“They” in this title refers to all the defense men, the pen-brandishing king’s men, the unrelenting, self-appointed applauders, the cozy and established, comfortable, myopic and collective children of corruption, the distant crowd of Presidential addicts, the any-government-in-power cinema crowd of Nigeria, who seem to be in competition among themselves to achieve the favours of President Goodluck Jonathan. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
IDLEMINDSET | RICE, TWITTER VERIFICATION AND OTHER HILARIOUS SYMBOLS
Some things are too fucking funny to be ignored. But before we discuss the intricacies of extracting humour within the Nigerian social construct, we shall begin with a brief dissertation on our favourite topic: the weird as hell-stuck-in-a-deep-freezer mental state of the average Nigerian. You simply have to love Nigerians–or you’ll blow up the whole … Continue reading
IDLEMINDSET | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DOYIN OKUPE
In today’s mixture of polite sarcasm and social irreverence, we will take a look at the ordinary life and times of Mr Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs. Of course, I don’t even know who he is and neither do you and we both don’t care. Both of us have more … Continue reading
IDLEMINDSET | THAT BLASTED TRAFFIC LAW
Unless, you’re not a Lagosian, or you’re a Lagosian who’s been sleeping off a 2 month hangover, you know what today’s post is all about. Right? We’re talking about the newly signed law which is guaranteed to fuck up your undisciplined Nigerian attitude to traffic behaviour in more ways than one. But before we go on, keep … Continue reading
IDLEMINDSET | “MAXIMUM THIEFEREY NATIONWIDE”
If there is any single entity that has managed to generate the ire of Nigerians across all tribes, religions, social circles, age groups, education levels, and job descriptions and unite all of these in undisputed bitterness, anger and regret directed against the said entity on a level of distrust even worse than any government in … Continue reading
