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This is the easiest part sef. It's like throwing a ball into a lake hoping to touch water. You get the point.
My friend, choose your social rant media wisely.
It doesn't matter that you're just typing away on your phone. Just do it. Facebook is good for sharing info, but the real engagement happens on Twitter. And get a short and memorable hashtag #NobodyHasTimeToBeCrammingHashta gAbeg
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Those soldiers or policemen need a reason. You that is planning to wear bum shorts, has koboko touched your bare laps before? Be wise.
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Protest where you don't go with a camera, is that one even a protest?
The soldiers and mopol might want to behave like animals. Did it even happen if you can't show people proof on Facebook and Twitter?
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NO HAWKING
Work hard on those tweets till you are ready for the streets.
Just pretend you're burning a lot of calories. That
4 When the time is right, fix a date, and venue. And Occupy.
Yeah, this is the last bus-stop for most of your activist friends. The moment they hear, “let's hit the streets”, their thirst for “Aluta” might quench a bit. But don't worry, some people will still show up.
If you're in L a g o s, s t r e e t hawkers have been banned. Better carry bread from the house. Can we please have a moment of silence?
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When you hear them shout FIRE ALL OF THEM!!! Listen very carefully. But if you signed up for that, you know, the freedom or death thing and all, then stay. It's not a bad thing, to be honest. Just don't do it to become a martyr. In Nigeria, we don't celebrate martyrs, partly because we all have a memory problem But most importantly, because the same people the yesterday people were protesting against, are the same people running the show today. So yeah, all the best.
Six Style Survival Tips To Help You Survive A Protest A day ago, 81 people were killed in Benue by Fulani herdsmen. This is the latest in a string of attacks by the terrorist group who have killed hundreds of innocent people over the last couple of months. Over the past week the murder of three innocent black men by police in America has sparked #BlackLivesMatter protests to spring up all across the country in response to the incessant killing of unarmed black men. While we are yet to see Nigerians come out and protest the for the hundreds of innocent people being killed by the Fulani herdsmen, -to be honest the only thing we've seen Nigerians come out en masse to protest is a hike in fuel price-, we can feel a turn in tide. In preparation for that we've come up with a style survival guide to help you survive a protest.
SA Mens Spring 17: There’s a teenage rebellion at Orange Culture South Africa Menswear Week has become greatly enriched by its decision to throw open it's door to menswear designers from the continent, particularly Nigeria. The Nigerian contingent of designers have since their first showcase, brought a distinct bent to the event, none as clearly as Adebayo Oke-Lawal's Orange Culture.
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DITCH THE MAKE UP Some people reading are thinking this doesn't have to be said, but you'll be sur prised. For those who aren't convi n ced , thi n k of how m an y damaging chemicals are in your makeup, if you get hit with teargas, or worse hosed down, your mascara running into your eyes will be the least of your problems.
KEEP THE JEWELLERY AT HOME Necklaces, earrings, wrist bands, all the things that droop and dangle can go from accessory to liability when things get hairy. Avoid any body jewellery that can get snagged on in case of a sudden stampede. They might end up pulling you down which could lead to serious bodily harm. LEAVE THE CAMO TO THE PO-PO Don't wear camouflage or any military inspired gear. We know that seems like the most fitting thing in your wardrobe to wear to a protest, but you'll only end up doing frog jumps from one end of the road to another at the closest army barracks. Plus who knows your fellow protesters might mistake you for a cop, and you sure as hell don't want that. GET BOOTED Get comfortable but sturdy shoes, don't go in sandals or slippers you'll leave the protest in bare feet. SCARF UP A thick scarf will offer you some minutes of protection in case the crowd gets hit with teargas. It's also useful to protect your face from being caught by NTA cameras -if they even make it there- and get portrayed as a law breaker KEEP IT SIMPLE Plain, practical clothes that you can easily dispose of are the way to go. Jeans and an old t-shirt are your most likely choice. Avoid graphic tees with
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SA Mens Spring 17: There’s a teenage rebellion at Orange Culture Known in Nigeria as the anti-hero of Nigerian menswear (a title several other designers have tried and failed to usurp), Orange Culture has constantly challenged what is possible, and permissible for Nigerian menswear. The label has experimented heavily with textures, silhouettes and concepts, sometimes veering into territories would consider 'unmarketable'. This season sees the label do something no one expected; it went back to high school. “Everyone's welcome. Outcasts: red hair, black nail polish, piercings… whatever you are, come to the school of outcasts and you'll be welcome…” – Adebayo Oke-Lawal Drawing from the long honoured tradition of high school rebellion, the new collection is the label's most contemporary. Instead of the cultural prints, heavily influenced by Nigerian precolonial iconography and the sleek, fluid androgyny that we've come to associate with the label, we are offered punk hand salutes and extended middle fingers. This is more than an edgy print, it is a form of slang, a sort of 21st century sign language for the socially marginalized. The prints are done in a graphic, horror fic style, a definite amateurishness to it that rejects the sophistry of the label's older collections.
