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Well, she happened to have randomly walked into the shoot while hawking her agege bread and made the picture even more beautiful.
Falling in love with the photo and the lady’s gracefulness, TY Bello via her Twitter and Instagram pages expressed her interest in meeting her and probably making her a model.
Everyones bn asking if this lady is a model .pure coincidence .she walked unto d set.id love to help her be one tho pic.twitter.com/tL1GMkxihk
But because people don’t mind their business and like to criticise what doesn’t appear normal to them, an American follower dissed Olamide’s shoes on Wale’s Instagram page.
Being the true Nigerian that he is, he didn’t mince words and dished it right back.
We are so proud!
People of different cultures have their various ways of dressing and that should be respected regardless of wherever they may be from.
From the stables of EVCL studios is this cartoon series aimed at educating children between the preschool and toddler ages.
Learning just got more interesting and creative.
The cartoon series was created to reach out to African children within and outside the continent by providing information on African history through entertainment and fun.
The need to help African children connect with their heritage prompted the EVCL team to create the series in 2010.
The characters are siblings who go on really awesome adventures with their friend, Zeena the butterfly.
Based in a modern African city setting, Bino and Fino live with their grandparents, Mama Mama and Papa Papa.
Topics such as female empowerment, geography and also the ways of life of people of other cultures are explored during their adventures.
The cartoon has been viewed across countries like Nigeria, South Africa and even the UK.
Some of their videos are on their Youtube channel, while more episodes can be bought off their website.
You can watch the official trailer of Bino and Fino here.
On January 27th 2016, an epic trailer fight occurred between Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose.
It all started when Wiz made some ‘innocent comments’ that included the letters ‘KK’ which turned kanye into the next Meek Mill.
Kanye then tried to come for Amber. But Amber Rose is the queen of all clapbacks!
But that’s not what this post is about. This post is about the hilarious memes and tweets that the internet has created. Here are 13 of our favourite:
1. This one about Kim’s reaction to Amber Rose’s clap back.
Just look at Kanye’s face.
2. After playing with Kanye’s booty, Amber Rose be like…
One of the things that has accompanied Nigeria’s vast cultural diversity is stereotypes.
Naturally, stereotypes aren’t necessarily true and can draw lines of division. Sometimes they are hilarious and this artist brought the hilarious side of some of these common stereotypes into his art.
The 22 year old graduate of Geophysics from Covenant University uses the Japanese animation, Chibi art style, to create his art pieces.
The Chibi art style originated from the appearance of the Japanese anime characters and has been used to create several other graphic art.
Ajoku David Uchenna shares tribal bonds from the Igbo and Yoruba tribes of Nigeria and got inspired by the common cultural stereotypes on Nigerian Twitter.
He aspires to create more art in preparation of a comic series similar to Archie and Juggle head, done Naija style, of course.
Bayo, The Yoruba Demon.
Emeka, The Igbo demon.
All his characters bear tails because he believes that demons aren’t necessarily Yoruba and that Nigerians generally love to live the baby boy/girl lifestyle, wearing nice trad and turning up at Owambe parties.
.. And this one for Owambe lovers.
David also doubles as a photographer and works at a Nigerian NGO ACSI when he isn’t creating art.
What happens when Naija music gets a Middle Eastern twist to it?
A Moroccan parody channel, Barbapappa shared videos of a group that make the coolest remixes of Naija songs.
To mix things up the guys sing in Darija, which is a Moroccan derivation of Arabic, and also use Gnawi instruments to modify the beat of the songs. We have compiled some of their videos but you can find more on Barbapappa’s Facebook and Youtube pages.
Their version of P Square’s “Shekini” titled “Hek Lili Nifi”.
Their own version of Runtown’s “Gallardo” called “Wili wili wili”.
These Moroccan guys also created a remix of South African artist, Mafikizolo’s “Khona” parodied as “Khouna kijak lfoul”.
Unfortunately disability is usually treated as an ailment that can be healed only by pity and miracles. As a result, constructive advise and moral support is hardly offered to families of the disabled.
This Zambian shared the reactions he faced when he visited the hospital with his son.
So imma tell my story. This is me and my boy, Mulos jnr. He's eight and has Cerebral Palsy.
