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There was a woman who sold books from a table outside University of Lagos gate for nineteen years. Not a shop. Not a stall. A table. Wooden. Two planks joined imperfectly with a nail you could see from a distance. She covered it with a blue wrapper when rain came and uncovered it every morning at 6am like she was opening something official. Her name was Mama Buki. I found her in 2007. First year. Needed a textbook I couldn't afford new. Someone pointed outside the gate and said the woman with the blue wrapper knew every book ever written and where to find it for a price that wouldn't end your month. She looked at my list before I finished handing it over. Said she had two of the three. Said the third she could get by Thursday. Said Thursday like it was already settled. She wrote my name in a small notebook with a biro she kept behind her ear. I asked what the notebook was for. She said it was so she remembered who was waiting for what. I looked at the notebook. It was almost full. She knew my course by month two. Started keeping books aside before I asked. Would say I saw something for you last week in a way that meant she had been thinking about my reading while I wasn't there. Nobody had ever thought about my reading while I wasn't there. She had a son. Buki. The table was named after him before he was born. She had set it up pregnant and needed something to call it so she called it what she was going to call him and then called him the same when he arrived so they matched. She told me this like it was the most logical thing in the world. Buki was seven when I first saw him. Sat behind the table on Saturdays doing homework. Organised books by subject without being asked. When customers came he asked what year are you and pulled the relevant section forward before his mother turned around. Seven years old. Final year I came with a different list. Not textbooks. Just books I wanted to read for no reason except wanting to read them. She looked at the list. Then at me. Said this is the first time in four years you came here wanting something for yourself. She found seven of the ten. Three weeks. Each one appeared with my name on a Post-it. No extra charge for the waiting. I graduated in 2011. Lost the route. Twelve years later I drove my younger cousin to Unilag for registration. Sat in traffic outside the gate. Looked left. Blue wrapper on a table. Same imperfect nail visible from a distance. I got out of the car. She looked up. The searching look. Then finding. She said my name. Twelve years. Said it like I had been away for a long weekend. I asked about Buki. She smiled the full kind. Said second year. Law. Said he called every Sunday and spent twenty minutes talking about books he was reading like she had trained him to. Which she had. I asked how she was really doing. She said she was exactly where she was supposed to be. Said nineteen years at this table had shown her more of Lagos than most people saw from inside it. That she had watched children become doctors and engineers from this exact spot. That some came back and some didn't and she loved them the same either way. Said the table was never about being remembered. It was about making sure they left with what they needed. I bought three books I didn't need. She wrote my name in the new notebook. Same biro. Behind the same ear. Some people build their whole life in one place and the place becomes something people carry with them everywhere they go. Mama Buki never moved an inch. But she traveled with all of us.

From my DM: My name is Promise Orevaoghene. For years, I have lived with a void that words can hardly explain. I have been searching for my mother, and to this day, I have received no news from her. Her name is Francisca Jennifer Ogheneghalome Eke. She is a Nigerian born on February 20, 1976, in Lagos and is originally from Umunede in Delta State. In 2007, when I was just 4 years old, she travelled abroad, and since that day, I have not heard from her again. I grew up not knowing where she went or what happened to her. Even her family is unsure of her exact location, but it is believed she may have travelled to France, Germany, or Spain. Her siblings are Faith Eke, Doris Eke, and Solomon Eke. Her mother’s name is Patricia Eke, who is popularly known as Mamo. This is more than just a search; it is a cry from a child who has grown up still hoping to find their mother. If you have seen her, know anything about her, or have any information at all, please reach out. All questions and information should be directed to @eva_empire. Please help share this widely. Someone, somewhere might know something that can bring us back together. @lindaikeji @ImANorthernGirl @DSGovernment #MissingPerson #FindFranciscaEke #Nigeria #Diaspora

