When I started writing on X, my goal was simple: lend my voice to conversations that matter. I wanted to be intellectual, but still clear enough for anyone with even a small spark of curiosity to follow. What I forgot briefly is that “anyone” does not mean everyone. At some point, I started wondering why the impressions weren’t matching the effort. In my head, I thought, “Surely Nigerians can see sense in this. Surely this deserves engagement.” On hindsight, I realise how wrong I was. Most people on X are not measuring depth. They are measuring size. Not the quality of what you write, but the size of your account. Because for many, engagement isn’t about conversation — it’s about creative revenue. And I almost slipped. I almost joined the race for impressions. Almost started manufacturing tweets instead of writing thoughts. I even caught myself thinking about how to “optimize” engagement. To myself, I apologise. I nearly lost focus chasing numbers that don’t pay my bills and don’t define my intellect. I’m going back to the plan. I will write what is worth writing. I will post what I believe in. I will not litter my profile with sunny hot takes just to tickle the algorithm. The right audience will find it. Slowly. Authentically. Because real readers — the ones who think and appreciate craft — are not built by posting 100 tweets a day. Depth takes time. Then I had to ask myself a serious question: Dami, you are not in financial distress. Why are you pursuing Elon’s revenue at the expense of your integrity? Almost lost it. But we move. Like always, I don’t expect this to break the timeline. If one person reads this, appreciates it, and nods quietly, that’s enough. I’ve also added my Substack to my profile for my monthly articles on Nigeria. If you genuinely enjoy thoughtful writing, you’ll find me there for free. And to those chasing impressions, I respect the hustle. Money must be made. But remember: what you tweet today as banter can resurface tomorrow in rooms you cannot control. You don’t have to agree with every big account. You don’t have to be a yes-man to avoid being blocked. Stand for something. Because if a man stands for nothing, he will fall for everything. Thank you for reading.

This is how a residential neighborhood should look like. You’re welcome.

For those attacking me in my DMs because I called Business Administration and Mass Communication unfortunate courses, let me remind you of some of their alumni: Bayo Onanuga, Lere Olayinka, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Dele Alake, James Ibori, Godswill Akpabio, and many others, etc. Your call.

The government bought fire trucks and abandoned them.

This is commendable, @Verydakman_ . However, I have a few observations that I believe could significantly improve this project and make it more functional and sustainable in the long term. 1. Provide proper footpaths connecting the buildings. Ideally, the footpath should start from the gate and link the clinic, classroom blocks, JSS block and other key areas before connecting back towards the entrance. Apart from preventing students from constantly walking on the grass, it helps create an orderly and well-planned school environment. 2. Three classrooms for the SS section may not be enough. You should consider a minimum of nine classrooms for SS1 to SS3, particularly if the school intends to accommodate Science, Commercial and Arts classes separately as they should. 3. Provide a dedicated canteen building. This will prevent food vendors from hanging around the school premises or bringing merchandise into classrooms. It also makes hygiene, waste management and supervision much easier. 4. Improve the library and laboratory storage. The library needs more bookcases, while the laboratories should have sufficient secure, lockable cabinets for equipment, chemicals and other sensitive materials. 5.Improve the landscaping and develop a proper master plan. Hedgerows and other suitable landscaping can be used to clearly separate the school field from the academic areas. More importantly, if possible, engage an architect to prepare a master plan showing where future classroom blocks and other facilities should be located. This is something we often neglect in Nigeria: we build for today without properly planning for tomorrow. 6. Most importantly, security must be considered from the beginning. Install CCTV cameras at the entrance and strategic points around the school perimeter, preferably powered by solar with adequate battery backup. Considering the size of the land and the fact that the location is not right in the middle of the city, this is important to avoid “stories that touch” in the future. Overall, this is a very commendable project. From what I can see, it is already better than many government schools and even some primary healthcare facilities in my own local government. Remo North Local Government, Isara-Remo — make I call the name. 😂 Well done to everyone involved. 👏🏾

In a sane clim, HSE officials would be closing this site or already in the process of doing so. For Nigeria to work, many conversations need to be had. In this poor lady’s defence, she doesn’t even know how wrong what she’s doing is. When you enter a trade because you couldn’t get a job in the course you studied in school (e.g. Business Admin, Mass Comm and those unfortunate courses), you start denigrating real professions out of ignorance. It is well.

