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Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello) was just 34 years when he produced Omo Orukan, the story of an orphan who went through tragic travails as he struggled to live life. This was in 1987.
According to stories I have heard, this movie practically sold out at every cinema in Nigeria.
My dad who was working as a banker in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital at the time said even the film houses in the north were packed up with people wanting to view the movie.
37 years after, Oga Bello’s son, Femi Adebayo is on everybody’s lips following the release of his epic delivery, ‘Seven Doors’.
Ironically, Oga Bello acted in movies by Ade Love (Kunle Afolayan’s dad) before producing his own first movie in 1985.
Today both Femi Adebayo and Kunle Afolayan are leading forces in the Nigerian movie industry…meanwhile 71-year-old Oga Bello doesn’t seem to be retiring anytime soon. He continues to appear in movies by Kunle and Femi and other top Nollywood productions while he also produces his own movies.
Prince de Lagos💡 retweeted
“The height of a building is determined by the depth of its foundation.”
What determines how high you can rise is not merely your ambition, visibility, talent or opportunities. It is the depth of what has been built within you.
Character is the foundation of leadership.
Knowledge is the foundation of sound decisions.
Values are the foundation of consistency.
Faith is the foundation of a life anchored in God.
Discipline is the foundation of sustainable growth.
You cannot build a skyscraper on a shallow foundation and expect it to stand.
The higher you desire to go, the deeper you must be willing to build.
Let’s Live, Lead & Grow Together.
Prince de Lagos💡 retweeted
Will I vote President Tinubu? YES. Will I vote Hamzat in Lagos? YES. Will I voice out my opinions on issues of national importance as I deem fit? YES. Does voting a few candidates on the platform of the APC mean blindly supporting policies/decisions without asking questions? NO
Prince de Lagos💡 retweeted
Congratulations, Esther Stephen, one of ours who made history representing Nigeria at the Under-17 Female World Cup!
We are LASU...
If Nigeria were the kind of society people like Professor Pat Utomi paint, folks like him should be in prison. At 27, Prof. Utomi was a Special economic adviser to President Shagari but obviously he gave really terrible advices which plunged Nigeria into a mess…one of such messes is what the despot General Buhari and his cohorts banked on to overthrow the government.
I hear he has also destroyed a few private enterprises which he was saddled with.
Prof is at best a textbook expert.
I did my NYSC in the 70s. If I remember correctly, we were paid roughly ₦100 monthly. The purchasing power of ₦100 in Nigeria in the 1970s was far greater than it is today. In fact, that ₦100 had more purchasing power than the ₦77,000 monthly allowance NYSC corps members receive from the government today.
The ₦100 I received back then would be worth almost ₦200,000 in today's money.
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Prince de Lagos💡 retweeted
‘I received our Under-17 flamingos who are the first to win the World Cup in Africa at the airport today. It’s unfortunate that in a country where we have a sitting President who should be at the airport to receive and welcome these young warriors is no where be to found’ I have promised to support them and encourage them’
NFF gbe werey ni handicap 😂😂😂.
Peter Obi will never be our President
President Tinubu’s Chicago certificate and Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse’s goof…
In a renewed campaign of calumny, serial international political aspirant; Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse has now begin concocting his own version of stories to fit into long forgotten narratives.
Here is a man who claims to have worked for the emergence of several American Presidents yet never won a single election of his own. He claimed to have contested in America and lost before returning home to Lagos where he has been contesting and losing so one will understand his angst against the system.
However, his anger shouldn’t make him distort facts.
In a recent interview which is now making rounds, Dr. Pearse claimed to have given the late Funsho Williams information about Tinubu in 1999 but this is an absolute lie. In his own earlier account, Pearse had revealed that he joined Funsho Williams’ campaign in 2006 ahead of the 2007 elections before the latter’s unfortunate assassination. After Funsho Williams’ death, Pearse continued backing Mrs Hilda Williams to emerge the PDP candidate and after the primaries which produced Musiliu Obanikoro as flagbearer, Tokunbo Pearse actually decamped to Tinubu’s party claiming that the PDP primaries was manipulated by the likes of Bode George. He joined Tinubu’s Action Congress and supported the campaign and subsequent election of Babatunde Raji Fashola. According to him, Tinubu had invited him and others who felt aggrieved over the PDP primaries.
