Social Media Roundup: Year of Kebab

Last week Friday, American rapper Cardi B landed Nigeria for the Livespot Festival. The female rapper was scheduled to perform in Lagos, Nigeria on Satuday December 7 and in Accra, Ghana on Sunday December 8, 2019.

Cardi had a great time experiencing Lagos as was seen in her numerous Instagram Stories. Read all about her stay in Nigeria here.

She left Nigeria for Ghana on Sunday morning still enjoying her first visit to Africa. Things however took a dramatic turn as a result of a misunderstanding regarding a meet and greet session Cardi B was supposed to have with some Ghanaian celebrities.

Things started well

So #cardibinGhana and I am sure she is wowed from airport , the convoy and the 12 star hotel she just lodged in , she is going to enjoy 24/7 running taps and electricity .. unlike the other country 🤣🤣 #YearOfReturn welcome to Ghana 🇬🇭

— Jean_Pronounced (Jaan not Jane) (@jeanbaptcloset) December 8, 2019

Cardi B is really living life in Ghana, we love to see it pic.twitter.com/WU6LAo5PXI

— Abby (@abbiamourx) December 8, 2019

Cardi B didn't cover her nose
Ghana 1 Nigeria 0#cardibinGhana #CardiBinlagos

— Radioactive Global (@Radioactives_) December 8, 2019

Cardi B went to Nigeria and didn’t wear any of their traditional cloths? 😂

Ghana 🇬🇭 2 – Nigeria 🇳🇬 0#cardibinGhana #YearOfReturn

— Sage Kenny 🐺🦍 (@Donsarkcess) December 8, 2019

But ended like this

So u guys called us to come have a one on one lunch date with @iamcardib and she has been chewing khebab for 7 hours in her room without showing up
What do u guys take Ghana celebrities for ?! This can never happen in Nigeria
Wake up Ghana !
She is Cardi B and I am WENDY SHAY!

— Enigma EP (@wendyshaygh) December 8, 2019

https://twitter.com/ABYalley/status/1203736823505326085?s=20

https://twitter.com/_starbiola/status/1203831311451983872?s=20

https://twitter.com/OkNanayaw/status/1203733185797984257?s=20

Check like somebody bore😂😂😂😂 who sent you?😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/hDw8ztlvhZ

— Serwaa. (@jantuah_s) December 8, 2019

https://twitter.com/__Korshiedablog/status/1203745936318648326?s=20

Afia Shawznegga's report🤣💔 pic.twitter.com/8TGpQnRJ9i

— CryptoFaerie (@CryptoFaerie888) December 8, 2019

Fella Makafui too bore ooo.

She feels hurt for her big sisters sitting out there ooo. The matter chop hot#cardibinGhana #CardiB #SoulConcepts pic.twitter.com/N9w5dkXVEc

— HumBle SoUL (@HumbleSoulGh) December 8, 2019

In Cardi’s defence

If it is coming, it is doing. Wendy Shay, Cardi B has replied you😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 she's Cardi B and you're Wendy Shay so reply back 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #cardibinGhana 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/o7pqcWGfUF

— Eli Kofi🖤🗡 (@eli___k) December 8, 2019

Cardi B talking about Moesha , Becca , Efia Odo , Hajia4Real and friends.. Humm !! It’s really bad .. She went to Nigeria and everything was nice and cool but see what happened yesterday.. I saw this coming 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ #cardibinGhana #khebab #CardiB pic.twitter.com/BXFIxkUyZz

— Breggle Acha Derrick (@Breggle) December 9, 2019

There’s more

https://twitter.com/kiingshaz/status/1203812616201785344?s=20

Cardi B blasting Ghanaian Celebrities who called her out for standing them up. pic.twitter.com/PplbrrUDyn

— Isima (@IsimaOdeh) December 9, 2019

https://twitter.com/Naijablogger/status/1204107945115635713?s=20

Reactions

https://twitter.com/Am_Daileyx/status/1203753211804303360?s=20

So Becca actually waited 7hours for Cardi B. O woooooooww😂 #YearOfKebab #cardibinGhana pic.twitter.com/zR4IERolSM

