Abolaji Rasaq
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Creative Director | CEO @Spredmedia1 | Film Producer & Storyteller | Innovating Media & VOD | Passionate about Nigerian Cinema & Global Impact 🌍🎬 #MediaTech
Lagos, Nigeria
Joined September 2009
Collections of some of my creative works. Creative director, motion designer and editor. This is my showreel. #zealetshotit #showreel #creativenaija #nigeriacreative
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I lost my car key last night at Landmark. I retraced all the places I had been, but no luck. I checked with the front desk and spoke to all the security personnel. Finally, I activated the Samsung SmartTag attached to the key and managed to trace it to a particular office.
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On this tribal food war, I hated okra soup from the moment I was born, no exaggeration. Just the sight of that slimy green mess would make my stomach flip. Any day it was on the menu at home, I knew it was a fasting day for me. Until I met Uche during my NYSC days in Kogi.
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What's the Shariah punishment for terrorism in Islam? I've never heard of any Bokoharam member being judged in Shariah court. Or maybe Shariah supports terrorism?. Just thinking aloud🤔.
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These cartels don't like Obi. The oil cartel, drug cartel, security cartel, civil servants cartel, Islamic cartel, terrorism cartel, tribal cartel, smuggling cartel, mining cartel, education cartel, trade cartel, food cartel, and trafficking cartel. And, lastly the church cartel.
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So, let me tell you a quick story about Yinka, a former classmate of mine from the University of Lagos. Now, Yinka was… well, let’s just say she wasn’t exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.
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I took my key and left, leaving him dumbfounded. My question is: why didn’t he hand the key over to the front desk? Why didn’t he inform his colleagues?. Anyway, I was saved by a piece of technology the size of a coin. Without it, my car could have been ransacked or worse.
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@TheSerahIbrahim I served, I was served. We serviced ourselves and our great country. God bless Nigeria. 😄.
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The funny thing is that every tribe has its strengths and weaknesses. For the Yoruba, food might just be one of our weaknesses, but we make the best jollof rice and the best stew. But hey, we live, and we learn, right? All thanks to Uche.
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Nigerian police don't want to prevent crimes. They want the crime to happen. They even assist criminals to commit crimes.
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@TheValerieEkpo @Hauwa_L Aunty: When will you marry?. You: Just say food has finished at home. You need another wedding party to steal more meat àbí? 🙄.
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I shared a heartwarming story about love and food, and now I'm left wondering why I'm suddenly receiving a death threat. What has happened to Nigeria and Nigerians? 😟
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As he moved away, the tag’s signal strength increased to 100%. Moments later, he returned with my key, the same key that had been in his pocket all along. To confirm, I activated the tag’s beeping sound, and the guy looked utterly shocked upon hearing the sound.
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I realized I’d been depriving myself of this delicacy for years. YEARS! All it took was an Igbo girl from Enugu to show me what I’d been missing. Now, okra soup is one of my absolute favorites. The irony is not lost on me.
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@ayemojubar @adamugarba Bubu is the smartest of them all. He bid e-farewell to his dead friend.
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There, I saw four security guards. They claimed they hadn’t seen the key. I just stood there, looking at them with a determined, no-nonsense expression. Suddenly, one of them asked me what type of car I owned. I told him, and he said he would be right back.
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Before I knew it, the plate was empty, and I was grinning sheepishly. Uche burst out laughing. “So you like okra soup, abi?” she teased, shaking her head in amusement. Without hesitation, I asked for more. It was like I’d been freed from the shackles of my okra-hating past.
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The taste. Oh, the taste! My brain couldn't reconcile what was happening. It was like my taste buds had been asleep all these years and just woke up to the truth. The second bite? Faster. The third? Lightning speed.
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@sugabaddie We've actually been fucking, it's just that after climax we go back to hating ourselves.
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Now, Uche came to visit one weekend. I’d had a long day, dragging myself home late and craving nothing more than a hot, satisfying meal from my sweetheart. The kind of meal that makes you hum unconsciously with each bite.
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Classic Yinka, right? Always dishonest, always missing the point. It's funny how some people never change, chooses to 'you', and start to munch on corn of deceit. Anyway, I just brushed it off because, honestly, life’s too short to be dragged into unnecessary Twitter drama.
