Starting off my February with great news:
I'm elated to have my poem—BREAKING DOWN COLORED WALLS—selected as one of the top three entries in the Alika Ogorchukwu International Poetry Competition.
This poem was born out of a deep sense of sadness and pain.
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DEAR NIGERIANS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
1. Online court affidavits
The Federal High Court of Nigeria has an official portal where you can apply for and verify e-affidavits. I was surprised by the different types available.
Visit: https://t.co/xKPOQj3LVN
2. Online birth registration
The National Population Commission has an online portal for birth registration for eligible children.
Visit: https://t.co/6ALy22CYf8
3. Online authentication and evaluation of academic credentials
You can now apply online through the Federal Ministry of Education’s portal. Applicants no longer need to visit the Ministry in Abuja in person.
Visit: https://t.co/ASl9SeI6WO
These online services can save you a trip. Check each portal for its requirements and fees before applying. 👏🏾
SHARE AND INFORM OTHERS
My latest essay ‘Nigeria Space Travel is a Literary Problem’ is published in The Custodian, Issue 2: Good People, Great Nation? In this issue, some of my fave writers and I discuss what it takes to build a great nation and how can we use stories to imagine a better way forward.
What DESTROYS your laptop:
It's NOT:
- Leaving it plugged in
- Keeping 40 tabs open
- Never shutting it down
- Using it every day
A repair tech says the same 5 things kill almost every laptop early. Most are free to fix.
What DOES:
Dr @MbuyiseniNdlozi has invited us to reflect on the divisions within black political organisations. But how should we understand these divisions? https://t.co/8wRqyNK7aE
Over the past four decades, one set of economic ideas has become increasingly influential across Nigeria.
Where did these ideas come from—and how did they become conventional wisdom?
Read in The Republic:
This is Granta 177: Nigeria.
The autumn edition features stories, essays and reportage that invite the reader inside the consciousnesses and dilemmas of the country.
The issue publishes on 1 December 2026.
https://t.co/JlINZo3yzj
I'm so grateful to the editorial team of @whitewallreview for their kind words and for giving my story, The Return, a home. Please, read and leave a comment or two. Thank you.
https://t.co/OnxPiQLf9I
I am excited to share that my flash fiction got published in Issue 28 of Swamp Pink (formerly Crazyhorse) at the College of Charleston, South Carolina.
Please help me repost so more people can see my work. Thank you. 🫶
Me humilhando por um mlk que eu sei que não me quer mas o pouco que ele me dá eu já fico todo boiolinha e esperando a hora que isso vai dar uma merda absurda e eu vou entrar na fossa.
Shocking 😳. Pot of Egusi soup with human meat discovered in imo state by join security team.
(Fulham, Gvardiol, Asaba, Spurs, Zara Larsson, Jacob Murphy, Manchester City, Noah Okafor, Rivers, Mainz, Nunes,Havertz, #ARSHUL, Nottingham Forest, Gyokeres, Odegaard, #NFOMCI,)
See ehn, if you really want a child and you can’t have one biologically, please adopt.
See the way the second wife has so many people around her and the first wife was just seated there alone.
God bless the woman that gifted her that wrapper.
People already donated so many wrappers to her and she will be going to the US soon 🥰
It can only be God that pushed her to go even when she wasn’t invited.
Remember the woman whose co-wife and children spited on during their Husband's ozo title day because she hadn't given birth? Nigerians came out in their numbers for her today, and it was such a wholesome moment to witness.
Look at her now, with children all over the globe. Life can turn around in the most beautiful ways. ❤️
Indeed, Wetuoluchukwu Obi 🙏