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Yemisi Adegoke

2 years

😱Our film 'The Cost of Being An Atheist' has been longlisted for a @onewm award in the TV documentary category. It tells the story of Mubarak Bala, a vocal atheist from Kano who was jailed for 24 years on blasphemy related charges Full film here:

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Yemisi Adegoke

@briticoyemo

3 years

- They made her take her sanitary pad off. - They made her bend over and spread her legs, while coughing. -They didn't let her use the toilet, despite her asking. -They did this to a 15 year old Black girl because teachers believed they smelled weed. -No drugs were found.

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3 years

Another Met Police scandal: a black girl was stripped and searched at school. The search, which involved the exposure of her intimate body parts, took place without an appropriate adult present and with the knowledge that she was menstruating. Case review:

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3 years

My heart is hurting, man. She actually thought she'd done something wrong and was being arrested justly. Can you imagine how terrified she must have been when she clocked what was happening?

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1 year

The HBO documentary about Tina Turner was truly heartbreaking, especially when she said it wasn't a good life & that the good didn't outweigh the bad, because of all the abuse she had suffered. Truly hope she rests in peace.

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2 months

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei has suffered burns to more than 75% of her body after she was allegedly set on fire by her ex boyfriend. The marathon runner, who competed in the Paris Olympics, is in critical condition. She was attacked at home.

Rebecca Cheptegei attack: Ugandan athlete in Kenyan hospital after being doused in petrol

The 33-year-old distance runner is currently receiving treatment for 75% burns, police say.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Yemisi Adegoke

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6 months

"In Nigeria, one product tested up to 6.8g ." Meanwhile in major European markets there is no added sugar in formulas for kids. Later, when people from these countries say they do not trust the West, it will be written off as ignorance and incidents like this will be ignored.

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1 month

When talking about femicide, I think it's important to call these men what they are... men. They're not 'monsters', 'animals,' or 'devils,' they are human beings. They are husbands, boyfriends, fathers, brothers, uncles, cousins, friends. They are men.

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3 years

When will male violence be taken seriously?

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4 years

Will there be an investigation into the handling of Richard Okorogheye's case? Why was his disappearance initially classed as low risk, despite him having sickle cell? What happened to the officer who allegedly said "if you can't find your son, how do you expect us to?"

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9 months

That's insufferable finalists to you.

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Yemisi Adegoke

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4 months

There are SO many married single mothers.

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4 months

Marriage is not a deterrent for dead beats. They are still dead beating in marriage. Hope you know that.

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3 years

More than 800 children have been kidnapped in schools across Nigeria since December. A state of emergency has not been declared, no major press conference has been held. Twitter deleted a single tweet from President Buhari, 48 hrs later and the platform has been banned.

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Trigger warning: femicide 38-year-old model Kristina Joksimovic was allegedly strangled, dismembered and pureed in a blender by her husband, Thomas (a pseudonym). They had two children together.

Miss Swiss finalist 'strangled and PUREED in a blender by her husband'

The body of 38-year-old model Kristina Joksimovic was found in February in Binningen, near Basel in Switzerland.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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1 year

Interesting that he touched on how difficult it was to socialise without alcohol in England. We don't talk about it enough, but British drinking culture is really problematic.

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@guardianfilm

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Tom Holland: ‘I felt enslaved to alcohol’

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3 years

And here I was thinking the Black people of Europe were actually the Black people of Europe.

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2 years

“Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman."

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@RebirthOfProf

2 years

At what time do we begin to question Donda's parenting?

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2 years

Lagos state police have confirmed the death of the three year old son of Afrobeats singer Davido and his fiance Chioma Rowland. The police told the BBC eight domestic staff are being questioned over the death.

Davido son death: Police invite eight domestic workers over Nigerian singer son, Ifeanyi death -...

Toktok pesin for di police in Lagos Benjamin Hundeyin say di deadbodi of di three year old don dey deposited for motuary.

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3 years

Sad for the team, but especially Sancho, Rashford and my baby Saka. As minorities KNOW that our Britishness is always dependent on our visible success, one mistake & it becomes void. We are reminded we are not quire enough. I really pray these boys are supported and held.

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4 years

The holy trinity of Nigerian tweets 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

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5 years

People are 'tired of the racism card,' when they should be tired of racism.

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3 years

Why are people who voted for Brexit, to 'regain sovereignty' and 'take back control,'upset that Caribbean nations want to become republics?