On Thursday, there was a prolonged – honestly annoying – argument by Nigerians about what to say or not say to a woman when you’re having an argument. You may not have been present for the argument, but we don’t want to attend any funerals, so we made a list of the tweets for you:
1. “You’re wrong”
Once you say that, you might as well place an order for your coffin. A woman is never wrong in an argument.
2. “Calm down”
Start praying for that man, because he’s about to never have peace again. You people should learn. No woman that’s ever been told to calm down actually calms down.
3. “You’re overreacting”
Under no circumstances, should this leave your mouth. I mean, you can think it, but do not so much as breathe it out.
4. “Let’s talk about it tomorrow”
No one has patience for that! Also what are you doing that we can’t talk about it now?
5. “Go straight to the point”
Wow! You don’t seem to want the argument to end. Let her make all her secondary points before getting to the primary point.
6. “Okay”
LOL! After the long essay, you think you should say “Okay”?
7. “You won’t understand”
Are you trying to say she’s stupid? For real?
8. “Do what you want”
What’s this one saying? Please behave and give your opinion so she can yell at you for it.
9. “Is that why you’re angry?”
Wait, what? The reason is not good enough? Guys need to learn!
10. “It’s not that deep”
Wow.
11. “Whatever”
You cannot show flippancy when arguing with your woman, all she wants to see is remorse!
12. “Why are you being so emotional?”
When you say this, she will go dangerously still. Don’t breathe, bruh.
13. “You just want to be angry”
Now, you’re just inviting the devil in.
14. “This is too much drama”
Really? Say God.
15. “Seen”
It’s like you people want the stress. Why would you say ‘seen’ when another person is angry?
16. “I don’t know what you want me to say”
Rude!
17. “So what do you want from me?”
Sigh! An apology, for you to have a clue…the list goes on.
18. “Can I talk?”
No!! She really doesn’t want to hear from you right now!
You’d have thought that the world would have moved on and forgotten about the 419 scammers that gave Nigeria a bad name. But we came across something that shows otherwise.
In an episode of an American TV show called Blackish, the kids made reference to Nigeria.
The siblings tell their brother that the girl he’s been chatting with isn’t genuine.
The girl says, “At best this is a middle-aged Nigerian who wants your money or kidney.”
Africa in all her glory has witnessed the good, the sad and the really ugly. This Twitter page @Africanarchives is dedicated to portraying history of African people. These tweets show what Africa looked like and the things Africans experienced in the hands of the colonial masters.
1. The last Queen of Rwanda.
The last queen of Rwanda, Rosalie Gicanda (who married King Mutara Rudahigwa 1942) pic.twitter.com/lGMjdwQiRt
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) January 7, 2016
Her murder triggered the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) January 7, 2016
King Leopold II of Belgium was said to be at the fore front of the genocide and rape of 10 million Congolese people during his colonial rule of the country.
3. The brutality they faced under his reign.
Congolese under rule of King Leopold II of Belgium with their hands chopped off for not meeting rubber quotas. pic.twitter.com/oFRT2sRSC2
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) January 7, 2016
In 1904, Ota Benga was kidnapped from Congo, and taken to US and exhibited at the Bronx Zoo with monkeys. pic.twitter.com/zAc4X1USuY
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) January 7, 2016
Ota Benga was a Congolese pygmy kidnapped from Congo and exhibited in the primate house of the Bronx Zoo because he was thought to be one of the degenerate descendants of ordinary negroes.
Piers Morgan has been known to give epic clapbacks to those who come for him or have something negative to say about his opinion, in the past.
So when he commented in a tweet about how Asia’s growth has been astronomical compared to the United States and a follower had choice words to say, trust Piers to not keep quiet about it.
He tweeted:
Still a massive growth gap between China & its once dominant rival America. Bit like Arsenal's lead over Chelsea. https://t.co/51g2XM0qEZ
1. Politician, Chief of Staff to Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo state is also known as Igodomigodo.
Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, when he’s not carrying out his political duties, he is busy making us grab our dictionaries as we try to understand his incredibly complex English. Here are some of the most hilarious speeches he has given:
2. When he addressed Unilag students at the United Nations International Youths Day.
3. When he gave his opinion on the Rivers state crisis of 2015.
4. When he was passionate about the controversy going on in Edo state.
5. When he said what he really felt about the opposition party.
6. When he said “Rejectmenta”.
7. When he apologized to his audience.
8. When he complained about the state of some roads in the country.
Remember Bashir, who didn’t have an opportunity to go to school, but decided to make the best of his situation by starting a small business as a barrow boy to help his family?
