Good-Bye, Rasheed! Adieu, Dear Aburo, Adieu… By Wole Soyinka
The death of Nigeria’s foremost Economist,Art lover,Industrialist Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi shook the nation some few days ago when it was announced. Chief Gbadamosi who became a commissioner in Lagos state at the 27 was one of the founding members of the first Lagos State Executive…
Mural on Lagos History by Polly Alakija Lightens Up Victoria Island
No one is in doubt which city is the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria. Or which city is the centre of cool and excellence. In the 1400s, the Portuguese in their egotistic self-validating discovery named it “Rio de lago“ or “Lagua da Curamo which later …
Kunle Afolayan Celebrates Birthday with Kulture Centrik
Ace Film Maker, Kunle Afolayan, launched Kulture Centrik in grand style, at his birthday party. The son of Ade Love, also one of the greats of Nigeria film industry, has shown that he is not only a film maker, but an Omoluwabi. A term which…
Origins and Names:10 Popular Areas in Lagos and its Original Meaning
What’s in a name, origin or heritage? A lot I would say. It allows for originality, essence of life and a definition of what that name stands for. We start this first edition of Origins and Names from Lagos state, originally called “ lago de…
Demolition of Ilojo Bar: Statement from the Lagos @50 Committee
The callous and vicious manner a 161 year old heritage building was destroyed on Lagos Island last week has been generating a lot of criticism from the culture and arts community and the entire people of Lagos,both home and abroad ever since the building popularly…
Ilojo Bar: Murdered in Broad Daylight, 1855-2016.
Sunday 10 September 2016, a cultural heritage site was desecrated. The bulldozers, supposedly owned by ‘developers’, which rolled into 6 Alli and 2 Bamgbose Streets, CMS Lagos-Island, and destroyed the 161 year-old building opposite Tinubu Square, committed murder, in the first degree. It murdered the…
Lagos the Original Southern Lady of Means. 4th Festival Colloquium for Lagos at 50
Before crude oil became cool, that is, before it became the chief revenue source for the Nigerian government, there was Lagos. Circa 1905, when the ‘geographical expression’ now called Nigeria was administered in three separate regions—Southern Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, and Colony of Lagos—it was Lagos…
“The True Story of Freedom Park is a story of Patience and Hard work” Theo Lawson
For many it is surprising to learn that Freedom Park Lagos, Nigeria’s foremost art and culture hub, was completed only five years ago. The park attracts an average number of three hundred people daily, and most artists, writers, journalists, and practitioners in Nigeria’s art and…
Ooni of Ile-Ife To Speak at the 3rd Lagos at 50 Festival Colloquium
The Ooni of ile ife HRH OBA ADEYEYE ENITAN OGUNWUSI Ogaga II, Ooni of Ife will be speaking at the 3rd Lagos at 50 Colloquium on the 20th of August,Saturday 2016. The 51st of Ooni of Ile Ife will be speaking on the topic “Tourism…
LAGOS@50 Second Festival Colloquium: IKEJA Takes Turn.
The one year widely accepted golden jubilee of the state dubbed as ‘Center of Excellence’ which was officially flagged off on May 27th by the propitious Logo unveiling and other razzmatazz held a colloquium lecture at the popular Lagos Airport Hotel on the 16th day…