🇳🇬🌍 Ekiti-born spelling sensation Adeolu Oluwadamilola, the 2026 African Spelling Bee Junior Champion and a student of St. Lawrence Metropolitan College, Ado Ekiti, is representing Africa and Nigeria at the World Spelling Bee Championship in Shanghai, China, proudly putting Ekiti on the global stage.
We have begun clearing the illegal shanties and market stalls built along the median of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
As we rebuild the Lagos-Badagry Expressway into a modern 10-lane highway, we cannot allow its median to become a market, a settlement or a site for illegal structures.
There is absolutely no reason for anyone to trade, build makeshift shops or live on the median of a major highway. It is unsafe, illegal and unacceptable.
We often compare Lagos with some of the world’s leading cities and ask why we cannot be like them. The truth is that those cities work because people respect public infrastructure and obey the rules. We cannot expect a world-class city while refusing to show the discipline needed to keep one. Dumping waste indiscriminately or building illegal structures along our highways will not move us forward.
If we want a cleaner, safer and more organised Lagos, discipline and personal responsibility must become part of our everyday culture. That is how we build a city we can all be proud of.
Just take a good look at the effort put into the rescue of the Oyo schoolchildren and teachers by the Office of the National Security Adviser’s Tactical Team.
It took several weeks of preparation and intelligence.
The U.S Navy Seal will be proud of this operation.
This is how the victims were rescued.
The security agencies identified those behind the abduction, traced and arrested members of their families.
The kidnappers became scared and worried (awon oloshi, so they dont want anything to happen to their own family members)
Meanwhile our troops maintained positions in the surrounding forests for about a month, cutting off possible escape routes.
Commendation to the Chief of Defence Staff, the National Security Adviser, the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, and DSS for a well coordinated operation.
Dear Mister Pétérù Òbí @PeterObi,
Sé àláfíà ni e wà gégé bí èmi nà se wà?
Akú oríire o. Oríire ná ò òní bàjé. Àwon akoni sóójà @HQNigerianArmy, DSS @OfficialDSSNG àti àwon olóòpá @PoliceNG ti rescue àwon ti ajínigbé jígbé ni ìjoba ìbílè Oríire ní ìlú Ògbómòsó. Kundusi sí olórí orílè ède wa, @officialABAT àti málámù @NuhuRibadu
Ejòwó🙏, e má ko ìkokúko sí orí twitter yín o. Otherwise, àuntí pupa, aláso dúdú bí i tìyín ni màá rán sí yín o. That will be the quid pro quo I will have for you. So, e má jé kaa jà o.
Òrò mi kò l'ópin. Ódàbò.
Updated: in the course of the rescue operation, eight of the kidnappers were arrested and are now in DSS custody, while some of them were neutralised. There was no quid pro quo in the rescue as one of the terrorists, a kingpin, that the kidnappers demanded his release, is being prosecuted for his atrocities. The security agencies will give full account soon.
This is one of the things I love most about Lagos , Yorubaland . Whenever a foreign celebrity visits, we welcome them with our rich, beautiful, and authentic culture. We never miss the opportunity to show the world the pride, hospitality, and heritage of Yorubaland. Our culture speaks for itself. 🫡🇳🇬✨