We have a few updates on him.
When Claire Anyanwu shared Bashir’s story, it went viral!
Through Claire’s post, the interest of Nigerians and people around the world were roused and they asked for ways to ask Bashir.
Yakubu a fellow mai barrow boy, who also dropped out of school to support his family, saw what was happening in Bashir’s life and he wanted in on it. So, Claire took Bashir, along with his friend, Yakubu, to her workplace and her husband’s office, as a way of building trust to enable her help them.
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Claire and her husband currently bear the expenses of taking care of the two boys until a way to apply any funds raised for the boys is worked out. Claire also plans to find more young boys who dropped out of school to join the barrow business due to poverty and set up a trust fund with able administrators to help as many as possible go back to school.
As there wouldn’t be anyone to send money back to their families when they begin school, Yakubu decided he didn’t want to go back to school anymore.
So Claire decided that the boys would still be paid the money they would have made if they were barrow pushing –while they go to school. This way they will be comfortable going back to school, while being aware that they will not also be lagging behind in their responsibilities.
She also made the journey to boys’ houses to know where the live and it has further strengthened her resolve to help them out of their situation.
Bashir and Claire are of different tribes. But that didn’t stop Claire from helping a fellow Nigerian. This goes to show that love can indeed take us far as a nation.
It also shows that we who take our education for granted should be thankful for the privilege we have and use it wisely.
A young woman got motivated and decided to build on D’banj’s original idea by simply creating a twitter account with the name (@kokobusiness) for the startups to promote their work.
Chidinma Ughamadu who studied Management Information System at Covenant university saw an opportunity in the trend and grabbed it as a sharp Nigerian lady.
You can publicize details of your startup business via her twitter account @kokobusiness.
Her instagram page is @deenma_.
It is about time for the world to get that Nigerian women are amazing and winning at life.
When Youtube lifestyle channel, BattaBox took to their Facebook to find out if Nigerians could marry a white person, there were reactions in the video and more from the comments section.
Some people argued that Nigerians marry white people solely for financial security and other material gains.
Some even said it was against Nigerian culture to marry a foreigner.
David Lynch, a Caucasian man married to a Nigerian woman, Omonefe had this to say on their Facebook page.
“I am oyibo and I married my Nigerian wife, Omonefe Lynch for the benefits. Especially stew, pounded yam, egusi soup and Star beer. Plus she has given me beautiful children, she has inspired me to be successful in my life and she has enriched me with Nigerian culture and the opportunity to travel to Nigeria often and enjoy the beautiful country. I have benefited from the marriage more than she has.”
Social media undoubtedly has a huge influence in our lives, whether we like it or not. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the rest are our daily bread. When we wake up in the morning, we instantly reach for our phones just to find out what happened while we were out cold.
Just like there are two sides to everything, social media has its good and bad parts. It’s a tool we can use however we want to.
Remember Edward Onoriode, the police officer who defuses bombs for a living?
He’s one of the reasons why we haven’t lost our faith in the Nigerian police. Well, he’s here to inspire us again with words of wisdom. This time, it’s about how using social media positively helped him get a job.
Edward is currently a peace ambassador to Africa under AUPOL (Africa Union Police) and he got this job all thanks to social media – Facebook to be exact.
Read his story:
What type of friends do you keep online?
Millions of people are on Facebook but are not making the best out of it. What has most of you people gained being on Facebook everyday? What type of friends do most of you keep on Facebook? Are you on Facebook to read gossips alone, make jokes alone, criticise politicians alone, ridicule religious people alone, scam people or defraud innocent people? Are you on Facebook looking for that important connection that will skyrocket you to the next level in life, do business online, post pictures alone, writes stories, talk about sex and relationship alone…etc…? What type of friends do you keep online? Or are you the type that is always on Facebook hunting for the opposite sex or same sex just to satisfy your sexual urge? Are your Facebook friends the type that will bring out the best in you? Are they the type that will make you become something out of nothing? Remember, there are so many opportunities being online mostly on Facebook. Are you taking advantage of those wide range opportunities? Or you are just on Facebook for Facebook sake?
