The air was always thick with anticipation whenever Kola Olawuyi’s voice crackled over the radio waves or television screens. For Nigerians in the 1990s and early 2000s, Nkan Nbe—translated roughly...

The hum of generators hummed like a restless orchestra. The night sky over Lagos was punctuated by candlelight in some homes and the faint blue glow of kerosene lamps in...

The Adeleke name conjures images of wealth, power, and global influence. Across politics, music, and business, the family has left an indelible mark on Nigeria’s landscape. Yet behind every headline...

The year was 1971, and Lagos was a city gasping under the weight of its own contradictions. Soldiers manned checkpoints at street corners as though they were permanent statues of...

In the heart of southwestern Nigeria, where the Atlantic breeze whispers through the palm-fringed coastlines and the rich tapestry of Yoruba culture thrives, a monarch stood at the crossroads of...

A number was whispered across the corridors of Nollywood: N10 million. It was enough to catch attention, provoke curiosity, and set imaginations alight. But for two of the industry’s most...

Night in the mid-1980s along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway was the kind of night that swallowed hope. Darkness pressed against the thickets, broken only by the headlights of lorries rattling past,...

Lagos, a city that never truly sleeps, pulsed with a rhythm of anticipation that night. The streets were alive with chatter, car horns blending with distant street music, while neon...

In the arid heart of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, stands a monument to opulence so extraordinary that it defies belief. Known as Deribe Palace—or more reverently, the “Gold House”—this architectural...

On certain Lagos nights of the 1970s, when twilight stretched across Marina and the humid air carried a mix of petrol fumes and palm wine breath, Ebenezer Obey’s voice floated...