Eben
@EbenezarWikina
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♡ Soibi’s Hubby 💼 Senior partnerships @NguvuCollective , Founder @PolicyShapers , Skoll Fellow, Mandela Fellow, NESG Fellow 🌱 Biomimicry Practitioner
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13 years of work across 30 organisations: Here is what I’ve learned
#LearnwithEben
#careerdevelopment
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Uzoho first goal kick na Abubakar head
2nd one na throw-in
As you all go to church tomorrow, pray for Nwabali abeg 🤣🤣🤣
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#Nigeria
🇳🇬 is not a French-speaking country but if a Nigerian writes DELF for N16,000, the result is valid for life
but despite being an English-speaking country, I have to write IELTS for N89,500 and my result expires in 2 years
Do the math!
#ReformIELTSPolicy
#IELTS
#TOEFL
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How can people living in this condition come out to invent Facebook or Tesla?
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Announce 50% reduction in salaries of entire cabinet. Encourage State Governors to do same
Suspend purchase of SUVs and other serenren in the budget (use that to appeal to people’s emotions)
Declare State of emergency on human and food security
Hunt kidnappers like rats
Tue 20 Feb, 2024 • 10:26 AM
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BUHARI BORROW $34 BILLION DOLLARS IN 8 YEARS 💵 WHILE THIS GUY WAS THE SPEAKER
$34 BILLION !!!!
We will not rubber stamp a budget that seeks to borrow more money at ridiculous rates and further impoverish the country
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Not smuggler wey dey smuggle bikes and guns. Not the list of terrorist financiers the UAE released?
Na my 0.00000004 bitcoin wey fund Boko Haram? Abeg nau, Sir
Olukoyede: Some youths trading crypto unaware they’re being used to fund terrorism | TheCable
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So you carried 1,000 people to Dubai to look for investors but you’re demolishing $200m worth investment to build a road that already exists 😂😂😂😂
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You guys don’t understand why the election hurt me so bad - we were in the rain and sun for at least 10 hours
My wife’s knee started to ache her and I was begging her for us to leave by 7:30pm, and she refused. That’s how dedicated she was
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Ajoke his own child is telling you sey na devil 🤣🤣🤣🤣
but you, a fan of Emmanuel Tv, sey na lie 😭
Wawu
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Air Peace don give una 500GBP flight but dem must wear Kaftan and Agbada to please you?
Who the f*ck are you?
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People are being slaughtered in Jos
Explosion rocked many lives in Ibadan
PO went to Ibadan
PO is now in Jos
Meanwhile
The “President” is vacationing in France
Can you see why I’m angry?
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So when Binance gives you list of Nigerians that are using the platform, what will you do?
Arrest all of them?
See how intelligence is strong now that you want to carry Binance people
but Kidnappers are basically running a human organ harvesting business but we can’t see them
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Fam, at some stage point do you guys actually think of getting jobs? and doing something meaningful with your life?
Top Obough You Could Get:
iFitness obough
"I'm celibate" obough
Wears glasses obough
Academic stress obough
“I’m hungry” obough
HM: Girls into Anime obough
Add yours
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We hope this
#Christmas
ushers you & yours into a season of limitless joy ❤️🌲 From me & mine
#TheWikinas
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🖤 and I hope we continue to age slowly so we can love ourselves for the rest of eternity,
@Soibiilate_
#TheWikinas
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Una too like lessons 😂😂😂😂 All the lessons but
#1
in poverty and unemployment worldwide
Every time teaching one political lesson or the other 😂
The people who are following politics for the first time should pay attention now. There's a major lesson here.
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31 years of God’s faithfulness ❤️🎉 I find myself appreciating birthdays more as I grow older and realize there’s really no stopwatch
Just live your life with happiness, do your best for those you love, and leave a mark on this world
#Ebenis31
#TheWikinas
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Just so that you people don’t think I’m mad: This is what the same Chairman on that table said about transmission of results in “real-time” as legal pre-requisites for a successful election
This is the
@inecnigeria
chairman speaking just few months ago
#NigeriaDecides
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I’m 31 years old. Nigeria has never worked in my whole lifetime.
If work had not taken me around the world, I wouldn’t even know what a working country or system looks like
Public leaders in Nigeria deserve all the hate that exists in this world 🌍
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An Ivy league school saw me (an illiterate) out of the hundreds of applications they got...and they admitted into the first cohort for their specialized Public Narrative Exec program taught by the Legend, Marshall Ganz, & then gave me a 91% scholarship
I live in Port Harcourt
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My manager just approved my leave in solidarity!!!!
PH we are still marching as planned ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
#SARSMUSTEND
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The Children of the Nigerian Elite are citizens of the UK, US, and Canada
They don’t even have faith in the country 😟
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At the stage in my career where I can’t stand conferences and talk shops anymore tbh
If the problem is healthcare, let’s go in there and fix the sector and stop talking about how we would fox the sector, year in/year out
We talk too much in this country
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Happy 3rd anniversary my baby girl ❤️ You make my life complete
36 months gone, many more months to come 🍷
#TheWikinas
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@EtuboLion
@Lostboy_4rmN
Keyword - Amiyah and her Dad
Amiyah is the star girl and her dad is the +1 😌 Argument settled
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This green passport? 🇳🇬 We can’t even go to Angola 🇦🇴 without visa. Please please
We. Are. Nigerians.
