I’ve know this man since I was 8.
He’s been repairing Abuja roads for 30 years, all by himself for FREE.
I came across him again last month just outside my office, he was filling a pothole.
I decided to tell his story, what I discovered broke my heart 💔
THREAD.
I want my woman to be very present in my space. Not cuddling, not constantly talking, but just around, somewhere I can see or notice but not in my business. I don’t want to cuddle, or talk or anything. I also don’t want her to go anywhere far like outside.
Does this make sense?
Someone borrowed money, defaulted and ran away. We tracked him to Abia and arrested him there, transferring him back to Abuja.
“You’re locking me up because of ordinary 130k? I thought you were bigger than this”
No dear, my 1 naira no dey loss.
Saving 100k to lodge at Fraser suites for one night, when you actually earn 45k is not self care in my opinion.
It’s actually the opposite; a futile attempt at escaping your reality.
Someone fainted, you rushed the person to the hospital because you have humanity.
Hospital say make you buy card and provide ID, then they arrest you. Judge gets angry and remands you in jail.
Despite testimony from the victim in your favor. Make it make sense.
AEDC brought this box to my office. But that’s not the gist.
They guy they sent to install it was an amputee, had only one arm. And he did a good job.
Superman.
I consulted for a U.S cannabis startup who were going to get acquired. The deal pulled through and the exit was sizable.
Aside from my fee, these people sent me a fat $$$$ tip. Cannabis and marijuana money is blood money.
I’ve reached them.
1. The woman who fainted has testified in favour of the good ladies in custody.
2. I will go and pressure CMD to drop the case this morning. He started this rubbish. Ridiculous.
3. Lawyers in court this morning, no need to panic. There is no case.
They have taken I and my sister to Keffi prison. We are to be imprisoned till Monday when the court will meet again. I am about to hand my phone over to my mum... I never imagined this could happen to anyone.
Pls help me retweet, I can't be imprisoned for being a helpful person
Chizom is talented and he is working for me.
There will be no severing of ties, all available value will be extracted. He’s building a product for me and that’s that.
My friend’s 15 year old daughter was raped and she is now 4 months pregnant.
The alleged rapist is a paramilitary officer. It happened in my backyard here in Karu.
I will not rest until justice is delivered!
Some of you are chronic perpetual debtors. You owe people for years and you don’t even flinch because you think they can’t do anything about it. You abuse, blackmail and threaten them even.
Not me.
Pay. Your. Fucking. Debts.
Don’t let anyone tell you that schooling in US/UK does not matter.
So I’m looking at those Nigerian founders that are raising millions of $$$ from VC and I’m seeing a lot of international education.
Aside education, they have earned credibility and a formidable network.
There’s only 1 news article about his work on the whole internet, a 2017 post by Fred Ezeh
Many people think the patched potholes have been done by the government
But no, it was the volunteer work of Mr Davou
No PR, no Noise. Just a pure heart and love for community
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Daniel Davou, 60, is no longer in his prime
He told me about how a teen beat him up and broke his collarbone while he was fixing road. I felt anger
Yet, he was excited to share his story
We set up a trust fund for him so his children can at least have an inheritance
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Have you ever come across a patched pothole as you drive around Abuja?
If your answer is YES then there’s 50% chance that you are benefiting the work that this man has done
What’s sad is that this local legend barely has any digital footprint
Even worse, he is DIRT POOR
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@ChinazaEluma
Well that’s you. Except you only want to date - for a relationship that will last for decades, one must be prepared to taste stages like this when your partner needs to just be alone within your home.
You can’t be married for life and not expect some boredom.
We will remove import and forex restrictions and insist on a single forex market. The current system penalizes exporters who bring in forex by forcing them to sell at a rate that they are unable to source for forex when they need to purchase forex.
Dear young people in Abuja,
Move into places that look like your income. You will not receive an award for living in town. Don't go and be squatting with 85 people because you want to live in Garki.