Dip-dyed day shorts, blousy chiffon shirts and a loose orange jumpsuit are some highlights of the new collec on, as is the pin pinstriped suit that looks like it was wrought from a girl's collec on and updated, the ul mate subversion of masculine and feminine tropes. The classic Orange Culture silhoue es make cameos this season too; palazzo pants, co-ords and the asymmetric wrap around shacket. But it is this season's collabora ons that truly sell the vibe. Tree fair fax provided clip on murses, Maxivive and Nigerian graphic ar st Fred Aghuno worked on sandals and printed brogues, Nodrog st made bags and Rokus London provided jewellery that we will no doubt see around the necks of the early adopters in the coming months. Orange Culture might have been for the metrosexual looking to stand out, but this season, it is for the reject looking to fit in.
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he current trend of skin bleaching in Nigeria has increased the number of skin whitening products in the market, many of which contains dangerous chemical substances but yet, tagged as natural. There is a lot wrong with wan ng to change our skin colour including the risk involved. However, we cannot deny consumers who are simply looking for bright glowing skin. This ar cle presents organic essen al oils that are guaranteed to give you just that. Essen al oils are powerful substances o en organically generated but have been known to cure and remedy illnesses and skin problems. We have selected these six essen al oils for their brightening proper es which combined with amazing carrier oils like almond, coconut and olive oil, make great skin care recipe. It is very important that you dilute your essen al oils with carrier oils as previously men oned, as using them directly unto skin can be dangerous. So, please take precau on. These brightening essen al oils are , Lemon, Galbanum, Lavender, Rose, Sandalwood and Jasmine; LEMON- We all know and love lemon in Nigeria as well as its brightening proper es. It helps to rejuvenate dull skin. Regular use of lemon oil on your skin helps to lighten the complexion of the skin and protects your skin from various problems. We s ll have to be careful with Lemon oil because of its acidic nature which may cause skin irrita on as well as its photosensi ve nature. Mix not more than 4-5 drops of lemon essen al oil in a tablespoon of water or other carrier oil to use it on skin.
