Grew up in oshodi adekunle street went 2 high gate nur and pri school and ikeja grammar school remebered ma frnds like adiro ibrahim (r i p miss u ma best frnd) tunde,rasheed,kola,vincent,seun,ekeh,solomon,hammed,ayuba, anthony rememberd ma crush on bimpe bamidele rememberd d sports and music arguments den men i no fit talk am finish where i wan start and end.

i grew up in my village in enugu,i remember those days when we use to treck far distance from our house to school, we wave bye-bye to every vehicle that passes by, we sing songs for aeroplane that flies in the sky, , i remember my motorcycle tyre, it was my infiniti then, if mama send me go somewhere, i will ride the tyre with stick and run with it until i reach my destination, i hardly wear shirt, we knock cashew nuts and bottle cover my house was filled with the cashew nuts and bottle covers that i won, mama would shout at me and throw them away. i remebr my jumper xmas dress, my rubber shoe, my rubber watch with paper inside o boy! life dey sweet as pikinooo!! if you see the kind local vaseline wey mama dey rub me, i go dey shine like nokia cover nawaoo!! if person die for village dem go put generator and we go come dey dance in fron of light, meehn!! if you see my legs then e go be like say i comot from burial ground dandruff all over my head
i go get injury for leg in football match and mama go beat me join for playing ball all day i go drive plate like car from the room to our kitchen outside the sound go dey commot for my mouth like voooooommmm, pipipiiii o boy time dey move fastooo! Today i be big man with family, thank Godooooo!!!

binger: Spent mine in my mum's bosom...figured dat was the safest place to be as at dat tym,there was a lot of child kidnapping cases 4 ritual by politicians.lol!

Then shldnt have come out at all**laughs*

I ws born & spent d 1st 15 years of my life on #40 Amodu street, Idi-oro, mushin lagos.
Went 2 Standard Nursery & primary school, idi-oro & den to Ilupeju secondary school,Ilupeju after den to OSU.
'Toasted' my 1st girl @ age 10.
Played 'mummy & daddy' around age 7
...Make I no bust speaker...
Life ws fun & less complic8ed d@ tym

991: I grew up in the village with my grand mother(R.I.P), those days we were poor but the experience was educative, my school uniform was patch-patch, then we didnt use exercise book until primary 3, what we used was a small black board with rope. if i score 5/5 i will not clean the board so my grandma would see my scores but if i scored 0/5 i will clean it and tell grandma we did not write today when i come back from school i will join grandma in the farm, we eat our lunch in the farm
if i do well in exam i will go to holiday in the city
if i fell sick, grandma would go to someone to write a letter to my uncle in the city, the letter will take like 2weeks to get to the city
funny poor childhood experience though but i learned a lot from it. today, i still have a black & white picture of me and my grandma in my sitting room, my wife loves the picture and wishes she met the old woman alive.

Touching.

I spent mine in one village via Ile-Ife called Yekemi.
I went 2 Glorious Nursery & Primary School. It was the best school in dat village then. I could remember when I & my pal, John were severely beaten by Aunty Grace. I left that village after one primary school education & went 2 Ogbomosho 2 continue.
I was very stubborn then. I any of my friend did something wrong, it's my name they gonna mention(as if I'm the one who killed Jesus)
Life was tough then.
I love going fishing then. I could remember,I'm the only prominent angler then.

Jb gurl: GREW UP IN IBADAN.REMEMBER WAKING UP ON SATURDAY MORNING TO WATCH CADBURY BREAKFAST TELLY.AND ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL I LISTEN TO BOURNVITA SPORT NEWS IN DADS CAR...I REMEMBER THAT MY MUM WAS SOO POSH SHE WOULDNT WANT ME TO WEAR JUST MY PANT AND PLAY OUTSIDE WITH OTHER KIDS.I WAS SOO NAUGHTY I SNEAKED OUT TO PLAY WIT THESE KIDS AND MUM WAS ALWAYS SUPRISED WHEN KIDS ON D STREET AND THEIR PARENTS GREET HER.I MADE HER POPULAR.WHEN MY PARENTS WENT OUT I OPENED OUR WINDOWS 4KIDS TO WATCH FOOTBAL AND INDIAN FILM

