Drake showed up to the Maple Leafs game last night – and they lost! Is this Drake curse thing real? Many fans are starting to buy into a theory that any playoff team the rapper roots for ends up losing.…
Holiday island in shock after bus crash kills 29 German tourists (Guardian)
The Portuguese island of Madeira began three days of mourning on Thursday after 29 German tourists died when their bus spun off the road and tumbled down a slope before crashing into a house. Drone footage showed the mangled wreckage…
This Unmissable clip of Puyol’s first jollof experience will make your day
It’s no secret that three-time UEFA Champions League winner and defense king, Carles Puyol, arrived Nigeria this week. And as part of the numerous encounters planned by Heineken, the football superstar had his first Nigerian jollof experience and let’s just…
Even in Lagos, money doesn’t fall from heaven – Lucia Edafioka
There’s this song that they used to play on the radio when I was a child. A part of the song says ‘money no dey come from heaven, do better thing more go come, na true word I dey tell…
Tony Elumelu Foundation hosts European Commission, leading development finance institutions, think tanks in Brussels
The Tony Elumelu Foundation has brought together leading stakeholders in the development finance sector at a case study session in the EU capital, Belgium. The convening demonstrates that Africa also has solutions to bring to the table while presenting the…
Children’s Literature: Nigeria Prize for Literature receives 173 entries
The 2019 edition of the Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has started the judging circle of the Children’s Literature genre with the handover of 173 entries to the judging panel. The number of entries this…
‘Knockout’ trailer gets commendation, as movie set for cinemas on April 19
Since Wale Adenuga Productions (WAP) announced that Knockout, its new comedy movie, would start showing at the cinemas this Easter, families across Nigeria and Ghana have joyfully been counting down the days left for them to watch the comedic masterpiece.…
Events: Soyinka in the Eyes of Shakespeare, Out On a Limb 2019, What Next Conference and more
It’s another Friday and you know there is no party like a Lagos party. thisislagos tells you where the hottest parties are, where the art exhibitions are popping and where the cognoscenti gather. Make sure you turn up! Soyinka in…
Adorah Nworah makes 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist
Nigerian Adorah Nworah has made the Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist with her story, ‘The Bride’. The Philadelphia USA-based Nwora is an Igbo storyteller from Anambra State in Eastern Nigeria. She earned her juris doctorate from Temple Law School in…
Dear Nigerian, everything is not a spiritual problem biko – Lucia Edafioka
I was on a bus on my way home one Wednesday evening when I noticed a little boy was trying to open the zip of an old man’s purse who was sitting beside him and his mum. The boy was…