April,2014
SOCIAL DIARY
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AKANGBE DAYO
dropped on our table.This drinks alone cost over a
hundred thousand naira and I was sure this bottles were
just for starters. That was my pocket money for a
semester. “This guys don't get ace of spades sha, make we
manage this one's” Wale said as he picked up a bottle of
champagne and opened it non challantly. I looked around
as I searched for the toilet; tonight was going to be a long
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Bunmi lived like Aliko Dangote's daughter, maybe not
exactly but literally because of her designer clothes, shoe,
bags and car, she had it all. She claimed she had never
eaten at the cafeteria in school. She only ate at eateries.
But Bunmi didn't look like her family was wealthy; the
pictures Shola had seen of Bunmi and her family spoke of
an average family. Not that she was jealous but … how
come she always wore very “down to earth” clothes
whenever she went home. Shola was on her way to the
saloon when she caught sight of a dark red range rover
sport leaving new hall. The driver was a man that looked
like he had hit 50. A wide grin was pasted on his face as he
ogled the girl in the passenger's seat. In the passenger's
seat was a beautiful Bunmi. “So that's how she gets the
money “? Shola thought to herself as she continued her
journey to the saloon. Students all over her thought of her
not to be financially buoyant but what happens when a
student pushes a ride that working class citizen can only
dream of? How does it happen that a student takes his
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girlfriend to a boutique and buys her clothes
worth eighty thousand naira and it doesn't put a
hole in his pocket? For some rich kid, money is
not really a problem. Their pocket money for a
week can feed an average student for months.
For others they have to find other ways of
making money and such ways are not the best I
have to say. Scheming and defrauding on all
front are some of the things that guys do, bogus
lies about textbooks, handouts and
assignments are also weapons in their arsenal
of making. Then there is betting on football
matches is one of the latest money making
gimmicks in town now, thanks to nairabet,
nairastake and the likes plus the internet that all
you need to, make wagers is your mastercard
and your mobile phone. It has become that
easy. You ask about stealing? They do that too,
it has become so large a scale that some even
have customers at computer villagewho they
these stolen items to on regular basis. Girls also
like to live the good life and their ways of
making money is basic.use what they have to
get what they want. Ever heard of “Aritos”?
What am I saying? Of course you have. If any
lady in the university tells you she has things to
do on Thursday and Friday night, only one
thing should come to your mind.for those who
enough money to oppress their
peers, some however don't
return at all to tell the tale. You
hear of students that went to the
beach and got carried away by
the sea? Well not all such stories
are genuine, some went to
Malaysia. Some shody paper
work in a downtown hospital
and the surgery is a go. A couple
of days after they are pushed
back to Nigeria. Any side effect
or complications that arise later
are borne solely by you,” shebi
na you dey find money”? You
might want to ask what they
want with such amount of
money, and what do they want
so much money for. Show off.
That's the only reason they are
not satisfied. Wherever they get
their money from be it Malaysia
or from their parents or
happenstance their boyfriends
or Aritos, these students don't
openly speak of how they get
their money, they keep it secret
and just spend endlessly. And
when you are like, “how do you
go about it? You hear things
like” na God oo” or they will tell
you is one stupid modeling job
they are into. Do we look that
gullible, but be sure of one thing.
They won't tell you how they
really get their money. And we
are left to wonder how they get
so much money, who is really
paying the bills.
are not brave enough to go to clubs, or enter a
car with a complete stranger or go home with a
complete stranger to do whatever, they play it
cool. They get a guy that is boxed up and …
you know the rest now, they milk him of his
money and then move on to the next one. But
the ante has been lifted and all these skills that
bring peanuts in have been dropped. Students
go for the jugular now, a new avenue for
getting money spoken only in whispers. Very
few know about it and even fewer know how to
really go about it . Malaysia is where it happens
and kidneys are the going goods. Words of
mouth have it that kidneys go for about five to
fifteen million and sick people are in a livid
search for kidney donors. You might not
believe but there is no smoke without a fire. A
couple of students have gone and returned with
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