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Youth! E no get wetin I never write about. From getting Ngugi a plate of food to pounded yam to Teju Cole and Tolu Ogunlesi dancing...
(Thanks to the Wayback machine because all of these have been deleted online.)
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I was about to say Japan maybe needs to stop spamming crosses in hopes of a header, then they score via a header.
Which is a bit of a miracle against the endlessly tall Dutch.
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I don't care about basketball. But this is a HARD ad. A hard Nike ad.
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Jun 12
“My Grandmother’s Room” by @Felix_Eshiet_ now in Efiko Issue 7.
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Jun 12
The Hypocritical Foolishness of Nigerians on Twitter
The Yahoo Boys aren't just scammers — they're status symbols. Carlos Barragan's new book explores how online fraud became a pathway to wealth, fame and influence in Nigeria. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Jun 12
"If this persists, schedule an EKG."
David Remnick serving up a catchy sentence as usual.
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Jun 11
“Of course every novelist wants his or her novel to be converted into a film,” Orhan Pamuk said. “Most of the time, the motivation is either money or popularity, and I carry these vices.”
nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world…
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Jun 10
There's a song that just chants Victor Osimhen's name?
The things I find out at a mid-week wedding ceremony.
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Jun 10
Glenn Close is about to get the consolatory Oscar. It's taken too long.
Glenn Close and Ridley Scott are among the artists set to receive honorary #Oscars at the 2026 Governors Awards.
Also being honored: Floyd Norman, Disney’s first Black animator, and veteran producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler.
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Jun 10
"Na turn by turn. [But] Na me still be next."
A fantastic line from Asake.
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Jun 10
Yoruba weddings have to be the noisiest in Nigeria. I wonder which ethnic group is in second place...
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Jun 10
Nadal, Nadal, Holger Rune.
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lowkey to get the full tennis fan experience you need to support one player that’s really good, one player that’s always injured, and one random player that never wins anything but you still have hope for some reason
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Jun 9
Give the person behind these words a mighty raise. Wow.
The culmination of the most determined journey 🏆
Two weeks before Roland Garros history, we showed this to Sascha. Now he’s lifted the trophy he’s been chasing the most ❤️
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Jun 9
"But a 500-page study that's incontestable at every turn would have to be a work of rote description, not one of impassioned interpretation—that is, it would have to be tedious. Fiedler is capable of aggravating us but not of boring us."
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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Jun 9
"One well-connected white man could alter the course of a movement, just by writing some articles and making some introductions."
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Jun 9
You Don’t Need a New Phone. Here’s How to Make the One You Have Last Longer.
nytimes.com/wirecutter/revie… via @wirecutter
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Jun 9
Like many people living in his area, Sizwe was unemployed. But unlike them, he spent most of his time locked in his room, choosing to let the world carry on without him instead of taking part in its numbing drone.
@Alfred_Rossouw
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Jun 9
Funny: Federer and Zverev both needed extraordinary circumstances to win their only French Open titles from the killer Spaniards.
Roger should thank Robin Soderling, Sascha should thank that Alcaraz injury.
🎾 French Open Men's Singles Winners:
2005: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2006: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2007: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2008: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2009: Roger Federer 🇨🇭
2010: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2011: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2012: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2013: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2014: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2015: Stan Wawrinka 🇨🇭
2016: Novak Djokovic 🇷🇸
2017: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2018: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2019: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2020: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2021: Novak Djokovic 🇷🇸
2022: Rafael Nadal 🇪🇸
2023: Novak Djokovic 🇷🇸
2024: Carlos Alcaraz 🇪🇸
2025: Carlos Alcaraz 🇪🇸
2026: Alexander Zverev 🇩🇪
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Jun 8
She picks "All About Eve" first. Excellent film. Instant W for Lisa Kudrow.
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Jun 7
It was the dead of winter.
That’s a phrase you might skim past but for a man who has lived in Nigeria all his life, “dead of winter” means something specific, something indelible.
@otaigbe05
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