SULAIMAN BALOGUN @saobalogun

See what sandfilling can do. Man dominating his environment. See the transformation done at the outer Marina in Lagos. I’ve circled the famous Christ Church Cathedral for you to see on both photos.

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If you are relocating to Canada 🇨🇦 from Nigeria 🇳🇬 and don’t know which city to pick, let me save you the research. 🇨🇦 Toronto = 🇳🇬 Lagos. Same hustle. Same traffic on Don Valley Parkway. You didn’t relocate, you just changed currency. 🇨🇦 Ottawa = 🇳🇬 Abuja. Government jobs. Quiet life. People leave work at 5pm. Still can’t believe that’s legal. 🇨🇦 Vancouver = 🇳🇬 Port Harcourt. Beautiful. By the water. Everything is expensive and nobody is sorry about it. 🇨🇦 Calgary = 🇳🇬 Warri. Oil and gas. Tough people. No time for packaging. What you see is what you get. 🇨🇦 Brampton = 🇳🇬 Festac/Surulere. Every Nigerian knows someone there. The jollof, the churches, the hair salons. You will think you never left. 🇨🇦 Winnipeg = 🇳🇬 Kaduna. Overlooked. Affordable. Getting better quietly. Nobody talks about it enough. 🇨🇦 Montreal = 🇳🇬 Ibadan. Old soul. Rich culture. Speaks a different language and is very proud of that. You will adapt or struggle. 🇨🇦 Edmonton = 🇳🇬 Enugu. Solid. Underestimated. People work hard and say nothing about it. Which one did I get right and which one did I miss? 👇

These are some of the items recovered from a mansion used as stash house in Lekki Lagos where over N5.8 billion worth of illicit drugs were seized by @ndlea_nigeria officers at the weekend. That’s the much saved from getting into our homes by those targeting our children with illicit substances packaged in designer sachets like the ones in these pictures. In case, you see anything like this in your wastebasket at home, seek help for your young ones at home immediately.

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Clarification on My Political Position We have noted recent media reports and discussions suggesting a possible realignment within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) due to the current challenges facing the party. In light of the misleading narratives in the public domain, I wish to state categorically that no final decision has been taken regarding my political future or that of my political associates. The recent Supreme Court judgment, while affirming the legitimacy of the David Mark-led National Working Committee (NWC), also remitted the matter back to the High Court. This has left the party in a precarious position. In addition, the Federal High Court has recently ruled to delegitimise the party’s recent convention. The Attorney General of the Federation has also strangely applied to a Federal High Court to deregister the ADC. We left the NNPP due to externally influenced legal problems that made our stay perilous. The ADC has now been also forced into this difficulty. Consequently, like other major stakeholders, we have commenced wide-ranging consultations — including with leaders from the NDC, PRP and others to explore the best options for protecting our democratic interests. We shall announce our decision in the soonest possible time. On the issue of presidential candidacy, I wish to recall my consistent record as a committed democrat. In the 2014 APC presidential primary, I came second to President Muhammadu Buhari (whom I fully supported to victory), with Atiku Abubakar third, Rochas Okorocha fourth, and the late Sam Nda-Isaiah fifth. Similarly, in 2019, I contested the PDP presidential ticket and immediately supported the winner, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, serving as the campaign’s coordinator in the North. I have always placed national interest and party unity above personal ambition. Furthermore, the ADC is yet to zone its presidential ticket or take any decision on a candidate. I have therefore neither declared any intention to run for president nor endorsed any aspirant. All speculations to the contrary are premature and unfounded. My absence from the two recent ADC stakeholders’ meetings was due to unavoidable personal commitments. I promptly communicated my apologies to the party leadership. We shall continue to engage constructively at all levels. Any definitive position on our political direction will be communicated formally through official channels at the appropriate time. Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, PhD, FNSE Former Governor, Kano State Former Minster of Defence

Congratulations my dear friend and brother, @JosephOTegbe on your appointment as Minister of Power! Many think energy is just about oil & gas. No…the real choke point is metallurgy. You can’t buy a new gas turbine until 2030. Order books at GE, Siemens & Mitsubishi are full till 2029. Turbine prices have nearly tripled. Every blade is a single-crystal nickel superalloy grown in a vacuum furnace — 90 weeks, $600k a set. Only 3 companies on Earth can make them. China tried for decades and still can’t match the metallurgy. As you hit the ground running, my brother work with all stakeholders to: 1. Rehab our idle plants first (no new turbines needed) 2. Lock in long-lead spares & maintenance now 3. Massively scale renewables (solar) 4. Fix transmission & gas supply bottlenecks 5. Build local capabilities & smart global partnerships. Nigeria is rooting for you. Light up the nation!

