“My passport is a climate passport… very green and very Nigerian.”

We get it, a ban on bikes seems like the logical thing to do.Okada riders drive like they’re late to their death appointments and want you along to have a front-row seat. They’re constantly dragging the roads with cars and they can never pay up when inevitably they scratch up or dent your cars. Do […]

Two-time heavyweight champion – Anthony Joshua has one of those faces/bodies/all-round existence that’s so blindingly good looking you almost can’t stare at him directly. And if that isn’t good enough, he apparently knows how to win elderly Nigerian hearts over by showing the one thing they can almost kill over, but most times are undeserving […]

Residents of Abule Egba had a terrifying start to the week and indeed the year when a fire broke out, the evening of January 19th, 2020. This fire is now responsible for immeasurable damage to property and the loss of a yet to be confirmed number of lives. Before the fire broke out, a Twitter […]

“I have tasted the good life here, and I have to say – it’s sweet oh.”

Chances are, the only thing you’ve heard or really care about with the 2019 Finance Bill is the VAT increase, and it’s understandable, who wouldn’t want to know how much VAT they’ll be paying on a ₦ 5,000 cocktail, Harvested in Lagos. But there’s actually a lot more to the bill than the Value Added […]

The behaviour of people who read Instablog

It’s a little hard to believe, especially because events in Lagos are equal parts overpriced tickets and shoddy performances, sprinkled with a healthy helping of tardiness to boot. But back in the day, Lagos was home to one of the coolest festivals the country, and perhaps even the world had ever seen. It was the […]