• 1. This one that used our Acting President’s picture to make a point

    https://twitter.com/sire_liljosh/status/872016666363867137

    2. Corruption, explained with a fart

    https://twitter.com/its_tola_/status/849578517708910592

    3. When you’re hiding your true colors

    4. Fart and Furious

    5. When your ‘Head of The Family’ status starts yielding dividends:

    6. Not all who chill at the club are introverts

    https://twitter.com/ogbeni_opa/status/870553261379653632

    7. When your own fart makes you start doubting yourself

    8. Nice Pigeon…fact?

    9. Who else does this? I DO!

    https://twitter.com/udshapaka/status/869085827774722048
    Please don’t koba me

    10. When you’ve been betrayed by your own buttocks

    https://twitter.com/Shiizuuo/status/868719307039133696

    11. The Sinister Masterplan

    12. This Headline OMG

    13. Uggggh

    14. More Zikoko? Read this next:

    https://zikoko.com/list/14-things-girls-do-that-guys-will-never-understand/
  • Are women better than men at facing rejection?

    When Twitter user @Tha_Mentalist theorized that there are women who find it difficult to accept rejection, I thought, ‘naw, for real?’

    So he posted a Twitter challenge to test this:

    A simple invitation: come tell a story, guys, of a time you rejected a woman’s sexual advances and her reaction afterwards.

    This has to be good!

    giphy.gif Gosh. Just look at the comments!

    Pressing Iron + Boxers = Invitation to Party?

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    “If you cannot play the game, surely you must be gay (for shame!)”

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    If you cannot smash the man, smash a mirror

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    WHAT?

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    Oh the set up

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    It’s tough out there

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    More love stuff? Here:

    https://zikoko.com/list/things-happen-crush-doesnt-like-back/
  • You tell some guys you want to swim and I swear to God they hear something else entirely

    giphy.gif ‘Mhm, gyal fi off dem cloth for boys by di pool!’

    You show up at a hotel (because all the best swimming pools come with hotels attached, duh)

    giphy.gif All your friends will now be gossiping in their secret WhatsApp group that you have now ‘spoil’. Eya. And na good girl before.

    You approach a reasonable-looking gentleman, like, ‘pardon me, dear sir, but could you teach me how to swim?’

    giphy.gif As a good girl with decent upbringing yuno.

    And the guy is smiling like:

    So you innocently take off your shirt to wear a perfectly normal swimsuit

    giphy.gif Alert: summer body has finished loading.

    Next thing, your milkshake has brought all the boys to the yard like

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    You enter the swimming pool for your lessons from this nice gentleman. Next thing he’s ‘accidentally’ touching breast

    giphy.gif HIANNNNNNNN!

    “Oga, is this how they used to do the butterfly stroke?”

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    What is that touching my back? OH GOD SIR WHAT’S GOING DOWN IN THIS SWIMMING POOL?

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    And this is why, no matter how many times we have tried, some women can still not swim

    giphy.gif Do better, guys.
  • Everything has gone from 0-100 since Vice President Osinbajo stepped in as Acting President once again. The promises have begun, again, my friend…

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    After delivering that Democracy Day speech from yesterday (where is President Buhari though?), news is agog today with this interesting video from Osinbajo:

    The TL;DR version is this: “The World Bank and the AFDB have raised a fund to enable Nigerians get mortgages to own homes.’

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    DID YOU HEAR THAT? If you can pay N30,000 every month, you too can own a home in Nigerian home!

    giphy.gif “YASSS we all need our own homes!” – 2019 campaign slogan loading.

    This is all so exciting, atink, but Nigerians are like ‘er, hang on a minute.’

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    The emojis reflect disbelief

    Then there’s this brief comment

    This…interesting…economic viewpoint

    Whoa whoa whoaaa there

    Heh. It almost sounds like Nigerians have been victims of unfulfilled promises in the past. Hm.

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    Well. Here’s to hoping this is one promise that actually gets fulfilled!

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    More on the Osinbajo adventures:

    https://zikoko.com/list/10-top-quotes-from-osinbajos-democracyday-speech/
  • Yesterday, Premium Times Nigeria published a report from the Center for Democracy and Development (CDC). The report was about President Muhammadu Buhari (whereabouts unknown)

    In the report, 4,097 Nigerians from 111 Local Government Areas were asked to rate the performance of the traveling president

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    …and the results are out. Apparently 57% of Nigerians generally ‘approved’ his performance.

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    But here’s where it gets interesting. According to this report, the majority of people who APPROVE of the president are in the North

    The North-West (85 per cent) and North-East (66 per cent) regions constitute the majority of those who approve of his job performance.Premium Times

    …and the majority of people who disapprove come from the South

    …respondents from the South-East (72 per cent) and South-South (60 per cent) regions make up those who do not approve his performancePremium Times

    Esselent.

    giphy.gif You can have a look at the full report here, by the way.

