Life as a Nigerian is hard, but don’t worry. We’re here to help you figure it out. These are our best tips:
Don’t be Nigerian
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When you’re born Nigerian, life is already leading you 1-0. We don’t know the solution to this, but we sympathise with you.
Japa
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Run while you can. For all the fun that living here offers, Nigeria has a way of squeezing life out of people.
Avoid the Nigerian police
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It’s ironic that those meant to protect us are one of our biggest opps. But until the police have proven they can be trusted, please, avoid them.
Don’t eat semo
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This goes without saying. “Semo is the devil’s dandruff forced on us by a capitalist society,” Zikoko Bureau of Statistics. Semo tastes like sorrow and tragedy and nobody should be eating it. If you have any issues, report me to my editor.
Stay indoors
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Nigeria is expensive. Immediately you step out of your house, you hear “savings or current”, and next thing, you’re broke again.
Don’t start a business
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Starting a business is stressful, and government policies even make it harder. Don’t do it. Unless you enjoy stress sha.
Or have a job
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I know not having a business or job means you’ll be unemployed. But being unemployed >>> deadlines from bosses.
You see a danfo, you go in the other direction
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The average danfo driver drives like he has no immediate family members. But you do, so trek to wherever you need to go. Better late than late.