Elvis Okolobos

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@AdepetuTayo @Dappab @yemi_azeez_ @eldivine How long do you think the GEJ “oil boom” lasted?

@Dappab @yemi_azeez_ @eldivine You’re in “oil boom for two months” Ahh… Nigerians sha

I have been saying it since 2016 at least. And every time I say it, many people that were against him then start foaming at the mouth. Nathan was a far better president than we gave him credit for.

@Dj_Claud Dey play! My former landlady, just out of nowhere poured saliva on my roommate. It took me holding him back from giving the old lady the beating of her life. And this was just from nothing

@MistaSammA @MrAbuSidiq @sani_saifullahi Can you please quote this law.

@MrAbuSidiq @sani_saifullahi By Law parks have 10yrs tenor agreement, after that 10yrs government can review and see what line of action need to be taken. Some of the parks can be converted to residential or commercial while some should be a no go area.

Many parks in Abuja, which are meant to serve as relaxation spots for the residents of the Federal Capital Territory are being turned in residential areas.

@Dontee___ @basilabia They are all in APC

@basilabia Your Governors in the South South don't share rice?

Frame 2. A rice sack for South South Nigeria. Yeah, this cannot be the vision for Nigeria.

@GhostofOkello @markessien Who in Nigeria leaves all these on 24/7 with Nepa?

@markessien How many things do you use with your solar, as someone who also experiences living in a house powered by solar in the abomination called Nigeria (periodically), can you put on a deep freezer, big screen tv, gaming system etc 24/7 after a week there was barely any sun?

I went off grid with 3.5m tho

@360Digipreneur @ronaldnzimora @sholawa How about in my case where I do the work and then the client reimburses me?

If you run a legal business as a freelancer, then it's possible. Otherwise you can't possibly deduct that, as your income Tax is considered a Personal Income Tax So you pay tax before expenditure. I will advise you register your brand as a limited liability company, @zaed_consulting can help you regardless with all of that and the tax matters

Can internet cost be written off in these new taxes too?

@Tyek000n Nearly impossible if you see how the entrance of the place is. Unless of course, the truck was already heading inside (and it should not be speeding)

How did this happen?

Please go to Bauchi and eat there Masa. And Gombe is a state to be too. Enjoyed every minute I spent there.

@mbyky2 @UgwunnaEjikem @olaforrever You are talking to a medical doctor.

So Mbappe himself couldn’t say “hi guys this is the wrong knee”????

@mercuryashman @EhMan1872 @tobyklose @Biyo_lar Was it normal for players to make the Ballon d’or list from Everton?

@EhMan1872 @tobyklose @Biyo_lar It was not normal for a player to make the ballon d’or list outside of Europe and you know it

😂 guess who was on top of him? Just guess. ROONEY at 17 played at Everton went to the Euros and finished 8th in B'dor. 😂 The only thing Neymar has over Rooney is an ACL tear.

They are at least taking a break from sharing rice.

@CosmicFortuneFr @DondeonB @viqforlan @Real1_balogun How is Lukaku a baby in the Premier League?

@DondeonB @viqforlan @Real1_balogun Never put up stats in a big league. Lukaku was a beast in serie a and a baby in the prem. He’s good but no guarantees

All the big clubs in English football needed a CF last summer. And 4,5 of them spent big money on at least one. Every single one is inferior to Osimhen.

@sal_empress @kh_ayy Present, ma

Some last born are the breadwinner e go too clear you 😂

@GraceChituru @abujastreets Nothing Dey there

I’ve been hearing about this place, need to visit soon to see what’s happening here

@PeaceOladipo3 @SegunShowunmi @mehdirhasan See your uncle outside

@SegunShowunmi @mehdirhasan Epele, Otunba.

