My Dirty Boxers

  One of our sets for Amstel at the AMVCA finale on Saturday. (Photo credit: Ramsey's iPhone) Hello everyone, finally awake after a night of fun, glitz and glamour at the just concluded Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards. It was exciting to see the light come up on some of our works, attendees brimming with smiles while taking pictures at our sets… It was fascinating to see. The energy isn’t there to share background stories or run my own commentary on the award, the categories and the drama that happened at the event, I will definitely do so soon but not today, especially the part where Deyemi Okanlawon was heading for the stage to attack IK Osakoduwa… LOL. There’s so much to talk about from the event, I hope you are patient enough to wait for me to put my thoughts together on it but trust me, anytime it is, it will be a good read. Of course, I’ll be happy to drag a few people, it’s part of the script, right? My intestines are crying as I type this, that’s the voice of hung...

  This was the ad Sterling Bank ran on Easter Sunday, they followed up with an apology creative that suggests that they had it all planned before, it's a criminal offense and their apology doesn't erode their stupidity. (Photo credit: Sterling Bank) Sterling Bank is known for controversy, they’re taking the “Gen Z” appellations quite literally and while I have no problems with that, there has to be a point where they learn when to respect some certain boundaries, classic example of this is their failed Easter ad. Sterling Bank ran an Easter ad that likened the resurrection of Jesus Christ to the process of making “Agege bread”, I can understand their goal, to spark conversations and get people to engage their brand throughout the festive season, they chose a silly route. As a copywriter, I worked on the #BankWars series; I’m quite troublesome in that regard and likes to play with words, it was a no-brainer for me to jump on it when I was invited to the gig, that was a diffe...