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Did you pour him Pepsi and he refused to wake up?🤔🤔😂 #verydarkman #cement #Airpeace #indomie #timini #Imota #200k in Nigeria

Yes democracy is a Western tool against African sovereignty

Are we really going to continue running for the rest of our miserable lives on this green planet?

I could have exited with bang last year and taken the entire platform down with me, like these this same group of people did when they took the Parallel Facts website down while exiting before they invested in WAW 3 years ago. But I'm not that kind of person. I had grouses. I had beef. But I won't destroy something I built just because I have beef with someone who is running it. I'd rather leave it for the person and go do my own thing, which is exactly what I did. It's like the biblical story of Solomon and the 2 women claiming to be a child's mother. It's easy to see who the real mother is by gauging who is willing to light it on fire to prove a point. West Africa Weekly was my child. I told the story of how it began in my book. I was living in this dirty Airbnb studio apartment in a dingy building called French Hostel in Akweteyman, Achimota, Accra. It was called French Hostel because most of the tenants were students from Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon. This was where I was at rock bottom in 2021. Still winded and confused from ending up in exile after End SARS, running out of money and options, waking up everyday and wondering where the hell I fit in this new world post-October 20. Then someone here on Twitter tagged me on a post about something called the 'Substack Local Fellowship', and even though I wasn't really sure whether I wanted to go back to investigative journalism, it was at least a temporary way out of my existential conundrum. In my application, I named the prospective newsletter "West Africa Weekly", because I thought I would put out a new piece every week and since I was in Ghana, I wanted to cover Ghanaian stories too. I ended up getting it, and they asked me to nominate a graphic artist and editor. I nominated my editor from @NewsWireNGR, @TheFavoredWoman and that was how it all began. Just me in a cheap, dingy apartment that had a cockroach problem, a cheap Dell Latitude laptop, a Vodafone 4G MiFi router, the promise of a $7,500 funding tranche every 3 months, some editorial support from Fola, and however far I was willing to go to get a great story. That's where all of this began. Just me and my cheap laptop in an urban slum somewhere in Accra. From there, the world heard my voice. I told Itunu Babalola's story and nearly got arrested in Cote d'Ivoire in the process. I went after loan sharks owned by Chinese triads. I went after Nigeria's biggest corporates. I told the story that could have ended my career because of how close I was to it. I went after a drug lord-turned-politician who was running for president, and eventually won. I took the FBI, CIA, DEA, IRS, USAO and State Dept to court and won, only for them to refuse to carry out the court order to date. Somewhere along the line I was granted political asylum and I got taken into the journalistic equivalent of a witness protection program because my life was under threat. Nigeria's National Intelligence Agency attempted to kidnap me from Ghana. It was the craziest adventure of my life, and it was nearly the last one. So naturally when it was time to accept investment and move this operation from one crazy daredevil with his newsletter and YouTube channel to a structured operation with a board and reporters and HR, I wasn't going to say no. I was tired and I needed to rest. And so despite all the subsequent humiliations, annoyances and grievances after I let other people control what I built, I was never going to burn it all down just because my time there was up. My baby is always my baby regardless of who controls it. Most people are just finding out today that I left WAW nearly 8 months ago, only because the new management decided to act this drama on the TL. They will be fine or not. I wish this could have been handled differently, but to each his own. Nobody can take my memories away from me, and I will always remember what I built. Not what it has become. Peace and love be unto ye. 👋🏿

The problem is that you lot are easily manipulated and distracted, David wouldn’t steal a dime of anyone’s money, and if he is a man ruled by avarice, it wouldn’t be the kobo kobo of the news platform he founded, where he’s unpaid, that he’d steal. This is a hatchet job..

