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Highly recommend being friends with ambitious people. Their drive pushes you to work hard for yourself. They also inspire you to do better, be better. Their good traits rub off on you. You start to want better for yourself and you grow.

i haťe to admit it but they were right.. you kind of need to disappear, lock in like crazy, raise your standards, and refuse to lower them to get your dream life.

O ’ B R I E N: Perhaps. I did think of becoming a nun when I was very young, but it went out of my mind later, chased away by sexual desire!

In your 20s, there will be a girl collecting besties like infinity stones. You must do everything in your power to avoid her like the plague.

One of my hot takes is that you can tell a lot about a black dude (their politics, type of friends they have, type of women they’re into) by the look of their haircut.

being asked too many questions

most times, if not always, it’s not a question of these men desiring virginity but naivety.

I’m noticing that the way I cut people off when they step out of line with me intimidates most people. They label me as “bitter” or say that I “hold grudges” or “don’t know how to communicate” but none of those things are true. I just make people stand on how they treat me.

Parents keep building these big homes in their villages that remain basically empty majority of the time hoping that their overly westernized children have something to come back home to an inherit 😭😭😭😭 wrap up that dream. Wish they would focus more on commercial and

I was swept off my feet by reading Jennifer Makumbi’s books some years back, that I wrote this essay five years ago. Just reread it now and I think it’s worth sharing again. “Jennifer Makumbi and the English Language.” Read: https://t.co/0FvbQMxyCG

Wherever Islam is involved, @AlJazeera switches into REPORTAGE mode, never INVESTIGATIVE mode.

Listening to ISWIS and Jola said Nigerians have an extended childhood. You are 27 and still treated like a kid because life here delays adulthood. I believe in disappointing your parents early before they try to live their unlived life through yours. It is kinder in the long run.

This is why we must pursue a Christian legal order. Nigeria calls itself secular, yet openly advances Islamic interests. Let’s stop pretending neutrality exists here.

Nigeria has an Islamic extremism problem. It needs addressing. We cannot pretend that this problem does not exist as it is costing the nation it's sovereignty. Unfortunately, one of the major perpetrators enjoyed his govt in peace without paying for what he contributed to.

Intentions don’t matter if execution is poor. I’m learning that I can mean all the good in the world, but if I don’t follow through or give lackluster effort, the intent doesn’t outweigh the disappointment.

Silence, just as words, is powerful. “Mama Taught Me That”😁 I love this story. Thank you so much @FictionableWrld Link👉🏿 https://t.co/SkTF4IvHZM

the pleasure of writing at dawn

being black and queer many of us actually are not as close with family members as others and largely rely on our friendships to fill that place. That then makes me question, have any of you considered or have already added your friends to your life insurance policy..

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