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EducationRe: 15-Year-Old Agbo Adoga's 1600 SAT Score Makes History by Focusmind: 9:29am On Oct 21, 2025
See a Nigerian in a Nigerian school being one of the top 0.01 percentile in global exam like SAT. This also shows the quality of teaching in some of our highly - rated private secondary schools.

He still looks too young and immature. In Canada, a 15 year old should be in grade 10.

A friend whose son finished SS1 in Nigeria with hope of getting into grade 11 (SS2) in Canada when they relocated was stepped down to grade 9 (JSS 3) because of his age. He was just 14 when he finished SS1 in Nigeria.
PoliticsRe: Ned Nwoko’s Brother Speaks On Regina Daniels’ Marital Crisis by Focusmind:
That Regina's brother seems to be on drugs. He didn't act maturely. I am sure some people would be praising him for violently defending his sister. Sometimes, you have to show wisdom and maturity to broker peace.
FamilyRe: Nigerian Lady Cries Out As Her Brothers Wife Makes Him Fence Their Compound(vid) by Focusmind: 4:58pm On Oct 20, 2025
Nothing new here. Very common in Anambra state. Once the patriarch of the family is gone, the sons usually go to war. This happens, especially when some siblings are doing well and some are not, coupled with the fact that the brothers would have gotten married and brought home different shades of characters that are not consistent with the family values of the men in the house. Suspicion, greed, envy and backbiting sets in. This is very common in many towns and villages in Anambra.
PoliticsRe: 'Free Nnamdi Kanu' Protest 20 October 2025 (Live Updates) by Focusmind: 12:08pm On Oct 20, 2025
This may not be the best approach - political negotiation is the best. You do not bamboozled the government to take action on something as sensitive as this issue. Releasing Kanu at the back of protest will strengthened him more than been released on compassionate or political grounds. I would prefer that he is released on political grounds than the government being forced to released him because of protest. His lawyers and the political leaders from SE should engage with FG and see what could be done and read the terms and conditions of his release to him for acceptance.

Kanu has become an issue in SE and I am sure some politicians from SE may not look favorable to his release. The man still has this cult-like figure and he may end the political career of lots of politicians. He is also key to the insecurity ravaging the region. Terrorists are banking on the back of the man to continue to cause mayhem in the region. I pray that political settlement is found in this issue and this case quickly closed.
SportsRe: Morocco Beat Argentina To Win FIFA U20 World Cup. by Focusmind: 10:09am On Oct 20, 2025
Moroccans always looks more like the Portuguese than Arabs - they are just a stone throw from Portugal
Foreign AffairsRe: Saudi Arabia &UAE Refuse To Finance Gaza Reconstruction Unless Hamas Is Disarmed by Focusmind: 5:54am On Oct 19, 2025
Turkey always doing strong head. If you call Turkey, Iran and Egypt to help rebuild Gaza now, they would disappear. Palestinians and Gazans should stand with the people with capacity to help them rebuild their territory. They should follow Saudi, UAE, Kuwait and other gulf States. Qatar is becoming a strange bedfellows among the gulf States
AdvertsRe: Cobble Stone For Sale by Focusmind: 4:52pm On Oct 18, 2025
YungJo207:
Cobble stone is available now and we can deliver within Nigeria.
WhatsApp :08184771046
Call: 09074039285

Also available is iron ore.
Donkey skin.
Karagon verute.
White talc etc
How do you sell? I want to use it for exterior wall. Do you have the bigger sizes?
EducationRe: IBUAM: Keyamo, Midala, Others Hail Balami, Says Tinubu Will Win Borno In 2027 by Focusmind: 7:16am On Oct 18, 2025
The Balami guy, an LP financier and a staunch obidients movement founder is about to port. undecided

This guy pulled his resources for Obi in 2023 presidential elections. Sadly, in Nigeria, businesses follow the food and where the connections are. His empire would be served more by being in the APC. It is no more a question of if, but when is he going to finally port.
BusinessRe: 650 Ships Have Loaded Products From Dangote Refinery In 1 Year - Reno by Focusmind: 5:47pm On Oct 17, 2025
This Reno seems to be working seriously to secure Dangote's account as a PR for the company.
PoliticsRe: Doing Birthday In IDP Camp Doesn't Mean You Are Loved - Wike Mocks Peter Obi by Focusmind: 8:51pm On Oct 16, 2025
This one na upper cut. I am just imagining Obi's face right now after this punch from the Wiked one. undecided
BusinessRe: Walmart Reveals First Store On African Soil - PICTURES by Focusmind: 8:45pm On Oct 16, 2025
We don't need them. We are happy with our neighbourhoods super markets.
PoliticsRe: Bayelsa Governor Diri, 23 State Assembly Members, Others Resign From PDP (Video) by Focusmind:
I wonder how Atiku and Obi would be feeling right now

