Ade.. Ade.. Ade.. @Budding_P

I stopped at a canteen to have some amala in Offa few days ago and a guy approached me. I'm used to being approached everywhere and most times I even interject with "From social media abi?" once a stranger walks towards me in such manner. "Sir, I know you? I was a student of the University of Offa and, last year, you came to our school to talk to us on career and encouraged us", the young man started. He was wearing what appeared to be commercial okada rider jacket. A few seconds of confusion. Do I have Twitter followers riding okada? This guy looks too polished to be an okada rider. "I brought someone here", he added. This looks like someone I need to have deeper discussion with so I gave him my Whatsapp number as I felt he was at the mercy of the passenger he brought. Not in a hurry as I had thought as I still saw him after I settled at my table, so I asked him to grab a chair and let us talk the talk immediately rather than on Whatsapp later. His story goes: He was an accounting student, and was encouraged by the career talk I had given last year and he had enrolled for ICAN ATS, passed stage 1 and expecting result of stage 2 he wrote recently. ICAN has 5-6 stages for ATS route (non-graduate route). "So what happened? Were you rusticated?", I quipped, with each morsel of amala becoming heavier in my hand. Then series of bombshells: He had lost both parents. He had been fending for himself almost all his life. He is in his mid 20s. He came to Offa from a nearby village five years ago, for NCE. He got admission into UniOffa as DE to 200L. He spent nights working at a poultry and days a student. More bombshells: He dropped out in 300L when he could not afford school fees. He could not raise the school fees when he resumed 300L. The poultry work was stressful too. So he started doing okada. More: His CGPA at the end of 200L was 4.0/5.0. A solid CGPA. UniOffa school fee is less than N400k, one of the cheapest private universities in Nigeria. ICAN is cheaper (less than N100k per diet?) but I told him immediately that that ICAN will be useless without a degree. He has to go back to school and complete the degree. Serious employer looks at your degree before your professional cert. I'm on the Governing Council of the school (he didn't know - a surprise - and he probably thought I was just brought as an external speaker at that career event. And I didn't tell him.) I asked him to go back to the school and enquire whether he can resume the 300L that just started (his set are in 400L now but that shouldn't matter). I have seen people struggle in life. Not the worst experience, but my mind kept flashing back. Someone is dropping out of school, from a brilliant 4-pointer accounting student to an okada rider because, all his life, he couldn't raise sub N400k. An amount some guys spend on a random night at a tier 3 club. Touching. Joe will finish that degree. In shaa Allah.

@wandyvirus 👌

Education Minister Alausa Warns Vice Chancellors Over Delayed Salaries and Allowances for Lecturers and Staff

Ogun State is generally more industrialized than any individual state in the South-East, South-South, or Northern Nigeria:- Noxacomedy

@atrupar This guy is many times smarter/wiser than that unhinged man in the white house... Zelensky chooses and uses words with so much tact and finesse; even when Ukraine is riding high or about to surprise everyone in the ongoing war.

@the_beardedsina 👌

“I Know The Consequences Of Making This Video, And I’m Ready To Face Them. But I Can’t Take It Anymore. The Hardship And Suffering Are Too Much That I’m Now Thinking Of Taking My Own L!fe.” - Inspector Samson Of The Nigerian Police

@FoxNews .... Part of an ongoing federal HARASSMENT/VICTIMISATION

meanwhile in 🇺🇸#Trump' la la land

@OnyeomaMandela The details and design that went into that house.... The vanity of this life.

@GbengaWemimo It was deliberate misinformation; @vanguardngrnews is notoriously unprofessional and unethical.

NIGERIA’S POULTRY SECTOR IS IN CRISIS: WHO WILL RESCUE THE FARMER? Nigeria’s poultry industry is under severe pressure, the poultry farmers are bleeding internally. I literally slept at the hatchery on Wednesday/Thursday despite the fact that I have booked with the hatchery over 5 months ago. Upon all the sufferings, I returned to Ede empty handed and its another promised date. FYI, pullet day-old chicks now cost as much as ₦3,100, while broiler chicks have risen to ₦2,000 in the last few days. Major hatcheries are now fully booked months ahead. This is a threat to food security, jobs and investment. This lingering crisis also goes beyond day-old chicks. Feed remains the biggest production expense, driven by the cost of maize, soybean, processing, energy and transportation. When input costs rise faster than farm-gate prices, we farmers are left producing at a loss. The buy back for a kg live weight remain stagnant at ₦2,700 while a crate of egg is hovering around ₦4,800 farm gate price. The consequences are serious: farmers are now reducing flock sizes and down-sizing, postpone restocking or shut down entirely. Fewer birds today mean fewer eggs and less expensive chicken tomorrow. Consumers ultimately pay through higher food prices and reduced access to affordable protein. @NGfmafs @Ngfmld @FMINONigeria @NGRPresident @aonanuga1956 @SundayDareSD @WFP

INFORMATION ON CRASH OF A MILITARY AIRCRAFT I regret to inform the general public that Air Traffic Controllers have informed me of the disappearance of a military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, enroute Lagos from Benin at 0913 hours earlier today. All efforts to raise the aircraft on radio proved abortive. Subsequently information however confirmed that the military aircraft has crashed close to the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State. The wreckage has been located and search and rescue operations are ongoing. Preliminary information suggests that there were 25 passengers and 7 crew members on board. Whilst the control and regulation of military aircraft are completely outside the authority of the Ministry of Aviation, and Civil Aviation Authority, I have just spoken to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke and pledged our total cooperation and assistance in the search and rescue efforts ongoing. Further information on this unfortunate incident will be made available subsequently.

Disco staff are selling prepaid meters govt asked them to give to Nigerians for free. Tmao Una go still blame Tinubu and sheriff for Delta state.

@SeaRaiderII @yesyesajr @ClashArchivist Reason I didn't respond to his very dull comment 😀

@Joey57521950 @NataleeCutee @ClashArchivist Yeah, faceless fool!

@Onsogbu He said "we Christians" 🤣🤣... God is not mocked.

@NataleeCutee @ClashArchivist Idiota

Nigerian man living in Canada reveals he pays $800 for rent, and it covers his utility bills, including water and electricity. He tells Nigerians in Nigeria not to believe relatives abroad who make it seem like they are drowning in bills. 😂