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I join the rest of the lovers of environemt to commemorate World Environment Day with the theme "Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future." #WorldEnvironmentDay

-Data Boys: "Peter Obi was a failure as governor. He achieved nothing in Anambra state." -Lagos Business School reeling out Peter Obi's achievements as governor👇👇👇

GOV. OTU'S SCORECARD - ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRIBUTION BY SENATORIAL DISTRICT (May 2023 – April 2026)

It has been reported that Governor Alex Oti of Abia State has named the Umuahia Bus Terminal in Abia State after Prof Mrs Nnenna Oti, the returning officer of the Governorship election of Abia State in the 2023, through which Gov Alex Otti became Governor of Abia State. Be it noted that Prof Oti and Dr Alex Otti are not related from my understanding. So the decision of Prof Oti not to allow herself to be compromised was not based on any percuniary interests. Now electoral integrity is the cornerstone of democratic growth and development. Going by Dr Alex Otti wonderfull performance as Governor of Abia State, Abians must be grateful to Prof Nnenna Oti's uncompromising principle not to compromise electoral processes that brought Dr Alex Otti to power in Abia State. I am not from Abia and I am not spokes person of Abia State. That said I am a Nigerian who believes in uncompromising integrity and honesty of purpose for the greatest good of the vast majority of Nigerians. I equally belives that good govenance is the governance that produces results that are visible for all to see. It is a notorious fact that Dr Alex Otti has done marvelously well so far that he does not need to campaign for his return to power in 2027. I have always said that any government that struggles to advertise its achievements on the pages of newspapers and electronic media with pictorial evidence is a failed govenment. Governamental successes are visible, permanent and enduring for ordinary people to see. The successes of Dr Alex Otti as governor of Abia State are visible even to the blind. The deaf can hear it and feel it. The production of Dr Alex Otti as Governor of Abia State in 2023 was made possible by the uncompromising refusal of Prof Nnenna Oti, not to compromise the integrity of that election. She did not give in to threats and intimidations to announce fake results as many would have done. She did not compromise integrity and truth for temporary gains. She was firm and stood her grounds. There are many Dr Alex Ottis that were not allowed to assume power in government houses in may states in Nigeria because of crooked and corrupt infested professors who for a pot of porridge subverted the will of the people and impossed on Nigerians many unproductive governors whose only stock in trade in governance is to steal and destroy the future of Nigerians for their selfish reasons. When Prof Attahiru Jega introduced the concept of professors as returniting officers in our electoral processes, it was reasoned rightly in my view that these professors will add colour to electoral integrity and will not announced concocted results. But the realitities on ground suggest otherwise. Many of these professors turned blind eyes to electoral malfeasances and announced results that we not based on real outcome of the decisions of the people. As one writer on social media platform rightly put it: "Mrs Oti is a shining example of what an academic should be in character. The Nigerian university system has produced in great number,men and women who bear the title of professor but are not better than motor park urchins in character: all they need to change election results or accept doctored results is money. Indeed,some of them are in prison for this while some are in prison for raping girls. What a shame.Imagine the difference wrought in Abia for the singular reason that Mrs Oti resisted election riggers! It shows Nigeria's potential may have been imprisoned by Nigerian professors who take peanuts and rig elections for crooked politicians. people". What else can I add than to thank and congratulate Prof Mrs Nnenna Oti for standing tall where other professors fell flat at the sight of Naira and Dollars. Dr Alex Otti thank you too for recognising integrity. Nigeria will only be better if integrity, honesty and truth become the guiding principle of those entrusted with public duties as done by Prof Nnenna Oti. God bless Prof Oti. Dr Alex Otti thank you.

