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Dear Nigerians,
It is absurd to think that simply saying “I’m sorry” automatically makes everything disappear.
Some people lose their accounts on this platform and become moody for weeks; some even leave the platform entirely. Yet, when someone uses an AI-generated image to attack or bring down products made by an international company, then turns around to dance Skelewu, many Nigerians act as though the matter should end there.
Really?
Imagine a man publicly claiming, without evidence, that another man is sleeping with someone wife, only to later apologise. Who exactly is he apologising to?
The man he accused? What about the woman whose character and fidelity he questioned? What about her children, who may also have to live with the consequences of that allegation?
An apology is important, but an apology does not automatically erase the damage caused by an accusation, especially when the accusation has already travelled far and damaged someone's reputation.
What concerns me even more is the double standard.
When it comes to politics and issues we already have strong opinions about, many of us show little or no mercy. We judge, condemn, insult, and demand accountability.
But when it is character assassination, misinformation, or deliberate reputational damage, suddenly “I’m sorry” is expected to be enough.
If the situation were reversed, would we be so quick to accept the apology?
Accountability should not depend on whose side we are on.
What we defend today may become the very thing that hurts us tomorrow.
This nonsense we are defending is not a reflection of who some of us truly are.
— Shogo Oloshunde
25/09/2026
Why is it that indrive drivers in this city don't use car 🚗 Air Conditioner?! – at Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
This is the kind of inspiring stories and real time happenstance I love to read – at Abuja, Nigeria
Giannis Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, and the Greek state registered him as a citizen of nowhere.
Not Greek. Not Nigerian. Stateless, on the municipal register, from birth.
He stayed that way for eighteen years.
Tonight he makes his debut for the Miami Heat.
Greek citizenship passes by blood, not by birthplace. His parents came from Lagos in 1991 and had no papers. So their son, born in the Sepolia neighborhood of Athens, belonged to no country on earth.
Angelos Syrigos is the Interior Ministry official who handled the file. Here is how he describes it.
They "had been registered as stateless in the municipal register."
His school leaving diploma recorded his nationality as Foreigner. He could not leave the country, which meant NBA scouts could not watch him play anywhere but Greece.
Here is how he describes that.
"We didn't have the opportunity to be who we were destined to be, because we didn't have the piece of paper."
"They couldn't deport me. But they could deport my parents."
"So we were afraid as kids that one day we could wake up without our parents."
Sean Gregory at TIME is the one who got him to say that.
Now here is the part almost nobody tells.
In 2013 the NBA started calling, and so did somebody else. The Nigerian embassy in Athens offered to issue him a Nigerian passport, so he could get an American visa and go to the draft.
Greece moved in seven weeks.
Here is what the Greek Interior Ministry said about it afterward.
The state's "only intervention was to accelerate the procedures."
He became a Greek citizen on May 9th. Milwaukee drafted him on June 27th. Forty nine days.
A country that had him on file as belonging to nobody made him one of its own in seven weeks, once another country wanted him first.
Then America said no. Twice. His brother Kostas has described it.
"We were denied twice and if you are denied the third time, you have to wait like 10 years."
So he played half of his first season alone. His parents and younger brothers finally landed in Chicago in February 2014.
"I don't have to worry about nothing anymore. Not what I'm going to eat, not what I'm going to wear, nothing."
Here is the part that says the most.
His mother Veronica arrived in Athens in 1991. She did not become a Greek citizen until September 2021.
Thirty years. Two months after her son won the Finals.
He is one of the wealthiest athletes alive now, and Greece has since given him every honor it has. Plenty of stateless children never get a basketball career to force the question.
But they had him down as nobody's for eighteen years, and it took another country's offer to change it.
Tonight he plays in Miami.
Today is Thursday,
Which throwback I go do laikdis today ?!
Make I first reason am – at Wuse, Nigeria
Shogo Oloshunde retweeted
*UPDATE ON MY EKEDC METERING AND SOLAR POWER STORY*
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1. I have been astounded by public reaction to my story of 19-Oct-2026 of how EKEDC billed me and ordered my meter disconnection for not consuming their electricity. I received calls and messages from far and wide even from people I didn't know. The story generated considerable interest nationwide.
2. The events that followed my story give me further confidence that Nigerians are good people and genuinely want a better country. Consider this: I posted my story on two WhatsApp platforms in the afternoon. Before the end of the day, possibly up to 10 people who didn't know me but saw it forwarded it to NERC (the regulator). NERC immediately forwarded it to EKEDC demanding an explanation. Meanwhile, EKEDC was separately being innundated by many more Nigerians demanding explanation for what happened! Within 24h, I had received calls from 3 EKEDC managers apologizing profusely for what happened and promising to replace my meter (which I don't believe is faulty) with a smart meter within a week! All the calls from EKEDC were very sincerely polite.
3. I thank everyone who did anything to publicize or help resolve the matter. I want everyone of such people to know that they are helping to make Nigeria a better country.
