It was the turn of Lagos, on Friday, to receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy after it landed Nigeria on March 7, as part of a global tour plan of 91 cities in 51 countries. On hand to receive the…
Gimme your number is not by force – Lucia
After a long rainy day, shivering under the AC because my colleague will not agree that cold used to catch somebody, all I wanted was to get home, have a hot bath and hug my bed. I walked straight to…
‘I gave him breakfast-715am picked his corpse at 9.45am'(Vanguard)
ABOUT 24 hours after a Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, bus crushed a 16-year-old school boy, Daniel Ezekiel, to death at Ogolonto Bus Stop, along Ikorodu Road in Lagos, his guardians, Dr. and Mrs. Olajide Oyesanya, are yet to come to…
My Name is Gongo Aso – Toni Kan
‘My name is Gongo Aso, Gongo for short. I am an orphan with a $700m inheritance who is in desperate need of your assistance.’ I lean back and look at the words I have typed. They are stark; black prints…
The hustle is real in Lagos (video)
My brother, the hustle is real. Just think for a momemnt – that woman you buy Boli from or the vulcanizer who pumps your tyres or the woman hawking agbo – what do you know about them? Do you know…
My Name is Oshoko Bushushu
She isn’t beautiful in the way Genevieve is beautiful. But she is the kind of woman you walk past and even if you are with your wife or pastor, you do a double take. She had on black pants that…
This is Lagos captured in songs – Dami Ajayi
Lagos. 20 million people. Perhaps even more. At one end is the sprawling Atlantic Ocean its mouth being stuffed with sand to build the elegant and suicidal Eko Atlantic city. At the other end, well, there is no end. Lagos,…
Leo Stan Ekeh: Naija’s biggest ICT mogul
Born Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh and known the world over as Leo Stan Ekeh, he is the founder, chairman and CEO of the multimillion dollar Zinox Technologies. Though hailing from Ubomiri Mbaitoli, Imo State, Nigerian, Leo Stan is a true…