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The Lagos Nightclub where Afrobeat was born

On certain Lagos nights in the late 1960s, the city pulsed with a sound that was neither highlife nor jazz,…

Hilda Baci’s Giant Jollof Attempt: Pot collapse, smoke, fire and the weight of expectation

Lagos had seen spectacles before. Concerts that shook its streets, political rallies that bent its traffic into knots, vigils that…

When Bishop Oyedepo declared war on Witches at Ota and what followed

The morning had begun like any other at Faith Tabernacle. The sprawling grounds of Canaanland in Ota were alive with…

From choir to charts: Why church remains afrobeats’ secret training ground

Behind the glamour of Afrobeats’ global domination lies an often-overlooked truth. It’s that the church has been one of the…

Echoes of Funwontan: How Gbenga Adeboye ingeniously blended Radio, Satire, and Lagos reality

The hum of generators hummed like a restless orchestra. The night sky over Lagos was punctuated by candlelight in some…

Ensure strict reliance on rule of law, justice – Bolaji Akinyemi, rights activist tells FG

A rights activist and social crusader, Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi, has called on the Federal Government and its actors to…

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