Patrick Psalms ❁

@PulseNigeria247 @ESPNAfrica Mtchew! As did the millions who played Man U to win on their bet tickets.

Nigerian pastor, Jimmy Odukoya, prayed to Jesus for Manchester United before their premier league game against Liverpool and got what he wanted. 🎥: @ESPNAfrica

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

@instablog9ja Failing isn't the end, but to not have at least 1/9 biz that is successful means Kemi didn't learn anything from the experiences. She is one of those who just sets up any idea that crosses their minds without planning.

“I have nine businesses. Six failed, two I withdrew from, one is struggling. And I say that with intentionality because failure is part of business. It is part of your entrepreneurial journey” — Kemi Adeosun, former Minister of Finance

@RoyalQueen_Daiz @yabaleftonline You know you could ask @grok, right?

@yabaleftonline People are saying "Y" Why the "Y"? Someone clear me

What is it?

@yabaleftonline If Mr. Ayengbe Ebhohimen is seeing this... he should know that depending on the outcome of this case, we might be taking him to court to explain how he got approval for the said textbook, especially with the age-inappropriate storylines, poor grammar and terrible illustrations.

Mother who expressed concerns over content of her 5-year-old to appear before the police in Lagos today April 30

@yabaleftonline @PoliceNG you guys should have a directive empowering Nigerians to resist area boys demanding owo omonile by any means possible so long as we have evidence that they were forcing us.

"Did you guys work for me?" - Actress Bimbo Ademoye confronts thugs who demanded money while she was filming on the street.

“We k!lled him and dumped the body in a canal in Awoyaya before demanding N150m ransom” - Young men recount how they murdered a 17-year-old boy who was a former schoolmate of one of the suspects

@PulseNigeria247 They're pretending to save face. The truth is that special units, especially SARS and others that allow their officers to operate in mufti, have always been notorious for wasting lives of suspects to silence them or to force their colleagues to confess.

“The issue at hand is a very sad issue, since my six years of public relations, this is my most difficult moment. There’s no explanation for this, Police cannot attribute problem to spirituality... but that's the only explanation to what he did.” - Delta State Police PPRO, Bright Edafe (via @channelstv)

@yabaleftonline Na pineapple cocktail you dey show us abo you dey run gigolo ad? Male ashawo wey dey disguise!

Make pineapple cocktail with him.

Jay-Z speaks on making music and the future of rap. “If you're trying to make young music and you're not young, it's gonna be inauthentic and people can feel that.” “I love what the Clipse are doing right now and how it's authentic to them...” (via @nytimes)

@yabaleftonline South Africans are clearly jealous that Nigerians are doing better than them. Nigerians take up multiple jobs and roles they can't get their lazy a$$es to do. Now, body dey pepper dem.

“Go back to your bl00dy country, you useless ones…” — South African man was seen verbally att@cking school children and parents from other African countries outside a school in South Africa, while other South Africans also gathered in front of the school harassing them.

@TheBeninBlogger When did Christians in Nigeria denigrate other religions? If someone condemns Muslim extremists operating in the north, dem don offend you, abi? Abeg, make we hear word jare. No religion is superior to the others and we condemn Christian, Muslim and Traditional extremists.

"Christians are the number one religion that disrespects people of other religions. Nobody complains when they are cursing other people's religion, but when it is reciprocated, they start acting like victims. - Nigerian youth says

@instablog9ja Make God dey save person... cos even if you get compensated for damaged car or broken limbs, dem still don delay and change your story

Man filming content in Lagos captures moment truck loses control and crashes into multiple cars causing a major acc+dent and pile-up

@instablog9ja Mumu bitter man. His pain stems from the fact that Elrufai is in the same party with Obi. Otherwise, how is the love we have seen in every state by old and young translating to a tribal preference? Na the Mumu Bunch podcasters I blame sha.... no iota of smartness... just camera

The Support for Peter Obi Is Driven by Tribal Sentiments, Tinubu Will Win 2027 Election — Shehu Sani Former Senator representing Kaduna Central and APC chieftain, Shehu Sani, has described the growing support for former presidential candidate Peter Obi as being driven by “tribal sentiments” while insisting that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election. Sani made the remarks during an appearance on The Honest Bunch Podcast, where he spoke alongside human rights activist Deji Adeyanju on Nigeria’s political situation and leadership direction. According to him, the enthusiasm around Peter Obi does not represent real political change. He said: “The support for Peter Obi is tribal”, many of those supporting him and those who come from his ethnic background. If Obi becomes the President of Nigeria today, nothing changes, everything remains the same.” He further argued that Nigeria’s major political figures are not ideologically different, claiming they share similar political thinking. In his words: “Obi, Obasanjo, Atiku, and Tinubu are people who come from the same ideological perspective. They are people who share the same political thinking.” Sani also predicted the outcome of the next general election, insisting that President Tinubu will retain power in 2027. He added that Nigerians are essentially choosing between similar political options, describing it as “the choice between Satan and the devil.”

@DrKalu_ Can't forget my experience in 2011. Flew all the way to Abuja for NNPC interview, lodged overnight in expensive hotel close to the the NNPC tower cos I didn't have family in Abuja... got handshake and a promise to expect a positive email... that never came till date.

"I traveled all the way from Lagos to Enugu, risked a night bus for DSS interview. That notice of interview came on Friday for Saturday next day interview. So the only option was a night journey. I finally arrived venue in the morning, went one corner to get changed. One can only imagine the crowd in met, that's for those that managed to attend. After the fulling all righteousness interview they conducted, I heard they took only 5 persons. And guess whose candidates were the five? The governor's candidate The Enugu State DSS directors candidate The three senators' candidates. So, even before the interview, they've already shared the chosen ones to themselves, but still allowed people risk their lives from far and wide. Nigeria is a crime scene. It's a structure of criminality. A country where the poor, the nobody can't dare apply for certain jobs, such country will always have crimes to deal with. It's self induced unsafe society. The system breed criminality. Basically, the people you call leaders, and appear in public with assumed prestige are just packaged thieves. They become personality by rouge corrupt manipulative rigged system, just for themselves and their families." ~Chris Idoko #NigeriaNews #DSS #recruitment #viralpost

@instablog9ja And the lady who raised alarm was arrested for speaking out. Experts didn't know they were supposed to rally around her and turn the case around so that those evil bread makers become public enemy number 1.

“Bread that stays fresh-looking for weeks may pose health risks” — experts

Had an interview with a “crypto” recruiter. We talked for about 40 minutes, and then they asked me to look at some code. Their first instruction was to clone the repo. I didn’t. They seemed surprised, so I told them I wanted a moment to check whether it was safe first. I ran a quick analysis with Claude. Turns out the code had a backdoor. It would copy my environment variables and send them to a remote server. The recruiter went speechless and ended the call pretty quickly. Be careful who you talk to. Scammers are real.

@instablog9ja My wife can't ask me cos she has it already.

Guys, Would You Hand It Over 📱🔐

@yabaleftonline So what questions was she expecting when she started an Ask Me Anything session? If she's eaten lunch?

"I triggered them again" - Davido's babymama, Larissa London, reacts to personal questions from her followers.

@instablog9ja Seems this Kayhikers club has a thing for well dressed morons. Anyways, this goes to show how intellectually bereft most ladies are. Just imagine that they're are 'forcing' the faithful man in the scenario to cheat... just to justify their begibegi preference.

Viral video sparks debate as ladies choose between a rich che@ting man and a faithful but financially unstable man