Many years ago, I kept my identity very secret. Only a very few Facebook friends knew am a police officer because I wasn’t too proud to tell the world am a policeman. I felt I’ll be stereotyped if I come out open. I never knew I was only deceiving myself and fooling myself all those while. I was ashamed to be identified as a Policeman until I met Mr Remi Adeoye on Facebook who is so proud of his job and display it without minding whose ox is being gored. He changed my psyche and perception about the job I do for a living. He made me to understand I should be proud of what I do for a living. He made me to realize I can change the face and thinking of most police officers if I come out open. He made me to realize with my boldness to issues, I can change the perception most people have towards the police. He made me to realize my achievement in life is because of the job I do for a living despite being a rank and file in the police something many senior police officers haven’t achieved and are dreaming to achieve. All his advise were well noted by me and I thought about them for a while and that’s why I came out open. Today, am so proud to be called a Police officer and an EOD personnel.
Me and Mr Remi Adeoye haven’t really met in person. We are just friends online. He love some of my articles and I love almost all of his articles. We bonded like father and son. He chat with me like we are age mate. He advise me like am his biological son. He talk to me like a colleague, brother, friend and son that have knew each other for ages. He mentor me both on marital issues, social issues, economical issues, financial management, religious matters and how to be professional in my job and duty. He’s one Facebook friend I’ll forever be grateful to have and I want to take that relationship beyond Facebook. In fact, he’s my Facebook man with a golden heart of the year and beyond.
Last year, we were chatting as usual and he told me he’d like to recommend me as a peace ambassador to Africa under AUPOL (Africa Union Police). I thought he was joking. He requested for my particulars and I reluctantly gave it to him not really hoping anything good will come out of it due to the Nigerian factor.
Two months after I gave Mr Remi Adeoye my particulars, i was on duty one faithful morning when I received a call from Abuja that I should report at Abuja the following day by 7am for screening and interview at the Directorate of peacekeeping mission camp. I was mute for minutes and all I could say afterward was “YES SIR!”
I was confused when I dropped the call. “How can I be in Abuja the following day by 7am without preparing for such unprecedented journey?” I thought to myself.
Abuja from Lagos is not Ibadan from Lagos nor Sango from Lagos. I quickly sent some messages to Mr Remi Adeoye confirming the call I just received and he confirmed it and told me to report at Abuja at the said time because some inspectors are actually coming from Egypt, Uganda, and Kenya to screen prospective volunteers.
Immediately, I placed a call to my wife and told her to leave her shop and head home to help me get some few belongings that am going to Abuja that night.
That day, I took a night bus to Abuja hoping that I’ll arrive at Abuja hopefully before 6am and prepare for the screening that is slated for 7am. Unfortunately for me, the bus I boarded was involved in a minor motor accident and I ended up arriving Abuja at 12:30pm. It was really emotional. I don’t have Mr Remi Adeoye number and the only means I can reach him is via Facebook. I quickly sent him some messages telling him all that happened on my way to Abuja. Luckily for me, Mr Remi Adeoye is very penchant and always online on Facebook. He replied me immediately and told me what to do. When I got to the screening camp, my name has already been strucked out because I wasn’t around when the inspectors called my name. I quickly sent another message to Mr Remi Adeoye again, he replied me and told me he’ll call the inspector on phone to admit me which he did. I was admitted and I was the last person to be screened that day. Sadly, I didn’t perform well due to pressure, stress, so many thoughts on my head and emotions.
The following day was for interview/exercise. That day, the inspectors said they want only one EOD officer to represent EOD personnel for interview/exercise. Luckily for me, my colleagues told me to step up and represent them. I was glad, and I did my best even though I never prepared for such exercise and performance and I did very well in the exercise. That singular performance was how I was selected among over 500 officers across the nation that applied for AUPOL job.
You see! One Facebook friend who I met online was able to pilot me and caterpult me to what I am today and who I’ll become tomorrow.
