Funny Nigerian Sayings Novels & Stories

-"no problem" "You just dey enjoy nii" - "You are just enjoying" Aliko Dangote- richest man in Nigeria and Africa also. Whyne- a slang for "flattery" "No dey whyne me nii"-- "Don't just flatter me". "Jare"- literally, a Yoruba word for "please" but can be used to initiate change of topic" as used in this chapter. Ehnn- a sound made, when someone suddenly remembers something.

na you shift Hadiza's pieyint, no deny am - Bayo, don't lie, you shifted Hadiza's pant, don't deny it. Shift pant - it's one of the slangs guys in Nigeria, use instead of the world sex, f**k or shag. (If you are the type that 95% of your friends are males 😅, you will get. That moment when they start their talks and all you can do is to shake your head 😂😂😂) Pieyint/Pata - Panties Mumu - Fool Na so she come design your bald head with tribal marks- is that why she designed your bald head with marks.

he tried to calm her nerves, but she rolled her eyes and hissed at his attempt. “It is deep oh,” “How can you do that to me and not see anything wrong with it,” “If not that I’ve made a promise to my mother to be a sensible citizen of Nigeria in the midst of all its crazy citizen, I would have slapped him today!” She said and Nimi bursted out in another fit of laughter. “What?! Crazy citizen?!” He muttered, still trying to muffle his laugh. “Ofcourse, don’t you know it’s only me and two others that’s still normal in this country?!” He replied and his laughter increased.

The engines were still running, sounding like an old woman who was lamenting of how death had forsaken her, farting and coughing at intervals. "Oga, na twelve thousand naira, last,"(sir, your final charge is twelve thousand naira) the cabman repeated grudgingly as he grumbled into the driver's seat. He was saying that for the one-millionth time. Does he think I am deaf? "Fine, move this carton already joor” Chad replied and a smirk crept up his cheeks involuntarily as he stressed on the word 'joor', it pleased him to realize that he had still got hold of the Nigerian slang after seven years.

In my mind, ‘this hausa babes can fall hand with their dressing sha’… She: Good morning sir… Me: Good morning… How was your night? She: It was fine sir… Me: Wait, how do you say ‘how was your night in Hausa’, because I’m trying to learn the language o… She: **laughs** You say ‘antashi lafia’… Me: **i try saying it after her** antashi lafia… Hmm, at least I’ve learnt one today. So, antashi lafia? She: **laughs** Lafia lau…

she had heard some girl earlier called the city Lagos; Eko in Yoruba; is the most populous city in Nigeria, the second fastest growing city in Africa and the seventh most populous in the world according to Wikipedia, she chanted without thinking, the professors at the institute had been really thorough with their studies, she frowned; where did the memory of professors and institute come from, she then stiffened as she saw Valerie noticed her muttering to herself. “Hey guys’’, she yelled, Omotola couldn’t wait to be in her boo’s arms she’s busy reciting the love poems she composed.’’ They all bent over with laughter, Omotola stared baffled at them, and getting laughed at without getting the

Sarah said raising her injured hands in salutation and Christabel burst into fits of wild giggles. "Eh!, Christabel, blood is dripping from your head!" She screamed concern edged in her sluggish voice slanting her pain. Again, that sharp, sluggish, acquainted and chummy screams. 💥💥💥 Glossary of Nigerian words according to how it is used in the chapter. Jahwe - it is fondly added to words to show their emergency. Oya - it means do fast or be fast. Olofofo - busy-body. Khaki no be leather - it was used to show or tell how crucial one could be.

What did I say? 'Well, you said I was a dunderhead, a lack-brain and a priest-man who knows nothing. And your accent and intonation were different -- very precise and Nigerian.' 'I wouldn't say such insulting things. And the words are old-fashioned; they're like the words grandma used to use.' 'What was your grandma like?'

“They said that to you?” “Yes,” Ifeanyi replied through clenched teeth, eyes turning red. “Those men… they insulted us. Treated us like animals. Because we are black. Because we are poor. Because we are Nigerians. They threatened us. They told us no one will believe us. And… they were right.”

She started crying, "obim wake up biko! I have kil-led my husband oh. What will I tell my people if they ask me what kil-led him" So Ify believes that I'm dead. She should tell them that she kil-led me with sēx, I thought. Anyway, God forbid, such can never ki-ll me. Let me listen to her. See the way she's crying bitterly. "baby please wake up o, If you leave me who will I talk to? who will i play and gist with? who will I be preparing ofe nsala (white soup) for..?" Ofe nsala is my favorite soup and she knows how to cook it. I'm still listening to her.