I wonder how someone who claimed to have empowered Tinubu’s political opponents with such damning information at the time ended up in the same camp with him (Tinubu) months later.
…something doesn’t add up.
After Fashola’s win in 2007 and his subsequent inauguration of his cabinet, newcomers like Pearse realising there was nothing for him in the government, returned to the PDP where he aspired to clinch the gubernatorial ticket ahead of the 2011 election but he didn’t even obtain the nomination form to contest in the primaries which was won Ade Dosunmu. After this, and ahead of the 2015 election, Dr. Pearse again aspired for the PDP ticket but didn’t purchase the nomination form before publicly backing Obanikoro (the same person he had accused of being imposed on the party years earlier). Unfortunately for him, Obanikoro lost the ticket to Jimi Agbaje who eventually lost the general election to Akinwunmi Ambode of the APC.
Over the years, Dr Pearse has laid claims to many things, many of which remain unproven.
What is alarming however is his claim that he lectured and was even the “director of the program which Tinubu said he attended”.
Firstly, he contradicted himself when he said he was in CSU between 1985 and 1990 “after he (Tinubu) had left” which leaves one wondering how Tinubu left (graduated) without attending the school as claimed by Pearse. Is Dr. Pearse hallucinating?
Secondly, he claimed to have been the director of “the program in which Tinubu said he attended”. According to the Chicago State University, President Bola Tinubu “attended CSU and graduated in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree.” Bola Tinubu has a degree in Business Administration majoring in Accounting and Finance from the university’s College of Business.
Dr Pearse on the other hand has all his degrees in English Language and Linguistics. While his claim of lecturing at Chicago State University remains questionable, he is reported to be a linguistics lecturer. One wonders where the correlation lies. How could a linguistic lecturer have been a director in accounting department or at the College of Business?
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It is funny how someone can claim to have joined an institution in 1985 then allege that someone who graduated six years earlier in a different faculty didn’t attend the institution even though you gullibly still admits he graduated.
It is alright to have political differences, and it is very alright to be against the President but it is absolutely outrageous to lay claim to things that never happened.
Those who are in the know understand that Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse never forgave President Tinubu for not enabling him get an appointment in the government of Babatunde Fashola.
Again we all know what we are doing but it is very painful seeing a 78-year-old tell blatant lies for political relevance.
The Kayode Badmus
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You are mistaken bro. The man’s father; Oba Yusuf Omokanye Oyekanmi passed on in May 2024 and the kingmakers bestowed the crown on him.
In his stead, a regent has been appointed while he “completes military service”.
You missed where the bitterness originated from gangan.
In 2007, Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse decamped from the PDP to AC following the refusal of Bode George to allow Hilda Williams become the party’s flagbearer. Pearse was her campaign DG. He joined AC at the invitation of Tinubu and supported Fashola.
After Fashola won the election, Pearse lobbied for an appointment but was declined. He returned to PDP a bitter person. He has never forgiven Tinubu ever since.
The question is, how did he chose to work with Tinubu if he had truly given the late Funsho Williams damning information about same months earlier?
This is can only fly when you are talking to fools and people who don't read. 🤣😂😭 cc @NewsCentralTV
Dr. Gabriel Adetokunbo Pearse is a bitter liar.
He worked at Chicago State University between 1985 and 1990.
Official CSU records confirm that Bola A. Tinubu attended the university from August 1977 to June 1979 and graduated on 22 June 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting major) with honours. The university has repeatedly affirmed this, including in registrar letters and under oath in U.S. court proceedings.
