If you look around you, you’ll notice that the number of northerners in Lagos has increased. It is a case of cause and effect; the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast has forced a lot of people to move down…
Toni Kan and siblings celebrate Dad at 75
Award winning writer and online publisher Toni Kan and his siblings threw a high octane shindig for their father on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at the Rajulie Hall of Temple School, Ilupeju. The event which was anchored by poet, Efe…
Lagos is the centre of the art business – Tobenna Okwuose
Tobenna Okwuose is an artist and teacher at the Niger Delta University, Amassama in Bayelsa State. He loves Lagos because it is the centre of the art business in Nigeria and for many more reasons that he lists in the…
Toni Kan and partner sell sabinews.com in landmark deal
Writer, journalist, teacher, Toni Kan and his partner Peju Akande have announced the sale of their news website sabinews.com, which was launched in May 2014. The site quickly established itself as an ethical and professionally well run news website featuring…
I love the character of Lagos -Prof Peju Layiwola
Prof Peju Layiwola of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) says she loves Lagos because of the character of the city. She goes on to explain the said character of Lagos. Find out in the video.
I love the consciousness of arts in Lagos, says Ngozi Omeje
Ngozi Omeje, a teacher and ceramist recently held an awe inspiring exhibition in the city she titled, ‘Digging Deep’. She who teaches art at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) but has lived in Lagos and frequently visits the city…
Kanye says he’s teaching at Chicago Art Institute; nope, says school (HuffPost)
Kanye West announced on Twitter that he’ll be teaching at the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago. But he actually won’t be. The art school issued a polite statement Monday saying administrators were “flattered that Mr. West would…
Eli Lechame wants to come back to Lagos
It is Eli Lechame’s first day in Lagos but he knows that he want to come back. The school head teacher and actor is in Lags to take part in a drama production at the National Theatre during the Eko…
Meet the bravest teacher in Nigeria
Few people talk openly about Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. Even fewer talk tothem. But in her motherly way, the simple-looking Hamsatu Allamin is fearless and unapologetic. “I talk with Boko Haram even today, and they are open to [a] peace…
When you have nothing better to say, “keep kwayet!” Peju Akande.
Two Sundays ago, I saw a woman I had held a secret grudge against for some six or seven years, I think. I hadn’t seen her in years, which accounted for the length of the grudge. As usual after service,…