Strong advocate for good governance and rule of law. Encourages made in Nigeria goods. Impact driven. Food scientists arnd Food technologist. Bloesgger.
Abeokuta, Nigeria
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Good morning my good people on @Twitter I will like to make an appeal.
The structure you are seeing is a secondary school fully built by my community after tasking every family in the community. The school is located in Obiagu, Mgbom N'Achara in Okposi, Ohaozara LG, Ebonyi State – at Omu-Aran, Nigeria
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PASTORS IN LACK, CHRISTIANS GIVING IS THE SOLUTION
Baba Enoch Adeboye,
Bishop David Oyedepo,
Rev. George Adegboye,
Pastor Poju Oyemade,
Pastor Jerry Eze,
Pastor Sam Adeyemi,
Pastor Sola Osunmakinde,
Pastor Paul Eneche,
Pastor Bolaji Idowu,
Apostle Emmanuel Iren…
These are not the only pastors in Nigeria. Read that again. These are not the ONLY PASTORS IN NIGERIA. Yes, these people are men of means. God has helped them. They can be called wealthy, because they are.
But don’t get it wrong - they are not every pastor. They do not represent 97% of Pastors in Nigeria. And if you will ask them, they will tell you the same thing. For many of them have to reach out to struggling pastors.
There are pastors struggling - in mission fields, in hinterlands, in the cities, in your neighborhood, everywhere. They can barely keep the church doors open. Yes, they are seeing conversions. Souls are being won and discipled. Yet their family and children are languishing in pain, and lack. They will not complain - but their children are bearing the brunt of the calling.
In their lack, they still have people they must support. Welfare that must be given. People struggling to pay rents and fees. They can’t turn their face away.
In their lack, they give. And YES MANY PASTORS ARE WEARY, TIRED AND BURDENED. Yet they keep going on. Oh, no, they are not lazy.
Some work menial jobs, and other jobs. Some pay salaries to new converts. Some are permanently fasting, because the monies for food have been given out to some other family. It’s the burden of the calling.
They need your help…especially if you are not attending a mega church. Please do give to your Pastor. Support him. Support the work. Make his life and that of his family easy. Encourage him with your words.
If you can, pay the school fees of some of his wards.
Send food to his house.
Buy him clothes.
Give your offering. Pay your tithes. Buy equipment. Ask him how you can be of help. Support the work.
Don’t listen to the noise online, the world isn’t coming to build God’s Kingdom. You are! We are!!!
Everyday I hear stories that break me. Marriages on the verge of breaking. People going to places you will never dream of going. Souls aren’t just in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt. There are souls in Oro, Keffi, Jen, Abule-Ero, Ekpoma etc.
Please support your pastor today.
Do share this that other Christians may see it.
Grace to you!!!
In Christ,
Fisayo Adeniyi
I love this ownership of the election by Osun electorates! They came out enmass, voted and defended their votes.
#osundecides – at Abeokuta, Nigeria
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Yesterday morning as I took my walk round my estate, I played worship music from my phone, and was thinking to myself, "it'd really be nice if I had airpods so I could connect via bluetooth and not have to hold the phone in my hand."
Went to see a friend, later in the day and she gifted me a smartwatch + airpods.
Today, I am taking this walk with airpods.
Coincidence? Naa. Jehovah sees. Jehovah knows. Jehovah answers.
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Alex Onyia, CEO of EduCare, is using the holiday period to expose children to practical engineering and technology through hands-on drone training, learning skills ranging from welding electronic components and 3D printing to programming microcontrollers, connecting sensors and actuators, and using buck converters for voltage regulation.
Their teacher, Chizoba, who graduated First Class in Mechatronics Engineering with a CGPA of 4.96/5, is guiding them through the practical sessions.
The goal is simple: move beyond certificates and equip children with skills they can actually use.
Kudos to @winexviv for giving these children an opportunity to learn beyond the classroom and discover what they are capable of.
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We all heard Obi’s speech at the GJ Democracy Dialogue, but never listen to Mike Igini’s speech too.
This man represents exactly what Nigeria needs right now.
If Peter Obi wins in 2027, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Mike Igini as an INEC chairman.
Nigeria needs a man like him.
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Is it just me or there is actually no other prominent branch of Christianity than pastoring?
Today, every gospel artist once blown transits into pastoring and the artist carries a new title - General Overseer.
Every Drama minister's ultimate goal is no longer to become the next Mike Bamiloye, writing scripts that markets the gospel to millions but to become a church owner.