Tinubu had graduated from CSU 7 whole years before Pearse joined the institution.
Pearse was therefore not present during Tinubu’s student years and could not have directly taught, directed, or contemporaneously verified his records in 1977–1979.
So on what grounds he did verify or even see Bola Tinubu's university records?
By the time Dr. Pearse joined CSU; Bola Tinubu had already worked for Arthur Andersen and especially Deloitte (Deloitte Haskins & Sells / Deloitte and Touche), including consulting work for National Oil (a joint-venture partner of Saudi Aramco). He had also worked for GTE Services Corporation as an assistant manager and joined Mobil’s Corporate Audit Department via its UK office (Mobil Oil UK), worked as a corporate auditor (including on assignments involving Nigeria), and then took roles with the Nigerian operations (Mobil Oil Nigeria / Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited).He progressed from auditor/senior auditor roles to treasurer.
So thats Andersen, Deloitte, GTE, Mobil Oil UK, Aramco, Mobil Oil Nigeria from 1979 to 1990.
But we know where the bitterness comes from. Dr Tokunbo Pearse is a perennial loser in Lagos state politics.
He ran for governor in 2019 under the SDP; he lost.
He ran for Lagos PDP State Chairman in 2021; he lost again.
He ran to be Lagos Central Senator; he was defeated during the primaries.
If Tokunbo Pearse is your daddy, kindly let him know that elders who tell lies will be mocked by children.
For anybody who wants to read the truth, it is readily and independently available...
Renowned critic of Bola Tinubu, @farooqkperogi, wrote on this here; read- farooqkperogi.com/2023/09/ti…
Renowned anti-government newspaper @PremiumTimesng wrote about it here also. Read -
premiumtimesng.com/news/head…
Nigeria’s self appointed minister of condolences, felicitations and lamba duties was at the airport as early as 7am this morning to take pictures with the victorious Flamingoes of Nigeria on their arrival from Morocco.
In his usual style, man wanted to take credit for doing absolutely nothing while presenting himself as some imagined source of inspiration to the girls.
The girls were embarking on their tour bus when Obi tried breaking protocol to take pictures with them but their handlers were smart enough to see through his schemings so they manoeuvred his emissaries and he didn’t get access to the girls.
Man is currently online crying about being prevented from “greeting and welcoming the team”. I wonder in what capacity he wanted protocol broken for him.
We all know he would have tore the government to pieces should the country had lost the final to Japan …”it is sad that Nigeria, a country of over 200million people couldn’t defeat Japan which is less than half her population. This is a failure of our government and I condemn this…” okay I don dey think too far.
But we all know his handler would have had to clear this draft to post a congratulatory message.
Nonsense and antebellum!
A NEW DIMENSION OF TOXIC POLITICS IN NIGERIA
The new dimension of toxic politics that Nigeria has developed since 2025,
I arrived at the airport at 7 a.m. this morning to board my flight to Enugu. There, I saw the Nigeria Under-17 girls' team, which had just arrived and was preparing to board its vehicle into town.
With genuine joy and enthusiasm, I asked my Protocol Officer, Jackie Wayas, to find out whether I could greet and welcome the team. I was informed that officials of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) had refused and had requested that I not approach them because, if I did, they would all lose their jobs.
Regrettably, this is not the first time I have been subjected to such treatment. On March 25, 2025, I was in Uyo for the World Cup qualifier. The governor warmly received me and welcomed me at the VIP stand. Following the match, other government officials went to greet the players, but I was again prevented from doing so. I was told by the officials that they would lose their jobs if I proceeded.
It is deeply troubling to witness the extent of toxic politics into which our nation has descended since 2025. Each year appears to bring further deterioration. This reflects how deeply Nigeria has been affected.
