Ẹlẹ́ran With Style: Meet Akeem, The Fashionista Graduate Meat Seller
At Camp Junction, Abeokuta, Ogun State, a Business Administration graduate stands out from the crowd, dressed with the confidence of an office executive.
By day, Akeem Muraina looks ready for the boardroom. But instead of heading to an office, he resumes daily at his meat stand.
Akeem is a meat seller, a trade popularly known as ‘Ẹlẹ́ran,’ in Nigeria’s South-West region. But he gives it a trendy lift.
Imagine, someone like Dele Momodu trying to lecture Bola Tinubu about democracy and how to be a democrat. What a comic relief! Twenty years since dog has been domesticated, monkey was still residing in the bush!!!!
Ladoja was PDP, Tinubu helped to restore his mandate. Mimiko was LP, Tinubu restored his stolen mandate. Oshiomole was brought from LP to ACN, Tinubu also restored his mandate. When PDP cabal expelled Ngige from PDP, it was Tinubu that provided him a sanctuary in the ACN. As Tinubu was helping Aregbesola and Fayemi to retrieve their mandates, he was also helping Atiku to retain his VP Mandate, and when PDP expelled Atiku from their party, it was Tinubu that provided him with another platform to cover his shame.
Tinubu the Co-Founder of NADECO leading the battle against Abacha to restore Abiola’s 1993 mandate would still not abandon Muhammadu Buhari, when he couldn’t win presidential elections three times. Tinubu led the first successful opposition parties merger in history that uprooted a ruling party. Despite all these, TINUBU didn’t hold any political office since the inception of the APC, having sacrificed his shares for others in the interest of the party and until 2023, he was politically on his own, but one with God is a majority!!!!
Tinubu, a friend of Soludo’s APGA, companion of Otti’s LP, brother of Adeleke’s Accord and Ally of PDP National Leader, Wike. Yet, he’s the Leader of APC whom some failed contestants and their Cardinal still describe as a One Party State politician!
Tinubu is the greatest Democrat of this era, a leader whose greatest strength is his limitless ability to make political sacrifice in the interest of general stability, an attribute that Atiku and Obi are bereft of!!!!!
Once you learn how to shop directly from China, E.g Temù or shien your wardrobe changes completely. Call me cheap I don't care I ain't rich, I don't do fraud.😭
It's knowing what to search for.
Here's my style after making plenty of mistakes.
1. T-shirts:
Skip 100% polyester unless you're buying gym wear.
Instead, search:
• 100% Cotton
• Combed Cotton
• Heavyweight Cotton
• 240-300 GSM Cotton
• Premium Cotton
• Mercerized Cotton
The heavier the GSM, the thicker and more premium the shirt usually feels.
2. Jeans:
Denim Jeans
Temu is surprisingly good for denim if you know what to search.
Search:
• Denim Jeans
• Cotton Denim
• Raw Denim
• Selvedge Denim (if available)
• 98% Cotton + 2% Elastane
• 99% Cotton
Avoid jeans with high polyester content. The more cotton, the better they'll age and feel.
3. Body-hug clothing:
Search:
• Ribbed Knit
• Modal
• Viscose Blend
• Cotton-Spandex Blend
They hold their shape much better than cheap polyester.
4. Hoodies
Search:
• 400 GSM
• French Terry
• Cotton Fleece
• Heavyweight Hoodie
5. Chains
Search:
• 316L Stainless Steel
• Titanium Steel
• PVD Gold Plated
• Vacuum Plated
These are far more resistant to fading than ordinary fashion jewelry.
6. Earrings
Search:
• 925 Sterling Silver
• 316L Stainless Steel
• Hypoallergenic
• Moissanite (if you're buying stones)
7. Scarves
Search:
• Mulberry Silk
• Silk Blend
• Cashmere Blend
• Wool Blend
• Viscose
Avoid the shiny, thin polyester scarves if you're after a premium look.
8. Loafers
Search:
• Genuine Leather
• Cow Leather
• Full Grain Leather (rare but worth looking for)
• Rubber Outsole
9. Sneakers
Search:
• Rubber Outsole
• EVA Midsole
• Breathable Mesh
• Leather Upper
• Stitched Sole
Pictures lie a lot
The description usually tells the truth.
Here's how I shop:
1. Read the material composition before anything else.
2. Sort by Most Orders or Best Selling, not cheapest.
3. Only buy products with lots of reviews or pictures or even better when a Nigerian has purchased it before they always tell the truth.
4. Read the 1-star reviews first. They'll tell you what the seller won't.
5. Look at customer photos, not the product photos.
6. Check the weight of the product. Better quality clothing is often heavier.
7. Read the size chart. Don't assume your Nigerian size matches.
8. If the title has words like "luxury," "premium," or "designer" but the material is 100% polyester, not everything but still move on.
Your best friend isn't the product picture.
It's the material, the reviews, and the customer photos.
That's how you separate the gems from the junk.
I hope this help.
Things are to expensive for a country this poor.
After washing your clothes, why do you turn them inside out before hanging them? Is there an actual reason, or are we all just copying what our mums and neighbours have been doing?😂
Nigeria is not making money at all?? Why are you not borrowing money to finance your lifestyle?? Why are you working to provide for yourself?? That's what a president should do for a country. Please stop being foolish. 📢
Tinubu could have done nothing.
That was the easiest choice.
Keep the subsidy. Let the naira stay artificially fixed. Smile for cameras.
Do four years. Collect your legacy. Go home.
Nigerians would have loved him for it.
No protest. No remove Tinubu.
Just peace.
But your fuel would still be smuggled to Niger. Your dollar would still be 1,500 on the street while government cronies buy it at 400. Your children would still inherit a country running on borrowed time and borrowed money.
You would be happy.
And your children would suffer for your happiness.
That is exactly what every president before him chose. And you called them good men.
Imagine you have a doctor.
Previous doctors kept giving you painkillers. You felt fine. You liked those doctors.
This new doctor looks at your scan and says your organs are failing. We need surgery. It will hurt. You will hate me for it. But if we don't do this now, you will die in five years.
You're currently outside the hospital with a microphone calling the surgeon a criminal.
The painkillers felt better.
But the painkillers were killing you.
When I become President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:
@JAMBHQ will be abolished. Admission into tertiary institutions should be determined by the institutions themselves under a transparent, merit-based system, not by another layer of bureaucracy.
The National Youth Service Corps @nysc_ng , in its current form, will be scrapped. In its place, we will establish a two-year, voluntary National Job Corps that guarantees participants meaningful employment, practical skills, entrepreneurship support, and pathways into permanent careers.
Nigeria's young people do not need more compulsory schemes. They need opportunities, jobs, skills, and the freedom to choose their future.
I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, “Never play fair in a game where others cheat.” It doesn’t mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they’ll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.
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@Mr_JAGs Cow 2-3M for una party economy they smell for ear, you even dey talk am with pride guy.. it doesn't have aqto be this bad before your ogas could make money from their tenure..this is madness.