Even skit makers in the kingdom are today claiming to have pastoral calling.
Many that should remain as evangelists are Senior Prophets today...
What am I not getting?
Is God no longer calling people into the diverse offices and assignments of the Kingdom? Has the Body of Christ become so centralized around the pulpit that every gift now feels compelled to end there?
Or have we unconsciously created a culture where the glamour, influence, financial comfort, and prestige associated with being an overseer now appear more attractive than faithfully serving in other Kingdom callings?
The Body of Christ is not made up of mouths alone. The eye is not the hand, and the hand is not the foot. Heaven never designed the Church to function with everyone behind a pulpit.
The Yoruba Orisa philosophy appears to be more consistent - The Priests know themselves. The diviners know themselves. The herbalists know themselves. The warriors know themselves. A clue our Christian brethren can borrow.
Good Morning Severally...
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😂😂😂 Bro, I’ve dated so much nonsense in the past that my brain automatically assumes I’m the one paying for everything.
My babe said she’s planning a dental date for us, mouth cleaning, teeth whitening, everything. I told her, No problem, when I have money we’ll do it.😭
Next thing, she got angry and said, I’m arranging the date. You’re not paying.
At that moment, I realized not everyone is out to drain your pocket. Some people genuinely want to do nice things for you. Maybe it’s time I unlearn some of the survival mentality my past relationships gave me.
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My candid advice:
Before you rush to China in a bid to start a business, go to the big markets in Nigeria. Markets like Balogun, Trade Fair, Onitsha Main Market, etc. and check the prices of the things you are going to buy and ship from China. Then see if that trip to China is really worth it.
China is the land of MOQ. When I say MOQ, I mean MOQs running into tens of thousands. I priced a particular bottle in China, and the MOQ was 10,000 pieces. The company was going to produce them for me at the rate of ₦200 each. Meanwhile, for an MOQ of 2,000 pieces, those same bottles were ₦650 each. So, I opted to buy 2,000 pieces.
Guess what? By the time the bottles got to Nigeria and I paid for shipping and clearing, they amounted to ₦1,100 each.
Now let me tell you the more interesting part. I entered the market in Nigeria and saw bottle suppliers selling those same bottles for ₦950 each. Meanwhile, I had tied down my money for four months, waiting for my shipment to arrive from China, only to stroll into the market and realise I had wasted my money and my time. I could have bought those bottles in Nigeria and turned over that money ten times within those four months.
I learned a hard lesson.
China is also the land of dup£s. They can do you the "more you look, the less you see." Except they know you are a customer who buys in hundreds of millions from them, they won't be scared to lose you.
You cannot be running your business with ₦20 million and people's pre-order money and hope to compete with the big importers in the market who are running the same business with over ₦500 million, people who open 40ft containers every two months.
The item that China will give to you for ₦5,000, China will give to them for ₦500 and still add hundreds of extras on top to entice them to keep coming back.
You can't go to ordinary stores in China to pick items and expect to make a profit. You need serious millions to access the actual manufacturers. Some of them will tell you to send them $100,000 before they can produce for you. Do you have it? 🤔
But guess what... Igbo traders in the market can make that transfer without blinking.
I will always advise that before you go to China and start stressing yourself buying market for people there, it is better to enter the big markets in Nigeria, patiently go round the market, even if it takes one week and look for importers you can buy from to resell or even dropship from.
It will save you the stress, cost you less money, and you may even make more profit than spending hundreds of thousands on a visa, paying exorbitant flight tickets to China, staying in hotels, spending money on food and drinks, only to buy an item for ₦5,000 in China that suppliers will give to you in Nigeria for ₦4,500.
My own is to give you people my candid advice. It's now left for you to take it or leave it.
But hey... don't let me deter you from going to dropship in China.
© Lolo Nneka Obani
This is the Nigeria I want to live in! A working system! Kudos to the Lagos State Government! We're getting there! – at Abeokuta, Nigeria
Is Lagos State for Everybody or Only a Selected Few?
Around 3:20 a.m. last night, our 7-month-old baby girl started crying with a very high fever. She had been running a temperature for the past two days, but it became worse during the night. When I checked with the thermometer, her temperature had risen to 38.5°C.
My wife and I were worried. It was raining heavily, and without a car, we didn't know how we would get her to the hospital.
We used a towel soaked in water to gently wipe her body and help reduce the fever while we waited for the rain to ease.
Then I remembered the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency-LASEMA number, 112. I called at about 4:07 a.m., hoping they could help. A lady answered and asked about the emergency. I explained that my 7-month-old baby had a high fever, it was raining heavily, and we couldn't get to the hospital. She could hear my baby crying in the background.
