Dr. Addy Olubamiji
@DrOlubamiji
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Founder, @stemhub_ | Owner, @dtechcentrix |Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women|STEP Awards Honoree|RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant
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Today I became an American citizen 🇺🇸.
America has indeed been good to me. I came to this country on the invitation of a Fortune 500 company to lead technology innovation, got promoted to become a Director within 3 years (show me another country where a young black woman can do
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My husband said he didn’t know he married Fumilayo Ramsome Kuti 😂. That he thought me married a Professor 😭.
I have blocked him from my twitter. I don’t know who I am at the moment. Except that I am sure I am a Nigerian Youth! I stand in solidarity with you all!
#SARSMustEnd
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One of the hardest decision I have had to make is to turn down a LOVE that came at the WRONG TIME.
I met a guy back in Finland. We were both students by day and cleaners by night. But he was madly in love with me. You could tell him anything about me and he would still love me
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They said be a Director at 35
Me: I can’t make it. No Stanford degree, I have an accent and I am black 😉
35:
- Director at a Tech Company
- 3 Houses in the bag
- Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women
- STEP Awards Honoree
- RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants
36, I am ready!
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I would like to send him 200K prize. If he ever needs support, my husband was a chess champion from Mushin and represented Nigeria in international competitions. He attended OAU & Yaba Tech on scholarships. We can support him with what we can. Let’s get him off the streets!
Adeoye Fawaz, an 18 year old boy who works as a bus conductor and has lived years of his life Under oshodi bridge emerged as our overall champion in both chess and mental maths.
A star is born.
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1/ On this day 8 years ago, I arrived in Canada 🇨🇦! Full of aspirations, hope, and excitement! I believed I had reached the land flowing with “milk and honey” and my place of rest. A place where nothing will stop me.
A Thread
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Yesterday, I was at Nigeria House in New York with my family to get our passports.
If I write about my experience, it will go viral. How they talked us down, treated us like we don’t matter, the inconsistencies in their processes, late arrivals of employees, lack of empathy and
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There are things no one ever thought was possible for the child of the poor e.g. owning a MANSION on an acreage and becoming a Director in a Tech company in a country where I had no work experience nor education. This last week, we moved into our new home in Chicago suburbs!
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It’s the 9th Anniversary of my relocation to Canada 🇨🇦!
I was already living abroad (in Finland) when I suddenly decided I wanted more out of life (I was a cleaner with a Masters degree, not cool). I was done and ready to restart somewhere else. I wasn’t going to just survive
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Nnenna said
#SARS
attacked and kidnapped her brother in 2014! She said this is personal to her. She gave us 150 USD. She lives in Texas. Who are we fighting for? Nnenna’s brother Who are we fighting for?
#JimohIsiaq
😭! What are we tweeting for?
#EndSWAT
#EndSarsNow
#SWATMUSTEND
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I am thrilled to announce that I am a 2020 Winner of the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Awards!
Words failed me 😭. I came to Canada as a PhD student and it’s been a journey. I lived in basements and worked as a sales girl.
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We have now continued to build a life that amazes me. God moved the goal post and He is still moving it right now in my life. Delay doesn’t mean denial and some delays actually position you in a better place
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Tonight, my mom called. I told her my plans for
#EndSARS
protesters online and people of Ibadan. She begged me. I got mad! I told her her generation failed us. She felt disrespected. I said good night. She called back. She said “I Support You”! My mama support me! That’s all!
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May be I would have been able to do all these if I had married the man, may be not. But one thing for sure, I HAVE ZERO REGRETS
Dear young girl and PhD scholars panicking about love and career. You got this!
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To everyone who left Africa in August / September to start a new life in another part of the world, well done but this is just the beginning of the journey. From someone who
#Japa
in 2008, here are some of my words to you:
✅ Get your regularization papers asap - health card
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On December 16th, 8 years ago, my only sister died from cervical cancer caused by HPV.
This one woman hawked pepper, got a degree in biochemistry, won visa lottery and finally moved to the US. Started school again, finally got a job and bought her first nice car.
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After realizing worrying can’t help me, I decided to face my PhD, finish it, get a job and stay in my lane happily.
Na late I late, I no kill person! I decided to remove pressurizers from family and community out of my network and make Jesus and my career my friends.