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2 months

The global femicide crisis is worsening and it's terrifying. Everyday we are hearing about more and more horrific violence against women and girls and nothing is being done about it.

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4 years

I'm so rattled by the revelation that N400,000 is £753. I actually need to lie down.

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4 months

"Hide and seek with lions" ??????????????????

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Yemisi Adegoke

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3 years

No Netherlands, no Belgium, no Germany, no UK....

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3 years

Canada is adding Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt to the list of African countries from which it is banning travellers amid concerns about the spread of COVID-19’s Omicron variant.

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4 months

"Tolami Benson: the woman reviving WAG fever" IKDR British Vogue!

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3 years

Saka and Rashford's IG comments are already full of abuse, people using monkey emojis. On God, you people are so so sick

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3 months

Not the people responsible for 'Ghana must go.' 😭

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1 year

It was also horrible seeing how even when she had escaped her abuser, she was routinely re-traumatized. Rap lyrics using the horrific things she endured as punchlines, interviewers consistitenly asking her about her abuser. A whole MESS.

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3 years

"Black people are four times more likely to be reported as missing in England and Wales-but campaigners say their cases are being ignored. " Re-sharing this massively important piece by the ever brilliant @Nadine_Writes for @Independent :

Black people are going missing in vast numbers - campaigners want answers

Exclusive: Black people are four times more likely to be reported as missing in England and Wales - campaigners demand that this disparity is addressed

www.independent.co.uk

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4 years

"The [shooting] victim was my driver, he came down to ease himself. All of a sudden we heard these gunshots from those policemen there. The bullet hit him and he fell down." Video via @bbcnewspidgin x @RealBanjo #EndSARS #EndSARSProtest

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3 years

What is there to say? We are simply not seen as human beings by many. The impact on this child is unbearable to think about..

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3 years

A MOOD.

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4 years

Unarmed, peaceful protesters at Lekki toll gate being shot at, one day after Governor @jidesanwoolu inaugurated a panel to investigate brutality & human rights violations by SARS. #EndSARS

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2 years

Mafia books? Is that not a microagression? Lmao. #loveisland

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3 years

Jake is spending all this time reassuring the others and NOT Liberty 🚩🚩🚩 #loveisland

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3 years

Someone in my comments said there was more action taken over the footballer who kicked a cat, than what happened to #ChildQ and...well, there's that.

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3 months

The mass gaslighting of Black and brown people in England about what we are seeing/experiencing is nuts.

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Yemisi Adegoke

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9 months

Someone Yoruba needs to go on 'Hot Ones' so I can properly gauge how spicy the wings are.

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1 year

I don't know, maybe because they're working?

Foza Billions (The Oracle)

@fozadoza

1 year

Why do interns feel obligated to getting paid? Lol

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'casual misogyny' 'locker room talk' 'micro-aggressions' All phrases designed to minimise seriousness and gaslight those on the receiving end into believing they're doing too much.

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@txadel_

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Death to the phrase ‘casual misogyny’ and the damaging and terrible behaviour it enables

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3 years

Been reading some v interesting takes on this 'blackfishing' debacle, esp from Christiana Mbakwe-Medina. She used the term 'ethnic smudging', to refer to how these girlies take from Black, Latina, Arab etc aesthetics to appear racially ambiguous.

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2 years

After the way SK did Raven, I made up my mind never to root for any LIB couple again. Tiffany and Brett are testing me, but I will not be moved. I'm here for mess only! #LoveIsBlind

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Misogynoir is a rite of passage for a lot of people when they're adolescents, but they never do the work of unlearning it. They don't unpack why they have so much vitriol for Black women, they just say sorry when the mask slips and they're caught.

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1 year

"Adopted" See, what happens when history isn't taught properly in schools?

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1 year

A prophet once said:

Cost of living crisis

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1 year

Single life is killing some people

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1 year

So many observations from the brilliant #Beckham documentary, but perhaps the most fascinating is how the English public (still) hold 20 something year old footballers to a higher standard than their elected officials.

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3 years

I know Nigerians are 'resilient' and all that, but being exposed to so much tragedy/trauma on a daily basis is A LOT. The violence, brutality and cruelty is relentless.

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People are (predictably) saying 'this is racist', when in reality she's created a solution to a very real problem. As a student midwife, she's seen the lack of knowledge about how conditions like jaundice present on Black skin. This is potentially life saving.

