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The Convenience Economy in Lekki: How Groceries, Pharmaceuticals and Delivery are Booming

By The Sweat Of Thy Brow…

By Wole Olaoye Work is the tribute that man must pay for his sin in the Garden of Eden, as recounted in the Bible (Genesis 3:19). If Adam had stayed on the side of propriety and not allowed Eve and Satan to lure him into disobeying God, man and his descendants would not have needed to work from the cradle to the grave. Some critics have argued that they would rather live in a world of struggle than in an Eden of laziness. What excitement, they ask, could there be in a human community where all one has to do is

Who You Are When It Matters Most

Proverbs 11:3 In a city like Lagos, opportunities come with pressure. There is pressure to perform.Pressure to succeed.Pressure to move ahead—sometimes faster than you should. And in the midst of all this, one question quietly shapes the kind of life you build: Who are you when it matters most? Because the truth is, it is not difficult to do the right thing when everything is easy. When there is no cost, no risk, no consequence, integrity feels natural. But the thing is this: integrity is not tested in comfort—it is revealed under pressure. It shows up in the decisions no one sees.It is proven in the moments

Why It’s So Hard to Let Go: The Hidden Emotional Patterns Behind Painful Relationships 

The Surface Calm and the Deeper Struggle She sat across from me with a quiet composure that often masks deep emotional fatigue. On the surface, she was functioning—she had a stable job, showed up to her responsibilities, and kept life moving. But beneath that structure was a growing sense of heaviness she could no longer ignore. For Helen (not her real name), what finally pushed her to seek help was not one major incident, but a moment that stirred something deeper. A close friend had recently relocated abroad, and instead of simply feeling happy for her, she found herself overwhelmed by a

Plot Twist: Why Books are the Real “Infrastructure” for Africa’s Growth

By Nkanu Egbe The National Theatre has seen many reinventions. Once the grandest stage in Lagos — host to heads of state, continental summits, and the full spectacle of Nigerian cultural ambition — the building on Iganmu's waterfront has spent recent decades in a more complicated relationship with its own legend. But on Wednesday 13 May, something fitting will happen inside its reimagined halls. In Cinema Hall 2 of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Creative Arts and Culture, a room of writers, librarians, booksellers, educators, and policy thinkers will gather for what promises to be one of the more quietly significant events

The New African Publishers: Towards the Promised Land

By Olatoun Gabi-Williams This article explores the difficult, entangled, high risk and yet, hopeful journey of publishing on the continent, a journey exemplified by Somali scholar, Jama Musse Jama’s vision of literature and the arts as a site of reconstruction and liberation. Dr. Jama Musse Jama – An Ethno-Mathematical Blueprint Author and ethno-mathematician, Jama Musse Jama is also a renowned cultural activist and a “New African Publisher” at Ponte Invisibile, Hargeysa, Somaliland. In our 2021 interview, he asserts the multiple “social tsunamis” Africa has experienced as the single most revealing context for understanding Africa’s development and her struggles – including the struggles around

The role 21st century booksellers play in realising SDG 4—quality, inclusive and equitable education

By Oreoluwa Lesi SDG4 focuses on education and aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” It includes seven targets, which cover eliminating disparities in accessing education at the early childhood and primary levels based on gender, ability, and other socio-economic factors and, as much as possible, encouraging all women and men to stay through to the tertiary level; ensuring that all youth and a large proportion of adults are literate and numerate; and ensuring that all learners can get the knowledge and skills needed to gain employment and contribute to sustainable development. When we