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Everywhere in Lagos is already planned, including that place you are seeing. You will be shocked when you get to the relevant agency of government and see what is planned for there. I tweeted about this some months ago.

Mark Essien @markessien

2 months ago

Lagos State could sit down and plan a brand new Lagos in this area. Build a new, modern CBD right in the middle, and plan out the entire area from start to finish.

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My father's best friend was a man called Uncle Bayo who disappeared from our lives without explanation. I was 12 the last time I saw him. He came to our flat in Gbagada, argued with my father in the bedroom for an hour, and walked out without saying goodbye to me. My father never spoke his name again. Neither did my mother. Uncle Bayo became a silence with a shape. Twenty-six years passed. I was in Philadelphia for a conference. A networking dinner at a hotel downtown. Across the room, a man about my father's age caught my eye and held it too long. He approached me during dessert and said my surname like it was a question he already knew the answer to. We sat in the hotel lobby until 2am. He told me the story my father never did. They had started a construction company together in the early 90s. It had failed because of a contract dispute with a senator. The senator had paid only half the money and refused the rest. The debt had crushed them. Uncle Bayo had blamed my father for trusting the senator. My father had blamed Uncle Bayo for not reading the fine print. The friendship had shattered. Two men who had been closer than brothers had become strangers over something neither of them could control. Uncle Bayo had moved to America after the falling out. He had built a new life, a new business, a small contracting firm in West Philly. He had married a Ghanaian woman and had two daughters. He had never returned to Nigeria. He had never called my father. He had assumed the silence was mutual. I asked why he approached me now. He said he recognised my face because I looked like my father at 30. He said he had been waiting for decades to see that face again, to explain something that was never about betrayal. He said the argument had been about shame, not money. Both men had felt they failed each other. Neither had known how to say it. I called my father from the hotel room. It was 3am in Lagos. He answered on the second ring, voice thick with sleep and alarm. I told him who I was sitting with. The line went quiet. Then my father did something I had never heard him do. He cried. Not softly. The kind of crying that comes from a place words cannot reach. Uncle Bayo flew to Lagos 3 months later. They met at the same flat in Gbagada. They sat in the same living room where the argument had happened. They didn't re-litigate the past. They just sat together, two old men with white hair and matching hypertension medication, and let the silence heal. My father died last year. Uncle Bayo spoke at the funeral. He said the greatest thief in life is not money or failure. It is the belief that there is always more time. Call them. The debt is not theirs. It is yours.

@Imranmuhdz Unpopular opinion : Dr.. Adelabu wasn't and isn't the problem of that sector. It is bigger than those in the office. I wonder what it will take to have 24/7 power since 1960s . Mr. Fashola too thought he could. WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON IN THAT MINISTRY?

About 2 years ago (damn time flies), I open-sourced the detailed schematics of recommended off-grid solar setup based on my experience. I’ve just updated the plans for both the medium-sized and fairly large residential systems to replace components that are currently out of stock These schematics are meant to be a detailed reference guide. They are made up of components I have personally used and tested, right down to the necessary Circuit Breakers and Surge Protection Devices (SPD). Medium solar plan: solarplan-m.openculture.org.ng Fairly large system: solarplan-l.openculture.org.ng I am currently working on a small system schematic, but it’s taking some time because I refuse to recommend equipment I haven't personally used before. In the future, I’ll be launching a wiki to organically share everything I’ve learned from 10 years of experience with residential solar. If you are looking to set up your own system, I also made a complete start-to-finish video walkthrough of a recent install here: youtube.com/watch?v=blDPy4… ⚠️ Safety Disclaimer: These schematics are for reference and educational purposes only. Working with high voltage electrical systems carries severe safety risks. All solar installations should be done by a qualified and licensed installer. 🤝 Full Disclosure: All recommended items were purchased with my own money. I have absolutely no business relationships with the product manufacturers or dealers. The AliExpress links included are affiliate links, meaning I get a small cut if you make a purchase, at no extra cost to you.