Many people has criticised me by being too regular on Facebook. Some said; “what have you gained being a Facebook regular and celebrity?” “What have you gained being online daily?” ” You are jobless that’s why you are always on Facebook writing rubbish….” That’s what many people often told me and I never mind, I kept focus and do what gives me joy in a diplomatic way even though many people don’t agree with me. Today, that jobless boy is a AU staff and a peace ambassador. That jobless boy don’t only earn naira monthly but he’s also being paid in dollars monthly now. That jobless boy is now touring many Africa countries on a UN jet eating continental dishes. That jobless boy don’t pay for his internet services anymore but access the internet for free. That jobless boy is given a free accommodation, free healthcare services, free meal, free flight around east Africa countries and will be given a certificate as a peace ambassador when he complete his mandate with AU after 12 months or 24 months maximum.
I ask again, what type of friends do you keep online? Have they been able to add value to your life? Or are they the types that are just good for gossips, hate speech and propagandas? Pls, make good use of being online!!! Not everybody you throw insults at due to differences in political issues, religion, relationship arguments… etc… as you don’t know who may be your helper in life.
I want to use this opportunity to say a very big thank you to Mr Remi Adeoye for granting me this opportunity to be part of those chosen to represent EOD, The Nigerian Police and Nigeria on international assignment and I promise I’ll do my best not to disappoint you, myself, my family, EOD, the Nigerian Police, Nigeria and Africa at large.
Thank you very much Mr Remi Adeoye!!!
Are you someone’s frenemy? How do you know who your frenemy is?
Don’t look like that. We’ll explain to you. A frenemy is simply someone who acts like a friend but is actually an enemy.
Remember these guys?
Here are 7 of Nigerian celebrity frenemies
1. Fight today, shoot a video together after two weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFolJfCM-YY
After fighting dirty at the Headies and on twitter, Olamide featured in a Mavins video only two weeks after. Awkward!
2. Throw shade at each other and act cool while at it.
Wizkid and Davido have not had a real fight yet but have been lowkey throwing epic shade at each other.
3. Say how you really feel about them on the internet.
After working under the same label for a few years, Wizkid and Skales kissed goodbye on a not-so-good note.
4. Throw shade at your husband/wife.
Yes! The very dramatic way 9ice and Toni Payne’s 1 year marriage ended . It was rather awkward that his marriage broke up after his controversial song “Once bitten twice shy song”. They’re cool now though.
5. Cook a really mean diss track about someone you know so well.
Ruggedman was mad that his supposed BFF 9ice, didn’t respond to the nasty rumours of an affair with his then wife, Toni Payne.
6. Break up with bae on short notice and give them a shout out on stage after a few years.
Clapbacks and snubs after their heartbreaking split of 2012, D’banj and Donjazzy have kissed and made up but we all know it can never be as it was in the past.
7. Take a cute selfie with a rival.
Not every time throw shade or fight, sometimes take a cute selfie with your biggest rival like Genevieve and Omotola.
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In 2014, the Ebola virus broke out in Nigeria but was quickly contained by swift response from the health ministries and organisations in the country.
However, 2016 is seeing the break out of yet another deadly virus that also kills as fast as the Ebola virus. Here are some things that you should know about the virus:
1. In the same deadly nature of viruses, the Lassa virus is a hemorrhagic virus that has lead to the annual death of over 5000 people since it was discovered in Lassa, Borno state in 1969.
In 2016, cases of the virus has been reported across Kano, Niger, Ondo, Bauchi and recently Abuja. There have been 41 deaths out of the 93 recorded cases.
2. Did you know that the Mastomy rat is the vector of the Lassa virus?
Exposure to urine, blood or faeces of the infected rats is the most common mode of contracting the disease. Please stop eating rats oh, don’t say we didn’t tell you.
3. Like the Ebola virus, it can also be transmitted through exchange of bodily fluids and contact with infected persons.
Having sex with infected persons also poses a high risk of transmission.
4. Because it belongs to a deadly family of viruses called Arenaviridae, there is no known vaccine against the Lassa virus.
Are you afraid yet? Keep calm because an antiviral drug, Ribavirin has shown to be effective in treating the early stages of the virus.
5. Most times, 80% of the patients experience only mild symptoms of the disease.
The symptoms manifest between 6-21 days of contact with the virus. Some of the common symptoms include: Sore throat, slight fever, headache, weakness and fever. Other severe symptoms are bloody diarrhea and vomiting, deafness, bleeding from mouth, nose, gum and eyes, swelling of the face and shock.
