Me and my Lagos
Gani Must Come Back – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It was President Buhari’s wife who asked the question: “Are there no longer men in Nigeria?” She was wailing about the shadowy characters that had, allegedly, hijacked her husband’s regime. We need one particular man to come back from death…

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4 things to expect at LABAF today -Gabriella Opara

Poetry, drama, readings, music, dance performances and more will be happening at the Lagos Book and Art Festival on Wednesday, November 7. Aside the tribute to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Nigerian’s musical and Afrobeat legend, there are more reasons why you should…

Me and This Lagos
Na God go punish that Fela – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

When Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died on August 2, 1997, one holier-than-thou friend became outraged that I was mentioned in The Guardian’s front page report of the passing as one of the notable apostles of the Afrobeat legend. I shut the poor…

Me and This Lagos
My name is Maxim, Obi of Ikate – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Many moons ago, long before Toni Kan became the Mayor of Lagos, I was crowned the Obi of Ikate, the overcrowded suburbia of Surulere, Lagos. I lived upstairs, in a cramped two-bedroom back-flat on Olushola-Keku Street, towards the right end…

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