The only thing Town has to offer is outrageous rent and debit alerts.
🚨 UPDATE
- Truck will be handed over to him this Saturday. Paperwork and verification of vehicle took longer than expected.
- His first daughter will be working with my company till she gets admission.
- We raised $2000 and NGN 908,000.
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With Mr Davou now. He says people have been hailing him on the streets and he does not understand why. Someone even dashed him full chicken and some said they saw him on internet
He’s not fully aware about what’s happening yet, dey play with twitter people 😂
Stay tuned 👌🏾
Lots of young professionals are moving into Abuja and have no place to stay.
What if we set up an apartment complex, where people can live till they find their feet. 1 year max.
Perks
- 60% cheaper accommodation
- Community and network
- Lifestyle?
I’ll call it “REFUGE”
I’ve worked in e-commerce and I have a differing opinion about this.
The phenomenon you’re trying to explain is called “cart abandonment”. Maybe it’s gutter behavior, but I am certain it is human nature.
The average customer explores 3 or 4 options before they settle for your
This thing you guys do when you DM a vendor for a service and then ghost when it's time to pay is a very gutter behavior.
Then you get sent follow up messages and calls and you ignore. What exactly is your problem ?
My parents celebrate their 33rd marriage anniversary today 🎊🎉🥳🎁
They are the reason I don’t take relationship advice from social media.
Cheers to more ❤️
Met this random couple at Blooming Chicken this night. The guy signaled to me that he needed my help capturing the moment of his surprise proposal.
Men 🤝🏿 supporting men.
Forget social media, people are finding love and building happy families together 🥹 ❤️
🚨 UPDATE
He got a new truck last week 🚚
This wouldn’t have been possible without you.
We also gave him a little award, he says he’s never gotten anything like this before. We’re not going to wait for anyone. We’ll honor him now🥇
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I’ve know this man since I was 8.
He’s been repairing Abuja roads for 30 years, all by himself for FREE.
I came across him again last month just outside my office, he was filling a pothole.
I decided to tell his story, what I discovered broke my heart 💔
THREAD.
1. Primary school
2. Secondary school
3. University
4. NYSC
5. Find a Job
6. Marry
7. Born pikin
In Nigeria, people are programmed to feel incomplete when they don't pass through these stages accordingly. It's like there's an invincible certificate of completeness. I tire.
I’m in court with the family. I have spoken with the prosecutor. We are putting in an application.
We are waiting for the ladies to arrive from Keffi so we can secure their bail. Legal fees are sorted.
He came back to my office this morning to thank me, and ask if I had any issues he could help out with.
Apparently someone saw my tweet and offered him a contract.
A king 👑
AEDC brought this box to my office. But that’s not the gist.
They guy they sent to install it was an amputee, had only one arm. And he did a good job.
Superman.
I’m testing a model for community investing
1. Collect ₦20,000 from 20 people
2. Establish a barbing salon and distribute 4.5% ownership to each of the contributors
3. I keep 10%, I lead the business
4. Employ 4 contributors; 2 cashiers, 2 barbers
5. Share profits annually
Maybe I should be making videos of women “invading my space” at the gym
“This your fly looks heavy, won’t it tear your delt?” (touches your shoulder)
“Come and make a video of me, I want to squat”
I know twitter is woke, but isn’t this normal social behavior in a public gym?
Thanks to my bro
@Thechain_block
Mr Davou will get new truck next week 👏🏾
The donations will now be used to finance his children’s education. He has 5 children and the eldest is a lady who really needs to be in uni
I’m amazed by the support and the love. Please don’t stop❤️
Attended african food festival today and I learnt some things about Abuja people
- They will continue pressing their phones until one person is brave enough to start madness
- They no send your papa. They will see people they know and act like they don’t know each other 😂
I really hate seeing good people get bullied. Imagine the number of innocent people stuck in prison due to a lack of resources or representation.
This is a problem I want to fix, at least within my small community.