Laughing my head off nw,and "I wish I had these moment".
Always remember that, no matter how useless we feel nw,remembering those days are enough reason to smile.

mastersr95: I grew up on d street of Lagos Island(isale eko)...i remember how some men in my area started sending me to buy cannabis(igbo) for them at the age of 9..i remember how smart i was when i was in primary (Saint Patricks Catholic Primary School) i got a double promotion from primary5 to JSS1 (didnt go through primary6) my life changed dramatically when i got into secondary school (isale eko grammar school) dad wasnt around no more and mum had to work to support me and my brothers. then street got into my head,i started skipping classes and started gambling, i was the best snooker player in my area at the age of 11..i remember how some old men used to bet there money on me whenever am playing snooker lol

Despite how bad and unserious i was during my secondary school dayz i got serious a lil bit in ss3 and i was able to pass my Waec,i wrote jamb the following year and passed but Unilag didnt give me admission despite having 289 in Jamb in 2006 and i got 51 in post jamb aswel but they did ''OJORO'' for me coz i dont know anyone.

I remember whenever am broke,i use to go to a shop where they sell recharge cards in my area and memorize one voucher numbers before they staple the paper together (in the space of 5seconds i use to memorize 12-16 digits number) and sell it at a cheaper rate to Broda Michael that has a call centre in my street, i remember the day i was caught i was beaten like a thief and had a POP on my right arm. about a month after that time i remember i stabbed the person that beat me the most that day with a broken bottle at midnight.

i started doing Yahoo Yahoo at the of 19 i started counting hundreds of thousand naira i bought my first car at the age of 20 (honda bulldog) The money made me forget about school totally all i was thinking then was travelling out of Naija.Eventually i got a uk visa and now am a full time yahoo boy on the street of london. dont judge me pls ''i guess am just the product of my environmet''

Now its funny how people think am one ''Ajebo'' coz i got a very cute face and i speak queens english lol

i use to go to a shop where they sell recharge cards in my area and memorize one voucher numbers before they staple the paper together (in the space of 5seconds i use to memorize 12-16 digits number) and sell it at a cheaper rate to Broda Michael that has a call centre in my street, i remember the day i was caught i was beaten like a thief and had a POP on my right arm.

mehn u try cha o...

I grew up in Onitsha where i lived my child hood life to the fullest . Did all the silly and naughty things i child can do but was inspired by the environment where every family compete to produce the highest number graduates and successful business people . The child hood environment prepared me to adapt to any situation i found myself and my succcess in life is atributable to my child hood experience . I have been to some vital cities of the country and also have been to all the big countries of the world.now settled in a first world country practising in the medical field.

oliidell: Me, I was born in Ile-Ife, Old Oyo State..school was at Seventh day Adventist Nur&Pry..I remember the Assembly, Marching to classes, short break and long break, I remember my 50 kobo pocket money, okin biscuit, short cake, Kokoro, Lebute, eyin alangba...I remember coming late to school and being flogged at the gate by Mr. Akande..I stil remember my close friends; Bidemi Falade, Dele Ilori, Kunle Alabi-we caught grasshoppers,did back flips,played Police and thief,dip and football,boju boju...I remember songs like; 'oh my home, oh my home, when shall I see my home';Labe igi orombo, ibe lati nsere wa; Ise agbe nise ile wa,-if u don't kno dis songs, den u proly schold d ajebota way or u didn't grow up in Western Nigeria.I remember watchin the colourd bars on Nta, waitin to hear the National anthem, I rememba sesame street,super ted,voltron, danger mouse e.t.c...I rememba al dese wit nostalgia..way back wen Naija was fun.

... short break and long break, I remember my 50 kobo pocket money, okin biscuit, short cake, Kokoro, Lebute, eyin alangba.

Wow...those!

My child old was fun. I grew up in north par tof nig then we use to carried wood slate board to sch we sat at the floor my mum use to applied me face powder she treated me like a prince. B4 come back mum has prepared special delicacy 4 me & others.north was peaceful not like these time no any of ppl Bo**k A**m every were was calm & sweet.

