Balloon League Episode 4: “When Naira Landed & Trouble Came”

Yesss 🔥 This is the episode where the game changes forever…

Zino’s Balloon League meets Nigeria’s currency and… The Principal!

🎈 Balloon League

Episode 4: “When Naira Landed & Trouble Came”

💸 OPENING – NAIRA DROPS!

It was a Friday morning in the School of Lagos, and something wild happened.

The new Nigerian Naira notes had just been released:

💵 ₦1 Naira note – tiny and green

💸 ₦20 Naira note – golden brown and smooth

🧾 ₦1,000 note – SHINY like foil, with a transparent edge

Every student was going crazy over it.

Teachers were gossiping, market women were shouting "Change don land!"

Even Zino whispered to Bashiru:

“Imagine we charge ₦1 per player now, not 20 Kobo. We go rich!”

🧠 ZINO DOES MATH

Zino updates the league fee:

₦1 = 100 Kobo

New fee: ₦1 per player

22 players x ₦1 = ₦22 per match

They play 10 full matches that day (Bashiru even missed class to help organize).

💰 Total earnings that day:

₦22 x 10 = ₦220

(aka 22,000 Kobo! Zino was feeling like Dangote.)

He counts everything at the back of the school toilet and dances:

“From kobo to king!”

⚽️ MAIN MATCH – MATCHDAY #11

Biggest match yet

📍Location: School of Lagos field

🎤 Commentators:

Zino (Main mic)

Bashiru (with mic toy from old birthday cake 😂)

🥊 TEAMS:

Team Flame Ballers

Obinna

Tayo

Muna

Sarah

Bode

Peace

Seyi

Rukayat

Junior

Chidera

Hassan (keeper)

Team Helium Heat

Ezinne

Samuel

Fola

Ibraheem

Ope

Destiny

Ngozi

Bashiru’s cousin – Rasaq

Gloria

Jerry

Tony (keeper)

🎈 KICKOFF

Zino shouts:

“This is the Naira-Era Match! Winner gets ₦50!!”

From the sky, a balloon falls from the ladder...

Peace and Ope run at it...

Ope headers it first!

Helium Heat gets kickoff!

🕹️ FIRST HALF

3’ – Ezinne passes to Rasaq… tries a volley… balloon BURSTS 😬

Yellow card.

5’ – Chidera taps, dances past 2, shoots with toe poke…

GOAL! – Crowd goes wild!

Flame Ballers 1 – 0 Helium Heat

7’ – Sarah receives from Muna, does a spin move, then flicks to Obinna.

Header attempt... too soft.

9’ – Ibraheem from Helium Heat traps the balloon on his neck, spins, kicks...

FLOATS IN!

1 – 1!

Zino yells:

“What a beauty! That balloon floated like jollof rice aroma!”

🕰️ SECOND HALF

13’ – Destiny steps up... passes to Jerry, who pretends to bite it, then flicks it high 😂

15’ – Peace intercepts, charges up, smashes one…

BURSTS the balloon on shot — automatic loss of penalty chance! 😭

17’ – Bode steals and scores with a left-foot flick

2 – 1 Flame Ballers

😨 DISASTER STRIKES

Suddenly...

🚪Gate opens.

🚶🏽‍♂️Tall dark man in blue agbada walks in

All the students FREEZE.

It’s Principal Clement Oludare – the terror of the school.

He walks in slowly...

Looks at the ladder... the balloon... the goalpost... the ₦50 notes flying around...

He shouts:

“What in the name of WAEC is going on here?! You children are trading money and flying balloons like politicians!”

Bashiru drops his puff-puff in fear.

Zino stammers:

“S-sir, it’s just sports. Innovation sir... not yahoo...”

Principal Clement replies:

“You’re suspended from creative thought until WAEC.”

He collects Zino’s full earning jar.

Zino had:

₦42.45 = ₦4,245 Kobo

Principal collects all.

Then he yells:

“Balloon League is officially BANNED in this school!!!”

Crowd screams:

“Ahhhh!!! Nooo!!”

🎥 THE SECRET VIDEO

But guess what?

Bashiru had secretly filmed the match on his uncle’s TECNO phone.

That night…

He uploads it to Facebook & TikTok with the caption:

“They banned it, but you can’t stop greatness – Balloon League Forever 💥🎈”

The video goes viral.

Comments flood in:

“Na genius be this Zino guy.”

“I dey cry. This thing better pass EPL.”

“Tag me if you want to start Balloon League for your area!”

🎬 END SCENE

Zino looks at his empty jar… and the viral video.

He smiles slowly.

“They may ban it...

But they can't burst my dream.”

TO BE CONTINUED…

Wanna go next to:

Zino getting contacted by a local TV station?

Underground Balloon Leagues starting in nearby schools?

Or maybe... Zino tries to get Balloon League back LEGALLY?

Tell me which one you want and I’ll blow it up into the next episode 😤💥

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