Hostility Is Not Journalism. Mehdi Hassan Take Note. There is a clear difference between tough journalism and outright hostility. One serves the public interest. The other serves the ego of the interviewer. Unfortunately, the recent exchange between @mehdirhasan and presidential spokesperson @BwalaDaniel fell squarely into the latter category. What viewers witnessed was not a serious interview. It was an attempted public ambush. From the outset, the tone was aggressively confrontational. Questions were framed less as inquiries into governance and more as prosecutorial traps. Responses were repeatedly interrupted before they could develop. Clarifications were brushed aside. The atmosphere was unmistakable: this was not a conversation designed to inform viewers but a spectacle designed to embarrass the guest. Serious journalism does not operate this way. The craft of interviewing demands discipline. It requires the ability to ask difficult questions while still allowing the guest to articulate answers. It requires intellectual confidence strong enough to permit disagreement without descending into open hostility. Above all, it requires a commitment to substance over theatrics. That commitment was glaringly absent. Nigeria is currently grappling with a range of serious national challenges economic restructuring, security threats, governance reforms, and the complex work of stabilizing a large and dynamic democracy. A responsible interviewer would have used the opportunity to interrogate the administration’s policies on these matters: What strategies are being deployed? What reforms are underway? What outcomes should citizens expect? Instead, viewers were treated to an exercise in selective outrage and repetitive interruption. Even more troubling was the insinuation that political realignment is somehow illegitimate. Democratic politics is built on shifting alliances. Individuals and movements evolve. Former opponents become partners when national circumstances demand cooperation. This is neither shocking nor dishonorable; it is one of the defining characteristics of democratic political life. History provides countless examples. Leaders across the world have entered alliances with former adversaries when the demands of governance required it. To pretend otherwise is either intellectual dishonesty or a deliberate attempt to create sensationalism where none exists. But the deeper problem in the interview was tone. A journalist who openly ridicules or repeatedly attempts to humiliate a guest crosses an important professional boundary. The role of the interviewer is to hold power accountable not to behave like a courtroom prosecutor seeking a viral “gotcha” moment. When the pursuit of humiliation replaces the pursuit of insight, journalism loses its credibility. Audiences deserve better than that. They deserve interviews that illuminate policy, probe governance, and help citizens understand how leaders intend to confront the pressing challenges of the day. What they do not need is a theatrical performance in which hostility is mistaken for intellectual rigor. Respectful engagement does not weaken journalism; it strengthens it. Firm questioning does not require contempt. Professionalism does not require aggression. If global media wishes to retain its claim to moral authority as a watchdog of democracy, it must remember a basic principle: the goal of journalism is to inform the public, not to stage spectacles at the expense of civility and substance. The interview in question did neither. It was not a demonstration of fearless journalism. It was a demonstration of how easily the craft can slide into something far less admirable when provocation becomes the objective and professionalism is abandoned. Otunba Segun Showunmi The Alternative

@Teewahh I bought this go 7k. It holds ice for more than 24 hours

I need a Stanley… I’ve been wrapping my bottle with foil so my ice doesn’t melt completely before I get to the gym.🫠

@nzemmili @LordshipAbba Cross River is demanding that some new oil wells in the coast be allocated to it. Akwa Ibom is fighting it.

@LordshipAbba Nope

Someone is scattering the Eastern region, and that person is stoking ethnic tensions

@KGodsproof They did not. To be fair to the NPF, they did what they could at that point: Dismissed the officers and then handed them over to the state. It was at the court that everything failed.

My God! This is so sad. I can almost swear they didn't get justice 🤦‍♀️

@briizzy01 @IdongesitUduehe Sorry to break your heart, but they did not.

@ogar_monday @IdongesitUduehe Mehn! This is so sad. I hope the police officers involve truly paid for there crimes in the long run cos this is Nigeria 😢

I remember this guy who was asking me out back wen I was in high school but he was a Unical student,I finished high school and moved 2 Lagos and in 2013 I read a news paper and behold the headline was,"Police kills unical student and sells body to medicine department #SARSMUSTEND

@daminister14 @Retrogodammed The ICC in Abuja was renovated for 39 billion Naira

@Retrogodammed There's no conclusion. I just pointed out a fact that £10m is not small, and it can still get you same quality even in Nigeria. I hate Nigerian politicians too but this doesn't undermine the stated facts.

Look at what £10m built. Man, i hate Nigeria sm.