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Imagine you’re dead broke and you pray to God or Allah to touch someone’s heart to send you money, because the suffering is about to get real.
And then, you get a bank alert and check, only to find out that you were credited with forty-five million naira.
Yes ₦45,000,000. What would you do?
It actually happened to a Nigerian, like you and me.
This man is wanted by EFCC for vanishing with all that money.
This man is declared wanted by EFCC after he withdrew 45Million mistakenly deposited into his account by CBN 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/U1sEOlY4pN
We have questions though.
How was he able to withdraw that amount without his bank noticing what was happening? That means it happened over a period of time.
So, how come it took CBN a while to notice that ₦45 million was missing?
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Nigeria is made up of diverse cultures and ethnic groups who often intermarry.
This short mockumentary focuses on a young Nigerian Couple who try to live together peacefully, without killing each other.
The Igbo husband is hankering for his local food and his wife has taken her time to prepare her native food.
He wants to eat Ofe Owerri.
And she prepared amala, gbegiri and ewedu.
You can imagine what happens. The accompanying voice-over is funny and makes for an even more hilarious story.
Remember when we were kids and we loved to watch “actor and boss” movies like Rambo, Die Hard, Rush Hour, Once Upon a Time in China, Karate Kid, 7 Lucky Kids and the rest? Then share the stories with our friends and act them out?
Those were the days.
A little kid has taking it to a whole new level.
Nine year old Alex from Mvuleni, Tanzania gave a really entertaining story of his favourite action movie: Commando.
His tale interspersed with clips of the movie makes a very funny video.
Watch it below:
This video was created by Mama Hope to break the stereotype that African children are underfed skeletal beings who need help from Western benefactors. And instead, little humans with minds of their own. And “that even continents apart, they had the same essential qualities we love: imagination, creativity, and hilarity“.
I witnessed this modern day slavery today at a nail salon. This woman who arrived in a jeep came with this girl who looked rather unkempt and had her fan her for over 2 hours. I Watched helplessly and prayed for life to be able to add value for my children. If she can use her as a mobile fan for over 2 hours in public you can then imagine what she uses her for behind closed doors. No help for this children as we watch them being abused.No school. Still hurt by this.Sad.
Posted by Francesca Joseph-Esenwa on Thursday, November 19, 2015
Hmm! Cruelty in broad daylight.
Francesca wrote, “I witnessed this modern day slavery today at a nail salon. This woman who arrived in a jeep came with this girl who looked rather unkempt and had her fan her for over 2 hours.
I Watched helplessly and prayed for life to be able to add value for my children.
If she can use her as a mobile fan for over 2 hours in public you can then imagine what she uses her for behind closed doors.
No help for this children as we watch them being abused. No school. Still hurt by this. Sad.”
What would you do if you saw such? Share your comments below.
All Africans are beautiful, and our fashion and style has gone through a series of evolution over time.
WatchCut shows us how beauty trends in East Africa –Ethiopia in particular, have evolved over a hundred years in just over sixty seconds.
The four Kenyan youth made a video that pokes fun at the way African men are portrayed in Hollywood films.
In most Hollywood movies, African men are stereotyped as:
Lovers of machine guns… And rocket launchers.
Obsessed with violence.
Hate smiling… Because it’s stupid.
Staying calm is stupid.
They said, “If people believed only what they saw in movies, they would think we are all warlords who love violence.”
Then there’s the brave western protagonist.
And a day without war is a day not worth living.
They are tired of the over-sensationalized, one-dimensional depictions of African men and the white saviour messaging that permeates our media. They want to tell their own stories instead. Showing that African men are more than a stereotype.
This film was created by Film For Action, so the world could begin to reimagine Africa. They wanted our supporters to see that Africa is full of progress, potential, and hope.
Today, people all over the world are celebrating World Toilet Day to create awareness on the importance of sanitation and sanitation facilities.
These are a few things you should know about the lifesaver called a toilet.
