Here is the lady from the Joy Soap advert in the 1980s and 90s, radiant, admired, and unforgettable, yet now aged and transformed, looking completely different.
Her story whispers a timeless truth: beauty fades, applause dies, and nothing lasts forever, but the seeds of kindness, character, and legacy are what truly endure.
The last time I was in Lagos I paid to enter a beach in Lekki.
Not a resort. Not a water park. A beach.
Sand. Water. A coastline that existed long before any of us were born.
Someone bought it. Fenced it. Put a gate on it. Now you pay to touch the ocean.
What kind of government sells its people access to nature?
Happy Democracy Day. 🇳🇬
You know what really bugs me these days? We can't own anything anymore. Everything is a subscription. Adobe, Notion, Spotify. You don't just buy things once, you keep paying every month. You literally have to pay for everything forever. Isn't anyone else bothered by this?
“He pose no threat, he was already tied…are they trying to conceal something or a confession that we do not know?… when he was trying to confess they k!lled him… they k!lled him further in the police station… this story look like more than meets the eyes to me”
~Rufai Oseni
You need just your WAEC result to contest for presidency, but you must have completed NYSC and have at least 5 years experience to secure a 150k job.
SMH.
“When I was younger, bread barely lasted three days before spoiling. Now I’ve had this one for 23 days and it still has no mold. What exactly are they putting inside bread these days?” — Lady
One thing I I have learned is that a lot of Nigerians don’t tie their struggles to the dysfunctional system in Nigeria, they think it’s the devil or something