That's because my personal Substack (davidhundeyin.substack.com) is a completely separate entity to West Africa Weekly. WAW started off on Substack, but the moment you guys invested in 2023, you made it very clear that WAW would be a standalone website (westafricaweekly.com) and the Substack platform would revert to me, which is why I changed the name from 'westafricaweekly.substack.com' to 'davidhundeyin.substack.com.' Yes, I have 160 paid subscribers there, which is the sole result of the sweat of my own brow, without your help or involvement. I built that subscriber base while writing dangerous stories inside a safe house in Central Accra with armed police patrolling outside. Were you bunch of barawos under the impression that you were entitled to what I built without you that was not covered by the purchase agreement? What did you think you were paying for? A slave? I left WAW since last year and I didn't make a song and dance about it, but since you people want to behave like a scorned ex on the internet, let me remind you that I still own half of this company, and in fact I still control many of its digital assets. Its Instagram page is literally under my personal Meta accounts centre. Ditto its LinkedIn page. I took these screen recordings less than 10 minutes ago showing that as of right now, I still have full access to the WordPress backend, Zoho email suite and Zoho Cliq workplace. If you "disengaged" me for "financial irresponsibility", kindly explain why I still have full access to all of your backends? Because you know what actually happened - I left WAW to found The Spearhead in August 2025, and you are angry because everything useful about the platform left with me, including its 2 best reporters, and in just 6 months of operation, we have created much better material and outperformed post-2023 WAW by every metric available. You know that I was right about everything. I was right about pivoting away from Nigerian news and Obidient-slop to focus on more important African geopolitical content. I was right about investing real money in creating visual content. I was right about looking beyond Nigeria for an audience. I was right about hiring a full time Sahel reporter. I was right about the fact that you needed to let go of the dream of WAW becoming a mainstream media outlet making money the conventional Nigerian media way, because the gatekeepers would never let you in simply based on the platform's association with me. I was right about boosting reporters' pay instead of expecting miracles from somebody's child whom you're paying N110,000/month to be a field reporter in Lagos. And now, instead of accepting that I was right about everything and that you know nothing about journalism or media business, your petulant response to your own horrible failure is to try to throw mud on my name and to destroy the platform in the process - a platform that you did create and whose value you cannot possibly understand because you're so poor that all you have is money. Well, you can't destroy a reputation that you didn't build. Many before you have tried. You won't be the last. The Mayowa and Kangmwa that you used to mock for being broke and unpolished have now traveled and seen the world perhaps more so than you have. They now create great material that the whole world now sees and engages with. You're still there paying people peanuts and looking for NNPC advert gigs that you will never get. Like many diasporans, once you have some small $5 in your pocket, you think everyone back home should kneel before you. After dealing with racism and insults to make your 2 kobo in Houston, you now come to reflect the same energy back to your people in Lagos because that makes you feel good about your life. Whatever floats your boat. But from the bottom of my heart, I don't care. I am better than you and there's nothing you can do about it. My offer remains open: if you can, buy me out and do what you want with WAW. I have moved on.

Unlearning is a tougher skill than learning.🤦🏽‍♂️

@WestAfricaWeek Miss he owns you, don’t bring this rubbish take here, he founded you, please don’t go this route

Mr. Hundeyin's disengagement was due to repeated, and documented financial irresponsibility. The Board members no longer had confidence in his commitment to the core principles of WAW or in his work ethic. In due time, more communication will be made available on these issues.

"Disengagement"🤷🏿🤷🏿🤷🏿🤷🏿🤷🏿 My brothers in Christ, I still own 50% of the company in case you have forgotten. I was never an employee and I was never paid a salary. I founded the whole damn thing and you just came along for the ride. It was basically a passion project for me, before I decided to focus my energy elsewhere. "Financial irresponsibility" on top free work? "Financial irresponsibility" based on what finance???? Who drank alcohol and made this ridiculous tweet? On a handle that I personally created in 2021 and later verified using my Revolut card? Is everything OK over there????

As I have mentioned before, I ceased to be the owner and majority shareholder of @WestAfricaWeek since December 2023, and I ceased all day to day involvement in the running of the platform in August 2025. I am proud of what I accomplished at West Africa Weekly, having taken it from a Substack newsletter I created in a dingy Airbnb in Akweteyman, to Nigeria's premier investigative journalism newsletter, and then to a significant regional West African publication that attracted investment that came with a team of bright young reporters. However, all good things come to an end and I made the decision last year to pursue a new journalistic direction with @Spearhead_Af. I am openly, explicitly and unapologetically Pan-Africanist in my journalistic outlook, and the team at The Spearhead - which includes some familiar faces from West Africa Weekly like @joyfwen and @mayordeah_ - shares a similar worldview. And while I am not a cheerleader for any individual, I can indeed be described as "Pro-Traoré" as you put it, because Ibrahim Traoré's politics closely track with mine. For the record, I completely disagree with the context, framing and tone of the WAW article in question, and if I were still the substantive E-I-C, such an article would never have been published under my watch. Any reporter who worked there will tell you that one of my most regularly repeated editorial phrases was "Why does this sound like BBC Africa? Please fix it." In fact it was partially because of my ideological disagreement with the board over issues including editorial framing and political direction that I decided to make my exit. I wanted WAW to pursue an ideologically Pan-Africanist editorial strategy. The board, made up mostly of Nigerian diasporans living in western countries did not want to potentially pick a fight with the US government. They wanted WAW to become the "Obidient" news platform that offered only soft occasional criticism of US foreign policy. I wanted something entirely different. I wish it well in it's future endeavours, and I still remain a significant minority shareholder at WAW, but I have to publicly dissociate myself from its current editorial direction. I am not involved, it has nothing to do with me and I do not agree with it.