OUR LAWS AND DEMOCRACY MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL TIMES The Nigerian Bar Association has closely monitored recent political and legal developments as the nation gradually approaches the 2027 General Elections. These developments, particularly those arising from the interpretation and potential application of provisions of the Electoral Act 2026, raise serious constitutional, democratic, and rule-of-law concerns that require immediate intervention. We particularly deprecate the disturbing involvement by lawyers and courts in the internal affairs of political parties despite the clear provisions of the Electoral Act, 2026, which stipulates in Section 83 of the Act that “No court in Nigeria shall entertain jurisdiction over any suit or matter pertaining to the internal affairs of a political party.” Not only are courts denied jurisdiction to entertain any matter pertaining to the internal affairs of a political party, but they are also precluded from granting any interim or interlocutory injunction even where any action has been brought in violation of the Act. The section further provides that “Where such an action is brought in negation of this provision, no interim or interlocutory injunction shall be entertained by the Court, but the Court shall suspend its ruling and deliver it at the stage of final judgment and shall give accelerated hearing to the matter”. What we now see are situations where actions are not only instituted in Courts by lawyers in clear violation of the Act, but Courts purportedly grant interim and/or interlocutory injunctions in clear contempt of statutory provisions of the law. This does not augur well for our democracy. Democracy will not thrive in a situation where lawyers and courts take actions and decisions that not only negate our laws but also do violence to them. This emerging trend of subverting the clear letters of the Electoral Act and dragging courts into the internal affairs of political parties through disingenuous litigation, forum shopping, and malafide applications designed to secure undemocratic political advantage, bodes no good for our democracy. Such practices, if not immediately curbed, would directly contradict the clear intendment of the Electoral Act and risk transforming the judicial processes into avenues for political score-settling or electoral manipulation. We must reiterate that these provisions were clearly designed to curb abuse of court processes and discourage forum shopping in political disputes. This is therefore why the NBA is concerned that the abuse, misapplication, or selective deployment of these provisions may create opportunities for manipulation capable of undermining democratic competition and shrinking the political space. Members of the Bar are reminded that they are Ministers in the Temple of Justice and not political agents seeking judicial endorsement of partisan objectives. The filing of actions intended to draw courts into internal political party disputes, particularly where jurisdiction is expressly excluded, constitutes an abuse of court process and a violation of professional responsibility. The NBA will take firm steps to deter such conduct. Lawyers who deliberately file actions aimed at procuring judicial interference in intra-party affairs, or who seek ex parte or interlocutory orders in clear violation of statutory provisions, risk facing disciplinary proceedings. We will not hesitate to present petitions before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) against any Legal Practitioner found to be engaging in such conduct. This will be pursued decisively to serve as a deterrent and to preserve the sanctity of the judicial process. The Nigerian judiciary must stay vigilant and resist being drawn into political theatrics. Courts should firmly decline invitations, no matter how artfully crafted, to intervene in matters the law explicitly bars them from.

The craziest Bible fact I have ever heard!! This is insane! But mind blowing also 👀. Don't you agree?

When Maj Gen AE Abubakar was transferred as GOC of 3 Division, Jos, to Maiduguri as the new Theatre Commander, I had serious misgivings about it and shared those concerns with friends. My central question was simple: what was the yardstick for such an appointment and posting? This is an officer who presided over a Plateau State where the killing of civilians had become routine, almost systemic, with little to show in terms of decisive intervention or accountability. He was in charge when Bokkos fell in December 2023 with over 200 people killed across over 20 villages simultaneously despite prior warnings. Since his assumption of duty in Maiduguri, a disturbing pattern has emerged. Boko Haram, a group widely described in official circles as largely decimated, has grown visibly bolder. Attacks on military formations and facilities across the Northeast have intensified. Senior officers and soldiers are being killed at a frequency and boldness that is unprecedented in recent memory. What exactly is the problem? At what point does the Nigerian military establishment begin to hold its commanders to account? How many more soldiers must be buried, how many more civilians must be mourned, before the concept of consequence catches up with demonstrable failure? This pattern of rewarding or reassigning officers who preside over avoidable tragedies, rather than questioning their command decisions, is not just a military problem. It is a national crisis, and the world is watching. Incompetence in uniform, when shielded by rank and institutional loyalty, does not stay contained. It bleeds.

It is clear now that the APC is funding the move to destroy the ADC using Nafi'ú Bala. The man in this photo is Ibrahim Lawal Muhammed, also known as Dubagari Jnr. He Currently holds several high ranking positions in APC Nasarawa State: He coordinates the RENEWED HOPE program. He serves as a Special Adviser to the Governor. He is an assistant to the Secretary to the State Government. He was recently named the State Secretary for "Made in Nigeria Products. Despite these government ties, he is leading the protest at the INEC headquarters today in support of Nafiu Bala. We will keep exposing the people Nafiu Bala works with who are being paid by the APC.

The Nigerian military should continue to de-radicalize, rehabilitate, and reintegrate those Islamic terrorists — only for them to later turn around and kill the same military personnel.

🇵🇹| Portuguesa obrigada de tirar a filha do futebol por causa dos Muçulmanos.

@joashamupitan You are a bastard son of a thousand fathers 🤌🏽

I want to address a recent claim circulating that I am affiliated with or working for the ruling party, All Progressives Congress. Let me state this clearly and without ambiguity — I am not a member of APC, nor do I work for or represent the party in any capacity.