Duru, it goes beyond that. In the UK, once the main subcontractors have completed their works, there are often specialist finishing trades brought in to refine the final product. We sometimes jokingly refer to them as the "magic man" and the "mastic man." Their job is to address minor imperfections, tidy up finishes, seal joints, touch up details, and generally ensure the completed works look spotless and presentable. We do not typically use these types of specialists in Nigeria, but they make a significant difference to the overall quality and appearance of a project.

Y do they have to wait until now before they have to sort it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 they want to use it and campaign.

Dear @jidesanwoolu @drobafemihamzat @tokunbo_wahab Now that we have the coastal road and Detty December, can we build a Lagos Eye before Christmas 2027, since this year is too close? Eko Atlantic, Ikeja, or VI would be a good location. Eko Oni babe ooo.

Apparently, doctors can't solve maths to save their lives.

This will be the most tangible achievement of this Tinubu government. When the positive effects start cascading down, people might not remember that @bosuntijani spearheaded it, but posterity will be kind to you. Lagos and other states can integrate it into their waste management systems, mapping every nook and corner so no waste is left uncollected. Well done, Minister.

Happy New Month, everyone. My president asked me to tell you to fokanbale. He's coming to help make our country great. Happy Independence to Nigeria 🇳🇬

An open letter to Governor Sanwo-Olu, Minister Nyesom Wike, and every governor in Nigeria I write as a civil engineer practising in the UK who has seen what discipline, maintenance and attention to detail can do for a city. Lagos, Abuja and our major cities are closer to world-class than we think. We do not need to reinvent the wheel. Often it is not billions in new infrastructure we lack, but the discipline to maintain what exists and enforce what is already written down. Four things we can act on now: 1. Clean our cities daily. Use mechanical street sweepers at night, coordinated waste collection, and real penalties for littering, regardless of who you know. A clean city is not an accident; it is a system someone chose to build. 2. Roads are more than asphalt. Markings, signs, traffic lights, street lighting, pedestrian crossings, proper bus stops, drainage and repaired potholes all matter. A well-paved road with faded lines and no enforcement still looks poorly managed. Enforcement must be firm but professional. The goal is order, not harassment. 3. Build for the next 30 years, not the next election. Ask what a school or hospital costs to maintain over decades, not just to build today. Durable materials, such as brick façades, can cut repainting cycles dramatically. Whole-life cost should drive public design. 4. Rebuild our transport culture. Phase out unroadworthy vehicles with real inspections. Train drivers and hold them accountable. Carrying dozens of passengers is a serious job, not informal work. The thread connecting all of this is maintenance. Infrastructure is not finished at commissioning; it is finished when it still works years later. A road needs a maintenance plan. A streetlight needs a contract. Drainage needs inspecting before the rains, not after the flood. Imagine streets swept nightly, roads properly marked and lit, buses that stop at real bus stops, buildings that still look sharp after 20 years, and drivers who are trained professionals. That Nigeria is not a 2050 dream. We have the engineers, architects, planners and resources. What is missing is consistency, enforcement and political will. We do not need another generation. We can begin now. If we get the fundamentals right, our cities will not just look different. They will feel different. Damilola Omolade Osinaike MNICE @jidesanwoolu @GovWike @KevinblakC @DapoAbiodunCON @seyimakinde @Hope_Uzodimma1 @alexottiofr @GovernorAUF @biodunaoyebanji @ubasanius @LuckyAiyedatiwa

Una go just they talk wetin una no get idea about. Who says council must approve your contractor. Sometime you guys should just resist the urge to comment on everything 👌👌👌

