Gerry's Corner

 There are 3 annoying things that Nigerian online stores do, I see it everyday but I just cringe in anger . 1. "DM for price" like you don't have to say this everytime you put on an ad for a product you're selling...like are you counting the number of people who enter your DM's, it doesn't make business sense. I've also noticed that they then give outrageous prices, like really outrageous prices. I believe they do this because they want to sell at a different price to you, based on your IG account, just like market people price you according to your car 😂. 2. "Outrageous prices" this is the most annoying I've seen, because some people just assume that because they are selling on IG and Twitter and WhatsApp, they can charge what ever they feel, they forget I can just stroll to ABA or Balogun to get the same thing. It's those that sell clothes that do this alot. 10k for 5k shirt then you hear minus delivery. 😂😂, you

I'm tired of many things, tribalism has gotten the better of us, we turn stereotypes to comedy. I'm Edo, the first comment I get when someone finds out is, you have strong juju somewhere, I go to Benin, many of you won't understand, but there is more than one ethnic group in Edo state, I'm actually esan. In Benin I'm immediately looked on with scorn an hatred by a Benin person once I say my name with the right inflections. The aura of negativity I'd get is immense. Little wonder why an esan person is quick to identify as Benin, or is haste to leave Edo state for a better life. In the search for a better life in a more conducive environment, which is the nature of man and animals, to do better in favourable conditions,  the esan person would take his certificate and personal items to another state, my dad chose Port Harcourt, Rivers state.  Here you begin to struggle with the "indigene tag" where an ikwere or calabari person is more entitled to a positi