big mouth

[Tim Burchett @timburchett]

Hang him.

[Triumph30 Devotional @t30devotion]

Wisdom is knowing what to say, when to speak, and when to keep quiet.

Not everyone needs to know your wins or hear your dreams. Build in silence. Build with wisdom.

#triumph30

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Keeping everyone (including Africans) completely ignorant about Africa and the central role it plays in the economic and natural world is a core feature of Europeanised education, not a bug.

You're not supposed to know that the DRC is the most resource-rich country in the world, with an estimated $24 trillion sitting under its soil. You're not supposed to know that the rise of "western civilisation" from the 15th century on was entirely made possible by European contact with Africa, and that the resources and labour extracted from coastal West Africa from 1492 onwards are the entire reason why both American continents exist in their current form.

You're not supposed to know that both WW1 and WW2 were essentially wars fought over the right to African colonial domination and expansion, and that even the uranium that was used in "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki came from Shinkolobwe uranium mine in eastern DRC. You're not supposed to know that the reason the country of France exists in its current form is because tens of thousands of conscripted West African soldiers fought and won against the Nazis in Europe, and the French thereafter shipped them back to West Africa and massacred them at Camp Thiaroye in Senegal to avoid paying them their due wages.

You're not supposed to know that there was nothing cold about the so-called Cold War, because the vast majority of the hot theaters it was physically fought in were on the continent of Africa. (Zimbabwe, DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Eritrea, Zambia etc). You're not supposed to know that the ongoing Ukraine war and the war in the Sahel are in fact the same conflict being fought by the same 2 sides, and that the reason France is desperately pushing funding and arms to Ukraine even as it falls into internal crisis is that Ukraine is acting as its proxy army in West Africa, as it tries to regain its lost colonial territories there, especially Niger where the cheap yellowcake uranium for its famously cheap nuclear energy used to come from before the 2023 revolution.

You're definitely not supposed to know that the entire global economy and system of trade as you know it is built on ruthless extraction from Africa and ensuring that Africa does not control anything it exports. You're not supposed to know that "Italian leather" doesn't come from Italy - it comes from Kano, Nigeria. You're not supposed to know that "Swiss chocolate" does not exist because cocoa does not grow anywhere in Switzerland or Europe - it comes from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria. You're not supposed to know that Israel and the UAE control the global diamond and gold markets even though Israel has no diamond mine and the UAE has zero gold mines, because both resources are literally being stolen from the DRC and Sudan on an industrial basis.

You're basically not supposed to understand that the entire geopolitical world as you know it, rests entirely on extraction from Africa, poverty of Africans, and your own ignorance about where everything you use comes from.

Completely deliberate 500+ year-old feature, not accidental bug.

[The Platform Nigeria @theplatformng]

Damilola Olokesusi, the co-founder and CEO of Shuttlers, speaks on partnerships.

If you missed @theplatformng Live Broadcast, watch the full replay now
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https://t.co/RNtIDUSWMw

#ThePlatformNG #DreamBig #ExecuteWithKnowledge

[Harmless @HarmlessHQ]

An individual citizen is hosting an online game with millions of users and the site is still active.

Meanwhile, INEC, with a budget of over N355 billion, couldn't implement a simple election without glitches.

[Obiasogu David @afrisagacity]

I just heard a story that almost made me m@d!💔

Ayo Adio, the ADC Candidate for the Eti-Osa House of Assembly Constituency, visited a community in his constituency to interact with the residents and sell his programmes. But he discovered that they hadn't had light for several months and were struggling to survive in darkness.

He swore to them that he'd resolve the electricity issue by clearing their outstanding bills. The following week, he visited NEPA with the community leaders. He paid off the outstanding debt and brought NEPA officials to reconnect the light.

As the electricity was restored, the community lit up in frenzied joy and jubilation. Word got to the APC representatives in the constituency. The following week, they ordered NEPA to disconnect the light.

As I type, the community is thrown back into darkness - helpless and hopeless. I can’t express how sad and utterly disgusted I feel right now!✍️

[Michael Yaw Antwi @mikeautoplug]

Make i leave Christianity come serve your ancestors wey dey museum for Britain 😂😂

[khaleesi🧍🏽‍♀️ @shelovesore]

to the indian guys on youtube, this day is for you. thank you🙏🏾

[Omolomo @Omolomo_o]

N10 billion in lagos life made me realize the maths that:

N10 billion is N1 million… 10,000 times.

apparently, if you spend N1 million daily, it would take more than 27 years before you finish spending N10 billion.

That is what ₦10 billion means.

OUR POLITICIANS HATE US !!!

[OMOBA 29 @Nail3r_]

Btw, that NSPPD was free!

Let your idolos rent Old trafford and throw a free concert for you people— then we can have a conversation, but till then….

[Pastor to the Bad Boys @abolajiadeola]

English: The Redeemed Christian Church of God

Yoruba: Ìjọ Kristẹni Ọlọ́run Tí A Rà Padà

Igbo: Ụka Ndị Kraịst Chineke A Gbapụtara

Hausa: Cocin Kiristoci na Allah Mai Fansa

French: L’Église Chrétienne Rachetée de Dieu

Spanish: La Iglesia Cristiana Redimida de Dios

Portuguese: A Igreja Cristã Redimida de Deus

Latin: Ecclesia Christiana Redempta Dei

Arabic: كنيسة الله المسيحية المُفتداة

[isitacrimetobehot🌶️ @Oyinnxo]

Let it be known that they shot at students who were peacefully protesting against the strike in Adekunle Ajasin, Akungba Ondo state and now the school is crawling with law enforcement lmao

[Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 @ChristinaPushaw]

She worked at one of the best hospitals in the country as a labor & delivery nurse. Her husband worked for a big tech company making $400k. She had better access to healthcare than just about anyone in the USA. That was not the issue. If anything the discussion should be about reopening asylums.

[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

The first time I encountered this song was in the Titanic, a huge ship is about to sink, three men make peace with their souls, bring out their violins and play this hymn: nearer to thee.

Why you ask are Christians able to live with such radical conviction that death isn’t horrible anymore and they can go through it with grace? They watch their God do it and come out on the other side of it, and they have received that life.

Death is no longer a master of the guillotine, but a fine tailor, who gives us new clothes to be with our saviour forever.

[Nans, Esq. @nansbello]

Nigerians are so irritating. We are talking about how suspicious it is that a major social media platform simply just stopped working within a specific region and you are responding “please just download VPN it will work”. Are you people okay?

[EA has her PVC @virtuousii]

Love the IPO jokes. Now, can I also say that we all own a piece of Nigeria as Nigerians and it would be nice to see Nigeria is our personal properties that needs to be taken care of. Shall we begin?

[Okowa Nashon @OkowaNashon]

CORRECTION: *…to be held in Nairobi.

You can’t say London then say Africa. @SkyNews

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

In California, it's illegal to declaw a cat because it's inhumane and causes chronic pain. Same state will still let a doctor dismember a baby.

Jesus wept.

[Elizabeth Jesulade @Jesulade_EA]

@YouVersion didn’t ask, but I crocheted it anyway.

[Uncle Ruckus @Emarged]

You can love African culture and still admit that some African traditions are harmful. Cultural pride should not require intellectual dishonesty. A culture becomes stronger when it can examine itself and discard what no longer serves its people.