4. The incident has thrown up an issue which I had been aware of all along but which has hardly been publicly discussed. This is it: As more Nigerians resort to renewable energy, mostly solar, to help themselves out of the dual whammy of poor availability and higher (Band A) tariff for public power, what are the implications for the DisCos (the electricity distribution companies)?
5. The incident at my property was basically that an EKEDC personnel assumed that if their power meter at a property is not running while electrical appliances are running, then it is either that the resident has fraudulently bypassed the meter or that the meter is faulty. It did not cross his mind that the customer could be on a completely different supply system. Clearly, an immediate action for all DisCos is to sensitise their field staff to this reality.
6. So, how does a DisCo establish that a meter that isn't running has neither been bypassed nor is faulty? In my opinion, DisCos should have a right to demand verification perhaps monthly. The verification would be like what I had done with better-informed EKEDC field inspectors in the past: For a few minutes, bypass the solar inverter to switch to public power, and watch the meter register consumption. That should satisfy the field inspector.
7. However, beyond this controversy, there is an ominous threat to the entire public power sector. Here it is: In many countries, public power business is sustained largely by industrial consumers who typically pay the highest tariff. Those high tariffs make it possible for the power companies to charge affordable tariffs for domestic consumption. However, in Nigeria, most serious industries have invested in their own power generation. This leaves the public power companies relying on domestic consumers for sustenance. Today, the "Band A" customers bear the brunt of the high tariffs that keep the DisCos afloat.
8. It turns out that the Band A consumers are also usually the consumers with the financial resources to invest in solar power that can take them off-grid totally. And that is happening fast. The result is dwindling income for DisCos.
9. My view is that DisCos must reinvent themselves to survive. Today, they all rely on power allocated to them from the national grid to serve their customers. That is not sustainable. They need a new business model.
Thanks again, everyone.
Raphael Awoseyin
21-Oct-2026.
*EKEDC IN DESPERATION*
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I installed an 18kW solar power system at my property in Lekki Phase 1, relegating EKEDC supply to a backup status. Since then, I have been having more frequent visits from personnel of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), coming to check my prepaid meter.
On one of those visits, the EKEDC team stood watching the meter for motion to indicate consumption. When the meter wasn't moving, they called me to say they suspected I had bypassed the meter. I told them I had enough solar power for my daytime needs and only used their supply as a backup for the dark hours. To prove this to them, I switched on my inverter bypass for about 2 minutes so my consumption would be from EKEDC. They saw the meter rotating normally. They were visibly upset and one of them mumbled something like _"This ọ̀gá no wan gree us chop"_. They left.
Today (19-Oct-2026), three of them came to my premises with a notice of disconnection. The last time I loaded an EKEDC token was in July 2026 and I still had ample units left. When I asked why they would disconnect me, they said the reason was "LOR" (Loss of Revenue). They said my slow consumption indicates a faulty meter and I had to pay them ₦112,606 for loss of revenue.
I told them my meter was not faulty and that they could test it if they wanted. The lady said they were losing revenue and they had to make up for it.
I didn't know whether to laugh or to be angry. I have no intention of paying EKEDC a dime for its loss of revenue due to my taking steps to protect my interest.
But, I share this story for all who are investing in solar power to know that the DisCos are now desperate. They now have "Loss of Revenue" as a reason for your disconnection from their supply. It is simply that they are not making enough money from you.
I am waiting for EKEDC to disconnect me from their grid before I lodge a formal complaint to the regulatory authority.
We are in interesting times in Nigeria!
Raphael Awoseyin
19-Oct-2026
Set of untamed lunatics
Saw this on one of my Whatsapp groups.
EKEDC IN DESPERATION
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I installed an 18kW solar power system at my property in Lekki Phase 1, relegating EKEDC supply to a backup status. Since then, I have been having more frequent visits from personnel of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), coming to check my prepaid meter.
On one of those visits, the EKEDC team stood watching the meter for motion to indicate consumption. When the meter wasn't moving, they called me to say they suspected I had bypassed the meter. I told them I had enough solar power for my daytime needs and only used their supply as a backup for the dark hours. To prove this to them, I switched on my inverter bypass for about 2 minutes so my consumption would be from EKEDC. They saw the meter rotating normally. They were visibly upset and one of them mumbled something like "This ọ̀gá no wan gree us chop". They left.
Today (19-Oct-2026), three of them came to my premises with a notice of disconnection. The last time I loaded an EKEDC token was in July 2026 and I still had ample units left. When I asked why they would disconnect me, they said the reason was "LOR" (Loss of Revenue). They said my slow consumption indicates a faulty meter and I had to pay them ₦112,606 for loss of revenue.
I told them my meter was not faulty and that they could test it if they wanted. The lady said they were losing revenue and they had to make up for it.
I didn't know whether to laugh or to be angry. I have no intention of paying EKEDC a dime for its loss of revenue due to my taking steps to protect my interest.