I Love my child old memory any tym I remember.

oliidell: Me, I was born in Ile-Ife, Old Oyo State..school was at Seventh day Adventist Nur&Pry..I remember the Assembly, Marching to classes, short break and long break, I remember my 50 kobo pocket money, okin biscuit, short cake, Kokoro, Lebute, eyin alangba...I remember coming late to school and being flogged at the gate by Mr. Akande..I stil remember my close friends; Bidemi Falade, Dele Ilori, Kunle Alabi-we caught grasshoppers,did back flips,played Police and thief,dip and football,boju boju...I remember songs like; 'oh my home, oh my home, when shall I see my home';Labe igi orombo, ibe lati nsere wa; Ise agbe nise ile wa,-if u don't kno dis songs, den u proly schold d ajebota way or u didn't grow up in Western Nigeria.I remember watchin the colourd bars on Nta, waitin to hear the National anthem, I rememba sesame street,super ted,voltron, danger mouse e.t.c...I rememba al dese wit nostalgia..way back wen Naija was fun.

The following memoir culled from ur post got me tearful.

...I remember songs like; 'oh my home, oh my home, when shall I see my home';Labe igi orombo, ibe lati nsere wa; Ise agbe nise ile wa,

LET ME ADD SOME IF I COULD.
(1) Where ever u go,ogo go n go,wherever u've been,sisi-eko..do oo not say YES when you need to say no BABA IBADAN.
(2)How do you do school boys and girls,they are so happy happy happy,singing everywhere and dancing everywhere.....
(3)Nne n ne udum n ma ra ta gbo,udum....SMH

My early Childhood was in Kano. I went to Kuruna primary school. We used to sit on a mat and sing laila inlala. It wasn't fun. I was later taken to Nasara special nur and pri schl (nice schl then). I remember selling kankara in d street during harmttan period. We ran back to east during 2001/2002 crisis. Now I stay in Jos with my husband and kids. I'm tired of running.Northern state was d best place to live then, unlike now.

My early Childhood was in Kano. I went to Kuruna primary school. We used to sit on a mat and sing laila inlala. It wasn't fun. I was later taken to Nasara special nur and pri schl (nice schl then). I remember selling kankara in d street during harmttan period. We ran back to east during 1991/1992 crisis. Now I stay in Jos with my husband and kids. I'm tired of running.Northern state was d best place to live then, unlike now.

bigboy4: I miss d days when we went to
school,lined up & D
headmistress&
teachers inspect our nails &
uniform & den we march to our
classrooms8-|
• D days of Computer Socks:p! U
Remember na??
• D days of Nasco
Biscuit,Trebor, sisi pelepe, ekono
gowon,baba dudu,Okin
Round&Okin Four Corner. X_X
Iced
Colored water tied in nylon we
called it "condense"
• D days of Goody-Goody&pak o
Biscuit. X_X
• D days of sakobi the snake
girl,Nneka the pretty serpent, ali
&
simbi,Mr Salami & Mrs Salami,
Agbo
lives in Calabar & in yoruba class
obe oba be obo oba;
• Chei i remember those days
when one naira coin na
money>:Owhen groundnut was
5
kobo. & choco milo sweet was 25
kobo>:O
• days of messing game,who is
in
d garden, police and thief,\=D/
• D days of mummy & daddy
play♥♥:*
• days when we use to build
houses with sand, play suwe
game,tinco tinco,mr
marcaroni,chang e Ɣ☺U̶̲̥̅̊я
style,pion
pion pion (gun sound), ten ten,
skipping, stop! U remember nau
({}) :$
:/•those days wen we used to
fly
kite on streets, wen boys used to
use d paint bucket cover as tire &
their daddy's hanger as d
steering=D
•those days when rubber band
was stock exchange:/
•days when votron, jumbo,
power
rangers, spider man was our
favourite cartoons
• D days of limca soft drinks &
choco milo advert on black and
white tv Nd̶̲̥̅̊ sunday rendevous
by1:30pm 3-|
• when we say 'leke leke give me
white finger' #:-s
• Those days when eleganza pen
was d best:x
• D days wen we used to drink
water from d tap even suck out
d
water if it not coming
• D days when:s NTA will show
rainbow color for 30 mins then
national anthem before they
resume program(=| .4pm l• D
days
were basket sandals,simbi nd
kitto
sandals was d best;Days wen
we
all sing sandalili sandalili songs
dstv has come no more old fun:>
I'm really proud to have
experienced all this. If u r nt
smiling it means u were nt born
in
my generation.
Great memories 2 cherish 4ever.
Now I'm a big boi. Lol

U had it like me...so on-point.

