Chijioke Ukomadu

In 2025, across Nigeria and Ghana, TEMPLARS’ corporate social responsibility focused on access, institutional strength, and talent development as a core part of value creation. The work spanned education, justice, healthcare, youth development, and gender inclusion, with emphasis on measurable impact. We advanced access to justice through Adopt-A-Prisoner and the Fair Justice Initiative. We strengthened talent pipelines through the Nigerian Higher Education Foundation, Experience TEMPLARS, and the Legal Incubator Programme. We supported communities through grassroots sports, healthcare partnerships, and targeted education initiatives. Read the full Report: templars-law.com/app/uploads/20… .................................... #ResponsibleBusiness #ESG #SocialImpact #AccessToJustice #Nigeria #Ghana #InstitutionBuilding #TalentDevelopment #YouthDevelopment #GenderInclusion #Education #Healthcare #CommunityImpact

@AttorneyF_ @Uber @UberFR @UberFR_Support @Uber @UberFR @UberFR_Support please look into this.

@Uber @UberFR @UberFR_Support this doesn’t make sense. My wife left her bag in an Uber in Paris on Thursday at 9:55pm while taking our baby out of the car. The driver drove off while the bag was still inside. We reported it immediately at 9:57pm so he didn’t have the time to pick somebody else in his car. The next day, your support told us the driver confirmed he had found the bag (see screenshot). Yesterday, we’re first told the opposite, that the driver “checked and did not find it.” Finally, after arguing, we’re told that they couldn’t reach the driver and that nothing can be don anymore since they contacted him “too many times”. So which is true? Did the driver lie the first time? Was the bag lost after he confirmed having it? Or is your support giving inconsistent information? We’ve asked for the driver’s contact to resolve this directly, no help. This isn’t just a lost item anymore, it’s a lack of accountability. We need a clear explanation and help recovering the bag.

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@proefosa It’s because of the discussion 🤣🤣🤣

@king_pearxe @proefosa Abeg ask am 🤣🤣🤣

@proefosa Again?

@proefosa You say ?🤨

@BlehisBack @BoluKolawole_ @_Yardsilk I recall doing mine while in law school😂

@BoluKolawole_ @_Yardsilk Ooops 🙊🙊

A tier-one law firm (name withheld😒). I reached out to a friend who worked there to put in a word for me. He did, HR contacted me, and my recruitment process kicked off. I was excited. Everything was going well. I completed the written assessment and then a live essay (that should give it away). I put in my all, and I knew I did well. Then HR went silent… for over two months. I sent reminders, followed up, nothing. Finally, on January 3rd, 2023, I got a call. I was in my dad’s sitting room, having breakfast, I remember the exact spot. She said: “You passed the assessment stage, but unfortunately, there’s no vacancy in the firm.” She explained that the delay was because she had been trying to see if anything would open up, but nothing did. I was confused. If there was no vacancy, why start the process? Why take me through multiple stages?☹️ At that point, it almost felt like it would have been easier to just say I didn’t pass. Which one is “no vacancy”? 😭 She added that they’d keep my CV in case something opened up. It’s been 3 years. Oh well… maybe next week, it will🫠 I had theories: - Maybe there truly wasn’t a vacancy, but she didn’t know how to say no to my friend, so they ran the process anyway and rejected me at the end. - Maybe it was a preemptive hire. The japa wave was high, so they expected exits and wanted someone ready but no one left. - Or maybe someone else filled the role, internal recruitment, BD hire, something along those lines. It pained me. I cried so much because I was genuinely hopeful about that one. But in retrospect, I’m glad it didn’t work out ♥️
My current path is more closely aligned with what God will have me do and I find so much fulfilment in it. ♥️

@Naey_dhuMD @whyte_hope Congratulations Nna🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

El-ROI answered. This would have been impossible if not for family and my incredible mentors. This win is for you. Mama, I’m going to become a surgeon! #Match2026 #NRMP #GenSurgMatch

@BlehisBack Me too 🥹

I really love doctors 🥹🥹🥹

THIS!!!!!!

@BlehisBack I spend the day congratulating strangers 🥳

Today is one of those days we congratulate doctors for matching into residency ? 🥹 One of my favorite days on this app, yearly 🥹🥹🥹♥️♥️

@BlehisBack SAME!!!!!!

