Ambassador Reno Omokri has revealed that while some Nigerians are talking down on their country's passports and alleging that Nigerians are trapped in Nigeria, the best people on earth are seeking the same passport.

This was as he revealed that the biggest streamer on planet Earth, IShowSpeed, pleaded with President Bola Tinubu's son, Seyi Tinubu, for the green passport of Nigeria. This was after the streemer performed before 1.5 billion people at the FIFA World Cup Finals yesterday, Sunday, July 19, 2026.

Omokri wrote on Facebook, "And this is not the first time. Mr Watkins has previously shown his love for Nigeria by wearing a Nigerian jersey and speaking well of the most populous Black nation on Earth during the World Cup opening event. One or two people could learn from him.

"If you, as a Nigerian, do not value Nigeria, there are multitudes of foreigners who do.
And why should you be proud to be a Nigerian? Because Nigeria is the beacon of hope for the Black Race.

"Nigeria is the first African country to win an Olympic gold medal in men's football, which we did at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, beating Brazil, then the reigning FIFA World Cup champions.

"The first Black African Nobel laureate in an academic category is Nigerian Professor Wole Soyinka.
Nigeria was the first country to prove that the wild Ebola virus could be tamed. After the Nigerian government declared a public health emergency, the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria Ebola-free on Monday, October 20, 2014, with only eight deaths and 12 survivors from its 20 cases.

"The wealthiest Black person on Earth, Aliko Dangote, worth approximately $36 billion, is a Nigerian.
The second wealthiest person in Africa, Abdulsamad Rabiu, worth $19.7 billion, is a Nigerian.

"After the mutiny of the Tanganyika army in 1964, the Nigerian forces, under Lt. Colonel Pam, provided the military muscle that led to the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar and the creation of the new country of Tanzania on Sunday, April 26, 1964. The present Tanzanian Army is the result of Lt. Colonel Pam, who recruited and trained a brand-new army, which was renamed the Tanzania People's Defence Force.

"Nigerias ended the Liberian Civil War, restored a democratically elected Fradique de Menezes to power after he was overthrown in 2003, funded the South African liberation movement, ensured that the MPLA became the democratically elected government of Angola as opposed to the Western backed UNITA, aided FRELIMO in their war of independence in Mozambique, nationalised African Petroleum, implemented the Indigenisation Decree that transferred the wealth of our nation from foreigners to Nigerian citizens.

"Africa's pioneering female driver was Mrs Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. While it is not known whether she was the first woman in Africa to drive a car, she is the first African woman to be issued a driver's licence and the first Nigerian woman to drive a car.
Dr Oluyinka Olutoye, Chief of Surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Texas, and a pioneer of fetal and neonatal surgery, is the first person on Earth to successfully perform a surgery by taking out an unborn fetus from its mother’s womb and putting it back after the surgery.

"Haruna Abdulazeez from Kano holds the record for being the first person on the planet to have the most American football touches with the feet in one minute.

"The family with the highest number of members, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), is the Nigerian family of the Dafinones, with the first being their scion, Senator David Omueya Dafinone, whose son, the incumbent Senator of Delta Central, Ede Omueya Dafinone, is also an accountant.

"The first African artist to reach one billion streams on Spotify is Ayodeji Balogun Ibrahim, AKA Wizkid.
The first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event is Chioma Ajunwa, who won the long jump at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA.

"The first African woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics was the Iron Lady, Professor Grace Alele-Williams. She also became the first female Vice Chancellor in Nigeria when she rose to lead the University of Benin in 1985.

"General Olusegun Obasanjo was the first Black African military ruler to voluntarily hand over to a democratically elected civilian administration, at a time when his military colleagues did not even want him to leave due to the effectiveness of his administration.
The first Black African to head His Majesty's opposition in the United Kingdom is a Nigerian named Kemi Badenoch.

"The first person born and bred in Africa to have won a Pulitzer Prize is a Nigerian named Dele Olojede. The first television station in Africa was the Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), which began broadcasting in Ibadan, Western Region of Nigeria, on Friday, October 31, 1959, at the instance of the Premier of the region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

"The only nationality to have three dollar billionaires in the annual list of Forbes Magazine's inaugural list of the most powerful, impactful, and wealthiest Black Americans. They include Adebayo Ogunlesi, Tope Awotona, and Wemimo Abbey. Collectively, they are worth over $4 billion. No other nationality has such a high figure.

"The youngest person ever to have won the Africa Cup of Nations as both a player and a coach is Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, a Nigerian.

"Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is the most successful book ever written by an African, with 30 million copies sold and translated into over 60 languages.

"And on the economic front, in just two years, President Tinubu added $67 billion to Nigeria's GDP, moving us from a ₦269.29 trillion economy on May 29, 2023, when he became President, to ₦372.8 trillion today, while the IMF listed Nigeria as the sixth-largest contributor to global GDP growth in 2025, a fact celebrated by Elon Musk, the world's richest man.

"It is therefore not surprising that, with all these achievements, prominent international celebrities want to identify with Nigeria."