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@CollinsUma Someone put a tap outside his new home for neighbors to fetch water. They stop fetching the water after sometimes. They said the man is using their destinies😩.
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I, the man who once recoiled in horror at the sight of okra, now crave it like I’m on a quest for the perfect bowl.
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In fact, how she managed to get into UniLag is still one of those mysteries nobody can solve. Her grades? Questionable at best. And by questionable, I mean she was caught multiple times cheating.
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I won’t lie, it felt like slow torture. My mouth wanted to reject it immediately, but Uche was watching, and I had to save face. My first bite was agonizingly slow. It was like I was being fed punishment. But then. something happened. A tiny explosion went off in my mouth.
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Not just any okra soup, but the full spread: assorted fish, ponmo, snails, crayfish, chunks of meat. the works. Yet, all I could focus on was the green, slimy swamp covering everything. My heart sank like a stone.
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And here's the kicker, I’d never told her I couldn’t stand it. She noticed my hesitation and gave me that look, the one that says, You better eat this food and enjoy it, or there’ll be trouble. I felt the tension rise.
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But I was starving, and Uche looked so proud, her face lit up with the glow of someone who knew she’d made a killer dish. To make matters worse, there was no plan B. Not a grain of rice, not even garri for soaking. Just the okra soup.
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I freshened up, my stomach growling in anticipation, practically salivating. When Uche brought out the food, my excitement was at its peak. until I saw it, okra soup!.
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Out of nowhere, she attacked me, calling me a "degenerate" because of a story I posted about Uche and her okro of salvation. Now, Uche is from the Igbo tribe, and I’m Yoruba.
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I couldn’t break her heart, not after she’d poured her love into that soup. So, I did the bravest thing I’d done in a long time. I scooped a tiny bit of eba, dipped it lightly into the dreaded soup, and cautiously took a bite.
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She had this whole system where she’d write exam answers on her body or sneak them in on tiny sheets of paper. There were also rumors floating around that Yinka had a bit of a… relationship with certain lecturers.
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Yinka, of course, threw in the classic "tribal loyalty" card, accusing me of attacking our tribe just to impress my girlfriend, Uche.
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@aproko_doctor Someone ran away with my tyre when the tyre pulled out on speed. I thought he's helping me to pick the tyre, the mothercucker threw they tyre in his booth and zoom off. I was perplexedly stupendously dumbfounded. Lagos is not a real place.
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You know, the type of relationship that magically improved her grades. But hey, that’s just what people were saying back then. Fast forward to last night, and I hadn’t thought about Yinka in a long time until she resurfaced in the most unexpected place: Twitter.
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Electricity cartel, election cartel, cultism cartel, bank cartel, dollar cartel, yahoo cartel, agbero cartel, judicial cartel, education cartel, foreign cartel, activist cartel, influencer cartel, ritual cartel, japa cartel, imports cartel, kidnapping cartel, generator cartel.
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@Arowolo_Op I was awarded a scholarship by an unknown Islamic group to study medicine in Sudan. Fortunately, a wise individual intervened, warning my family that it might be a terrorist recruitment ploy.
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@RuggedyBaba @PoliceNG @AcpIshaku @PoliceNG_CRU @ElkanaBala @segalink @NCDCgov Your money is safe with us #cashiermartin
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@Mainbishop1 @OfficialDunnie Lagos is a movie version of Nigeria. You will see real Naija when you travel.
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Nigeria has to pass through a major war to reset for progress.
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@yasirmustapha Have they at least been sentenced or arraigned in any Shariah court? Or, it's only beer bottles breaking their mandate?.
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@yinkaobebe Yinka, is this how you're running your company? So you wait for about four years before you sack underperformed employees.
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@iamricoswavey @Pweedyfisayo Bro, I'm currently shooting a documentary on this brutality. Can I have an interview detailing your experience?.
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Nigerians need to have guns like the Americans. We are a violent nation, we need violence to be peaceful. Everyone is a strongman in Nigeria. When everyone has a gun, everyone will behave well.
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@The_Bigdavid Surprisingly, she sent me the full definition. I was able to school her before she blocked me.
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@Gaderz4 True story o. My friend started calling Uche, Uchenatu because of my Muslim background😂. And it's become a running joke between us! It's moments like these that make life so much fun. Can't wait to include this in my memoir that I'm currently working on.