Personally, I think we should be okay with having a great conversation with a stranger and leaving it at that. Exchanging contacts isn’t always necessary. One of the beautiful things in life is being able to remember a good conversation with a random person and move on.

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Working in 10 Downing Street in the heart of the British establishment, I made a conscious effort not to lose my Nigerian accent. For 15 years that I lived permanently in the UK, I am proud that I avoided eating sandwiches. Madam still made me Maimai and stockfish to take to work. When they ask me what I am eating, I don’t know how to tell them that it is beans and fish because their concept of beans is baked beans and their concept of fish is battered. So, I just tell them that my meal is not known to Western science. 😊

I went back to Luke this morning just to revisit the story of Christmas… and Luke 2:7 hit me like an arrow to the chest: “She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.” We romanticize that line so much that we forget how brutal it actually is. If the gospel narrative is true, then that’s not a cute nativity detail. That is the most explosive statement in human history. The God who created galaxies entered His own creation… and there was no room for Him. No royal welcome, no palace, no safety, no honor, not even a bed. He comes into the world He made, and the doors are closed in His face. This is the single greatest scandal of Christianity: God doesn’t supervise salvation from a throne. He steps into it. He doesn’t arrive in glory. He arrives vulnerable. He doesn’t come intimidating humanity into submission. He comes as a child who can’t even hold His own head up. If you were inventing a religion, this is not the story you’d write. Luke is quietly showing something staggering about God’s character: He wins, not by force, but by love. He saves, not by domination, but by self-giving. He comes close, not as a King demanding space, but as a Savior entering even when there is “no room.” And that manger isn’t sentimental. It’s confrontational. It confronts our pride, cos humanity has always had space for power, wealth, celebrity, and status… just never space for God unless He serves our plans. It confronts our illusions of strength cos God is showing that real power isn’t the ability to crush. Real power is the courage to empty yourself for the sake of others. It confronts religion, cos God bypassed temples and elites and arrived where animals feed… then announced His coming not to emperors, but to shepherds. Luke 2:7 tells us who God is. He is not distant, He is not indifferent, He is not cold sovereignty. He is the God who chooses weakness so He can stand with the weak. He is the God who walks into human pain instead of observing it from afar. He is the God who would rather be rejected with us than reign without us. If this verse is true, Christianity isn’t just another belief system. It’s a radical claim that the deepest power in the universe is love; not might, not fear, not spectacle. So yes… this verse broke me today. Because if this is who God is… then hope isn’t sentimental. Grace isn’t theoretical. And Christmas isn’t “cute.” It’s God stepping into history quietly… exposing us gently… and saving us completely. Luke 2:7 isn’t a children’s story. It’s a revolution. Merry Christmas 🎄❤️

@OJAfolaranmi @CRUK_CI @Gates_Cambridge Congratulations Prof🙌🏾

Glad to have successfully defended my thesis, marking the completion of my PhD at the University of Cambridge. Grateful for the challenges and growth over the last 4 years, and the tremendous support from my PI and lab, and resources and funding from @CRUK_CI @Gates_Cambridge

My own is @Victoria_Oloni abeg don’t come back to this city without my goodies🤨

Nigeria is set for a major shift in international trade and trade finance with the enactment of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill 2025 which seeks to foster a modernised trade ecosystem by adopting the United National Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records. Once enacted, digital bills of lading, digital promissory notes, digital warehouse receipts, and other negotiable instruments will carry the same legal certainty as their paper-based counterparts reducing delays, lowering risk, and strengthening cross-border efficiency. Authored by TEMPLARS Partner, Desmond Ogba, and Associates, Chijioke Ukomadu and Obinna Onyishi, AICMC, the article examines how the Bill introduces clear standards on legal control, integrity, authenticity, and recognition of electronic trade documents. It also creates a regulated market for Trust Service Providers that will underpin secure digital verification. These are innovations that stakeholders in cross-border trading have long advocated for. By aligning with this global trend on trade digitisation, Nigeria signals its readiness for a more competitive and investment-friendly trade environment, unlocking new opportunities for financiers, logistics operators, technology firms, and exporters. Read full publication: templars-law.com/app/uploads/20… ........................................