6. Time to get to work and get hygiene levels up.
The virus is not the end of the world though. Keeping the environment clean and free of rats is a major key in prevention of the disease. Isolation and careful interaction with infected patients, proper disposal of garbage are also very important.
7. Treatment is free in Nigeria.
Yaay! Early detection is very important. The phone numbers to contact when symptoms are noticed are: 08093810105, 08163215251, 08031571667 and 08135050005.
So, to usher in a new year and kick things off, the documents which contains Nigeria’s 2016 budget went missing on the 12th of January. Submitted by the office of the Presidency in December to the National Assembly, the documents—which spell out about US$ 31 billion in spending disappeared into thin air.
This meant that the Nigerian Senate could not go ahead with the debate as planned. Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike had choice words to say about the situation.
#Nigeria 2016 Budget Missing? >>>> I guess they don't have soft copy abi? >> and Printer can't reprint from the original copy? @NGRSenate
Seems like we’re not safe from even more things than we can imagine in the country. Even the very thing that’s supposed to give us life is not exempted!
Gbagada General Hospital’s Blood Bank was recently shut down for doing something very dangerous. They blood bank keeps HIV positive and HIV negative blood in the same place!
The Lagos State House of Assembly, through its Committee on Health Services, ordered the closure of the blood bank section of the hospital, until further notice.
This means that there have probably been blood mix-ups on a regular.
That a high percentage of all HIV cases in Nigeria is caused by blood transfusion is not at all surprising. In fact, it makes perfect sense now.
Not surprising at all! So, please, when next you or someone you know is getting blood transfused, unless it’s from a reliable source, please have the blood retested.
Or to prevent all doubts, check out Life Bank App whose mission is to prevent such occurrences as this one.
Before country’s independence, it used to be that Nigerians went abroad for their higher education, because we didn’t have a lot of universities then. But most of them always returned to put their knowledge to good use in th coutry. Examples are Odumegwu Ojukwu, Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti just to mention a few.
Shortly after independence, Nigerians began migrating to the diaspora, some for better education, but more in search of greener pastures.
But in recent times, we’ve noticed a growing trend in the country and it’s been happening for the past few years now. Second generation Nigerians are beginning to return in droves to their home country, because they’ve realised that there are massive opportunities here.
This video “Nigeria: the “repats” who’ve returned” deals with this.
Michael Ugwu, who works with Sony West Africa, is one of the returnees. Born and bred in the UK, he sees Lagos as home now and has no regrets with moving base to the fatherland.
While watching this video, you can’t help but have the notion that the repats in this video don’t know what they are on about. A prime example is Aisha Shaba, who returned in 2012 and is now a successful actress in the country.
In the video, she asks the question “Why are you begging” with a look of contempt and disgust.
That she could easily give him some money, but instead lectures the child on why he shouldn’t beg is indicative of the fact that she must live in a bubble. Her statement that “They have no reason to beg. Nigeria is in a different system” is further indicative of that.
Isn’t it better to just ignore them if she didn’t want to give them money? No one chooses that kind of life for themselves.
Another repatriate, Baba Epega, believes that Nigerian is in an era of meritocracy. The government has changed and Buhari is in power. All we can say is…
As much as this video tries to tell the “I just got back and I’m doing well” story and the system of things currently in the country, it doesn’t do justice to matter as it’s about a select few, who have beliefs that don’t apply to majority.
All in all, we are glad that our brothers and sisters are coming home.
In the usual fashion, Nigerians at home and abroad are making positive marks in all works of life. Forbes magazine’s 30 under 30 list dropped recently and some Nigerians made the list.
The list is made annually in recognition of young people under 30 that have been of great influence in their career paths. From the creative arts, fashion and media industries, these are the 4 trail blazing Nigerians that made the list.
Kelechi Anyadiegwu
After obtaining a Masters degree in human-computer interaction from Carnege Mellon, Kelechi was driven by her love for web design, textile and African fashion to start up an e-commerce site for African fashion items, ZUVAA. At 26, she has built a fast growing avenue for Africans in diaspora to express themselves in African wear without stress.