Tinubu in Jos Confirms ‘Don't Vote for Me’ Prediction on Power Supply During the 2023 campaign, President Tinubu made a clear electoral promise: “If I don’t give you constant electricity in four years, don’t vote for me for a second term.” When he took office in 2023, Nigeria had a power supply of over 4,000 megawatts and lower tariffs. Today, the electricity power supply is less than 4,000 megawatts on the average, and Nigerians are paying higher tariffs. Nigeria currently has the lowest per capita electricity consumption in the world, with a rate below 30% of the African average. Africa’s average is 617kwh, Nigeria’s is 144 kWh. This means that Nigerians consume least electricity than other Africans. In a glaring display of disregard for promises and a lack of trust, President Tinubu, during a brief airport stopover to visit grieving families of the Jos attack on Thursday, April 2, 2026, stated that one of the reasons for his 10-minute stay was that the airport had no electricity. “You have no light here I fly out in ten minutes” At a time when Nigerians are enduring days without power, our leaders cannot even stay a few minutes without it. Now is the time to stop incompetent leaders—those lacking the capacity and compassion—who prioritise their own comfort over the well-being of the people and make empty promises. A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

Lee Kwan Yew whom everyone loves to glaze, ruled Singapore for 31 years Straight. His Son did 20 Years 😂😂😂😂. That's a combined 51 Years from one Family. China isn't Democratic by Western Standards, India Is. I'll have China's Development. Let this foolish talk end

You guys dont get it, a democratically elected president that makes it illegal to criticize Israel and sells all national resources to US/European companies is way better than some lowly dictator who builds public housing, increases the literacy rate and doesn’t rely on the IMF

Granted everyone was collectively stupid between 2011-2015, but as you got wiser in 2023, what stopped you from correcting it? The same foreign influences you are dismissing. 2027 will come and you will fail to correct it, because for you, the CIA is a myth. I have said it many times, Nigerians are never going to solve Nigeria’s problems as long as they keep refusing to acknowledge the root of these problems. Have a nice evening.

I'm not eligible. My name isn't in the Epstein files.

Marco Rubio has a genius plan to weaponise Twitter against anyone who disagrees with the USA bombing brown people halfway around the world. Spoiler alert: It's already doomed to fail

Professor Marandi is a US citizen born in Richmond, Virginia. He is eligible to be elected US President. He is much smarter than either Trump or Biden.

Leadership Without Compassion is Not Leadership During his visit to Benue State in June 2025, Bola Ahmed Tinubu stopped at the Government House but did not go to the actual scene where innocent Nigerians lost their lives. Similarly, yesterday in Jos, his engagement ended at the airport instead of at the affected communities. What happened in Plateau yesterday highlights a complete absence of leadership. True leadership requires presence, empathy, compassion, and a willingness to meet people where their pain truly lies. For citizens who have just lost loved ones, homes, and their sense of safety, being addressed from an airport tarmac is profoundly inadequate. This approach exacerbates the sense of abandonment already felt by innocent Nigerians who have endured repeated cycles of violence without meaningful protection or justice. Plateau deserves more than distant words; it requires urgent action and a clear commitment to ending the insecurity that continues to claim innocent lives. In such moments, leadership must not only be visible but also tangible—standing with victims, listening to survivors, and acknowledging the depth of their grief. If we truly desire a better Nigeria, we must demand leadership that is present, responsive, and responsible at all times. A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

A reminder that a kg of cooking gas in Iran (a country at war) is less than N200 ($0.15). How were they able to do it? Simple: they have spent the last 4 to 5 decades resisting American interference. Every resource in Iran is nationalized. If you want your suffering to end in Nigeria, America and Israel have to stay away from your business. The more you welcome America and Israel, the more your gas prices go up. It is as simple as that.

Your orange Führer just bombed a bridge in Iran yesterday. Destroying civilian infrastructure is a war crime according to your organisation. When are we expecting your report on war crimes by the US military, which commits the most war crimes on the planet? Yeah, thought so.

Whoever the idiot is that is trying to place a Community Note on @Spearhead_Af's video, using the Silent Slaughter report as a "source", perhaps you are not aware that The Spearhead's CEO - David Hundeyin - actually worked on that report, and he was the first person on the planet to publicly release it, which he did during a live interview on Arise TV in April 2021. That report did NOT "compile a report of a genocide in Nigeria dating back 20 years". Its entire reporting scope spanned 2016 - 2019, and its primary method for establishing "genocide against Christians" was to compile death certificates from communities affected by terror attacks - which was obviously a flawed and dishonest methodology because Muslims bury their dead before sunset and are far less likely to obtain death certificates, whereas Christians are far more likely to deposit their dead at a mortuary, which requires death certificates for bodies to be admitted. Source: MYSELF. I WORKED ON THE FUCKING THING. The names on the report were Richard Ikiebe, Stephen Enada, Obadiah Mailafia, Ayo Adedoyin et al. I am one of the "et al" you fucking idiot! Imagine one soft-brained Nigerian idiot with an unwashed ass trying to community note me about my own work!