I asked if they could send an ambulance. She immediately took my address and a nearby landmark.
At about 4:27 a.m., I received another call from the Lagos Emergency Response Call Centre. The officer informed me that an ambulance had already been dispatched. He asked how the team could locate my house because it was still dark and there might not be anyone outside to direct them. I asked if I could send my live location, but he explained that he was calling from the control centre and was not with the ambulance team.
By 5:07 a.m., the rain had stopped. I received another call informing me that the ambulance was waiting at Checkpoint Bus Stop. My wife, our baby, and I quickly took a motorcycle there, and to my surprise, the ambulance was already waiting for us.
The medical personnel welcomed us into the ambulance and asked about our baby's condition. They asked which hospital we normally used. I mentioned the new Primary Health Centre at Ilepo, but explained that it does not operate 24 hours a day. They agreed and advised us that the best option was to take our baby to GeneralHospital Badagry where she could receive proper emergency care.
I believe the ambulance couldn't reach our house because of the heavy rain and the poor condition of the Ibiye–Checkpoint–Magbon road to our street. This is another reason why that road needs urgent attention from the Lagos State Government and the local government. Good roads save lives during emergencies.
One thing that amazed me was that the ambulance came all the way from Badagry General Hospital about 24 kilometres to Checkpoint Bus Stop just to respond to our emergency. Wow. Honestly we are still shock. I only see this happen in developed countries.
For that, I sincerely commend the Lagos State Emergency Response Team. They proved that the emergency service is working and that lives truly matter.
The journey to the hospital was smooth. The Lagos–Badagry Expressway from Agbara Junction to Badagry is now a modern six-lane road with no potholes. Credit goes to former President Muhammadu Buhari for starting the project, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for continuing it, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for ensuring the reconstruction around Badagry, including the road leading to the General Hospital. Good roads make emergency response faster and more effective.
At the hospital, we were asked to open a new patient file because records from the Primary Health Centre could not be accessed there. I believe Lagos State should work towards creating a unified electronic medical record system so that patients' records can be accessed at any government hospital. I no there is existing smart card, we have that with our Lagos health insurance but had expired. I'll renew it.
We paid ₦2,000 to open a new file. The doctor attended to our baby immediately and requested a Full Blood Count (FBC) test and a malaria test, which cost ₦8,000. We also bought the prescribed injections and medications from the hospital pharmacy for about ₦4,000.
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I met a lady on the streets while observing my regular prayer walk in the estate a couple of years ago. She had initiated a conversation with me when she noticed that I was praying.
She proceeded to inquire about who I was and which brand of GOD I was having a conversation with. I gave her a synopsis of my identity because I had noticed her in the estate too.
Then she informed me about her spiritual status. She was a Christian until she lost two of her family members to terminal illnesses. She had prayed, fasted, tithed, believed God for a miracle, but at last, it ended in graves.
She said God failed her and she was disappointed in him. She was done serving a horrible father. I listened to her where we sat on the road, and I allowed her to evacuate her heart without trying to defend God or speak Christianese.
She cried during the conversation, brought out a cigarette to puff while I listened calmly.
Forty-five minutes after, she gazed at me and asked if I had anything to say, after all I am a Pastor. I smiled and said NO. Then she uttered the words "HOW COME?"
I smiled again and responded with the words, 'your anger is legitimate, I would have reacted the same way if I were in your shoes, so I am not shocked you feel this way. I would have been shocked if you felt differently.
She gave me a suffocating hug, took a deep breath, and mustered the words, 'thank you. Thank you for listening. Thank you for not throwing scriptures at me. Thank you for not judging me. Thank you for not asking " if I pay my tithes and when last I paid".
Those were some of the statements she had heard before our conversation.
My parting words to her were 'take your time with God, vent at him, vent to him, and while you are at it, I will stand in the gap for you in prayers'. I am also available for more chats.
We met a couple of times, and I am elated to announce that she is back with her father.
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“There’s a place in Nigeria called Ariaria International Market in Aba. I honestly don’t think there’s anything produced in Guangzhou that artisans there can’t replicate. Imagine having a massive production hub the size of the Redeemed auditorium with tailors, fabrics, and skilled labour all in one place. Then we build an app like SHEIN called Afia, where people can order directly from Aba. Nigeria needs its own global fashion marketplace.”
— Man says.
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What happened in our theatre today...my hands are still shaking as I type this.
She came into the hospital walking.