— S P L I T (@kobbysplit) December 8, 2019

Ok guys this is most hurtful thing ever ever ever damnnn 😂🤣😂😢😢😢https://t.co/2G48Mo44Sy #cardibinGhana

— TODGER (@MENNEL_) December 8, 2019

https://twitter.com/oka_osazee/status/1203854526115131392?s=20

https://twitter.com/KingsleyGh4/status/1203709142881492992?s=20

https://twitter.com/mmebusem_/status/1203950054949740545?s=20

Nigerians were having a field day

https://twitter.com/TheShawnife/status/1203820703482548224?s=20

Ghanaians walking past Cardi B at the pool https://t.co/as7ks7QUhZ

— Master Of One (@TimiBam) December 8, 2019

Forget Nigeria celebrities get class 😂🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ #cardibinGhana

— Olabisi🦋🦋🦋 (@Adorablemed) December 8, 2019

Ghanaians just had to give up and now try to put blames on Cardi😂They felt Nigeria set the standards so high and they weren’t sure how to meet it😭 #cardibinGhana

— Ichie Akaonyewetalu (@Barrels_Ahmed) December 9, 2019

Read this hilarious thread.

This!

https://twitter.com/CzarIllest/status/1204350334283526144?s=20

Nigeria vs Ghana

https://twitter.com/CalyxHustler/status/1204411941227094026?s=20

The British bought Nigeria from unilever for £86500 😂😂 A whole country was bought from a company 😂😂 How do u expect ur minds to work after u have been bought?😂😂 #GhanavrsNaija

— Kay Devs🦆 (@Kay_Devs) December 9, 2019

What is Ghana ?? #GhanavrsNaija pic.twitter.com/ZngFzddHEx

— Toriola (@Oladapo_Tori) December 10, 2019

University of Legos

University of Ghana

At least we have something in common 😂💔😂💔#GhanavrsNaija pic.twitter.com/CC9RxM0zPe

— One Black Boy 🌍🤘🏾 (@0neBigBoi) December 10, 2019

Ghanaians know their country is so bad that they gave themselves a one star rating. 😂😂😂😂 #GhanavrsNaija pic.twitter.com/WtjH60Ffow

— Trusted Shakara😏 (@UfomaAina) December 10, 2019

Other reactions

https://twitter.com/Dicki_tal/status/1203758868527869952?s=20

When Cardi B was in Nigeria she said Lagos looked like Dominican Republic and when she got to Ghana she said Accra looked like Miami… love how @iamcardib is promoting Africa 🇬🇭🇳🇬

— Malik Ofori (@malikofori) December 8, 2019

Cardi B to our local bad bitches pic.twitter.com/teBkwCVrgo

— xd (@edkxbby) December 8, 2019

https://twitter.com/shattawalegh/status/1203802277322117121?s=20

Major General Buhari

On Wednesday this week, The Punch published an editorial that revealed its stand against President Buhari’s administration.

Editorial: Buhari’s lawlessness: Our standhttps://t.co/M2PqwfXHZL pic.twitter.com/5WmJYjILt0

— Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) December 11, 2019

The beginning of the editorial read; “As a symbolic demonstration of our protest against autocracy and military-style repression, PUNCH (all our print newspapers, The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH, PUNCH Sports Extra, and digital platforms, most especially Punchng.com) will henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s, Major General, and refer to his administration as a regime, until they purge themselves of their insufferable contempt for the rule of law.”

Read the full article here.

Other publications joined in to take a stand.

NOTICE | As a show of protest for the consistent disregard for the rule of law and clampdown on freedom of expression in #Nigeria, we shall henceforth address President Muhammadu @MBuhari with the prefix: 'Dictator' in all our publications. pic.twitter.com/lGRMIjqsnT

— SIGNAL News Global (@thesignalng) December 11, 2019

In Total Support of @MobilePunch and other news platforms the editorial board of @BTBreakingTimes has directed that henceforth we shall no longer use the term "President Buhari"or "Government" these words shall be replaced with the words "RULER" and "REGIME" on all our platforms

— BTTV (@bttv_studios) December 11, 2019

Reactions

https://twitter.com/Morris_Monye/status/1204780698453905408?s=20

I wish other media houses will emulate the Punch.

