Lagos City Photo Blog

I was in the market today and the eggs in the middle of this photo caught my attention but a passerby strolls into my shot and he's star...

It's just stopped raining here so I went to the garden behind my office block where I saw this lovely flower. Do have a lovely weekend f...

I have always loved the sea mainly from reading about it in books. I have only sailed on water once when I took a ferry as an experiment ac...

I want to begin the week by whetting your appetite with this picture of a chef getting ready to serve his pastries. I took this photo at an ...

The rainy season brings about the harvesting of corn cobs here and they are prepared in many different ways. One of them is by roasting on h...

This is a photo of a Bini chief in the premises of the National Theatre. You can see the man standing tall and proud. Notice the beads aroun...

I once heard a comedian say that one can get stuck in a Lagos 'hold up' and not go hungry. He said that you can purchase a cooking s...

It is not unusual to get stuck in traffic in Lagos. It is a daily occurrence for Lagosians to spend some considerable amount of time in traf...

Most people I know go to church on Sundays because it affords them the opportunity to hear a rejuvenating message to prepare them for the we...

It was the final of the English FA Cup today at the Wembley Stadium in London where my country men Nwankwo Kanu and John Utaka emerged winne...

This is the National Theatre located in Iganmu. It was constructed in the late 1970s when Nigeria hosted the Festival of Black Arts and Cult...

When the groom's overtures have been accepted by the bride's family and the bride accepted by the groom's, they are both prayed ...

In traditional Yoruba weddings, the groom and his friends "beg" for a wife from the parents of the bride. In this photo, the groom...

The main photo today is a reproduction of a photo I saw at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, as part of an exhibition of Old Lagos in the ...

This photo was taken on the 3rd Mainland Bridge which leads into the heart of Lagos.

This commercial motorcyclist, Okada man, flies the Nigerian colours of green and white on his fender while on his dashboard lies the sticker...

This is a Nigerian style lunch consisting of jollof rice (rice cooked in tomato sauce), fried rice, moinmoin ( ground beans cooked with palm...

This is the oldest and largest fast food franchise in Nigeria. The brand is about 22 years old and has outlets in Ghana. It is a western sty...

Photo:One way of getting around Lagos is on commercial motorcyle locally called Okada. They are fast and dangerous and easy to meander throu...

Photo: Lagos yellow bus locally called Danfo. Be careful because these can tear your clothes, just another part of Lagos life. Photo: This ...