There is a popular belief that pot bellies in men are as a result of drinking beer. Some say it is caused by excess calories… It is also believed that as men grow older, they tend to develop potbellies There is also this controversial point, that as men accumulate wealth, Their lifestyles changes. They don’t walk long distances anymore. Instead, they drive. Even the ‘humble’ Computer era has been blamed too, Since files are being…

It is 99 days to the elections. If you are reading this, I hope you registered to vote. Below is how to check your registration status: 1. Use your phone Send a text message to 08171 646 879 in the following format: state, surname, last five digits of your voter identification number (find this on the top of your temporary or permanent voter card). For Example Lagos, Ede, 023** You should receive a response within…

Lying is the act of both knowingly and intentionally or willfully making a false statement. “Pathological lying (also called pseudologia fantasia and mythomania) is a behavior of habitual or compulsive lying.” __wikipedia Sometime last year, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture explained why most Nigerians perceive him to be a political liar. “I think I carried two major burdens.” He said. “The first burden I carried is that I was the face of opposition for…

It is Election day in the United States. As I stay up in wait for my favorite analyst on TV, Jake Tapper on ‘The Lead with Jake Tapper’, all I see is the enthusiasm by the American voters. It is overwhelming. I am sitting here wondering if we would have this too. With the polls closing in less than 2 hours, so far, there have been reports of long queues, minor technical challenges with the…

“Aunty wetin you bring come for us na?” “you send me go buy something for you? Can you please do your checks and let me go?” I said as I was handing over my passport to him. At this point, I was already getting pissed off. I have lived in Nigeria all my life, the ‘begging’ culture here is not new to me. Little wonder I didn’t make any sense of it while I went…

About 40 Shia protesters were reportedly killed by the Nigerian Army. They fired shots at the protesters because they threw stones at them, this led to the death of about 40 members of the group. In their defense, the Nigerian Army shared a clip of Trump’s remarks on Twitter with the caption, “Please Watch and Make your Deductions.” The video clip which they took down from their page, had Trump saying US troops would open…

President Buhari’s spokesman Bashir Ahmad has revealed how the President got his attestation of result. “submit your two recent passport photographs and pay N20,000 in draft, WAEC will do the rest for you,” he said. IN CASE YOU DON’T KNOW; just as President @MBuhari did, you can also obtain “Attestation of Results” from @WAECNigeria. Lost your certificate? Submit your two recent passport photographs and pay N20,000 in draft, WAEC will do the rest for you….

Google, the world’s biggest and most preferred search engine held its second edition for ‘Google for Nigeria’ and revealed some of Nigeria’s top searches. ‘How to dance shaku shaku’ was one of the top searches. Little wonder the vice president Yemi Osinbajo decided to make a joke about the dance, knowing full well how ‘passionate’ Nigerians are about the dance. That didn’t go down so well for him though. Speaking as a special guest of…

Nelson Mandela once said “if you talk to a man in the language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart”. When it comes to logical thinking, you are often told to think with your head and not the heart. There are two types of people in this world. Those that act on emotional impulses, and those that are able to rationalize…

In Nigeria, there is nothing like race, people do not discriminate against each other based on race. Everyone here is black, we all look like each other, and as such, there are other forms of segregation like tribe, class etc. Maybe this has been in existence for a while, but it has become more prominent these past 3 years. So in Nigeria, it wouldn’t be out of place to say there is the human race,…