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Lanre Lasisi retweeted
I have 3 interviews lined up for today, wish me well🙂
9am on Eko fm @ekofm897 @ekofm897
10am on Citizen Fm @Citizenfm_937 Abuja and 6pm on MITV Lagos @MiTVLagos
Kindly tune in if you can.
#KemKem
RT @NCDCgov: #TodayAtNCDC
As Nigeria intensifies its response to the single confirmed case of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD), NCDC, DRASA…
I think this should go beyond the health sector.
Ebola: We need to make our partners accountable. We don't want to see NGOs and partners getting money from donors and not being responsible vis-à-vis the government; that will never happen again in Africa.
- DG, Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr.Jean Kaseya, speaking on the latest Ebola outbreak on the continent and its management
#MorningBrief
#CTVTweets
RT @channelstv: Ebola Outbreak: What we know is that the lady came from Uganda, but what we don't know is whether it is a transmission from…
Thanks. The explanation is appreciated.
Want to understand the FG’s fuel discount through NNPC, how it works, who bears the cost & why the government insists it is different from a fuel subsidy?
I asked ChatGPT to broke it down in a broader explanation below. Read on to understand 👇👇
chatgpt.com/share/6ac95449-1…
Lanre Lasisi retweeted
NBET starts paying GENCOS under President Tinubu’s Debt Reduction Programme
The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET)* has commenced the settlement of participating Generation Companies (GenCos) and their associated Gas Companies following the successful issuance and signing of the ₦728.979 billion Series 2 Bonds under the ₦4 trillion Power Sector Multi-Instrument Issuance Programme.
This milestone represents a significant step in the implementation of the Presidential Power Sector Debt Reduction Programme, under the visionary leadership of *His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR*, and in furtherance of the objectives of the Renewed Hope Agenda. The settlement is being undertaken through a combination of ₦402,000,000,000.00 in Cash Bonds and ₦326,979,000,000.00 in Non-Cash Bonds, in accordance with the approved settlement framework.
The ongoing settlement marks a major step towards addressing historical obligations, restoring liquidity across the electricity value chain, and strengthening the financial position of power sector participants.
Beyond addressing legacy obligations, this development provides a pathway for the Nigerian electricity market to progressively transition towards a more sustainable market cash-flow framework, characterised by improved payment discipline, stronger liquidity and greater commercial certainty to support continued investment across the value chain. A more financially stable generation segment is also expected to strengthen the capacity of GenCos to sustain and improve their generation assets, support increased electricity generation, and contribute to greater reliability across the Nigerian electricity market.
This milestone demonstrates the Federal Government’s commitment, under the leadership of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to resolving longstanding legacy obligations while laying the foundation for a financially sustainable, commercially viable and investment-driven electricity market.
The current focus of *Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET)* is on preparatory activities towards the commencement of the second phase of the Programme, as we continue to advance the objectives of the ₦4 trillion Power Sector Multi-Instrument Issuance Programme.
*Akin Odeyemi*
Managing Director/CEO
Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc
"not all necessary policies will be popular with the people but leaders would often need to focus on the greater good."
This is the reality, but during electioneering, the impression is all policies will be popular and the ones the people love.
Leadership is taking the often hard but necessary decisions, riding the waves afterwards.
Something I found interesting, @ifeaboyeji, is that, when I flew into Kenya, the airline announced before we landed that plastic bags are totally banned. They warned all passengers to leave any plastic bags they may have got at Duty Free on the plane, to avoid sanctions that could include imprisonment!
When we landed, I checked and found out that since 2017, Kenya has banned the use, manufacture, and importation of all single-use plastic carrier bags used for commercial and household packaging.
Interestingly, Kenya didn't tax plastic bags and ask shops to charge for them. They went for an outright ban.
My mind went to how we use (and misuse) “leda” in Nigeria. That would mean no more “pure water” sachets. Here, the shop will even give you different “leda” for toiletries separate from the one they will give you for food items. I wondered how a similar ban would work in Nigeria, the pushback that will come from manufacturers and the need for public re-education.
