7 definite signs that you're not yet a social media addict

1. You don't take your phone to the Toilet: If you currently do have the decency to take a dump without seeing it as a golden opportunity to check your social media notifications, then you're safe. Congrats

2. You can sleep without dreaming of Facebook, Twitter or IG: Many times, I've tweeted in my dreams, mostly because I sleep off with my phone in my hands. If you haven't gotten to the stage where you see Facebook, Twitter or Instagram in your dreams, you're lucky, you haven't been infected

3. If you pray every morning before you check your notifications: this one is plain simple, if you have the restraint to say a word of prayer first thing in the morning before grabbing your phone, then you're not an addict. Thank God for your Life

How two passengers strangled Lagos Uber Driver to death and stole his car

The Lagos state police command has arrested two men, Osaro Egbomrewen and Michael Eyeoekpe, in connection with the death of an Uber driver, Innevosa Emmanuel, who was strangled to death at the Ogba area of the state recently.

Parading the suspects before newsmen today, the state police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects had posed as passengers and ordered for a taxi using the Uber application.

Get Out: Senate sends Customs DG packing over refusal to appear in official Uniform

Customs DG

Earlier today, The Senate ordered the Customs DG out of the Red Chamber as he appeared on civilian attires, in spite of the Senate's request that he appear in Uniform.

Deputy Majority Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, said executive powers of the Customs DG were statutory and the occupant of the office must be in uniform to exercise the powers, since it is a rank

29 years later, Ahmad Ahmad dethrones Issa Hayatou from the throne of African football

Issa Hayatou

Issa Hayatou, the President of Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the past 29 years, has been shown the way out. 

In the new CAF elections which held earlier today, 70-year old Hayatou recorded a dismal performance as only 20 of the 54 available votes went to him.

Senate re-rejects Magu the acting EFCC Chairman, hands him a big L

Earlier today, the senate rejected acting EFCC chairman Ibrahim Magu for the 1 millionth time. The senate's decision was as a result of a report sent in by the DSS Wednesday night indicating that Magu was unfit to lead the anti-graft agency.

Guess who owns the N49 Million found at The Kaduna Airport yesterday?

Yesterday, news filtered in that the EFCC had discovered N49 million at the Kaduna airport. It is claimed that this discovery was made following a tip-off.

How Davido and Hush Puppi turned Nigerians into beggars on twitter

So I was busy at work, but decided to take a quick Twitter break, then this tweet from @Sir_xcel caught my attention.

How Tayo, former BBA star emerged first celebrity scapegoat for this week

Tayo Faniran

Last Sunday, being the first day of the week ushered in the first social media banter of this week. It so happened that Tayo Faniran, a former Big Brother Africa winner, who also is a model and mu..mu..ssiiick.cian performed at the non-eviction show of the current Big Brother Nigeria competition. Suffice to say, Tayo 'killed' the show, from the quality of music to his stellar performance! By the time he was done, he left the stage trending on twitter for all the wrong reasons, even as he ended up stealing all of Iyanya's shine (Iyanya was supposed to be the star act for the night, but then Tayo happened).

Revealed: 4 popular misconceptions about love

1. Blind: I'm sorry to break your heart, but true love is not blind! it sees your strengths and weaknesses, it acknowledges your humanity, it notices when you look sad or happy, true love sees so much that it plans ahead, fixes you in the future and decides today to be there for you tomorrow no matter what

7 Life lessons Unilag taught me

Uni was filled with memorable lessons for me. From having to cope with different types of people, to learning how to say no and detecting when a friendship is no longer necessary. Here is a list of 7 things I learned from uni summed up in seven stories

1. Never assume that anyone knows it all, instead believe in your own abilities: This perhaps is the most important and in fact the main reason for this write-up. Every time we had exams, we will all gather in front of the venue of the exam, usually a multipurpose hall or lecture room. While waiting for the invigilators, security personnel and concerned lecturer to come, I noticed that this became the most challenging moment of the whole exam period for me. While we were gathered, different people would start asking you questions, suggesting answers and bringing up topics you have never heard of before. At this point, you start feeling like you're ill-prepared for the exam. If care is not taken, they will project so many wrong and haphazard answers into your mind, so much that when you finally get into the exam hall, you become confused and uncertain about answers to questions that you know. By my third year, I decided to start going 10 minutes late for my exams. Guess what? that semester, I made my best GPA in Unilag.

stop measuring your life based on things you see on social media

Yesterday I found myself attending a meeting somewhere around Marina, so i quickly adjusted my shirt, practiced my trademark smile and selfie pose, then took a couple of selfies at the reception before the meeting proper.

Next phase, was to determine which social media platform i had to post the best version of the selfie on, this was the point were some factors came into play. First it was a relatively new shirt, i looked good in it and i hadn't posted any previous pictures of it on social media, so baam! i decided it was the perfect pic for the gram (Instagram).

MMM Nigeria and the reality of a society that wants you to fail

An estimated 3 million Nigerians who had 'invested' in MMM Nigeria had their funds 'freezed' last December. The MMM authorities gave a clear reason for this freeze and even published a resumption date for normal operation to recommence, but guess what happened? most people, especially those who didn't invest in the Ponzi started peddling rumours that the scheme had 'crashed'. Gradually, these 'rumours' became so strong that pages of Newspaper and social media-published articles were written with several case studies being cited to back the fact that MMM Nigeria had crashed for good.

