Ours did not start like a love story. In fact, there is no love in this relationship I am about to tell you about. I was working in Lagos for a pharmaceutical when I met the man responsible for this…
FG not recruiting ‘area boys’ to collect taxes – Oyedele
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has said the Federal Government is not recruiting ‘area boys’ to collect taxes. On January 17, Oyedele exclusively told Channels Television that the government could train…
Rhodes-Vivour has put fire on Sanwo-Olu’s heels
Rhodes-Vivour is the new name on everyone’s lips. Like most Nigerians during this election period, I follow the news keenly. I want to know who’s winning, who’s losing gallantly, who’s campaigning with thugs and threatening people, who’s whining about Igbos…
Why did Area boys rape me? I am still looking for answers o
Why did I let Area boys rape me? That’s a question I will never be able to truly answer. Who asked this question of me? My husband; he asked me when I came running home one morning after I…
How I almost turned into a hashtag in Lagos -Lucia Edafioka
Remember when we were growing up how our parents always told us to listen to the quiet voice inside our head? That it is the voice of God? My Mum used to tell me that all the time while I…
Wait, where do Area Boys come from? – Toni Kan
Producer: Tolulope Itegboje Director: Tolulope Itegboje Genre: Documentary Year of release: 2019 Tolulope Itegboje’s poignant and heartfelt film, Awon Boyz opens with a definition of success but it is not the one you are used to. According to Uchman, success…
Okay, I killed my son but I swear I did it to save him
I am a mother who wanted the best for her child. I am a woman, who suffered to have a child. I am a good mother and what I did was simply to correct my own child. The same way…
Chaos in Ojota as area boys fight LASTMA officials, prevents bus seizure (Daily Independent)
Chaos broke out today at the popular Ojota end of Ikorodu road as officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) clashed with some street urchins and commercial bus drivers. The LASTMA officials numbering 12 had arrested the commercial…
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…
What to do about area boys? These residents have their say
Everywhere you look in Lagos, it seems like the area boys have taken over. They are at the bus stops and virtually all the streets demanding money from bus, okada and keke drivers, and even from residents going about their…