1. A toilet seat is one of the cleanest parts of the bathroom.
“Ooh, my s-s-sinus. You have just made a s-s-s-serious mistake, my friend. A very s-s-s-stupid…mis-s-stake. Look me in the eye when I’m speaking to you.”―Kaa
Hilary Clinton as Queen Grimhilde in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
“Mirror mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest one of all?”―Queen Grimhilde
Jeb Bush as Scar in Lion King.
“Well as far as brains go, I’ve got the lion’s share. But when it comes to brute strength, I’m afraid I’m at the shallow end of the gene pool.”―Scar
Mike Huckabee as Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
“The sentence for insubordination is death. Such a pity. You threw away a promising career.”―Frollo
Chris Christie as Ursula in The Little Mermaid.
“I’m not asking much. Just a token really, a trifle. You’ll never even miss it. What I want from you is your voice.”―Ursula
Carly Fiornia as Mother Gothel in Tangled.
“You want me to be the bad guy? Fine. Now I’m the bad guy.”―Mother Gothel
Marco Rubio as the Horned King in The Book of Three.
“Oh my soldiers… Soon the Black Cauldron will be mine. Its evil power will course through my veins, and I shall make you Cauldron Born. Yes. Yes. Oh, yes. Then you will worship me! Me… Oh, my soldiers. How long I have thirsted to be a god among mortal men.”―Horned King
Bernie Sanders as Hades in Hercules.
“Name’s Hades, Lord of the Dead. Hi, how ya doin’?”―Hades
Donald Trump as Gaston in Beauty & The Beast; Ratcliffe in Pocahontas and Shan Yu in Mulan.
“No one says “no” to Gaston!”―Gaston
“This is my land! I make the laws here! And I say anyone who so much as looks at an Indian without killing him on sight, will be tried for treason and hanged!”―Ratcliffe
“I tire of your arrogance, old man. Bow to me!”―Shan Yu
Featured image via As-Coa.
Twitter Premier League came along a year ago and gave us something to be excited about.
The inaugural TPL edition happened in May 2014, at Meadow Hall, Lekki; with four teams participating: The Guns, The Rebels, the Blues and The Red Devils.
The 5th edition was held in September, at the Campos Mini Stadium, Lagos Island. It was arguably the biggest TPL yet.
It brought lovers of social media and football together.
it was also a place to catch up with friends and make new friends, set p and physically meet those you’ve been chatting with in DMs, while enjoying good food and watching live matches.
But recently there were talks of some teams being dissatisfied with the TPL management policies.
5 of the original 6 TPL teams defected. But to where?
This escalated rather quickly and just goes to show how every brown person is stereotyped as a terrorist. It also shows that traditional media does not carry out research anymore.
After keeping us waiting for years, Adele dropped the most powerful ballad of 2015.
Since it’s release, ‘Hello’ has gone platinum, spawned the hilarious Hello challenge, made Sean Tizzle popular again and blessed us with amazing covers by other artists.
Here are 11 covers you really, really have to listen to:
1. This hair-raising cover by a Korean school girl.
2. Remember Joe? The R&B star? Well, listen to his flawless cover. You will never forget him again.
3. Omawumi’s unique reggae cover of ‘Hello’ that caused Sean Tizzle to make this statement..
Why is that @Omawumi sings the best cover to "Hello" & it's not a big deal but @Adele sings a weak version & gets over 230 million views?
So today is the day of reckoning for Twitter as the widely-loved social network has decided to replace the ‘favourite’ button …. with a ‘like’ button… in the shape of a heart.
For almost 10 years, Twitter has featured a favourite button in the shape of a yellow star but decided the yellow star just isn’t good enough anymore.
And Nigerians are..
flabbergasted,
confused,
outraged,
annoyed,
worried,
fearful
of what this ‘like’ button will unleash on their online lives.
Reactions range from this.
To this.
To this.
And even this.
A good question to ask is WHY has Twitter done such a thing?
