Nigeria’s colonial years saw the building of several classical buildings that still stand till this day. A Twitter user, @Kelechinaba, over the past 2 years took pictures of some of these buildings across Nigeria.
1. He was captivated by this church in Umuahia.
2. These colourful wooden windows of a house in Lagos.
3. He captured this pink building in Ota, Ogun state.
4. The beautiful Cathedral Church of Christ which is about 70 years old.
5. This landmark in Ibadan.
6. This ancient church in Lagos.
7. The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization, built in 1925.
8. The famous UAC building that stands tall on Tinubu street.
9. Doherty House which now houses a betting centre.
10. The over 100-year-old Nigerian Railway/Legacy mini museum which was restored in 1995.
11. This orthodox church in Ibadan.
12. The famous Cathedral of Saint Peter in Ibadan.
13. The monumental Mapo Hall of Ibadan.
If you want to see more pictures from Kelechi’s collection, go to his Twitter page here.
Featured image credit: @Kelechinaba
1. You, going to the ATM to withdraw your last 1k.
God help me.
2. You, calculating how you’ll use the money to survive till salary enters.
Garri, garri, and garri.
3. When you reach the queue and ask the necessary question:
“Amatyour back, please.”
4. When you try to use faith to withdraw N1,500 instead and you see “insufficient funds”.
Hay God!
5. You respect yourself and just jejely choose the 1k that brought you there.
Let me not shame my ancestors.
6. When you’re waiting to hear the “krrrrrr” sound and the ATM resets.
Chineke!
7. You, begging the ATM to respect itself:
Just don’t.
8. When the ATM that just swallowed your card is still asking you to “insert card”.
See me see trouble.
9. How the people behind you on the queue look at you:
E pele oh!
10. When the branch has closed and you remember it’s Friday.
Who did I offend?
11. When you call customer care and they start asking you if you are sure.
See question sha.
12. When you go back to retrieve your card and they tell you it takes 7 working days.
That what happened?
13. When you hear you’ll have to pay to get a new card.
Is it that 1k I want to use to drink garri?
July 8 makes it 20 years after Spice Girls blessed the world with their hit single, Wannabe, and the iconic video has been recreated.
The remake of the girl power-inspired video was done by The Global Goals Campaign for Project Everyone.
The video featured Seyi Shay, Gigi Lamayne and Monoea from South Africa including other international female artistes across the world.
The campaign #WhatIReallyWant addresses issues like quality education, equal pay and an end to violence against women and child marriage.
It’s amazing how Seyi Shay got to represent Nigerian women in such a positive light. Watch the video here!
On July 5, Emmanuel Nnamdi and his wife Chinyere were walking through Ferno, in northern Italy, when an Italian man, Amedeo Mancini, called her an African monkey and tried to grab her.
As expected, Emmanuel came to her defence but lost his life from the resulting fight that broke out.
People who witnessed this horrific event stated how Mancini attacked first and continued to beat Emmanuel with a street sign until he lost consciousness.
Mancini, who was described as an extremist football fan with links to a far-right political party, claimed he only insulted them because he thought they were stealing a car.
What makes Emmanuel’s death more unfortunate is, he and Chinyere left Nigeria in 2015 after Boko Haram terrorists set their church on fire, killing both their parents and relatives.
After embarking on a dangerous journey to Italy through Libya, the couple were housed by a Catholic organisation that joined them in marriage in January 2016.
Italian interior minister, Angelino Alfano, condemned Emmanuel’s death with a promise to grant Chinyere refugee status .
Although Emmanuel’s wake was attended by many sympathizers, the political leader of an anti-immigrant party still blamed his death on immigration.
This goes to show how racism affects every person of colour in all parts of the world. Nigerians are entitled to live in a safe country and shouldn’t have to look for security outside the country.
1. When your co-workers ask for your holiday plans.
Gats pray.
2. When your friend calls you to come and hang out.
This one is not serious.
3. What everyone else is eating during Sallah vs. What you are eating:
The struggle.
4. You, during the public holiday.
No money, no turn up.
5. When you want to leave your house but your account balance tells you:
Let me respect myself.
6. You, waiting for one of your Muslim friends to invite you over for chow.
Epp me, please.
7. When someone asks you “anything for boys?”
You cannot see me looking hungry.
8. You, waiting for any kind of credit alert like:
Baba God, do it for your child.
9. When you see people turning up on social media.
Na wa oh!
10. You, when people start making plans around you.
Not today, Satan.
11. When someone tells you “do Sallah for us.”
Better leave me.
12. When someone offers to come and take you out instead.
Now you’re talking.
13. How you eat when someone else is paying:
Can’t carry last.
When Borno state is mentioned, images of war, blood and towns ravaged by terrorists come to mind as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency.
However, Fati Abubakar, a photographer from Borno wants to change the war narrative and show the world the real people who have survived the crisis.
With the ongoing military onslaught against the Boko Haram terrorists, Borno has slowly started coming to life.
Fati wants to show how the people of Borno are starting over, healing and ultimately building their communities from scratch.
Some of her shots include children and adults, including these little girls at a mini fashion shoot.
And little Maryam, who was excited about her new dress and toy.
Schoolchildren aren’t left out too.
Acording to her, the people of Borno still find it difficult to get clean running water.
However, this problem is gradually being solved with the construction of a number of UNICEF boreholes.
Some of the internally displaced people even produce hand-stitched caps for sale.
And the Kanuri people just know how to get down.
Even after losing so much to war, their spirits remain unbroken and they will continue to rebuild their community one piece at a time.
1. When all the hawkers see the traffic light turn red.
Work has started.
2. Street hawkers, appearing during rush hour traffic like:
They are always ready.
3. When hawkers hear someone shout “EYSSSS!!!”
Fastest legs first.
4. How hawkers run immediately they take off their slippers:
RUN!
5. When the hawker chasing your car doesn’t catch you.
E pele oh.
6. When you make small eye contact with them and they just stand by your window.
I don’t want to buy na.
7. How they look at you when you start bargaining too much:
