Blood flowing through open wounds of broken human body parts and a nation, beaten by ethnoreligious violence, forced Toni Kan ...
Badagry sits on one end of Lagos like an ignored elderly woman, whose hands raised nations but time and circumstances ...
It is nearly noon on a bright Saturday and Alhaja (Mrs.) Gilani looks like her day is in slow motion. ...
Nearly 6:30pm and Sogunro, Makoko, is alive with human activity; a cool evening breeze bouncing off the water canals and ...
The sun is at its highest point, beating down with an intense ferocity that was merciless and unyielding. The tarred ...
“See that one” he said, nudging me with his elbow. He was using his eyes, to avoid drawing attention as ...
My relationship with money began when I overheard one of my older cousins say that money has a smell and ...
The story of Lagos is incomplete without a thoughtful reference to Lagos Island – formerly known as Isale Eko. Walking ...
It was Philomena Aya’s hands that conceived and birthed Daniel. It was the same hands that buried him 25 years ...
At 8pm every Friday, Mutari, a tall slim Hausa-Fulani man, arrives at Opebi-Allen roundabout, Ikeja, at the intersection with Toyin ...
If football and other sporting events unite Nigerians, then Agege bread unites Lagosians regardless of socio-economic class and/or education. On ...
Today, YNaija begins an 11-part citizenship series on Lagos, popularly dubbed, “the city that doesn’t sleep“. Known for its welcoming aura ...