Lagos is an immensely populated city. The population figure is so high that there is a running dispute between the National Population Commission and the Lagos government over how many people actually live here.

I was surprising even myself with all this wisdom. I guess beauty has a way of bringing out the best things in us.

The poster says he’s selling “tried and trusted weak erection and penis enlagment creams.” Tried and trusted by whom exactly? Those who cannot spell enlargement?

I am not sure he can hear me above all the noise: the honks of vehicles, the murmur of roadside traders, the barbershop loudspeaker, the screams of the conductors.

There was only so much time before everyone else knew what she knew about bodies: they hide nothing and betray everything.

Short Story | Sochima Frankline Uche | Nigeria

Short story by Damilola Olagunju

Fictional verses and short stories centred on everyday life in Lagos, Nigeria.

There was no guilt, no remorse, even more curiously, no sense of loss.

Another day in the life of a Lagos hustler

Lagos is the largest city in Africa. In this photo essay, Photographer Taiwo Shonowo reflects on living in Lagos.