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What I read in 2025. If you make it all the way to the end, there is a short selection of long-read articles as well
tyro
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tyro
@DoubleEph
This Sceptred Isle
Joined July 2009
- My cancellable Afrobeats take is that Kizz Daniel is the GOAT. This dude had the nerve to release a 20-song album titled ‘No Bad Songs’ and…there was no bad song on it
- Whatever else one might think, it is really remarkable that the son of the president of one country will be representing another country at the World CupGeorge Weah is the first and only African footballer to win the Ballon d'Or, yet he never went to a World Cup. Now, his son Tim Weah is going to to the World Cup with the USMNT. 🏆
- This brother from South Africa asked me to take a photo of him in Doha a couple of weeks ago. He gave me his email address but typed it wrong. I think he might want this photo so Twitter, do your thing
- Rather than add a colour to his product like other refiners around the world do to make it identifiable, he’s now pushing a narrative that implies ‘clear petrol’ = good. What a guyHe said, “This is the sample of the petrol. You see it as a different colour but that is the real deal. You are now going to have a good and real product.” punchng.com/why-petrol-fro…
- Went into my kids room today. And my older son was on the computer. Without looking back at the door he said “hello, whichever parent that is”
- Overheard Naija guy complaining at the zoo that he paid £40 to enter and the lion is sleeping
- Kizz Daniel said God’s blessings are like HIV because they often take time to show. Frankly, I think prison sentences should be introduced for bad writing in Nigerian songs and movies to tackle this issue
- Nigerian Police advising you to be careful with Nigerian Police as Nigerian Police cannot vouch for the state of mind of Nigerian Police OfficersReplying to @PoliceNGOftentimes, you hear people say things like ‘shoot me, if you can!” Note that this is a recipe for disaster! It is very provocative and an unnecessary call for war. So, please play safe, more so, as you do not know the state of mind of the officer concerned.
- The death of Abba Kyari greatly saddens me. He was one of the Nigerian government officials I abused the most here. Until one fine day last December
- Couple days ago, David Ornstein went on TV and said he doesn’t know what’s going on with the Man Utd manager situation. 2 days later he broke the story once he knew. That man is the gold standard of journalism in this country. Political journos can learn a thing or two from him
- This is when I point out - AGAIN - that Nigerian lawyers still wear wigs for one reason and one reason only - because they want to
- Even by Nigerian standards this is just insane. And for millions of Nigerians, this oppression and inconvenience is the *only* contact they’ll ever have with their leadersOmo, look at President Tinubu's massive entourage in Lagos 😳
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