Lagos City Photo Blog

Located inside the Afrika Shrine is a grove dedicated to Fela himself. Hanging is the prototype shirt he wore during his playing days. Also ...

Located in the Ikeja central business district, the New Afrika Shrine is the commune where Afrobeat music lives. Patterned after Fela 's...

Afrobeat star Femi Kuti speaking at the Felabration 2010 Fela Debates at the Afrika Shrine in lagos. His father Fela was the iconic creator ...

A year after the passing of famous Nigerian human rights lawyer Gani Fawehinm i, the Lagos government immortalised him with this statue last...

A common sight in Lagos homes, burglar proof fencing is meant to deter would-be assailants from forcing their way into peoples' houses.

This is the town of Idanre from atop the Aghagha Hill. It's a view that takes one's breath away. When it rains, mist covers the hill...

Signboard announcing the world famous Idanre Hills . There are 662 steps to climb to the landing of the hill where several amusements await ...

Saw this 35 foot Maltina bottle during a recent trip to Idanre , Ondo State where my friends and I went rock climbing (Idanre is famous for ...

A passenger strapped in life vest riding on a ferry across the Lagos Lagoon towards Apapa. I took a joy trip just to be able to snap photos ...

This open air market is in Ibadan. I passed by last weekend and shot this frame from the comfort of a car. Click here to view thumbnails for...

A ferry's navigating compass. Notice where the pin is pointing, NW; reminds me of the Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint movie North By Nort...

A boatman guides his boat into the Apapa quays.

Everything comes in two just like yesterday's ferries. These barges are anchored on the Apapa quays.

Two ferries are anchored at the jetty on the Lagos Lagoon.

Another view of the Lagos Central Business district. Many of Nigeria's banks have their head offices in these high rise buildings.

Shot this frame of the Lagos Island business district from the Apapa quays today. In the middle of the image is the highest building in Nige...

Nigeria's President Umaru Yar Adua died last night in Abuja after prolonged illness. It's a sad time for the nation and we're in...

I was recently in Dakar, Senegal where the country launched this huge monument called the African Renaissance to mark its 50th independence ...

I was in Cape Town, South Africa last week where I photographed the world famous Table Mountain from the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. It...

Lagos held a carnival on Easter Monday as part of activities to mark the Black Heritage Festival. It is part of a bid at turning the metropo...