Adebayo Afolabi
@debayoorr.bsky.social
Always testing, always scaling | Governance & Policy | Writing when inspired.
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Because the first question shifts the blame to the desperate, making their morality the focus, while the second question demands accountability from the powerful. It's easier to question survival than to challenge greed.
I wrote about Nigeria’s accountability crisis, but the bigger question is universal:
What happens to a democracy when political failure carries little cost?
In Nigeria, this shows up across corruption, insecurity, institutions and public trust.
africanarguments.org/2026/09/nige...
What happens to a democracy when political failure carries little cost?
In Nigeria, this shows up across corruption, insecurity, institutions and public trust.
africanarguments.org/2026/09/nige...
Nigeria's Accountability Crisis Is Fueling Every Other Political Crisis | African Arguments
In Nigeria, corruption, insecurity and misgovernance share one root: almost no one in power ever faces consequences. Six in ten graft cases never reach judgment.
africanarguments.org
September 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I wrote about Nigeria’s accountability crisis, but the bigger question is universal:
What happens to a democracy when political failure carries little cost?
In Nigeria, this shows up across corruption, insecurity, institutions and public trust.
africanarguments.org/2026/09/nige...
What happens to a democracy when political failure carries little cost?
In Nigeria, this shows up across corruption, insecurity, institutions and public trust.
africanarguments.org/2026/09/nige...
I can’t believe “the U.S. owns the Moon” is a sentence I’m reading in my lifetime.
I remember when it was about economic anxiety… now the moon is a colony
September 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I can’t believe “the U.S. owns the Moon” is a sentence I’m reading in my lifetime.
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August 7, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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No amateur sports program is worth sexually abusing children to prove their gender
August 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
No amateur sports program is worth sexually abusing children to prove their gender
Industrial policy is back because governments have stopped asking, "Can the market produce this?"
They're asking, "Can the market produce this during a crisis?"
Those are completely different questions.
They're asking, "Can the market produce this during a crisis?"
Those are completely different questions.
August 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Industrial policy is back because governments have stopped asking, "Can the market produce this?"
They're asking, "Can the market produce this during a crisis?"
Those are completely different questions.
They're asking, "Can the market produce this during a crisis?"
Those are completely different questions.
I treat dance videos on TikTok like episodes of a TV series. Just one more... then another... then another.
July 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I treat dance videos on TikTok like episodes of a TV series. Just one more... then another... then another.
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I think we just passed oops.
June 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I think we just passed oops.
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We've signed a €50 million credit line with Wema Bank to support SMEs across Nigeria.
This partnership will expand access to finance for businesses, with a strong focus on youth entrepreneurship, women-led enterprises and environmentally sustainable investments.
➡️ go.eib.org/Wema_Bank
This partnership will expand access to finance for businesses, with a strong focus on youth entrepreneurship, women-led enterprises and environmentally sustainable investments.
➡️ go.eib.org/Wema_Bank
June 24, 2026 at 2:44 PM
We've signed a €50 million credit line with Wema Bank to support SMEs across Nigeria.
This partnership will expand access to finance for businesses, with a strong focus on youth entrepreneurship, women-led enterprises and environmentally sustainable investments.
➡️ go.eib.org/Wema_Bank
This partnership will expand access to finance for businesses, with a strong focus on youth entrepreneurship, women-led enterprises and environmentally sustainable investments.
➡️ go.eib.org/Wema_Bank
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In Nigeria social media algorithms push untested herbal mixes like Jinja for fertility yet cause respiratory issues and liver disease in 46% of cases overloading hospitals as scammers use AI fakes to exploit a broken system. #Nigeria
June 22, 2026 at 8:57 AM
In Nigeria social media algorithms push untested herbal mixes like Jinja for fertility yet cause respiratory issues and liver disease in 46% of cases overloading hospitals as scammers use AI fakes to exploit a broken system. #Nigeria
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In Nigeria, where poaching and habitat loss have devastated vulture populations, some traditional medicine practitioners are switching to plant alternatives to save the birds from extinction.
Conservationists are cautiously optimistic but warn that enforcement and public awareness must expand.
Conservationists are cautiously optimistic but warn that enforcement and public awareness must expand.
Hope for vultures in Nigeria as some belief-based users adopt plant alternatives
Using plants instead of vulture parts for belief-based practices is helping to tackle poaching of the birds in some regions of Nigeria, say conservationists. Vulture populations have collapsed in…
mongabay.cc
June 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
In Nigeria, where poaching and habitat loss have devastated vulture populations, some traditional medicine practitioners are switching to plant alternatives to save the birds from extinction.
Conservationists are cautiously optimistic but warn that enforcement and public awareness must expand.
Conservationists are cautiously optimistic but warn that enforcement and public awareness must expand.
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The biggest operator of solar mini-grids in Africa said it sold a stake to the IFC to help raise money to expand into Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Africa’s Biggest Solar Mini-Grid Operator Sells Stake to Expand
WeLight, which operates more solar mini-grids in Africa than any other company, said the International Finance Corp. bought a stake in the business, backing its expansion into Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
bloom.bg
June 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM
The biggest operator of solar mini-grids in Africa said it sold a stake to the IFC to help raise money to expand into Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo
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1995: Nigeria executed Ken Saro-Wiwa for opposing Shell's destruction of Ogoniland.
2008: The company was alerted to 100+ ruptures since 2008 but ignored them.
2026: Their leaky pipelines are still operating across Nigeria.
This is the death project in action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
2008: The company was alerted to 100+ ruptures since 2008 but ignored them.
