Damilola, Author at 91大神! /author/damilola/ Come for the fun, stay for the culture! Sun, 28 Aug 2022 23:22:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 /wp-content/uploads/zikoko/2020/04/cropped-91大神_91大神_Purple-Logo-1-150x150.jpg Damilola, Author at 91大神! /author/damilola/ 32 32 QUIZ: This Citizenship Test Will Tell You If You’re Really Nigerian /quizzes/quiz-nigerian-citizenship-test/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:20:00 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=34223 How Nigerian are you really? Answer the simple questions in this ‘citizenship test’ as honestly as possible, and we’ll let you know. Don’t worry, this is as accurate as it gets.

Go ahead:

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6 Awesome Things that’ll Happen this World Jollof Rice Day /gist/6-awesome-things-thatll-happen-world-jollof-rice-day/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 18:27:28 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=47705 This Sunday is World Jollof Rice Day! You might be a Nigerian jollof fan or a Ghanaian jollof fan. 聽You might think that Jamie Oliver鈥檚 jollof was on point or you might believe it was disgusting. 聽You might not even like jollof rice (what is wrong with you?). 聽But you have to agree that jollof rice is important. So this World Jollof Rice Day (yes, this is a thing),聽MAGGI Nigeria and Kitchen Butterfly have organised a special event to celebrate World Jollof Day. 聽Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 going down:

1. A Jollof Rice exhibition.

Involving food art from super-creative Haneefah Adams (@muslimahanie) and the winners of the Instagram Photo Contest for World Jollof Rice Day.

2. A lesson on the history of Jollof Rice.

For those of you who want to know were jollof comes from (hint: heaven).

3. A chat with the convener of the first Wolof/Jolof Exhibition.

His name is Folakunle Oshun and he鈥檚 a sculptor. And a jollof rice lover.

4. A book meet on “Jollof Rice in Literature.”

Who knew that jollof rice was so deep? Wana Udobong, Ozoz Sokoh and Amanda Chukwudozie will be discussing Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, Without a Silver Spoon by Eddie Iroh and other books. Eghosa Imasuen, author of fine boys will moderate and they鈥檒l discuss themes like the cultural significance of Jollof, Jollof Rice across ethnic and socioeconomic barriers and Jollof as comfort food. (Seriously though, who knew?)

5. An actual meal of Jollof Rice from Ghana High

Now you鈥檙e talking!

6. And finally, the after-party!

Because ain鈥檛 no party like a Jollof party鈥

7. And it’s going down this Sunday 21st August…

鈥 at Whitespace聽(58 Raymond Njoku, Ikoyi, Lagos) between 4 and 7 pm. 聽They said you should come hungry, we agree! ]]>
91大神 Podcast Episode 3: Nigerian Police And Their Bad Behaviour /general/police-not-your-friend/ Sun, 10 Jul 2016 12:21:09 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=40866 This week has been a tough one! The murders of two black men by police officers in America have got everyone talking.

And we have some things to say about them too:

But American police officers are not the only ones that behave unlawfully, our own Nigerian police are lacking serious home training too:

Have you had a bad experience with police officers in Nigeria or abroad? Share them below in our comments section. ]]>
17 Pictures That’ll Make Sense To Nigerians Who Are Obsessed With Selfies /life/oldies/17-pictures-thatll-make-sense-nigerians-obsessed-selfies/ Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:00:02 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=38048 1. You, never missing an opportunity to take a selfie:
Even in the middle of a life crisis, you鈥檙e there taking selfies.

2. You, spending ‘quality time’ with your friends.

鈥淚 have to capture the moment.鈥

3. You, whenever you see anything that resembles a camera or phone:

Time to slay.

4. How you feel when you look great but don’t have a phone to take a selfie.

What is life at this point?

5. When you ask for your friend’s phone and return it full of your selfies.

Have to take a selfie by all means necessary abeg.

6. What you look for in a phone:

What else matters?

7. What your camera roll looks like:

For the love of selfies.

8. When you’ve taken a million selfies and finally find the right one.

Too lit!

9. How you feel after you’ve mastered the art of selfie taking.

BOSS!

10. How you take selfies when you want your whole outfit to show.

Cannot come and be wasting kacks.

