ERIC

I am a learner. Please teach me to enlighten me more and then more.

[ERIC @uchennae67]

Where Love is, God is. Short story by Leo Tolstoy. Let Martin the Cobbler's story teach or at least let the mind ponder on it.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

The concept of Barra being a "sidekick" to me - or to anyone - is a very interesting one.

Have you met Barra before? That guy? A sidekick?😆

People are truly imprisoned within the borders set by their own imagination. Osim "sidekick" 😂

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

"yOu nEeD tO sToP bLamInG cOlonIaLism bEcAuSe iT wAs sO lOnG aGo aND iT hAs nO bEaRiNg oN oUr LiVEs tOdAY"

[ERIC @uchennae67]

#Healthhub. #wessapharmacy #robindiagnostics

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

I will be live on @mx24gh tomorrow morning to discuss Africa Day and matters arising, as well as the new @Spearhead_Af documentary premiering on Tuesday.

[Mayowa Durosinmi @mayowadurosinm1]

The era of having CNN tell African stories is over, and we at the @Spearhead_Af are telling Africa's story on Africa's terms.

As for what really happened on the October 29 election in Tanzania, watch out for the documentary, which will premiere in Accra at 5PM on Tuesday, May 26, at the WAGMC Auditorium, University of Ghana. Subsequently, it will also premiere in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi before going up for general viewership on YouTube on May 31.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

For the record, this is the person behind this handle. His real name is @godbless_lema

Just search "Godbless Lema" for 2 minutes on this profile and you'll clearly see this is the world's most obvious, least intelligently curated burner account.

Smile unc, you're on camera!

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

A lecturer named Dr. Gideon Nwafor from Mass Communication Dept at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University, Uli is being accused this morning of forcing students to pay N30k each before writing quiz.

In total there are 328 students to pay the money.

The VC has been duly informed to further investigations and take actions.

[ERIC @uchennae67]

@ChifeDr But you guys suffered a lot no. Your persistence shone through in the end. We can debate the artistry Dr after you guys win the CL. Good luck to you guys.

[Dr Aloy Chife @ChifeDr]

A champion in his American retreat, drinking from his Champions of England trophy and waiting for another- the UEFA Champions League

#COYG
#Arsenal

We are The Arsenal

[Dr Aloy Chife @ChifeDr]

Dear Africans:
This is what leadership looks like.

(Péter Magyar, the Hungarian Prime Minister who recently succeeded the fascist Viktor Orbán is 45-years old)

[ERIC @uchennae67]

@ChifeDr What a shame.

[Dr Aloy Chife @ChifeDr]

The fiend “ruled in defiance of right” and was malignant by nature, he never showed remorse”

[ERIC @uchennae67]

Thank you 🙏

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

By 2036, the South East should produce Africa’s strongest pipeline of engineers, builders, teachers, nurses, doctors, technicians, founders, AI workers, and globally employable professionals.

The South East must make intelligence socially prestigious again.

Any society that allows children to cheat in exams is manufacturing future incompetence.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Students from Singapore will be competing with winners of South East Maths Olympiad in ROME this July for International STEM Olympiad.

They are amongst the 154 participating countries.

We have been drilling our boys.

My task to them is simple, beat Singapore and China and bring our Gold home.

[ERIC @uchennae67]

@ruffydfire Write to IKEDC and after two weeks escalate to NERC and it will be resolved in a month.

[H i s t o r y V i l l e @HistoryVille]

After being impressed with his work, a panel of examiners upgraded Mahmud Modibbo Tukur's thesis from an MA to a PhD. The renowned Dr Yusufu Bala Usman once stated that the study was “the best PhD thesis written by anyone, anywhere in the world, on any aspect of Nigerian history since 1960.”

Mahmud Modibbo Tukur was a Nigerian historian, scholar and the fourth National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Tukur was the Head of the Department of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, until his death.

During his time at Ahmadu Bello University, he met and studied under some influential historians like Professor Abdullahi Smith and Professor Yusufu Bala Usman, who jointly supervised his doctoral dissertation on “The Imposition of British Colonial Domination on the Sokoto Caliphate, Borno and Neighbouring States (1897-1914): A Reinterpretation of Colonial Sources” in 1979.

In 1981, Tukur led the first ASUU nationwide strike since the Gowon regime regarding university autonomy and democracy. ASUU also demanded the reinstatement of the lecturers who were dismissed for their involvement in the Ali-Must-Go protests of 1978.

Under his leadership, ASUU established close ties with the other major trade unions in the country, like the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

On November 15, 1988, Mahmud Modibbo Tukur was found dead in his car along the Kaduna-Zaria expressway. He was 44. #HistoryVille

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

A word to those who want to know why I spend all my time talking about neo-colonialism instead of "throwing my hat in the ring".

Because I lived through EndSARS and I watched how the young people behind the once-in-a-generation protest movement have ended up collecting NED paychecks and rendered completely useless and impotent by the system they thought they were fighting.

As Kwame Ture explained here, revolution to seize power presupposes that we all understand certain things and we are all on the same page. If we are not operating with unity of thought, whatever "revolution" we dream of will only end up coopted by NED and those who lead it will end up breaking bread with Aisha Yesufu and Yemi Adamolekun.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

We freed them from Apathaid, but did not educate them on what it means to be African

Thats on us

[ERIC @uchennae67]

Happy birthday David. Keep a good cheer always you are a fine gentleman.

[Biggest Mack @Big_Mck]

Join me in celebrating Africa’s finest journalist @DavidHundeyin on his birthday today.

If the continent had 3 of him, the story would have been different.

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

A little while ago, my brother @pokigbo invited me to join a small book club of select people. Every month, we read a topical book, meet at his lovely home, discuss the book for two hours, and then enjoy a sumptuous dinner prepared by his beautiful, intelligent wife.

Last Saturday, we met in his home to discuss the book ‘How China Escaped The Poverty Trap’ by Yuen Yuen Ang. Remarkably, we were joined online by the author herself and in person by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria who shared his lived, empirical experiences of China’s transformation. I actually gave up watching a crucial Arsenal match and braved the Abuja rain to join. 😀

What I found most remarkable about the book was how China used what it already had, including imperfect institutions, to lift their people out of poverty. They did not wait until they had “strong institutions” or to eliminate corruption, before they led their people to prosperity. It was growth and economic prosperity that led to stronger institutions, not the other way round.

They used what could be called ‘Directed Improvisation’ where Beijing set out a vision and then allowed the provinces to innovate and compete among each other. Anything that worked in one province was encouraged and replicated elsewhere. It was humbling that cities like Shenzen alone had double the GDP of Nigeria! And there weee many more cities!

It was a refreshing break from the mud pit that Twitter can be.

And no, you cannot join because he carefully curated who he invited, and each participant brought a particular perspective that complemented others'. From policy makers to academics to senior government officials (current and former) to young men and women.

Although you can’t join this particular book club, you can start your own book club, since I’ve shared his template with you. 😀

I look forward to next month’s book, the informed discussions and intellectual sword crossings, and the lovely dinner and good wine. 😀