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Dear Nigerians, calm down. Your curses did not kill MMM founder – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: March 31, 2018
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Dear Nigerians, calm down. Your curses did not kill MMM founder – Lucia Edafioka

Do you guys remember MMM? Of course you do. It is still fresh in your memory. Well, the founder of the po ...

Do you guys remember MMM? Of course you do. It is still fresh in your memory. Well, the founder of the ponzi scheme Seigei Mavrodi died during the week. His death would have been just another death ex ...

March 31, 2018
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Please o, why are wealthy Lagosians employing Filipinos as maids? – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: January 27, 2018
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Please o, why are wealthy Lagosians employing Filipinos as maids? – Lucia Edafioka

Sometime ago I wrote about the very extremes of Lagos. In Lagos, there’s the rich and the very wealthy. T ...

Sometime ago I wrote about the very extremes of Lagos. In Lagos, there’s the rich and the very wealthy. The rest of us are just one serious illness/problem away from poverty and gofundme. I remember t ...

January 27, 2018
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Lagos is too violent – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: September 16, 2017
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Lagos is too violent – Lucia Edafioka

Lagos finds new ways to torture one mentally every time you step out of your house. This city is so viole ...

Lagos finds new ways to torture one mentally every time you step out of your house. This city is so violent, it is scary. A person could be walking next to you and next thing they are dead from a mob ...

September 16, 2017
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Madam, abeg stop maltreating your househelp – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: September 02, 2017
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Madam, abeg stop maltreating your househelp – Lucia Edafioka

On Tuesday I stumbled upon a thread on twitter about abuse of child-maids in Nigeria. It reminded me of ...

On Tuesday I stumbled upon a thread on twitter about abuse of child-maids in Nigeria. It reminded me of something I saw during the week that made my stomach churn. I was walking the short distance be ...

September 02, 2017
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Lagosians, life is not that serious – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: July 22, 2017
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Lagosians, life is not that serious – Lucia Edafioka

Once upon a time, I was a hip-hop head. I have a record that makes me cringe anytime I hear it to show fo ...

Once upon a time, I was a hip-hop head. I have a record that makes me cringe anytime I hear it to show for that period of my life. In that time, two of the choc boys- Jesse Jagz and Ice Prince release ...

July 22, 2017
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Me and danfo conductors in Lagos – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: July 08, 2017
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Me and danfo conductors in Lagos – Lucia Edafioka

Lagos bus conductors are as terrible as the buses they hang out of shouting bus stops. You know how they ...

Lagos bus conductors are as terrible as the buses they hang out of shouting bus stops. You know how they say danfos are death traps, ready to tear your clothing and kill you if possible? The conductor ...

July 08, 2017
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Our parents no try, at all – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: July 01, 2017
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Our parents no try, at all – Lucia Edafioka

Isn’t it just cute when you see your younger siblings doing things you wouldn’t have thought of as a chil ...

Isn’t it just cute when you see your younger siblings doing things you wouldn’t have thought of as a child and getting away with it? Nigerian parents will get older, or become grandparents and then su ...

July 01, 2017
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How to survive on Nigerian campuses – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: June 24, 2017
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How to survive on Nigerian campuses – Lucia Edafioka

One Sunday morning, sometime last year, I was in a bus going to Yaba. Inside was a woman taking her daugh ...

One Sunday morning, sometime last year, I was in a bus going to Yaba. Inside was a woman taking her daughter to the bus park. They were heading to the East, where she was taking her daughter to the Un ...

June 24, 2017
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Lagos rain and the trouble it brings – Lucia Edafioka

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|Date: June 17, 2017
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Lagos rain and the trouble it brings – Lucia Edafioka

Island- a piece of land surrounded by water. The rainy season is fully upon us, and all of Lagos- our meg ...

Island- a piece of land surrounded by water. The rainy season is fully upon us, and all of Lagos- our mega city, seventh largest economy in Africa is now a proper Island. If it rains for 5 minutes we ...

June 17, 2017
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Broda-broda, paddy- paddy don spoil Nigeria – Lucia Edafioka

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: June 10, 2017
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Broda-broda, paddy- paddy don spoil Nigeria – Lucia Edafioka

When I saw this headline last week, "Northern leaders accuse Osinbajo of Nepotism" I laughed so much my e ...

When I saw this headline last week, "Northern leaders accuse Osinbajo of Nepotism" I laughed so much my eyes teared up. It reminded me of something that happened in a BRT last month. It was in one of ...

June 10, 2017
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