Othell Yarwyck @bigbrovar

2 years ago

Done. I have uploaded every single information about my solar offgrid project to be freely available to the world. The diagram includes wiring schematics, price for all major components (in usd). Files are available in jpag, png, visio, & drawio. Links to files to the files 🧵

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In 2019, MIT professor Patrick Winston gave a legendary 1-hour lecture called “How to Speak.” It has 18M+ views for a reason. His frameworks: • Your ideas are like your children • The 5-minute rule for job talks • Why jokes fail at the start 15 lessons on communication:

Claude Cowork complete crash course from zero to expert in 12 minutes. Installation, automations, connectors, plugins..all of it: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Installation & setup 02:08 Your first task 03:01 Global instructions (most skip this) 04:00 What Cowork can actually access 05:15 Skills feature 06:08 Connectors explained 07:04 Real workflow (Drive + Gmail) 07:46 Claude in Chrome 08:43 Scheduled tasks 09:52 Plugins (why $285B was wiped out) 11:41 Big picture

Alvaro Cintas @dr_cintas

3 months ago

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This is an absolute masterclass from MIT on how to speak

A MIT professor taught the same lecture every January for 40 years, and every single time it was standing room only. I watched it at 2am and it completely rewired how I think about communication. His name was Patrick Winston. The lecture is called "How to Speak." His opening line hit like a truck: your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas in that order. Not your GPA. Not your pedigree. Not your IQ. How you speak is what separates people who get heard from people who get ignored. Here's the framework he drilled into MIT students for four decades. He said never start with a joke. Start by telling people exactly what they're going to learn. Prime the pump before you pour anything in. He called it the "empowerment promise" give people a reason to stay in their seats within the first 60 seconds. Then he broke down the 5S rule for making ideas stick: Symbol, Slogan, Surprise, Salient, and Story. Every idea worth remembering hits at least three of these. The part that floored me was his "near miss" technique. Don't just show what's right show what almost looks right but isn't. That contrast is when the brain actually locks something in permanently. His final rule before any big talk: end with a contribution, not a summary. Don't recap what you said. Tell people what you gave them that they didn't have before they walked in. I've used this framework in pitches, interviews, and presentations ever since watching it, and the results are not subtle. Patrick Winston passed away in 2019, but this lecture is still free on MIT OpenCourseWare. One hour, watched by millions, and it costs absolutely nothing. The most important class MIT ever put on the internet isn't about code or math. It's about how to make people actually listen to you.

BYD's vertical integration is insane, much moreso than Tesla's They make their own batteries, chips, motors, and even mine their own lithium. A couple of years ago they felt there weren't enough transport options for their cars, so they built their own fleet of car carrier ships, and- per this video, the cars drive off of the ships autonomously. They now operate the largest car carriers in the world. Each carries up to 9,200 cars and is powered by LNG. The fleet can export ~1M cars/year and cuts per-vehicle shipping costs 30-40%. Wild!

BYD currently has a fleet of 8 ships capable of delivering over 1 million EVs worldwide annually. BYD Explorer No.1 – 7,000 BYD Changzhou – 7,000 BYD Hefei – 7,000 BYD Shenzhen – 9,200 BYD Xi’an – 9,200 BYD Changsha – 9,200 BYD Zhengzhou – 7,000 BYD Jinan – 9,200

Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi

4 months ago

BYD's vertical integration is insane, much moreso than Tesla's They make their own batteries, chips, motors, and even mine their own lithium. A couple of years ago they felt there weren't enough transport options for their cars, so they built their own fleet of car carrier

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Chinese automaker BYD has begun transporting its electric vehicles globally using its own 219-meter-long cargo ship. This vessel, the world's largest car carrier, can accommodate up to 9,200 vehicles per voyage and uses liquefied natural gas (LNG) to minimize its environmental impact. This vertical integration, which allows the company to complete all stages of production, from manufacturing to transportation, in-house, enhances the competitiveness of Chinese electric vehicles.