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@bigbrovar And direct impact of rain too. They don't rush to close their windows when rain starts falling.
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@Wizarab10 Reincarnation doesn’t exist. We are nothing special in the scope of the universe. Okay, do other animals reincarnate? Maybe some of the cows we are eating are reincarnated cows.
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@KechAmanii We are more than them. We just have to come in millions to counter them. Don't lose hope.
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@Morris_Monye Stupid people making stupid people famous.
The IQ of the majority of Nigerians is low. You can see it in who we vote for, how we live, what we hype, who we rate, what we watch, who we see as mentors and influencers, and how religious we are.
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Agbero in power. No poise, no grace, no dignity. Just uncouth behavior like a common man. If you don't respect yourself, at least have respect for the Lagos State. Lagos used to be a state of aristocratic Nigerians. Now it's in the hands of the people without grace.
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@RepresentLondon @TPAIN @ajtracey They programmed the two robotic arm to follow the same path and timing. Then composite the shots together.
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@arojinle1 ROI on education is so low right now and these kids can clearly see this. There's no incentive, no role models, no future. Their parents are poor, their schools are not conducive for learning. These pupils are also hungry and their teachers are mostly not qualified to teach.
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@King_Osazee @taadelodun Let me tell you why it's dangerous to have someone like her around patients. She has tendency to stop administering regulated care and resorted to prayers instead. If it's by prayer UK won't have the best health care services in the world.
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Uche and the Lastborn. The story of how Uche and I met still makes me laugh anytime I think about it. People used to call me “Lastborn” during my NYSC days, and how I got that name is equally funny and embarrassing.
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I'm the CEO of Zealet Multimedia. Filmmaker & Creative Director. Founder of Spred, an African VOD platform. I'm passionate about storytelling, innovation, and the development of Nigeria. Make una bring work o. NB: There's more about Uche.
Collections of some of my creative works. Creative director, motion designer and editor. This is my showreel. #zealetshotit #showreel #creativenaija #nigeriacreative
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@ToyosiGodwin Abeg wetin? Make old people no old again? Aging is a progression not a curse. Celebrate the man, don't woe him.
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@talk2veee The main rule in my home is that no family member can stay with us for an extended period beyond a short visit.
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@DuchessAnnie Met a guy on a plane to Dubai. We chatted through out the journey calling ourselves boss and baba. Plane landed, we shook hands saying we go meet later in life. We didn't exchanged numbers nor names. Life no hard for guys, we live for the moments.
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@dharmorla I drove to Abuja from Lagos recently. Worst traveling experience of my life. I was robbed by p*lice, extorted by FRSC, my fuel tank bursted and exhaust pipe damaged because of bad road.
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@EmotionsDoctor I sold a camera to someone in Jos. Some days before he picked up the camera, dollar exchange went up crazy. I contemplated returning his money, but my honor is more than cash. That person is my best friend today and we've done other businesses after.
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@asemota These are mantras I live by. I've been working from home for like 10 years now. I only go out for meetings or location shoots. Buy food in bulk, hardly eat out. Shun unnecessary hangouts. I stay at part of Lag where power is stable. Then, I ran away from women.
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I was the drone cinematographer on this ad.
It's screaming steeeeeeze!!! . Get the best of unlimited data, super-fast internet, and up to 6-hour battery backup with Airtel 5G Smart Connect. #LiveLimitless .#UnlimitedData.#AReasonToImagine
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@Muhammad_Okoye Saudi Arabia:.1. Al Saud vs. Al Rashid (1902-1921): Conflict between ruling Al Saud and rival Al Rashid tribe. 2. Hijazi vs. Najdi (1920s-1930s): Tensions between Hijazi and Najdi tribes over regional influence.
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@rusticfunmi Yoruba called Togo people Aganyin. This is why it's called Ẹwà Aganyin, Togolese beans.
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@Honiitel Men aren't polygamous in nature. Women aren't promiscuous by nature. People choose to be who dey want. Not all men want to be players. Some prefer one woman all their lives. Our choices and outlook differ. It's the men that want to play that are spreading that narrative.
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@Pheezyclassic @Faithysia_blunt You will be surprised his boss will shield him. If there is a consequence he won't be so bold to misbehave. Nigerians are dangerous collectively.
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