Victims recall scary experiences as traffic robbers resurface on Lagos roads • We’re on top of the situation – Police Daily movement of people within and outside Lagos metropolis is becoming more difficult and complex these days. This is caused,…
Lagos Book & Art Festival, (LABAF) set for November 4-10, 2019
The 21st edition of the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF) will take place from November 4-10, 2019 at Freedom Park, Lagos Island and other venues around the city. LABAF which has been described as ‘Africa’s biggest cultural picnic, is week-long…
6 reasons not to miss Lights Camera Africa!!! film festival 2019
Every year, for the past eight years, the Lights Camera Africa!!! film festival has gathered the cream of Lagos’ discerning cultural consumers on a three day film binge. And in those years they have been exposed to award winning, critically…
Lagos is not a place for a poor man – Lucia Edafioka
Not long ago, there was a photo of a man who jumped down from the third floor of a Magistrate Court in Lagos. Why? He owed N40,000. According to the story he owed someone N40,000 and he has been remanded…
CCECC to address concerns of Lagos/Ibadan rail corridor residents (Punch)
The contractor handling the 156-kilometre standard gauge rail line from Lagos to Ibadan, China Civil Engineering Construction Company, has assured residents of communities living along the rail corridor that the company would address all issues they have raised concerning their…
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…
Oya, let’s take a musical journey through Lagos – Dami Ajayi
You know Lagos, that is true. Born and bred in it, you call it Las Gidi even if you don’t quite know how that name came about. Lagos, to you, is not quite a state, it is a city, a…
#ekocorper: If you are not serving in lagos, you are wrong – Lucia Edafioka
If you are not serving in Lagos, you are wrong’ – this is the anthem at the NYSC orientation camp in Iyana paja, Lagos state, and this ol girl was mobilised to serve her country in Lagos so hashtag #Ekocorper.…
There is nothing I will not see and hear in Lagos – Lucia Edafioka
There are certain things you hear or see, some scenes you walk into that will make you pause and think. Who is this one? Where are you from? And who hurt you? One month I had a number of those…
Lagos is too violent – Lucia Edafioka
Lagos finds new ways to torture one mentally every time you step out of your house. This city is so violent, it is scary. A person could be walking next to you and next thing they are dead from a…