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@wayforward65

Optimistic and peaceful. Arsenal FC. I love good Perfume. Proudly Omo Oodua ♥️

Nigeria. Katılım Ağustos 2014
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Dr Alhaji Kowope Cole 🇳🇬🇸🇸
Atikulate @nuhuyohanna39 Breaks Down In Tears On Avril’s Space All Of You Have Just Started, Una Body Go Dey. It Was You Atikulates That Celebrated The Most When Peter Obi Joined ADC. OBIdients Were Not Even Excited To Join You Guys In ADC WE WARNED YOU BUT YALL MUST SUFFER ❤️
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Dan Musa
Dan Musa@RayyesFlow·
It's okay for a fulani to identify with his cultural groups, withe miyetti Allah, Kautal Hore or MACBAN, but when hausas try to do the same "we are trying to cause division among the Muslims" the era of using religion to silent us is over.
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Vincent The Therapist
Vincent The Therapist@mrhighfoster·
He is 31 years old At nine months old, a failed measles injection by a local nurse caused avascular necrosis, leading to lifelong hip pain and leg weakness until his hip replacement surgery Four of his siblings died in childhood (likely related to sickle cell trait in the family), making his survival a "statistical miracle" At age 10, he dropped out of school due to poverty but returned after his mother worked as a cleaner for six years to pay his fees He learned chess as a kid at a local barber's shop in a Lagos slum while playing video games with friends Barely spoke English when he started secondary school (mostly Yoruba at home) but quickly picked it up from classmates His mother was a petty trader (thrift clothes seller), and his father sold spare parts. They met in a Lagos market Chess helped him develop a strong photographic memory, which he used to cram for exams and survive without parental allowances He became Nigeria's No 13 ranked chess player and earned the National Master title at age 20 He won gold medals representing Yaba College of Technology in the Nigeria Polytechnic Games and the RCCG Chess Championship He also won the National Friends of Chess Tournament and the Chevron Chess Open He got a diploma in computer science and used chess winnings to support himself through school Founded Chess in Slums Africa in September 2018 as a volunteer-driven nonprofit after visiting slums like Majidun The organization has reached thousands of underprivileged kids, including producing a 10-year-old champion with cerebral palsy Tunde Onakoya broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon (over 60 hours) in Times Square, New York, in 2024 Featured in CNN African Voices for his work Tunde has a younger brother (two years apart) He credits chess with saving him from slum poverty and giving him an "intellectual identity" He once simultaneously won 10 chess games at the DLD Conference in Germany First African to win the Lideramos Youth Award for Social Impact in Spain. Won the Corporate Chess Championship in Malawi with a perfect 7/7 score Tunde dreams of building the world's biggest chess institute in Nigeria . . . . Tunde Onakoya has brought attention to Africa through Chess. He started teaching chess at a younger age to children. I'm talking of around 2013/2014 when he was meeting at parks around Lagos State, just to teach kids in the open (mostly after work hours) . . Today, I am more interested in telling you more about him, and how he has also risen from a place of deep poverty and struggles. He has done soooo much for people and it's only expected that these past impacts would show on him as well You might have your reservations about him, but you cannot downplay how he used the game of chess to bring great changes to children's lives. . . A lot of children now have access to education, purpose and meaning, thanks to Chess. You are also part of his story. Tunde didn't do all these alone. Your support, your accolades, your retweet, your reposts, everything So look at the bigger picture. Think of the kids whose lives have changed from taking alcohols and drugs on the streets of slums, to having regulated mental health and more purpose driven lives, due to Chess and the opportunity it brought. . . . . Tunde can't certainly please everyone, and yes, there might be actions that many people would attribute to him being human. But if children would smile again, because he created an opportunity for them to have their smiles again.... Then it's one of the best legacies anyone can ever have. And you also can create your own legacy to which nations would applaud, recognise and help preserve 🫂 The sky is big enough for you, I and Tunde to shine and shine bountifully well ❤️ . . . ✍️ Vincent the Therapist
Tunde Onakoya@Tunde_OD

First Nigerian to play chess at the Louvre 🇫🇷-The world’s most prestigious museum.

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Dami lare
Dami lare@DamiLola317122·
@PBATWarRoom What the coastal road excitement God is it not is Job to do it before
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PBAT War Room
PBAT War Room@PBATWarRoom·
‘Tinubu is working’ Nollywood actress, Anita Joseph could barely hide her excitement while plying the new Lagos-Calabar coastal road. The same road Peter Obi and other dunces of his said it’s a waste of resources and has no economical value. Now the asphalt is speaking louder than their empty theories, how quickly reality embarrasses propaganda!
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The Yoruba Times
The Yoruba Times@TheYorubaTimes·
Thailand busts Nigerian pastor Ebuka Nwachukwu of Igbo descent for cocaine smuggling — seized $74.8k in cash at his home
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Millz
Millz@Millz_umar·
This is what a resurgence looks like. Jibril Dankade of Kungiyar Hausawan Nigeria Zallah Association speaking loud and clear. Hausa and Hausawa will prevail.
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TallJohn🌍
TallJohn🌍@JohnFanimokun·
From painful but necessary decisions to standing tall on the global stage... President Tinubu is building a self-reliant Nigeria that answers to its people, and not Washington. History will write his name in gold as one of Nigeria’s greatest reformers. A true father of the nation. A beacon of Renewed Hope!!!
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AJE@Riddwane·
First Nigerian Jew to enter Sokoto prison for knowing too much law…? 🫣
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Adex smith
Adex smith@adex_smithjr·
Your kidney looking at you buying drugs from omo ibo pharmacy.
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Ekiti trends@ekititrends·
Otunba Kunle Olasope was the first male face and voice on television in Africa, appearing on Western Nigeria Television when it was established in Ibadan by the Western Region Government under Obafemi Awolowo. He hails from Efon-Alaaye in Ekiti State.
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Tunde Onakoya@Tunde_OD

Okay. #firstnigerianchallenge Let’s have it.

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High Chief Lawrence Igbins Okoro
Kanu Nwankwo is an Igbo man. Bola Tinubu is a Yoruba man. The Yoruba man didn’t try to bring down the Igbo man, instead he gave him money and helped him grow. No hate, no disrespect, just love and support. Peter Obi brought tribal hate because he wants to be President.
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POOJA!!!
POOJA!!!@PoojaMedia·
Community notes removed from Tunde Onakoya's post. We must learn to use Community notes with sense not otherwise. A win 🏆
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AJE
AJE@Riddwane·
First Obidient… sorry, I mean first Nigerian to publicly admit that Peter Obi, his accidental messiah, is an “unmitigated disaster” 🤗
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