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3 years

Lafiat Tijani has won Nigeria's first gold medal at the #TokyoParalympics .🥇 Tijani, who won in women's 45kg powerlifting, was a silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Games.

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1 year

In enemy territory, because that's how much I love Wizkid 😭😭

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21 days

Being triggered by the word 'nerd' when you're over the age of 18 is really strange.

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1 month

@Nonnie_Og 'I' am not. The newspaper reporting the story is.

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3 years

"Free thinkers" always think the exact same way 😂

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3 years

OMG *reallllllllllllllly* #LoveIsland

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4 years

Someone needs to answer for all these warehouses stocked with Covid-19 palliatives. Nigerians suffered through weeks of lockdown and these items were just there? Rotting away? Whether it's evil or stupidity, someone has to be held accountable.

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2 years

When Yom told me she was interviewing Wizzy I screamed The way we stan this guy in our house.

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Lmfao I was GIDDY 🙈

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2 years

Raven's 'friend' doing a series of 'I told you so' Tiktok's is so very weird. Celebrating and laughing at your friend's heartbreak in the name of 'i was right'? Also, it was the xenophobia people had a problem with not the skepticism of SK. #LoveIsBlind3

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#BBCYoruba dug up this timely video of Governor #Ajimobi praying. He said he didn't want any other role than governor. Well, his prayers were answered, as he lost his bid for @NGRSenate The power of prayer eh? #NigeriaDecides2019result

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3 years

Not Black on Black violence as a teaser 😭😭 #loveIsland

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1 year

Nigeria Barbie and Ghana Barbie.

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3 years

One day we're going to a proper conversation about the specific brand of xenophobia leveled at Nigerians, or 'naijaphobia' as I like to call it.

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4 years

"Being a Nigerian is abysmally frustrating and unbelievably exciting." - Chinua Achebe

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4 years

Today, I start my new job as a Senior Journalist/Reporter at the BBC. Still based in Lagos, but will be doing a lot more work across the continent. Much ♥️ to my digital team, who I will miss a lot, especially my partner in crime @josh_akinyemi .

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1 year

This is a really difficult watch, but it's phenomenal, essential reporting by our colleagues in Gaza.

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4 years

Currently at the Lekki tollgate. All quiet for now. #OccupyLekkiTollGate

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2 years

@21DaughterOfGod Lol. She's entitled to her choice and I'm entitled to critique that choice.

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6 years

At Lagos International Airport and there is currently no power...and by the look of it NO GEN.

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5 years

"Joe Biden was not arrested in South Africa while trying to see Nelson Mandela, his campaign has conceded. The US presidential contender had repeatedly said he was arrested during a trip there in the 1970s, when South Africa was under apartheid" :

Joe Biden drops claim he was arrested seeing Mandela

An official says he got separated at an airport in South Africa rather than actually being arrested.

www.bbc.com

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4 years

Channels Television

@channelstv

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#EndSARS Protests: Army Insists Only Blank Bullets Were Fired At Lekki Tollgate

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5 years

To be clear, the 'race card' doesn't exist. Race is not some 'excuse' POC's use, it's an integral to our identities & impacts everything in our lives. Dismissing experiences and critiques of racist behaviour as such is so insulting.

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6 months

She's right. It might be taboo because of how the parent-child relationship is idealised, but some parents resent, envy and dislike their kids. Lest we forget, some people have kids because they feel they have to, not because they actually want them.

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1 year

⚠️ TW: r*pe, sa. "Female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, assaulted and in some cases r*ped by colleagues. BBC News has spoken to women who were sexually assaulted in the operating theatre while surgery took place." No words.

Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating

Trainees are being abused by senior male surgeons, a major analysis given to the BBC reveals.

www.bbc.co.uk

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6 months

Kudos to Laila for being a true professional, despite the repeated attempts to undermine and mock her for doing her job.

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3 years

THREAD All of these stories were published today. 1/

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4 years

- 105M living in extreme poverty. - 10M+ out of school children. - 3rd 'most terrorised'country in the world. - 2nd recession is under 5 years. - Food inflation at a 31-month high. - Unemployment has more tripled in the last 5 years. Nice anecdote though.

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This is so sad. Many of our parents spend their whole lives working in the abroad, dreaming of the day they go back home to rest, only to find it worse than when they left decades ago.

