Hephaestus

maker | feminist

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

I like pounded yam.

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

if early bird see worm, late bird fit still see jollof rice chop
life is quite dynamic

[Paystack @paystack]

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[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

I don’t want to buy.
I don’t want to subscribe.
I don’t want you tracking me across my other apps.
I don’t want your cookies.

Articles used to be free. The internet was better. Now it’s ads, paywalls, and surveillance. I’m tired (read as disgusted). What can we even do anymore?

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

I hate unnecessary push notifications. Especially from food delivery apps.

You also don’t get to pick what notifs they can send you. I only need to know when my food is here, pls don’t tell me about promos every 4hrs

Everything is so forceful these days, leave me alone!!

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

Logged into this hellhole to complain about my love, Pinterest, turning into a hellhole too.

Why are there so many ads? Whose idea was this? Out of the last 10 pins I scrolled, 9 were ads.

Where is the inspo anymore? I hate the internet, man. Buy, buy, subscribe

Get out mehn

[Queen • Brand Strategy & Marketing Psychology @QueenetWrites]

He’s the only child of his parents, and he’s been sitting in prison for almost three years… tortured, threatened, and moved from cell to cell like a criminal. All because he exposed what he shouldn’t have seen... What he saw and refused to stay quiet.

I spent my morning reading through his story. The details are excruciating. This story is not widespread, and that is what makes it even more painful. A young man is fighting for his life, and the country is hardly talking about it.

I’ll drop the full story tomorrow. It’s something every Nigerian should see.

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

Look good, feel great fr 🙂‍↕️

[Atiku Abubakar @atiku]

The Federal Government must come clean with Nigerians.

The quiet appointment of Xpress Payments Solutions Limited as a new TSA collecting agent is not an administrative decision, it is a dangerous resurrection of the Alpha Beta revenue cartel that dominated Lagos State during and after the Tinubu years. That model created a private toll gate around public revenue and funnelled state funds into the hands of a politically connected monopoly.

What we are witnessing now is the attempt to nationalise that same template, moving Nigeria from a republic to a private holding company controlled by a small circle of vested interests.

To introduce such a policy in the middle of a national tragedy, while Nigerians are mourning loved ones lost to the deepening insecurity crisis, is not only insensitive, it is a deliberate act of governance by stealth. When a nation is grieving, leadership should show empathy and focus on securing lives, not on expanding private revenue pipelines.

This latest move raises fundamental questions:

Why was this appointment rushed and smuggled into the public space without consultation, stakeholder engagement, or National Assembly oversight?

What value does Xpress Payments add that existing TSA channels do not already provide?

Who truly benefits from this? Nigeria or an entrenched political network?

This is not reform. This is state capture masquerading as digital innovation.

Let me be clear:

Nigeria does not need more middlemen between citizens and their government revenue. What we need is greater transparency, stronger institutions, and a tax system free from political capture.

I therefore call for the following:

1. Immediate suspension of the Xpress Payments appointment pending a public inquiry;

2. Full disclosure of the contractual terms, beneficiaries, fee structures, and selection criteria;

3. A comprehensive audit of TSA operations to prevent the creeping privatisation of revenue collection;

4. A legal framework, not executive shortcuts, that prohibits the insertion of private proxies into core government revenue systems;

5. A national security priority shift, recognising that a country under assault cannot afford economic governance conducted in the shadows.

Nigeria’s revenues are not political spoils. They are the lifeblood of our national survival, especially at a time when insecurity is tearing communities apart.

The government must abandon this Lagos-style revenue cartelisation and return to the path of transparency, constitutionalism, and public accountability. -AA

https://t.co/619AWoQtKZ

[ibitayo II @oyatibi]

I don’t get how the National Team of a country that qualified for a tournament is denied visa for said tournament.

All things being equal, this should spark a diplomatic row. But instead, they are being replaced.

Of all the places, it is Romania that is denying us visa.

[himbo lover @yandjoshi]

you can definitely tell she was going for a pulpy gothic 80s cover type poster but it misses the eeriness and softness that only hand made paintings can capture

[Jermaine Dupri @jermainedupri]

So let me get this right , years ago the industry found out that Milli Vanilli weren’t really the voices on their Grammy winning record and they were stripped of their Grammy, but now we’re getting ready to accept people who can’t even sing, creating songs for a fake person ? How is this any different than milli Vanilli ?

[gst @wearegst]

This young Nigerian student will spend three weeks in detention for calling the Governor of Niger State “Governor Amuneke” while complaining about insecurity.

This is what tyranny looks like.

#FreeIsahMokwa

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

Bawsty was made for Imisi man wth. The pink dress with the frilly sleeves really sat well on her!!

She made me like it a lot more & I’m not usually a fan of long sleeves. Good job to everyone involved!

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

@Ehys__ Idk if I feel sorry for you bc you’re never going to be aware that you aren’t the brightest bulb.

Your response repeated the same failed advice she was mocking. All you did was dress it in condescension towards women, but I’m the idiot.

Lmao, sure champ.

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

Just finding out that Regina Daniels is actually in her early twenties? Gosh, that poor girl

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

@Ehys__ Instead of participating in conversations within your mental capacity, you’ve gone ahead and done this. Why?

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

@Adejibo Is this question because you think there’s no career growth to be had in customer service?

[Skippy 🦋 @AonjelaPel]

I've been debating if I should post this here but oh well ....
My dad was diagnosed with cancer and we're kindly asking for any contribution to facilitate his surgery. 🫶🏾💜
RT widely.

[Josephine💕 @lara_jojoo]

One Senator is oppressing his 24 year old child bride for wanting to leave. Their oga is oppressing their female colleague because she didn’t sleep with him.

What kind of country is that?

[Hephaestus @Somms_N]

A little surprised by the number of people feeling for his wife cos of that video. Is it the girls that insulted her?

1. She wasn’t mentioned.

2. They’re referencing HIM saying (unprovoked and on her birthday, mind you) that’s she’s not the most beautiful woman in the world.