But, I share this story for all who are investing in solar power to know that the DisCos are now desperate. They now have "Loss of Revenue" as a reason for your disconnection from their supply. It is simply that they are not making enough money from you.
I am waiting for EKEDC to disconnect me from their grid before I lodge a formal complaint to the regulatory authority.
We are in interesting times in Nigeria!
Raphael Awoseyin
19-Oct-2026
I keep wondering,
We're using a lot of 'ear piece' materials,
Both small, short, long and what have you,
What is the rationale behind this?!
Have you ever wondered why this who produce them don't use them ?!
Thou shall not forget your benefactor!
Olajumoke Oniburedi 👇from grass to Grace and back to grass. She should not have left TY BELLO that made her to travel to Europe, especially Italy and also she was in South Africa courtesy of TY BELLO but one real estate lured her away from TY BELLO. During her zenith, she disowned her illiterate husband. She is now back in a rural area ‼️ Her radio programme could not be sustained because of lack of ideas. Some real estate guys are causing havoc, it was also a real estate man that snatched Orisabunmi from Jimoh Aliu 😭
© Ayoade Ojeniyi.
Shogo Oloshunde retweeted
School Run 🎒🏫 got me busy 😔😭 I'm at it again for the week.
Guys while I was taking my Son to school this morning I met two women discussing one was lamenting bitterly how their landlord increased their rent to💯% without informing them first and she and the husband has been begging him to collect the former rent but he refused. But some landlords re Wicked.
Now they re confused 🤔 and frustrated because not quite long they just paid children school fees now this one again 😭😔
many people are going through a lot of difficulties in Nigeria, some re financial challenges, others re health issues. Everybody wear clothes to cover their problems , no-one knows the battles they re fighting against.
Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (Reverend King) founded the Christian Praying Assembly in Lagos. In 2006 he doused six members with petrol and set them on fire for alleged fornication; Ann Uzoh died from burns. Lagos High Court sentenced him to death by hanging in 2007 for murder (plus 20 years for attempted murder). Appeal Court and Supreme Court (2016) upheld it, calling the facts horror-film-like. He remains on death row after transfers between prisons over visitor volumes and sex allegations. His church still operates with devoted members who adopt the King surname, treat visits as pilgrimages, read his letters in services, expand branches, and run large birthday newspaper ads.
That is @grok reply to my inquiry about the below post.
I have to agree,
We have so many psychos in Nigeria
Reverend King, the convicted notorious man of God, is in Kirikiri prison, waiting for the date the Nigerian state will sign his death sentence by hanging, as was pronounced by the Supreme Court, but while the uncertainty about his fate remains, man is still living a larger-than-life image, and his influence has never waned while inside Kirikiri prison.
Despite his brutal crimes and death row status, a loyal group of followers from the Christian Praying Assembly, his church, continues to worship and adore him.
Before he was hauled into prison, women served him food naked.
Followers beaten until they could not move. And then, in the most horrifying act, one of the followers was doused with fuel and set on fire.
And even on death row, the disturbing reports did not stop.
Reverend King was accused of having intense sex with female visitors who visited him in prison and with female prisoners too, allegations serious enough that prison authorities transferred him between facilities multiple times, from Kirikiri to Kuje in Abuja, then to Kaduna, then to Katsina, partly because of the volume of followers, including notable politicians, who kept visiting him for prayers.
One woman later said she had repeatedly had sex with him during these visits, became pregnant multiple times as a result, and had to terminate the pregnancies.
In his own defence, Reverend King reportedly described what he was doing to these women as a method of teaching obedience.
And he has not stopped his larger-than-life status while being held inside Kirikiri prison.
Through all of it, something extraordinary happened.
His church did not abandon him.
Members of the Christian Praying Assembly continued to fill the pews every Sunday.
In a bizarre display of devotion, the Christian Praying Assembly, his church, continues to function, and members still recognize him as their spiritual leader.
The church has even expanded its branches globally during his imprisonment, as they have over 200 branches now.
They read prison letters from him aloud during services, urging the congregation to continue in the faith he had taught them.
When rumors spread that his execution might finally be carried out, church leaders stood at the pulpit and warned that Nigeria would boil if anyone touched their holiness.
His loyal church members continue to run his ministry and adopt his surname, King, in their name, which is compulsory, and they are also mandated to visit him in prison at Kirikiri prison at least once a year.
The visit to Kirikiri is seen as a pilgrimage in Kirikiri to visit the Prophet for his prayers and blessings.
And it does not stop at this
Every year around his birthday (in February), devoted followers regularly pay for prominent, multi-page newspaper advertisements and public billboards across major Nigerian cities celebrating "His Holiness Dr. Reverend King."
This year alone, his members took over 20 pages of the This Day Newspaper to celebrate his birthday.
A page costs more than a million naira, so you can do the calculations.
Religious psychosis is real; I have not seen anything like this before in my life.
I wonder what is stopping Lagos State Governor Sanwo Olu from signing his death warrant because it is long over due.