We. Are. Super Eagles.
Who dey “breeeete”?
Obviously not Ango…nvm
The Green Passport prevails yet again
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Name: Eben
Partner: Soibi
❤️ What the Lord has done for us: 35 months of marriage, 5 years of dating, 12 years of Friendship
#TheWikinas
february 14th, please let your tweets be short cus no be you start love, just tell us your name, your partner's name and what the Lord has done for you
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Who be this bastard wey dey post me and my wife picture? You no get your own picture to post? Abi you dey mad?
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@JohnAshbourne
There are at least 4 ports in the Niger Delta but only one in Lagos is working.
Nigeria 🇳🇬 does not make sense
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You guys - a short story on why we must always speak.
Our voice is our power.
This is how it all began. No words, just images.
Applied for an online Bachelor's program - fulfilled all the requirements and then I got this
#UseYourVoice
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@FlirtingKaapi
Really lovely that folks are waking up to this issue. Using
#ReformIELTSPolicy
we've been building a movement across Anglophone Africa, starting with
#Nigeria
🇳🇬
We are already in talks with the
@ukhomeoffice
and here's a policy brief we sent to them -
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Reminds of NOI when she tried to stop subsidy too. They kidnapped her mother and told her to resign
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In case you’re wondering why the
@WorldBank
will disburse a loan of $800 million for the Nigerian government to share by hand!!! despite knowing that it’s such a stupid idea!!!!
Here’s why. Our leaders never represent us well and it’s just business for them.
(1/2)
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Happy 30 to this guy 🎉 Been such an eventful three decades. Not yet where I want to be, but I know in this new decade I'll be working with/advising governments around the world 🙌🏽 So help me God
#LearnwithEben
#happybirthday
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All to the glory of God
1 year after I tweeted that, at my 5th attempt, I'm happy to tell you guys that we got in!!!!
You know the message already. Don't stop, keep trying, be upset, cry, be angry, but don't stop. Looking forward to adding another Exec Ed to the growing CV
4th time applying for
@WashFellowship
, 4th time unsuccessful.
I'm beginning to think there's something wrong. Especially because 2 of my people whom I reviewed their application, all made it through.
@Dzennypha
and I have been applying for the thing since we were underage (23)
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@iaboyeji
Iyin, we're talking about people with obvious bad attitude, you're talking about raising the employment bar?
How does this fix ebun or Daniel who are obviously using their power to oppress those working with them, whether or not the people have 100yrs experience?
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Finally Confirmed: Happy to share that I've been selected to represent West Africa 🌍 on the
@BritishCouncil
's UK-Africa New Narratives Youth Advisory Board
Looking forward to contributing to this important process that shapes New Narratives for both continents
#LearnwithEben
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Omo if people are hating on a dead Nigerian policymaker I have zero issues with it
What did he do about healthcare in his States. How would ordinary citizens without government money to fly abroad with Leukemia cope?
They hate us. Hate them in return
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In my speech 🗨 to Nigeria's Vice President last week, I asked for FG to support the
#ReformIELTSPolicy
campaign and he responded in agreement saying that "as an English-speaking country we should definitely be beneficiaries of some concession from
@ukhomeoffice
"
#PolicyShapers
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After about a decade of watching 100s of TED Talks, interviewing the best TED Speakers in the World - including the Founder of TED, Richard Wurman & my personal gee, Late Sir Ken Robinson - I will be giving my first talk on how I customized my Tertiary Education for 10 yrs
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Two years in,
#TheWikinas
totally recommend ❤️
I know I'm new in it. But I totally recommend marriage.
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It has been 2 years of walking down this road, side-by-side with you ❤️ No matter what comes, I know we will face it together and we will win 🙌🏾💫🍾
Happy anniversary My baby
@Soibiilate_
#Thewikinas
#soiben
#weddinganniversary
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Do we have an ethical hackers group in Nigeria?
Hacktivism today will mean crashing the entire Govt digital framework. We're shouting and walking but they're in AC rooms having fancy meetings
Crash the website. Crash the servers
We will force them to listen
#EndSarsProtests
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@tosinolaseinde
He joined a queue when I attended WEF in 2015. Just there standing and smiling with some other guy
Looks like he has a sense of humour too
But as
@seunonigbinde
says, “Rich man jokes always funny” 😂
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Got into Oxford yesterday for the kick-off of the 2024 Skoll Fellows program
Using this thread to document informal and serious moments:
#EbeninOxford
Check out my other journeys from the past:
#EbeninDC
#EbeninTbilisi
#EbeninParis
etc
#TheWikinas
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❤️ What a journey this has been!
@Soibiilate_
went to dig up our trench photos 😂
#TheWikinas
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You rigged, we complained. You said “Go to court”
I personally have zero belief in the Justice system but somehow PO and team have managed to put together a blockbuster case with many angles
Now you’re focused on doing propaganda. Where do you draw the line on this madness?
