Due to the current worldwide pandemic, global and local regulations have put eateries under restrictions that preclude dine-in services. Presently, drive-bys and takeaways have become the norm, from roadside buka to franchise restaurants and fast-food chains. In the past few…
The Interesting Story Behind Freedom Park
The internet plays home to various lists written by culture writers and local guides on where to have fun in Lagos. The Freedom Park is a recurring place on these listicles with popular travel media startup, The Culture Trip referring…
Africa’s biggest city Lagos locks down to defend against coronavirus
Lagos, Africa’s largest city of at least 20 million people, ground to a halt on Tuesday as it and the Nigerian capital Abuja entered a two-week lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Lagos’ usual unending cacophony and interminable…
TOP 10 PIZZA SPOTS IN LAGOS
Be a team player and share a slice from some of the hottest pizza spots that Lagos has to offer. Our list of the top 10 pizza spots will help you find your perfect pie. Pizza-Riah Thin, crispy and delicious.…
Four Reasons This December Will Be A Taste Filled December For Nigerian Music Fans
It’s another Christmas season, which means Nigerians are pulling out their calendars and getting really organised about what events they will be at out of the many. For anyone looking to have the most fun, they have very little need…
Employees in Lagos are stressed, burned out and exhausted because of ‘hellish traffic’
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Lagos traffic is so snarled and gridlocked that a recent trip from the airport to Ajah, on Lagos Island — a journey shorter than 50 kilometers — took me eight hours. That was two hours longer than…
Ooni of Ife confirms Awori as first settlers in Lagos
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has thrown his weight behind the Awori over their indigeneship in Lagos. In a letter delivered by his representative, Adewale Williams, at a press conference organised by the Awori Welfare Association of Nigeria (AWAN)…
Ghost ships of Lagos, a haven of crime
Middlemen earn up to $200 a trip and some valuables farom the ships fetch as much as $55,000 Shipping containers sitting at the Apapa Port Complex in Lagos, Nigeria’s economy hub on April 8, 2019. Shipwrecks along the shoreline are…
Yorubas, Igbos and the Lagos question
When a former Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian newspaper penned reasons as to why there must be a limit to Igbo’s participation in the politics of Lagos, his friend and former classmate of Igbo background thought the submission betrayed his exposure,…
Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art ‘Ecosystem’
West Africa’s new art destination is a sprawling megacity with a generation of artists, gallerists and collectors powering the scene. Right, a painting by Samson Akinnire at the Signature Beyond Art Gallery booth at the Art X Lagos fair. Left,…