AI, Sokoto, Zakibian and finally lagos.

Jarus: our 1979 black and white giant TV always misbehaving anytime motorcycle was passing in front of our house

this is fantastic***laughs***
...Bt We use to knock ours whenever it misbehaves.

chucky234: I registered myself at Unity Secondar School since they wore all white uniform like government college to trick my father.
Spent six years in Unity Secondary School but my father believed I was attending government college until the day I came back with my WAEC statement of result bearing Unity Secondary Sch,Tolu-Apapa,the man schocked.

Bad boy so u actually went dis far?...I hail o!

Childhood was fun,Grew up inside unilag..bayajjida close,off computer center bus-stop..attended Unilag staff skul and igbobi college respectively..I remember watchin Robin hood,Agbara Nla,Ide-esu,Baba No Regret,Oya ma Pami and erin kee kee labule baba-suwe..life inside Unilag was Fun..

Dr. Joe:
o boy! life dey sweet as pikinooo!! if you see the kind local vaseline wey mama dey rub me, i go dey shine like nokia cover nawaoo!! if person die for village dem go put generator and we go come dey dance in fron of light, meehn!! if you see my legs then e go be like say i comot from burial ground dandruff all over my head
i go get injury for leg in football match and mama go beat me join for playing ball all day i go drive plate like car from the room to our kitchen outside the sound go dey commot for my mouth like voooooommmm, pipipiiii o boy time dey move fastooo! Today i be big man with family, thank Godooooo!!!

DOPE!!!
Man tell me u are a comedian,plus 1000 likes for this.

Growing up at Asaba,then in Bendel state was fun. I remember going τ̅☺ Kindergarten, then we used τ̅☺ call it Otakara or sometin. I remembered †ђξ very first ðǎ̜̣̍y I scored 5/5. I remember hw my frnds sister used τ̅☺ disturb M̶̲̥̅ƹ as a small boy. I rememberd hw I was harassed sexually at age 6. Going τ̅☺ ONEH primary sch then was fun. I rememberd hw a fellow student drove M̶̲̥̅ƹ out of exam hall cos I missed placed his 30k SMH. I was beaten up in primary 3 by Evans cos I took first position whc she tot was meant for her alone. Azubuike was the worst bully I ever met in my life. its still in my memory the very first ðǎ̜̣̍y I was admitted in Saint Patrick's college Asaba. This is a school Wђε̲̣̣̣̥я̲̣̣̥ε̲̣̣̣̥ everybody wanted τ̅☺ attend then in the town. I §☺
Much enjoyed my SS2 - SS3, those were the best part of my life in secondary sch with the likes of Alimigbe Emmanuel, Api Emmanuel, kelvin Ezemonye, Isitua Aworh,Peter and Paul Oduah. Everybody looked forward τ̅☺ fridays. Our form master then was §☺
Stubborn like his student. My wonderful Principal Mr bournvi was §☺
Strict. Life as a child was fun, each time I remenber certain ,I will always shake my head and say ' Na §☺
Life ßξ'

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991: I grew up in the village with my grand mother(R.I.P), those days we were poor but the experience was educative, my school uniform was patch-patch, then we didnt use exercise book until primary 3, what we used was a small black board with rope. if i score 5/5 i will not clean the board so my grandma would see my scores but if i scored 0/5 i will clean it and tell grandma we did not write today when i come back from school i will join grandma in the farm, we eat our lunch in the farm
if i do well in exam i will go to holiday in the city
if i fell sick, grandma would go to someone to write a letter to my uncle in the city, the letter will take like 2weeks to get to the city
funny poor childhood experience though but i learned a lot from it. today, i still have a black & white picture of me and my grandma in my sitting room, my wife loves the picture and wishes she met the old woman alive.