    More Zikoko politics? Lookie here:

    https://zikoko.com/list/10-top-quotes-from-osinbajos-democracyday-speech/
  • 1. The Disgusted Guys

    giphy.gif “I’m on my period.” “Ewwww.” “Your face is ewwww but you don’t see me complaining.”

    2. The DISGUSTING Boyfriends

    giphy.gif “I’m on my period.” “Your mouth isn’t though, if you get my drift.” “Ugh.”

    3. The Guys with Questions

    giphy.gif “So, is it like, rushing like a tap?” “Do you need blood tonic to replenish all that blood?” “Are you serious that this happens EVERY MONTH? WOW.” “Is it like an injury?”

    4. The Boyfriends Who Do The Least

    giphy.gif “I’m on my period.” “Okay baby. Take your drugs, go easy yeah? See you hun. Mweh.”

    5. The Boyfriends Who Do The Most (We love them!)

    giphy.gif “I’m on my period.” “OMG do you have spare pads? Do you want to lie down? Need a back rub? Belly rub? What will you eat? No, don’t stand up – let me fly you abroad for maintenance.”

    6. The Old Testament Guy

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    • “I’m on my period.”
    • “DON’T TOUCH ME WOMAN YOU ARE UNCLEAN AND MUST BE KEPT AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR SEVEN DAYS! I HOPE YOU DID NOT TOUCH THE FOOD YOU COOKED FOR ME WITH YOUR OWN HANDS?”

    7. The Mansplainer

    giphy.gif “I’m experiencing period cramps and they’re really, really bad. I need a day off, please?” “Well, actually, this is why women don’t deserve to be paid as much as men. I bet men would handle things better if it was them with periods.”

    8. The Stupid Comedian

    giphy.gif “I’m on my period.” “Oh wow. I’m on my apostrophe too! Hehehehehehehehe!”

    9. Now read this:

    https://zikoko.com/list/16-period-struggles-that-are-too-damn-real/
  • Happy Democracy Day, Nigeria!

    It is very important for us to remember that no matter how tough things are, we are at least a democratic government that gets to choose its own leaders

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    Anywhooo. Our president (Buhari) is still missing, but Acting President Osinbajo stepped in and gave what I think is a really kick-ass stand-in speech

    I’m a sucker for well-delivered speeches. I mean, that’s mostly why most of us liked Obama. Yes, we cannnn!

    Also – because we know many of you may not have the time to watch the above, I have summarized the speech with ten of my top quotes from that speech. Ready?

    1. This government’s work in fighting against insurgency/terrorism

    The positive results are clear for all to see. In the last two years close to one million displaced persons have returned home. 106 of our daughters from Chibok have regained their freedom, after more than two years in captivity, in addition to the thousands of other captives who have since tasted freedom.Acting President Osinbajo

    2. The plan to clean up the Niger Delta (which has been a sore conversation point in recent years)

    President Buhari’s New Vision for the Niger Delta is a comprehensive peace, security and development plan that will ensure that the people benefit fully from the wealth of the region, and we have seen to it that it is the product of deep and extensive consultations, and that it has now moved from idea to execution. Included in that New Vision is the long-overdue environmental clean-up of the Niger Delta beginning with Ogoni-land, which we launched last year.Acting President Osinbajo

    3. The plans for herdsmen clashes

    We are working with State governments, and tasking our security agencies with designing effective strategies and interventions that will bring this menace to an end. We are determined to ensure that anyone who uses violence, or carries arms without legal authority is apprehended and sanctioned.Acting President Osinbajo

    4. On public complaints that the fight against corruption is just too damn slow:

    Many have said that the process is slow, and that is true, corruption has fought back with tremendous resources and our system of administration of justice has been quite slow. But the good news for justice is that our law does not recognize a time bar for the prosecution of corruption and other crimes, and we will not relent in our efforts to apprehend and bring corruption suspects to justice. We are also re-equipping our prosecution teams, and part of the expected judicial reforms is to dedicate some specific courts to the trial of corruption cases.Acting President Osinbajo

    5. This admission that the Nigerian economy is a huge HAIRY and downright SCARY beast

    Admittedly, the economy has proven to be the biggest challenge of all. Let me first express just how concerned we have been, since this administration took office, about the impact of the economic difficulties on our citizens.Acting President Osinbajo

    6. This intro to a ‘plan’ that essentially says ‘we know the economy is screwed, and we’re working on it’

    One of the first tasks of the Cabinet and the Economic Management Team was to put together a Strategic Implementation Plan for the 2016 budget, targeting initiatives that would create speedy yet lasting impact on the lives of Nigerians.Acting President Osinbajo