GALBANUM - this is another excellent essen al oil which was used by the Greeks to cure acne and to improve the texture of the skin. Mix few drops of galbanum essen al oil in any carrier oil and rub it on your skin. Within few days you will no ce the enhanced brightness of the skin. LAVENDER - This essen al oil is being used to solve the various skin problems from mes immemorial. Lavender oil has an sep c and an fungal proper es which help to cure various skin problems like sun burn, blemishes, acne scars, hot rashes, etc. Massage lavender oil on your skin to overcome these skin problems and to get a brighter skin enhancing the natural glow of it. But before using the lavender oil, you have to mix it in either base oil or in water. Take ½ cup warm water and add 5-6 drops lavender oil in it. Massage it on your skin. Or you can mix this lavender oil with coconut oil, pine oil or chamomile oil. ROSE - We all know rose for the popular rose water which we o en use as toners. Rose essen al oil is derived from rose petals. The best Rose oils in the market are quite expensive. Rose essen al oil not only has beau ful fragrance, it also strengthens gums, tones and li s skins. It prevents and cures wrinkles of the skin and cures loss of firmness of skin and muscles. But like other essen al oils you need to dilute it too.Rose oil blends and works well in chilled milk. Take a cup of chilled milk and add 10 drops of rose water in it. Mix well. Massage this oil on all over
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your body everyday. It helps to enhance the brightness of the skin and makes your skin petal so . SANDALWOOD - Some say that Sandalwood oil is perhaps the most widely used essen al oil. It solves various types of skin problems and side by side it also enhances the brightness of the skin. An bacterial, an fungal and an sep c property of sandalwood essen al oil cures acne, pimples, blackheads, white heads and other skin problems like magic. It also has an -aging property which rejuvenates dull and dry skin. Regular use of sandalwood oil brightens your skin and makes it very so . The use of sandalwood essen al oil is very easy. Mix sandalwood oil with water in 1: 10 ra o. Mix well and massage that oil on your skin daily. You will no ce a brighter skin within few days. Sandalwood essen al oil is extracted from sandalwood. JASMINE - Jasmine essen al oil is extracted from the flowers. It has a pleasing and sweet smell which upli s your mood. An sep c quality of jasmine also cures acne scars and other fungal infec ons very effec vely.Regular massage of jasmine oil brightens your skin and makes it flawless. Mix jasmine oil in pure water before massaging it on your skin. Jasmine oil also blends well in orange juice, watermelon juice, green coconut water, etc. In conclusion - Please always research properly and seek proper guidance before venturing into such home remedy. We will advice you seek the guidance of professionals who are licensed to give such advice.
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THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER A NIGERIAN SOLDIER
The Nigerian Army is the most famous military in West Africa. We have restored peace in several West African Nations by means of superior f i r e p o w e r. W h o c a r e s h o w w e d i d i t ? We d i d i t a ny w a y. The following happens when you meet Nigerian soldiers in Nigeria.
1. You could get protected. Because that's what the army is about. To serve and to protect. You could have your villages liberated from terrorists, you could have hundreds of Nigerians freed from the shackles of terror-borne slavery. A soldier is fighting in the trenches while you are at home, in the warmth of your bed. Thank a soldier today.
the Supreme Nigerian Army? Those BRT buses had it coming! You deserve every punishment that you get when you question the infallibility of a soldier. You disgrace your country! 5. You could get your phone smashed. This is normal everywhere. On issues of national security and classified stuff, everything must be done to make sure it
2. You could get taxed Lets face it; for the amount of work soldiers get to do, the salary might not actually do much for the morale. So to make up for that, there are things called checkpoints, where you have to pay some money to pass through sometimes. Its not a bribe. Honest. Its just, you know, a show of gratitude that you appreciate the work they are doing. So this is what you should do if you are wearing an explosive vest and a checkpoint is standing between you and your path to a thousand bits of exploded flesh. Get 500 naira. Get to a checkpoint. Thank them for the work they are doing. Then you can hand them the money so they can buy airtime and call their loved ones back home. Go on your way. 3. You might get your ass whooped. You did mscheww for MOPOL right? Try breathing too hard for a Nigerian soldier. My friend, you will sweat. You will frog jump till your thighs are screaming “cut me off �. This is good for your fitness, so please thank them for their effort. Ask that guy who still hasn't gotten over the ass whooping he got when he complimented a female soldier's beauty. Or ask those policemen who get beaten to shape for trying to rub shoulders. 4. You could get your bus burnt. Like, why would you even be in the way of
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stays secret, even if your phone is getting smashed. Like, why would you want to take a picture of a soldier beating a civilian till his forehead is an open dam of blood? Rude. 6. You could get shot. Yep. When you're annoying enough, you could get shot and if there's enough time, buried in a shallow grave. You could get shot like that time after Mohammed Yusuf and the Gang were on rampage in Maiduguri and soldiers were going house to house, bringing out suspects, some in crutches, and shooting them at point blank range. Or that time when they were defending themselves against the Shi'a in Kaduna, and killed a huge bunch of them and littered the street as a fashion statement. Fuck human rights. There's no need to mention places like Baga. Boring. One thing we must admit is this; our soldiers do a lot. They man our checkpoints, they are our gym instructors, our government-approved mob, our Defence against the Dark Arts of Lord Shekau, and sometimes, our executioners, all at once. If you can't give it to them for anything, at least give it to them for multitasking.
