How To Be A Great Visitor

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I'm bout to teach you somethin' real good

Maybe you've been invited to stay over at someone's house. Maybe you desperately need a place to crash. Either way, these tips we're about to unleash on your innocent mind are just like Muhammad Ali.

THEY'RE THE GREATEST.
Now lets's begin the cooking of the sauce. First Things First.

1. Bring your own stuff.

Maybe not always like this kind of load though...

Try to have sense and carry everything you think you'll need to use while you're there. Your soap. Your towel. Your toothbrush. Your brain. While it is forgivable that you may have forgotten one or two things while packing, it's ridiculous to actively plan to make your host provide everything for you as if they're a pro-bono supermarket.

10 Important Things For The Final Year Student

[4min Read]

It's here! It's here! It's finally here!!

No... I don't mean this amazing mind-blowing and probably orgasmic article. (Yes I can use the word 'orgasmic' because you should be mature enough to handle it now. Yay! Adulthood.)

What I mean is your Final Year. After all this while. Maybe it's the 4th year. Or the 5th year. Or the 10th. To God be the glory in all your cases.

I'm sure you're wondering what we could possibly be telling full grown adults of your age and status. ('Weh done' sirs). But please be humble with us and go through our list of 10 things every final year student should do.

Lying About Nigeria

[3min Read]

*Drumroll*

You know how people like saying rubbish about certain countries? All the stereotypes that really aren't true? Like how everyone in America loves guns and wears cowboy boots, or everyone in England had teatime by 12pm?

You people will believe anything.

The Surprise Test!

[3min Read]

Surprise Surprise

First off, I'd want to thank TRJ for deeming my true(life) story fit to be shared on the platform, I'm tremendously honored. 

PS; I'm a huge fan, y'all are wonderful wordsmiths and I would want to write marvelously like y'all when I grow up... keep it up

Medical School Exposed!!

[4min Read]

So on the 23rd of June, The University of Benin decided to startup this years edition of stories from medical school (9ja edition) to show the world what actually goes on in these hospitals that are churning out highly trained doctors of international standard.

Ladies. Gentlemen. Gender neutral human beings. This is our story.

♫ If You No Come Party... Hide Your Face ♫

So I went for a party yesterday night, to do what people usually do at parties...

And I ended up doing what I usually do whenever I get a rush of emotions.

I wrote an article. *Ghen Ghen*

Twitter Stories - Week 2

[7 mins read]

Twitter Stories - Week 1

15 things when you have a younger brother.

Do you have a younger brother or two hanging around the house or country somewhere? Well, some of us at TRJ do too, and we want to touch back at all those things that make us love them (well, most of the time). Here we go...


1. He will always be touching your things.

Nothing is safe. No toy. No game. No clothes. No phone.

2.  He will get you in trouble so many times with your parents, you'll stop involving him in anything you're doing for a while - as punishment

October Rush (Part One - Him)

Him:

I had just come back to this academic prison yard yesterday. I would have loved to resume late, but then I would miss out on all the fresh meat in the school.

I couldn't trust the other boys in school to maintain themselves for long. It was hunting season - it was every lion for himself.

10 times "The Simpsons' predicted the future

Throughout the history of this classic adult-themed cartoon, we've been assaulted with jokes and ridiculous situations in it's runtime - some of which have scarily come true. After the recent Mayweather vs Mcgregor fight (last in the list), we started taking a close look at all the times they've secretly shown us the future.


1. Donald Trump becoming president
Aired in year 2000, we have a satire at America's apparent decline in leadership qualities, with predictions of Trump causing trouble. Funny how that's what's happening today.

October Rush (Part One - Her)

DAY ONE:

Her:

It was the second day of resumption of the old students. They came like in an army triumphant.

Making noise everywhere

 

I should have known the first day he walked up to me that he was trouble. He came looking all fly, saying hi with a face like this:

22 Life Hacks For You

Sometimes we find ourselves in everyday life situations that seem like theres no hope. Life hacks however informs you of those answers you never knew. Read on and find solutions you have been looking for and learn new cool stuff.

1. Storing batteries in the freezer can up to double their life span.

2. Never use your favorite song as your alarm clock, you'll end up hating it. Some people learn this the hard way

12 Things on Having Nigerian Parents

1. We all know this one for sure; relaxing somewhere at home and you hear your name being called, and walahi, when you go to answer, all you have to do is get the remote, key, phone or something just by their side.

5 inches away oo...

2. When we ask our parents if we can go visit a friend. "Go where?"... "Go and read your book".

Funny how the parents of those friends tell them the same thing.

Top 20 cartoons from your childhood

Do you remember the sweet old days when you could just hang in front of a TV for the whole day and watch your fill of colored 2-dimensional creatures of all types of design?

Well, we do. We'd like to help you remember too - for those of us 90's kids anyway. All those awesome cartoons that are never shown anymore, and that our children may sadly never get to watch. Sometimes nostalgia is worth it, so here we are with a piping hot dish of it. Let's roll back the years and remember what we once feasted eyes on...

Are your favourite cartoons here? Is there anyone named here that you never had the chance to watch? Well, OUR favourites include...


1. Samurai Jack

Epic storytelling everywhere. This was the littest thing since sliced bread

2. Kim Possible

Because everything is possible

3. The Powerpuff Girls

To prove that girls are every bit as awesome as boys are. This was the real deal.

The #YepaChallenge - Top 20

So... Twitter Nigeria has once again come upon us with a new challenge. The #YepaChallenge - which is being promoted by several big names on the twitter scene, complete with prizes for the most notable and funny memes of the trend.

We've compiled just a few of the funniest twitter posts for your unhealthy consumption, because we do live to please, and the things we saw were things like;

This man that has seen life on the ground level

This is why we stick to the classics - Nokia Torch

 This common exam challenge for the ages...

But don't worry - Jesus is always the answer

 This life lesson about coming early, because hunger is a savage beast...

At least you can take home the aroma

When The Carnival Came...

So on Thursday 4 weeks ago, the AMSA Social Director - Alex Omotoso, with his capable team, decided to throw some flavour into the soup that is medical life in Ido(ABUAD).

Here are a few highlights of the Super Duper Flavourfest.

First I'd like you to meet the organizers. The spices.

(Do you recognize them? Give them a shoutout in the comments section if you do, and send them the link. ;)

How NiMSA broke my heart

I remember when we first started going, we left our 5-star Hostels in Ido, to leave for an adventure.

Do you see why we chose to school here?

It wasn't easy to leave, as the consultants would like you to learn for 26 hours, 9 days a week.

Bye bye sir...

Nature's Treasures

Have you ever had a day, where everywhere you looked there were treasures shining bright...?

No, I'm not talking about piles of gold or fistfuls of diamonds... I speak of star studded nights, ruby dawns, and sapphire afternoons. I speak of Nature's Treasures...


When you take a walk in the morning, you're greeted by emerald trees...

#WhyILoveABUAD

So this amazing trend was started up a few hours ago, #WhyILoveABUAD, in response to the threat of negative publicity that tends to rear it's ugly head every once in a while. So here we are; ABUAD students showcasing the greatness that is ABUAD.

It's a tale that has been unsounded for far too long. Let me tell you, about the greatest ABUAD.