I can’t believe “the U.S. owns the Moon” is a sentence I’m reading in my lifetime.
Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 2w agoI remember when it was about economic anxiety… now the moon is a colony
Adebayo Afolabi
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Always testing, always scaling | Governance & Policy | Writing when inspired.
Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 2w ago
No amateur sports program is worth sexually abusing children to prove their gender
Industrial policy is back because governments have stopped asking, "Can the market produce this?" They're asking, "Can the market produce this during a crisis?" Those are completely different questions.
I treat dance videos on TikTok like episodes of a TV series. Just one more... then another... then another.
We've signed a €50 million credit line with Wema Bank to support SMEs across Nigeria. This partnership will expand access to finance for businesses, with a strong focus on youth entrepreneurship, women-led enterprises and environmentally sustainable investments. ➡️ go.eib.org/Wema_Bank
In Nigeria social media algorithms push untested herbal mixes like Jinja for fertility yet cause respiratory issues and liver disease in 46% of cases overloading hospitals as scammers use AI fakes to exploit a broken system. #Nigeria
In Nigeria, where poaching and habitat loss have devastated vulture populations, some traditional medicine practitioners are switching to plant alternatives to save the birds from extinction. Conservationists are cautiously optimistic but warn that enforcement and public awareness must expand.
Hope for vultures in Nigeria as some belief-based users adopt plant alternatives
Using plants instead of vulture parts for belief-based practices is helping to tackle poaching of the birds in some regions of Nigeria, say conservationists. Vulture populations have collapsed in…
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The biggest operator of solar mini-grids in Africa said it sold a stake to the IFC to help raise money to expand into Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Africa’s Biggest Solar Mini-Grid Operator Sells Stake to Expand
WeLight, which operates more solar mini-grids in Africa than any other company, said the International Finance Corp. bought a stake in the business, backing its expansion into Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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1995: Nigeria executed Ken Saro-Wiwa for opposing Shell's destruction of Ogoniland. 2008: The company was alerted to 100+ ruptures since 2008 but ignored them. 2026: Their leaky pipelines are still operating across Nigeria. This is the death project in action. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Shell pumped oil through Nigeria pipeline for years despite pollution evidence, documents show
The oil giant says the documents ignore the critical context of the complex operating environment at the time.
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Sounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AI by Adebayo Afolabi medium.com/no-time/soun...
Sounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AI
June 22, 2026. I was sitting with an article I’d written about Xiaomi phones, making edits, cleaning things up. Nothing out of the…
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Who was Amílcar Cabral, and why does his legacy still matter today? He was a revolutionary leader, thinker, and strategist whose ideas on decolonisation connected ideas with action and continue to influence scholars, activists, and movements around the world. folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
Amílcar Cabral: To Be Mountains, To Return to the Source of Power
Assassinated 20 January 1973. Yet still today we cry “Viva Cabral! Viva!”
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Life Update: I’m finally employed again. And I’m getting paid to play with dogs all day. I accepted a position as a shift lead at a pet boarding facility. I started this week. I’m so sore but I’ve gotten an incalculable amount of puppy kisses… it’s so worth it.
Every atrocity in history had paperwork, bureaucrats, and people just doing their jobs.
Written by Uju ✍🏽@writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat's a hill you'll die on?
Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks reut.rs/43kegdd
Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks
Armed bandits in northwest Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting the region's worsening security.
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Alex Iwobi will get his 100th cap for Nigeria on Wednesday if he plays against Portugal.
I still don't get why the Europeans are quiet about it. They made more noise about Qatar & Russia, and they didn't do half this shit
Adebayo Afolabi@debayoorr.bsky.social · 3mo agoDenying sports personalities visas to a World Cup is wild. These are not random people.
Denying sports personalities visas to a World Cup is wild. These are not random people.
A literacy crisis means people are struggling to UNDERSTAND what they are reading, not that people can't necessarily read.
Two separate incidents on 15 May In total almost 100 children and their tutors abducted www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-...
Children kidnapped, captives executed – another wave of violence in Nigeria - Open Doors UK & Ireland
Vulnerable communities in Nigeria have once again been devastated by extremist attacks. Almost one hundred people have been kidnapped, over half of them young children and in a separate incident, seve...
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Adebayo Afolabi@debayoorr.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday is Children's Day and dozens of Nigerian children are still missing, abducted from their classrooms by bandits 12 days ago. Their teacher was beheaded in captivity. On camera. The President has not said a single word. Not one. Bring them home. 🙏🏾🇳🇬 #Nigeria
how did we go from “reduce your carbon footprint” to building data centers everywhere
Today is Children's Day and dozens of Nigerian children are still missing, abducted from their classrooms by bandits 12 days ago. Their teacher was beheaded in captivity. On camera. The President has not said a single word. Not one. Bring them home. 🙏🏾🇳🇬 #Nigeria
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Nobody throws a party on a Monday. Not even for themselves. Happy birthday to me I guess.
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours.
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya wins London Marathon in world-record time, first to finish under two hours
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours. Sawe smashed the men’s world record by winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday.
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