Tinubu already advising Peter Obi “Your Government” 😂😂😂😂

OPEN LETTER TO THE GLAZERS AND SIR JIM RATCLIFFE Dear Glazers, What exactly have we, as Manchester United supporters, done to deserve this? Is it a crime to believe in something so deeply that supporting it becomes part of who you are? Is it a crime to spend your hard-earned money, your weekends, your emotions and, sometimes, your sanity on a football club because you genuinely love it? Because that is what Manchester United is to us. For you, perhaps it is a business. For us, it is home. And that is the difference you seem to have forgotten. I have supported Manchester United for years. I have been a paying member since 2007, and I am a Premium Member today. I have invested my money, my time and an embarrassing amount of emotional energy into this football club. And somehow, after all these years, I find myself sitting down to write an open letter to the people running my club while wondering whether I should laugh, cry, or simply switch off the television. I think I might actually be crying as I write this. Not because Manchester United lost another football match. But because I genuinely cannot recognise the club I fell in love with anymore. Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in English football history. Twenty league titles. Three European Cups/Champions Leagues. Thirteen Premier League titles. Thirteen FA Cups. A history built by people who understood that Manchester United was never supposed to be ordinary. So how did we get here? How did a club of this magnitude become one where supporters spend more time debating ownership, recruitment, debt, infrastructure and direction than talking about football? How did we go from attracting some of the greatest players in the world to having supporters genuinely wondering whether our squad would contain players capable of getting into the starting XI of Arsenal or Chelsea? That is not a small decline. That is a warning sign. And before anyone says, “It’s just football,” please understand something. It is football to you. To some of us, it is childhood memories. It is fathers passing the club down to their children. It is friendships. It is travelling across the country. It is standing in the cold at Old Trafford. It is singing until your voice disappears. It is Glory, Glory Man United when everything is going well. And sometimes it is singing it through tears when absolutely nothing is going well. We continue to turn up. We continue to buy memberships. We continue to buy tickets. We continue to buy shirts. We continue to travel. We continue to sing. We continue to believe. And what do we get in return? Another season of uncertainty. Another rebuild. Another explanation. Another “project.” Another player who needs time. Another transfer window where supporters are told to be patient. At this point, I think “be patient” deserves its own seat in the boardroom. And let us be clear: we are not asking for Manchester United to buy every superstar in world football. We are asking for competence. We are asking for ambition. We are asking for recruitment that makes sense. We are asking for a football operation capable of identifying players who actually improve Manchester United. We are asking for young players to look at Manchester United and think, “That is where I want to build my future.” Instead, we have reached a point where even some of our promising young talents can look elsewhere and question whether Manchester United is the right place for them. Look at the concern around young players such as JJ Gabriel. When one of the biggest clubs in the world starts struggling to convince its brightest young prospects that their future belongs at Old Trafford, you have to ask yourself how we got here. And then there is Sir Jim Ratcliffe. You came in promising change. You spoke about standards. You spoke about Manchester United being restored to where it belongs. You spoke about sporting excellence. You spoke about the club being run properly. Fine. So where is it? Because supporters have heard speeches before. We don’t need another presentation. We need evidence. Manchester United’s own published accounts show that the Glazer family still held approximately 67.9% of the voting power, while INEOS held approximately 28.9% as of December 2024. (Manchester United) So this is not simply a letter to one ownership group. This is a letter to everyone who now has meaningful influence over the direction of Manchester United. And I have one very simple question: What is the plan? Not the corporate plan. Not the PowerPoint plan. Not the five-year plan. I mean the football plan. Where is Manchester United supposed to be going? Because I cannot understand how a club of our size can repeatedly find itself in situations where supporters are told that certain positions cannot be strengthened now and perhaps have to wait until another window. Waiting for what? Another season? Another manager? Another injury crisis? Another excuse? At Manchester United, we used to talk about winning everything. Now we sometimes sound like we are negotiating with ourselves about whether we can finish the season respectably. How did we allow the standards to fall this far? And please, Sir Jim, if you are going to prioritise a new stadium, then I sincerely hope you understand that a magnificent stadium without a compelling football team inside it is simply an extremely expensive empty shell. You can