Fully conscious.
Talking.
Holding her belly.
A 36-week pregnant woman.
Her complaint sounded simple at first:
“Please nurse… I have severe headache, my body is weak, and my baby has not been moving well since morning.”
Her face looked tired.
Her eyes looked heavy.
We checked her blood pressure.
Very high. Dangérously high.
Protein in her urine.
Swollen feet.
Warning signs everywhere.
Severe pre-eclampsia.
Before we could even finish explaining, she suddenly grabbed the bed rail and said,
“I feel dizzy…”
And then it happened.
Her eyes rolled back.
All white.
She stopped responding.
We called her name loudly.
No answer.
We shook her gently.
Pinched her.
Still nothing.
Within seconds, the room changed.
Oxygen was applied.
IV lines rushed in.
The monitor alarms started screaming.
The baby was still inside her.
And now… the mother was slipping away.
She was rushed straight to theatre for an emergency caesarean section.
Inside the operating room, fear sat with us.
Her eyes were still rolled back.
She wasn’t responding to voice, pain, or touch.
The anaesthetist kept calling her name.
Nothing.
Then suddenly, her vitals dipped.
The surgeon said quietly but firmly:
“We cannot wait.”
The incision was made.
The baby was delivered fast.
A baby boy.
No cry.
The paediatrician moved immediately.
Suction.
Oxygen.
Stimulation.
Seconds felt like years.
Then…
A weak cry.
Then another.
Life.
Relief swept through the room but it didn’t last.
Because the mother still hadn’t woken up.
Minutes passed.
Her eyes were still white.
Her body still.
Someone whispered,
“What if she doesn’t come back?”
We kept calling her name.
Nothing.
Then, suddenly her fingers twitched.
Just once.
Everyone froze.
We called her name again.
This time…
Her eyelids fluttered.
Slowly… painfully…
She opened her eyes.
Confused.
Disoriented.
The first thing she whispered was:
“My baby… where is my baby?”
We brought the baby closer.
The cry filled the theatre.
Tears rolled down her face.
And down ours too.
Because moments earlier…
We thought we were losing her.
Today, the theatre became a place of féar, silence, prayer and mercy.
Two lives stood at the edge.
Both came back.
And we were reminded again:
Sometimes emergencies come quietly.
Sometimes côllapse comes suddenly.
And sometimes… miracles happen after everyone has already lost hope.
To every mother reading this:
Your testimony will not d!e.
You will not loose your life during labour
Your baby will survive
Your blessings will not be thrown away.
Whatever looks lost, God will return with life.
A baby born from confusion…
A mother Saved by mercy…
Protected by heaven.
This was not medicine.
This was a miracle that refused to stay silent.
Share this to bless another mother.
#A real life story from a nurse
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I just dropped a full breakdown showing how Nigerians can legally pay 0% tax... even if you earn from freelancing, crypto, YouTube, affiliate marketing, or online business.
This SHORT guide reveals:
- The new 2026 FIRS digital monitoring system
- Why freelancers will start paying 7–24% automatically
- How to switch from Personal Income Tax to 0% Company Income Tax
- The exact CAC structure that makes your income legally tax-free
The step-by-step method to protect your bank inflows from heavy tax deductions
All you need is a phone or laptop.
Like, RT + reply “TAX GUIDE” and I’ll DM you the full document (must be following)
@NgComCommission I don't know if you are aware that for sometimes now and especially in the last three days @MTNNG @AirtelNigeria @GloWorld @T2mobile have been finding it very difficult to onboard new subscribers, conduct swap or reregistration due to the persistent breakdown of – at Abeokuta, Nigeria
Overbloated labour market. @Dr_AminuMaida @EngrAbisoye should please look into it. It is also high time we have Representatives as sim registration agents whenever @NgComCommission have telecommunication stakeholders engagement as those whose policies directly impact! – at Abeokuta, Nigeria
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In Nigeria, “new” is cheaper than original. That’s how fake wins.
Original LG TV remote costs ₦7,500.
You import a clone from China for ₦1,500, package it like the real deal, and sell for ₦4,500.
The honest importer who brings the real one sells at ₦8,000 can’t compete.
A year, runs out of business.
Then you boast that you “understand business.”
No, you understand fraud.
If SON and NAFDAC were truly working, many of you would be in jail.
This is why most of you can’t thrive in any sane country with real regulation. The world is watching.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
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Save this WhatsApp link on your phone so you can always get a doctor when you want one.
wa.me/15026270621
RT so others can get help too, you will be saving a life.