I’m a guest on a finance show at NTA tomorrow. I’m praying the anchor doesn’t ask me any questions about Emefiele because I fit drop English begin swear for that guy.
If you find any unused plot of land, go rent it and PLANT BEANS
- Beans are ready for harvest in 70-120 days
- One acre can give you 5 x 100kg bags
- There are 60 mudus in a 100kg bag
We're projecting that 1 mudu of beans will spike to NGN 1500 and stabilize at NGN 1000 in Q4
Guys I’m a farmer too. I cultivate beans, grains and other things I cannot mention.
Here’s a small batch of fish from one of my farms, contact me if you want to get some 🤝
With Mr Davou now. He says people have been hailing him on the streets and he does not understand why. Someone even dashed him full chicken and some said they saw him on internet
He’s not fully aware about what’s happening yet, dey play with twitter people 😂
Stay tuned 👌🏾
Someone took a loan for business, two weeks later he was throwing party for his babe at Club Quo in Gana street. I was looking at his status and saying "God when"
Time to pay back the money, he said we are disturbing his mental health.
Mental health scatter you dia.
One day in 2006, a teacher flogged my sister so bad she bled. She was like 11. My father went to the school. Beat up the teacher, and arrested the owner of the school.
That school is Rahinna model secondary school Jikwoyi.
For context, my father is a lawyer and he's my mentor.
I’m hurt.
Someone I met at the hospital died today. She had stage 5 kidney failure and she wasn’t on dialysis.
Her name was Godiya, not up to 23. I spoke to her just once. She never could sleep, cried a lot too, sometimes her mum would sit there and cry with her.
Lekki massacre will be one year this month. If I was in Lagos last October, I definitely would have been at that toll gate brooo.
But guys are already cooking for Tinubu 🙆🏾
Before you come to bash your ex on social media, remember that most of us here only want the gist. We don’t care about your sanity or safety.
You’re just entertainment, a piece of content.
I was at Young Progressives Party (YPP) FCT excos meeting yesterday and I was the only person under 30. I was also the only person there who had a Twitter account.
Activism is not the same as leadership. We are not ready.
When a person speaks highly of me within their networks, I place a premium on their friendship
There are some “friends” that know exactly what I do who still come online to post
“Where can I invest my money….”
I don’t feel entitled to anyones voice, but me and you no be guys
I got tickets for a concert one time in Minna. Artiste waved at my girl and asked her to come up stage. She refused. After the show I asked her why? She said;
“Abeg o, I know what you can do”
Does your girl know what you can do, or are you an understanding boyfriend?
Did you notice that 20, 10 and 5 Naira notes are now redundant?
People price their smallest products at 50 Naira, and then it jumps to 100 Naira for next pricing level. Nothing in between.
This is how Venezuela started.
I tell my female friends to send me their location, this is why.
Going on a date? Job interview? sight seeing or hiking? going back to school? House party?
Send me that fucking location!!!
We raised 400k to launch a small barbing salon yesterday alone. Slots sold out in a few hours. That experiment is now an “investment club”
I’ll announce more raises, and we’re going to manage this like a world class enterprise.
Guess what we’re going to raise money for next? 🤯
2023 get as e be NGL.
From the naira scarcity in January, to increase in fuel price at the very end of May.
My friend in Australia asked me “how do you continue running your company in that country”
The honest answer was “Omo I don’t know”.
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At some point in June I asked
I look forward to Fridays at my company because we organize game events 🔥 Sometimes we play Mortal Kombat, FIFA, Tiktok, Movie night etc.
The coming weeks will have paintball, bowling, cards, Jenga, hide and seek, ludo, chess and treasure hunt.
I’m testing a model that will encourage urban Millennials and Gen Z to own farms
1. I have 9 hectares of land in ABJ
2. I split the land into plots for farm
3. You pay ₦50k to own 1 farm
4. I manage your farm from planting to harvest
Can only take 20 people. Interested?