I had to japa to Finland after getting stabbed in school

Also: Turns out Stella Damasus misses Old Nollywood too. [View in browser](=.iAF9vfHl0l4QRqDcuFHMMGooRHWG4AKAuEESmQ0T61c) [Zikoko Daily] 24 March, 2023 Hey . They say time flies when you’re having fun. Here’s to not having any type of fun this weekend so time can crawl the way bank transactions do these days. 🤞🏽 For today’s Inside Gist, Chiamaka and I talked about wickedness and the ghetto, because that’s what this #AbroadLife subject went through. Tife Editor In This Letter: - 1 [Stella Damasus on Nollywood’s glory days and why she left it all behind](=.7Nj9ybwtNanq44G-b_AliKxCPXqlGymaZVx9rzhGLK8) - 2 [A short story: “Say the full thing”](=.1S9lOOrSx3RQi95wdxd8QW33Ol4y_lMbF86JZvm9j3s) - 3 [Will weed become legal in Nigeria soon?](=.GCWyPvu4IXzeMB6zXloiSVZCqEyZ6qGY9evjrwNH8Yk) Special announcement for the gorgeous gorgeous girls 🎉💃 If you don’t identify as a hot babe, stop reading now. I’m kidding, I’m kidding. Hot babes don’t gate-keep. So here’s the gist. If you follow us on social media, you've probably already heard about HERtitude. It's our exclusive party for the girlies. There'll be music, food, games and a lot of other fun activities. Tell your female besties it's about to be lit. Ticket sales go live on Monday, March 27th, 2023, at noon. I've bullied my bosses for early bird and group discount tickets for Zikoko Daily fam, so watch this space on Monday! If you're a hot babe, you can also [fill this form](=.yoz2h_9fhSwrE5QiikB0o4cjmOoaR-Vpv9x5AsFqLvk) so you're the first to know when tickets drop on Monday. PS: If you've filled the form before, please don't do so ✨again.✨ ABROAD LIFE The Inside Gist: I Left Nigeria for Finland After a Student Stabbed Me =.ItXu-yc0UKiE4cDiiOlyH8nhgzmYv3D5V6ibX8rxTrs Heyy Chiamaka. I did a double-take when I saw this #AbroadLife title. I expected his reasons for japa to be either due to hardship or to further his studies. I didn’t see the “stabbing in school because of aluta” thing coming. Public university life is really the ghetto. It turns out Nigerian politics is yet another ghetto. Imagine the magic his former party tried to do. Guyyyy. I don’t blame him at all for wanting to leave his party. How can you spend so much time campaigning and winning party primaries only for them to put your opponent on the ballot? Even Mama G is not capable of this type of wickedness. LMAO. What’s your favourite thing about this story? I'd say two things: his determination in politics, despite the horrible cards he's been dealt, and the way he detailed the study route to Finland. Definitely adding that country to my bucket list now. [Read his story here](=.0gHrEQrxiHEviRPZgRpV5lx43W2P4MXjCFnftHvjq_I) *We'll be tweeting answers to this on our Twitter account at noon, so feel free to tweet us your answers with the hashtag [#ZikokoDailyQuiz](#) --> Zikoko Daily's Top 3 Stella Damasus on Nollywood’s glory days and why she left it all behind As someone who grew up staring at Stella Damasus’ crying face on every screen, I fangirled a little too hard at this story. We got her to talk with us, and apparently, she misses Old Nollywood as much as we do. [Here’s what she’s been up to](=.68-mo4jpXpiK45hxqyntXrZPBZ3VZROfH9NIaZgABYk) --------------------------------------------------------------- A short story: “Say the full thing” In today’s episode of “Women Are Funny”, our short story is inspired by a man’s effrontery to greet his babe with “morning”. Seriously though, what’s the idea behind throwing away the “good”? Do you wish me bad? 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