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TW: femicide. Christiana Idowu’s murderer was her friend, they even attended the same church. Yet he kidnapped her & demanded a ransom from her parents. They paid it, but he killed the 21 year old anyway and buried her in a shallow grave.

Christiana Idowu: Killing of 300 level FUNAAB student, how military arrest suspect - BBC News Pidgin

Christiana just celebrate her 21st birthday for June dis year.

www.bbc.com

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What they aren't saying is they expect women, who already experience discrimination at every level, to set up initiatives for boys and men too. The expectation is always that women centre the needs of men and they're outraged it isn't happening.

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International Men’s Day they did almost nothing. Over 80% of the CEOs of the companies listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange are men. This is not as a result of lack of resources.

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3 years

Stomach churning to use in Europe, but just another day in Afghanistan?

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“… which is a sort of a vacuum bomb, which to be fair the US has used before in Afghanistan but the idea of it being used in Europe is stomach churning”

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6 months

Since when did the Nigerian Correctional Service start making this type of information publicly available? And to what end? Other than to humiliate?

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“After thorough examination, it was revealed there was no evidence of gender or genital organ realignment. Bobrisky’s male biological characteristics remained unchanged” — The Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS).

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4 years

For the like the 100th time this year I'm asking 🗣🗣🗣🗣did we miss rapture? Are we the ones left behind?

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5 years

Remember that viral fake news story about the man who drove the Italian #COVID19 patient from Lagos to Ogun? Who demanded N100M not to spread the virus? Well, I tracked down the man whose photo was used in that story & he told us its impact on his life. 🎥 @josh_akinyemi

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3 years

So, this Tega lady cheated on her husband & he forgave her. Good! An example many young men should follow, too many of you will allow small cheating to scatter your matrimonial home. I'm glad he didn't allow the devil to use him & chose to keep his family together 🙏🏾

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5 years

If you or anyone you know has experienced sexual harassment at university, please get in touch. You can fill out the form 👇🏿or get send a DM.

BBC News Africa

@BBCAfrica

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Africa Eye: Do you have a story of sexual harassment by a lecturer at university?

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4 years

Tim Westwood was 2 when Nigeria gained Independence. I hate that you people made me look that up 😭

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3 years

What makes it sadder is that every Black person knew if it ended in a loss, the racism would jump out immediately. It's so predictable, it's pathetic.

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4 years

They don't spend money because they care, it's about ego. They want to show off their wealth and feel powerful.

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1 year

Bad energy stay far away! We're having a ball here!

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4 years

So I think my old man is bored, this morning he decided to bake bread, just because...and this evening he's handed me stacks of old Nigerian newsmagazines to read. Some of these are older than me, but the themes are eerily similar to 🇳🇬 today.

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1 year

As is often the case, "tradition" really means control.

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3 years

Whenever old tweets from a certain demographic resurface, dark skinned Black woman in the UK already know what to expect. One day we'll discuss why degrading and mocking dark skinned Black girls/women is a rite of passage for you guys.

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2 years

This woman is dead and yet. Her son is in his 40s and yet He has a father who is living and yet.

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10 months

Some of the responses to this are so bizarre and steeped in misogyny. Why does a man publicly affirming his partner rattle you guys so much?

TMC Music Connoisseur 🇯🇲 QUESTION MARK ❓

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10 months

yeah Stormzys never letting her go again

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2 years

The way the firstborn instinct kicks in every time. 😭 I was meant to be an observer, why am I coordinating?

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4 years

Either you're for human rights, or you're not. Either you're for equality, or you're not. Either you're anti-oppression, or you're not. There's no half stepping, so stop bullshitting yourself.

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2 years

So the jury ruled Amber Heard was defamed when Depp's attorney called her abuse a hoax, doesn't this mean they believe she is a victim of abuse?

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5 years

"He targeted seven victims over 20 years, telling some they'd become a witch if his advances were refused." Nigerian pastor found guilty of multiple rapes against children and adults over 20 years. He was arrested while trying to flee to Nigeria:

Michael Oluronbi: Birmingham pastor guilty of raping children

Three of Michael Oluronbi's victims had multiple pregnancies and his wife Juliana arranged abortions.

www.bbc.com

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2 years

Lagos has consistently been labeled one of the worst places to live in the world/on the continent, yet the man credited with much of what we see today is a frontrunner in the race to the presidency.

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