I bought a brand-new MTN SIM yesterday and to my shock, I started receiving UBA debit alerts.
Let me be very clear: I don’t bank with UBA.
A few minutes later, it hit me. I was sold someone else’s line.
This morning, the actual owner made another transaction… and yes, another debit alert entered my phone.
How is this even possible?
You buy a “new” SIM and inherit someone’s bank alerts, financial history, and privacy risks?
This isn’t just strange, it’s dangerous.
In the early 1970s, a Nigerian student, Mudashiru Ayeni, believed he had invented a battery-powered robot office assistant and asked to personally demonstrate it to the head of state, Yakubu Gowon. He was sent to a psychiatrist instead.
According to a 1971 feature story by TRUST magazine:
▶️Ayeni made eight visits to the hospital before the psychiatrist certified him to be of sound mind.
▶️The 20-year-old student then wrote to his school principal about the role young Africans were expected to play in the continent’s development.
▶️This time, he was banned from classes and forced to quit school entirely.
▶️Ayeni later reached out to Nigeria’s Federal Commissioner of Communications, Aminu Kano, who encouraged him and gave him a renewed sense of purpose.
▶️How his robot worked: at the press of a button, it told the caller whether the boss was busy, available, or away from the office.
▶️At the time the story was published, Ayeni said several businessmen had already expressed interest in his invention.
Deep inside of me, I feel the choosing of President Tinubu at the G20 Summit to discuss how to end Hunger and Poverty was a very deliberate act to mock him. Cos how do you look at what this man has done to Nigeria since May 29, 2023 till date and then ask him to discuss how to end poverty and hunger? 😂