The New Afrika Shrine is the best place to be any given Sunday evening Femi Kuti and his Positive Force Band are in town. Located towards the outskirts (read entrance) of Lagos, it is close enough to the seat of…
My first close encounter with death that took the wind off my sails was that of my younger sister, Torera. She died in 1995 at the age of 18+ from a little known autoimmune disease called Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). I remember…
Many writers make the habit of hiding from the public. They stay away from the city centre, claiming that there is so much distraction in a bustling city like Lagos. These writers almost always pursue their craft in rustic…
M Hajara was an angel that God sent to me. Why did I describe her as such? See, when she walks, it’s as if her feet are not touching the earth, she walks like a bird ready to take flight.…
If you don’t know what Keto means then you must be the proverbial only person in Jerusalem not aware that Christ had risen from the dead. Keto is short for Ketogenic. The ketogenic diet is the in-thing now,…
So my daughter, a student of psychology, went to a grief counseling session and when she told me, I thought to myself, my oyinbo daughter has come ooo. I however understood that she is a product of her training and…
‘Karuwa!!’ ‘Gold digger!’ ‘Barawo!’ Every time I go to court and hear these words flung at me, I don’t feel shame, instead i feel regret. There’s no shame in this matter; I have not said I didn’t collect N15million from…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) can’t get anything done! See the minimum wage matter and how the NLC is going yoyo with the government. The labour union needs to take necessary lessons from the Okada riders on the high art…
Aunty, I have been doing this business since the past 8 years now. I have been helping people process their forms and help them get visa to anywhere in the world and many times they get it; you understand me?…
