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Let's come back to this discussion when I get my father back. 😢

IKERE BERE NAMU IN SPORTS If truth will be told, our brothers in media and journalism have controlled sports narratives, promoted Nigerian sports, and been a beacon of light in the Nigerian sports space. Without them, Nigerian sports would be dead and gone. Through the years, we’ve had people like Sunday Dare, Aisha Falode, Mumuni Alao, Godwin Enakhena, and others who shaped sports and transitioned into administration. In this generation, Oganla Media, Pooja, Elegbete, Oma Okatugba, Dr. Asemota, and others have also helped put sports where it is today. Without them, our league, national teams, and grassroots would struggle. *But here is the problem:* The sports ecosystem can not run on only media and marketing professionals. There is a disease the Igbo people call *“ikere bere namu.”* A condition where a man develops a huge growth in his Scrotum If its left alone, he dies. If its cut wrongly, he also dies. That is where we are in sports. Take an NPFL club as a case study. When we talk about club development, the loudest conversations are always: Media output. PR. Branding. But how often do we hear about: * Sporting director qualifications * Coaching philosophy * Training systems * Scouting structure * Mental & physical health systems Almost never. Every time sports development is discussed, it is mostly media opinions that are pushed the most. Yes, it has helped. But it can not be the only voice. Any contrary opinion? It turns into back and forth… and sometimes insults. That itself is a problem. Because sports is bigger than: Marketing an athlete Marketing a club Marketing a brand It is bigger than PR, pictures, journalism, and trends. What about: Coaching? Training facility management? Athlete management? Sports medicine? Most media professionals don’t have experience in these. And no amount of media experience equals someone who actually studied sports administration, sports management, or talent management. *But here is the reality:* Media people have more visibility and popularity. So they are placed in positions where they: * Control clubs and athletes * Influence decisions * Shape public thinking From just one point of view. And when decisions are made… It is mostly their voices that are heard, promoted, and accepted. Our sports need all kinds of professionals. Not just popular people. People whose opinions are valid and implemented. The Nigeria Football Federation and Sports Commission gets blamed for everything. But are they the only problem? The 36 states have FA chairmen who are part of the NFF. Who are they? What are their qualifications? What are they doing in their states? Who are the state sports commissioners? What grassroots structures do they have? Do they have: * Sports medical personnel? * Coach education systems? * Scouting and development pipelines? Or just tournaments named after “Honorable So So So So and So Cup”? Now let’s talk about talent. Nigeria has talent. Plenty. But how many go from Nigeria to the world stage directly? Most must pass through foreign systems for years. Why? Because there is a technical and physical gap. At 17: Kylian Mbappé Toni Kroos Lamine Yamal Lionel Messi …were already seen as world-class. Our players? They need extra years to develop before they are even considered. Look at Victor Osimhen. 3–4 clubs. Proving himself again and again. Before being accepted as world-class. Not every player has that level of: Ability. Tenacity. Mental strength. So the question is simple: Do we develop properly from home? With: * The right coaches * The right trainers * The right doctors * The right scouts Or… Do we keep pushing: Quantity PR Mediocrity Over: Quality Talent Professionalism. There is a serious need for real professionals in sports. Not because they are popular. Not because they trend. But because they are qualified. I’m a stupid old man. I hope I have not offended anyone. If I have, please forgive me.

'You might lose track of which way is up when you're always been out down' 😔

@TomolaGroup Here's the link guy 👇 eportal.sec.gov.ng/non-mandated

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@ADsadiq9 @Tope_Orus @Zeus886283 Sorry sir 😂 I won't do it if I'm lucky to be happily married again. Na woman dey start am sha. But the aproko dey sweet.

