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May 13, 2022 16 tweets 4 min read
Early 2014, I moved out of my parents house in Akute to a mini flat at Ojodu Berger. The street was called Iwo street. It wasn't my best choice but it was a nice enough house. I was also desperate to get an apartment because I was planning to get married, so I took the apartment. ImageImage Wedding came and went in May and we settled in. One of the first things I noticed about Iwo street was the heavy presence of Muslims, but that was not really an issue, there's no Yoruba family that doesn't have the two religions represented. The red flags came when I told some...
May 30, 2019 5 tweets 2 min read
The Biafra story Yoruba kids who grew up in the 80s and 90s like me were told, was tainted with the tribalistic eyes of Awoists. Of course Awo could do no wrong so his stand and actions on the war were right 🙄#BiafraRemembranceDay The unpopular opinion is that if we'd supported the Biafra cause with our chest, the war would have ended differently, and the country, or whatever pieces that broke away from it, would be better off today. Even Arewa, despite their trepidation
#BiafraRemembranceDay
May 17, 2018 20 tweets 8 min read
I was taking a class one day and we took a short break, when I came back into the class, I was holding a bottle of cold water. I took a swig from it and then asked the class a simple question, what am I drinking?… #Perception
Thread Image “Water, of course” they chorused and looked at one another like what's this guy talking about.
“Oh, really, then why is it sweet?” I said to them, then they weren’t sure anymore, they even look confused #Perception
May 16, 2018 22 tweets 10 min read
Seeing @realFemiOtedola in a molue and reading funny comments made me think about a subject in my #startup class; Crafting an #ElevatorPitch. What if you find yourself seated next to Otedola on a bus. How can you pass your message if he's getting off the bus in 30 seconds? Thread An #ElevatorPitch is basically a 15-30 second speech that succinctly explains to people who you are, what you do or what you’re seeking. The idea is that you can deliver your pitch to someone in the amount of time it will take an elevator to get you both where you're going