Temitope Kuti

He is calm, forward-looking and consumed with passion for the preservation of the future of Nigeria, in particular, and Africa, in general.

[Son of David @DrOlusesan]

One uncle adugbo from the US came that year to contest Lagos East Senate primaries by sharing key holder of the statue of liberty. He returned disappointed saying we are not ready for development. He wants to use key holder to get Senate ticket to start the development.

[Ayodele John @Johnnnlovesyou]

Day 19: Please help my mum walk again with your donations. Any amount is appreciated. We still have to raise an additional 9.8M . Please help us
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[Temitope Kuti @topekuti02]

Thank you @RayHudson. You are the true Magisterial. What an icon you are! Enjoy a blessed retirement.

[Ray Hudson @RayHudson]

Very sad; today I retire from @CBSSports & @SiriusXMFC.Thankyou all for sharing so many magesteeerial memories,wherein the beautiful game & players,beguiled & bewildered us.Sincere thanks to everyone I worked with;you inspired me. To everyone out there,I love you & I`ll miss you.

[Ray Hudson @RayHudson]

Very sad; today I retire from @CBSSports & @SiriusXMFC.Thankyou all for sharing so many magesteeerial memories,wherein the beautiful game & players,beguiled & bewildered us.Sincere thanks to everyone I worked with;you inspired me. To everyone out there,I love you & I`ll miss you.

[Everest Today @EverestToday]

In the summer of 1995, high on the icy flanks of K2, the world’s second-highest and most dangerous mountain, a storm was gathering. And within it stood Alison Hargreaves — a British mountaineer who had already redefined what was possible. Just months earlier, she had stunned the climbing world by summiting Everest solo, without Sherpa support or supplemental oxygen. No women had ever done it before like her.

Now, she was on K2, alone again. A mother of two, she was often criticized not for her risks, but for daring to take them while being a mother. Still, she climbed — not for fame, but because the mountains were a part of her soul.

On August 13, 1995, she reached the summit of K2. But as she descended, the sky turned. A fierce storm tore across the mountain. Winds howled at 160 km/h. Avalanches thundered. Alison was last seen alive below the summit. Then, nothing. She vanished into the storm — her body never found. K2 took her.

Back home in Scotland, a six-year-old boy named Tom Ballard waited. That boy would grow up not just in her shadow, but in her spirit.

Years passed. Tom became a climber — bold, gifted, obsessed with alpine purity, just like his mother. In 2015, he made history by solo-climbing the six great north faces of the Alps in a single winter season.

The mountains were calling him, too.

Then he came to Nanga Parbat in 2019. One of the most lethal peaks in the Himalayas. Tom joined Italian climber Daniele Nardi for a winter ascent via the Mummery Spur — an uncompleted dream. They disappeared in February. Days turned to weeks. Hope faded. On March 9, their bodies were spotted by Spanish climber Alex Txikon and team, high on the face.

Mother and son. Twenty-four years apart. Two souls who lived and died in the thin air. Alison on K2, Tom on Nanga Parbat. The mountains united them in life — and claimed them in death.

But they are not stories of loss alone. They are stories of love, obsession, and a deep, rare kind of freedom — the kind found only above the clouds, where the world falls away and the sky becomes your final horizon.

Photo Showing Alison Hargreaves in October 1988, holding her son Tom Ballard at Black Rock, overlooking the Derbyshire countryside. Courtesy: Phil O Brien.

[Everest Today @EverestToday]

High on Everest’s North Face, where the wind cuts like glass and time itself freezes, a body lay hidden for 75 years.

It was May 1, 1999, when an American-led expedition moved carefully across the scree and snow of the northeast ridge. Their goal was not the summit. It was the past. They were searching for answers to one of mountaineering’s greatest mysteries: what happened to George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine on June 8, 1924?

That day, the two men were last seen, “going strong for the top,” just a few hundred meters below the summit. Then, clouds swallowed them whole. They never returned.