@Pressman2040 Is this you or someone else? Bloody useless bigot. Fvcking hypocrite 🤌🏽

It's a total waste of time to join issues with Religious and Ethnic Bigots, they'll drag you to the mud

THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT … 💭 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳 If a General fell on the frontline in America, Russia, or China… would the world just shrug and scroll past? 🥺 Another senior officer gone. And it feels like we barely paused. 💔 These are not just NCOs. These are men who carry the weight of an entire nation on their shoulders. 🇳🇬 Do we truly understand the value of the lives we are losing? Or have we become too numb to count? Rest well, Brigadier General O.O. Braimah. 🕊️🇳🇬 Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. Even if the world moved on too fast we haven't. REST IN POWER🕊💔

@Pressman2040 Ranting like you are either ignorant or intentionally stupid like every other APC urchin. I should leave my citizens in your country so that your "brothers and prodigal sons" will directly and indirectly cause their death like they do to your Generals and Brigadier Generals??

🇳🇬🇺🇸The US has 200 troops on Nigerian soil, flying Reaper drones from Bauchi to hunt terrorists alongside our military. Yet at the same time, they are evacuating non-essential embassy staff from Abuja and warning their citizens to stay away from 14 states. Let that sink in. They trust our soil enough to deploy their military assets and personnel for joint operations. But they do not trust our security enough to keep their diplomats and non-essential staff in place. They will fight with us. But they will not stay with us. This is not partnership. This is selective risk. You cannot claim to be building Nigeria's security capacity while simultaneously telling the world that large parts of the country are too dangerous for your own people. Either the security situation is under control enough for boots on the ground or it isn't. You cannot have it both ways. The contradiction is glaring. And Nigerians are watching.

“I Alone Have K!lled Over 100 Nigerians And R@ped Several Women.” ~ Repentant Boko Haram Member In a Rehabilitation Camp Told Danish Vlogger Jones Raw. He Also Revealed That Women Captured By BH Are Forced Into Marriage With Members Of The Group.

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My interaction with an artist who stole my beat. #rvmen

@wandyvirus It's "Igbo", you bloody bastard!

The Yorùbá bourgeois are now able to lend their voices. Interesting times ahead. The Gẹ̀ẹ́sì is amazing and eloquent. You've always written well. Lucid, maybe even poignant in other circumstances. Yorùbá bourgeois, start teaching your sons AND daughters to speak Yorùbá, start showing them the Fúnmiláyọ̀ Ransom-Kútì ( she dropped her English name while abroad and proudly bore her Yorùbá name), the Oyinkánsọ́lá Àbáyọ̀mí (refused to take her second husband's English name but instead asked the man to take up her late first husband's last name Àbáyọ̀mí), women who are proud of the heritage they have inherited and who understand the responsibility of passing on the torch. The Yorùbá bourgeois are largely responsible for the deprecation of the culture in pursuit of a more western, more "cultured" identity wrapped only in how eloquently you speak Gẹ̀ẹ́sì, how much of cutlery etiquette one posseses and Haute Couture to highlight a few. They are the political class which is why the "èmi lókàn" speech grated their ears. "How dare he speak the language of the common people". They are your Bank MDs. Your Brand managers, your Telecom executive, your oil and Gas big boy. Your tech bro, your billionaires. As long as our HNIs and "middle class" in banking halls, in corporate offices with suites, ties, shirts and skirts and blouses continue to treat Yorùbá as the language and culture of the Amharet we are in for a long ride. I have my DMs filled with my family's bourgeois friends complaining about how much of Yorùbá I use on X and how I have "changed" and how it is not "refined". That, Fọlà IS the crux of the matter or in my esteemed language: kókó ọ̀rọ̀ gan nì yẹn. The problem is not Yorùbá women, the problem is Yorùbá bourgeois. What the enemy has been taught will hold no grounds if the "educated" class unabashedly wears the culture unapologetically. But what do they see when they come in contact with the custodians of the Yorùbá language? They see a recoiling. When they ask why you speak your language in a corporate environment or why speak your language when others cannot understand you, instead of responding like that little boy in a viral video when asked to explain the reason for the fracas in English unashamedly said " I no know English"; we shrink, we withdraw and we put on our "cultured" display with a smile. We switch to "Queens" ( or is it Kings now?) English, Gẹ̀ẹ́sì (Yorùbá is so consistent) and "accommodate" them. How will the stereotype not be reinforced? The enemy will never do that! Ask Yorùbás working in Ibo dominated corporate environments. Ask those in Fidelity Bank, In Zenith, In Nestoil, in Emzor. The Northern Bourgeois does not care about "Turechi". She detests it. The Northern Bourgeois embraces everything about her culture and doesn't give a hoot what you think or feel. They just don't care. The Yorùbá bourgeois? You greet with "Ẹ káàrọ̀ Sir" , they respond with " Good morning, How are you". (I know because I "torture" my uncles and aunties with complete Yorùbá conversations in Whatsapp🤣🤣) Let's not point 👉 one finger at them while the other three point back at us. We, Yorùbás are the problem. Wáà jèrè àwọn ọmọ 'bìrin ẹ. Wàá jèrè gbogbo àwọn ọmọ ẹ Fọlá. Wọ́n á ṣ'órire, wọn ò ní dójú tí ẹ́.

