The first time I did business at Ikeja Under bridge, I lost 5k. I had just gotten paid at Viju Milk where I did slave labour for 10k a month. I was new in Lagos then, at least to the…
2019: Suddenly Everyone Wants to Be President – Reuben Abati
A strong indication of both the quality and failure of politics in Nigeria, as the people look forward to the next general elections in 2019, is the manner in which virtually “every” Nigerian believes that he or she is good…
My first miracle in Lagos – Toni Kan
I had a terrible stutter when I first came to Lagos. The kind that was so bad I couldn’t call out bus stops. You know, a bus would stop and ask and you wouldn’t be able to voice out your…
Pres. Buhari hails Alex Akinyele @ 80
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined in celebrating former Minister of Information, Chief Alexander Opeyemi Akinyele, as he marks his 80th birthday tomorrow April 24, 2018. In a statement signed by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President, (Media & Publicity) the president…
Malaria Kills More People Than Herdsmen – Garba Shehu
The country is gearing itself up for the General Elections in February next year and with President Muhammadu Buhari announcing that he will bid for the governing Party, APC’s ticket to run for a second term, all hell has been…
It’s a Miracle! – Miracle wins #BBNaijaDoubleWahala
After 85 days of intrigues and sundry schemings, commercial pilot Miracle Igbokwe aka Miracle emerged winner of the BB Naija Double Wahala TV show. He emerged last man standing alongside the very controversial CeeC. Miracle won with over 38% of…
MI’s Rendezvous: Between musical currency and relevance – Dami Ajayi
M.I’s new album, Rendezvous, will cast him in a different light, to devoted fans who have followed his career since his breakthrough single Crowd Mentality, if only they appraise him differently. Here is Mr Incredible, that short black dude, whose…
Twale to “Lazy Nigerian Youths” – Lucia Edafioka
On Tuesday, I was waiting for a bus to take me to Obalende when I saw a woman calling “Obalende, Obalende.” She was in the bus a few feet away from me but I could not imagine a woman doing…
A new star burning incandescent in the literary firmament
Review of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower Farrar, Straus And Giroux 238pp 2009 The literary world is always on the lookout for the next bright writing star. They are always looking to canonise, to put forward a fresh…
In Lagos, it is a crime to be a young man – Hymar David
In Lagos, it is a crime to be a young man. As if being a Nigerian youth isn’t enough, you now have the misfortune of living in Lagos where the police like to drive their beat up Hilux trucks, roaming…