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Thanks guys for the engagement.
Here's the petition we're sharing around to raise public awareness and also engage the Home Office/High Commission
#ReformIELTSPolicy
#languageequality
#IELTS
#TOEFL
#englishlanguage
#ReformIELTS
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@DrJoeAbah
Very True
and gentle reminder that the
#GRAMMYLive
as prestigious as it is, is still a subjective affair
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My wife always says, she used to consider herself a financial planner until she met me 😂😂😂
My response is always: “Bruh, my first salary was 10,000 naira in 2010, I used to pay Nepa bill and Kerosene and fuel for our I pass my neighbor”
With 35k salary, I was paying tuition
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@FlyeKitesJay
@MatDefies
@Leo_messii_7
Lmaoooo get over it man 😭 You’ll soon start having kids, would you pass down this pain to them?
Morocco was also rigged to win Portugal I’m guessing 😂
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@bosuntijani
@Hope_Uzodimma1
“Our Candidates” Bosun please na you’re not a politician, when did you become a card carrying member of APC? Please na please na
Leave these politicians alone let them not stain you white na please
😩😩😩 I can kneel down and beg you
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Just to bless you people with 4 pictures of this beautiful woman ❤
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This your report - if you like design story for Canva. Reality is reality
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Happy Sunday from
#TheWikinas
We're grateful for all your messages and good wishes. God bless you
#SoiBen
#AllYours
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You guys, the date is March 6th - Prepare your Etibo and Krukrubite
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We might not be able to invite everyone individually but know that you're special to us and you're specially invited
#AllYours
#SoiBen2021
#SoiBen
#TheWikinas
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Why will you borrow $800 million to share?
And put my generation and I indebted to the World Bank till 2047?
You’re not borrowing to fast track refineries, not to commission modular refineries, or invest in supporting state-led power projects.
To share $800m by hand?????
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He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD. (Prov 18:22)
#scripturechallenge
#SoiBen
#TheWikinas
#AllYours
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The News I promised to share 📰🥳
Pleased to announce that I'm joining the global
@Changefound
@Change
family as a Campaign Strategist supporting citizen-led movements and community building
Excited for this next phase
See more:
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Pleased to be appointed the Thematic Lead of the Governance and Politics Thematic Group at the
@officialNESG
's Community of Practice on Youth
Excited about the opportunity to serve and shape the participation of youth in governance and politics
#TheWikinas
#PolicyShapers
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I have written to Barry Mpigi, Betty Apiafi, and George Sekibo. The 3 Senators representing my State.
So that tomorrow let them not say, we did not know or we were not written to. Whether or not they even check their emails is a matter of discussion for another day.
#EndSARS
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Yours truly is humbled by the invitation to serve as a member of the 2019 judging panel for the
@theaibstv
holding in London 🇬🇧 this November!
Means a lot to sit at the table alongside these
#veteran
#journalists
Glory to God!
#theaibs
#theaibs2019
#broadcasting
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My Sponsor took me out to flex me yesterday 😃
We are overwhelmed by the countless messages and show of love ❤️
We are grateful and I’ll do my best to reply as many as I can
#TheWikinas
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@kennyjay__
@Ukay_michaelson
@estyshyninstar
@stephanieorkuma
@Michelleagoh
@BloatedInk
@seunonigbinde
@WoduNkasi
@WilsonDeborah5
@AmosAbba2
@4EyedLiwa_
@Soibiilate_
@SLIMteSLIM_
It's very expensive. This is how much the
#IELTS
costs across Anglophone Africa
#ReformIELTSPolicy
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Ink on the dotted lines 🙏🏾 Senior Partnerships Specialist, Africa at Nguvu Collective
Glory to God almighty ✝️
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Nahh I didn't see
@MI_Abaga
and Duncan Mighty coming at all 😂😂😂 What's this jam?
I thought Bigger was it for me. This is it oo 😂
#theguyalbum
#TheGuy
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I believe
@nexford
's action is one step closer to reclaiming our dignity as Africans who apply to study abroad.
Nexford has also thrown the challenge to schools in America and the UK who need to fix these kind of exclusion policies, and they need to do so urgently
#UseYourVoice
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The kind of good news we love to wake up to on a Saturday!
Thank you Dr
@olumuyiwaayo
! The
@UAlberta
has thrown a challenge to the
@ukhomeoffice
and other institutions who continue to discriminate against Nigerians. Do what is right!
#ReformIELTSpolicy
#ReformIELTS
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@dollykola
What will he really write about? bribery, killings, drug and money? Nigeria’s political system as it is, is in its dark years.
If anyone should write anything inspiring it’s PO and how he captured the hearts of people and mobilized Gen Z to care about their country
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In a civilised ocuntry, this guy wouldn't be Senator by the next morning.
We, sadly, aren't living in a civilised country
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This woman was stepping like sey I escort her come the marriage 🤣🤣🤣
@Soibiilate_
#SoiBen
#TheWikinas
#AllYours
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You never fly local finish na international airline and their dress code you dey argue about? See wahala?
Who dey give una these guts ffs
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