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in what many of his friends and family have tagged a politically
the theme song for the Black Lives Matter Movement last year.
motivated kidnapping.
Fela's Afrobeat is a similar example of music specifically made to
Yeah, we thought the same thing you're probably thinking when
discuss black man realities even the press may be coy about. Sadly
we heard the news; the military era is over, Abacha is dead, can you
today, save for Fela's direct descendants Femi and Seun Kuti,
tell another lie?
Afrobeat as a genre has been stripped of its weighty social
Besides, in the face of a failing economy and the recent incursion
relevance for mundanities and even cheap political propaganda
of Fulani herdsmen and Niger Delta militants, politicians have
Fela would have definitely found cringe-worthy.
bigger problems than to pick on some guy with a microphone and
It is noteworthy to mention the likes of Daddy Showkey, African
a laptop with Fruity Loops. But according to reports Dahiru had
China, Oritshefemi and Stereoman amongst other artists who
become an overnight sensation in the state for a single titled
emerged during the renaissance of a conscious reggae influenced
“Gyara Kayanka�, which loosely translates as 'put your house in
Ajegunle music in the early noughties. But while the music carried
order'. A song he used to label the APC-led leadership of his
some of Fela's fight-the-system themes along with it, it neither
community as corrupt and selfish. While facts are still absent,
bore the gusty precision of his Afrobeat nor major social impact
Nigeria's over-familiarity with similarly related occurrences in the
on a people who thought their troubles had ended with the return
past puts Dahiru's unfortunate instance under a different spotlight.
of power to a democratic civilian rule in 1999. Yet, It's 2016 and
Afrobeat legend Fela lived an eccentric life in everything his
the rarity of artists like Ado Dahiru in a country where cyclical
personality and music represented, but particularly, his powerful
problems from 20-something years ago are still recurring only
ideas and run-ins with the law under different military
indicates a vacuum left behind by music void of all the deeply
governments in the 70s and 80s remains one of the biggest
human tropes Fela incorporated to birth a genre still considered
highlights of his career. Through his years, Fela, as we all knew,
socially relevant in today's world.
was a vocal critic of every Nigerian leadership. An activism he
Nigerian music today is tapping into a high-density information
severally channeled via the machinery of his Afrobeat music, press
world. A luxury Fela did not have, yet with sheer determination
conferences and on-stage lectures under the scrutinizing gaze of
and a bit of insanity managed to discuss deeply human issues on a
different high-handed military regimes.
level that still challenges us to fight for our own survival as a
Fela who had achieved a considerable level of celebrity at the time
people. One would think artists who have affiliated themselves
suffered a series violent raids in his home and arrests by
with his sound would leverage this advantage of their own time,
government authorities including an internationally-criticised 10-
rather than distant themselves from everything his music
year jail sentencing under the regime of General Muhammadu
represents, so much they had to define theirs as 'Afrobeats'. A
Buhari in 1983. By Fela's death, he had been arrested a staggering
genre definition that almost comes off like a gimmick to avoid the
number of 200 times many of which were popularly believed to be
responsibilities of what it means to be a black African artist by
politically motivated by a government out to silence him.
parodying a parent genre that stood for a lot more.
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wo weeks ago, local Hausa singer, Ado Dahiru, was
But none of this is news. Historically, black music has always been
allegedly abducted from his Yola neighborhood in
a vehicle for politics and addressing social issues. From slave
Adamawa. The singer was released a few days later,
chants on cotton plantations to Kendrick Lamar's Alrightbecoming
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