“You’re a fool.”
I mean, aren't we all?
“You’re a fool.”
“I’m not a fool, sir.”
What’s up guyyy?
If your week didn’t start with this iconic exchange, just thank God, because Nigeria is now doing open mic comedy for free. Honestly, close your eyes and it even sounds like that one lecturer catching a student trying to sneak out of class.
Anyway, before this national drama steals all your attention, let’s dive into this week’s gist.
Activist turned gatecrasher
Last week, UniAbuja management decided to remind everyone that campus gates have more power than the SUG. Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore showed up for an SUG-approved talk on governance… only to meet a locked gate and security saying his visit was “unacceptable.”
Here’s the breakdown:
1. The SUG President who invited Sowore was just standing there, powerless, like someone whose course form refused to submit after 10 tries.
These days, SUG isn’t representing students… they’re just waiting for management to approve anything louder than a tutorial.
SUG? More like Event Planners.
2. Dress Code Distraction
While Sowore was stuck outside, a female student was nearly denied entry for “improper dressing” until he intervened.
Because apparently:
Revolutionary ideas? Dangerous.
Short skirt? VERY dangerous//National emergency.
Nigeria’s future? Please, one side.
Priorities are upside down:
How are you monitoring skirt length when ASUU strike length is the real danger?
This whole drama just shows how Nigerian campuses have become graveyards of courage, places where critical conversations are blocked at the gate, literally.
Students lost a chance to talk governance simply because management feared “too much sense or controversies” entering campus.
Students are expected to obey first… and keep quiet forever. At this point, the Nigerian university system isn’t training future leaders, it’s training future civil servants who know how to say “Yes sir” before thinking.
Lecture 101: How to Carry a Baby and Teach 101
Plot twist of the week: A Nigerian lecturer went viral after literally backing a student’s crying baby in class. Full chest, full wrapper, full commitment.
The baby cried, the student anticipated what’d happen but instead of the usual “Get out of my class!”, the lecturer calmly said: “Give me the child. Let’s all learn together.”
Students were stunned, awww’s everywhere! He even said “don’t worry she’d keep quiet now” If this man can back a whole baby and still lecture, your excuse for yawning in class just flew out the window.
This might be the most wholesome thing i’ve seen a Nigerian lecturer do. Some heroes wear robes, some carry babies. This lecturer does both!
Do you have lecturers like this? I don’t💀
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Till next gist,
Gbemi from 10.8.8 Africa✨