Along one of my usual routes to work, there is a vendor, by the vendor a line of shops, toward the end of the line there is a betting shop, they also sell something wrapped in white paper and squeezed…
Abeg, what is environmental sanitation day about?- Lucia Edafioka
I have always thought environmental sanitation was part of the Nigerian constitution. As a child I remember waking up on Saturday mornings and my Mum would say I couldn’t go for catholic girls meeting because it was environmental sanitation day.…
Dear Nigerian, God gave you brain use it- Lucia Edafioka
Every now and then, twitter explodes over who is to cook in a relationship or in a marriage in Nigeria. The debate resurfaced recently. What I find amusing about it is that it is mostly single people who engage in…
One night with the police – Lucia Edafioka
Recently, I found myself at Hardrock for a press conference scheduled to start by 7 pm, so I thought by 9 pm it would be over, and I’d be on my way home to my lovely bed. One thing led…
Argue with police and blame yourself! – Lucia Edafioka
Until police brutality in Nigeria happens to you or around you, it seems like fleshed up stories. I was at Sabo at about 8pm on Monday evening. A bus was parked just before the bus stop, but it was parked…
Beware: Lagos boys are D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S – Lucia Edafioka
Who remembers that song Anyagba girls are dangerous? I can’t remember the artistes. Anyway just replace Anyagba girls with Lagos boys and put dangerous in capital letters. Lagos boys are very DANGEROUS. I will explain, but first, who is a…
Say no to rape – Lucia Edafioka
One of the things that makes Lagos, Lagos is the amount of publicity the city gets. You’d think Lagos is the whole Nigeria. This in turn means that a lot of happenings in Lagos: comedy, music, fashion and of course…
Lagos rain and the trouble it brings – Lucia Edafioka
Island- a piece of land surrounded by water. The rainy season is fully upon us, and all of Lagos- our mega city, seventh largest economy in Africa is now a proper Island. If it rains for five minutes we will…
My people, juju dey Lagos o – Lucia Edafioka
This ol girl is no longer a corper- public service announcement. Do not corper wee me. Amen? Amen One of the most interesting things that happened to me during my service year, happened in a danfo. I was on my…
Scammers are not smiling – Lucia Edafioka
Do you believe in Jazz? No. Not music o. You know that our African special juju that is mostly used for bad or fraudulent things? I have heard stories of people who were duped with jazz, I am sure we…