I say let us all refer to him as Major General Buhari until he learns to respect the rule of law. pic.twitter.com/pLdSDZBYHv

— CYBER DOBERMAN (@Baldilocks__) December 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/FOnyeoziri/status/1204680479808655360?s=20

@MobilePunch has set the pace for others to follow. There is no fence for anyone to sit on. You're either in support of tyranny or against it. Major-General Buhari and his dictatorial regime will not conquer the Nigerian people. Resistance is the only cure for tyranny. pic.twitter.com/o5feFxovPX

— Inibehe Effiong (@InibeheEffiong) December 11, 2019

The title is very appropriate

Major General Buhari in 1985 and 2019

-Closed border in 1984, same Happening now

-April 1985, six Nigerians were condemned to death under the same decree: Sidikatu Tairi, Sola Oguntayo, Oladele Omosebi, Lasunkanmi Awolola, Jimi Adebayo and Gladys Iyamah.

-Decree 20 abuse

1/2

— Olumide (@pamsnod) December 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/Truthfully83/status/1204664296187322369?s=20

Major General Buhari, the deceptively amiable gap-toothed dictator at the head of the Nigerian regime notorious for human rights abuses and crimes against the economy. https://t.co/eOY5VNo2ot

— Elnathan John (@elnathan_john) December 11, 2019

Major General Buhari is the biggest threat to the unity and democratic survival of Nigeria. Dictatorship tendencies… https://t.co/XdREjDpn4P

— BlueBird ⚽ (@nohrix) December 11, 2019

His special advisers’ comments

If you decide to call him Major General, he wasn’t dashed the rank, he earned it. So, you are not completely out of order. The fact that you can do so is even another testimony to press freedom in Nigeria.

— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) December 11, 2019

The reported new editorial policy of the Punch Newspapers to address President Muhammadu Buhari as Major General in his official title and refer to his government as a regime instead of administration, comes to us as totally curious and utterly incredible.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) December 11, 2019

Before, during and after 2019 election, PDP and its presidential candidate had called the President ‘Major General Buhari’ thousands times and it didn’t stop Nigerians from trusting and giving their President another four years mandate. Calling him that will NEVER be a bad thing.

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) December 11, 2019

Reactions;

https://twitter.com/Mazigburugburu1/status/1204833864578949120?s=20

Garba Shehu tweeted up to the extent he mentioned IBB's name in a democratic dispensation.

Femi Adesina was almost going to tweet in Pidgin English.

All that rambling to uphold the lawlessness &buffoonery exhibited by this govt.

Una go tweet tweet ,una go taya. Bubu 1chance

— One.acre (@NekkaSmith) December 12, 2019

Femi Adesina,The once respected Editor of The Sun Newspaper is pissing all over himself in trying to address this Punch Newspaper situation.

An absolute mess!

— Morris Monye (@Morris_Monye) December 11, 2019

When people like Bashir or Femi Adesina defend the government, at least we know that's how they feed their families.

What irks me most is when i see people who are the most disadvantaged in society follow suit.

— Sammy Desh (@Deshysmalls) December 13, 2019

Aisha Buhari was trending too

https://twitter.com/aishambuhari/status/1204714074224898050?s=20

Reactions;

Pls do not be distracted by the war of personal aggrandizement between Aisha Buhari, Mamman Daura & Garba Shehu.

Twitter today is for @MobilePunch's bold move to stand up to the autocratic regime of the day by henceforth designating Buhari 'Major-General', no longer 'President'.

— 'Fisayo Soyombo (@fisayosoyombo) December 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/DrEffaB/status/1204691863686565888?s=20

Lol I remember that year when they said GEJ is a weak man he cannot control his wife,has Major General Buhari been able to control Aisha Buhari?everyday she has fight with mamman daura.and no one is talking about Buhari not being able to control his wife,lol GEj suffered sha

— Dappa (@Dappab) December 11, 2019

If Aisha Buhari cannot say what the hell is going on in Aso-rock then she should forever hold her peace or go keep herself busy in the kitchen.

