Back in 1984, Â Nigerian artist, Tunde Odunlade, and Assistant Secretary of State, Linda Thomas Greenwich, met for the first time.
Thirty years ago, Tunde, a print and textile artist went to Linda’s window to request for a visa to the United States when she was serving as a Consular Officer in Lagos.
Tunde, who was granted the visa rose to be one of the leading faces of traditional African art . His work has been displayed in many countries and is currently in a collection of institutions such as the Smithsonian Museum of African Art.
Thirty years after their first encounter, as if by coincidence, Linda and Tunde happened to be panelists for a discussion on the Chibok girls.
Tunde recognised her and just had to pay her a visit to thank her for approving his visa in 1984. He even showed her some of his work.
Tunde Odunlade was the first African artist to exhibit at the Festival of Atlanta in 1987. Till date, he uses his art to address the social issues Nigerians face.
A Twitter page @NGtrends shared an article about a confused Nigerian man that fell out of love with his girlfriend who donated her kidney to save his life.
1. When you have to put off your generator and your neighbour’s own is still on.
Iâm petty like that.
2. When your neighbour buys that siren that blares whenever they bring light.
Correct guy.
3. When they take light in your house and you have to check that they have taken in your neighbour’s house too.
Before I carry last.
4. When there’s been light for hours and that neighbour you don’t like is still blasting their generator.
Itâs not my business.
5. When you’re hungry and you can smell the jollof rice your neighbour is cooking.
Hay God!
6. When it’s time to pay for something and your neighbour hasn’t dropped money.
Is this one mad?
7. When you notice your neighbour only has light when you put on your generator.
Wait first! Is this one tapping my light?
8. When you hear your neighbours fighting with each other.
EÂ no concern me.
9. When they wake you up with loud music early in the morning.
What the hell?
10. Your face, when you see their car in your own parking space.
Chai!
11. When they want to start giving you the story of their life.
I donât care.
12. When your neighbour throws a party and doesn’t invite you.
It can pain.
13. When they now use their party to block the whole street.
Na wa oh!
14. When they refuse to take part in environmental sanitation.
See this one.
15. You, when they throw their rubbish in front of your own house.
Respect yourself.
1. When people ask where you’re from and you tell them you’re Nigerian…
Whatâs doing this one?
2. When people call you half-caste.
So Iâm only half pure abi?
3. When you tell people you’re Yoruba/Igbo but they insist you’re Fulani.
Is it by force?
4. When someone says you’re beautiful only because you’re mixed race.
So Nigerians are not fine abi?
5. When someone keeps telling you they want mixed race babies by force.
Kuku go and buy them in Balogun market.
6. When people say all mixed race people are hot.
Ok oh, we have heard!
7. When people touch your hair and ask why a half-caste person like you has Nigerian hair.
As Iâm now half Nigerian nko?
8. When everybody acts really nice to you because they believe you’re Oyinbo.
Who no like better thing?
9. When you can’t even complain about Nigeria’s issues because nobody believes you’ve lived in Nigeria all your life.
Na wa o!
10. When people say they can only date light-skinned girls/guys like you.
See this mumu.
11. When people say you’re forcing yourself to be Nigerian just because you don’t speak ‘phoney’.
Come and teach me how to speak now.
12. Nigerians, when they see you taking a Danfo or Okada.
See this one!
13. When people assume you have money because you’re mixed race but deep down you’re very broke.
Hay God!
14. When people see you with one of your parents and still ask if you’re really their child.
You donât have sense.
15. When you tell people your name is Kanyinsola but they insist on calling you ‘Katy’.
Is it your name?
16. When people keep asking when you are going back to your home country.
When will you have sense?
17. When ‘woke’ people attack you for appropriating Nigerian culture.
Girl, if you donât getâŠ
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1. When every single Nollywod gateman is named Musa.
Why though?
2. The only gatemen in the whole of Nollywood:
Well, the only ones that matter.
3. How all the gatemen in Nollywood look:
Is it a lie?
4. The Nollywood gateman starter pack:
Too real.
5. Nollywood gatemen and never having sense.
The worst.
6. When it’s been one minute and the gateman has not tried to crack a joke.
Ya not funny sir.
7. Whenever the gateman tries to toast the housegirl.
Better respect yourself.
8. When their madam starts sleeping with them.
Is it like that?
9. When their oga tells them to carry madam’s load out of the house.
UhmâŠ
10. When they let someone their oga doesn’t like enter the house.
Itâs not a Nollywood movie without the gateman chopping a few slaps.
11. Whenever their oga says “If I see them in this house again, I will deal with you”
Hay God!
12. The official Nollywood breakup:
Ouch!
Snapchat added Lagos to the global live feed and it means people all around the world have access to view snap stories of people using the Lagos snap filters for 24 hours. Nairobi was the first African city to be featured in the global live feed even though haters didnât like it.
Here are some of the cool and hilarious snap stories from the Lagos global feed:
This girl was teaching us how to greet in Yoruba and just kept blowing serious “phoney”.
Abeg X 3.
This person that said Lagosians live in mansions and not huts.
He sha wanted to show off his fine house.
This girl that was snapchatting on Okada.
Look at how she was holding on to the Okada man.
This guy that wanted to correct the Captain America cast for calling Lagos, “Lah-gos”.
Well done jare!
This person that was stuck in traffic.
Eh ya!
This person didn’t care about the dirty gutter beside the yam and Akara stand.
Na wa!
This beautiful view of Tinubu Square.
Yas!
This girl that said “noisy generay-hurrs”.
Only God knows the language she was trying to speak sha.
Of course, this bridge just had to be featured.
Itâs kuku fine.
From every possible angle.
Hian!
And fit-fam people sha wanted us to know they jog on the bridge.
Weâve heard oh!
What is Nigeria without Jollof rice?
This one looks funny sha.
It’s not too late to contribute to the global snap feed sha.
Simply download Snapchat here and follow these quick steps. Youâre welcome!
1. When a senior asks to be your school parent.
Yes Lord!
2. When you find out what they really want.
Chai!
3. When it’s been one hour and your school parent has not come to save you yet.
Wow!
4. When a senior tells you to kneel down and you see your school parent coming.
Finally!
5. When your school parent releases you from punishment.
6. When seniors start acting nice to you because they have a crush on your school parent.
Continue please.
7. When you report the senior that beat you to your school parent and you realize they are friends.
Jisos!
8. When they make your school parent a senior prefect.
We stay winning!
9. When other juniors are being punished and you’re just there with your school parent like:
Canât touch this.
10. When a senior tries to send you.
No vex.
11. When you see that senior that doesn’t care whether you have a school parent or not.
Abeg oh.
12. When your school parent repeats so they are still there to protect you.
Donât judge me.
13. When your school parent finally graduates.
NOOOO!
14. How seniors appear when they know you don’t have a school parent again.
Chineke!
The year 2012 witnessed one of the biggest protests ever staged in Nigeria. Former President Goodluck Jonathan, tried to remove the fuel subsidy but Nigerians werenât having it. However, on May 11 2016, the fuel subsidy was finally removed by the Buhari administration and it meant petrol will be sold at N145 per litre.
Although experts have argued that the country spends trillions of Naira on the subsidy which has not even benefited Nigerians…
They should have warned us sha.
I'm not even necessarily in favour of the #fuelsubsidy. But to remove it overnight w/o warning…after the worst #FuelScarcity ever. Cold.
