University of Lagos shuts down over fuel scarcity

 

I have been trying so hard to avoid this news because I am too angry to engage in any debate / conversation about my great country Nigeria. I honestly don't know why we have leaders in Nigeria. We should probably try doing without them.

Nigerians have been suffering for too long and I refuse to believe that nothing can be done about it. I am even more angered by the fact that we laugh about everything when we should be freaking mad and demanding accountability from these so called leaders. If a University is unable to function as a result of this fuel scarcity, my question is, what next? Maybe the whole country should shut down then.

I can only imagine the suffering going on in that country with the hike in the prices of everything that this would have caused. How do you even live on a minimum wage of N100K if you spend most, if not all of it, on just transportation? I better just stop now. I have been avoiding anything Nigeria for a while now but this one has been in my face the whole day and I just had to write about it. I hope that one day we will stop laughing and get really mad at everything because this suffering and smiling has become redundant now.

Infidelity: " Can the beauty of the present suppress the pain of the past?"

 

A friend once said to me, "I see you really don't forgive, neh?" in the middle of a conversation about falsity / cheating in relationships. At impulse, I said yes. Then I thought about it and rephrased it in a more appropriate way, "no it’s not that I don't forgive, I just don't know how to forgive cheating". I really don't know if anyone does. No, I don't mean staying in the relationship. Rather, I mean staying and keeping things the way they used to be prior to the sick event. I would really like to know from anyone who has done this how they do it. How do you carry on with all that information and betrayal? Some people say you just have to forgive and move on. But how doable is this? I concluded by telling my friend that I probably haven't met anyone who's able to make me forgive (even that I'm not sure) or maybe a better way of putting it would be someone who can help me deal with the memory.

#LagosLessons: Some Nigerian twitter users dish out important Lagos life lessons

Omg! This hashtag on twitter is cracking me up. Some twitter users have decided to give out tips on how to survive in Lagos and some of them are really funny but so true! So hey, you planning a Lagos trip, you might wanna have a look. All my friends that are talking to me every day about Lagos holiday, this is vital hey. Check out more with #Lagoslessons on twitter.

Anyway, stay happy lovelies and enjoy your weekend. Xoxo. See more below....

"Cutting your hair this low as a woman is not part of the Nigerian culture"?

Beautiful people, I'm so sorry about my continued absence here. I have nothing to say more than life happened out here and I've been living the life. Anyway, I think now that I'm finally able, I should address this. Please what's the big deal with a lady wearing her hair natural and low? I'm really not sure what the deal is with a lady choosing to cut her own hair off. I decided to take that route a few months back and I haven't had the last of it till today. First, I walked to the barber's shop and asked for a haircut but the barber opted for a lecture on Nigerian culture blah blah blah. He literally spent over twenty minutes scolding / advising me not to forget my roots / culture. My question to him was, "don't you see girls around here with short hair" and he confidently told me, "yeah I do but they're from here and it's their culture and not yours". I was in shock! This was the most appalling thing I had heard in forever. 

Like seriously, what's this about short hair isn't a Nigerian thing? Like the barber's lecture wasn't enough, my friends who saw the picture on my bbm took their turn. They blasted me with questions about why I cut my hair. Most of them literally felt so sorry for me like I had some problem. I was / still dazed. I didn't understand the whole drama around my haircut. I finally went back home for holiday and more drama awaited me there.