My honest to God opinion is that she is manipulative. Throwing snippets to us so that we fight her enemies for her. https://t.co/ZFHZITkYSG

— Morris Monye (@Morris_Monye) December 11, 2019

Other reactions

Call @MBuhari anything you want, I love General Buhari for 1 thing, he won't utter a word while you exhibit yr madness. He will patiently allow you cross the red line, or touch the public treasuries then you will know wassup. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

— Ayinde (@Ayinde2007) December 11, 2019

Whether Major General Buhari or Not, God will Never Allow PDP at Federal Level

— Success Idowu (@idowu553) December 11, 2019

How is Tolu Ogunlesi coping with all these messy state of the Presidency?

As in you don't even know who to obey of follow his directives.

Is it Mamman Daura or Abah Kyari or Major General Buhari himself?

Such a confused and disjointed Presidency.

— Tosin Olugbenga (@TosinOlugbenga) December 11, 2019

Will the Punch calling PMB 'Major General' Buhari stop him from being the President of Nigeria?. What will the new sobriquet change?

It looks like a petty new frivolity of no value.

— MR JB (@bio_jibril) December 11, 2019

After Major General Buhari's regime Nigerians will adulate each & every Past Presidents or Heads of State to ever grace this country.

Just look how 🇳🇬 is about one man, instead of facing the many dire issues ravaging us we're still addressing the insecurities of the man.Tragic

— fred4U (@frediecruze) December 11, 2019

Black out in Nigeria

While Nigerians were discussing The Punch‘s stance, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) embarked on a nationwide strike on Wednesday shutting down the offices of distribution companies across the country. The union’s strike was aimed at putting an end to the ill treatment of its members.

“President of the NUEE, Joe Ajaero, had, in a statement, accused the Bureau of Public Enterprise of failing to address and pay up over 2,000 disengaged workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria since 2013,” a report by The Punch reads.

This led to a blackout across Nigeria.

https://twitter.com/lindaikeji/status/1204733761130127363?s=20

Reactions;

Wait, what?

But How can NEPA/PHCN go on strike ?

WTF???????????

What sort of radarada is this ?

This country needs an urgent economic surgery 🤦🏽‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/quHCQ2P4JB

— 👑 Tokunbo Oshisanya (@Stunner_Guy) December 11, 2019

I heard PHCN has shut down power nationwide, how true is this?
.
What's your location and una get light?

— ᴏᴍᴏᴋᴇʜɪɴᴅᴇ (@omokehinde___) December 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/Sugajunkieee/status/1204898132229795842?s=20

https://twitter.com/BiyiThePlug/status/1204863183548276737?s=20

These…

Most Nigerians didn't know NEPA was on strike till PHCN started trending
Most of us thought it is just the usual no light stuffs pic.twitter.com/GkjA1D58wR

— CREAMY 🍼 (@HighRoller_NG) December 11, 2019

NEPA or PHCN going on a strike is very hilarious . A strike is when you deprive a service until conditions are met. These people have always been on a strike for all that I know, anytime I visit my mom, I swear in a month they bring the light just once for 2-3 hrs and that’s it .

— Volqx (@volqx) December 11, 2019

You know how this works, if NEPA or PHCN or what do they call them, decide to go on strike for reals, naso fuel go wan increase too.

Which kind of country is this na? F

— MR AHMED 🇳🇬 (@UncleMohamz) December 11, 2019

Wait.. PHCN on strike?
LOL.. Were they working before?
Mad pple…
😁😁

— MR KEMS (@mr_kems1) December 11, 2019

The strike was suspended the following day

Dear customer, National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its strike. Our offices & payment channels are open for business. Thank you for your patience & understanding.

— Eko Electricity Distribution Company (@EKEDP) December 12, 2019

Other reactions

BREAKING NEWS: I just heard on the radio that the #Blackout is over and that the ongoing strike by the #PHCN has been CALLED OFF. So y'all should relax. NEPA go give una light before the end of today.

— olaoluwa. (@itz_laolao) December 12, 2019