Shadow's Mistress

A lover of books and the little and big wonders of Life. I am an avid fan of this puzzle called Life.

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

2024!! My Year of UNSTOPPABLE MULTIPLICATION!

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@osemagnum Na wa oh... 😁Fructose in cum. Truly random fact indeed

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

One of the loveliest stories ever.

We got a call about a dog in Thailand who was suffering in the heat. He had been kicked out in the streets.

Never did we think it would end like this… (1/6) 🧵

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@olajumokeokenla I disagree sha. Some Nigerians are petty af... I have once had someone deduct 50ngn from a payment he helped process. This is someone I have an excellent working relationship with. I guess it's a matter of personal principles

[Arojinle @arojinle1]

This was me after I made a video cautioning Yorùbá people against using religion to attack one another. I touched all the religions.

Some Muslims came hard on me. They even reported to my parents, that I'm attacking Islam 🤣

Some Christians came hard on me. They said I was a hypocrite

Some Ìṣẹ̀ṣe practitioners came hard on me. They said I made the video because they're now retaliating against the Muslims that were attacking them on social media.

That's how I knew I had passed a genuine message. It touched everyone very well.

[legalnaija @LegalNaija]

In January 2022, Chidi Okafor found a file he was never supposed to see.

He was a Senior Internal Auditor at Pinnacle Financial Services — one of Lagos’s fastest-growing microfinance institutions.

The file was mislabelled.

He opened it by mistake.

He wished, many times in the years that followed, that he hadn’t.

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@LegalNaija What a great read. Kudos to whoever put this together. It was excellently done

[Arojinle @arojinle1]

I watched a video of how to make a swan 🦢 from an apple. I've forgotten that my son, Òkìkíọlá, was beside me. I scrolled up and he said "Daddy, let's try it"

This is our first trial

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@GbengaWemimo I am so upset at this display of sheer stupidity by the wife. It is not a small deal. They couldn't have used a phone to play music, there are a thousand music streaming platforms. Why disconnect what was keeping your husband's job safe? The man is justified.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

You think I'm happy living abroad?

I have a family I grew up with, whom I love with all of my heart - and the reality keeps dawning on me, on how many times I will see them before I one day turn 60.

People I saw daily, or once a month - I haven't seen in years, and would realistically only see once a year, going forward.

You think I'm happy?

That one day, I might end up having children and my siblings might not have the relationship with them - the relationship I had with my uncles, in my formative years? I remember clearly how they would take us to MrBiggs every Sunday - I am currently reliving the flavour from that meatpie.

How we would go to the family house in Ikeja, every year for Eid. The grandchildren uniforms, the snacks while watching your uncles slaughter rams.

You think I'm happy that I might one day lead a family of children who might not know their version of that?

WTF will I be doing in another man's land, if I did everything they asked me to do from childhood (face your studies, be exceptional, stay away from crime, be hardworking) and opportunities lined up for me to be the best I could, in my motherland? WTF will I be doing here?

Why will I condescend myself to living in a clime where I have to mentally switch from sun burning weather to teeth clenching winter - when I came from a land where I never needed gloves? You think I'm happy?

If I could do honest work, be on my way home and not have to bother about the risk of getting shot by the people meant to protect me, because I have some lines of tattoos on my body - you think I would leave?

If I could trust a justice system to defend me, ensure my rights even though I am a nobody - have trustworthy institutions banking on the highest standards, not have to worry about the bread I eat, the fake drinks from the club or streets, the fake drugs - you think I would leave?

Don't get me wrong. I am grateful for the opportunities this clime has given me, to test my limits - to be everything I thought I could be. But all of these, in replacement for the soul I grew up with?

You know the satisfaction that settled within me when I could wake up on a Saturday morning, stroll to the Iya wanke's place - relish an entire plate, or some ewa agonyin while watching children battle it out, in a 5 v 5 across the streets.

That communal living that relished my soul, is now replaced with silent streets and finely divided sealed terraces.

You walk through the city centres in the evenings - you see friends having an aperitif (they do so every evening), you see grandfathers meeting up with their children, you see entire families with extended families living across the streets, first cousins are even able to use the same gym and you remember what that looked like for you back home?

You think of all your friends scattered across continents, some you might never get to hug again.

For a lot of diasporans, you don't want Nigeria to work more than us. A lot of us want to come home, but what is home? Where is home? When will home feel like home?

I hope to continue living life without lack, in comfort, with accomplished dreams - but I want to do so, with soul. When I die one day, I want to do so - with soul.

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@folagade_banks The PTSD is real😂

[‘Layomi Azeez @MakanakiBrand]

A innocent Nigerian was invited to the Police (Ogombo Police Station) today, being 6th April 2026, being a public holiday, he had nothing to hide so he obliged.

He was detained in the morning & since then till now they’ve refused to tell him the basis arrest.

His lawyers got to the said station and requested to see the DPO, the said DPO refused to see his lawyers.

WHY IS THE DPO HIDING?

She later came out and instructed her officers to walk his lawyers out from the station.

@PoliceNG
@nigerianpolice
@PoliceNG_CRU
@TunjiDisu1

[JOSHUA @JJExclusive1]

Good morning to you sir IGP @TunjiDisu1

It was reported that you have ordered Dpo Satellite town in Lagos to bring the policemen involved in the recent viral video to Abuja on Wednesday 8th April, 2026 for disciplinary action.

We want to humbly request you televise the disciplinary action live on social media. over the years we only hear “audio disciplinary action” no proper disciplinary action in the real time when clip like this goes viral, because before you know it the same officers are back on the road doing their unlawful and criminal jobs.

So pls televise your own disciplinary action on these particular police officers that was caught in that viral clip, let Nigerians know your own is not “audio”

I don’t think this is too much to ask, Have a nice Easter celebration as we Nigerians expect your action regarding this request.

RT plss.

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@utibeimaabasi_1 @Frizzyfash I respect the hate.... 😂

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@DrAkhilX Man... I have to respect the dedication to knowledge. This is commendable... Kudos to these people👏👏

[JJ @Jomilojju]

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The NUC lifted its ban on foreign universities in Nigeria in December 2025.

Three months later, the Federal Government announced a Coventry University campus.

No institution has yet cleared the new framework.

Nigeria has also done this before. In 1948. It was called the University of Ibadan. London awarded the degrees until 1967. The NUC was built specifically to make sure it never happened again.

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@ajokeomojolade Superb take . I Stan!

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@elnathan_john I see many people also had the same concerns I had. The discrepancies in the story by Presido compared to his wife's are from his madness I presume?

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@OwotuyiD @Nappyblaze Not today... Game of thrones

[Shadow's Mistress @larasindick]

@OwotuyiD @Nappyblaze @JayNaija 1 . Avatar the last Air bender
2. -
3. Bridgerton
4. Game of Thrones

[Elnathan John @elnathan_john]

Reposting this short story about a Nigerian woman from Benue who struggles to write in English, drafting a letter to her estranged husband in a mental institution.