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You will also be just fine. Get a life, get to a happy place and everything else will work fine. Focus on you and everything you can control
Sending you all my love as you go thought this Valentine week.
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7 years ago, I was wearing my uniform as a color salesperson at Sephora. I was in graduate school, a few days away from 30 yrs, singularly single and had less than 500 CAD to my name every first day of the month after paying my rent😃. I was sharing a basement apartment with two
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Would the guy have proposed when he did if I didn’t get the admission? I think he wouldn’t.
This post is about risks, sacrifices, decisions and getting my life together before prioritizing marriage
This isn’t the only way. I chose this way and happy I did. No regrets.
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2 years later, the best man for me came. I was in a happy place. A PhD holder, have a job, a car and saving to buy a house. I had built something for myself and was ready to start building with someone. This man is the greatest supporter I have ever known.
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My accountant, my reset button, my calculator 😃. God indeed have His ways.
No, he wasn’t flashy, he is fine, black and has plenty hair 😃. My Nigerian American Prince, the chess player from Mushin ❤️. God used him to shut all the naysayers and community gossipers up.
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For Nurses, Australia needs 26 000 yearly and there is a pathway for nursing. You can apply for the 3 months program and if admitted, you will take the program for 3 months. After the program, you are granted license to practice and this can lead to a path for permanent residency
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I am sharing as many funding opportunities that you may not find on google. I will pin it. You should help spread the word out there.
It's past midnight. Instead of praying for you tonight, i found you some scholarships. Tomorrow, we shall continue.
I love you.
Dr. Addy
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8/ Next Friday on Quarantine With Dr. Addy, Let’s Talk About Relocation To Canada! What your options are based on your age, your status, experience and education. Yes, you are welcome here! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, you too can live that dream.
#MyCanada
🇨🇦
#Anniversary
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But made it clear, I am going to Canada and going alone! If you want me, get yourself to Canada by school or any other method 😃. I am not staying back to marry and have kids while we would both be cleaners and be madly poor and madly in love.
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Good morning from here and here are some answers to your questions from my previous post on Love vs Career
Finland guy: few years ago when I heard from him, he is married (he got married a year or so after we didn’t work), he has a career and doing really fine.
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Today makes it 3 years that I became the first Black Person to obtain a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan
@usask
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3 years later, I remember. Come with me, let’s remember together
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Please RT
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A Thread
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I left for Canada. With time difference and PhD student stress, the relationship became a burden. I am realistic, so I let this good man go! Told myself there will be other good men in the future. For now, let me face making myself a real, successful and good woman.
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I woke him up at 12am to pray for Nigerian Youths. He has been harassed to donate and I got him to activity twitter. We can’t just be in our diaspora and not know what is going on. I have harassed all my uncles. Everyone in my family must do right by Nigerian youths!
#SARSMustEnd
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Because of
#EndSARS
, I didn’t share
During our anniversary getaway in Miami, he tricked me to go to Orlando. I thought I was going to Disney
He had this gift waiting for me there! He had paid for it!
I am a typical PhD, I was driving Lexus 2009. He said, that didn’t fit me
For those who have had major wins or happy moments in the last few weeks, don’t feel guilty celebrating it. Don’t let these times steal our joy. It is not your fault. We will demand what is right and also appreciate our personal victories at the same time.
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There are things no one ever thought was possible for the child of the poor e.g. owning a MANSION on an acreage and becoming a Director in a Tech company in a country where I had no work experience nor education. This girl chose to be a scientist
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#ThenVsNowChallenge
Pic 1: Sep. 3 2008 at MMA, Lagos. On the way to Finland!
#Clueless
about what’s ahead. Had a free-tuition admission, 700 Euros. Had no accommodation, no job and don’t speak Finnish
Pic 2: Babygirl ti blossom! She don turn Dr, turn director and own homes.
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Suddenly, I got a PhD admission and full funding in Canada! And it became clear that I was going to move to Canada and leave him behind. Guess what? He proposed! Chei! What was I supposed to do when I know he could kill himself if I said no. Well, I said yes.
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I risked turning that man down. My mates started having kids over 10 years ago. They were already becoming managers in banks in Nigeria and here I was living in a basement collecting next to nothing as stipend and working as a sales girl and getting kicked by PhD thesis 🤨🤥
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A few years into my PhD program, people starting telling me that no one will marry me with a PhD. And when I tried to date, the guy was told by his friends and family that I will be too smart for him. I cried many nights and I was legit afraid. I was full of regrets.