Ojude Oba is a celebration of heritage, honour, and excellence. At Olaniwun Ajayi, we carry those same values, tradition, pride, and leadership, in how we show up together. Rooted in culture. United in purpose. This is Ojude Olaniwun 👑 #OALPLifestyle #OALP #OjudeOlaniwun

A quick reality check. This is KPMG Not Twitter analysts, Not activists. KPMG is saying that Nigeria’s new tax laws contain “errors, inconsistencies, gaps, omissions and lacunae” and need urgent review. Key issues they flagged: • Sections that define who can be taxed BUT forget to clearly include or exclude communities • Rules that could double tax foreign profits at 30% • FX expense deductions tied to CBN rates that ignore market reality • Withholding tax rules that discourage foreign business • Capital loss provisions that are unclear • Rent relief so low it’s economically meaningless • Multiple schedules and sections that contradict each other Let this sink in: A global Big 4 firm is warning that parts of the law are ambiguous, contradictory, and commercially risky after implementation. So when people say: “Don’t worry, it’s all clear” or “It only affects big companies” Ask them this: If professionals who helped design tax systems worldwide are asking for urgent fixes… what chance does the average Nigerian have without preparation? This is no longer about panic. It’s about documentation, structure, and survival under a law even experts say needs correction. Ignore that at your own risk. Or come to the comment and start foaming at the mouth as usual.

TheCable @thecableng

5 months ago

KPMG flags multiple errors, gaps in new tax laws, seeks 'urgent' review KPMG, a global network of professional services firms, says there are “errors, inconsistencies, gaps, omissions, and lacunae” in the new tax laws that require urgent reconsideration to ensure the achievement

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SHE WAS 35, LEAN, AND "HEALTHY." TODAY, SHE’S GONE. I am looking at the lab results of a woman who should have had 50 more years of life. Instead, I am looking at the reason her heart gave out this morning. She was the "success" story of our generation. 35 years old, BMI of 20 (thin by any standard), working a high-paying remote job for a US-based company. But behind the laptop screen, her body was screaming for help: The Routine: Working through the night, sleeping through the day. A completely shattered circadian rhythm. The Fuel: Living alone meant no home-cooked meals. She relied on food delivery apps 3x a day. Convenience was the priority. The Silence: She felt "fine" until the sudden, crushing chest pain 12 hours ago. Her blood was essentially turned into a thick, fatty sludge. Triglycerides: 561.10 (Dangerous level is > 500) Total Cholesterol: 300.50 VLDL: 112 (Over double the limit) LDL: 143 (very high) If you are: ❌ Living on delivery apps ❌ Flipping your sleep cycle for work ❌ Ignoring your labs because you "look fit" Please. This is your sign. Her life ended today because her internal health didn't match her external appearance. Your job won't miss you. Your family will.

When I heard people talk about shipping cars to Nigeria from Canada to resell, I asked deep logical questions like, how much do you buy the car? How much does it cost to ship, clear? By the time you hear all the numbers, you'll marvel then, how do you make profit? I heard from a reliable source that, they send things beyond cars home. If you load the cars with goods to resell, the truth is, not many people understand the value but cars are going home on a steady. Now, alot of people had hit it big and all they say is, they save up, its business. Never compare yourself to anyone. Not all business is businessing lol 😆 Don't get caught up. Eni tio ba mo begbe sela, oma saku ni. Be gracious and merciful to yourself. Guys are really running packaging 📦 Also, guys are making legal funds too. Just be clear to have thorough understanding of the business before you land headlong Not all convenient stores are existing because of the community... Be guided.

OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc

6 months ago

“The Methods Used To Illegally Launder Stolen Money In Nigeria” ~ Financial Expert, Elesho. This video will blow your mind.

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