@Tope_Orus @Zeus886283 Not beautiful, Its a sin to backbite 😩

I entered this bus this morning on my way to work and noticed this couple sitting very close to each other. At first, I thought, “Aww, see lovebirds o.” Like it is normal couple conversation. But the way they were pressing their heads together looks suspicious. They would look at someone… lean in… whisper… then laugh. I said okayyy. Let me observe and know why they are acting like this. We got to the first bus stop. Someone came down. Immediately the wife leaned into the husband’s ear and whispered, “This guy has body odour.” Both of them burst out laughing. That was when I knew. These people gossip passengers. Every bus stop? New victim. Another person came down. They looked at the person’s shoe, and leaned in again. “Can you imagine this kind of shoe?” They both laughed again. I said ahhh... I might be the next victim because my bus stop is near. Now, we got to my bus stop. The driver said, “where is that lady that wants to stop here.” I kept quiet. He repeated it. I said, “Oga, I don’t want to stop here again.” The wife (couple gossips) turned and said, “But you told the driver you’re stopping here.” I gave her one dangerous side eye that translated to: “You want to gossip me abi? Lie lie.” The driver said okay and moved. Right now, I am still on my way to where I don't know... But I will not come down before them. I don see say na gossip wey couples use to run their marriages now. No wahala!! 😠🥹 Copied

Obadiaya Mailafia was invited by the DSS in August 2020 after he alleged that Military Helicopters were moving ammunition to Kwara, Kogi, Ogun, Benue, Port Harcourt and the Plateaux distributing it to Fulanis Bandits stationed in strategic forests. He alleged that the Fulanis are going to launch a Civil war by 2022, that they would clear all the villages before they go into cities taken out kings and prominent individuals one after the other. Immediately he was released from the DSS/SSS he went down with a mysterious illness that he never recovered until he died in September 2021. The Radio station that granted his interview was sanctioned by the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to pay N5 Million Naira and to delete all the Interviews they had with him from YouTube. It’s seem some people have knowledge about Thallium Sulphate and how it’s being used and they are afraid of going to the DSS. Are thinking what I’m thinking….:?

@polyglotodulesi Set awon Olabisi Olaniran 😄

I was at a National event recently when some foreigners came in. I perceived that at least one of them would understand French so I greeted them in French. The men in the picture understood French so the conversation began in French. The coordinator in the background (smiling) told them I could speak 7 languages so the foreigners asked for the 7 languages. I mentioned German. One of them could speak it so we conversed in German. Then I mentioned Spanish and he showed me one of them who speaks it and we greeted each other in Spanish. I mentioned Portuguese and he said he understood it to an extent and we spoke a little. Thereafter I started the event and greeted the Nigerians in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. The audience applauded and we all had a wonderful time together. If you have the opportunity, learn a new language this year. If you cannot, ensure your children do. At the end of the event, a key participant who was highly impressed asked for my account details. I pause 😂

😓 And let everything that has breath, let everything that (still) has breath. Praise the Lord!

