<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">In the East where the morning breaks first,</span></p><p>Where red earth stains the soles of dreamers</p><p>And ambition trades in open markets,</p><p>A question lingers like harmattan dust:</p><p><br/></p><p>What must we build</p><p>To raise a president from among us?</p><p><br/></p><p>Not a throne carved from complaint.</p><p>Not a crown woven from memory.</p><p>But a future engineered with discipline.</p><p><br/></p><p>From Abia State’s industrious workshops</p><p>To Anambra State’s restless commerce,</p><p>From Ebonyi State’s stubborn soil</p><p>To Enugu State’s historic hills,</p><p>And Imo State’s crowded streets—</p><p>Let five voices learn the power of one.</p><p><br/></p><p>For a divided house</p><p>Negotiates from weakness.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let rivalry grow quiet.</p><p>Let party lines blur before purpose.</p><p>Let governors, elders, youth, and traders</p><p>Agree on a single horizon.</p><p><br/></p><p>Unity is the first campaign.</p><p><br/></p><p>But unity alone is not enough.</p><p><br/></p><p>Stretch hands beyond the Niger’s curve.</p><p>No region crowns itself in Nigeria.</p><p>The path to Aso Rock</p><p>Runs through alliances—</p><p>Through trust built in the North,</p><p>Partnership shaped in the West,</p><p>Solidarity strengthened in the South-South.</p><p><br/></p><p>Politics is arithmetic,</p><p>And coalitions are its mathematics.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let the East also speak in the language of power—</p><p>Economic strength.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let Aba’s factories hum louder.</p><p>Let Onitsha’s markets expand wider.</p><p>Let technology rise from classrooms,</p><p>Let agriculture feed more than pride.</p><p>When a region becomes indispensable,</p><p>It becomes influential.</p><p><br/></p><p>Prosperity commands attention</p><p>Where protest cannot.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then awaken participation.</p><p>Let voter turnout rise like a tide.</p><p>Let young people move from hashtags</p><p>To town halls.</p><p>Let leadership be cultivated</p><p>In local councils, in policy rooms,</p><p>In years of service—not months of ambition.</p><p><br/></p><p>The presidency is not a four-year project.</p><p>It is a generational investment.</p><p><br/></p><p>And when a candidate finally emerges,</p><p>Let him not stand merely as “an Igbo man,”</p><p>But as a Nigerian statesman—</p><p>Competent, steady, unifying.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let his record speak louder than sentiment.</p><p>Let his vision stretch wider than tribe.</p><p>Let his credibility silence doubt.</p><p><br/></p><p>For Nigeria will not entrust her future</p><p>To identity alone—</p><p>But to capacity.</p><p><br/></p><p>The East must rewrite its narrative:</p><p>From grievance to governance.</p><p>From exclusion to excellence.</p><p>From frustration to foresight.</p><p><br/></p><p>If discipline overcomes division,</p><p>If strategy tempers emotion,</p><p>If unity outweighs ego—</p><p><br/></p><p>Then the sun that rises in the East</p><p>Will not rise for one people alone,</p><p>But for all of Nigeria.</p><p><br/></p><p>And when that day comes,</p><p>It will not be an accident of politics—</p><p>But the reward of preparation.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to 7 people with the best insights in the past month. The 7 winners are picked
by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
All-time Contributors
All-time Engagers
Top Monthly Contributors
Top Monthly Engagers
Most Active Colleges
Contributor Score
The all-time ranking is based on users' Contributor Score, which is a measure of all
the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
Here is a list of metrics that are used to calcuate your contributor score, arranged from
the metric with the highest weighting, to the one with the lowest weighting.
1
Subscriptions received
2
Tips received
3
Comments (excluding replies)
4
Upvotes
5
Views
6
Number of insights published
Engagement Score
The All-time Engagers ranking is based on a user's Engagement Score — a measure of how much a
user engages with other users' content via comments and upvotes.
Here is a list of metrics that are used to calcuate the Engagement Score, arranged from
the metric with the highest weighting, to the one with the lowest weighting.
1
A user's comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's upvotes
Monthly Score
The Top Monthly Contributors ranking is a monthly metric indicating how users respond to your posts, not just how many you publish.
We look at three main things:
1
How strong your best post is —
Your highest-scoring post this month carries the most weight. One great post can take you far.
2
How consistent the engagement you receive is —
We also look at the average score of all your posts. If your work keeps getting good reactions, you get a boost.
3
How consistent the engagement you receive is —
Posting more helps — but only a little.
Extra posts give a small bonus that grows slowly, so quality always matters more than quantity.
In simple terms:
A great post beats many ignored posts
Consistently engaging posts beat one lucky hit
Spamming low-engagement posts won't help
Tips, comments, and upvotes from others matter most
This ranking is designed to reward
Thoughtful, high-quality posts
Real engagement from the community
Consistency over time — without punishing you for posting again
The Top Monthly Contributors leaderboard reflects what truly resonates, not just who posts the most.
Top Monthly Engagers
The Top Monthly Engagers ranking tracks the most active engagers on a monthly basis
Here is what we look at
1
A user's monthly comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's monthly upvotes
Most Active Colleges
The Most Active Colleges ranking is a list of the most active contributors on TwoCents, grouped by the
colleges/universities they attend(ed)
Here is what we look at
1
All insights posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels)
2
All comments posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels) —
excluding replies
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
Comments