Back in the day, I had a friend from Liberia.
Her parents were upper-middle-class and lived in Monrovia.
She said they woke one day to find rebels at the doorstep of Monrovia, and there was a mad dash to the airport. She said a country had sent planes to evacuate its citizens from Liberia, but the Liberians were buying the seats on those planes to escape.
Her parents could only afford to send her; she never saw them again.
I asked, “This war didn't start in one day; why didn't you leave earlier?”
She said, “We simply heard about an attack here and there and never assumed it would come to Monrovia.”
You didn't pray for your private jet
You didn't pray for your yacht
You didn't pray for VP lodge
You didn't pray against Fubura
Bandits came, you became Junior Jesus
1. Drink water, put a bottle by your bedside, drink when you wake
2. Ask your friend abroad to buy your multi-vitamins. Take them daily
3. Stop taking soda and “juice”, eat the fruit with the pulp, chew an orange, don't drink orange juice.
4. Slow down on the carbs, garri, jollef and amala, and do more protein. Termites are high in protein if you can't afford beef. ( I didn't stutter)
5. Sleep longer, weekends are for sleep, not just parties and watching football.
6. Take your holidays, do not exchange them for cash and work all year round. Go to a village or slow area for a holiday once in a while to decouple. Travelling to the UK or Dubai to shop in malls and eat a burger is not a holiday
7. Slow down on salt and sugar, think more of ginger and turmeric
8. Eat suya, eat the vegetables, onions and tomatoes too, all join
9. Slow down on white bread, pasta, etc. Brown rice 👍 is Ofada rice brown? Does anyone know?
10. Have sex regularly. A blow job is not sex
11. Stretch, walk, move. Yoga is good.
12. Be happy, watch comedies, laugh
13. Have an emergency fund. Looking for urgent N10,000 on “Tuesday” will cause hypertension faster than salt.
14. Buy a plant, have a garden, sha touch soil once in a while
15. Be careful with the news you listen to, don't be naive, but don't dwell in the comfort of mockers
16. Fall in love, not mandatory but recommended. Yes, you can love the company of someone, all join.
17. Use deodorant, not Antiperspirants.
18. Guys, change your boxers daily, even if they do not smell. A beard has to be combed and maintained. It's not fallow land
19. Ladies, you also look beautiful without a wig or nail extensions, plus you save money 😉
20. Don't bleach your skin
This is financial advice
But the FGN is in a hurry to tax electronic money transfers in Nigeria, and makes huge revenues from that
Big Brother Nigeria can accept voting on housemates instantly as well
Nigerians can buy stocks on their phones
I bet this @arise broadcast is being watched by many on their cell phones
The same FGN celebrates when they are mentioned as global adopters of AI
But once it comes to elections, there are “challenges”