A man who has nothing to die for will live for nothing.
A man who has nothing to live for will die for nothing.
We all live to die... Choose your why.
I live to build a new Nigeria.
I'll die fighting those against a new Nigeria.
Africa Weekly (13 - 19 September 2026)
On the premiere episode of Africa Weekly, where we take a quick glance at the most geopolitically significant stories from the past week, @Big_Mck explores Burkina Faso's accelerating industrialisation drive, South Africa's increasing diplomatic isolation, key events in Guinea and Sudan, and a win for Kenya's capital city Nairobi.
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#EndSARS: The Brutal Killing of Pelumi Onifade
1. At the peak of #EndSARS protests Pelumi Onifade was filming a demonstration in Abule Egba, Lagos State, for Gboah TV, when he was hit by a bullet. Then members of the Lagos police taskforce dragged him while bleeding into a van.
2. Nigerian police attached to the Lagos State Task Force deliberately killed the 20-year-old journalist, Pelumi Onifade on Saturday October 24 2020. His body was later dumped at the mortuary of General Hospital Ikorodu Lagos.
3. Earlier in the day on 24 October 2020, he was detained by Lagos State security forces shortly after filming a Lagos politician wielding a gun during the October 2020 protests.
4. Both DNA tests and a postmortem examination have confirmed that the 20-year-old journalist died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen while covering the #EndSARS protest in Lagos in October 2020.
5. Now must be the beginning of the road to justice for the killing of the young journalist who was simply doing his work.
6. The case of Pelumi Onifade is just one of many shocking atrocities committed by Nigeria's security agencies during #EndSARS protests.
Never let anyone write off your child when you strongly believe they can do better.
Yesterday, my son’s teacher texted me his math quiz score and asked me to sign it. I was shocked. I asked her, “Was he asleep during the quiz?” She admitted that she was surprised too because he had never scored that low before.
I turned to my son and asked what happened. He explained that he didn’t understand the questions because he was struggling with the concept.
I immediately texted his teacher and pleaded with her to let him retake the quiz the following morning. Thankfully, she agreed.
That evening, I sat down and tutored him on the topic. We practiced several questions, and I pulled up YouTube videos to explain the concept in different ways. My husband took over while I prepared dinner, and they practiced again before school the next morning.
When I arrived to pick him up, his teacher was standing at the door with a big smile. She said she had laughed when I asked if he had been asleep during the first quiz.
I asked how he did on the second attempt.
She said, “Good!”
He had added 50 points to his previous score. That was good enough for me!
I hated math in primary school, and that fear followed me all the way to college. I never fully understood the concepts, so every question felt overwhelming. I often wished I had a private tutor who could explain things in a way that made sense to me.
In first year of university, my math professor allowed me to take every exam twice and kept my better grade. He extended the same opportunity to a few other students who struggled in his class. I excelled in almost every subject except math. He said he realized that some student had a poor foundation in math.
I do not want my children to carry that same fear, so I make an effort to review their classwork and help them understand whatever they find difficult.
I am not competing with anyone, but I want my children to do well in school for their own good.
Sometimes, a poor score does not mean a child cannot do the work. They may simply need more time, a different explanation, and someone who refuses to give up on them.
Two things are now clear:
Peter Obi’s great works pre-Anambra, in Anambra and post-Anambra are under-reported.
Tinubu’s criminality in pre-Lagos, in Lagos and post Lagos are under-reported.
"Now as a Nigerian, you land anywhere around the world and the see you as a drug dealer. I have never seen cocaine but now the think we all deal with cocaine in Nigeria because of our President.
And they said he is on vacation. In the midst of all these chaos"
5 months ago, I posted a project I had worked on that tells a story of governance by the last 3 administrations (fully backed by data).
https://t.co/r6W03jnZUm
This is an open-source project. Developers are welcome to make meaningful contributions!
I want to address something. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. You now know how to spot the pattern.
Ever noticed that candidates with questionable characters are never held accountable during elections? You see that the one trying to show he has integrity is the one people try to hold accountable.
There's a name for it. The “Paradox of lowered expectations”
This also shows up in family dynamics, friendships, and workplaces. You will see this madness everywhere.
I’m not sure you guys understand what just happened in Nigeria.
Over 30 young boys were arrested in Niger and locked in an overcrowded, unventilated cell with extreme heat by @official_NSCDC. They reportedly banged on the door and were ignored.
They were all found dead. Suffocated to dèath. By NSCDC. 💔