2026: Their leaky pipelines are still operating across Nigeria.
This is the death project in action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Shell pumped oil through Nigeria pipeline for years despite pollution evidence, documents show
The oil giant says the documents ignore the critical context of the complex operating environment at the time.
www.bbc.com
June 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM
1995: Nigeria executed Ken Saro-Wiwa for opposing Shell's destruction of Ogoniland.
2008: The company was alerted to 100+ ruptures since 2008 but ignored them.
2026: Their leaky pipelines are still operating across Nigeria.
This is the death project in action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
2008: The company was alerted to 100+ ruptures since 2008 but ignored them.
2026: Their leaky pipelines are still operating across Nigeria.
This is the death project in action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"We are wired to associate fluency with accuracy..."
Sounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AI by Adebayo Afolabi
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Sounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AI
June 22, 2026. I was sitting with an article I’d written about Xiaomi phones, making edits, cleaning things up. Nothing out of the…
medium.com
June 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"We are wired to associate fluency with accuracy..."
Sounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AI by Adebayo Afolabi
medium.com/no-time/soun...
medium.com/no-time/soun...
Sounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AI
June 22, 2026. I was sitting with an article I’d written about Xiaomi phones, making edits, cleaning things up. Nothing out of the…
medium.com
June 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Sounds Right, Feels Wrong: Our Dangerous Flaw of Forgetting to Fact-Check AI by Adebayo Afolabi
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Who was Amílcar Cabral, and why does his legacy still matter today? He was a revolutionary leader, thinker, and strategist whose ideas on decolonisation connected ideas with action and continue to influence scholars, activists, and movements around the world.
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
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Amílcar Cabral: To Be Mountains, To Return to the Source of Power
Assassinated 20 January 1973. Yet still today we cry “Viva Cabral! Viva!”
folukeafrica.com
June 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Who was Amílcar Cabral, and why does his legacy still matter today? He was a revolutionary leader, thinker, and strategist whose ideas on decolonisation connected ideas with action and continue to influence scholars, activists, and movements around the world.
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
folukeafrica.com/amilcar-cabr...
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Life Update:
I’m finally employed again. And I’m getting paid to play with dogs all day. I accepted a position as a shift lead at a pet boarding facility. I started this week. I’m so sore but I’ve gotten an incalculable amount of puppy kisses… it’s so worth it.
I’m finally employed again. And I’m getting paid to play with dogs all day. I accepted a position as a shift lead at a pet boarding facility. I started this week. I’m so sore but I’ve gotten an incalculable amount of puppy kisses… it’s so worth it.
June 13, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Life Update:
I’m finally employed again. And I’m getting paid to play with dogs all day. I accepted a position as a shift lead at a pet boarding facility. I started this week. I’m so sore but I’ve gotten an incalculable amount of puppy kisses… it’s so worth it.
I’m finally employed again. And I’m getting paid to play with dogs all day. I accepted a position as a shift lead at a pet boarding facility. I started this week. I’m so sore but I’ve gotten an incalculable amount of puppy kisses… it’s so worth it.
Every atrocity in history had paperwork, bureaucrats, and people just doing their jobs.
What's a hill you'll die on?
June 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Every atrocity in history had paperwork, bureaucrats, and people just doing their jobs.
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Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks reut.rs/43kegdd
Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks
Armed bandits in northwest Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting the region's worsening security.
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June 9, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks reut.rs/43kegdd
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Alex Iwobi will get his 100th cap for Nigeria on Wednesday if he plays against Portugal.
June 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Alex Iwobi will get his 100th cap for Nigeria on Wednesday if he plays against Portugal.
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I still don't get why the Europeans are quiet about it. They made more noise about Qatar & Russia, and they didn't do half this shit
Denying sports personalities visas to a World Cup is wild. These are not random people.
June 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I still don't get why the Europeans are quiet about it. They made more noise about Qatar & Russia, and they didn't do half this shit
Denying sports personalities visas to a World Cup is wild. These are not random people.
June 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Denying sports personalities visas to a World Cup is wild. These are not random people.
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A literacy crisis means people are struggling to UNDERSTAND what they are reading, not that people can't necessarily read.
June 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
A literacy crisis means people are struggling to UNDERSTAND what they are reading, not that people can't necessarily read.
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Two separate incidents on 15 May
In total almost 100 children and their tutors abducted
www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-...
In total almost 100 children and their tutors abducted
www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-...
May 28, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Two separate incidents on 15 May
In total almost 100 children and their tutors abducted
www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-...
In total almost 100 children and their tutors abducted
www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-...
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how did we go from “reduce your carbon footprint” to building data centers everywhere
May 27, 2026 at 12:52 AM
how did we go from “reduce your carbon footprint” to building data centers everywhere
Today is Children's Day and dozens of Nigerian children are still missing, abducted from their classrooms by bandits 12 days ago.
Their teacher was beheaded in captivity. On camera.
The President has not said a single word.
Not one.
Bring them home. 🙏🏾🇳🇬
#Nigeria
Their teacher was beheaded in captivity. On camera.
The President has not said a single word.
Not one.
Bring them home. 🙏🏾🇳🇬
#Nigeria
May 27, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Today is Children's Day and dozens of Nigerian children are still missing, abducted from their classrooms by bandits 12 days ago.
Their teacher was beheaded in captivity. On camera.
The President has not said a single word.
Not one.
Bring them home. 🙏🏾🇳🇬
#Nigeria
Their teacher was beheaded in captivity. On camera.
The President has not said a single word.
Not one.
Bring them home. 🙏🏾🇳🇬
#Nigeria