@BoCamaro Did you just say it takes 2MW to charge a single EV car? Damn!

I get tired of seeing this. Guys, Tesla could do this tomorrow if the grid could stand it. What you don't understand is that this is taking 2 MEGAWATT of power to do this. That's to charge 1 single car. Let me put this into perspective. You would need an entire nuclear reactor to charge 500 cars. This may be adopted in the future when battery tech comes a LONG way where the charging station can charge batteries slower, amd then transfer to cars really fast, nut a direct from grid transfer at this rate isn't happening at scale. Not here, not in China, not anywhere, any time soon.

@TouchlineX How exactly does saying that "Invalidate their menstruation cycle"??

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: A female Neymar friend confronts him after Neymar's comments saying "the referee got menstruation, that’s why she made those decisions" some days ago: • Neymar's friend: "What went through your head? Nothing, right?!" 🚨🗣️ Neymar: "I laughed at the situation because I said it in a lighthearted way... I meant that the referee was annoyed." • Neymar's friend: "I understand you wanted to joke around, but historically, women get undermined whenever they're going through their period... Every women menstruates, and when you say the referee makes a wrong decision because he got menstruation, you are basically invalidating their menstruation cycle." 🚨🗣️ Neymar: "I had no intention in offending any woman."

The gang of cursed idiots who have persisted in calling Igbo people "Ibo", "Yibo", and "Omo Ibo/Yibo" even after multiple corrections are calling people bigots? The gang of cursed idiots who have call Igbo women "yam legs" as a slur are calling people bigots? The gang of cursed idiots who join Northern muslims to call Igbos "inyamiri" are calling people bigots? The gang of cursed idiots who gleefully every year since 1970 celebrate the genocide of Igbo people during the Biafran war are calling people bigots? The gang of cursed idiots who called their fellow Yoruba man "Chinedu" as a slur because his Mum is Igbo are calling people bigots? The gang of cursed idiots who created and use fake social media profiles to send a non-stop barrage of insults towards Igbo people are calling people bigots? The gang of cursed idiots whose non-stop, rabid bigotry caused people like @trigottista to rise up against them are calling people bigots? Should I go on? You can't take what you dish out? LOL! "You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye." - Matthew 7:5

Q : When did you realize Messi's quality❓ 🚨🗣️Yaya Touré (Former Barca player): “In the 2009 UEFA Champions League final against Manchester United, Eto'o scored the first goal, and Messi scored the final goal. But Messi's goal was between Ferdinand and Vidić, because Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidić were incredible defenders, very strong. And Messi scored a header, and that was truly astonishing—what they did in that match in 2009 against Manchester United was unbelievable. Manchester United at that time, with Cristiano and Rooney, were a very strong team both offensively and defensively. And every time we got the ball and passed it to Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi, and at that time I was a defender playing with Piqué and Puyol at the back. We would say: Come on, lads, we can breathe now—give the ball to those guys (meaning Messi, Iniesta, and Xavi). And I remember in the locker room that the coach said: When we get the ball, don't try to hold onto it randomly; instead, we need to give it to Iniesta, and the ball should reach Messi in some moments too. And that's when people started talking about the false nine, because he was moving everywhere, sometimes leaving space—and that's what left Ferdinand and Vidić confused, because they were used to a fixed number 9 striker, but Messi kept leaving his position constantly, so they didn't know how to deal with him. And sometimes we found ourselves 4 or 5 against 2 or 3 in midfield against Manchester United, and they didn't know how to handle it, because one of the defenders would push up into midfield while the other stayed back—and that's what made the difference. We noticed it right away after the first 10 minutes of the match—Messi was dropping back himself and reading the game, and it was perfect; he's known for his ability to read the pitch."