Funniest Nigerian Memes on the Internet

The funniest Nigerian memes on the internet, sorted into the categories that get shared most: parents, school, romance, Lagos street life, and the all-purpose savage one-liners. Save the ones that hit, send to the group chat, repeat.

What is a meme?

A meme is an idea, image, or phrase that spreads from person to person — usually online, usually rewritten or remixed along the way. Source: Wikipedia.

The general best-of pile

A grab bag of Nigerian humour from Twitter, WhatsApp, and Nairaland. Right-click and save the ones you need.

Nigerian parent memes

If you grew up in a Nigerian home you’ll know every one of these.

• Nigerian parents do not pay back borrowed money.

• The glasses come off when shock or disgust hits.

• They will argue you flat — but if you make money, they were proud all along.

• The portion sizes are smaller than the bowl.

• Doctor, lawyer, engineer — pick one.

• Mild paranoia is a parenting style.

• Confessions go either way. Pray.

• The catchphrase that ends every argument.

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Nigerian school memes

The cane, the canteen, the surprise tests. Every one of these will pull a memory.

• The math teacher’s cane has its own physics.

• That feeling when the teacher is absent.

• Nigerian teachers are sharpshooters.

• Maths is still the most feared subject in secondary school.

• You read the right topic. The exam asked something else.

• What would you have done?

• Volunteering for the wrong errand.

• Maths exams in Nigerian schools are full of drama.

• “Your father won’t take it.”

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Nigerian romance memes

The talking stage, the jollof opinion, the sudden ex.

• The shock when you see who it really is.

• Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

• Jollof is a love language.

• Some things we still don’t get.

• By their fruit, you shall know them.

“Wildest thing you’ve seen in Lagos” — Twitter responses

A Twitter thread once asked Nigerians the wildest thing they’d seen in Lagos. The answers became a meme of their own.

Classic Nairaland flashbacks

The early-internet pile from Nairaland and WhatsApp forwards. Old, but they keep getting reshared because they still hit.

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