iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 8h

What would it take for Nigerians to realise that English is a Nigerian language — no more or less important than our other languages?

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 9h

Sometimes the most familiar birds are the easiest to overlook—until you stop and really look. The Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) is known for its distinctive black-spotted rufous neck patch and gentle, chuckling call. #BirdsOfLagos

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 19h

From The Economist's Espresso.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Splendid Starling's (Lamprotornis splendidus) glossy feathers shimmer from blue to green depending on the light, while its pale eyes make it one of West Africa’s most unmistakable birds. Its call is just as rich, comprising whistles, clicks, and chatter. #BirdsOfLagos

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Surely, the test of the efficacy of a tax is not how much more it adds to the public coffer, but how it affects economic entities' decisions about spending and investment, and how this, in turn, boosts or restrains economic growth.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The unstated promise of the Tinubu administration, before it got into power, was that government was going to be more rational, evidence-based, and alive to policy consequences. In short, ideas would differentiate it from the "Hausa-Fulani hegemony". The jury is in. Na cruise.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Feedback (from the streets) is wasted on the Nigerian politician, especially because, as Bob Marley put it, they have "got the wrong interpretation mixed up with vain imagination".

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In spite of its unassuming appearance, the Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus) is an important seed disperser. It feeds on fruits, berries, nectar, and insects, carrying seeds away from the parent plant and helping regenerate forests and woodlands. #BirdsOfLagos

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a slew of reasons (rapidly rising population numbers, low productivity rates, growth in sectors of the economy that do not employ much labour, etc.), Nigeria's governments have struggled to parlay GDP growth into noticeable improvements in living standards.

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ṣé bí ó ti mọ, tó fí adìyẹ kàn ṣé ík'ọmọ.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Israel’s economy has coped with its military conflicts surprisingly well. But it faces other, slower-moving dangers, less kinetic and more demographic." — @economist.com

economist.com

Israel’s war economy is thriving

But conflict is worsening its industrial divide

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"To fulfil their Hippocratic promise of doing no harm, surgeons must be prepared to ask how much good they are actually doing." — @economist.com

economist.com

Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo

A succession of clinical trials is upending the field

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If the Buhari administration had two left feet, the Tinubu administration is all Soviet-style agitprop. So, by all means, the APC must go. If the APC has done one thing, it's to show how easily suborned the Nigerian is. This won't change regardless of the APC's successor.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nigerians struggle with the ideas of "consent" and "rape". "How can a man be charged with raping his wife?" is a question that the average Nigerian can't deal with. "Statutory rape", where consent is irrelevant, is understandably a stretch!

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Highly intelligent and endlessly adaptable, Pied Crows (Corvus albus) are opportunistic feeders, eating everything from insects and fruit to carrion. Remarkably intelligent, they have learned to thrive wherever people live. #BirdsOfLagos

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

031

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu's governance of Israel has left a lot to be desired, including being open to allegations of war crimes. But the human(ẹ) response to him cannot be to seize a civilian airliner (even if all passengers were Bibi's relatives) in a bid to crash it into Israel.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The more I learn, the more I realise how little I know, and the harder bigotry becomes.

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Os Dromedários (The Dromedaries) 3 just walked all over the Super Eagles 0.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two goals down, that free kick routine was one joke too many.

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

These Eagles are more "Green" (as in, "deficient in training, knowledge, or experience"), than "Super"!

001

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are there mores, lores, customs, and traditions associated with governance in Nigeria other than the fact that our leaders may exhibit outlandish levels of impunity, and that partisan support requires all forms of "anyhowness" to be justified?

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Let us pray. That those who are called by His name today may rediscover the Christ of the Bible. The one for whom the widow's mite was a source of instruction. The one who found time to feed thousands with but five loaves of bread and two fish. Amen.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Variable Sunbirds (Cinnyris venustus) are active nectar-feeders, visiting a wide variety of flowering plants and helping to pollinate them in the process. They also take small insects and other invertebrates, particularly when feeding their young. #BirdsOfLagos

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Despite its size (small), the Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) is a brood parasite. Rather than building its own nest, the female lays her eggs in the nests of Firefinches – which unknowingly rear the chicks as their own. #BirdsOfLagos

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of Africa’s most familiar city birds, the Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea) is recognised by its crimson eye-ring and boldly spotted wings. Originally a bird of cliffs and rocky outcrops, it has adapted so well that buildings now serve as its modern-day cliffs. #BirdsOfLagos

011

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A highly adaptable raptor, the Black Kite (Milvus migrans) is one of the most widespread birds of prey in the world and is a familiar sight over towns, farmland, wetlands and open country across much of Africa. #BirdsOfLagos

100

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Voting in the 2027 general election, Nigeria's options will be most unfortunate: the incumbent or an opposition bounded on one side by a wimp and on the other by a casual serial contender. Yet, our options should include a competent manager of a failing economy with potential.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As has become their wont of late, the Super Eagles are inflicting themselves on their long-suffering supporters.

020

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Watching the Nigerian team play football is an extreme act of self-torture, especially if you believe that the Super Eagles should win most of their games.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Equally at home following grazing livestock or patrolling urban landscapes, the Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis) has become one of the world's most successful avian colonists. Unusual among herons, it spends much of its time away from water. #BirdsOfLagos

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The African Thrush (Turdus pelios) is an adaptable bird, equally at home in forests, parks and suburban gardens. Its rich, melodious song is often heard at dawn and after rain, even as it patrols the ground in search of insects and earthworms. #BirdsOfLagos

010

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Red-eyed Dove’s (Streptopelia semitorquata) crimson iris and gentle, mournful call make it one of Africa’s most recognisable garden birds. Both parents work tirelessly to raise their young, feeding them with nutrient-rich crop milk. #BirdsOfLagos

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Clean on goal, it was far more difficult for Karim David Adeyemi to miss that chance than to convert it.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not too sure why the Oranje thought it better to play assistant referee rather than defend against the German side's attack.

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Donald trump grinned and gave a thumbs-up as he posed for a photograph beside Delcy Rodríguez, a leading member of the torturing, election-stealing regime which all but destroyed Venezuela." — @economist.com

economist.com

The love-in between Donald Trump and Delcy Rodríguez

Their rapport bodes ill for Venezuelan democracy

000

Ifeanyi Uddin @ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"America paid $725m in dues to the United Nations, averting the possibility that it could lose its vote in the un General Assembly for skipping two-years’ worth of membership fees. The payment, made for the 2025 budget, was overdue." — @economist.com

001