In the little town of Willowbrook, life moved slowly, like a river winding lazily through the trees. The townspeople knew one another by name; they shared stories over fences, exchanged smiles at the market, and often gathered at the old clock tower to watch the sun dip below the horizon. Yet, among them all, there was one boy who stood out not for his looks or his intelligence, but for his...

  My name is paulina, and I am a model in Lagos a city that never sleeps, because dreams here are always running late. By 6 a.m., my phone is already buzzing with casting calls, location pins, and last-minute cancellations. Lagos doesn’t wait for anyone, especially not a girl chasing a future with her face and posture. People think modeling is easy. They see the pictures the smooth...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed a Federal High Court ruling that ordered the return of 27 properties previously seized from former Ministry of Works official James Ikechukwu Okwete, his company Jamec West Africa Ltd, and Mrs. Adebukunola Iyabode Oladapo. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik had vacated the interim forfeiture order and issued a contempt notice against the...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has filed a forfeiture suit against Proxy Night Club, owned by Lagos socialite Mike Nwogu (Pretty Mike), following a raid on a “drug party” held at the club over the weekend.   NDLEA operatives stormed the club, located at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, between 11 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday, arresting over 100...

Episode Three: Lock the Door, Open the Conversation The next weekend, the orange tree gathering felt different. Not tense intentional. The parents sat together and agreed on changes. Phones would be locked. Content filtered. Bedrooms would no longer be assumed “safe” just because they were familiar. More importantly, conversations would not be avoided. Sola’s father sat...