The new Nigeria we aspire to build must have no room for hostility, intimidation, or discrimination, regardless of political affiliation. It must be a Nigeria in which unity, mutual respect, and our shared humanity take precedence over political differences.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Prince de Lagos💡 retweeted
That was how Tokunbo Akinpade told me when we were in JSS 2 that his daddy’s new Peugeot 505 station wagon had the power to burrow into the ground and move underground to its destination whenever it encounters traffic jam on the highway.
I didn’t believe him but I must confess that because of this one lie out of many, I couldn’t ever forget him or his name.
If you want to be remembered, lie like a legend!
As commissioner for Science and Technology in Lagos, Obafemi Hamzat implemented the Oracle applications system Enterprise Resource Planning which ensured the ease of the management of workers and governance in general. This became a model across the country.
Unfortunately, less smart governors like Mr Peter Obi didn’t catch this bug and Anambra didn’t get her digitalised civil service management until 2020 when Willie Obiano’s government implemented the Anambra State Enterprise Payroll System, a copy of the Oracle scheme.
As Commissioner for works, he delivered the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge; the second ever cable-stayed bridge in Africa and the first in West Africa which continues to represent the modern day symbol of Lagos. Many Lagosians like Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour have continued to show how impressed they are of that bridge and this can be seen on his constant use of the bridge in all his campaign materials. What GRV however fails to understand is that what he is doing is simply inadvertent promotion in brand context, or what you can simply call involuntary advertising.
Dr. Obafemi Hamzat is that man who understands where Lagos is coming from and represents what Lagos needs going into the future.
He has my support.
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Asides the late Funsho Williams, Bola Tinubu had a personal relationship with all of the PDP candidates that defeated his fellow AD governors in the 2003 guber election particularly Gbenga Daniel, Rashidi Ladoja and Olusegun Agagu.
But some unintelligent supporters were tearing down their own friends because of opposing political views.
Many people do not understand that the political actors they are defending have personal relationships and know certain things about themselves that you will never find in the media. But one Abule Egba Aristotle will be posting about how his childhood friend had three girlfriends when they were in OOU simply because they now have opposing political views…toddlers!
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Prince de Lagos💡 retweeted
If you bring someone’s private life online because of political disagreement, it greatly shows the kind of person you are and everyone around you should be cautious.
If you gossip your other friends with me, I’d be careful around you because you’ll definitely gossip about me to them too. If you bring someone’s private life online, you won’t hesitate to do same to those you’re close to if you disagree.
LMAO, now he is shifting the goal post. But I thought we already agreed we are not talking to “illiterates”?
Anyway, for the benefit of people like you, the Oracle application system generally eases governance especially as regards to management of the civil service. It helps HR procedures and auditing. You can read up for further knowledge.
Bro, the conversation should rather be if he has failed to deliver in any capacity he has been entrusted with in the period you highlighted.
As commissioner for science and technology, KOH implemented the Oracle system which has become a model across the country.
As commissioner for Works, he delivered the famous Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge which GRV has interestingly been excited about to the extent of permanently using it as his logo.
Someone who has shown a record of delivery should be encouraged to take the front seat.
Prince de Lagos💡 retweeted
Enh Enh, now you guys are coming out with your chest 😂😂😂
Let’s even say we all want to be tribal bigots together.
Tinubu failed ( A Yoruba man)
We are left with 2 competent people . An Igbo man ( Peter Obi) and another Yoruba man( Seyi makinde) but somehow you want yet another Yoruba man to take over?
Regardless of how you spin this thing. It simply doesn’t make sense.
It is no longer even about bigotry it is simply genuine hatred for the Igbo race.
Only people who have nothing to do will take this dude serious but then, it’s a weekend so let’s oblige him.
By his logic, everywhere in the SE breeds success more than these other places he highlighted.
His illness is known as Schizophrenia.
Location really matters in destiny.
If you're based in Kogi, Ekiti, Kwara, Bayelsa or Uyo, my brother, you are very far from a successful destiny.
Forget statistics quoted by that Twitter page. Seeing is believing. If you like be swallowing figures. Better travel.
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