I concluded that a key role of government is to lead the people. In doing so, not all necessary policies will be popular with the people but leaders would often need to focus on the greater good.
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
Lanre Lasisi retweeted
Something I found interesting, @ifeaboyeji, is that, when I flew into Kenya, the airline announced before we landed that plastic bags are totally banned. They warned all passengers to leave any plastic bags they may have got at Duty Free on the plane, to avoid sanctions that could include imprisonment!
When we landed, I checked and found out that since 2017, Kenya has banned the use, manufacture, and importation of all single-use plastic carrier bags used for commercial and household packaging.
Interestingly, Kenya didn't tax plastic bags and ask shops to charge for them. They went for an outright ban.
My mind went to how we use (and misuse) “leda” in Nigeria. That would mean no more “pure water” sachets. Here, the shop will even give you different “leda” for toiletries separate from the one they will give you for food items. I wondered how a similar ban would work in Nigeria, the pushback that will come from manufacturers and the need for public re-education.
I concluded that a key role of government is to lead the people. In doing so, not all necessary policies will be popular with the people but leaders would often need to focus on the greater good.
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
Lanre Lasisi retweeted
In Nigeria, staying focused on long-term foundations can be tough, but few things are more rewarding. Our people deserve that investment.
What this developer is building with the new postcode system shows what Nigerians can do when those foundations are in place. This government is committed to laying many more.
To our builders: the postcode is yours to build on. What will you create?
moniepoint and opay had to send someone to my house just to confirm i live there.
nigeria just launched @Postcode_ng + a raw nipost api
so i built the Veriadd, thing banks/fintech should have called instead of a field agent
🧵……
Lanre Lasisi retweeted
Check out this website if you are a registered business owner.
Bank of industry is moving forward and you can now track your applications, it takes 2-4 weeks.
You can get loans at low interest and facilitate your business. I know we are often pessimists but check this out and it might help you.
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Leadership should show workings! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Who you work with determines how far you can go.
Nigeria, meet your Postmaster General, @tola_odeyemi!
It has been a pleasure working with Tola, whose leadership and determination, alongside her team at @NipostNgn, have brought our new National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System to life.
Behind every milestone are people who put in the work. Today, I celebrate Tola and her team for delivering something that will touch lives across Nigeria.
Thank you, Tola. Proud of what we are building! We will make it count!
Lanre Lasisi retweeted
And you are not praising this government to the highest heavens!
You are still holding the bigot card and playing the ethnicity politics.
What is obvious to even the blind is still not obvious to you.
No strike in the last four years
Students getting loans to study in peace and stipends for their feedings
Nigerian Universities getting the funding they need to stand shoulder to shoulder with contemporaries all over the world.
If you insist on being blind to all the things that I can see this government is doing right
I choose not to be
I cannot afford to be
If one fails to acknowledge goodness, he or she will forfeit the right to eat of its fruit.
Lanre Lasisi retweeted
In 2011-2012, a few friends and I built WhereYouDey and it failed, not because the idea was wrong, but because Nigeria still had no reliable “where.” We mapped streets by foot deploying 100s of individuals across several cities to document landmarks and points of interest using mobile phones.
This was my first startup venture at age 29, which had me shuttling Nashville to Lagos, twice a month in the middle of building a corporate career. I be OG for tech ecosystem oh! 😀😀😀😀
It was exhilarating learning curve as the e-commerce ecosystem began seeing Silicon Valley interest. We self funded WhereYouDey out of pocket hoping to build a unicorn.
We could tell you the number of celestial churches, barbing salon locations and local bars using longitude and latitude coordinates we uploaded by hand alongside the business address directly into Google Maps integrated on our apps. 9 months in, Google sent a mail expressing interest in what we were building. They also wanted the data and they asked for a price. We declined!
These were businesses and points of interest that mattered, but the real data was customer addresses which postcode.gov.ng resolves.
