Tomato jos

living consciously...

[justine @justinemach_]

an idiot in motion goes further than a genius at rest

[Aaron Francis @aarondfrancis]

Imagine winning this hard. Impossible

[Chisom Nwokwu🌟 @tech_queen]

I’m super excited to announce that I’ve started my Master’s degree in Computer Science, specialising in Artificial Intelligence, at @GeorgiaTech, Atlanta, US.🚀

Georgia Tech’s College of Computing is one of the largest and most prestigious computing institutions in the world, consistently ranked among the top programs for computer science and AI research.✨

The journey so far has been both challenging and rewarding and I’m genuinely looking forward to the growth this next chapter will bring.❤️📚

[Chibuzor @ChibuOnwurah]

Our TV broke in December, and it changed our family.

We decided not to replace it for 6 months. Best decision ever.

Without a TV, the kids read more, play together, and spend evenings outside with friends. As a family, we talk more, laugh more, cook together, play games, and actually hang out.

On Saturday, we hosted our own family sip & paint with homemade meat pie, chicken wings, and puff puff. The whole day turned into laughter and connection instead of everyone behind screens.

It’s now 10 months, and we’ll likely end the year without a TV. Screentime is way down, family time is way up.

Best family experiment of all time.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

The single most important proof to me that God exists is that everything that happens in my life has a reason; even the events that I thought were disasters were proven to be blessings in retrospect. Delays were timed blessings. Denials were delayed rewards. Grace is free.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

You can actually buy Class. You only need to pay and shut your mouth. The less people know about you, the classier they think you are.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

Something clicked to me last weekend about China and why they are different from Silicon Valley. They play the numbers game, not the outliers game. They iterate a number of times via competition to success.

Many don't have that mindset and think their ideas are special. They are not. Your first idea 99% likely sucks. I discovered yesterday while listening to the @AcquiredFM podcast that YouTube was initially meant to be a video dating site.

It was in pivoting that they got acquired for 1.6 Billion dollars in Google stock that is worth 20 times that amount today.

I always tell people not to fall in love with the tech but the business model. The market will always tell you what the best idea will be after they try your product. Even if the market likes your product, you have to find a way to make it sustainable by making it profitable and then digging moats to make it remain profitable. It took YouTube about a decade to become a profitable business that now churns out cash. Google was patient with the acquisition.

This is why I laugh a lot when the African tech media hypes any new product launch. Nah, talk to me after the fourth iteration. Mobile money pilots at MTN took anywhere from months to years. They keep iterating until they get it. They have the closest to the Chinese approach in Africa. They throw numbers at a problem by testing it in several OPCOs.

I remember MTN Ghana MoMo when production, DR, testing were all in one physical machine. Today they do $250 billion in transactions a year. MTN Nigeria had a security server with a small form factor and a large HSM card , so it couldn't close. We used it like that to process billions of dollars worth of VTU airtime for years.

Don't fall in love with perfect ideas, fall in love with execution and iteration.

[your rich aunty's rich aunty 👑 @uwaezukanu]

This documentary just won an Emmy tonight for "Best Arts and Culture Documentary".

Congratulations to them. Very proud.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

This is the first JAMB resit result I woke up with. This youngster was wrongly graded 170 due to the error and now 301 in just 48 hours of preparation.

Finally, our students have been vindicated.

[Agu @camelaeto]

Guys, please don’t stay indoors too much.

It’s truly detrimental to your mind and health.

[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

Our wickedness is real o. 400,000 kids and nobody will lose their jobs.

Nigeria needs consequences.

[Aji Bussu Onye Mpiawa azụ 🇨🇮 @AfamDeluxo]

I took time to read through Dr. Chife’s JAMB post yesterday already swarmed by gaslighters and dishonest scoundrel, and I noticed two notable Igbo persons in the comments. One, an Igbo woman, who remarked that "the issue reflects a broader Nigerian dysfunction rather than anything specific to the Igbo issue."

Honestly, I didn’t even know how to feel about that. It’s become clear to me that some of you, after reaching a certain level of personal or professional success, begin to see it as beneath you to acknowledge or confront something as “primitive” as tribalism in Nigeria.

Maybe you’re genuinely insulated from it. Maybe you’re trying to project some form of intellectual superiority. Maybe you’re playing it safe for professional relationships. Or maybe… you’re just in denial. Just maybe.

Whatever the reason, I’d suggest a bit of introspection. Because to be honest, you read the details, five South Eastern states and select areas in Lagos were affected yet somehow concluded there’s no indication of tribal bias in JAMB’s conduct?

Let’s be honest. What are the statistical chances that this “technical glitch” would randomly hit all five South Eastern states at once, and virtually nowhere else? If it had occurred in just one or two states, maybe we could argue coincidence. But five out of five? That’s not dysfunction that’s a pattern. What’s even more troubling is that when this issue was first raised, JAMB’s initial reaction wasn’t to investigate or express concern, it was to run to the media and proudly celebrate a so-called clampdown on malpractice in a region that has consistently performed exceptionally well for over a decade. That alone says a lot. And to dismiss that without raising any critical questions? That’s either willful ignorance or a deep discomfort with confronting the ugly truth.

