One night, about two months ago, I was driving to my then Akoka home through the University of Lagos compound when I stopped to give an old woman a lift from the back gate into the main campus. Ordinarily, I don’t stop on Lagos roads to give lifts to total strangers, but the woman had … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2015
IN SHORT, NIGERIA CAN FUCKING DRIVE YOU NUTS
I would not have thought writing was capable of being an addiction until I created this, my fifth blog. It was not a deliberated decision: it was simply an urge to “re-express” myself. Like a bored drug user seeking new highs, my current writing-boards just didn’t seem to be adequate avenues for self-expression anymore. There’s a … Continue reading
ALL THOSE “BUHARISTS” AND “GEJITES” | by Ayo Sogunro
I get it: plenty of you folks have made a firm commitment to the success of your chosen political candidate. Good for you. But, a number of us are just ordinary Nigerians who are trying to be careful about the next government of the country–hell, some of us may not even make a political decision … Continue reading