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There is no name they have not call me in the bank. Jack of all trade is one of them.😄 Here is my warning: The day you resume a high-paying job, begin to plan your exit immediately. Not because the job is bad. Not because the salary isn’t sweet. But because comfort has a way of stealing your future quietly. Official car. Paid vacations. Medical insurance. Pensions. Promises. They all make you feel settled, until the day they are no longer there. Once or twice, I visited my Divisional head. He lived on the Island in a beautifully furnished apartment. Everything looked perfect. And each time I stood there, I was tempted to ask him a silent question: “Sir… are you the owner of the bank?”🤭🤭😁 He wasn’t. And worse, there was no other stream of income. When I left the bank, he came to see me at my head office. He looked around my business space and said words I will never forget: “Nduka, who gave you this sense to build this business? While we were busy buying new cars, you were building an empire. Look at you now…” That sentence still echoes. He had been relieved of his job. Since 2007, I have been shouting it in the bank, sometimes softly, sometimes loudly: Build multiple streams of income Invest in other businesses Learn new skills Start while you are still working Make your mistakes early, when your salary can absorb them Sadly, many didn’t listen. Today, some are retired, sacked or advised to resign. Living in their own houses. Yet battling hunger, and diseases. Assets with no income. Titles with no cash flow. At old age, dignity does not come from stories of where you worked. It comes from steady income. From businesses and investments that still make money while you sleep. So if you are earning well today, don’t relax. Prepare your freedom. Build something that will pay you when strength fades. A job can feed you for a season. Only what you build can feed you for life. My name is Nduka Omeife, you can call me Jack of all trade.🤭🤭🤭

One of the downsides of video on demand platforms like YouTube is the disservice they have done to mythmaking. Last night's performance by Calvin Bassey was so outrageous that, even though it does not need it, it deserves embellishment. I would like to be able to tell my children that Bassey stood as one man against a horde of red, tackling five men at once and striding forward with the ball while a further five hung off him, yelping, gliding on their bellies in his wake. That he hung in the air for minutes at a time, accurately predicting the trajectory of every delivery to the chagrin of a packed Moulay Abdellah, and laughing in their faces as his prognostications came true each time. That every time he hit a booming cross-field pass, the ball whizzed through the air, hot as the midday sun, searing the tops of Moroccan heads and leaving bald patches enroute to its targets.

A legend !! Cc @Cristiano RESPECT FROM AFRICA 🌍‼️

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Sheikh Gumi protests President Trump's Christmas military strikes against the bestial Islamist terrorists Calling the terrorists conducting the genocide against Christians 'our warriors' Gumi must be arrested and put on trial for crimes against humanity Tinubu must publicly condemn Gumi or else he is declaring his complicity in his crimes .@ZariyiYusufu @General_Somto @Ugo_KelechiPhD @BRGIEinfoMinist @IMC_BRGIE @RealQueenBee__ @Sean_ADFIntl @ParallelFacts @DailyPostNGR

🇳🇬 Dear Nigerians! This may be a long read, but if you can, please read to the end and learn. Yesterday, we reported that the Nigerian Senate formally acknowledged discrepancies in the 2025 tax reform laws and directed the Clerk of the National Assembly to re-gazette the affected Acts and issue Certified True Copies of what was actually passed by lawmakers. That instruction is not a routine correction. It is an admission that Nigerian law was altered after due process had ended. Once an Act has been debated, amended, voted on, transmitted, and assented to, it is no longer a working document. Any post-assent insertion or alteration of substantive provisions is unlawful. When such an altered document is published and treated as binding law, the issue moves from politics into criminality. You will all remember that this matter came into the open on December 17, when Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki disclosed on the floor of the House that the Official Gazette did not align with the Votes and Proceedings. That discrepancy is not cosmetic. It is the legal fault line where forgery begins. We have discussed those altered provisions exhaustively. Follow the thread to see our comments on them. Such changes are not clerical errors. Under the Criminal Code, making or altering a document to pass as genuine law constitutes forgery. Publishing or acting on that altered document is uttering. Where multiple officials participate in or enable the process, conspiracy arises. Where public officers abuse entrusted authority, misconduct in public office applies. The constitutional breach is equally clear. Section 4 of the 1999 Constitution vests legislative power solely in the National Assembly. Any post-assent tampering usurps that authority, violates the separation of powers, and creates parallel and conflicting legal regimes. Enforcement under such conditions lacks legitimacy. Some Nigerians have called this treason. Legally, it is not. Treason requires intent to overthrow the state or wage war. What we are dealing with here is something different but no less dangerous: deliberate institutional subversion of the lawmaking process. Re-gazetting may repair the record, but it does not resolve liability. The central questions remain unanswered: who authorised the insertions, who executed them, and why implementation is still being pushed while the breach is under investigation. If this passes without consequences, it establishes a precedent that any statute can be quietly rewritten after lawmakers have voted and the President has assented. That is incompatible with constitutional democracy. In fact, if you call it constitutional treason, you are right on point.. This is not about inhumane tax policy. It is about whether Nigeria still recognises the rule of law as binding on those in power. Please join this important conversation and continue to demand accountability. Those responsible for altering our laws must face consequences for abusing our laws and attempting to undermine years of democratic progress through greed. This cannot be excused or normalised under any gimmick, guise, or legislative smokescreen. #SuspendTaxReformLaw