John Boyega
The 23 year old first captured hearts in Nigeria with his role as Ugwu in critically acclaimed movie, Half Of A Yellow sun. He recently bagged a major role in the latest Star Wars movie franchise and he is loved even more for his brilliant acting and witty clap backs.
Zim Ugochukwu
Being the youngest precinct judge for North Carolina’s Board of Elections at 19 was merely a stepping stone for Zim. The 27 year old graduate of Biology from University of North Carolina launched Travel Noire in 2013 as a means of providing necessary resources for black travelers like herself.
Angela Nwandu
Her rough childhood in the foster care system didn’t deter her from going on to be one of the forces to reckon with in the blogging world. 25 year old Angie, launched The Shade Room popularly called “the TMZ of Instagram” in 2013 and has changed up the face of celebrity gossip.
You can view the complete 30 under 30 list here.
A lot of us wait for the “perfect opportunity” to do certain things in life. We wait for “big money” to finally start that business. But we have to realise that manna will not fall from heaven.
Vincent Adeoba knows something that a lot of us don’t, which is that there’s no such thing as a perfect opportunity. We have to use what we have to get what we want.
Starting a business with just 200 naira, in a hostel room, while at Obafemi Awolowo University, Vincent has grown his business to over 2,000,000 naira a month!
I started my first business with #200 (Two Hundred Naira) because these market women supported me. If you are conversant with Obafemi Awolowo University, Central Market, you will probably know the two women in this picture Iya Yemisi and Iya Quadri, the other man is the husband of the old woman that I used to buy groundnut in bulk from, she could not make my convocation but she asked her husband to represent her. They are part of my success story as far as my graduation from OAU is concerned.
I always share the story of how I started my first business with #200 (a dozen of groundnut and a bag of purewater) in my room in ETF Hostel in my year two because things was so difficult that semester. I have no other alternative than to start something to sustain myself because I was tired of borrowing money from friends to feed and I don’t want to keep pressuring them at home.
With determination and hard work, staying awake in the night sometimes even though I have 7am class the following day I grew the business from #200 to #500,000 sales per month and #2,000,000 sales (#2million) per semester. I employed at least six people as managers that I paid their salaries and fed. I moved from being a beggar to someone feeding others. I discovered during
that period that we may never discover who God want us to be until we go through tough time.
But the whole story cannot be complete without appreciating these women and many others who on many occasions sold crates of egg, tomatoes paste, salt, groundnut, pepper and many other things for me on credit to support me. Also my wonderful room mates especially Seun Adesida, Adewunmi Tolulope, Monday, Isaac Chima and many others who assisted me whenever I wasn’t around.
I learnt a lot as the CEO of that business, in fact I became most popular in ETF and Central Market. It also helped me to emerge as Accounting Students President for a whole session. My room was the most frequent room in the hall, we have to run 18 hours per day. I was the seller of last resort especially for those who have gone to read overnight.
My best moment in OAU was with these old women in the market. Their distance smiles anytime they see me coming is forever sticked to my memory. The surprising thing is that they are muslims while I am christian. But religion never brought any disagreement between us but instead we cherished each other and shared a lot of things together even personal issues. They took me like their son. We even ate together on many occasions in the market.
Sometimes I always wish we can live together in this country without turning our religion differences into a basis for hatred. I believe our differences should bring us closer because it is a strength rather than the weakness we see it as. Our differences should harmonize us rather than tearing us apart. Progress is easily achieved in an atmosphere of love and harmony.
My friend life may be tough for you now, but you can be tougher, you can turn your difficulties to opportunities and make something worthwhile out of your life.
As at today I am a CEO of my company today “Seravision Brooks Business Solutions”. Although we are still small, my vision is to become like microsoft and provide employment for millions of people all the world.
Even if you are from a rich home that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t develop yourself, you can start a business or learn something not because of money as your case may be but because it will serve as a way of developing yourself. You will be able to learn a lot of things that will be useful for you in future.
You don’t have excuse for not succeeding. I know your story may be so pathetic and you see it as a reason good to accept failure. Let me tell you something, greatness is in you already, but you have to work hard to bring it out and I know you can. I wish you success in all your endeavors and whatever may happen along the way, never, never, never, never give up and don’t forget to always appreciate people God used to make you who you are. #support Sera Sandals Project with just #500 and impact a student life. #IamVincentAdeoba: I-Lead, I-Inspire, I-Impact. #seraschoolsinitiative #shununemployment
So what are you waiting for, get up and get going!