Twitter’s product manager Akarshan Kuma said, “We want to make Twitter easier and more rewarding to use, and we know that at times the star could be confusing, especially to newcomers. You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite.”
Kumar further explained that the heart was chosen for its broad appeal and meaning across cultures:
“The heart, in contrast, is a universal symbol that resonates across languages, cultures and time zones. You’ve embraced hearts in a big way on Periscope, and we’re delighted to bring them to Twitter and Vine, making them the common language for our global community.”
But some have accused Twitter of copying Facebook which allows users to “like” photos, comments and posts.
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From today, hearts will appear on Twitter for iOS and Android, twitter.com, TweetDeck, Twitter for Windows 10 and on Tweets across the internet.
So enjoy! ?
Today, Nigerian twitter is lit with this discussion. Again. Who should pay on a date? But we can all agree that circumstances can be different right? So we thought of 3 instances:
1. If you invite someone out on a date, who should pay?
I may be wrong, but if you set a date up with someone who would otherwise be undisturbed in their house – and not spending money – shouldn’t you pay for whatever activity you both indulge in? Isn’t that just common courtesy? Social etiquette dictates that the person extending the invitation should be the one who pays for the meal. I know some people disagree but come on!
Why will you tell someone to leave their house (where they weren't spending money) and go on a date with you, and tell them to split bill?
2. When you invite someone out, and they bring their friends, should you pay for the friends too?
Again, I may be wrong, but if someone invites you out on a date, isn’t it just wrong to bring your friends? Asides from the financial implications, the person wanted to spend time with you and you brought a convoy. Then, the person should pay for them too? Really? Come on guys, these issues are not that hard if you just respect the other party. Seriously.
3. When someone organizes a birthday hangout, how should the bills be handled?
See, this is double edged. But let’s try. It’s your friends birthday, they’re inviting you to hangout. Wouldn’t you have thought of giving the person something for their birthday? As a friend, you shouldn’t go and rack up bills for another person that you don’t intend to pay a part of. I mean, who are you?
I don’t disagree with this tweet. Contribute oh! And don’t show up to a party empty-handed. That’s just rude. Guys, it’s just decency and respect. That’s all. If you have those, then you would probably do the right things.
The Nigerian team, D’Tigers beat the 2013 champions, Angola, with a final score of 74 – 65 to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Rio, Brazil.
The team was led by Nigerian-British professional basketball player Olumide Oyedeji, the first African player ever to be drafted outside America to the NBA.
You know one character that has always been a staple in the fairy tale canon? You guessed it; Prince Charming.
But the thing we find really funny about most fairy tales is that even with their inherently sexist nature, they never actually bother to develop their princes as anything more than props to eventually save the ‘helpless’ princesses.
Well, in a strange twist, Disney has a new live-action project in the works, and instead of focusing on the poorly developed Prince, they have decided to shine the spotlight on his virtually unknown brother.
Yeah, it’s all pretty confusing.
The movie will be a comedy penned by Matt Fogel, the writer of the critically panned Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.
We can’t pretend to be enthusiastic, but we are certainly hopeful. Are you looking forward to it?
Imagine you’re dead broke and you pray to God or Allah to touch someone’s heart to send you money, because the suffering is about to get real.
Nigeria is made up of diverse cultures and ethnic groups who often intermarry. This short mockumentary focuses on a young Nigerian Couple who try to live together peacefully, without killing each other.
Remember when we were kids and we loved to watch “actor and boss” movies like Rambo, Die Hard, Rush Hour, Once Upon a Time in China, Karate Kid, 7 Lucky Kids and the rest? Then share the stories with our friends and act them out?
All Africans are beautiful, and our fashion and style has gone through a series of evolution over time. WatchCut shows us how beauty trends in East Africa –Ethiopia in particular, have evolved over a hundred years in just over sixty seconds.
Today, people all over the world are celebrating World Toilet Day to create awareness on the importance of sanitation and sanitation facilities. These are a few things you should know about the lifesaver called a toilet.
