I’m Single But not Searching, My Woman Must Be Smart Upstairs
As an undergraduate at the Lagos State University (LASU), all I had back then was my Facebook page to share information and stories. A friend later introduced me to blogging and told me where to sign up and from then, blogging took off. The rest is history.
Although it wasn’t financially rewarding, I was so proud of myself and thankful to God for that kind of event. It was an event I did at the amphitheatre of Obafemi Awolowo University and we had about three thousand students in attendance. I was able to express myself and do my comedy, which really was a big one for me.
I met him at Ife. That day, I was waiting for my pay which was a whopping sum of N3000 and they told me to wait and while I was there he was passing by, then we had a little chat and that was where it started. Today, I’m so proud to say anywhere in the world that I’m privileged to have him as my mentor.
At some point, I was paid N500, N1000, N1200, N1500, N3000 and all of that. While I was at the university, the highest I was paid was N15,000 but after school, I got some raise here and there. Today, I thank God there are a lot of positive changes.
Good content comes with the job, but regardless of that, you have to protect your content and personal discipline is also key. It’s an individual challenge where you know that because you are big doesn’t mean you can’t do some smaller jobs. Basically, those are the challenges but largely we are doing well. Stand Up Nigeria; and many others. As a master of ceremony, I have done pieces of stuff for Lagos State Government a few times, Airtel, MTN and a lot of corporate brands and multinationals. I have also travelled outside of Nigeria a few times and I thank God for all of that.
And that’s in terms of pushing some of my contents out there, which went viral at some point. It’s been helping me so far and is still helping as a lot of people have gotten across to me through it. I wouldn’t say it’s my major source of strength as I would rather use every opportunity that presents itself to put myself out there.
I would say the capacity to work on people’s mind, creating happiness is a great achievement as I see people rushing to meet me after events. The comments they share with me, I would say, mean a lot to me and these are the things I call achievement, aside from the access and other things that come with the job.
It’s not so much like an NGO yet, but it’s where I help students effectively combine their talents with their education. And I’m a product of that, as I combine my academics and talent to still have a First Class. I try to inculcate that in many people, as I organise programmes and talk shows to motivate people on how they can improve their talents and combine that with their academics to do a lot better. And I do a little of public speaking to teach people how to commercialise their talents.
I’m also an extrovert and everywhere I go, I try to make people happy as much as I can. I could be very quiet too if I want but largely I don’t like too much seriousness. My life is loosened and not too rigid although I don’t club, party but I’m very playful.