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To those asking what if he was rich, this is my experience and I alone know the full story. No need calculating.
Some women want our lives, careers and more first. So, we can be contributors in the marriage and not dependents.
No need trying to fight my experience. Rest 😃.
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I used to live in Finland. If it is not better than I left it. Don’t go there! You deserve better!
I did cleaning job for 4.5 years and they won’t give us any other type of jobs! I could not collect samples from patients recruited for my study! Being black was my sin!
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Resharing - WITH 700 EUROS, I MADE MY WAY TO FINLAND (Read and it’s a must share)
I secured admission into Savonia Polytechnic, Kuopio Finland for a second Bachelor of Science, and this time in Information Technology with a major in Embedded Systems.
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Instagram led my page to her
@oluwaremilekun_bewa
😃. She was about to graduate from Medicine and she was fine and speaking English.
After listening to her for 10 minutes, I told her come to the US. This is what we will do for your admission and this is how we will get your
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If you are planning to
#JAPA
and you are over 18 years old, please learn DRIVING!
Driving school and processes are expensive abroad o! Driving is not luxury! Driving is a survival skill in North America.
I learned to drive abroad and it was costly! I wish someone told me 🙁.
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I wanted to show you my fine face 🤣. This photo is so bomb ❤️. Y’all can’t tell me nothing, I am a fine girl and I know it 😅
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I obtained my Masters from Tampere University of Technology, Finland (Tuition free)
Then, secured PhD scholarships with University of Saskatchewan Canada
I now work in the US
The hustle is real for millennials. Start from somewhere and start today
Apply the
#EndSARS
Pressure!
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4/ The cleaner from Finland, sales girl at Sephora and pepperseller now own homes in CA and US, leading an innovative technology in a Fortune 500 company and helping 100s of others achieve their dreams. Thank you Canada! For the scholarships, and for allowing my dreams come true
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The child my mama was scolded for keeping her pregnancy, the girl from the slum, the cleaner / sales girl for many years and girl with 3 failed engagements is now a Director at a technology company and is a cover girl of
@businessdayng
today! Link to read:
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A few days before I made my way out Nigeria 14 years ago, I visited my uncle at his office in Lagos Island to say goodbye. I sat on a chair in front of him and he asked questions. On my way out, he gave me an envelope and said, I know this will be the last time you will need me.
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Please stop telling us to hide our achievements. This is why we don’t have positive role models for our youths. The slay queens are posting the results of their hustle. Yet, you tell hard working people to not make noise and wonder why no one want to study science?
#HiddenFigures
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I just found out that I can send mobile top up to protesters from my phone.
Oya, I want to send 1,500 Naira credit to 15 people’s phone who have been tweeting, sharing updates and protesting!
You can send me your phone number via the DM. Let’s keep you reachable
#SARSMustEnd
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1/ WITH 700 EUROS, I MADE MY WAY TO FINLAND
I secured admission into Savonia Polytechnic, Kuopio Finland for a second Bachelor of Science (Information Technology/Embedded Systems). This was a tuition-free program (not scholarship).
Pic - 1st day of school.
Thread
RT please
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I ended 2020 with a miscarriage. I cried myself into the new year. So, this year I set out with the mission to secure the bag, start to build an empire for my unborn children (cos they’re coming!) and end the year singing
There were so many haha moments in 2021.
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Now, we have to find him! We need his direct connect. Yep, I am from the slum and so is my husband. Let’s get more superstars made from the streets. This made my day 💪🏾👏🏾
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Please send us numbers of ministers, commissioners and people in government. We will spam them with calls from the diaspora. They can’t arrest us. Let’s do the calling while y’all occupy. No one is resting today.
@RGAMeyer
said I should occupy. So, let’s
#EndSARS
#PoliceBrutality
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I am still waiting for the folic acid and I may need strong Ibuprofen too since I am not sleeping well
@aproko_doctor
Tonight is anniversary night, I would like to start a journey to born
#EndSARS
child like Ela o.
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6/ If I had stayed back in Finland as a cleaner or didn’t even leave Nigeria? Instead of complaining and blaming the government, get on with the action. Please don’t die with your skills and talents. Don’t waste your prime waiting for a chance or a change.
