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Open gutters is correlated to high malaria death! Walking the street of Lagos after 25 yrs. Nothing seems to have changed Unpaved streets. Children playing with same mud sand If we don't collectively develop every areas of our towns & cities 52 yrs life expectancy is here to stay

If this shit happens in Nigeria. You will hear only " Blood of Jesus", Even Naija professors will accuse village people and Amadioha

#Nigerians - you will decide when you have had enough!

The Power of Process: What My Igbo Village Sweeps Taught Me About Nigeria’s FailuresI was fortunate to grow up between the Big City and a village deeply rooted in Igbo culture. My mother made it a non-negotiable duty to take us “home” as often as possible. Those journeys were never vacations in the ordinary sense. They began, without fail, at 5:30 a.m. with the ritual of sweeping: first our compound, then our assigned portion of the street. By the time we finished, neighbouring children were already out sweeping their own sections until the entire stretch merged into a clean thoroughfare. That early morning discipline was not mere drudgery. It was culture as process ,  a systematic, collective, and enforced way of maintaining order. No one waited for government workers. No one issued press statements. Everyone simply did their part before 6 a.m., every single day.This is what Nigeria has largely lost: the understanding that problems are solved not by outrage but by process. When something goes wrong, our default reaction is theatrical indignation: “This is bad! How could it happen? Who is responsible?” We rarely ask the more important questions:  Is there a systematic way of doing things?  Are there regulations?  Who enforces them?  What happens when the system breaks? Consider the viral images of that filthy, broken-down toilet that recently shamed us on the internet. A functional toilet requires more than outrage.  It demands: Running water, reliably delivered. A systematic schedule for cleaning and maintenance. Clear contingency plans when the water stops: Who diagnoses the fault? How quickly is it repaired? Can solar-powered pumps serve as backup? What is the acceptable downtime? Without these processes, the toilet becomes a monument to systemic failure — exactly as our public spaces, markets, and institutions have become. The same principle applies to something as basic as street sweeping. In the village, it is not optional. It is ritualised, time-bound, and culturally embedded. Contrast that with our universities.  Take the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), for instance. Its hostels and surroundings often tell a story of accumulated filth and decay. Students cannot be expected to carry the entire burden of sanitation while paying tuition. If they are not to clean, then the cost of professional, consistent cleaning must be built into their fees. Yet even that will fail without enforcement, accountability, and a culture that treats cleanliness as a daily non-negotiable, not a sporadic “clean-up exercise” for photographs.The dirt in our student dormitories and campuses is not primarily a poverty problem. It is a systemic failure — of planning, of culture, and of punishment. We launch occasional clean-up campaigns, take pictures, and congratulate ourselves, only for the filth to return within days.  Why? Because there is no sustained methodology, no assigned responsibility, no consequences for neglect, and no reward for diligence.True development begins with small, repeated, enforced disciplines: sweeping at dawn, maintaining toilets properly, repairing infrastructure promptly, and embedding these habits into both culture and policy.  My mother’s insistence on those village mornings instilled in me a simple truth: civilisation is not declared. It is swept, maintained, and defended every single day before 6 a.m.Until Nigeria learns to value process over performance, our outrage will remain louder than our progress. The brooms are there. What we lack is the system that makes their daily use inevitable.

Staff Quarters, UNN [2026]

Do they have animal protection in Nigeria? It's not every animal that should end up in pepper soup. Someone should alert the right authorities. These animals should be released back to the wild, where they belong. Hababa...

I noticed the exact same thing at the roasted plantain, beans, and fish stand on Annanga Street, right opposite FCMB. I stopped by for lunch and watched her sales. A plate costs about ₦3,500, plus a ₦200 POS charge. In just 45 minutes, she served nearly 20 customers—that’s ₦74,000 in less than an hour! At that rate, she’s easily making around ₦300,000 a day. However, the setup is poor; there’s an open drainage right next to her. With a little effort and a bank loan, she could easily upgrade the space. Honestly, the FCMB branch right across the street should step in. Retail bankers should be scouting local businesses like hers to offer credit and business advice. It seems like a missed opportunity due to a lack of initiative from both the vendor and the bank.

I love how this man spoke exactly what I've been shouting about. Only Mama Onyinye restaurant in Enugu was able to do that very well.

@asemota I have a feeling that I have spent a weekend in that villa. It's called "Agrotourismus Toscana" You can rent a villa for $300 per day. Being there done that 😌

“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” John 14:2 I had an epiphany about this recently while in church, looking at some mansions in the Aburi Mountains. Heaven and Hell are on Earth, as it is part of the universe. All mansions on Earth also belong to the Father who provides for us all. This is his house, and the many mansions in the Father’s house include especially those on Earth. Nothing is impossible, and you or even I can own and live in any of these mansions. Your current abode is a mansion to people experiencing homelessness. Until you get it, you will not realize that all blessings are gifts of grace and from the abundance of the universe. To people experiencing homelessness, your home is worth more than $1.5m

Trying poetry !

I hope this isn’t a silly question. I believe the Nigerian Presidency should have a dedicated dashboard that tracks every major public project valued over $10 million, complete with clear timelines and deliverables. This would allow the President to easily monitor project statuses right from a mobile device. For instance, the recent 33 billion Naira project was not only approved by the presidency but was also a core campaign promise. Given its importance, it should be a top priority. I truly hope that when OK assumes office, their administration will implement this kind of modern tracking dashboard. @PeterObi @KwankwasoRM

@immortalstats @StatiSense You guys are behaving like the Americans. You cannot even differentiate between pictures of African heads of state. lol

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Those AI are adaptive when it comes to pricing. I caught @claudeai hallucinating until my token finished. The more you question its decision, the more it's hallucinating. Once it mark you as high paying customers. It will adjust your pricing through Peters principle of "level of incompetence"

Welcome back to the team Rohan! Salil would have laughed so much at this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Last year's journey reaches its crowning point: "Harmattan on Rolling Hills" is published, packed, and ready. I am grateful to Enugu Council For Arts & Culture for the trust. I am equally appreciative of all the wonderful contributors. Enugu, this one's for you!

Given the political climate in Nigeria. I have officially resigned from the following parties PDP APC LP AC NDC APGA Thank you for paying attention to this matter AKE

@BusDownBonnor I had the same issue today. The shit could not solve a simple problem. It keeps burning up my Tokens with wrong results. After a couple of hours up and down. This shit just timeout on me. Just to analyse a simple JavaScript. Deepseek did it for free.

Claude literally just ended the conversation on me???? This might be AGI

IMHO @claudeai has gone rogue. It could not solve very simple JavaScript errors. After 5 hours of trying it gave up because of the Tokens limit. It's demanding I order more tokens. I did solve the issue on my own. I hope I am not the only one experiencing this shit show

@KevinblakC come see free content

They should have moved to Google or Amazon cloud. The Webmaster of NDC should contact me. I can move them for free

To be honest, I passed my GCE Physics exam all thanks to his book I borrowed from a friend, Amaka Okaforeze, who lived in the Housing Estate Onitsha Since then, my passion for Physics has taken me on an incredible journey. In particular, mastering the three laws of thermodynamics completely transformed how I understand Engineering.

P.N Okeke is one of my biggest inspiration. It’s sad that he hasn’t been given the highest national honour. I will donate his complete books set to every secondary school in the South East to keep in their libraries so students can study his work. He is a genius!

Ndi Mbá Ndi Mbá Ōbü Mbá 5 Mbá 4 Isi Alā Ēhimé All of them. Ndi Oji nma eme ogo! Beauty is in the eyes of the Beholder is not where Mbá people are....

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the ADC world. Ops...