Skinny Girl in Transit

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Skinny Girl in Transit
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Genre Comedy [1]
Created by Temi Balogun
Written byDami Elebe (season 1 - 4)
Bunmi Ajakaiye (season 4 - 6)
Jadesola Osiberu (season 3)
Tope Salu (season 5)
Lani Aisida (season 5 - 6)
Starring Abimbola Craig
Ngozi Nwosu
Sharon Ooja
Ayoola Ayolola
Chioma Okoli
Country of originNigeria
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes69
Production
Executive producer Guaranty Trust Bank
ProducersFolu Ogunkeye (season 1)
Abimbola Craig (season 2 - 6)
Jadesola Osiberu (season 2 - 3)
Agnes Marquis (season 3)
Production locations Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Running time7—10 minutes (Season 1)
15—22 Minutes (Season 2 - 3)
30-50 Minutes (Season 4 - 5)
Production companyNdani Communications
Original release
Network Ndani Tv
Release16 July 2015 (2015-07-16) 
present

Skinny Girl in Transit is a Nigerian Comedy webseries by NdaniTV. The first episode was released on NdaniTV's YouTube page on 16 Jul 2015. [2] The idea for the series was pitched by Temi Balogun. [3] The series returned to NdaniTV for its fifth season on November 9, 2018 after being on hiatus for over a year. The series returned again for the sixth season, the first episode of season 6 aired on February 14, 2020.

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Plot summary

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Abimbola Craig in Skinny Girl in Transit

Skinny Girl in Transit is a web series produced by Ndani TV, and as the name implies, it is a comedy about a young Nigerian woman and her efforts to lose weight. [2] In the pilot episode, Tiwalade, played by Abimbola Craig, is woken up from a pleasurable dream by her mother, played by Ngozi Nwosu. Her mum wastes no time in informing her that the Holy Spirit ministered to her and the message conveyed was that Tiwalade should lose weight, therefore furthering her hope of finding a husband. Tiwalade's mum performs a series of dramatic gestures and makes several grand statements to emotionally blackmail Tiwalade into agreeing to lose weight. And Tiwalade, who is aware that she is overweight, thinks ‘why not, how hard could it be? However, losing weight turns out to be more strenuous than she originally assumed. In addition, Tiwalade has to deal with a mother who is like a dog with a bone, a sister, played by Sharon Ooja, who is pretty, slim and shallow, and a love-life that is less than appealing.

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