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‘this darkness is my light.’ – Albert Camus

[somto @dogba__]

Birthday today!! 🥳 It's also such a good day to read me!
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[S. 🏆 @saratu]

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

- James Baldwin.

[Chukwuebuka Ibeh @ChukwuebukaIbe4]

We casually live our wildest dreams man.

[Chukwuebuka Ibeh @ChukwuebukaIbe4]

As a young writer, I always wanted to be read. Here’s me today with my translated novel in Brazil after an event in an auditorium that “quickly ran out of seats and people had to stand outside to listen”
❤️❤️❤️.

[Makena Onjerika @Onjerika]

My annual Introduction to Short Story Writing class will kick off at the beginning of July 2026.

Join me to take your stories to the next level.

One full scholarship available. Email [email protected] for details.

Retweets appreciated 🙏🏾

[The Medical Poet @TheMedicalPoet]

My friend’s Dad has been kidnapped.
A retired surgeon who was going to serve his community.

Kindly repost and donate to help save him.
@doctorwalesmd @OurFavOnlineDoc @Nigerian_Doctor @aproko_doctor

[Adedayo Agarau @adedayoagarau]

Nigeria has never had as many out-of-school children as it has between 2023 and today.

In just three states, over 1k children were recruited into terrorist sects. Child hunger has gone up by 130%. Only 6.1% budgeted for education and 4.3% for health.

Happy Children’s Day!

[Makena Onjerika @Onjerika]

I keep a running list of Kenyan short stories published since 2017. If you have a short story out that is not listed here, please drop me a message with year of publication, name and a link to the story. Must have appeared in a lit magazine. https://t.co/Xg3F9vUeh8

[Adedayo Agarau @adedayoagarau]

The current President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio:

1. Investigated for 108B Akwa Ibom fund

2. Implicated in a 40B & 86B NDDC fund

3. Alleged to have tried bribing EFCC boss Bawa with $350k

4. Currently leads the most corrupt senate in the history of Nigerian democracy

[Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi @OnyebuchiEwa]

The cat is finally out of the bag. I'm excited 😊 to announce that you can now pre-order the paperback of my book, While The World Slept, from the website: https://t.co/XYQgItBURt. Please refer to the link below to make your order. Thank you so much 😊

https://t.co/9FOjCL9WIZ

[OPEN COUNTRY MAG @OpenCountryMag]

This fall, Mustapha Enesi (@Eneessi) will be heading to the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) to begin a fully funded MFA in Fiction.

To make this transition possible by his June deadline, a GoFundMe has been launched to cover the final logistical hurdles—specifically his SEVIS fee, visa, and airfare.

Kindly make support his studies by making donations through the link below or sending a direct message to him @Eneessi.

Donation link: https://t.co/ZpeNVGtt3b

#creativewriting #fiction #gofundme #mustaphaenesi

[Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi @OnyebuchiEwa]

Hello world! I'm pleased to reveal the beautiful cover of my book, While The World Slept. 🤗 It's slated for publication on the 22nd of July, 2026. I'm grateful to my publisher, editors and everyone that has contributed to making my dream a reality. Thank you for your support.

[Táíwò Hassan @SymplyTaiwo]

Woke up to this amazing news. I made THE @poetrywales Award shortlist, y’all. I’m sooooooooo excited 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿

[Medzonetv @Medzonetv]

🚨 BREAKING: THE THEATRE IS NO LONGER SACRED. TOP SURGEON BRUTALIZED AT UUTH. 🇳🇬

We are receiving horrific reports from the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH). This isn't just a news update; it is a direct assault on the medical profession.

This morning, May 12, 2026, armed and masked operatives identified by eyewitnesses as personnel from the EFCC stormed the federal facility in a commando-style raid. They didn't come to arrest a criminal; they came for Professor Eyo Ekpe.

Professor Ekpe is a Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He is the Deputy CMAC of UUTH. He is one of the few specialists standing between life and death for millions of Nigerians in the South-South.

Witnesses say the operatives were ruthless. Staff members who tried to intervene were beaten and threatened with firearms. Imagine being a Professor of Medicine and the Deputy CMAC of a tertiary hospital, only to be dragged out of your office like a common thief.

Reports suggest this assault was triggered by a dispute over a medical report for a relative of a high-ranking official. However, the EFCC has yet to issue an official statement explaining the reason for the raid itself, as the entire situation simply does not make sense.

We are calling on the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA): How much more can we take? If a Professor of Surgery is not safe in his own hospital, who is?

Nigeria is bleeding specialists, and today, the system just cut its own throat. We demand the immediate release of Professor Ekpe and a total apology for this desecration of our health sector. 🩺✊

[Tola @adetolaov]

The total mark is 400. So a score of 150 is 37.5%. That’s literally a fail. A score of 100 is 25%. Also a fail.

In a globally competitive world, this is all the signs of a falling standard of education.

[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

By the way, if you scored 150 in JAMB in my day, you didn’t even say it, you just pretended like they didn’t release your result.

[constantine @ralikeray]

The narrative that you’re not supposed to care about people’s perceptions of you is not based in reality. To be in community you literally have to address how you’re being perceived because how you are perceived directly effects how you’re treated

[Demotivational Speaker @OdunEweniyi]

release yourself from unrealistic and impossible expectations of others (and yourself)

idealism is a trap that shrinks and shrinks and shrinks…

[Boluwatife @TEEPHTREND]

Nigeria is unfair to teachers and health workers.

[Chinọnso Nzeh @chinonso_nzeh]

Registration for the two-day physical workshop is ongoing; do not miss this opportunity. Sign up here: https://t.co/ZaGKiNGo0e

[Chinọnso Nzeh @chinonso_nzeh]

I'll be facilitating a two-day physical workshop at VI next weekend, where we’ll be reading & interrogating ourselves deeply. If you are a writer or you're curious about writing, it’s important that you sign up for this. Visit my website for more details: https://t.co/ZaGKiNGo0e