11. You, when your friends decide to do ‘silly faces’ in pictures, but pouting is your signature pose.

You people are on your own.

12. You staying camera ready at all times.

Gats be prepared.

13. You, posting every great selfie you take so they don’t go to waste.

Waste not, want not.

14. How you impact ‘selfie wisdom’ to your friends:

Na so.

15. Your parents every time you take a selfie:

Somebody cannot post ordinary selfie in peace again.

16. When you finally drag them into your selfie obsession.

A family that takes selfies together, stays together.

17. How your friends look at you when you get excited that it’s National Selfie Day.

Yes, there鈥檚 a National Selfie Day people. June 21st, get it right.

Anyway sha, don’t mind the haters. Take awesome selfies with the 13MP front facing camera on the new Tecno Camon C9.

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91大神 Podcast Episode 2: Nigerian Tailors and 鈥淵es ma, I can sew it” /general/yes-ma-i-can-sew-it/ Sun, 19 Jun 2016 11:57:41 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=37558 1. The tragic Orlando Massacre and America’s love for guns.
On June 12 2016, took the lives of 49 innocent people and injured 53 others in a mass shooting at an LGBT club in Orlando, Florida. Yet many Americans are against gun control, believing聽everyone has the right to keep and own a gun based on their .

2. Americans and their attempt at the 鈥楢frican accent鈥 in Hollywood movies etc.

91大神 writers have discussed this topic extensively. We wrote about Will Smith鈥檚 accent in the movie聽(based on Nigerian Dr. Bennet Omalu) and recently wrote a post on K.Michelle鈥檚 鈥樷. But it seems we have to keep talking about it because Hollywood won鈥檛 hear word.

3. Nigerian Tailors and “Yes ma, I can sew it”.

This doesn鈥檛 need much introduction, . Just say you can鈥檛 sew the cloth. Stop destroying people鈥檚聽dreams and aspirations please.

4. And finally, how tired of adulthood are you?

Being an adult is hard enough, but 叠谤耻丑丑丑丑丑鈥

Anyway, enough explanation. Listen to the podcast here and be blessed!:

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13 Words Nigerian Journalists Really Need To Stop Using /life/oldies/words-nigerian-newspapers-love-us-really-dont-make-sense/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 07:00:27 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=35984 1. Para-venture
The sentence doesn鈥檛 even make sense.

2. Revert Back

Almost as irritating as 鈥榬everse back鈥.

3. Fingers

And in case you didn鈥檛 realise, 鈥榝ingers鈥 in this case means 鈥榗alls out鈥 聽or 鈥榥ames鈥.

4. Flays/Flayed

What are you people flaying?!

5. Penetrate

Stop. Please stop.

6. Defiled

Do they not realise 鈥榙efile鈥 is a synonym for 鈥榬ape鈥??

7. On Seat

Bruhhh鈥 do they mean 鈥榩resent鈥 or 鈥榓vailable鈥?

8. Left No Stone Unturned

All this big grammar sha鈥

9. Feedbacks (sometimes written as feed-backs, as if that makes it better)

Da fuq?

10. Severally

What they mean is multiple times鈥

11. Out To Destroy

Always going for the over dramatic.

12. Lambasts

What happened to ordinary 鈥榗riticize鈥?

13. Impregnate

Nigerian journalists can鈥檛 go a day without this word. ]]>
The First Official Edition Of The 91大神 Podcast! /gist/first-official-edition-zikoko-podcast/ Sat, 04 Jun 2016 08:15:19 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=35565 Welcome to the first edition of the 91大神 Podcast!
Turn up!

The 91大神 team are an outspoken bunch of young Nigerians and during one of our usual rants in the office, we came up with the idea to create a 91大神 podcast.

Where we share out thoughts and views on news, gist and various other topics on this thing called life.

So here is the first edition of our weekly podcast!

https://soundcloud.com/user-345829284/zikoko-podcast-episode-1-harambe-jesus-and-other-bedtime-stories
This week we discussed: Harambe: The 17-year old Gorilla that was shot and killed Our favourite albums of the year TV shows we recommend The Voice Nigeria JAMB cut off mark This year in Nigeria

Follow us on SoundCloud for more podcasts and share your thoughts with us below!

