate Norway’s historic World Cup achievement.