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It was 2.45 am in the early hour of 2018, and I had a flat tyre somewhere in Oshodi. A wheel spinner …
Sometime in 2017, late morning glow, somewhere between 11 am and 12pm, I pulled up around Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, for one of …
Nigeria is the stress, the saga, the struggle. Naija is the steeze. Nigeria is the place where corruption wears agbada, goes to …
A thought of Dele today was like cracking open a time capsule. Boom! A flood of nostalgic memoirs rushed in, unfiltered and …
I miss Lagos and its glory. I miss the corporate madness and the energy of the city. I miss the headquarters of …
It was a red-light district in Ilorin. But not the type with neon lights and sleazy jazz music. This one? A little …
While you were tweeting, China was plotting the next century. We watched TikToks, cracked fortune cookies, laughed at ‘Made in China.’ Meanwhile, …
Some objects decorate a man, and then some objects define him. Like a cigarette in the hands of a man of power. …
Somewhere between the chaotic glow of Eko Hotel and the whispers of innovation in Lagos’ most premium business district, something unexpected clicks.A …
