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Operation “WIN YOUR POLLING UNIT FOR PETER OBI.” and share evidence after voting closes. Who’s with me?

Growing up, I believed elders were naturally wiser, more honest, and more responsible. What I’m seeing in Nigeria today has taught me that age and wisdom are not the same thing. Character, integrity, and competence do not come with grey hair. They come from values.

After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal. What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don't correct them harshly. Don't rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment.

3 rooms are living quarters and the rest are govt offices. He would know this because he has visited No. 10 a couple of times. Olodo uprising needs to come to a halt.

People who have access to you have no idea how unreachable you are to everyone else, until they become everyone else.

Labor should keep capitalism in check and protect workers but we need capitalism to give workers a means of livelihood

Labor protection and capital creation should never be at odds we need both to build a healthy prosperous society These arguments are stupid and childish However it goes without saying that 100 Henry ford's are more valuable for society than 500 Ceasar Chavez & oshiomoles

Dickson, Obi, Kwankwaso have a historic opportunity not because they are special but because providence may have decided to grease the machine of Nigeria’s democracy through their partnership. They have a duty to posterity to keep their eyes on the ball. This is how men are made

Things I’m picking up from this IMF report. Our broad money velocity is 3.3 That means that in our economy we cycle through our broad money supply 3.3 times in a year. That is actually high. In developed economies it’s typical to have that number at 1.1 to 2. 3.3 means money doesn’t sit long in accounts. As it’s coming in, it’s going back out. Paychecks are spent as they hit. Fast moving consumer goods and consumption economy. Banking depth is low and informality is high.

When his rockets were blowing up, you didn't tweet Langer throat

@asemota Wishing you speedy recovery Chief

Sustained wealth happens when you have a community thinking together. The key person who is visibly wealthy only achieves that wealth because others also have skin in the game and propel them for their benefit. I am not engaging in "trillionaire worship" like others, but what was instructive about the SpaceX IPO was that the cafeteria workers and janitors at the same company also became wealthy. That is a bigger deal than anything else. I hear so much talk about founders and investors in African entrepreneurship, but what nobody tells you is that the people who also became wealthy are the people who supported the entrepreneur and the enterprise with work. Decades ago, I discovered that Dangote's depot operators, when he was selling commodities, were also Naira billionaires in their own right. They didn't need to cheat him to get wealthy, as most misguided people believe employees should do; they had an arrangement that made all of them wealthy. Dangote took the financial risk while the depot chiefs took the operational risks. I see this same dynamic in many supply chains in Africa. My wife's aunt's 70th birthday in Accra last year was attended by all the key FMCG players and traders who worked together in an ecosystem that they all profited from. Aliko became rich because his family learned about this model long before anyone else did. He benefited immensely from it, and he is passing this same ecosystem-building approach on to the next generation of his family. This aspect of African entrepreneurship is rarely discussed. People want to hear grass-to-grace stories or miracles. True wealth in reality is built by communities and ecosystems that work in sync. I will be talking about it a lot more. I survived surgery yesterday, and I am grateful for another chance to keep doing this.

Insecurity: Nigeria Cannot Continue Like This I received with deep shock and sadness the tragic death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, who reportedly died while in the custody of kidnappers. Earlier, before this heartbreaking news, I also received disturbing reports of renewed bandit attacks in Sokoto and Kwara States. The armed bandits reportedly blocked a market route in Sokoto and abducted traders, while terrorists invaded communities in Kwara State, kidnapping scores of citizens and killing innocent people, are heartbreaking and alarming. These incidents are not isolated tragedies; they are clear manifestations of the deepening security crisis confronting our nation. But particularly painful is the reported death of Major General Rabe Abubakar, a distinguished military officer who dedicated a significant part of his life to defending Nigeria and protecting its citizens. It is tragic that a man who served his fatherland with honour, rose through the ranks of the Nigerian Armed Forces, and retired after years of meritorious service, would meet such a heartbreaking end at the hands of criminal elements. His death is a national tragedy and a sobering indictment of the insecurity that has engulfed our country. When traders can no longer travel safely to markets, farmers cannot access their farms, communities live under constant fear, and even retired senior military officers are not spared from the menace of kidnapping and violent crime, it becomes evident that our nation is facing a grave security emergency. Security remains the foremost responsibility of any government. Every life lost, every citizen abducted, and every community displaced represent a painful failure of our collective duty to protect the Nigerian people. The recurring attacks in Sokoto, Kwara, and many other parts of the country demonstrate that insecurity is not only persisting but spreading in both scope and intensity. I once again urge the Federal Government and our security agencies to move beyond rhetoric and adopt a more proactive, intelligence-driven, technology-based, and coordinated approach to tackling insecurity. We must strengthen our security architecture, improve intelligence gathering, secure our borders, equip and motivate our security personnel, and ensure that those responsible for these heinous crimes are apprehended and brought to justice. A nation where citizens live in fear cannot prosper. A nation where economic activities are disrupted daily by criminal elements cannot attract investment, create jobs, or guarantee a better future for its people. We must urgently reclaim every part of our country from terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, and all criminal gangs threatening our collective existence. My heartfelt condolences go to the family of Major General Rabe Abubakar, his former colleagues in the Armed Forces, and all Nigerians who have lost loved ones to insecurity. I also sympathise with the families of those killed, those abducted, and the affected communities in Sokoto, Kwara, and across the nation. The recurring tragedies and embarrassing security failures we continue to witness make the quest for a New Nigeria not only necessary but inevitable. We must build a nation where every citizen can live, work, travel, and pursue legitimate economic activities without fear. A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

Everything about investment boils down to 2 simple insights: 1. Own things that go up in value. 2. Reserve a portion of any money you earn towards doing #1. Fin.

Total EBITDA of all Elon Musk companies is $20bn yet the combined market cap is almost $4tr. Financial engineering at its absolute finest.

There’s someone right now telling Elon Musk the problems he can solve with one trillion while ignoring the N50,000 problem their N1m can easily solve.

The last time I was in Lagos I paid to enter a beach in Lekki. Not a resort. Not a water park. A beach. Sand. Water. A coastline that existed long before any of us were born. Someone bought it. Fenced it. Put a gate on it. Now you pay to touch the ocean. What kind of government sells its people access to nature? Happy Democracy Day. 🇳🇬

I hope Karl Marx doesn’t rest in peace in whatever grave he is in because he truly unleashed a poison on the world that Lawrence of Arabia is still regurgitating in 2026.

Yesterday, I had the honour of hosting my brother and partner, His Excellency Peter Obi, at my residence in Abuja. I warmly welcomed him back from his highly productive international trip, and we engaged in frank and productive discussions on key partisan and national issues. Our party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), remains united. As leaders, we must continue to demonstrate maturity by making the necessary sacrifices and tolerating our differences in pursuit of our shared goal. We are resolute in this mission, and together, we shall ensure that Nigeria is OK. - RMK

A Nigerian [3rd world] commie is even lower in my books Vs an American [1st world] commie. Because I can’t imagine any sane Nigerian arguing that government should be given more power over means of production when it has shown itself to be utterly incompetent.