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Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
Can Africa protect its data sovereignty while remaining open to global digital trade? Our #latestonline argues that sovereignty and cross-border data flows need not compete and proposes a hybrid approach to balance both. Read here: 🏷️borg.re/articles/ideasmemo/a…
Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
No matter how angry you are
There are some things you can't say to someone you claim to love
Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
In 2025, across Nigeria and Ghana, TEMPLARS’ corporate social responsibility focused on access, institutional strength, and talent development as a core part of value creation. The work spanned education, justice, healthcare, youth development, and gender inclusion, with emphasis on measurable impact.
We advanced access to justice through Adopt-A-Prisoner and the Fair Justice Initiative. We strengthened talent pipelines through the Nigerian Higher Education Foundation, Experience TEMPLARS, and the Legal Incubator Programme. We supported communities through grassroots sports, healthcare partnerships, and targeted education initiatives.
Read the full Report: templars-law.com/app/uploads…
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#ResponsibleBusiness #ESG #SocialImpact #AccessToJustice #Nigeria #Ghana #InstitutionBuilding #TalentDevelopment #YouthDevelopment #GenderInclusion #Education #Healthcare #CommunityImpact
Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
In South Africa, the government provides a crucial Older Persons’ Grant (OPG), a non-contributory, means-tested cash grant. The OPG is a recognised success in poverty alleviation, benefiting not only the elderly recipient but often their extended family
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Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
Nigeria’s federal governance structure adds another layer of complexity. Responsibility for health services is shared between federal and state authorities, meaning that national policies require cooperation across multiple levels of government. borg.re/articles/ideasmemo/m…
Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
Personally, I think we should be okay with having a great conversation with a stranger and leaving it at that. Exchanging contacts isn’t always necessary. One of the beautiful things in life is being able to remember a good conversation with a random person and move on.
Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
Working in 10 Downing Street in the heart of the British establishment, I made a conscious effort not to lose my Nigerian accent. For 15 years that I lived permanently in the UK, I am proud that I avoided eating sandwiches.
Madam still made me Maimai and stockfish to take to work. When they ask me what I am eating, I don’t know how to tell them that it is beans and fish because their concept of beans is baked beans and their concept of fish is battered. So, I just tell them that my meal is not known to Western science. 😊
I’ve noticed something.
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala studied at Harvard, ran Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance, now leads the WTO yet when she speaks, she is unapologetically Nigerian.
Same with Chimamanda Adichie. Global mind. Nigerian soul.
But watch some people who left Nigeria 6 months ago suddenly full foreign accent, complete rebrand, identity reset.
Here’s the hard truth nobody tells you:
No matter how much accent you acquire, that society will never fully accept you as one of them.
Authenticity is not a disadvantage.
It’s leverage.
Indians understood this early. They went global without deleting themselves, accent, culture, confidence intact. And today, they dominate boardrooms, tech, medicine, and politics worldwide.
Trying to sound “less Nigerian” doesn’t make you global.
It makes you forgettable.
The world rewards originals, not imitations.
Be excellent. Be global.
But be yourself first.
Nigeria needs to hear this.
Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
I went back to Luke this morning just to revisit the story of Christmas… and Luke 2:7 hit me like an arrow to the chest:
“She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.”
We romanticize that line so much that we forget how brutal it actually is. If the gospel narrative is true, then that’s not a cute nativity detail. That is the most explosive statement in human history.
The God who created galaxies entered His own creation… and there was no room for Him.
No royal welcome, no palace, no safety, no honor, not even a bed. He comes into the world He made, and the doors are closed in His face.
This is the single greatest scandal of Christianity: God doesn’t supervise salvation from a throne. He steps into it. He doesn’t arrive in glory. He arrives vulnerable. He doesn’t come intimidating humanity into submission. He comes as a child who can’t even hold His own head up. If you were inventing a religion, this is not the story you’d write.
Luke is quietly showing something staggering about God’s character:
He wins, not by force, but by love.
He saves, not by domination, but by self-giving. He comes close, not as a King demanding space, but as a Savior entering even when there is “no room.”
And that manger isn’t sentimental. It’s confrontational.
It confronts our pride, cos humanity has always had space for power, wealth, celebrity, and status… just never space for God unless He serves our plans.
It confronts our illusions of strength cos God is showing that real power isn’t the ability to crush. Real power is the courage to empty yourself for the sake of others.
It confronts religion, cos God bypassed temples and elites and arrived where animals feed… then announced His coming not to emperors, but to shepherds.
Luke 2:7 tells us who God is.
He is not distant, He is not indifferent, He is not cold sovereignty. He is the God who chooses weakness so He can stand with the weak. He is the God who walks into human pain instead of observing it from afar. He is the God who would rather be rejected with us than reign without us.
If this verse is true, Christianity isn’t just another belief system. It’s a radical claim that the deepest power in the universe is love; not might, not fear, not spectacle.
So yes… this verse broke me today.
Because if this is who God is… then hope isn’t sentimental. Grace isn’t theoretical. And Christmas isn’t “cute.”
It’s God stepping into history quietly…
exposing us gently… and saving us completely. Luke 2:7 isn’t a children’s story. It’s a revolution.
Merry Christmas 🎄❤️
Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
Nigeria is set for a major shift in international trade and trade finance with the enactment of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill 2025 which seeks to foster a modernised trade ecosystem by adopting the United National Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records.
Once enacted, digital bills of lading, digital promissory notes, digital warehouse receipts, and other negotiable instruments will carry the same legal certainty as their paper-based counterparts reducing delays, lowering risk, and strengthening cross-border efficiency.
Authored by TEMPLARS Partner, Desmond Ogba, and Associates, Chijioke Ukomadu and Obinna Onyishi, AICMC, the article examines how the Bill introduces clear standards on legal control, integrity, authenticity, and recognition of electronic trade documents.
It also creates a regulated market for Trust Service Providers that will underpin secure digital verification. These are innovations that stakeholders in cross-border trading have long advocated for.
By aligning with this global trend on trade digitisation, Nigeria signals its readiness for a more competitive and investment-friendly trade environment, unlocking new opportunities for financiers, logistics operators, technology firms, and exporters.
Read full publication: templars-law.com/app/uploads…
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Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
Announcing the Crossroads Podcast.
Episode One drops Friday
Trailer now on YT. (All links on bio)
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Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
#ThrowbackThursday: On Friday, 3rd October 2025, TEMPLARS hosted the inaugural edition of Experience TEMPLARS at its Accra office in Ghana.
The open-day programme attracted numerous applications, from which 21 exceptional applicants were selected to participate in a day of immersive learning and engagement.
As part of the day’s activities, 5 participants were shortlisted to engage in a lively debate session. Solomon Omani Mensah, emerged as the overall winner, receiving the TEMPLARS Legal Endowment Fund and an automatic offer of employment with the Firm. The runners-up, Betty Kyeremanteng and Andy Asare, each received an externship opportunity with the firm.
Experience TEMPLARS is designed to educate, inspire, and connect aspiring legal professionals with the dynamic world of commercial law. Through mentorship sessions, workshops, and networking engagements, the programme seeks to build capacity, promote excellence, and shape the next generation of legal professionals.
Watch the recap video: youtu.be/umaxAzw6va4
Chijioke Ukomadu retweeted
Yesterday I matriculated into the University of Oxford, studying for a Masters in Law and Finance.
Ten years ago, I was a proper “Aba” boy, operating my father’s grinding machine at a local market. Today I am at the Oxford University. Dear dreamer, it is possible!