The National Assembly has finally confirmed that the new Tax Laws are indeed forged! Taiwo Oyedele lied to Nigerians, FACT! Let me be clear & unequivocal: NASS has no power to order a "regazetting" of an already gazetted document. It’s criminal & unlawfulness. An illegality cannot suddenly become legal. The debilitating effects is far-reaching. It dampens morale & erodes trust. There are only two ways to fix this mess: 1. Repeal the gazetted laws, & replace it with the one duly passed, & transmit for gazetting 2. Let the court strike down the forged provisions in the Gazette, then have it replaced. But before any of these steps can be taken to remedy the mess, those who forged the laws should MUST be identified & punished! Taiwo Oyedele must tender an apology, & recommit himself to the truth & honesty. How did one man forge his school certificate, his identity, & your tax laws? This is treason: a forger is always a forger, & heads must roll.

Till this day, the spot where the little stream that houses this deity still exists in Akansoko.

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Etim Esin – The Star Who Destroyed Himself Etim “African Maradona” Esin was a footballer whose raw talent shook Nigeria. Long before social media, stadiums filled to capacity across the country just to watch him play. Many even believed he was more skillful and better than Austin JJ Okocha. He dazzled for Calabar Rovers and earned a place in Nigeria’s squad for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. But on a fateful night in camp, he broke curfew to go clubbing in Surulere, Lagos. On his way back, armed robbers attacked him and shot him in the thigh. His World Cup dreams—and his rising career—collapsed instantly. Yet, despite his condition, the NFF treated him and still took him to the tournament half-fit, something unheard of in professional football. It was said the same robbers returned to apologize, saying they didn’t know he was Etim Esin. Although Nigeria performed poorly, his talent was undeniable. He was called up to the Super Eagles and secured a professional contract in Belgium. The national team was even being built around him. Not long after arriving in Europe, Stephen Keshi—then a senior player—warned him about the danger of getting involved with foreign women, as false rape allegations against Black players were common. But Etim did not listen. Soon, he was accused of raping a minor, a scandal so serious that he fled Belgium to avoid prison, abandoning his contract and his European future. The allegation shut the doors of the Super Eagles and Europe forever. He couldnot go to USA'94 World Cup. He returned to the Nigerian league, but his career never recovered. His fall created the space for Austin JJ Okocha to rise and become a legend. Twenty-five years later, the allegation of rape was finally proven to be false. But the damages had already been done, his career and future destroyed forever. Today, Etim Esin lives quietly in Akwa Ibom State, largely forgotten by Nigerian football. And I know that sometimes, as he sits alone, he must be wondering “What If? " What Could Have Been?” Indiscipline has destroyed many stars. Etim Esin remains one of the clearest examples of a destiny that slipped away.

The streets of Calabar 💚💛💙😘✌️