TURNS OUT... MARS WAS BASICALLY A RAINFOREST! NASA found clay on Mars that usually needs millions of years of rain to form. You read that right. Mars. Rain. This clay is called kaolinite, and on Earth, it only shows up after hot, wet, rainforest-level weather melts everything

Unrelated but same with marriage, for women. If you are a woman over a certain age, immediate and extended family member will try to introduce you to all manner of scallywags. If she declines anyone, she is termed picky and told that is why she is still unmarried

As a rule of thumb, you should never assist anyone to carry a bag at the airport no matter the circumstances.

Can start writing about the loopholes in African literature, the lack of solid structures, funding for publishing houses? Can we talk about the fear and risk and challenges of establishing and running publishing houses and literary magazines such as Lolwe, the shallow tales...

Yesterday we started a new project with the homeless children on the streets of Lagos Island(Isale Eko). We’ll be here 9am-3pm everyday till the end of the month. We cannot tell the children that there is no hope. This is day 1❤️

Nigerian leaders give me more reasons why I cant easily like a politician - Why are you living in a 1bn Naira House? - You drive all V8 engines with escorts - Your kids go on exotic trips But you're paying a minimum wage of 77k per month. You already know your name😏

It's the same script. Keep them poor so you can use them as stooge, louts, errand people, sycophants and tools.

Every time I come here, I only want to post about writing and repost artworks but I just can't ignore some of the news I see. It hurts me that people will inflict so much pain on others without meeting any form of resistance.

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Science fiction & fantasy writers: would it be weird if in my ranking I lumped together Fantasy Magazine / The Deadlands / Psychopomp?

Mr. Soyinka first agreed to come to OPEN COUNTRY MAG in 2021, months after we launched. Yet if this had come out then, it would have been different, no less monumental but narrower in scope, focused on literature. As is, it deals equally with politics. Nothing was off-limits.

There are so many subjects to be explored in Nigerian literature. It’s silly that anything even becomes a “trend.” Nobody should be writing a book that repeats what someone has done years before. Pause and look around you, your history, the people you know. These are stories.

Been able to get a name registered to the car - Mbagu ThankGod. Omolomo this guy must be apprehended by all means.

I can confirm that this is Kenyon Dobie’s official GoFundMe page. If you want to support him, this is the way to do it. Dobie works as a prep cook at the Lower South End brewery in Charlotte NC. His boss spoke very highly of him. gofundme.com/f/healing-supp…

We have a flawed justice system and its one of the reasons where there is lawlessness everywhere.

Sleep peacefully keh? See ehn, I don't have the patience to tolerate nonsense. I will just resign immediately because that's an embarrassment to me. I don't care about losing fame, money and whatever, but losing my name and reputation? Never, I will step down.

It's raining outside. I'm standing by the window, watching water pour from the clouds. I see God in this rain. I see God in nature. I see God in everything.

If you think logically, you’ll know that a country like Nigeria should never approve the use of firearms by citizens. It would only lead to full-blown anarchy.