This is precisely why I hold people like Dr. Chife and Dr. Sam Amadi in such high regard. They speak truthfully, even when it’s uncomfortable. Especially when it’s uncomfortable.

[Tomato jos @veamb]

We need to be statistics driven to be able to combat the latent kind of tribalism happening today.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

We didn’t engage JAMB simply out of emotion.

As soon as the results were announced, my phone blew up with calls from principals of schools using our Educare platform.
Their students had drilled for months on our CBT system—taking tests, viewing scores, grading schemes, and explanations—then iterating.

These principals had tracked the metrics we use to predict student performance.
Over the years, those metrics had accurately modelled outcomes.
But this time, the deviation was so extreme that they had questions.

We contacted the most affected students. The stories were consistent: technical challenges and certainty that the results didn’t reflect their performance.
A core concern stood out—JAMB’s current technology was not as transparent as our CBT platform, so the failure couldn’t be reconciled.

The principals asked if our metrics could’ve been wrong. We showed them our track record.
I assured them that something clearly went wrong with JAMB.

Still, to avoid personal bias, I broadened my outreach to 15,000 plus candidates to gauge sentiment, and the rest is history.
As revealed, our call-out was justified.

To those thanking me, thank the students who practiced relentlessly. They gave me the conviction that the issue lay with JAMB. I also thank JAMB for being open, transparent and very swift to take action.

This also shows the importance of transparency.
If Educare’s CBT platform can run a nationwide test, open to all, and release full results and marksheets in under 3 seconds, there’s no reason JAMB should withhold results for weeks — never showing marksheets.

Instead, you get a black-box score and must live with it.
Technology has evolved. JAMB must catch up.

You may not always get everything right, but you must try.
Transparency builds trust, and trust drives progress.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

We didn’t engage JAMB simply out of emotion.

As soon as the results were announced, my phone blew up with calls from principals of schools using our Educare platform.
Their students had drilled for months on our CBT system—taking tests, viewing scores, grading schemes, and explanations—then iterating.

These principals had tracked the metrics we use to predict student performance.
Over the years, those metrics had accurately modelled outcomes.
But this time, the deviation was so extreme that they had questions.

We contacted the most affected students. The stories were consistent: technical challenges and certainty that the results didn’t reflect their performance.
A core concern stood out—JAMB’s current technology was not as transparent as our CBT platform, so the failure couldn’t be reconciled.

The principals asked if our metrics could’ve been wrong. We showed them our track record.
I assured them that something clearly went wrong with JAMB.

Still, to avoid personal bias, I broadened my outreach to 15,000 plus candidates to gauge sentiment, and the rest is history.
As revealed, our call-out was justified.

To those thanking me, thank the students who practiced relentlessly. They gave me the conviction that the issue lay with JAMB. I also thank JAMB for being open, transparent and very swift to take action.

This also shows the importance of transparency.
If Educare’s CBT platform can run a nationwide test, open to all, and release full results and marksheets in under 3 seconds, there’s no reason JAMB should withhold results for weeks — never showing marksheets.

Instead, you get a black-box score and must live with it.
Technology has evolved. JAMB must catch up.

You may not always get everything right, but you must try.
Transparency builds trust, and trust drives progress.

[Peoples Gazette @GazetteNGR]

UNN ASUU accuses JAMB of deliberating failing South-East UTME candidates
https://t.co/DDEzSM3boO

[Chidimma @The_Chidimma]

Just saw a beautiful bride with henna on her feet and it made me wonder, why didn’t we Igbos preserve Ide Uli? It’s so beautiful. Too beautiful to be forgotten.

[Tomato jos @veamb]

So so good. Got some from @homeandbody.ng on IG, they sell authentic.

[Ed @Editimfon]

Smelt a perfume on a lady today. She smelt amazing and the silage was mad. Filled up everywhere. I had to ask her for what she was wearing.
She said Vanilla Romance by Bath and body works. I googled it. $18 fragrance mist. 🤯
Ladies, you are welcome.
Men, buy for your women.

[Tomato jos @veamb]

@Editimfon I got some from @Homeandbody.ng on IG last month and it was so good.

[Tomato jos @veamb]

@Reeny_Nnamah @Editimfon Check @homeandbody.ng

[SisiYėmmié.com 🌶 @Sisi_Yemmie]

If you want to boost your child’s brain power? Feed them smart foods!
Eggs, fish, leafy greens, avocado, berries, nuts, yogurt, oats, beans, sweet potatoes, broccoli, milk, bananas, peanut butter, pumpkin seeds = brain fuel! I can share my SMART KID Meal Plan with you.