    7. This plan to make it less hellish to do business in Nigeria:

    Another highlight of the President’s Budget Speech was our work around the Ease of Doing Business reforms. As promised we have since followed up with implementation and execution. I am pleased to note that we are now seeing verifiable progress across several areas, ranging from new Visa on Arrival scheme, to reforms at our ports and regulatory agencies.Acting President Osinbajo

    8. We are a young nation full of young people, y’all. Down with the gerontocracyyyyy!

    Let me note, at this point, that several of our Initiatives are targeted at our young people, who make up most of our population. From N-Power, to the Technology Hubs being developed nationwide, to innovation competitions such as the Aso Villa Demo Day, and our various MSME support schemes, we will do everything to nurture the immense innovative and entrepreneurial potential of our young people. We are a nation of young people, and we will ensure that our policies and programmes reflect this.Acting President Osinbajo

    9. This not-so subtle warning that it is okay to be frustrated with the government, but there’s a line:

    And while we all daily pre-occupy ourselves with pursuing the Nigerian Dream – which is the desire to better our lives and circumstances vigorously and honestly – it is inevitable that grievances and frustrations will arise from time to time. This is normal. What is not normal, or acceptable, is employing these frustrations as justification for indulging in discrimination or hate speech or hateful conduct of any kind, or for seeking to undermine by violent or other illegal means the very existence of the sovereign entity that has brought us all together as brothers and sisters and citizens. Acting President Osinbajo

    10. A sneak-peek preview of the government’s focus for the next two years:

    The critical points that we must address fully in the next two years are : Agriculture and food security, Energy, (power and Petroleum,) Industrialization and Transport infrastructure. Every step of the way we will be working with the private sector, giving them the necessary incentives and creating an environment to invest and do business.Acting President Osinbajo

    And now, here’s a photo of Osinbajo and Donald Trump!

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    More Zikoko!

    https://zikoko.com/gist/reporters-visited-london-to-ask-buhari-questions-but-the-answers-are-weird/
  • 1. This Yoruba movie with CGI

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BUfH_8ygIlW/
    (It has the added benefit of featuring Odunlade in it)

    2. This FalzTheBahdGuy video that will make you cry if you’re a beardless man

    Do you have a bied that is just appropriate for carrezin, eh?

    3. This video of ‘Trump’ and ‘The Pope’ that had us at the office screaming ‘WTF?’

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BUha0y6D6WZ/

    4. Have you watched one of our Zikoko videos from this week? Start with this one:

    5. Did you like those? Check out our favorite video selections from LAST WEEK:

    https://zikoko.com/list/zikoko-selects-funniest-videos-internet-week/
  • With Children’s Day around the corner (no, literally, it’s tomorrow), Nigerian brands have started advertising hard, as usual

    giphy.gif Free recharge cards, weirdly-designed Twitter pictures, forced hashtags everywhere. Every. Single. Holiday.

    Diamond Bank decided that they are not here to play and showed us that they’ve been ‘doing’ this Children’s Day thing SIIIINCE

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    ….by posting this video showing us how they ‘celebrate’ Children’s Day

    MY EYEEEEESSSSS!

    There are so many things wrong here, but mercifully, people on Twitter have already dissected this. Take a deep breath. Ready?

    First, the pronunciation of hippopotamus:

    Secondly, the fact that the video is just….wtf

    https://twitter.com/Monazeni/status/868072252348260356

    I meannnnn

    And the ‘school uniforms to work’ Diamond Bank culture is a gift that keeps giving…unfortunately. Sigh.

    https://twitter.com/daexegete/status/868133293228740609

    I WANT TO TAKE OFF MY BLOUSE, WRAP MY GELE AROUND MY WAIST AND WRESTLE THE VIDEO INTO THE MUD AND BEAT IT REPEATEDLY WITH MY SHOE UNTIL IT STOPS MOVING

    SEEEEEE?

    https://twitter.com/tofunmi_/status/868128334164709377

    When does the nightmare end?

    Which branch is responsible for thissss?

    And in the middle of all this >_>

    Polite request

    Still crying

    We love Diamond Bank, but this particular practice of wearing staff uniforms and reciting nursery school rhymes has to go.

    I mean, it’s already tough working at a Nigerian bank

    https://zikoko.com/list/15-things-everyone-worked-bank-can-relate/
  • I am not easily astonished but this had me shook

    Because- correct me if I’m wrong, but it looks like an African pastor somewhere has done it again

    Even the heavenly hosts are looking downwards like ‘smh’.

    I mean. What is this?

    Was this what they meant when they asked us to greet each other with a ‘Holy Kiss?’

    giphy.gif?response_id=59258d35b458e897ee352b7a Bless you, brother Matthias

    Hm. Can someone explain this video? Hian.

    https://zikoko.com/gist/nothing-serious-just-pastor-babysitting-little-girl-healing-sick/