Nigerian Creators become Eligible to Earn Money on Facebook and Instagram
In March when Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg visited Nigeria to meet with the President, there was talk about monetization for Nigerians sometime in June. Yesterday, that dream came true and now going forward, Nigerians can now monetize their Facebook and Instagram pages. Before this, Nigerians had to do their page management through […]
A Referendum on Democracy
Last month marked a year of the Tinubu administration in Nigeria. The scorecard is shown above. It also marked 25 years of democracy in Nigeria. I remember the era of military rule when democracy was touted as the holy grail to economic prosperity. I also remember the day when Abacha died. I was coming home […]
My Position on Nigeria
This is a poem from Weaveworld by Clive Barker. It represents my mindset about the current state of things in Nigeria. Let it come, let it comeThere are no safe spaces leftNor powers to protect the vulnerableSo let it do its worstIf that at last was inevitableLet the void comeAnd bring and end to the […]
State of the Nation
This thread on X reflects the reality of living in Nigeria at this critical point in time. Salaries are being cut as the economy shrinks due to mismanagement. I leave you to study that thread for how Nigerians responded. As the year ends, we end with a nation that is broke and on it’s knees. […]
We Are Seeds
On Wednesday November 1st 2023, the EFCC in Nigeria announced that it had arrested 69 suspected fraudsters from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). I would witness firsthand the agitation on X as well as the release of some of the students. The hash tag #FreeOAUStudents was used to bring attention to their plight. Dubbed the […]
OkadaBooks to Shutdown on November 30th
Yesterday I posted on this blog that OkadaBooks was a means to making money online. To my shock today while I was on X, I saw the official announcement that OkadaBooks will be shutting down on the 30th of this month. I am stunned even as I type this. This goes to show the need […]
Getting Started
This is the first post of this blog. Here I cover my motivation for starting the blog.