The many beneficiaries of Mr Eazi's controversial tweet

Mr Eazi and his controversial tweet

I personally woke up on the morning of January 12th to find 'Mr Eazi' & 'Ghana' trending on Twitter. I immediately knew something was fishy, since good news seldom trend on twitter except if it were a paid trend. Going through the tweets on both trends, It took me 5 seconds to realise that Mr Eazi had not only rekindled the Ghana-Nigeria twitter beef, but had also gone past the traditional 'jollof rice' topic to introduce a new dimension which was 'whose music influenced the other'. According to Mr Eazi, Ghana sounds had a huge influence on contemporary Nigerian music.

Dear Ladies, not every inbox message is a harassment

So over the course of the past 2-3 months, I've seen a lot of females complain about the way guys harass them via inbox/Dm on social media. 

why making new year resolution is trash

New year resolutions are stupid things, if you ask me. Maybe for Children, it would make sense, but for a grown-ass adult, its as much a mark of laziness, unreadiness and lethargy towards doing the needful.

Did you make it to my top people of the year? read this to know!

The year started on a very slow note for me. By January, i was still a serving Corps member in Kaduna. I didn't travel for the Christmas/New year Holidays, so i was stuck all by myself in far away Kaduna, at the mercy of a biting chilly cold more popularly known as Harmattan.

By Now, i was already a member of the Abengowe family, who travelled and left their Kaduna residence to my care. That Family was really warm and welcoming. God Bless them for me

6 very important benefits of having an argument

Arguments can really get messy sometimes, other times like wildfire it grows into a feast of verbal attacks and fist-fights. These are not enough to deter one from arguing from time to time. here are 6 benefits of having an argument

1. It makes you smarter: remember the last time you argued? I guess you won right? Lol. Winning an argument gives you this feeling of smartness and losing an argument makes you want to research more on the topic in case of next time.

2. It makes you more rationale: an argument usually have at least two sides to it. In the course of every argument, you'd realize how myopic you have been in your thinking. Every party brings their own view of the issue to the table and no matter who wins, you would have gained a better more holistic view of that particular topic compared to what you knew before.

3. It keeps you better informed: you can't watch Al-Jazeera, CNN, BBC, NTA & Channels all at the same time, neither can you read 3 brands of magazines at the same time. What an argument does is to help you learn from the wealth of knowledge or stupidity of others. Usually within the first few minutes, all the non-issues in an argument are trashed out and everyone begins to quote more facts and figures. That is the best time to open your ears and mind to learn more.

4. It makes you mentally alert: the joy of winning the last argument coupled with the fear of losing the next argument would always keep you on your toes. Your brain learns to be more active, retain more information and observe your environment better.

5. It makes you want to learn more: during the course of an argument, different facts and Falsehoods pop-up. The need to actually ascertain what is true and what is false would prompt you to want to research, read and learn more about that subject matter. As a lover of arguments, you also understand the need to regularly fortify yourself with enough ammo (information) to win the next argument whenever and wherever it happens.

6. It improves your creativity: as an argumentative, with time you begin to argue with yourself. You don't just accept things the way they are, you want to try out new times, explore fresh perspectives, implement new ideas and spend time trying to determine which is the best way to do something. In essence, you become more creative. 

In conclusion, arguments actually makes you a better person, helps your personal confidence and human relations skill, it inspires you to read, explore and live a fun and crazy lifestyle. Don't pass up that golden opportunity to argue the next time you find it and always remember to learn something new from every argument.

you can also checkout some health benefits of having an argument here

why do Nigerian adults fight over food at public events?

How people quickly calculate the value of a plate of food over their expensive shoes, Aso-ebi, jewelries and self respect have never ceased to baffle me. Its common place to see jewelries strewn all over the floor after food has been fought over, clothes torn, punches and scratches exchanged, let's not even talk about the hellish abuses that would be exchanged in this process.

students react to Babcock university crackdown on porn, drugs

Following a new plan by Babcock university authorities to randomly search student's laptops for porn and also crackdown on those who do drugs this semester, students of the university have reacted on twitter in more than one million ways. while some claimed to be experts at hiding porn on their laptops, others gave professional advise to their cohorts on how to go about hiding their drugs and evading 'snitches' who have been paid by Babcock university authorities to report any erring student.

read the juiciest twitter responses below:

This semester students laptop would be searched frequently in order find Porn and reduce it to the lowest level possible. Please comply

— Babcock university (@Babcockuni_ng) September 1, 2016

This semester students laptop would be searched frequently in order find Porn and reduce it to the lowest level possible. Please comply

— Babcock university (@Babcockuni_ng) September 1, 2016

@nikky_carter @Babcockuni_ng they're even wasting their time... If I hide porn, forget it , only Bill Gates would find it on that system

— Peter A. Iordaah II (@Sir_CoOdiE) September 2, 2016

@Babcockuni_ng SS4 University. You people will not calm down and produce enough graduates it's finding porn that's giving you joy. Smh

— 23rd September (@Moeazey_I_AM) September 2, 2016

@Babcockuni_ng Your lecturers are molesting your students and you are WORRIED ABOUT FUCKING PORN! PORN!

— Amanda. (@Andhiii) September 2, 2016

@Babcockuni_ng focus more on the quality of learning and richness of faculties. Upgrade your curriculum and have more relevant topics.

— Lightscribe (@RoyAderinmola) September 2, 2016

Jidenna talks parents, Nationality and 8 other things

Jidenna

In a twitter Q&A session last Monday, Jidenna disclosed several information about himself, ranging from family, nationality, and forthcoming album 'long live the chief'. Here are the top 10 things he disclosed:

1. Isi ewu is his favourite dish
2. Jidenna is a Nigerian national, Imo state to be precise
3. He loves athletics
4. Jidenna is definitely not getting married soon
5. According to Jidenna, His favorite artiste at the moment is Tiwa savage