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Come o, what do you know about your neighbour? (2) – Peju Akande

My neighbour, Mummy T, calls me a whore but she doesn’t know half my story. I refuse to divulge anything after her several inquiries because I owe her nothing. All she will do with the information I give her is…

Laughter and tears as friends remember Pierre Cherruau – Toni Kan

Writer and multi-hyphenate, Lola Shoneyin organised an intimate evening of tributes and reminiscences in honour of the recently departed Pierre Cherruau who died in a freak drowning accident in his beloved Bordeaux on August 19, 2018. Pierre was trying to…

Namadi Sambo will not abandon PDP

Ex-VP Sambo’s defection rumours, PDP source and aide says he will never abandon PDP Immediate past Vice President, Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo, is still very much committed to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has no plans to defect to…

I am not fronting, I am not stepping down – Tanimu Turaki

Frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has laughed off insinuations in some quarters that he is fronting for another aspirant and would eventually step aside from the race. “There is nothing like that. He will…

M.I aka ” Yxng Dxnzl” should take a chill pill – Dami Ajayi

‘A Study on Self-Worth: Yxng Dxnzl’ is M.I Abaga’s fifth studio album. The second instalment of the much touted (and tweeted) Chocolate City’s L.A.M.B intervention, Yxng Dxnzl is 10 discrete tracks stitched together by snippets of psychotherapy sessions lasting about…

Warning: Whatsapp messages are no longer safe

Are you a whatsapp user, then you must read this. A new update means that messages backed up on whatsapp are no longer encrypted meaning that anybody can read your backed up messages in Google drive Android users are most…

The 4 stages of drunkenness – Toni Kan

I made a promise to talk about 4 stages of drunkenness but was distracted and wrote about something else entirely. So, this week I shall fulfil my promise to all the thirsty dudes in the house. Back when I worked…

Have you ever been “obtained” in Lagos? – Toni Kan

If you live in Lagos, chances are that you have been obtained at one time or the other. ‘Obtaining’ is street slang for being relieved of something that belongs to you by another person whether by force, through guile or…

From Lagos to Kampala with Runtown – Dami Ajayi

Lagos, Nigeria’s claim to a mega city, and Kampala, Uganda’s capital, have little in common except, perhaps, for Runtown. You can’t even get a straight flight from Lagos to Kampala for two reasons. 1. There is no commercial airport in…

Dauragate and the shame of a nation – Reuben Abati

The week that just passed will for long be remembered as perhaps the most momentous week in the history of the Muhammadu Buhari administration since 2015. Exactly a week ago, officers of the Department of State Security Services (DSS), acting…

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