<p><strong>The best place to die is Nigeria.</strong></p><p>Hear me out.</p><p>Attention.</p><p>A gathering to mark the day. </p><p>Media coverage and the possibility of fame, all in the uncomplicated act of dying.</p><p> What more could you ask for?</p><p>But, and this is important, you must do it right. Otherwise, you will be ashes for nothing.</p><p><strong>Step one: pick your crime wisely.</strong></p><p>Some crimes are popular, like roasted meat, suya at the junction. Everyone knows it. Smoky, sizzling, slightly charred, leaving mouths watering and tongues wagging. Everyone talks about it, laughs about it, warns about it. </p><p>Other crimes are secretive, like kidnapping. Many try. Few succeed. Fewer get caught.</p><p><em>And you must be caught.</em></p><p><strong>Step two: choose your audience.</strong></p><p>The bigger, the better.</p><p> Crowds gather like moths to flames, buzzing and circling, waiting for drama. But remember, the right audience depends on the crime. A petty thief attracts neighborhood gossips. A bigger sin pulls in the whole city.</p><p><strong>Step three: make sure someone is holding a phone.</strong></p><p>Preferably several. Every twitch, every sweat drop, every gasp should be captured. </p><p>How else will anyone know you existed?</p><p><strong>Step four: timing is everything.</strong></p><p>You do not want to die on a slow day. Pick a time when people are already outside, when the sun is harsh and even boredom is looking for entertainment.</p><p>Afternoons work best.</p><p>Markets definitely help.</p><p>Fuel queues are excellent.</p><p>People are already gathered, simply waiting for something to happen. You might as well be useful.</p><p>Arrive too early and you will miss your crowd.</p><p>Arrive too late and they will miss it.</p><p>Think of it like a pot of soup. Too much heat and everything burns. Too little and nothing happens, just time wastage.</p><p><strong>Step five: perform.</strong></p><p>This is not the time to be shy.</p><p>Move.</p><p>Speak.</p><p>Beg a little if you must.</p><p>Argue if you have the strength.</p><p>A good performance keeps people watching. Silence makes them impatient.</p><p>Remember, this is not just your death.</p><p>It is content.</p><p>Someone will narrate what you did wrong. </p><p>Someone will suggest what should be done next. Someone will swear they saw everything from the beginning.</p><p>But remember, you are being recorded.</p><p>Do your part well!</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Step six: control the ending.</strong></p><p>This is where most people fail.</p><p>You think you will have more time.</p><p> You think you can explain yourself. </p><p>You think the crowd will wait for the part where everything makes sense.</p><p>They do not.</p><p>Someone will shout first. Not a command nor a verdict, just the sound of anger looking for a body.</p><p>Someone else will agree, and let me tell you, agreement spreads as fast as fire.</p><p>You should try to speak.</p><p>Your words should trip over themselves.</p><p>Your mouth should open and close like it is practicing drowning.</p><p>But know that it will not matter, because explanations are for quiet rooms, not open streets.</p><p>Something will hit you.</p><p>You will not see who threw it.</p><p>The smell will come before the pain.</p><p>Sharp. Familiar. Like fuel queues. Like generators. Like smoked meat.</p><p>This is where the performance ends.</p><p>The phones will rise higher now.</p><p>Closer.</p><p>Steadier.</p><p>Someone will say this is too much.</p><p>Someone will say it is deserved.</p><p>Someone will say nothing at all and keep recording.</p><p>Heat will erase whatever plan you had left.</p><p>You wanted witnesses.</p><p>You will get them.</p><p>You wanted to be seen.</p><p>All eyes are on you.</p><p>And as the fire settles into you, as noise turns into a dull ringing, remember,</p><p>You did everything right.</p><p>Nigeria will do the rest.</p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to 7 people with the best insights in the past month. The 7 winners are picked
by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
All-time Contributors
All-time Engagers
Top Monthly Contributors
Top Monthly Engagers
Most Active Colleges
Contributor Score
The all-time ranking is based on users' Contributor Score, which is a measure of all
the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
Here is a list of metrics that are used to calcuate your contributor score, arranged from
the metric with the highest weighting, to the one with the lowest weighting.
1
Subscriptions received
2
Tips received
3
Comments (excluding replies)
4
Upvotes
5
Views
6
Number of insights published
Engagement Score
The All-time Engagers ranking is based on a user's Engagement Score — a measure of how much a
user engages with other users' content via comments and upvotes.
Here is a list of metrics that are used to calcuate the Engagement Score, arranged from
the metric with the highest weighting, to the one with the lowest weighting.
1
A user's comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's upvotes
Monthly Score
The Top Monthly Contributors ranking is a monthly metric indicating how users respond to your posts, not just how many you publish.
We look at three main things:
1
How strong your best post is —
Your highest-scoring post this month carries the most weight. One great post can take you far.
2
How consistent the engagement you receive is —
We also look at the average score of all your posts. If your work keeps getting good reactions, you get a boost.
3
How consistent the engagement you receive is —
Posting more helps — but only a little.
Extra posts give a small bonus that grows slowly, so quality always matters more than quantity.
In simple terms:
A great post beats many ignored posts
Consistently engaging posts beat one lucky hit
Spamming low-engagement posts won't help
Tips, comments, and upvotes from others matter most
This ranking is designed to reward
Thoughtful, high-quality posts
Real engagement from the community
Consistency over time — without punishing you for posting again
The Top Monthly Contributors leaderboard reflects what truly resonates, not just who posts the most.
Top Monthly Engagers
The Top Monthly Engagers ranking tracks the most active engagers on a monthly basis
Here is what we look at
1
A user's monthly comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's monthly upvotes
Most Active Colleges
The Most Active Colleges ranking is a list of the most active contributors on TwoCents, grouped by the
colleges/universities they attend(ed)
Here is what we look at
1
All insights posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels)
2
All comments posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels) —
excluding replies
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
Comments