Lol..Dis is so interesting!

I was born @ 100 Agege motor road. Grow up in Amukoko in Ajegunle with my Aunt. Study at Nawairudeen Primary school Alayabiagba,I remember my friends then. Sunday James a.k.a #7 cos he has the mark on his head like 7, I also remember Kehinda forget his surname later to Gaskiya College Badia. Growing up in Ghetto area was fun. I miss those days and when ever i remember i feel like tunning back the time.Left Amukoko in 1998.Childhood was fun playing street football,bojuboju, Mummy and Daddy. Flying high jump and long jump, Playing table tennis on a small table with my feeding allowance, Playing snooker with golf balls, Trekking from my house to school and keeping my transport to play table tennis, I also remember those time when i use to Play Asala i dont now what that was call in english, also playing Sukuniyan( eyin Awo) i will have to sell the ones i win in cheap price to people around. I remember then when i can't wait for Eegun(Masquerade)of Oku Aparo to start. Then i live @ 7 Fagbemi Street Amukoko. that place have really change when i visit in 2010. I am marry now with kids but remembering my childhood makes me happy and sometimes will feel like crying cos i miss those days.

Had my childhood at housing estate,ojokoro lag;and went to corolla int. sch. I remembr going to sch wit lot's of comics like green lantern,flash,incredible hulk,superman etc. . . and boasting my dad is one of the super heroes. Won't forget the day i was being pushed by a friend while playing football during the break period,landing myself in hospital icu for weeks cus i fractured my jaw.

I 'll never forget setting a trap with the help of my 'little rascal' friends,unfortunately a gramma was the victim,landing the old woman in the hospital.

Will not forget my brodas and i sneaking later into the sitting room for the late night movies after being asked to go to bed.
My first love letter was a group one,written by my friends and i to a girl. Her mum got to find out(it was a total disaster);but to my surprise,she later replied to our latter,giving some of us a good news,and others,the bad one.

Am glad my childhood wasn't taken from me. . . that i didn't lived it an adult. . .

I lived in lagos,both primary&secondary educatioo.now also a student in one of the university in lagos.omo lasgidi ni mi o

currency10: My child old was fun. I grew up in north par tof nig then we use to carried wood slate board to sch we sat at the floor my mum use to applied me face powder she treated me like a prince. B4 come back mum has prepared special delicacy 4 me & others.north was peaceful not like these time no any of ppl Bo**k A**m every were was calm & sweet.

I Love my child old memory any tym I remember.

base on your grammatical syntax, you be confirmed Northerner no be lie...LOL..

Invigorating thread...
I grew up in Lagos, 21 road Festac town in the early 90s then moved to Satellite town. Both had wonderful experiences, lots of kids my age n older, kites, video games, street football, bike racing, fun in general. St Jude's in Festac to Air Force primary schl, V/I.
Later, we moved to Maryland opp Mende. I especially loved the vibe of that place: very cool, mature environment. Schooled at Maryland Convent Primary School. Loved my simple life back then...ate biscuits like no man's business, got to love Jazz music through listening to Lighthouse family and watching Tom & Jerry...top-cat, freakazoid, comics n even power rangers. Wow!
*A nostalgic moment*

damoskiy: spent my childhood days in one of the most rugged area in lagos.Mushin olosha.grew up as a stubborn boy.i played the role of daddy alot in mummy and daddy

Yea Rugged indeed! Then u must know our only Star in that area; SunnyT...Omo nna to nko Fuji.
I was born and Bred there and still Proudly muSHINE, everywhere i go.
Mine was Akodu Close/street.

naijababe:

Mehn, some ajebos dey for NL after all .


Agege and Mushin babe all the way. Great times, it was eventful and fun all through

because im grow for VI im be ajebo abi? Lolz!

My childhood life has been spend in many cities like portharcourt, eleme, onne, nembe in bayasa state and bori cus my parants were civil servants and they are also transfer from one place 2 another.

killuminati: because im grow for VI im be ajebo abi? Lolz!

don't know any ajepaki that grew up at VI, do you ?