Damilola Oyedotun

2022 Winner: PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize; Utopia Award. 2025 Shortlist Nommo Awards.

Stories: @clarkesworld | @tordotcom | @ReckoningMag | @LightspeedMag

[Marydread👑💃🌎🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪 @MaryAkinola15]

I don’t know why raw talents like this don’t go viral

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@instablog9ja OMG. I actually wasted my time for this rubbish 😭😭

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@MarioNawfal This is another reason women live longer than men.

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@ChuksEricE The parents need to be punished for allowing their kids go to school in thus kind of condition.

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@Jbamax The husband is not a man, he's a boy in a man's body and a stupid one at that.

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@Coldstray So it was ok for her to hit him until he retailated. Hmmm... he should have knocked her so hard on his first strike.

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

One decision can change the entire course of your life.

If you’re a Nigerian student and you’ve been thinking about applying for the @OPay_NG National Innovation Challenge 2026, this is your sign to stop waiting and take that final leap of faith.

I made this video to show you how to complete your application in just a few minutes. From using Gemini to generate ideas to the final submission.

In partnership with Google and 3MTT, OPay is giving Nigerian students a chance to learn, innovate, compete, and win.

Your idea doesn’t have to be perfect, it just needs to solve an important problem.

Applications are still open till July 3rd.
All the best.

[OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc]

“To start akara business doesn’t take a lot of money. To start roasting corn or kuli-kuli doesn’t take much. We have encouraged Nigerians as best as we could, we have given people a grant, I also gave to several others.”
-Remi Tinubu, First Lady of Nigeria.

Husband is building coastal highway.
Wife is telling people to roast corn and sell kulikuli by the roadside.

What kind of satanic leaders do we have?

[Naomi Eselojor @NEselojor]

Hi everyone. Now is the perfect time to preorder my debut novella. They’re running a 25% off preorder sale and an extra 10% off for Barnes and Noble members.

Please click on the link below to preorder or share to someone who might be interested: https://t.co/NJiQdzahQf

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@heisrichardz 21...nah... He's 17 😂😂😂😂

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@NEselojor Happy birthday Naomi. You are amazing. I wish you all the best in this new age 🎂🎉❤️

[Damilola Omotoyinbo ||flower geh @_Damilola_O]

Writers!
I have compiled a list of Writing Opportunities—book prizes, magazine submissions, and contests. I also included how much they pay. A lot of them are closing in June.
1. Trio House Press $1000
2. ⁠Suspect Poetry Contest $300
3. ⁠Something in the Water Contest $50

[AkeArts&BookFestival @akefestival]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Aké Review 2026
The theme for this year’s edition is Native Intelligence and we want your perspective.
Whether you write, reflect, or create, Aké Review submissions are now open. Deadline: July 20th, 2026
Tag a creative who needs to see this. 👇

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@MrCharlesky Pls send code

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@DailyLoud How on hell we were they so careless... This is bad.

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

@instablog9ja Wait... How does he shit and piss...

Na this one dem dey call 12 years a slave 😕😕

[Wole Talabi @WTalabi]

As is now tradition, here are ten or so of the best African speculative short fiction stories from 2025.

https://t.co/0vEnz3SGhO

Featuring stories from @fiyahlitmag @clarkesworld @OmenanaMag @reactormag @GigaNotoSaurus_ @AfroSF @flametreepress @KhoreoMag @_WTBAP + more!

[Damilola Oyedotun @dhamlex99]

Milito was on fire for Inter 🔥🔥🔥

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🏆🔵⚫️ When Diego Milito scored a brace in the UEFA Champioms League final for Inter. Happy birthday to him. 😮‍💨🇦🇷

[BRITTLE PAPER @brittlepaper]

A new national poetry prize has arrived in Nigeria. POPALS is asking poets aged 12 to 35 to imagine “The Nigeria of Our Dreams,” with ₦2,000,000 in prizes. Submissions open June 10 to 24 🖋️💭 https://t.co/PJsnWNjFJw₦1000000-each-submit-by-june-24/

[Aproko Doctor Global @aproko_doctor]

This is why you should never lie down on your back as a pregnant woman