I work with activist-researchers in/from Myanmar, India, etc, who've been doing this work longer than the majority of US folk & it baffles us to hear this narrative that there's no one doing work in the 'global south' Our work puts us at risk from state-level actors AND big tech

Nigerian Twitter has an impersonation problem and the platform is failing to take action. "their existence along with the fact that they were not shut down by @Twitter when reported, sends an alarming message." globalvoices.org/2018/09/17/… via @RMAjayi

Nigerian Twitter has an impersonation problem and @Twitter is failing to take action globalvoices.org/2018/09/17/… by @RMAjayi "Yet unpaid citizens seem to be doing a better job at policing Twitter than the experts designated to monitor fraud and impersonation."

“Impersonation is a growing problem on Nigerian Twitter with some accounts set up using politicians’ names to promote propaganda while others snag celebrity names as part of marketing fraud schemes.” ~ @RMAjayi globalvoices.org/2018/09/17/…

40 Things I Learnt At 40 (11-20) 11. To err is human but to forgive is… human too! Forgive, but don’t make an exception for a friend’s treachery, for it is motivated by envy. Forgiveness to a treacherous friend should never be accompanied by a restoration of personal access, else you’ll pay for it in heavier terms. 12. It doesn’t matter what people in your personal life say to you in your presence; what matters is what they say — especially what they do — about you in your absence. 13. And all is dust, remember this. The topmost human frailty is the propensity to think we will live infinitely. Our days in life are indeed finite; I’ve been shocked by the sheer number of people who detest hearing this. Spending your entire life avoiding this truth will not increase your years by an extra second! 14. Money will guarantee you comfort — not happiness. Neither is bad as an ambition; the tragedy is miscalculating the source of the latter. 15. When in trouble and needing help, don’t go compiling a list of people you have been good to in the past, thinking they might want to bail you out. ‘One good turn deserves another’ is, in practice, alien to most people. Most people have short memories; when the chips are down, only a few will remember your past kindness. I learnt this the hard way, by the way. 16. One of the greatest gifts to oneself is self-awareness. Possessing it means nobody can emasculate you by exaggerating your weaknesses; you know them already. It also means nobody can be obsequious to you by magnifying your strengths; you know them already too. 17. Every strength has a weakness component, and every weakness has a strength component. For that reason, the human search for perfection in interpersonal relationships is Utopian. 18. On Entrepreneurship The most useful resource you need to convert an idea into a physical business is not money (It isn’t even one of your top five needs!); it’s conviction. 19. On Career Choices “Salary is the bribe they pay you to build their dreams”? That’s a lie, one of the worst well-worn career lies in history! Actually, salary is the allowance they pay you to build your own dreams. If your current job is not equipping you with the skills to drive you towards your planned career trajectory in paid employment or subsequently building your own dreams, then that’s on you. You either accepted the wrong job offer or you spent your time there quiet-quitting. 20. On Romantic Love The ideal love is one where the first argument of the two people involved is who loves the other more. “I love you more than you love me.” “No, I’m the one who loves you more.” If you ever find that kind of love, better keep it! If you’re lucky, you’ll find only one of such in your lifetime. The luckiest of the luckiest humans will only find it twice. Some won’t find it even once.

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Almost 2 weeks to go ! Taking on the @LondonMarathon carrying 20kgs on my back! The weight of my 6 year old son Hugh when he died from cancer in 2021 , it hurts so much 😢💔🏃🏅help me get to £5000 🙌😃🦋 justgiving.com/page/cerimara…

Excuse me. Hello. Hi. I'm one of 50 Black women gamechangers in the UK! ☝🏿🥂👏🏿 Can I just say this headshot is superfly. #Top50BlackWGC adwantedevents.com/gamechang…

Dadiyata — a critic of Nigerian government on social media was abducted by gunmen on 2 August 2019 in #Kaduna: Where Is Dadiyata?

From Lagos to San Diego... GRAMMY Award-Winning, Oscar Nominated Nigerian singer-songwriter @temsbaby joins San Diego FC ownership group as a club partner. Tems becomes the FIRST African female to be involved in MLS ownership. Read ⤵️

8-year-old Ahmed Aaed spent the last year growing a small farm to feed his family in Gaza, sharing the ups and downs of farming with his 1 million followers on Instagram. Now, he’s finally home.

The comments are very interesting, and I was wondering why until I remembered that he has blocked all possible critics on his account to successfully build himself an echo chamber. But good thing that many people can see through his BS & charlatanism.

Rosemary Ajayi as in THE Rosemary Ajayi Anyway I have always known the guy is a clown so nothing to be shocked about

Sandra Bland should be here celebrating her 38th birthday today. Nearly 10 years later, we continue to honor her life and #SayHerName. Happy heavenly 38th, Sandra. 🕊🤎

“People are unable to move out, and for a lot of people, adulthood starts at being under your own roof," Heard from over 20 young people across Lagos, Accra and Dakar on the difficulty of finding affordable housing and how that hampers upward mobility. okayafrica.com/young-people-…

I Was Detained by the Army While Investigating Oil Bunkering - Soyombo While I was working undercover, a unit of the army assigned to combat illegal bunkering became disgruntled with oil bunkers who had failed to pay bribes. In response, they took action to arrest some of these bunkers including me. The army's grievance is that I did not involve them in my investigations, but I feel vindicated for making that choice. Fisayo Soyombo, Investigative Journalist

I'll be on @ARISEtv any moment from 9am to discuss my unjust detention by the Nigerian Army...

“Nigerians are not worth fighting for.” I hear that every now and then, and I’ve always disbelieved it. Yesterday, you proved me right. You all are the reason my detention by @HQNigerianArmy lasted ‘only’ three days. I’m a free man today because of your social media engagements with #FreeFisayoNow and the publications/broadcasts by the traditional media. And I can prove it. After my arrest at about 2am on Wednesday, I was grilled by different levels of the Army until deep into the night. I didn’t return to my cell until at least 11pm on Wednesday. My case was then forwarded to a superior office that was to interrogate me on Thursday. Surprisingly, Thursday was uneventful; from morning until night, this office never sent for me. I soon learnt the Army would take “as long as it wanted” to conduct their “investigation” just to establish that I was indeed an investigative journalist. To my utmost surprise, on Friday morning, at about 11am or thereabouts, I was retrieved from my cell for transfer to the Military Intelligence Brigade (MIB). It was during the transfer that someone who ran into me asked to know my name, after which they said: “You’re the one; you’re in the news.” Without your pressure, I’d still be in that cell by now, away from civilisation and held incommunicado. So, yes, my freedom is your freedom. This victory exists because of you, you and you. Thank you!

BREAKING We can confirm that our founder @fisayosoyombo has now been released by @HQNigerianArmy, following the intense media campaign you all mounted. FIJ acknowledges the Nigerian Army's deliberate mischaracterisation to suggest an involvement in "illegal oil bunkering". FIJ will also address this statement appropriately. Our immediate concern is regarding the safety of ‘Fisayo Soyombo in view of extensive information sharing with the Army on his fieldwork during the period of his detention. We are assessing the situation and hoping that his safety will not be jeopardised after release.