These duo had the best of chances in 2023 but ego did not allow any one of them to step down for the other, buoyed by the mob supporters they had, thinking that the coast was clear. Sadly, PBAT calculated and took his chances. The rest is history. In this life, always weigh your chances and see if you could settle for less for something bigger in the future. Obi did not do that in 2023

Obi allowed emotions to betrayed him and he has lost out - As it is, the momentum is with PBAT. Obi and Atiku had the best of chances to pair each other and coast home to victory but each of them was moved by his own vaulting ambition. It was even worse on the Obi case as he ran with Atiku in 2019. What Atiku wanted was for them to pair again for 2023 and possibly make a way for him in 2031 but no! the movement that came onboard thought that Obi would sail through.

Any body campaigning for any other candidate is just wasting his time - the ticket and presidency is sure for PBAT. I am surprised that neither Atiku nor Obi have said any since the wave of defection started. Congratulations to PBAT!!
PoliticsRe: Taraba Governor, Other Bigwigs Eye APC by Focusmind: 11:07am On Oct 15, 2025
The train is moving up North - from Taraba, the thing fit reach Adamawa

By this time next year, there wont be any candidate from any party for the presidential election. The moral to contest against BAT would be extremely low and unmotivating. Wike, na you do this one. You told PDP say na you go kill them las, las.

I foresee Sowere as the only potential candidate to slug it with BAT. Atiku and Obi may likely fizzle out.

BAT/Wike combo no be for here o! undecided - destruction and decimation from within
CelebritiesRe: M.I Abaga Says Nigeria Is Still The Best Place To Raise Children by Focusmind:
I agreed.

One could still raise kids abroad but Nigeria's environment has a way of making one to raise and all round kids.

My people in US do send their children to be enrolled in some prestigious catholic schools in Nigeria.

One is currently in my house, attending one of the Jesuit colleges in Nigeria - He would move to boarding when he gets to JSS 3

His parents in Houston are happy about their decision, one of which they want him to have Nigerian friends, class mates and build a good social networks with some Nigerians.

The religious aspect of it is also a factor and the ability of the kids to connect to our village and his root. So far, he is bonding very well and adapting fast. The below quote from MI is the goal

"He revealed that he envisions a balanced upbringing for his future kids — one that merges Nigerian cultural roots with global exposure.[i][/i]"
PoliticsRe: Woke Up This Morning, And They Have Changed Our PDP Ward Whatsapp Group To APC by Focusmind: 8:19pm On Oct 14, 2025
Me wey don join APC, tey tey, as part of national youth campaign team. grin

Find where the money and food are and follow. No be me love Nigeria pass. If another party takes power, I will find way to join and the trend would continue.

No allow politicians and politics stress you out. Find a way to get close to the cookie jar. I follow them come this Nigeria. I can't be by the side why some people will keep enjoying the spoils of the country.

By 2031, all Southern states governors would have decamped to APC. This has been planned tey tey. Atiku would just get tired and fizzle out. BAT would definitely groom a northern successor in 2027 and definitely not Atiku. Nuhu Ribadu will definitely be in the front of the queue to succed BAT
Foreign AffairsRe: Cameroon’s Opposition Candidate Tchiroma Declares Victory In Presidential Vote by Focusmind: 8:08pm On Oct 14, 2025
Paul Biya is holding Cameron for blokos. See Biya that peacefully succeeded Ahmadou Ahijou in 1982 is not letting go of the presidency.
Foreign AffairsRe: Madagascar: Military Takes Over As Parliament Impeaches President Rajoelina by Focusmind: 7:54pm On Oct 14, 2025
I remembered when this Raja of a guy took office. There was wide jubilation across Madagascar. He is now an outcast. Madagascar is a conglomerate of Asians, Indians, Arabs and black Africans, mixed races, with sprinkle of whites, originally from Portugal, Spain and France. The ethnic composition is diversified
PoliticsRe: Peter Obi Prays For New Nigeria During Pilgrimage To Rome by Focusmind: 12:48pm On Oct 12, 2025
Prayer for new Nigeriahuh embarassed