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Happy
#WomenInScience
Day. I studied Physicist and then I was able to be everything else. With physics, I navigated Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics (X-rays Computed Tomography), Material Science and Science of Additive Manufacturing. This is what a
#Scientist
looks like
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“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.”
Happy Birthday to me!
#Bedazzled36
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Two weeks ago, this award came in the mail. Due to
#EndSARS
, I didn’t share but I think it can be a motivation for Monday. A geeky girl received a certificate and video message from the Honorable Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship for Canada
@marcomendicino
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Our mistake was thinking SARS (alone) was the problem!
2023, we all need to be ready to avoid APC and PDP. We need a clean slate. We need to start afresh. No recycling. We don’t want their children! We don’t want their friends.
#LekkiMassacre
#EndSARS
#EndBadGoveranceInNigeria
They removed the cctv cameras, turned off the lights and They are killing people and taking their body’s. The whole Government should step down!! I’m in so much pain.
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This girl here, she was a child that her parents didn’t want that came accidentally (my head is strong 😂), she was a pepper-seller, she was a cleaner, she was a salesgirl, she had a couple of failed relationship / engagements, she has regular impostor syndrome moments.
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So, I got admitted into the UofS for a PhD in biomedical engineering with focus on synchrotron X-ray imaging and biomechanics in 2012. This was at the start of the 4th Industrial Revolution (began in 2011). And 9 months into the PhD program, I evaluated and couldn’t fit my
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I had to dress up for
#ComingToAmerica2
👸🏿! I watched
#ComingToAmerica
in the 90s. Ha! Uncle Joe, we made it to America!!!
Dreams do come true!!
I remember watching
#ComingToAmerica
by peeping through the living room curtains of our neighbors. We didn’t have video player (VHS)
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7/ Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed and Canadian laws do change frequently. Therefore, you need to do this now. Do it for your children, do it because you too deserve a shot at really having a rewarding career. And yes, Nigeria will later come and claim you like they come to claim us.
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I am absolutely ecstatic to announce that I am a recipient of the 2020 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners (in the Manulife Science and Technology category). Thank you
@WXN
for this honor! Congratulations to me 🎊🎉💝!
List of awardees:
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When y’all form your coalition, I will lead digitized voting.
I can mobilize at least 80 dev ops engineer, software developer, data scientists, Cybersecurity and big data experts across the diaspora.
This is what we do! Call on us! We can’t fuck this up in 2023 😭!
#EndSARS
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I am thankful for 35. I am thankful to have lived till this day. My sister didn’t. She worked harder than I would ever worked and was a nicer person. I know I didn’t deserve your kindness but you have kept me. Shown me kindness.
Tonight is the eve of my birthday 🎊🍾🎉🦄🎉🎊.
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38, alive, healthy, and ready for all doors the Lord has opened that I will walk in this year! 💥🎈🙌💕
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The Lord honored us with the gift of a BABY GIRL a few weeks ago and I am joyful and humbled to share my journey with you in this exclusive feature for
@businessdayng
. In this feature, I shared with
@kemiajumobi
about my struggles, fears, triumphs and journey into
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Mummy, I just got named one of the Canada’s Top 100 most powerful women. Wow, Congratulations!
My dad in the background: What number are you on the list out of the 100? Why is your name down there? Adeola you used to be first, what happened?
Please kindly explain to my dad 😫.
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It’s Black History Month and the theme this year is The Future Is Now. So, I am remembering who I am as I strategize for the future
The child whose parents didn’t plan for (5th of 5 who came when they were done). Used ankara clothes as sanitary pads until 3rd year in University.
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5/ You are forever my home! And will be the country of my children! Glad that I can live the best of both worlds (yes, those are my passports and we are working on the third one 😅).
What would have happened if I didn’t take the risk?
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4 years and a few months later after he contacted me, I met Joshua for the first time on Christmas Day.
When I shared my story on completing my PhD as the first black person to obtain a PhD in biomedical engineering from
@usask
and added how I grew up selling pepper
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Just like you, I met Bami on social media. She was frustrated with her situation in Naija. We brainstormed back and forth, she put in her very best. She got admissions and two full scholarships and relocated to the US. This weekend, she spent thanksgiving with us. It is possible
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Let me halt this protest for a second.
