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  • 9 Food Items That Totally Saved Every Boarder’s Life In Secondary School

    You couldn’t survive without your ‘provisions’.

    Written By:

    Shola

    Last Updated

    1. Garri

    Groundnut and sugar were luxuries, though.You also made cold eba from it.

    2. Cabin biscuits

    Can be taken with butter or used for pako flakes.

    3. Cornflakes

    Always there for you when you missed Dining Hall food.

    4. Indomie noodles

    Contraband, but you still soaked the hell out of it.

    5. Capri-Sonne

    You were allowed to carry shoulder up if you had this.

    6. Milo

    Don’t lie, you used it for choco bum bum!

    7. Okin biscuit

    If you ate this in school, remind us to kneel when we greet you.

    8. Spice

    To support and garnish the dead jollof they served in Dining.

    9. Golden Morn

    Your best friend when ‘Stomach Adjustment Palaver’ period hits.

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