For decades, their disappearance haunted the climbing world. Did they reach the summit of Everest nearly three decades before Hillary and Norgay? No one knew. Only the mountain did.

Then, in 1999, the mountain gave something back.

Lying face down in the scree, at 8,155 meters, was a body bleached by the sun and preserved by the cold. Perfectly intact. The clothing was from another time — wool and gabardine. Roped to him was an ice axe. A name tag stitched inside the collar left no doubt: George Mallory.

His body told a story: a fall, a head wound, a broken leg. But no sign of panic. His goggles were in his pocket — perhaps it was already dark. And one item was missing: the photo of his wife, Ruth, which he had promised to leave at the summit.

No one knows if he ever did.

Mallory had once been asked why he wanted to climb Everest. His answer was three words that echoed across history: “Because it’s there.”

But for Mallory, it was more than that. It was poetry. It was purpose. It was a yearning to touch something eternal.

Back in England, his children had grown up without him. His wife had grown old waiting for word. And the world moved on, never knowing whether Mallory had stood at the top of the world — or how close he had come.

Now, with his body found some hundreds meters below the summit, the mystery burns brighter, not dimmer. Had he summited and fallen on the way down? Or was the summit forever just beyond reach?

We may never know.

But this is not only a story of loss. Like all great climbing legends, it���s a story of longing, of ambition that refuses to die — a story written not in ink, but in ice and stone.

George Mallory remains on the mountain, as he wished. A part of Everest now. Forever reaching upward, into the thin, bright silence above the world.

Video showing the body of George Mallory, found by the Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition, May 1, 1999. ©: Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition.

[Yinka Ogunnubi @yinkanubi]

"21 years after the Pencom Act was enacted, many States are yet to fully comply. According to Pencom in its Q2:2024 report, even though 25 States have domesticated the CPS Law, only 7+FCT have fully implemented all aspects of the Contributory Pension Scheme. They’re Lagos, Osun, Kaduna, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo, and Jigawa. The paradox is that out of the 28 States yet to fully implement the CPS laws, 18 have pension for life laws for Governors and their deputies. Laws that they're implementing fully. There is no further evidence of how out of touch these States are than this."

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[The New Alaafin Of Oyo 🇳🇬🇺🇸 阿德耶米·亞當斯 @AlaafinOwoade]

Barcelona deadliest counter attacks under Hansi Flick.

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[Yinka Ogunnubi @yinkanubi]

Six Months ago, I launched an appeal for Femi who is battling Colon Cancer. It has been a very long ride but we thank God for where we are now. Femi is doing so much better and we are confident he will beat this cancer.

After the initial surgery in May, we waited for the oncologist report to determine the next steps. We consulted with two different oncologist and the conclusions were more or less the same that he must undergo 12 cycles of Chemo at the first instance.

We had an initial target of N12m but all in all, we raised in total N9,511,824 and have spent a total of N9,405,829.72. Below is the breakdown of the outflow.

1. Surgery between May 21st and June 1st - N4,270,179
2. Chest CT Scan on the 13th July, 2024 - N122,000
3. Chemo Fitness on the 27th July 2024 - N45,850
4. Blood Transfusion on the 1st August, 2024 - N100,200
5. 1st Chemo Cycle & Admission on the 5th August - N890,993
6. 2nd Chemo cycle & Admission on the 2nd Sept - N831,619
7. 3rd Chemo cycle & Admission on the 23rd Sept - N774,116
8. 4th Chemo cycle & Admission on the 14th Oct - N876,287
9. 5th Chemo cycle & Admission on the 4th Nov - N841,692
10. 6th Chemo cycle - N758,838 (Admission Fee not yet paid)
*TOTAL SPENT SO FAR: N9,405,829.72
*TOTAL IN THE BANK: N105,994.28

There are 6 more Chemo cycles to go. Unfortunately, we don't have enough funds to cover them. We have subsequently informed his family about this. If you still feel led to give, please don't hesitate. Kindly go ahead. The account details are below:

Acct Number - 4021095864
Bank - Fidelity Bank
Account Name: Mercy Akintunde.

