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ANA’s Tribute: Pius Adesanmi in life, death and vocation as a writer-scholar – Denja Abdullahi and Ofonime Inyang

Death came visiting the Nigerian writing house yet again. This time it left with a pricy catch in the person of Pius Adesanmi, literary star, critic, essayist, columnist, teacher, poet, and foremost intellectual. In an ill- fated plane tragedy in…

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Traffic is a normal thing in Lagos – Abdulwahid Saad

Abdulwahid Saad is a teacher in a school in the Gbagada. Except for traffic, which he says is normal in Lagos, his day was all right. Please listen to him tell of his day and tell us how yours unfolded…

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Hey, stop looking down on that ‘aboki’ – Lucia Edafioka

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…

Lagos Turn up
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…

I love Lagos because
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…

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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 Lagos because
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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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