Happy Anniversary to US BABY! Thank you for supporting my wild dreams! For believing in me more than I even want to be believed in 😂. Thank you for being the alaga of
#EndSARS
I LOVE YOU BABY!
#SoroSokeGeneration
help send blessings!
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What are you doing tomorrow? I am bringing 5 people (immigration consultants, Professors, Permanent Residents) to talk about immigration pathways
- IELTS
- Express Entry
- School Options (scholarships and non-scholarships).
- Saskatchewan Nominee Program
- Family Sponsorship
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As someone who hawked pepper on the streets of Mokola Ibadan, I am just weeping o.
Help us find him, I want to give him 100 000 Naira.
Someone promised to send him to school. I can ensure he has pocket money yearly as he goes to school.
Tweet to find that boy.
#EndSARS
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I'm thrilled to announce that I have been shortlisted for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards 2020 and need your vote! Please vote for me at
Let’s again show the world what a scientist and a philanthropist look like.
#rbctop25
#inspiring
#cdnimm
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When I was a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan and working multiple jobs, I never thought that a day will come when Canada will know my name 😭. Let’s take it home for the black community 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!! Please vote:
Vote for
@RBC
Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award Winner finalist, Adeola Olubamiji! She is the first Black person to obtain a PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and is the founder of STEMHub Foundation. To read her bio & vote:
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Don’t source it all out.
My papa no get money. No one helped me come Canada. I sat behind my computer, I researched and applied. For my visa, my friend reviewed my explanation letter. She suggested a few corrections.
I know you too can, use that internet to your advantage
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Around this time 10 years ago, I was 12 months into my PhD program here in Canada. After a year, I had quickly found out that my PhD degree, specifically the major I selected was not lucrative in the country. It is either I waste 3 more years working on a PhD that I know
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Tonight in Toronto, over a thousand people gathered to honor those who died while speaking up and asking to
#EndSARS
We are indeed saddened by the atrocities happening in Nigeria.
@JustinTrudeau
@FP_Champagne
would you be willing to lend your support?
🎥:
@afrochiq2017
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true to who you are.
Thank you God & Canada!!! Thank you Adeola (me) for doing it all the time afraid and taking mad risks. We may come as STUDENTS, but we are determined to OWN THE LAND & THRIVE. So, don’t underestimate us, our zeal and our magic. Forever
#ProudlyCanadian
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Our parents created the Nigeria we are trying to clean up!
They are calling and telling me to back down. That I will lose respect 😭
We have given up on education & electricity! We want to live!
When you get home tonight, apply pressure!
PS: I don’t need respect!
#EndSARS
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Tonight, we say the names of our falling heroes!
Their deaths were avoidable. So, we will occupy until we are guaranteed safety. We are not even fighting for education or electricity or good roads, we just want to live 😭.
Say their names!
#JimohIsiaq
#EndSARS
#CandleNight
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Celebrating my first
#NationalDaughtersDay
with my and your princess Eriifeoluwasimi 💕. Y’all have supported with your prayers and resources so she is yours too 😃
This moment is all I have prayed for, waited for and wished for and it’s beautiful 💕
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For those interested in relocating to Canada. Don’t sit on your success, don’t doubt it and stop procrastinating. Read this and determine your eligibility: . I am not an immigration specialist but I can provide you guidelines. Move up!
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I got 100 USD donation 😃!
I can send 1500 Naira (5USD) credit to 20 more people 👋🏾✊🏿!
If you have been protesting and need credit to be able to share updates on twitter or you have been tweeting
#SATSMustEnd
please send me your phone number.
We stay pinned!
#SARSMustEnd
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Who said there is no husband abroad? Is that why you are contemplating about relocating?
The hustle is real, but you have to be a whole one before you can be part of a two. Let’s dust you up and make you competitive. Then, husband will follow.
Meet Olu, the engine in this car
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2/ I had relocated from Finland where I obtained my MSc and worked for 4.5 years as a cleaner. I remembered throwing in the towel one day and saying it was enough and needed to leave Finland. So technically, arriving in Canada meant another chance at life.
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A week ago, unarmed
#EndSARS
protesters were murdered while raising Nigerian flag & singing the national anthem at the
#LekkiTollGateShooting
😫.
How do we ensure that the deaths across Nigeria during the last 3 weeks won’t be in vain?
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