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We are in 2026, and a lot of Africans still think Europeans enslaved and colonized Africa and are still interfering and shaping the trajectory of Africa because we are 'black' or because of our skin color. That’s pure ignorance. Far from the truth. As Africans we were not colonized because of our skin color. We were colonized because we were colonizable. We were disunited, too trusting of strangers, naive on how the world works and we judged the world from our own biological mirrors via our Ubuntu philosophy. We were caught up in our eco chambers through tribalism. Our disunity was our greatest weakness and nature is unforgiving of the weak. The sentinelese people of the Adaman Islands in India understand survival and nature's laws better than us. What did they do to the colonialists disguised as missionaries that tried making contact with them? Well, go find out. The Japanese colonized parts of China not because of their skin color, but because at that time the Chinese were weak and disunited. They were busy fighting each other. The mongols colonized the Russians not because of their skin color but because the mongols were stronger and more united. The English colonized the Irish not because of the skin color of the Irish... they saw the Irish as despicable, weak and of a lower status. Even though it took centuries, the Irish fought until they got independence from the British. (Part of the reason I suppect some Irish are somewhat sympathetic to the struggles of oppressed peoples across the world) Cortez conquered Mexico not because of the skin color of the indigenous Mexicans, but due to his men being more united as against the Indigenous Mexicans that were disunited and were locked into their eco chambers via tribalism. Some of the indigenous groups formed an alliance and sided with Cortez to bring down the Aztec empire but what did Cortez do afterwards? He colonized all of them. No one was spared, not even those that sided with him. The Spanish saw all the Indigenous Mexicans as disunited stupid, weak and colonizable including those that saw themselves as allies of the Spanish. Saying we were enslaved and colonized because we were disunited and naive on how the world works put the full responsibility of our plight on us. It means our situation is limited to historical circumstances and it’s our responsibility to reverse our historical defeat. Thinking that we got colonized due to our skin color lifts the responsibility from us to something outside of our control: our skin color. As we cannot change our skin color this means our domination by foreign powers is permanent, a fate sealed by nature. If I were an enemy of Africa, I’ll push the belief that Africans are suffering because of their skin color. This false belief will keep them bleaching their skin and in shaping their thinking that closeness to "Whiteness" will isolate them from the troubles associated with their race. Repeat after me: We are re not dominated because of our skin color. We are dominated because our ancestors were too trusting, judged the world from their biological mirror, disunited, naive on how the real world works and were caught up in their tribal chambers and we, their children are still guilty of this. WE HAVE NOT LEARNED FROM OUR HISTORY. This is why we must all embrace Pan Africanism. Do not think you are seen or judged differently because you are a Shona, Zulu or a Xhonga, Akan, Baganda, Kanuri, Igbo, Kikuyu, Twasna, Dogon, Bambra, Yoruba, etc. In their eyes, we are all disunited stupid, weak and colonizable. There is no exception! We must work together as Africans or we perish.

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@Big_Mck Let's deal @sanitydaenigma I hope we get our African brothers especially non English speaking in on this easily.

Happy New Year. If you are into PanAfricanism or practical steps re how to solve Nigerian/African problems beyond hashtags and retweets, drop your handle. It’s not a popular niche, but I will be needing a narrowly curated TL this year. 🙏🏿🙏🏿

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@EfiweOfficial Also add that these activities are funded by lobbyists who are deliberately trying to provoke unrest and incite violence in the country. The plan is dead on arrival but I will suggest the NSA should let them face severe consequences.

Over the past few days, I have deliberately observed a cluster of social media accounts masquerading under the slogan “Think Yoruba First.” Beneath this façade of cultural advocacy lies a far more dangerous agenda: the deliberate stoking of division, ethnic bigotry, and fear, disguised as concerns about security. These accounts are operated from outside Nigeria; primarily the UK, Europe, and Canada. For seven consecutive days, they have pushed identical narratives, falsely accusing the Office of the National Security Adviser of funding the arming of Fulani groups, claims they know to be entirely untrue. The coordinated nature of this disinformation is evident. The accounts led by one so-called @AKakanfo primarily include @RealQueenBee__, @TYFLagos, @ThinkYoruba_1st, @kwaraKogi, @TYFOgun, @blockofbuilder, @BabaSammy66471, @patrickanum, and @TyfPacc.

I wish every 'indigenous Lagosian' many more celebration of this heritage. May this land continue to favor all settlers and indigenes alike. Ataba tibi...

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Tell the NSA we will be happy to engage him. We are not slaves or feudalised people without conscience. Nuhu Ribadu needs to refute this allegation levelled against him by the Kwara state government. Non of you could refute this but publicly coming to shout patriotism in order to cover up evil. This allegation is not going away because it is in public domain. Also, you need to realize that not everybody here is a nobody. NSA is not a god, he is working for Nigerians not the Fulani ethnic group. I am still waiting for your explanation of the video 👇🏽 below

@engrICO2015 It's so glaring i believe. Anyone who can see patterns should knkw by now. The Sheik is an ethnic champion! The religious garb is just a ruse.

Is like reality has set in ...the denying of sheikh gumi has commenced . Watch and share ✅

"America is bombing our warriors in the North, they don't wish Nigeria well, they supported the #Biafra region during the Nigeria-Biafra War and they are still angry that the mission failed" -Sheikh Gumi, 26th December 2025

I wonder the essence of our education when we need to be told basic things as this 😔