Few days ago, news headlines were agog with the story of a young man who tried to commit suicide by jumping into the Lagos lagoon. The pictures that accompanied the headlines showed a youth dripping wet, being dragged by his…
It’s hip to be macho. Only macho men have the constitutional right to marry many wives. You can quote me on that. The macho man is a wise man. It takes great wisdom to accommodate many women. Let’s get into…
Two Sundays ago, I saw a woman I had held a secret grudge against for some six or seven years, I think. I hadn’t seen her in years, which accounted for the length of the grudge. As usual after service,…
Seven weeks after its release, the single ‘Fake Love’, a KillerTunes produced duet between Duncan Mighty and Wizkid, has become a contender for the hottest song of 2018. Wizkid has already declared the song a classic on his social media…
The other day I was watching a documentary about the housing crisis in the U.S and other major European cities. Of course those mostly affected are millennials; young people who juggle two/three jobs and still cannot afford to pay rent…
We were heading to Yaba one sleepy morning. I was sitting at the back, close to the window, the window slightly slid closed so some thieving hand wont shoot in suddenly and grab my phone. This is Lagos, be kiaful.…
“Happy Fathers Day to all the women doing double duty,” and as many of its other variants as possible, was one of the pet peeves of social media Naija branch, over the last weekend. Apparently, Nigerians are not smiling that…
What makes Lagos tick is the art of insults. Anywhere you go to you are greeted with insults. In Mushin the other day one fine girl told a man in black suit: “If you are a picture, nobody will look…
I am afraid of writing this article. There is no way I can write this one without being labelled a hater. So why am I going ahead to write it? I dunno Maybe for the same reason people say: ‘With…
So, I have this friend who is always saying Lagos is ‘not that bad.’ She was one of those people I talked about last week who are begging Ambode not to remove danfos from the roads because they are culturally…
