I’m bagging straight A’s this semester 👍🏾

🏆🇲🇽 Mexico beat South Africa on the World Cup opening game! 💥

Dear Mexico, Please Don’t pity South Africa, beat them like they are coming to take your women and jobs. Yours Sincerely, 53 African countries

Being financially stable requires the selfishness to protect your money from the emergencies of other people

When the bond finally fades, you see them clearly: a deeply self-centered person with an ego too fragile for accountability, someone who avoids communication, hides from honesty, and always finds a way to become the victim instead of growing

People avoiding me after they’ve done me dirty is exactly what I expect. I don’t require closure. I get it. You’re a cowardly weasel. You were a weasel when you did it, you will likely respond to the situation as a weasel would.

Lack of purpose leads to romantic obsessions and limerence

NYSC needs to be halted until security is assured.

your nervous system already knows the truth about people

“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 '𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴'. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵.” — 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪

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A country with scientists will always achieve development faster than a country with prayer warriors.

i hate cheats w everything in me walahi

The most dangerous form of blindness is believing that your perspective is the only reality.

does he not have teammates?

An image tagged Champions— But with only him in it. 7 players on the graphic, and they are all him. Not one single teammate featured. Your team that was used to winning before you joined, just won their first title since you joined, after 14 attempts. And this is the first thing you post. This isn’t a Mentality Monster. This is the Mentality of a Monster.

My newest prayer is simple: “Lord, settle it.” Settle my mind. Settle my heart. Settle my spirit. Teach me to walk in peace instead of anxiety, and faith instead of fear. 🤍

We admire people who achieve things that “we think” we cannot, because either we have been told it is hard, or we tried a bit of it and found it difficult. We then give up and praise those whom we think are better than us. They may seem better because they have found a hack that others haven't discovered yet. Nobody can be better than you at something when you consistently try to improve on previous attempts. That is what sets the high achievers apart from those who achieve less. It is something we must learn from within and turn into a habit. Excellence is a habit. Achieving excellence is not easy, but you can “hack yourself” into it. I had a conversation with @bernard_parah yesterday over lunch, and he reminded me of the Y Combinator interview question: “Give an example of a time you hacked something.” It kept ringing in my head as I drove around Accra. I knew I hacked things daily, but I was trying to remember the first time I did it and turned it into a habit. I thought it was at age 11 when I had to find a way to survive the long holiday and was broke, but I realized I could wash my neighbor’s poultry for 1 Naira 50kobo. That money became the capital I used to start a business selling canned tomatoes, and I made more money than other boys in the market by being better dressed and selling to people still in their cars by the road. They were more affluent, and they would rather buy from a clean, polite, well-spoken, and well-dressed young boy than the rough hawkers who didn't care about their appearance. They also likely bought the premium brand then called “De Rica,” and I had found the main importer in the market of original De Rica tomatoes with embossed expiry dates. I outsold all of the other hawkers and ended up getting canned Derica tomatoes on credit from the supplier because of my volumes. I was doing this during the holidays and did better than those who did it daily to survive. I did better because I figured out the market and hacked it. The thing is that it wasn't the first time I hacked something. I went back into my memories and realized that the very first time was when I was 7 years old, when I hacked my time by doing tasks early and defeating procrastination. The key was to look beyond the tasks and not the tasks themselves. If I had to read for exams, I looked forward to the holidays afterward and the club sandwich my parents gave me as a reward for being first in my class. I made sure I did well in those exams by preparing early and listening attentively in class. I hacked and organized myself at age 7. My parents also gave me motivation. This is the same Jedi mind tricks I now also use on my kids. It is not blackmail, it is motivation. You can always hack yourself and any situation to achieve optimal outcomes. I will have to turn this into a proper article and share it with my kids. That is part of the hacking process. I need to find out whether De Rica is publicly listed and buy their shares. They were the first luxury product that I sold.

Fellow Nigerians, good morning. I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you. Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances. We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal. More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism. We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power. Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise. Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them. However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building. Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated. And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions. There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline? Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from. Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all. A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

the urge to move abroad and never come back

There’s not a single thing I want more in life than to leave Nigeria. I want it with my entire being. With my body and soul.