No-Bag Day Challenge: Students Haul Stoves & Kettles to Class—Campus Creativity Goes Viral!

What started as a casual joke has officially become the wildest campus trend of the week—and the internet can’t get enough. Across several Nigerian universities, students are ditching their school bags for anything but a bag, and the results? Absolutely chaotic, creative, and hilarious. Dubbed the #NoBagDayChallenge, the trend sees students showing up to class with the most unexpected “bag substitutes” imaginable. From cooking stoves and food flasks to buckets, kettles, Ghana-must-go bags, and even coolers strapped with shoulder belts—nothing is off limits. 📸 Videos shared across TikTok and Instagram show students strutting into lecture halls with TV cartons, baby bath tubs, empty paint buckets, and food trays as if it were the most normal thing ever. In one viral clip, a student even carried a desktop CPU like a tote bag. The creativity is unmatched! Though the exact origin of the trend is unclear, it’s believed to have started on campuses like UNILAG and FUTA, where students used the challenge to unwind before exams, poke fun at strict dress codes, and flex their comic genius. Some lecturers have joined in on the fun with laughter, while others aren’t amused—rumors say a few schools are already issuing warnings. Still, for now, the #NoBagDayChallenge remains the ultimate student-led celebration of freedom, fun, and unfiltered Gen Z energy. Because if you can carry a stove to class with confidence… there’s nothing you can’t do.