Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news. 1583698796 3.7K
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Humanity has a very long history of looking completely cooked and then somehow producing another chapter. I’m betting on another chapter. 0120 12
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One thing I wish more business owners understood is that marketing cannot permanently hide a bad customer experience. You can attract people once. Their experience decides what happens after that. 0230 23
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiCdnDoodInOz @cdndoodinoz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026💯 Positive change is rarely linear. 032 3
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026EVs aren't perfect. Neither was the first version of most things we use today. But the environmental idea is pretty simple: If we can move millions of people without burning fuel and putting exhaust into the air, that's worth pursuing. 2346 34
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I wrote about Nigeria’s accountability crisis, but the bigger question is universal: What happens to a democracy when political failure carries little cost? In Nigeria, this shows up across corruption, insecurity, institutions and public trust. africanarguments.org/2026/09/nige...africanarguments.orgNigeria's Accountability Crisis Is Fueling Every Other Political Crisis | African ArgumentsIn Nigeria, corruption, insecurity and misgovernance share one root: almost no one in power ever faces consequences. Six in ten graft cases never reach judgment. 051 5
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I can’t believe “the U.S. owns the Moon” is a sentence I’m reading in my lifetime. 0151 15
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is lovely…. #BookSky 11541631068 4.2K
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiLady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 05/08/2026No amateur sports program is worth sexually abusing children to prove their gender 24479461493 7.9K
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Industrial 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. 0110 11
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I treat dance videos on TikTok like episodes of a TV series. Just one more... then another... then another. 170 7
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiGale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I think we just passed oops. 450173225795 17.3K
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiEuropean Investment Bank @eib.org · 24/06/2026We'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 0104 10
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiAnonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 22/06/2026In 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 22610 26
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiMongabay @mongabay.com · 25/06/2026In 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.mongabay.ccHope for vultures in Nigeria as some belief-based users adopt plant alternativesUsing 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… 02310 23
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 24/06/2026The 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 Congobloom.bgAfrica’s Biggest Solar Mini-Grid Operator Sells Stake to ExpandWeLight, 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. 03313 33
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiRobin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 24/06/20261995: 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...bbc.comShell pumped oil through Nigeria pipeline for years despite pollution evidence, documents showThe oil giant says the documents ignore the critical context of the complex operating environment at the time. 46443 64
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiLittle Angus @littleangus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026"We are wired to associate fluency with accuracy..." 001 1
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Sounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AI by Adebayo Afolabi medium.com/no-time/soun...medium.comSounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AIJune 22, 2026. I was sitting with an article I’d written about Xiaomi phones, making edits, cleaning things up. Nothing out of the… 092 9
Reposted by Adebayo Afolabifolukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Who 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...folukeafrica.comAmílcar Cabral: To Be Mountains, To Return to the Source of PowerAssassinated 20 January 1973. Yet still today we cry “Viva Cabral! Viva!” 13816 38
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiJuneBug - Berta’s Biggest Fan @junethenarwhal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Life 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. 1725610213 5.6K
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Turns out the bottleneck was never access to information. It was always the will to think. 020 2
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Every atrocity in history had paperwork, bureaucrats, and people just doing their jobs. 2557 55
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiReuters @reuters.com · 09/06/2026Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks reut.rs/43kegddreut.rsDozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talksArmed 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. 1258 25
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiDaily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 09/06/2026Alex Iwobi will get his 100th cap for Nigeria on Wednesday if he plays against Portugal. 3462 46
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiỌgbẹni Perkinson 📸 🇳🇬 @perkinson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I 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 064 6
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Denying sports personalities visas to a World Cup is wild. These are not random people. 5547 54
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/06/2026A literacy crisis means people are struggling to UNDERSTAND what they are reading, not that people can't necessarily read. 282917806 2.9K
Reposted by Adebayo Afolabinicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Two separate incidents on 15 May In total almost 100 children and their tutors abducted www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-...opendoorsuk.orgChildren kidnapped, captives executed – another wave of violence in Nigeria - Open Doors UK & IrelandVulnerable 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... 083 8
Reposted by Adebayo Afolabiaj @strawberry.bsky.to · 27/05/2026how did we go from “reduce your carbon footprint” to building data centers everywhere 160641516 6.1K
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Today 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 12911 29
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/05/2026Cost of living crisis reshapes Eid spending in Nigeria aje.news/sdkfnp 24015 40
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Poverty 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. 274106693402 10.7K
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 23/05/2026It was never just a Northern problem. The country just needed time to find that out the hard way. 100 1
Reposted by Adebayo AfolabiAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/05/2026Gunmen abduct 39 students, 7 teachers in attacks on Nigeria schools aje.news/a48ydl 25218 52
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The immigration argument falls apart the moment you look at who was being expelled. Teachers. Traders. People who came when Nigeria was booming and built lives there. The economy turned and suddenly they were illegal. 000 0
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Thank you! the old timers had the right idea all along 220 2
Adebayo Afolabi @debayoorr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The insecurity sits heavy. There's no way to make sense of it because there's nothing sensible about it. People just living their lives and then suddenly they're not. 000 0