Sister Cities: Of Chicago and Ibadan: Music, Architecture, Disney et al
There are interesting coincidences between Chicago in the U.S. and Ibadan city in Nigeria. In Chicago is the Chicago Tribune,…
Journey to Sapele…
If indeed travel takes your mind for a ride, what happened to me over the weekend in Sapele was indeed…
Ibadan to Accra by Road
My Facebook readers know I am not one of those propagating the false impression that Accra, or Ghana as a…
Going to Bob Marley’s Country
It was for me a dream fulfilled when my family and I arrived in Montego Bay, Jamaica on August 17 for a weeklong vacation. Ever since my secondary school days, I had sustained an endearing long distance relationship with that Caribbean island nation…
Casalinda: Where Creativity Meets Culture
Casalinda offers a serene environment where culture and excellence meet in an African ambience…
Borne on Dis-virgined Eagle's Wings
The Igbo woman whose prayer was most dramatic on the flight told me how she had a dream while in China the previous day. The melodrama involved her pastor who forcefully restrained her from entering a particular flight in the dream and after the exchange, she had woken up and the nightmarish scare nudged her to pray…
In A Lighter Mood: City of Jos As A Holiday Resort
This is an attempt at packaging, re-packaging, branding and re-branding the city of Jos after the last disturbance involving the indigenes and the Hausa/Fulani settlers that left scores of people dead and property destroyed…
A Creative Experience of Lagos
To define Lagos would be to define nothing, just the surreal dream of flexibility. To write about Lagos is to write about nothing in particular. Not the people, because the people are in flight…
The Magic of Ikeji Festival
For anyone who has witnessed it, ikeji is an awesome carnival filled with pulsating rhythms, and colourful performances. No other festival provides the same array of masquerades, enchanted participants and excited spectators…
Fellow 'Nigerians,' Let Us Drink From This Cup
How come a transporter refuses to refund an unused fare? The most painful aspect is that the money involved is about $400, too much for a poor teacher like me to lose…
The Lagos In Lagos
Lagos has fallen to the iron-grip of men of the underworld. Hardly a day passes without them striking at different locations, heavily armed, visiting banks and other money-spinning corporate concerns…
Oju Elegba
What has evolved to become a main stay, a household name, and a popular town in
Tales from the ‘Jungle’
“We are just living in a jungle” Bayo said as we drove through the stadium flyover underpass on our way to
Southbound To The Sunshine State!
During the first week of summer when hotel accommodations were a tad more affordable, we loaded the Minivan and headed South to the sunshine state to revisit some of our old stomping grounds. Tampa! Fort Myers! Naples! Fort Lauderdale! Miami! Orlando! Ready or not, here we come!
Southbound To The Sunshine State!
During the first week of summer when hotel accommodations were a tad more affordable, we loaded the Minivan and headed South to the sunshine state to revisit some of our old stomping grounds. Tampa! Fort Myers! Naples! Fort Lauderdale! Miami! Orlando! Ready or not, here we come!