• Check Out The #IfStatesWereWomen Trend, Which State Are You?

    There’s always a trending topic – whose relevance is debatable – that will cause an uproar and generally upend normal affairs.

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    Nigerian Twitter is so live!

    There’s always a trending topic – whose relevance is debatable – that will cause an uproar and generally upend the normal affairs.

    Today, it’s #IfStatesWereWomen, where they give the 36 states – or less, we forget some states – of Nigeria womanly attributes. These are the best tweets of the trend forΒ  some states:

    Abia

    Adamawa

    Akwa-Ibom

    https://twitter.com/Rhodymite_/status/619484293367209984

    Anambra

    Bauchi

    Bayelsa

    Benue

    Borno

    Cross River

    https://twitter.com/datGuyKOFO/status/619449357121757184

    Delta

    Ebonyi

    Edo

    Ekiti

    Enugu

    Abuja

    https://twitter.com/datGuyKOFO/status/619449091433611265

    Gombe

    Imo

    https://twitter.com/DeraaRed__L/status/619450076247781376

    Jigawa

    Kaduna

    Kano

    Katsina

    https://twitter.com/Kb_shema/status/619488829347643393

    Kebbi

    https://twitter.com/safdchick/status/619486431392739328

    Kogi

    https://twitter.com/smugdisguise/status/619442858588774400

    Kwara

    Lagos

    Nasarawa

    https://twitter.com/UnilagAmeboR/status/619459495358504960

    Niger

    Ogun

    https://twitter.com/zebbook/status/619444207015591936

    Ondo

    Osun

    https://twitter.com/Rhodymite_/status/619483768374579200

    Oyo

    Plateau

    Rivers

    Sokoto

    Taraba

    Yobe

    https://twitter.com/UnilagAmeboR/status/619470369024557056

    Zamfara

    Of course, not everyone likes this twitter thread, some people find the trend sexist:

    Because some of the tweets were a little pointed:

    Don’t ask me where they go these comparisons from, I couldn’t possibly know. But one thing is sure, you have NEVER seen your states – or women – so graphically described.

    Photo Credit : Instagram – Asoebi Bella

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