build the greatest stadium in Europe. You can put a roof on it. You can give it a futuristic design. You can make it beautiful. But if the football continues to deteriorate, eventually supporters will ask the most painful question of all: “What exactly are we coming here to watch?” Old Trafford is the Theatre of Dreams. Please don’t turn it into the theatre where dreams come to die. And to the Glazers: You inherited one of the greatest sporting brands on earth. Manchester United itself says its history includes 20 league titles and decades of extraordinary success. Yet for supporters, the last decade-plus has felt like watching the club slowly lose the standards that made it special. We have watched managers come and go. Players come and go. Directors come and go. Strategies come and go. But the supporters remain. We are still here. That is the part you should never forget. We are the ones at the Stretford End. We are the ones singing. We are the ones travelling. We are the ones paying. We are the ones explaining to our children why Manchester United matters. We are the ones defending the badge when everyone else is laughing at us. And yes, sometimes we are the ones sitting in silence after another terrible performance wondering why we allow a football club to affect us this much. My mental health genuinely suffers when the season is going badly. Maybe that sounds ridiculous to someone sitting in a boardroom looking at spreadsheets. But football isn’t a spreadsheet. Football is emotion. Manchester United is emotion. And I am tired. I am tired of defending decisions I don’t understand. I am tired of hearing about another rebuild. I am tired of watching other clubs operate with clarity while Manchester United appears to be permanently searching for the next answer. I am tired of seeing players arrive without looking like they are taking us closer to the level we once demanded. And most importantly, I am tired of feeling embarrassed by the club I have spent so many years proudly supporting. There was a time when opponents came to Old Trafford and feared Manchester United. Now, there are days when they arrive believing they can take three points. That should hurt everyone responsible for this football club. Because the Theatre of Dreams should never become a place where the opposition comes to feel comfortable. So, Sir Jim, and the Glazer family, I am not asking for miracles. I am asking for standards. I am asking for ambition. I am asking for competence. I am asking you to remember that Manchester United is not just another asset on a balance sheet. It is a living institution. It belongs emotionally to millions of people who had absolutely nothing to do with buying it. And I am one of them. My name is Damilola Osinaike, membership number 6773454. I have been a Manchester United member since 2007. I have paid into this club for nearly two decades. So today, as one of the many supporters who have remained loyal through the good, the bad and the frankly unbelievable, I am asking you for an explanation. What is the plan for Manchester United? And if the people currently entrusted with this club cannot deliver the ambition, standards and football that Manchester United deserves, then perhaps the most honest thing they can do is step aside and allow someone who can to take responsibility. Because we have seen enough of Manchester United being treated like a business that happens to own a football club. We want Manchester United treated like Manchester United. I want my club back. I want to feel proud again. I want to walk into Old Trafford and believe we can beat anybody. I want our best young players to desperately want to stay. I want world-class players to desperately want to come. I want opponents to fear us again. I want the badge to mean something again. And, selfishly, I would quite like to watch Manchester United without feeling like I need therapy afterwards. Maybe that is too much to ask. But after everything this club has given its supporters, is it really unreasonable to ask for Manchester United to be Manchester United again? I will stop here before I completely lose it. But if my words sound angry, it is because underneath the anger is something much worse. Disappointment. And underneath the disappointment is something even stronger. Love. Because you can only be this heartbroken about something you genuinely love. Kind regards, Damilola Osinaike Manchester United Member since 2007 Membership No. 6773454 A tired, frustrated and heartbroken United supporter who still, somehow, believes.

An average person “looks without seeing, listen without hearing, touches without feeling, eat without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhale without awareness of odour or fragrance and talk without thinking”. Leonardo da Vinci.

Continuous education is something everyone should aspire to. There is always more to learn, more to discover, and more room to grow. PhD, I’m coming.

Mediocrity at its finest.

Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you the NURTW chairman of the London branch. You sha see say my car na FG number plate self, straight from Abuja.

Driving on UK country roads is the highest level of human faith. Just you driving at 60 miles per hour on one side of an unmarked, unlined tiny road with endless bends, trusting the oncoming driver will stay in lane and be sensible at bends that can barely fit two cars side by side. That is some faith.