For example to ship out a phone from a whatsapp vendor, customers describe home address as “blue gate after the filling station off Okpanam road,” riders & dispatch burn fuel on failed trips, and the market was certainly not ready to pay for a fix.
NIPOST’s National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode, live from 1 October, was the missing layer. An 11-character code for every addressable building, tied to the structure, not the occupant: state, LGA, district, area, building.
Poor addressing costs ₦50 to ₦80 billion a year in missed and failed deliveries.
The opportunity is not another Jumia. It is the tools that make the postcode useful. The dispatch industry would see tremendous cost savings and efficiency with this new service.
From my vantage point, ecosystem builders should be looking at these opportunities & features to help scale.
- Checkout plugins that validate a postcode before payment, for Instagram, WhatsApp and Jumia sellers
- Rider apps that route by district and area code, not landmarks
- Pickup-point networks indexed by postcode, so last-mile cost drops
- WhatsApp and USSD lookup bots for people who will never open a map
- Cash on Delivery risk scores that flag high-failure areas before a bike leaves the hub
- Address cleanup for SMEs still storing “opposite the mosque” in Excel.
The code is public infrastructure and the products on top of it are still open. We were too early in 2012 with WhereYouDey. For others today, the address layer is finally here. Build on it! Wishing you plenty luck!
Find yours: postcode.gov.ng. kudos @bosuntijani and @tola_odeyemi for achieving this great feat. It is a game changer.
One more round of applause to a visionary President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT. This is growth many will truly appreciate .
Nigeria Forward 🇳🇬💚
PBAT 4+ 4 ♾️
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2011 MIT 2.0 conference in Boston
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Lanre Lasisi retweeted
I celebrate this news with all my being.
The more Nigerian schools rise higher in the rankings, the more Nigerian parents will stop sending their children abroad to study.
In 2015, Nigeria had just 1 university in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
By 2022, that number had risen to 6.
Now, in 2026, Nigeria has reached its highest-ever representation, with 29 universities featured in the 2027 edition, making Nigeria the most represented country in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Yet, somehow, misguided minds want you to believe that nothing has improved.
Lanre Lasisi retweeted
Launching Nigeria’s National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System is the first step.
Its true impact will come as we weave it into how we live, do business, connect with one another and deliver services across every corner of our country.
Every postcode should mean something tangible: a customer reached, a delivery completed, a community better served, or emergency help arriving where it is needed.
In the days, weeks and months ahead, my office will work with @NipostNgn and key actors across government, business and the technology community to embed this new national asset in our everyday lives.
So to our developers and innovators, let’s build on it.
The API ( You can find documentation here - docs.postcode.gov.ng) provides a foundation for integrating the postcode into the products and services Nigerians use every day.
So go on and register your organisation: dashboard.postcode.gov.ng/re… and start building.
To access the API:
1. Create an organisation account.
2. Submit your Know Your Business (KYB) documentation.
3. Request API access, specifying the access level you need.
4. Receive staging tokens to develop and test your integration.
5. Complete User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with NIPOST’s technical and compliance teams, where required.
6. Receive production tokens and go live.
I also want to hear your ideas.
How can we embed the alphanumeric postcode in commerce, transport, healthcare, agriculture, emergency response and community life?
What would you build, and what problem would it solve?
Lanre Lasisi retweeted
FULL TEXT: President Tinubu’s 66th Independence Day Anniversary Speech
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday addressed Nigerians on the occasion of the country’s 66th Independence Day anniversary.
Here is the full text of his address to the country:
channelstv.com/2026/10/01/fu…
Congratulations namesake.
CHANGE OF BATON
Two months ago, I assumed office as Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives). I am grateful to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT ,GCFR for the confidence reposed in me.
My appreciation goes to the Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. @Speaker_Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, GCON, the Principal Officers, and all Honourable Members of @NGRHouse with whom I share a long history of service. I owe special thanks to the Chief of Staff to the President and former Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila @femigbaja for his mentorship and guidance over the years.
I remain committed to deepening legislative-executive cooperation for the benefit of Nigerians.