I end this with a personal thank you video from Femi himself.

[Oluwatobiloba Moody @tobi_moody]

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[nzherald @nzherald]

#BREAKING | Kiingi Tūheitia has died, aged 69, just days after celebrating the 18th anniversary of his coronation.

“The death of Kiingi Tūheitia is a moment of great sadness for followers of Te Kiingitanga, Māoridom and the entire nation.” 🔗https://t.co/RvdMUmwe4t

[Kitan Olalere @Artileyin]

Thank you my friend. Medical bills are being sorted out. A donation for wheelchair chair and forearm crutches will be highly appreciated. Cost of both is about N175,000. Access bank. 0054262971. Olalere Olaitan Michael

[Leah Katung-Babatunde @leeyah2k]

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[Oluwatobiloba Moody @tobi_moody]

You are all cordially invited to the 2nd edition of the @WIPO IP & Business Women's Summit, scheduled to take place on March 28, 2024 by 10am at the @UN_Nigeria House. Virtual and in-person participation options are available. To register, please see below
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[Temitope Kuti @topekuti02]

@DrJinRussell @efesocollins He was a true believer in the endless possibilities of human kindness and he demonstrated it with his own life. God grant his whanau peace. RIP Efeso.

[Temitope Kuti @topekuti02]

@TheCoconetTV An amazing and truly kind human he was. May his whanau find peace. RIP Efeso.

[Temitope Kuti @topekuti02]

Until you can understand that narrative is not normative, your journey in Bible study has not started.

God deliver you and those you lead from this ignorance.

[Apostle Harrison Ayintete @TGNLEAD]

POLYGAMY IS BIBLICAL!

Killing one's enemy is BIBLICAL!

Cutting one's wife to pieces to seek revenge is BIBLICAL!

Sacrificing of goats to hear God is BIBLICAL!

Inheriting of your brother's wife is BIBLICAL!

Killing of small children who offend preachers is BIBLICAL!

Killing land owners to take over their land is BIBLICAL!

So many WRONGS and EVILS are biblical!!

It is the reason believers must go beyond what is BIBLICAL to what is CHRIST-LIKE!

If you still don't understand that Jesus is God who came in the flesh to show Himself, you will have a lot of bible verses to justify many evils!!

Don't assume you have understood this post.

As a cognitive test.

Write down how many people Jesus killed.

How many people Jesus cursed.

And how many people Jesus forgave.

And there, you can conclude on God's True character.

[Temitope Kuti @topekuti02]

Nigerian law permits all citizens by birth to hold multiple citizenships. So. 28 CFRN is unambiguous.

Imagine the SC ruling that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala can't be governor in Nigeria just because she holds American citizenship😕. That's your clue.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

I’m not usually one to comment on Supreme Court Judgements but this one really got me thinking, especially after reading this article. During the trial It was proven that the Deputy Governor of Lagos naturalized in the United States and swore an Oath of Allegiance to become an American citizen. For those who do not know the details of that oath, let me share a paragraph from it.

“I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform non-combatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law.”

Why should anyone who has sworn this kind of oath and renounced Nigeria be allowed to lead a state or a country? It just doesn’t make any sense. So if there is a crisis between Nigeria’s interest and that of the United States, isn’t it clear whose side the Deputy Governor will be on?

Lastly, I believe if indeed he wanted to serve and not eat his cake and have it, he should have renounced the American citizenship before contesting.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa renounced his US citizenship before running in Sri Lanka, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, renounced his before running in Peru, Michaelle Jean renounced her French citizenship before assuming office as Canada’s Governor-General and Dr Dalia Grybauskaite renounced her US citizenship to become the President of Lithuania.

Why is ours always different?

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