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We Asked 91大神 Writers What They’d Do If Their Bae Abandoned Them During A Robbery /gist/asked-zikoko-writers-theyd-armed-robbers-attacked-significant/ Thu, 02 Jun 2016 16:57:57 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=35386 A few days ago, Joro Olumofin shared an email he received from a young lady on his Instagram page

And for you people that don’t like reading long things; she basically said that when her boyfriend saw the robbers approaching, he ran out of the car without even warning her

So when the 91大神 team heard about this craziness, we just couldn’t help but chook our own mouths inside

Maryam, Junior Writer

鈥淚鈥檒l dump him on the spot and ask if he鈥檚 okay afterwards since we all want to be childish. Just to make him know what it feels like to be suddenly abandoned.鈥

Nerd Efiko, Senior Writer

鈥淚t will pain me sha. At least warn me before you take off, let us run together. Hian.鈥

Damilola, Editor-In-Chief

鈥淚f my boyfriend did this to me, we are basically done. And since he wants to be silly and childish, I鈥檒l put on him聽on blast 鈥 tell his聽mother, his聽father, his聽pastor, put them on a WhatsApp group and put him聽on BLAST. And it鈥檚 the kind of guy who鈥檚 always doing聽Bonnie and Clyde on Instagram that鈥檒l do this sort of thing. But when it comes down to it鈥?鈥

Osarumen, 91大神 Contributor/Senior Editor at TechCabal

鈥淔irst of all, I鈥檓 likely to be the one doing the running. If she beats me to it, then I鈥檓 going to put a ring on it. That is, if I can find her afterwards.鈥

Tola, 91大神 Contributor/Writer at TechCabal

鈥淚鈥檇 probably just break up with him by never speaking to him again. Ever again. People heard the gist and were laughing鈥 It鈥檚 so embarrassing Jesus!鈥

Odunayo, Staff Writer

鈥淟MAOO. For me, I don鈥檛 expect my boyfriend to fight armed robbers, that鈥檚 obviously stupid. But at least stay with me, let鈥檚 give them all our belongings together. If he runs, I鈥檓 single now. 聽We could have run together but鈥nyway, no space for cornflakes guys in my life.鈥

Tobi Smith, Staff Writer

鈥淚鈥檒l see it as God showing me she鈥檚 not the one for me. As she ran away, she should run out of my life. We are single now. But if it was the other way round,聽I鈥檒l either stay with her and see what happens, or ask her how many legs she has, depending on how much I have and how strong the armed robbers faces are.鈥

So if your significant other ran away when you were approached by armed robbers, what would you do? Share your thoughts in the comments section

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How Nigerian Couples Fight /life/oldies/nigerian-couples-fight/ Fri, 27 May 2016 14:40:17 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=33982 When you鈥檙e complaining to your girl that you and Femi haven鈥檛 fought in a month.

So you send him the “we need to talk” message.

How you act when he comes and tries to hug you.

“LOL, ok what did I do now?”

“SO YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW?”

“Jesus! Look at how you’re now shouting like a mad woman”

“It’s your side chick that is mad!”

“Which side chick now?”

“Your ‘edible catering’ now”

“Which one is ‘edible catering’ again?”

“So you’re going to act like you don’t know what I’m talking about abi?”

“You’re really not making any sense”

“It’s your mother that doesn’t have sense!”

“WHY THE HELL ARE YOU BRINGING MY MOTHER INTO THIS?”

“Omg why are you now shouting at me?!”

“Because you’re always taking things too far!”

When you realise you’ve actually taken things too far but the show must go on…

“So now you’re keeping quiet abi!”

“But why are you now getting angry?”

“Ok fine, let’s forget it. I’m sorry”

When you realise that he’s actually apologising for the fake drama you started:

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QUIZ: How Many Baskets Of Tomatoes Are You Worth? /quizzes/quiz-many-baskets-tomatoes-worth/ Thu, 26 May 2016 15:06:30 +0000 http://zikoko.com/?p=34551 Take this quiz and find out how many baskets of tomatoes you are worth. ]]>