Little Emmanuella is one of the comedians on Mark Angel Comedy. Her short skits on their Youtube channel have us in stitches all the time!
These are the hilarious ones we’ve seen so far.
1. When she dodged trouble at school.
2. When she swore for the person who farted.
3. When she was The Don!
4. When she tricked uncle Mark Angel.
5. When uncle Mark Angel helped her do her homework.
We often start our NYSC year wishing that it would end right from the beginning. But all who have served will agree that the highlight of the service year is always the Orientation Camp. Oyin Oludipe who is a graduate of Babcock University shared his Camp experience in pictures on Facebook.
Oyin, who is a Batch B 2015 corp member serving in Ogun state, captured in 21 pictures some of the occurrences that makes it memorable. What makes his unique are the tags on his pictures. They are so beautiful it’ll make you wonder if it’s the same NYSC you did, and if you haven’t served already, it’ll make you want to serve your country!
Unfortunately disability is usually treated as an ailment that can be healed only by pity and miracles. As a result, constructive advise and moral support is hardly offered to families of the disabled.
You’d have thought that the world would have moved on and forgotten about the 419 scammers that gave Nigeria a bad name. But we came across something that shows otherwise.
Remember Tamia who shared how to spot a chewing gum boy? Well, she also gives advice on how to spot a chewing gum girl, because… balanced equation.
Africa in all her glory has witnessed the good, the sad and the really ugly. This Twitter page @Africanarchives is dedicated to portraying history of African people. These tweets show what Africa looked like and the things Africans experienced in the hands of the colonial masters.
Piers Morgan has been known to give epic clapbacks to those who come for him or have something negative to say about his opinion, in the past. So when he commented in a tweet about how Asia’s growth has been astronomical compared to the United States and a follower had choice words to say, trust Piers to not keep quiet about it. He tweeted:
Kay Sesan, an activist and freelance journalist, in a series of tweets shared his experience from his visit to the Badagry Heritage Museum.
Remember Bashir, who didn’t have an opportunity to go to school, but decided to make the best of his situation by starting a small business as a barrow boy to help his family?
Social media undoubtedly has a huge influence in our lives, whether we like it or not. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the rest are our daily bread. When we wake up in the morning, we instantly reach for our phones just to find out what happened while we were out cold. Just like there are two sides to everything, social media has its good and bad parts. It’s a tool we can use however we want to.
Chewing gum boy a.k.a f**k boy a.k.a ain’t shit n**ga adjective A deadbeat who has no purpose in life. He always lies to girls.
So, to usher in a new year and kick things off, the documents which contains Nigeria’s 2016 budget went missing on the 12th of January. Submitted by the office of the Presidency in December to the National Assembly, the documents—which spell out about US$ 31 billion in spending disappeared into thin air.
Seems like we’re not safe from even more things than we can imagine in the country. Even the very thing that’s supposed to give us life is not exempted!
Before country’s independence, it used to be that Nigerians went abroad for their higher education, because we didn’t have a lot of universities then. But most of them always returned to put their knowledge to good use in th coutry. Examples are Odumegwu Ojukwu, Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti just to mention a few.
A lot of us wait for the “perfect opportunity” to do certain things in life. We wait for “big money” to finally start that business. But we have to realise that manna will not fall from heaven.
Little Emmanuella is one of the comedians on Mark Angel Comedy. Her short skits on their Youtube channel have us in stitches all the time! These are the hilarious ones we’ve seen so far.
We often start our NYSC year wishing that it would end right from the beginning. But all who have served will agree that the highlight of the service year is always the Orientation Camp. Oyin Oludipe who is a graduate of Babcock University shared his Camp experience in pictures on Facebook. Oyin, who is a Batch B 2015 corp member serving in Ogun state, captured in 21 pictures some of the occurrences that makes it memorable. What makes his unique are the tags on his pictures. They are so beautiful it’ll make you wonder if it’s the same NYSC you did, and if you haven’t served already, it’ll make you want to serve your country!