Tell your colleagues politicians to sit up. I always have this inner doubt about the efficacy of prayers to solve national problems. Countries should work towards developing their States and leave God alone.
Christianity EtcRe: Cathedral Church Of Christ Marina, Lagos; The Oldest Anglican Edifice In Nigeria by Focusmind: 12:34pm On Oct 12, 2025
Sadly, all the little open spaces within the vicinity of the cathedral have been turned into another "Oyinbo" market, with traders selling all categories of wares. This should be a tourist attraction but Nigeria's environment and our decorum of puts tourists away.
PoliticsRe: Bauchi Senator, Samaila Dahuwa Kaila Quits PDP Over Internal Crisis by Focusmind: 10:47pm On Oct 11, 2025
Defections of the opposition politicians didn't happen like this under Buhari.
CrimeRe: Boko Haram Attacks Troops With Armed Drones, RPGs, Kills Four Soldiers In Borno by Focusmind: 11:11am On Oct 11, 2025
This looks like an insider job, even by the own account of the Nigerian military. Ambush, sometimes, means that the enemy has gotten information about your movement. Imagine using drones to destroy the Nigerian military hardware. These guys are going more sophisticated. Honestly, the way this war is going, I don't expect any Nigerian army to be anywhere outside Borno state. 95% of the rank and files of the armed forces should be deployed to the war zone. Many soldiers are in other parts of the country doing nothing.
CareerRe: Proposed Retirement Age For Teachers Will Hinder Employment – Oyo by Focusmind: 6:20am On Oct 11, 2025
Good one from Oyo State. I don't know why civil servants don't want to retire to give room for upcoming graduates. This issue of experience is not tenable again. Most of them at 60 don't do any meaningful work at the office. Same applies to university lecturers. If there are well-established succession plan, you don't need the old ones in their 60s to mentor in coming workers.
SportsRe: Lesotho Vs Nigeria: 2026 World Cup Qualifiers (1 - 2) On 10th Oct 2025 by Focusmind:
This Nwabali keeps feeling that he is untouchable - The coach should start testing other keepers so that he would sit up

He keeps making useless mistakes.
PoliticsRe: President, INEC Chairman & Historical Perspective Since 1960 - Present by Focusmind: 6:48pm On Oct 10, 2025
Professor Maurice Iwu and Professor Mahmoud Yakubu are in the same class

If you know, you know undecided
PoliticsRe: Elder Statesman Christopher Kolade Is Dead by Focusmind: 5:18pm On Oct 09, 2025
johnie:
Rest in Peace Sir!

I thought about him recently.

Akintola Williams, Gamaliel Onosode, Michael Omolayole, Ernest Shonekan

Has the last of the boardroom gurus of that era gone?
Let me include others: Felix Ohiwere of Nigerian Breweries, Arthur Mbanefo, Bunmi Oni - They were the corporate gurus of post independence Nigeria

These men made me to look for a career in corporate Nigeria. I read their profiles and got more motivated in pursuing a career in accounting and management.
PoliticsRe: Elder Statesman Christopher Kolade Is Dead by Focusmind: 4:52pm On Oct 09, 2025
Oh my God! One of my role models in corporate Nigeria.

RIP Sir - You impacted me positively with wisdom and courage on few occasions that I was opportune to be with you.
Foreign AffairsRe: 92-Year-Old Cameroon President, Paul Biya Doing Non Appearance Campaign by Focusmind: 4:45pm On Oct 09, 2025
This guy has a strong grip on the entire country, especially on their armed forces. undecided
PoliticsRe: 2027: ADC Leaders Hold Closed-Door Meeting by Focusmind: 8:17am On Oct 08, 2025
Was Obi present in the meeting?

It seems Obi is viewing ADC now with one kind eye 👁 undecided
BusinessRe: Four Reasons Why John Ezeobi Is A Role Model For Young Igbo Entrepreneurs by Focusmind: 8:33pm On Oct 07, 2025
You should have said "young Nigerian entrepreneurs" instead of the " young Igbo entrepreneurs" used in the description?
TravelRe: 29 Schengen Countries Offering 5 Years Visa To Nigerians by Focusmind: 8:58pm On Oct 04, 2025
Don't go there with the hope of getting a job or applying to do small menial jobs. VV visa doesn't guarantee work in schegen economic area. You will just regret wasting your time and money for nothing.
EducationRe: Federal Universities Have Turned To Private Universities by Focusmind: 4:58pm On Oct 03, 2025
Lets be truthful to ourselves - the Nigerian state gave us free education!!!

Most of us paid next to nothing throughout the university years and still travelled abroad with the knowledge acquired from Nigeria to excel even further in our new places abroad. Schooling abroad is not cheap, even for the citizens.
Christianity EtcRe: The Singles Connect Conference By Pastor Bolaji Idowu (Pictures) by Focusmind:
It is well. But these pastors and churches should not take advantage of the desperation on the side of our sisters to get married. The women are always too vulnerable and exposed to extortion by pastors, all in the name of crusade and prayer for husband. The working class and well-to-do among them are the most at risk of being milked. I had seen it couple of times. A young lady in one of the firms I consulted told me how one of the pastors kept demanding for money because he was aware that she was earning well until her senses came back

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