The party when a canopy was enough [Photo Credit: Chukwuemeka Stephanie] Take me back to the time when a canopy was enough. When the rice was the whole event, for streetside birthdays, and you could do tremendous Owanbe on a budget. Sometimes, I miss the Nigeria we had back in the day. Once upon a …
12 Reasons why people are picking the 150k Civil Service job over the the 500k bank job
500k at a bank or 150k at a government job. Before you laugh, here is why people are choosing the 150k and not looking back. A lot of Nigerians are wondering why people would even think of dumping a lucrative bank job for a civil service job that pays way less. Thinking about it, too, …
The Painful Reason Good Women Stay Single the Longest: The Story No One Tells
He picked her. Not the woman who chased him. Not the one who begged for his time. Not the one who accepted every excuse he gave her, hoping that one more chance would become forever.
The Rooftop Party That Became the Perfect Goodbye to Benin Republic 🇧🇯
The group outside the Python Temple Crossing back into Nigeria from Benin Republic, I didn’t know how to feel. My lively self just relegated into a shadowy quiet self. I couldn’t help it. Almost like I didn’t want to go back, yet I have to. You would think I was being dragged to go back. …
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BREAKING: Central Bank of Nigeria has withdrawn the licenses of 46 microfinance banks.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has withdrawn the licenses of 46 microfinance banks. The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has warned members of the public against carrying out transactions with 46 microfinance banks whose operating licences were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria, saying the affected institutions are no longer authorised to conduct banking business …
50 Side Quests to stop you being bored
Most of these 50 quests you would even think they never existed. You can stop being bored from today! You are bored because you’re not doing side quests. Trust me life is more than just working and then throwing yourself into bed doing nothing. There are 50 side quests you can do that will ensure …
THE 8 ANCESTRAL KINGDOMS AND THE COMMUNITIES OF IWHURUOHNA (IKWERRE).
Eze Levi Orlu Ozuowuowu Oriebe (Paramount Ruler of Akpor Kingdom at their New Yam Festival) The Ikwerre Ethnic group is one of over 250 ethnicities in Nigeria. The problem is, to most Nigerians and even the rest of the world, there are just three ethnic groups in Nigeria. Which is Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa. But …
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Lagos to Benin by Road: From Border Wahala to a Midnight Birthday Party
Lagos to Benin Republic 🇧🇯 [Collins, Calex, Paul Kay (L-R)] By 11:58 pm, we were singing "Happy Birthday" inside the Bora Bora Mansion with people we'd barely known that morning. It was the perfect ending to a day that had begun with border queues, currency exchanges, and enough uncertainty to make us question the trip. …
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2 Days to the Benin: The Plot Twist I didn’t see coming
It is just two days to the much-anticipated trip to The Benin Republic, and I am anticipating a lot. The tension is almost nail-biting. Not almost, it is! I will be sharing with you the Plot Twist I never saw coming. I slept and woke up, and it is not Friday yet. This is the …
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The Emotional Cost of Japa: The day I realized Japa has a hidden price
The emotional cost of Japa! Nobody mentions it! Nobody says it. But over time you realize the hidden cost of Japa. So over the weekend, a lot of my friends attended the wedding of a mutual friend — or acquaintance if you like. Mind you, this acquaintance left the country years back. So, I was …
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